NAME OF THE ADOPTED COMPANY : Valve Corporation THE BUSINESS THE COMPANY IS INTO : Valve Corporation‚ (also known as Valve Software or simply as Valve)‚ is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue‚ Washington‚ United States. It is also well known for its social-distribution network steam; and for developing the Source engine‚ which has been used in every Valve game since its introduction in 2004. A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF THE COMPANY :
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Airborne Express Case Study Evaluation of Business Leading to Sustained Superior Performance September 24‚ 2010 J401 Airborne Express’ Strategy: Value Mix Airborne considers itself as “the flexible‚ solution-oriented express carrier” with an ability to tailor its services to the needs of particularly large business customers - providing low cost‚ next day‚ and second day deliveries. In this way‚ Airborne has asserted itself using a Cost-Leader strategy (please see appendix 1). Continually
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II. External analysis 2 1. Macro-environmental analysis 2 2. Industry analysis 3 3. Opportunities and Threats 4 3.1 Opportunities 4 3.2 Threats 4 III. Internal analysis 4 1. Value chain 4 2. Resources and competencies 5 3. VRIO 5 4. Strength and Weakness 6 4.1 Strength 6 4.2 Weakness 6 IV. Issues and challenges 6 V. The selection of strategic options 7 1. Apple’s generic strategy 7 2. Strategic options 8 3. The resources needed to implement the strategy
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ZARA: Fast Fashion The Spanish retail chain Zara has unique supply chain management practices that enable it to gain a competitive advantage over other fashion retailers in the industry. Zara’s rapid response time enables the firm to quickly respond to changing fashions while deliberately under producing products. This strategy‚ which is supported by competencies in logistic management‚ design and information systems‚ allows the company to maintain less inventory and higher profit margins and is
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Pelkey Fall 2010 Table of Contents Introduction 5 Macro Environment Analysis (PESTEL Analysis) 5 Political Factors: 6 Economical Factors: 6 Societal Factors: 7 Technological Factors: 7 Legal Factors: 8 Micro Environment Analysis (VRIO Analysis) 8 Analysis of Competitive Environment 11 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis to the industry 11 Threat of New Entrants: 12 The Bargaining Power of Buyers: 12 Bargaining Power of Suppliers: 13 Threat of Substitute Products: 13 Rivalry among
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Table of contents Table of contents 2 True Religion Jeans Case study 1. External and Internal Analysis 3 1.1 The fashion industry 3 1.2 Premium jeans industry 3 1.3 True Religion brand jeans. 3 2. Strategy formulation 4 2.1 Analysing opportunities 4 2.2 Competitive advantage 4 2.3 Strategic challenges 5 3. Strategy Recommendations 5 3.1 Generic strategy 5 3.2 Portfolio management 5 3.3 Geographic scope 6 3.4 Attracting new talent 6 3.5 Market positioning 6 4. Organizational implementation 6
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The Cuban Cigar Industry BU481 – S Submitted To: Lynn Gazzola Group Members: Adam Davidson - 070846030 Brandon Mattalo - 070399260 Elizabeth Phillips - 070463720 Sam Roston - 070812060 Muhammad Shahjahan - 20321861
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1. How should Trip Hawkins organize the functions of the teams in Finland‚ India‚ Spain and California to move into the social network gaming world? Digital Chocolate began as an innovator in a small new market and succeeded due to their ability to foster innovation and creativity in the mobile gaming industry. The social gaming market has opened opportunities to expand Digital Chocolate’s horizons drastically. Trip Hawkins needs to promote a sense of urgency and to communicate the importance
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The Internet and social media websites have provided lucrative business opportunities for many companies. However‚ one particular success story is Zynga‚ a gaming company founded by Mark Pincus and a group of entrepreneurs. Zynga is currently the leading developer of social network games‚ such as CityVille‚ Texas HoldEm Poker and Farmville. Zynga uses Facebook as its main network and relies on the social media aspect of the website to attract potential gamers to play their games. Clearly this method
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...........................8 4. SWOT Analysis ...............................................................................10 5. Value Chain Analysis .....................................................................11 6. Resource Based View (VRIO) ........................................................15 7. Financial Analysis ..........................................................................15 8. Conclusion...........................................................................
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