Key Terms in Strategic Management Competitive Advantage * Anything that a firm does especially well compared to rival firms. * A firm must strive to achieve competitive advantage by: 1) Continually adapting to changes in external trends and events and internal capabilities‚ competencies and resources. 2) Effectively formulating‚ implementing and evaluating strategies that capitalize on those factors. Strategists * Usually found in high levels of management (CEO)
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Airbus and Boeing: A comparison By Aben Johnson Boeing and Airbus are the two largest manufacturers of large commercial airliners in the world. They have operated in this capacity since the early 1990’s. This is due to a series of consolidations in the European aerospace industry‚ As well as the acquisition of McDonnell Douglas by Boeing in 1997. Another factor that led to this duopoly was the withdrawal of smaller competitors such as Lockheed Martin and Covair. William Boeing founded Boeing
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CASE 24 Ethics and Airbus One September‚ a fraud squad‚ led by Jean-Claude Van Espen‚ a Belgian magistrate‚ raided Airbus’s headquarters in Toulouse. “They wanted to check whether there was possible falsification of documents‚ bribery or other infractions as part of the sale of Airbus aircraft to Sabena‚” says Van Espen’s spokesman. The team of 20 Belgian and French investigators interviewed several Airbus employees during its three-day stay in Toulouse and carted away boxes of documents. In November
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What is the most effective strategy for building customer loyalty in business-to-business (B2B) relationships? In today’s highly competitive business environment‚ the remarkable increase in the number of companies is becoming a problem. Due to this situation and also diversity in customer demand‚ business people are required to contemplate how to establish strategies to gain new potential customers or to maintain existing customers. Caceres and Paparoidamis (2007) identify that the cost of acquiring
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What aspects of strategy formulation do you think requires the most time? Why? "Strategy formulation includes developing a vision and mission‚ identifying an organization’s external opportunities and threats‚ determining internal strengths and weaknesses‚ establishing long-term objectives‚ generating alternative strategies‚ and choosing particular strategies to pursue. Strategy formulation issues include deciding what new businesses to enter‚ what businesses to abandon‚ how to allocate resources
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C H A P T E R 5 Customer Acquisition Strategies and Tactics M anaging customer acquisition consists of a variety of interrelated tasks and activities. Among the more important are pricing programs‚ advertising‚ alternative and direct marketing systems‚ sales promotions‚ and personal selling methods. Based on the solid foundation of developing a customer-oriented company‚ customer acquisition creates the lifeline of sales and return visits vital to a company’s long-term success. The product life
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Airbus Aircraft manufacturing company 09-Jun-11 giorgi meliqiZe Contents tipi: subsidirebuli industria: sahaero industria daarsda: 1970 (‚‚earbasis” industria) 2001 (Airbus SAS) Stab-bina: blegnaki‚ safrangeTi Semosavali: 27.45 miliardi (2008) wminda mogeba: 1.597 miliardi (2008) personali: 52 000 dedobili kompania: EADS Svilobili: Airbus Military veb-gverdi: www.airbus.com Airbus SAS aris TviTmfrinavebis sawarmo‚ romelic warmoadgens EEADS (Europian
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! Corporate Strategy! E-Retailing Industry Analysis! Business Level Strategy! SWOT Analysis! Strategic Alternatives! Action Plan Began as one of the firstmajor companies to sell goods over the Internet Started as solely as an Online Bookstore Due to success diversified into many other product lines and services Multinational e- commerce company Worlds Largest online Retailer RETAIL NON-RETAIL Books‚ Music & Movies! ! Referrals/Commission! Consumer Electronics! Computer & Office
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Turbulence wrecks Airbus Consortium Airbus Industry is a consortium of European aircraft-manufacturing companies formed in 1970 to meet the demand for short- to medium-range‚ high-capacity jetliners. Members include the German‚ French and Spanish-owned European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company EADS (80% stake) and the British owned BAE Systems (20%). Since its inception‚ Airbus has become a case study for how a multi-lateral consortium can be a disaster in a market-sensitive industry like
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World War (Carpenter‚ 2009). In 2002 however‚ to the surprise of many Airbus an aircraft manufacturing subsidiary of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company N.V. was able not on to gain global market share but take the lead. Their ability to forecast the markets need along with their innovative approach helped them accomplish the gain in global market share. After the initial shock wore off many experts questioned if Airbus could sustain their market share and continue to compete against Boeing
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