General Management | Course: International Business Strategies 2012-2013 (BKM06GM) | Learning Questions Whirlpool | Dan Beseda 376211db@eur.nl 11/5/2012 | Introduction This first part of this paper analyses appliances industry and identify globalization drivers. The second part argues whether Whirlpool should continue its global expansion strategy. Last part examine why Whirlpool struggled with the expansion and what lesson could we take from this case. The appliances industry and identify
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1. Reason for the merger and acquisitions in the US and European appliance industry: Reactive reasons: 1. International competition: International competition arises when a company from one country goes for manufacturing in other country. In US the appliance industry was highly competitive because of the domestic and foreign competition. The competitors were Korean‚ Japanese and European appliance industries. More over the appliance industries was so competitive that no single domestic manufacturer
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Table of contents I. INTRODUCTION 1 II. EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (see exhibit 1) 1 A. General Environment 1 B. Task Environment 2 III. INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (see exhibit 1) 3 A. Corporate Structure 3 B. Corporate Culture 3 C. Corporate Resources 3 IV. ANALYSIS OF STRATEGIC FACTORS 5 A. Situational Analysis (SWOT: see Exhibits 1‚ 4 & 5) 5 B. Success Factors 5 V. CURRENT STRATEGIC POSTURE 5 A. Review of Current Mission and Objectives 5 B. Current Corporate Strategies 6 C. Current Competitive
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in the quantities of selling refrigerators (Kerin & Peterson‚ 2010). Any how‚ the market is showing great opportunity so is the competitiveness; there are many monster home appliances producers such as Matsushita Electric Industrial‚ Haier‚ and Whirlpool etc.... 2) How do consumers buy large household appliances? Consumers buy large household appliances most likely for replacement of the existing and/or broken one which has very high rate (70%) and the rest 30% for first time buyers and desired
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Whirlpool Europe Analysis Please answer the following question about the NPV analysis: 1. What are the key assumptions of this analysis? Average salary per employee is equal to 100k and a number of participating employees which has 50 employees per each of the 4 waves. The consulting cost is that 15400 per month._ 2. The current NPV is negative. One way to save money would be to reduce consulting costs. Please set the average consulting cost per month in cell b33 to $5000. At
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appliance sector that remains constant. The appliances that comprise this sector are ranges‚ refrigerators‚ washers‚ dryers‚ and dishwasher. The major appliance industry is both saturated and mature. The five major players are General Electric‚ Maytag‚ Whirlpool‚ Electrolux‚ and Raytheon. All are well established in the industry and have been major players for many years. Prior to World War II‚ most appliance manufactures produced a limited line of appliances derived from one successful product. For example
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bolder designs because the designers can now make a strong case for making those investments. By following this approach the company can do innovation in their products. Question No. 3 Answer: Chuck Jones was appointed as Chief designer. Whirlpool is an
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Growth rate 73.3 million Home appliances market and 2.6 million commercial major appliance makes up market size and this industry is expected to grow at about 1.9 % annually. Number of rivals Major rivals who shared 99% of the market share were Whirlpool‚ General Electric‚ and Maytag‚ AB Electrolux. Others who shared 1% of the market share were Bosch-Siemens‚ Haier‚ Emerson Electric‚ Sub-zero‚ Viking and Wolf. Scope of competitive rivalry As major home appliance industry became increasingly global
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Whirlpool their Code of Ethics A code of business ethics often focuses on social issues. It sometimes identifies the general principles about an organization’s beliefs on matters such as mission‚ quality‚ privacy‚ or the environment. At Whirlpool their Code of Ethics affirms the company’s responsibilities‚ obligation and duties to serve the world where it does business. The Whirlpool Corporation traditions of ethical behavior begin in 1911‚ when it was founded and has been passed from generation
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1. Chief Executive Hans Straberg had no choice but to do something radical he begin shutting down plants in Western Europe and the United States and shifting work to the lower cost locales in Asia and Eastern Europe. He is breaking down barriers between departments and forcing his engineers‚ designers and marketers to work together to come up with new products. To speed the transition‚ he recruited executives from companies with strong track records in innovation‚ including Proctor and Gamble and
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