over established brands‚ long-term relationship and broad product portfolio make IBM the preferred brand. 2.Threat of SubstitutesPropensity to substitute is low for buyers. Threat varies from low to medium with high switching cost and product differentiation such as technology‚ performance‚ functionality etc. 3. Bargaining power of buyersBargaining power is high during sourcing stage. However‚ buyers’ bargaining power decrease after the purchase stage as switching cost is high with compatibility
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Mauritius College of the Air In Collaboration With University of Mauritius International Business MBA Cohort 4 Name of Student: Ashish Gopee | “Assessing the significance of the Eclectic Paradigm in today’s Globalised world.” | | Thomas Friedman (1999: xvii) in his book‚ The Lexus and the Olive tree‚ described the world as “being tied together into a single globalised marketplace and village”. It has become commonplace to observe that we are all now living in a globalised
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Nokia Case Problem statement Until recently‚ the mobile phone industry’s sole profitable market was the developed one. Today‚ low end‚ emerging markets are growing rapidly and are proving to be profitable; the emerging market accounts for 60% of Nokia’s revenues alone. Determining which market to target affects both the production of phones as well as the services that need to be developed. Nokia is now faced with two options: should they continue operating in both the developed and emerging
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Labour Labour has to be divided because individuals have physical and intellectual limitations. There are two basic dimensions to the division of labour‚ a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension. Once labour is divided‚ it must be coordinated to achieve organizational effectiveness. A. Vertical Division of Labour The vertical division of
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HSBC EXAM CASE Table of content Content | Page number | General information and overview | p. 3-4 | Structure | p. 4-7 | Strategy | p. 8-9 | Internal environment | p. 9-13 | External environment | p. 13-14 | Conslusion | p. 15 | Recommendations | p. 16 | References | p. 17 | General Information HSBC is one of the largest global banking and financial services organizations in the world. The company headquarters are situated in Canary Wharf‚ London‚ United Kingdom. HSBC
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Barriers to Entry & Exist: A case study on Singapore Power. Singapore Power was first created to take over the electricity and gas business of the state provider‚ the Public Utilities Board in 1995 and was once considered as the only electricity company in Singapore. However‚ in 2001‚ Singapore Government took further steps in industry reform: separation of the natural monopolies (i.e. grid) from the competitive domain (i.e. generation and retail) in order to encourage competition and drive firms
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Introduction AirAsia is the airline industry started based on the low cost carrier (LCC) concept in Malaysia. The low cost concept is introduced in the year of 2001 with the belief that “Now Everyone Can Fly” by Tony Fernandes. AirAsia was first established in 1993 and began its operation on 18 November 1996. In the year 2001‚ Anthony Fernandes (or known as Tony Fernandes) bought the airline which is suffering a loss. It was re-established as the low cost carrier after the bought over. AirAsia’s
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the early growth stage‚ the marketing manager may choose from two additional strategic alternatives: segment expansion (Smith‚ Ansoff) or brand expansion (Borden‚ Ansoff‚ Kerin and Peterson‚ 1978)" (48). Smith ’s "differentiation and segmentation strategies" "In product differentiation‚ according to Smith (1956‚ p A more detailed scheme uses the categories:Miles‚ Raymond (2003). Organizational Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Process. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4840-3.
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Dell Pursue Growth in a Challenging Environment Problems: - Balancing expansion to retail - Stagnant corporate market (large enterprise‚ government) - Costumer market growing but not significant (home‚ small business) - Downturn economic - New entrants higher‚ rivalry higher (price war) - Bargaining power of supplier high - Leader change -> policy‚ goal - New opportunity market (tablet) - PC market stagnant - Still focusing in US market - US crisis‚ decrese in ability to pay -> demand
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The vertex‚ mainly the y coordinates of it‚ indicate the maximum or minimum height of the roller coaster. Axis of symmetry: The vertical line that passes through the vertex is called the axis of symmetry. Every parabola is symmetrical about its axis of symmetry. Axis of symmetry are the x value of the vertex. Axis of symmetry can be obtained through the following formula: x=- b/2a
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