This case is about Netscape Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 1995. Netscape had a successful starting in the market mainly because of their strategy of “Give away today and make money tomorrow”‚ which let them capture 75% of the web browser market‚ making it the most popular browsing software. The successful strategy consists in gaining its large market share by initially giving away its product for free. Netscape had to create a new industry standard to succeed in the long term‚ besides make revenues
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Case: Bird’s Eye UK Frozen Food Industry Q1 Why did Bird’s Eye develop a vertically integrated Company? Q2. What Competitive Advantage did Bird’s Eye build over integrated producers? Q3. Why did the frozen food industry de-integrate? Q4 What could Bird’s Eye done to stop de-integration of industry? Q5 What should Bird’s Eye do now? Case: RPG Enterprises‚ 1995 Q1 What are key goals that RPG Enterprise has set for itself? Q2. How group affiliations help the individual businesses as compared
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Corporate Finance: Case Netscape 1. Why has Netscape been so successful to date? What is its strategy? How risky is its current competitive situation? Netscape follows a “give away today make money tomorrow”-strategy. Netscape currently has 75% of web browser market‚ making it by far the most popular browsing software. Netscape is making money by selling server software to companies that require marketing access to potential consumers‚ by selling its software packages and through providing
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If the price rises in an initial public offering then the stock is called a hot issue. Netscape Communications (NSCP) was the classic hot issue. It went public August 9‚ 1995 at an offer price of $28. On the same day it hit a high of $74¾ and closed at $58¼. Netscape hit an all time high of $174 in December 1995 and split 2:1 February 7‚ 1996. In the long term‚ however‚ Netscape wasn’t that hot an issue. A year after the initial public offer Netscape Communications was trading below $30 a share.
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JetBlue Contents Memorandum 3 Summary of Strategy Assessment and Identification of Strategic Issues 3 Key Strategic Issue‚ Options and Recommendations for Action 3 Best Option Recommendation 4 I. Case Update (Exhibit 1) 5 Bibliography 7 II. JetBlue’s Strategy in Detail (Exhibit 2) 8 Mission/Purpose/Vision 8 Goals/Objectives 9 Major Policies 9 III. JetBlue’s SWOT Analysis (Exhibit 3) 11 IV. Analysis of JetBlue’s Financial Performance (Exhibit 4)
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Management Strategy Case Questions Case 5: Panera Bread Company 1. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the four generic competitive strategies discussed in Chapter 3 most closely fit the competitive approach that Panera Bread is taking? What specific kind of competitive advantage is Panera bread trying to achieve? 2. What does a SWOT analysis of Panera Bread reveal about the overall attractiveness of its situation? Does the company have any core competencies or distinctive competencies
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Case Name: South East Asian Economic Crisis An economic crisis‚ which erupted in Thailand in mid-1997 and which soon spread to neighbouring countries—Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Philippines and South Korea— came to be popularly referred to as South-East Asian economic crisis (although South Korea is in East Asia and only the other countries are in South East Asia). A currency Crisis shows up when there is a speculative attack on the exchange rate‚ resulting in a devaluation of a pegged currency or sharp
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1. How does the strategic repositioning of the company and the use of the IPO as an exit for minority shareholders affect the attractiveness of the IPO? The strategic repositioning of the company was to gradually shift away and exist from customer care which TRX generated more than 50% in 2000‚ and Davis’s long term strategy was to focus on the higher margin sectors‚ such as data transaction and integrations. By shifting away from customer care‚ of course would reduce operational cost and
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CASE STUDY 1 SEC ENFORCEMENT RELEASE- BRISTOL-MYERS 1. Access the SEC website‚ www.sec.gov‚ and do the following: -go to “Information for Accountants” -go to “The Division of Enforcement Chief Accountants Office” -go to “Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Releases” - then go to the enforcement release related to Bristol-Myers dated August 4‚ 2004. 2. What were the broad areas which the SEC addressed? 3. Of these issues‚ which one was by far the most significant in terms of dollars involved
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