Unilever was founded on soap and margarine - both products essentially sharing the same raw materials with diversification into other business areas starting in the midfifties. The second phase started in the mid-fifties when rapid growth in the Western world resulted in increased competition and lower margins in the company’s traditional categories. Unilever’s strategy was an active diversification programme through acquisition. The vigour with which this was pursued‚ while successfully introducing
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Running head: INTERNATIONAL PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION International Portfolio Diversification International Portfolio Diversification Globalization resulted‚ among other things‚ in a noticeable increase in foreign trade and investment worldwide. For individuals‚ the main type foreign investment is foreign portfolio investment (or foreign indirect investment) which is “the investment by individuals‚ firms‚ or public bodies (e.g.‚ governments or nonprofit organizations) in foreign financial
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Company background Airtel Lanka Limited is a subsidiary of Bharti Airtel Limited‚ the third largest mobile operator in the world‚ with over 240 million mobile customers as of December 2011.[3] Bharti Airtel has been featured in Forbes Asia’s Fab 50 list‚ rated amongst the best performing companies in the world in the BusinessWeek IT 100 list 2007‚ and voted as India’s most innovative company in a survey by The Wall Street Journal Airtel Sri Lanka commenced commercial operations of services on 13
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Table of contents Question 1 Pressures for National Responsiveness…………………………………….………2 Strategic Role in Relation to Structural Context…………………………………...4 Managerial Recommendations……………………………………………………..5 Question 2 The Speed of a Rival’s Attack……………………………………………………..6 Managerial Recommendations…………………………………………………….9 Appendices…………………………………………………………………...….10 References……………………………………………………………………….17 Question 1 Pressures for National Responsiveness (incl. measures and data)
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Management Assignment topic: Chapter 7 Summary – Corporate strategy and diversification Name: Mr T Mdletshe Student number: 200903233 Module code: CBM 503 Module Description: Advanced Aspects of Management 1. CORPORATE STRATEGY AND DIVERSIFICATION This chapter is about choices of products and markets for an organisation to enter or exit. Organisations often choose to enter many new products and market areas. For example‚ Virgin Group started out in the music business‚ but is now highly diverse. They
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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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BUSINESS STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT CANON DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY [pic] By: NURSYAH FAHMANSYAH RIZKI (0832200304) Magister Manajemen Sistem Informasi Universitas Bina Nusantara 2009 DIVERSIFICATION Definition Diversification is a form of growth marketing strategy for a company. It seeks to increase profitability through greater sales volume obtained from new products and new markets. Diversification can occur either at the business unit or at the corporate level. At the business unit
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(1) I think it was a good decision for PepsiCo to adopt diversity as a strategic priority in 2001‚ because by encouraging executives to meet diversity-related objectives‚ the company could easily break down the barriers between employers and employees‚ especially between employers and minority employees. Diversity strategy gives managers a chance to perceive the attitudes of their employees. A close relationship between managers and employees makes employees consider their perceived performance level
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ticket (Anderson‚ 2009). When Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the moon launched on July 16‚ 1969. The whole worlds are stunned. That fact makes a 19-year-old Richard Branson decided that he will one day experience the wonder of space ("Virgin galactic overview‚" 2009). For several years‚ interest in the potential of space tourism has been steadily increasing among engineers‚ scientist‚ entrepreneurs‚ and general public. The attractiveness and exclusivity of traveling into space that drives
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VIRGIN BLUE UNDERSTANDING EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 1. Attractiveness of the Industry 1a. Identify the industry‚ product segments and value chain The industry is the Australian airline industry (global). Core activities cover providing travel services to leisure travellers in Australia and overseas‚ including flights‚ travel insurance‚ holiday packaged deals‚ and freight business. Products segments including ▪ Business travel ▪ 57.1% of industry revenue ▪ full-fare ▪ business &
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