COMPANY BACKGROUND Dell traces its origins to 1984‚ when Michael Dell created PCs Limited while a student at the University of Texas at Austin. The dorm-room headquartered company sold IBM PC-compatible computers built from stock components. Dell dropped out of school in order to focus full-time on his fledgling business‚ after getting about $300‚000 in expansion-capital from his family. In 1985‚ the company produced the first computer of its own design‚ the "Turbo PC"‚ which sold for $795. PCs
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Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a small number of competing firms
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. VRIO The VRIO framework is a set of four questions of: Value‚ Rarity‚ Imitability‚ andOrganization (Barney and Hesterly‚ 2006). It is a tool to analyze company’s resourcesand capabilities to discover their potential competitive advantages or to identifycompany’s internal weaknesses (Barney and Hesterly‚ 2006). The following competenceswere chosen from Nokia: quality‚ price‚ services/functions‚ and brand image. 5.1 Quality The high quality of Nokia’s products and services enables
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VRIO ANALYSIS Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a
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Resource Based View - VRIO Analysis 1. Tangible Resources a) Financial Resources: * Firm’s cash and cash equivalents- The total cash and cash equivalents of the firm stood at around Rs. 271.5 Crores in the year ended March 2009 (before merger with Kraft). Liquidity is important for a business to factor in for unforeseeable events. The ideal cash reserve requirement can be calculated by taking into account and listing possible unfavorable events and assigning probabilities to them
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Apple Inc. Case Study # 1 iPhone [pic] Professor Chug-Shing Lee BUSA 499 Capstone October 1‚ 2008 Analysis Conducted By Apex [pic] Ryan Boykin Ashley Fiorini Lance Tanaka Matt Webb Executive Summary Apple has demonstrated that innovation can lead to market dominance with products like the iPod. With products such as this‚ Apple has developed a brand that has built a customer base with astonishing loyalty. According to Business week‚ Apple was thirty third for top
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1Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a small number of competing firms
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I will explain the link and differences between the VRIO-framework and the SWOT-model. Before I will explain this‚ I will first give you an insight in the meaning of these two models. SWOT-model: [pic] A SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. Strengths and weaknesses are internal to an organization. Opportunities and threats originate from outside the organization. A SWOT
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competition in the tissue paper industry in Malaysia is very intense. In order to compete and survive in the tissue paper industry‚ it is important for a firm to adopt the VRIO analysis framework. VRIO stands for value‚ rarity‚ imitability‚ and organisation‚ and this framework was founded by Barney J. B.. According to Robert J. Chapman‚ VRIO analysis is important for firms that wish to succeed by using its internal resources and capabilities to gain the competitive advantage against its competitors in order
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Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a small number of competing
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