UIBS Strategic Management Individual Assignment ‚ Meric Oztekin 1. Course Exist Case: Zara – Business Model‚ Competition‚ Competitive Advantages‚ and Strategies Read the case Zara – Fast Fashion‚ and answer the following question. Submit your answer within 2 pages. 1. What is Zara’s distinctive business model? Follow the descriptive points given in the lecture note for session1 and write it like a good story; 2. What are Zara’s key strong resources
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1-13). Wal-Mart had many challenges to face in the discount trade. This case displays Wal-Mart’s competitive advantages‚ how they developed them‚ if they are sustainable and how they have battled with their competitors. Furthermore‚ through the VRIO Framework and Porter’s Five Forces Model‚ it helped analyze how Wal-Mart has strived passed its competitors and what keeps it the market’s frontrunner. Competitive Advantages Wal-Mart has a competitive advantage over other discount stores. Competitive
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Resource Based View This view focuses on Value‚ Resource‚ Imitability and Organizational factors (VRIO) of capabilities and resources deposit within the firm. Ikea has out performed its competitors since the time it was born. Below is the analysis of Ikea based on VRIO analysis- Value – When different companies enter into the industry dominated by a single firm. Then‚ the firm dominating needs to focus on its value adding capabilities and resources. Ikea is a firm that has been dominating the
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moderate. Bargaining Power of Suppliers For an industry like this‚ the industry is a large scale medium for which goods supplied are dispersed to customers. For an established multinational organisation like TESCO‚ finding and engaging suppliers would not be an issue‚ because of the years it would have a large databases and sources of suppliers. Notwithstanding‚ TESCO has to make use of local farmers and manufacturers as to be corporately responsible to the society and also to cater for the special
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evaluate strategic direction of Zara‚ the world biggest retailer by analyzing its main strategies to achieve competitive advantages and its current market position in the UK market. II/ Discussion: 1/ Brand portfolio: Zara‚ established in 1975‚ is flagship of the Spanish retail group chain Inditex. In 2006‚ it surpassed the Swedish retailer Hennes & Mauritz with an impressive sale of $8.15 billion and become the world leading fashion retailer (Tiplady‚ 2006). Zara main merchandise is women s’ clothing
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dossier the Group Inditex‚ one of the world’s largest fashion distributors‚ has more than 4‚780 stores in 77 countries in Europe‚ the Americas‚ Asia and Africa. In addition to Zara‚ the largest of its retail chains‚ Inditex has other commercial formats: Pull and Bear‚ Massimo Dutti‚ Bershka‚ Stradivarius‚ Oysho‚ Zara Home and Uterqüe. The Group also includes more than a hundred companies associated with the different activities in the business of textile and fashion design‚ manufacture and distribution
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ZARA • Brand Wheel • Zara Business model • Marketing Objective • Marketing vehicle/ Ways • 5 Learning’s from Amancio Ortega Zara – Brand Wheel Attributes Benefits Values Personality Fashionable clothes‚ Varied assortment‚ Trendy colors‚ feminine cute Fashionable Product lines for moderate costs ‚ Customer- centered business‚ Runway trends adapted for the streets Fashion – oriented women‚ Trendy in every situation‚ feeling good about looking good Fashion – friendly‚ Feminine‚ Hot and trendy
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network of the company is analysed and each stage of the network is developed in details to see how the supply concepts are applied or not by the leader of the clothing industry (Zara) Future developments – The company needs to focus on e-commerce development by taking advantage of its agile supply chain. Furthermore‚ Zara could set up a reverse logistics to develop a sustainable business. Conclusion – Three key points are relevant in this industry: the location of production facilities has to be
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groups‚ leaders inside and outside the organization and the media. After the data is collected‚ the final step is to analyze the data and identify changes that can be made using a SWOT analysis‚ resource–based view‚ and the VRIO framework. According to the reading‚ the VRIO framework helps organizations determine if a resource adds value or defend against threats (Pearce & Robinson‚ 2013). If the answer is yes‚ then a resource is considered valuable. Organizations need to constantly monitor the
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Merck case analysis Follow this format‚ provide *brief* answers. 1. External (use PESTEL framework) - What are Merck’s opportunities and threats? 2. Internal (use VRIO framework)- what are Merck’s strengths & weaknesses? 3. What is Merck’s performance trend? 4. What strategic actions can Merck take to gain and sustain a competitive advantage in the pharmaceutical industry and why? 1. Merck’s opportunities and threats PESTEL FRAMEWORK - Threats A lot of competition from piers Expiring patents
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