THE VIRGIN GROUP CASE STUDY QUESTION 1: What examples does the case give of links between Branson’s strategy for Virgin and the environment in which it operates? The Virgin Group Ltd is a group of separately run British companies with the Virgin brand under the leadership of English celebrity business tycoon Sir Richard Branson. The core business areas are travel‚ entertainment and lifestyle‚ among others. Richard Branson’s strategy comes from his deepest inner beliefs;
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Virgin Atlantic Environment Policy A message from Virgin Atlantic’s CEO‚ Steve Ridgway: Virgin Atlantic is embedding sustainability at the core of our business. We recognise the growing impact air travel has on the environment‚ and are seeking to address this as best as we can. There are many projects in place across the business to make this a reality‚ both in the air and on the ground. Our recent commitment to invest up to $8bn in the most efficient aircraft available for our routes‚ is a
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Leadership in Virgin Established by Sir Richard Branson 22 years ago‚ Virgin Atlantic has become Britians second largest airline. It operates 37 aircraft‚ employs 9000 staff and flies more than 4.5 million passangers a year to some of the worlds major cities. After the slump in air travel following 9/11 Virgin Atlantic went through a period of rapid growth. Virgin Atlantic introduced a leadership development program that was led by business objectives rather than HR process and fitted into
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1. The corporate rationale of the Virgin group is to re-entering the inactive industries with brand new ideas and developments and offer the consumer different products. Diversification is an attribute of Virgins rationale. Their SBU’s improve Virgin’s scope and therefore its existing markets and products. Virgin uses the ideas of ‘the corporate parent’ to add structure and direction to its various business units‚ which in turn adds value due to the effective‚ closely controlled and come up to that
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EDEXEL Level 4 Tutor: Louise Penketh Manchester College 22/4/2010 By Guitola Tiny Contents Introduction 4 Introduction to Virgin Group 4 Strategy Formulation 5 Virgin Group Smart 6 Stakeholder Map 6 Virgin Group PESTLE 8 Political 9 Technological 9 Environmental 10 Virgin Group Porter’s 5-forces 11 Porter’s 5-forces analysis (Michael Porter (1947)) 11 The Treat of Entry 11 Governmental policies 12 Differentiation 12 Switching
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Changes in the Virgin Group These assignments discuss the organisational changes that the Virgin Group has been during the last few years‚ and how they are adapting to the changes in the operating environment. This will be in the context of the employees’ perception of the changes‚ and how the Virgin Group can lower their resistance to change. This is a natural feeling from employees‚ when faced with uncertainty‚ and this needs to be managed. The assignment focuses on the Virgin Group airline operation
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AJNRR Consulting Virgin Blue Holdings A Strategic Analysis Prepared by: Andy Ley Joachim Brastein Nathan Westgarth Rishi Dave Ron Stanley * * Contents 1. Executive Summary 2 2. Virgin Blue Now 3 2.1 Introduction 3 2.2 Virgin Blue Overview 3 2.3 Virgin Blue’s Current Strategy 3 3. Outside Virgin Blue 4 3.1 Macroenvironment 4 3.2 Industry Analysis 4 4. Inside Virgin Blue 6 4.1 Resources 6 4.1 Capabilities‚ Distinct Competencies
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Study paper on ikea TOWS Maxi-Maxi We have chosen to elaborate on the maxi-maxi problem which maximizes the strong sides and maximize the opportunities. The problem which we have discovered is that IKEA should focus on promoting their green products because it is a growing trend all over the world and we assume that it will keep growing for many years to come. This problem will be solved by using Ansoff’s intensification strategy. Therefore we have chosen to focus on the marketing mix in
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Contents Table of Contents 2 I. History and Evaluation of Space Tourism 3 II. Introduction of Virgin Galactic 3 III. Mission and Vision 3 IV. Business Strategy 3 V. Market Research 4 VI. Technology Strategy 4 A. Porter’s Five Forces 4 B. SWOT Analysis 6 C. Ans-Off Matrix 7 D. BCG Matrix 7 VII. Technical Issues And Space Vehicle of Virgin Galactic 7 VIII. Future of Space Tourism 8 IX. Future of Virgin Galactic 8 X. References 9 I. History and Evaluation of Space Tourism Space tourism
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tech. T1 Increase in market competition. 0.25 4.2 1.05 X Increases buyer bargaining power. T2 Economic exposure from unexpected foreign exchange rates. 0.05 5.0 0.25 X Restructuring and fixed cost reduction. Total Scores 1.00 3.46 2. TOWS Table - Sony Corporation Internal Factors (IFAS) External Factors (EFAS) Strength (S) S1
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