The BCG Matrix is a method used by businesses to identify market growth and market shares for organizations. It was developed by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consultant’s Group in the early 1970s. To establish long term value creation‚ a company should have a portfolio of products that contain both high growth products in need of cash inputs and low growth products that generate a lot of cash and use this information to improve it. The basic idea behind it is that the bigger the market share a product
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The BCG Matrix has a few different names. It is also called the Growth-Share Matrix‚ Portfolio Analysis‚ and The Boston Matrix. Management consultants at the Boston Consulting Group developed their matrix in the early 1970s. They designed it to help managers at large corporations decide which business units they should invest in Mindtools.com‚ 2014). So‚ which areas of the business deserve more resources and investment? The BCG Matrix consists of four categories based on the growth rate of the industry
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fully understand and impossible for them to fully control’ (The Times‚ n.d. p1). Virgin Atlantic is an international airline that is based in the UK. It was started by the entrepreneur Richard Branson in 1982 and now flies to 30 destinations around the world (Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd‚ 2011). By looking at the PEST forces of Virgin’s external environment‚ the aim is to see how these influence the airline and how Virgin can use this information to their advantage. Two main political factors in Virgin’s
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Virgin Cola( Shaking Up the Softdrinks Market It was official. Hubert Tan was named Vice-President for Sales and Marketing of InterBev‚ the latest addition to the business empire of taipan Lucio Tan. Hubert’s choice was not a difficult decision to make. After all‚ being in his late twenties‚ he was a go-go type of person who had a passion for business. There was great expectation that his joining would contribute greatly to the Tan group of companies. Hubert obtained his business
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Problem statement The main challenge facing Virgin Atlantic Airlines is identifying and executing a strategy that will help it become a more profitable and established airline in the industry going forward. Virgin had an income loss of 14.5 M pounds in 1991-92‚ and a small profit of 0.4 M pounds in 1992-93(Exhibit 2). In contrast‚ British Airways had $297.7 M profit which is 3.19% of its total sales in 1992 (Exhibit 10). VAA has been pursuing a marketing strategy to serve all classes of passengers
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company to successfully compete with others it must learn to emphasize different elements of the marketing mix and by using different mixtures of those elements; such that they hide their weakness and show their strengths. A comparative response matrix includes two companies and three sub-elements of the marketing mix‚ wiz‚ Price‚ Quality and Advertising: Company A action Price Quality Advertising Price Cpp Cqp Cap Quality Cpq Cqq Caq Advertising Cpa
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BCG Matrix Product Relative Market Share Market Growth Classification Note D 2 Leader 3% Low Cash Cow Generates more cash than needed to maintain business. Requires frequent “milking” and very little investment. A 3 Leader 20% High Star Requires a high level of funding to battle competitors and maintain growth rate. When industry slows‚ has potential to become cash cow if market share is retained. C 1 Co-Leader 25% High C 1 Co-Leader 25% High Question Mark Potential to gain market share and
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activity relates to Topic 1‚ 2 and 3. Use the skills attained upon completion of these topics to complete this ePortfolio Activity. UU100 Communication & Information Literacy Semester 1‚ 2014 ePortfolio Activity 1 Introduction Electronic Portfolio (ePortfolio) is the major assessment component of UU100. An ePortfolio refers “to an electronically stored collection (or archive) of a student’s experiences‚ achievements and artefacts‚ together with their reflections on learning.” (Australian
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1998 was a rather trying year for Virgin group of companies. With the hopes for an economic upturn still remaining‚ it is recommended that the Virgin group approach and review‚ with great urgency‚ the matters outlined in this memo. Questions have been raised by many noted publications including the Economist and Marketing News regarding the current financial state‚ brand strength and future of the Virgin group. Many has quipped Mr. Branson and the Virgin group as over-exerting and extending company
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complementary goods‚ envisaging the processes that bring a commodity to the final product market. The sector matrix analysis mentioned by Froud (2006) fills these limitations; it constructs the demand side in terms of complementary and competing demands made by end users‚ and the supply side in terms of corporate consolidation of surplus from different activities inside and outside a specific demand matrix. Taking into account the weaknesses of Porter and Gereffi’sframework‚ Froud argues a need to abandon
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