Strategic Groups * “the group of firms in an industry following the same strategy along the same strategic dimensions” (Porter‚ 1980) * “a set of firms competing within an industry on the basis of similar scope and resource commitments” (Cool & Schendel‚ 1968) Competitive strategy = a choice of which strategic group to compete in = the choice of the easiest group to ‘get into’ Strategic groups are organisations within an industry with similar strategic characteristics‚ following similar
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT REPORT FOR MENGNIU GROUP EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Mengniu Group is now the Chinese second largest dairy enterprise with total assets of 7.6 billion‚ 30‚000 employees and dairy product ability of 4 million tons annually (Mengniu 2006). This report firstly provides an overview of Mengniu‚ which includes number of employees‚ assets‚ sales‚ performance‚ the type of products it provides‚ its location including an organization chart showing the formal structure of the organization‚ and
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Mobile Phone Industry Analysis: There are three main categories of mobile phones: simple phones (low-cost devices providing basic function of a phone and address book‚ feature phones (mid-priced phones with multimedia features such as camera or digital music)‚ and smartphones (high-priced gadgets allowing most functions of a PC in your palm). Structural Trends Business strategy only involved either the vertical or horizontal models. In the vertical model‚ the company controlled all aspects
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Anti-trust issues on American airline industry The first airline company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight was established in early 1920s‚ and also at that time‚ Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services (QANTAS) was formed‚ and continues to operate. Over 90 years‚ the world has changed a lot. Now there are over two thousand airlines operating more than 23000 aircrafts providing services to over 4000 airports all over the world. Passengers can easily
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Case – The U.S. Airline Industry Public Support August 26‚ 2013 Arguments In Favor of the Federal Government Providing Support to the U.S. Airlines “To preserve the continued viability of the United States air transportation system” is the title of a bill introduced before congress‚ by Rep. Don Young (R-AK)‚ September 14‚ 2001‚ in response to the September 11 attack. The title of the bill is the overriding argument justifying federal support to the U.S. airlines. “If planes don’t fly
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The Airline is one of the major industries in the world today and is majorly affected by Michael Porter’s "Five Forces" model. The following write up conducts an analysis on how the model affects the airline industry today. The central force of Porter’s model is Internal Rivalry within the Industry. In case of the Airline industry‚ this is the most important force today‚ especially since the market is completely saturated. There are more service providers than needed in both local as well as international
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Airline Sales and Marketing Introduction This report will evaluate the current marketing environment of the airline industry in Europe. This will involve looking into different area of the airline industry such as deregulation and open skies‚ current economic conditions‚ distribution channels‚ pricing and revenue management. It has been proved that the airline industry is probably one of the most competitive and complex industry in the world. According to Mintel report (2009) in the past decade
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COMM 217 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING FALL 2012 Section (lecture): B Group Project Part 2 (of 2) Dorel Inc. Presented to: Prof. George Kanaan Date: November 22nd 2012 John Molson School of Business – Concordia University $ = thousands of U.S. dollars Chapter 8 8.1 Cost of Sales Equation = Beginning Inventory + Purchases - Ending Inventory 1 846 470 000 = 510 068 000 + 177 811 000 - 442 409 000 Purchases for the year 2011 total $65 812 530. 8.2 Dorel calculates costs of
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Threat of New Entrants is low The airline industry is so saturated that there is hardly space for a newcomer even to squeeze its way in. The main concern for this is the cost of entry. The airline industry is one of the most expensive industries‚ due to the cost of buying and leasing aircrafts‚ safety and security measures‚ customer service and manpower. Another major barrier to entry is the brand name of existing airlines and it is really difficult to lure customers out of their existing brands
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Carden August 24‚ 2013 Introduction The intent of this paper it to define critical concepts of strategic planning with Southwest Airlines (SWA) top management and how their organization pursued choices and different strategies to run the business by using superior performance employees that gave them a competitive advantage over their competitors. I will concentrate on the thirteen strategic staffing decisions that are critical for any organization to be successful. I will also emphasis the
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