Corporate Strategy Course Prof.Erik Larsen Case Study [pic]Wal Mart Stores‚ Inc. [pic] • Introduction • SWOT Analysis • Value Chain • Porter’s 5 forces • Conclusion Agnese Santocchi INTRODUCTION WalMart was founded when‚ in 1962‚ Sam Walton invested 95% of the capital –co exming from his Walton 5&10 in Bentonville‚ Arkansas- to open the first WalMart store. What he wanted to do was to achieve higher sales
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Wal-Mart competitive advantage 6. To what extent is WM’s competitive advantage sustainable? * At the time discount stores were located within large towns‚ WM’s strategy was to put good-sized stores into little one-horse towns that everyone else was ignoring. * WM alternative was to build their own distribution centers so that they could buy in volume at attractive prices and store the merchandise. * WM earn the trust of their customers every day by providing a broad assortment of
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A Change Initiative for Wal-Mart Jennifer Ratcliff Kaplan University This paper will focus on a change initiative for Wal-Mart. Next‚ this paper will analyze how this change will impact the people‚ products‚ and processes. Then this paper will focus on the people portion‚ and provide recommendations to position this change initiative in a manner that results in high performance. Finally this paper will conclude with a summary of how the recommended approach to the change initiative
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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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they have an outstanding negotiator in Sarah Talley. Frey Farms faces a major issue in being such a small company attempting to compete with such big players like Wal-Mart and its contingent co-managed mega stores. That is why it is so important that Sarah incorporates an intelligent strategy‚ takes the time to do her homework on Wal-Mart‚ and devises an effective plan for the negotiation. Negotiation Strategy and Planning Sarah Talley is faced with convincing one of America’s biggest corporations
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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 Stores‚ Inc.: A New Set of Challenges Part I Strategic Direction Mission: Wal-Mart is an American based discount retailing store that implements that lower prices will result in higher sales volume‚ so to continue to provide customers with quality goods at everyday low prices will keep our customers satisfied and coming back. Objectives: Short Range: · To have 90% of the customers leave the store satisfied with their experience at the store. Long Range: · To
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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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sector(provides raw materials) o Secondary sector(using raw materials for the manufacturing or construction of products) o Tertiary sector-service sector-(provides service for the customer) Normally we expect tertiary sector to work as retails but there could be exceptions sometimes like when the primary sector works as the retailers. This kind of occasion could be when a customer wants to buy a raw material without manufacturing or construction from the seller. The supplier sells the raw
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The Wal-Mart Dispute Karen Olsson believes that Wal-Mart‚ the world’s largest retailer company‚ under pays their employees for the amount of work they do daily. They do not offer good working conditions for their employees or enough medical benefits to support themselves and their families. Sebastian Mallaby says that Wal-Mart is not wrong for the way that they run their business; he feels as though Wal-Mart does their consumers a favor by keeping the wages low and offering “low prices”
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