案例三：沃尔玛(Wal-Mart)SWOT分析 优势Strengths. • 沃尔玛是著名的零售业品牌，它以物美价廉、货物繁多和一站式购物而闻名。 • 沃尔玛的销售额在近年内有明显增长‚并且在全球化的范围内进行扩张.(例如‚它收购了英国的零售商ASDA) • 沃尔玛的一个核心竞争力是由先进的信息技术所支持的国际化物流系统.例如‚ 在该系统支持下‚每一件商品在全国范围内的每一间卖场的运输、销售、储存等物流信息都可以清晰地看到。信息技术同时也加强了沃尔玛高效的采购过程。 • 沃尔玛的一个焦点战略是人力资源的开发和管理。优秀的人才是沃尔玛在商业上成功的关键因素，为此沃尔玛投入时间和金钱对优秀员工进行培训并建立忠诚度。 劣势Weaknesses • 沃尔玛建立了世界上最大的食品零售帝国。尽管它在信息技术上拥有优势，但因为其巨大的业务拓展，这可能导致对某些领域的控制力不够强。 • 因为沃尔玛的商品涵盖了服装、食品等多个部门，它可能在适应性上比起更加专注于某一领域的竞争对手存在劣势。 • 该公司是全球化的，但是目前只开拓了少数几个国家的市场。
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Wal-Mart: Strategic Management An in depth analysis of Wal-Mart and its global strategic management and electronic distribution Analysis for Business Policy: Strategic Management. Instructor: Dr. M. Reitzel‚ DeVry University‚ February 2007‚ Austin‚ TX. Members of the Team: Marcus Bedford Jon Cable Wayne Oulicky Constince Sanchez Table of Contents: Executive Summary.……………………………………………………………….2 Problem Statement ………………………………………………………………...2 Situational Description and Strategic Analyses …………………………………
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environmental analyses (using SWOT analysis)‚ outline the primary factors impacting Wal-Mart’s strategy. Organize these factors by Stakeholder Group to prioritize expectations and identify conflicting pressures on the organization. INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS STRENGTHS Capital Market Stakeholders: ▪ Has grown substantially over recent years and has experienced global expansion. According to exhibit 3 in the case‚ Wal-Mart’s revenue has consistently increased. In 1997‚ they had revenues of $99‚627
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Wal-Mart is a nationwide company and is a household term almost everyone knows. Some people find it as a store that tends to help the less wealthy‚ while others find it to be the complete opposite in aiding underprivileged families. Wal-Mart has different attributes to show that it is a good source of assistance for our society. Those services consist of low prices‚ a variety of goods‚ and it provides jobs. These details might be over looked when not observed closely‚ preventing people from truly
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Facts: Betty Dukes and five other women‚ who were Wal-Mart employees‚ filed a class-action lawsuit against alleged infringement upon civil rights done by Wal-Mart. They argued on behalf of themselves and 1.5 million women—who had been employed by Wal-Mart after December 26‚ 1998—that Wal-Mart implemented corporate policies that resulted in nationwide discrimination against employed females. They claimed there was a moratorium in promotion in comparison to male employees; furthermore‚ they contended
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Strategic Management Assignment 8 1. Do Wal Mart and K Mart exploit any merger and acquisition in recent 5-10 years? Merger &Acquisition | Wal Mart | K Mart | Acquisition | -Bempreco: This company has been acquiesced by Wal mart. Bempreco is a retail chain in northeastern Brazil with 118 units (hypermarkets‚ supermarkets and mini markets). The acquisition gives Wal-Mart Brazil its first stores in the Northeast market. -Seiyu GK: is a Japanese group of supermarkets‚ shopping centers
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Executive Summary for Wal-Mart Bridgette Smith ACC280/Principles of Accounting November 21‚ 2010 James E. Gajda Introduction There are large and small businesses all across the country‚ with many different public and private accounting firms that handle their accounts. Many of these businesses are raking in millions and millions of dollars a year. Wal-Mart is one of them. We will be exploring Wal-Mart and how it came about as a business‚ along with examining their balance sheets‚
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Wal-Mart Financial Paper According to Fortune 500 (2008)‚ Wal-Mart CEO‚ Lee Scott dramatically cut prices on 15‚000 items because of the brutal fourth-quarter retail forecasts. He cut the prices a staggering 20 percent to lure in shoppers for the holidays. By doing so‚ Wal-Mart pressured other retailers in the industry to pinch already tight margins. Fortunately for Wal-Mart‚ the method worked. Wal-Mart grossed $100 billion‚ breaking its fourth-quarter sales record. Wal-Mart also beat a large
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CURRENT SITUAION OF WALMART Founded in 1962 by Sam Walton‚ Wal-Mart followed an amazing pattern of success and growth‚ eclipsing all other U.S. department store retailers by the early 1990’s. In early spring 2001‚ Wal-Mart enjoyed a huge market capitalization of over $230B‚ which was down from highs of nearly $300B in early 2000. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. is the world ’s largest retailer and the largest company in the world based on revenues‚ ignoring profits (income)‚ assets‚ and market capitalization
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Question: Is Wal-Mart Good for the Economy? Yes. Wal-Mart is now the largest grocer‚ largest retailer‚ largest corporation in the world. "If Wal-Mart was a nation‚ it would have a bigger economy than 80 percent of the world’s countries"(Singer and Mason). About "138 million people go to one of Wal-Mart’s 5‚000 stores in the United States and nine other countries"‚ and purchase more than $300 billion every year (Singer and Mason). With a 1.6 million global workforce‚ Wal-Mart has become the
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