International Business Strategy IB 3680 (2014) Assignments (15 CAT – please see additional assignment pages 2-3) Assignment 1: Final length 1500 words (40% of module assessment) Please note this assessment is for the 12-CAT version of this module. Assignment 1 is completed in two halves. Each optional question comprises two distinct components‚ the first half completed in Phase 1 (750 words)‚ and the second in Phase 2 (total combined length 1500 words). Phase 1 Students are to complete
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Strengths include the well-designed products that the company puts out‚ such as the iPhone‚ iPad and Macintosh computers. Apple has loyal customers and the strength of its products allows it to charge more than its competitors. Weaknesses include Apple’s relative softness in the business market. Most of its products are bought by everyday consumers and aren’t widely used by businesses – PCs are more common computers to find in an office‚ and Research In Motion‚ which makes Blackberry phones‚ has
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China‚ they had 25% market share in 2004 where SGM only had 10%. VW’s target market was very different from GM’s. VW’s best selling sedan was the Santana which was targeted at the lower market‚ about half the price of GM’s Buick. VW’s competitive strategy was based on price‚ hence most taxi in China are VW Santana. What is GM and SAIC’s agenda in this JV GM’s agenda to enter the China market mainly has to do with the US domestic car market. The US auto market is very saturated with US citizen owned
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eco-friendly company. It’s after sales service has contributed tremendously in building this image in customers’ minds. Since its target market is middle-income people‚ the price of their products is comparatively lower than those of competitors’. This strategy helps the company greatly in a price sensitive consumers market. The report reveals that in a continuously growing market‚ Walton has become a reliable name for customers. Countrywide network‚ inclination towards quality and dedicated team of employees
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Diamonds Thesis for Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel Jared Diamond is on a mission to prove his thesis‚ "History followed different courses for different people because of differences among peoples’ environments‚ not because of biological differences among peoples themselves"(Pg 25). He writes many chapters filled with intriguing reasons to prove his thesis. It takes a lot of facts and countless arguments to prove something everyone thinks is true‚ wrong‚ and after reading the book‚ I think Jared completed
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container markets (see Exhibit 1). During those 20 years‚ Crown Cork and Seal had concentrated its manufacturing efforts on tin-plated cans for holding beer‚ soft drinks‚ and aerosol products. This case looks at the metal container industry. Crown’s strategy and position within that Industry‚ and the nature of the problems facing the company during mid-1977. The Metal Container Industry in 1977 The Metal Container Industry included 100 firms and a vast number of product lines. This section describes
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THESIS ON MARKETING STRATEGY OF [pic] IFFCO-TOKIO GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: MR. RAJESH KANNAN Asst. Vice President Iffco-Tokio General Insurance Co. ltd. SUBMITTED BY: ABHISHEK DWIVEDI BATCH: PGP/FW‚ 2005-2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS ➢ INTRODUCTION ➢ OBJECTIVES ➢ RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ➢ LITERATURE REVIEW ➢ DATA ANALYSIS ➢ RECCOMENDATIONS ➢ CONCLUSION ➢ REFERENCES ➢ APPENDICES ➢ QUESTIONAIRE INTRODUCTION PREVAILING STATE OF INDIAN ECONOMY
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transition to a five star hotel without firing most of the six-hundred employees or spending a large amount on re-training the existing ones. Discussion 1. Could the management of the HI team have been more culturally sensitive and was its strategy correct to achieve its goals? 2. How could HI have better prepared for the takeover? 3. Could Tian Wen‚ the former Chinese general manager‚ have been used in a more advantageous way? In this case‚ the main focus is collision of the two different
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Strategic Management and IHRM Ashly Pinnington Contents 1 Introduction: value creation through strategic management 2 Major stakeholders 3 Strategic management 4 Three perspectives on strategy implementation: strategic management‚ international strategy and national competitiveness 5 Strategy viewed from two perspectives based on people: project management and organizational behaviour 6 The rise of international HRM and strategic HRM 7 IHRM challenges 8 Summary and conclusions
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A person named Drake McBride has been put in custody for several numbers of charges. Also Jimmy lee Balis was in custody. He got a bail though. Drake McBride is the owner of the Red Diamond Energy company‚ and Jimmy Lee Balis is the project manager of that company. One significant charge which is put on Drake Mcbride is illegally drilling oil in section twenty-two of the Big Cypress Preserve. We asked Drake Mcbride to explain what happened which caused him to this mess. Drake Mcbride said “He wanted
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