To begin with‚ BCG is the acronym for Boston Consulting Group—a general management consulting firm highly respected in business strategy consulting. BCG Growth-Share Matrix (see figure 1) happens to be one of many of BCG’s strategic concepts the organisation developed in the late 1970s‚ and is being taught at leading business schools and executive education programmes around the world. It is a management tool that serves four distinct purposes (McDonald 2003; Kotler 2003; Cipher 2006): it can
Premium Strategic management Management consulting Management
Change Management Report on Vodafone Introduction Vodafone Group is a British multinational company and is currently the second world’s largest mobile telecommunication. In March 2014‚ Vodafone had 434 million subscribers worldwide. The company‚ nowadays‚ operates in 21 countries all over Europe‚ Asia- Pacific‚ Middle East‚ United States and Africa. Plus‚ Vodafone has another more 40 networks in other countries (Vodafone‚ 2014). Vodafone has the power to keep going growing with an attractive
Premium Quality management Management Change management
The company I chose to conduct my BCG Matrix on was Wal-Mart‚ because this company has become one of the largest and most successful companies within the United States. Wal-Mart started out as a small retail business in 1962 in Rogers‚ Arkansas by Sam Walton. Today Wal-Mart has more than 10‚000 stores in more than twenty eight different countries. In 2012 Wal-Mart gained revenue of $421‚849 million dollars‚ which was an increase of 3.4% from the previous year. (www.topics.nytimes.com>Business>Companies
Premium Wal-Mart
Financial Analysis of Vodafone Group Plc 2012 AC4907 Assignment This is a financial analysis of Vodafone Group Plc based on the group’s annual report for the financial year ended 31st March 2012. Shane Gaughan 11/25/2012 Student ID 0173061 Lecturer: Orla Lenihan Introduction Vodafone Group Plc who in 1985 made its first mobile telephone call is today a global communications company serving over 404 million customers in more than 30 countries across 5 continents in which they operate
Premium Mobile phone Financial ratio Dividend
ZooZoo‚ the new brand ambassador of Vodafone‚ has created a furore in the advertising industry. Zoozoos have been successful in giving Vodafone a makeover and establishing maximum brand presence. I consider it to be a perfect example of a well-laid out marketing strategy for the following reasons: Vodafone chose the Indian Premier League 2 (IPL-2) as a platform to launch their advertisement‚ which proved to be a great marketing strategy. Cricket is considered to be a religion in India‚ and Zoozooz
Premium Social network service Indian Premier League Facebook
FINAL DISSERTATION TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF INNOVATION ON MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY – A COMPETITIVE CASE STUDY OF VODAFONE AND O2 SUBMITTED BY HAMMAD RAZA BITE ID: 40907 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the MBA Innovative Management In collaboration with Coventry University and the British Institute of Technology & E-commerce August 2011 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL August 15‚ 2011 Dr. Hasan Gilani Project Supervisor Coventry University Dear Sir:
Premium Strategic management Mobile phone
BCG MATRIX CASE STUDY OF NESTLE BCG Matrix(Boston consulting Group ) • In the late 1960s the Boston Consulting Group‚ a leading management consulting company‚ designed a four-cell matrix known as BCG Growth/Share Matrix. This tool was developed to aid companies in the measurement of all their company businesses according to relative market share and market growth. Conti… • The BCG Matrix made a significant contribution to strategic management and continues to be an important strategic
Premium Strategic management Management consulting Chocolate
added value through product improvements. Vodafone must feed this back into its product strategy. Vodafone’s goal is to grow its revenue and improve its profit margin by adding value to its products and services thus earning more from each product sold. The ‘Vodafone live!’ service enables customers to use picture messaging and to download polyphonic ring tones‚ colour‚ games‚ images and information‚ through an icon-driven menu. Another service is the Vodafone Mobile Connect Card‚ which enables customers
Premium
IMPERIAL TOBACCO COMPANY ITC is an Indian conglomerate Headquartered in Kolkata Currently headed by Yogesh Chander Deveshwar. Employs over 26‚000 people at more than 60 locations across India and is listed on FORBES 2000. Annual turnover - over US$ 7 billion (44000 cr) Market capitalisation - US$ 45 billion (283‚000 cr) Business Segments Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Hotels Paperboards Paper & Packaging Agri Business
Premium Tobacco Nicotine Marketing
Your Reliance Bill OM PRAKASH H NO 2/516 BANK COLONY KISHAN PUR‚ALIGARH ALIGARH - 202001 UTTAR PRADESH CIOU Code : UPRI10329 Your Reliance No. 9358634630 Relationship No. Bill Period Bill Date Bill No. Tariff Plan Name Credit Limit : 500001194433 : 07-01-2011 to 06-02-2011 : 07-Feb-11 : 333454283567 : RNJ149DATA : 1100 Due Date Amount Payable After Due Date Previous Dues Payments Adjustments Current Charges Total Amount Due 1560.74 - 1560.00 + 0.00 + 949.68
Premium Reliance Communications Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group BSE Sensex