Assignment 1: Week 2 Topic: “The Internet and its Effect on the Music Industry Value Chain” National University MGT/602: Strategic Decision-Making in Global Business Instructor: Prof. July 17‚ 2009 The purpose of this paper is to explain why the growing popularity of downloading music from the Internet gave rise to a new music industry value chain that differs considerably from the traditional value chain. The internet has helped usher in the "New Age of music/media access”.
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Tracing commodity chain will enable us to understand the flow of goods more precisely (Leslie and Reimer‚ 1999). Each part of the process‚ from design through production‚ distribution and consumption‚ represents a discrete link in the chain. A pair of denim jeans can be a simple example of the commodity chain. On the process of finished products‚ the process may start at growing cotton in India. Then‚ those cottons
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Index Executive Summary pg. 3 Carnival Corporation Mission Statement pg. 4 Evaluation of Mission Statement pg. 4 Company Objectives‚ Strategies and Core Competencies pg. 6 Business Scope pg. 9 Financial Ratios - 2002 pg. 12 Company Strengths pg. 14 Company Weaknesses pg. 15 Value‚ Rareness‚ Imitability & Organization (VRIO) pg. 15 Value Chain pg. 16 Opportunities pg. 17 Threats pg. 17 Strategic Objectives & Relative Evaluations pg. 18 Strategy Implementation pg. 21 Balanced Scorecard
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Toyota Target Market Analysis With the sluggish economy‚ successfully marketing new automobiles has become extremely important. Each manufacturer has to identify and target a market segment. We were able to identify and analyze the target markets of Toyota‚ Buick‚ Kia‚ and Dodge. Toyota’s recent marketing targets women for several of their models. This is evident by viewing some of their recent television commercials. For example‚ the Toyota Prius “Harmony” commercial is geared toward women
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To: Dan DiMicco From: McKensie Booth Subject: Strategic Management Date: 11/9/2010 Nucor Corporation Memo Response: Per your request I have analyzed Nucor Corporation and the steel industry. After performing both strategic and financial analysis I offer my recommendations. Executive Summary: Nucor Corporation was the most profitable steel producer in North America in both 2005 and 2006. It is regarded as a low-cost steel producer in the United States‚ and one of the most
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Value-chain analysis is used for many purposes‚ but the process of examining customers’ value chains is relatively new. In our five-step process‚ Step 1 explains how internal and external value chains can be used separately and in related ways. Step 2 shows how to construct a customer’s value chain. Step 3 shows how to identify the customer’s business strategy by examining this value chain and using other kinds of information. Step 4 explains how to use additional information and intelligence
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Throughout the years‚ Target has developed into its present position as the sixth biggest retailer in the United States by setting out to be different from its competitors. The company has built its reputation by linking a number of the best retail store factors such as fashion‚ quality‚ and service with the low costs of a discounter. Prior to the end of Target’s preliminary year‚ the company opened 4 more stores outside of the first in Minnesota and by 1990 over 50 Target stores were opened. In
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Target Canada In less than two years since it opened its doors to the Canadian market‚ Target Canada is closing its doors forever and moving back to its home market. It was 2011 when Target Corporation purchased 220 stores of Canadian discount retail Zellers for $1.8 billion. As Target had such an excellent reputation in the United States‚ Canadian customers had their expectations up in advance of Target’s arrival to the great white north. One of the fundamental issues that Target struggled with
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Chain of command is important in a police agency and a must have. Without the chain of command I do not believe the structure and integrity of the department would be as thick with good officers and high moral standards. The leadership is placed in a position due to their experience and ability to lead by example. Our chain of command in Knox County‚ starts with the sheriff and then is followed by a number of chiefs‚ captains‚ lieutenants‚ sergeants‚ corporals‚ patrolman‚ and correction officers
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Once the averages of each relevant data set has been collected‚ the next step is to calculate elasticites. (See Figure 1 and Figure 3) The elasticity of demand for the average of all the values in the demand function turned out to be 0.037. This number represents extreme inelasticity‚ so a change in price causes small changes in the quantity of DVDs rented. This means that Stagelights can safely raise their prices and expect their quantity to have little effect. Stagelights needs to move its price
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