Executive Summary Alpha Planning is a successful company that has of late experienced an increase in their operations. This is attributed to the amalgamation of several small companies to form it. Despite the witnessed success, the company seems to be having some internal problems. Several workers have resigned while several...
Introduction Vodafone group is a mobile network operator based in England and has its headquarters in Berkshire. It is one of the companies in the world that has the largest market turnover with a value of £84.7 billion by July, 2007 estimates. In addition to this, it has 200 million...
Introduction Nestle company was established in 1867 by Henri Nestle in Vevey, Switzerland and is currently one of the top nutrition, health, and wellness company in the world. By 1999, it had secured a place as the world’s leading Food Company with over 225,000 employees across the globe (Miller, 2000....
Introduction The organization under analysis in this paper is the UAE-based company the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) that regulates the aviation-related operations and activities that take place in the UAE and neighboring countries (GCAA, 2009). The major departments that constitute the GCAA as an organization include the departments of...
Executive Summary The aim of this assessment report is to examine the issues facing MAN Group UAE, the exclusive suppliers of MAN trucks and equipments in the United Arab Emirates. The company is a division of Darwin Bin Ahmed & Sons Co, a conglomerate in the UAE that has diversified...
Introduction Engineering products, a major engineering firm in Britain, experienced major changes in the 1980s, making specialization in three major business areas i.e. automotive components, defence and industrial services (Newell & Scarbrough 2002). The changes took place as the engineering firm became more of a customer-based organization. The changes were...
Management is considered as the most important element for every organization and different organizations have to comply with the basic principles of management. Organizations that employ basic management skills effectively and efficiently succeed in both the short and the long run. Similarly, these organizations emphasize on external factors and how...
The history of ABC Distribution and Marketing Company is the history of development of modern mobile telephony. The company was founded in the 1987, in Canada, when it spun off from (ABC Marketing Partners) a purely marketing and company into ABC Inc a distribution, logistics and Marketing Company and currently...
Executive summary International Union Trading Company is a company dealing with the provision of services in the gulf region. It is based in the United Arab Emirates. It’s fairly new in the market although it commands a significant market share. The company is not involved in the production of commodities...
Introduction Modern business organizations are well defined with their structure and strategy to achieve their vision statement with skill of the management and workforce. Organizations are much more aware with their corporate social responsibility to as a part of their operation. Organizations are driving to the global operation after successful...
Introduction The financial world has been in constant shock since the events of September 11, 2001. Companies have been struggling to keep their market position, or at least, not lose much of it. The company we are going to talk, Intersect Investments, is a finance company that deals with helping...
Health is a basic need for all people around the world and it has been realized at Nestle, USA. Nestle has been striving to provide the best quality food to the consumers, not only to meet the customer demands that are rising on the daily basis but to make sure...
Introduction Information systems have a great impact on modern organizations, their development, growth opportunities and performance. Information systems processing activities of organizational units are changing, since access to new technologies is leading to a change in practices and activities. Given the uncertain influence of information systems on core managerial activities,...
Company Background TCL is a growing electronic company and it is a conscious organization that is instrumental in penetrates the market and captures its customers. To achieve this target the company needs constant changes in strategies in relation building its image along with customer preferences and facing competitions. In this...
Introduction The quality of a product or service provided by a company is very important to both the consumer and the producer. High quality products and services results in customers satisfaction that often translates into customer loyalty and improved performance for a business. Masafi Mineral Water Company is an example...
Introduction The aim of this essay is to assess the social environment of Lifespan, a new company that has ventured into the field of insurance provision. In this regard, the essay shall explore the strategic options that may have an impact on the new company as far as its working...
Introduction Background to the study Xbox has had a good performance over the past few years compared to its competitors such as Sony and Nvdia. The company has managed to attain a second position after Sony which is the market leader in the gaming industry. To increase its market performance,...
Introduction The Cheesecake Factory, Inc is a leading US food chain with 146 restaurants nationwide. The Cheesecake Factory, Inc proposes unique products reflecting the national traditions and food preferences of the American nation. The current strategy includes the determination of the basic long-term goals concern the conceptualization of coherent and...
Current Performance Current Situation Currently, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. displays the signs of recovery from the crisis caused to the bulk of business companies worldwide by the economic recession and financial downturn. Although much lower than the figures for 2005 and 2006, as presented in the case study, for instance net...
Introduction It has been established over time that the most successful companies value their customers’ needs. In marketing field this is normally referred to as market orientation. From the definition, market oriented company’s put the needs of the customers first. This is normally achieved through several ways, some of these...
Introduction For the success of any business enterprise, it is important to implement effective marketing strategies. Accordingly, as marketing plan helps an organisation to explicitly define its products and services, as well as its potential and existing customers. A marketing plan provides the mission statement to which a company subscribes,...
Introduction Information technology has the potential of changing the way organizations do business (Porter & Miller 1985). It has created a plethora of opportunities for businesses to tap strategic opportunities and increase cost performance (Benjamin et al. 1983). The climate for business environments for traditional form of business has continuously...
A Company Situationer Transcom Worldwide is a global outsourced business process provider. Nearly a decade old and riding the technology wave of Internet-enabled information processing and remote communications, Transcom was a Swedish start-up that is nominally headquartered in Luxembourg but really maintains its operational nerve centres in St. Albans and...
Abstract The research is prepared upon 7-Eleven Singapore, which is a well-known and the biggest convenience store chain in Singapore. The store has occupied a special position in the global as well as Singaporean economy for having up to 400 store chains, special management assessment, contextual diversification including exciting, café,...
Very often, inboxes are filed with e-mails that are least expected. These e-mails are commercial mails that promote a product or a service and generally ask for a click on a specific link given in the mail. If the person is interested, then the person will visit that site, otherwise...
Introduction The concept called “Operations Management” is such a broad and general idea applied to the management of business enterprise. It is made complicated by the fact that the words management and operations can be defined several ways. The knowledge and understanding about operations management can be enhanced by studying...
Introduction TESCO plc is based in the United Kingdom and is one of the largest international retail chains in the world. It competes with the likes of retail giants such as Wal-Mart (of USA) and Carrefour (of France). The significance of TESCO can be scoped by the fact that it...
FedEx Corporation FedEx Corporation, also renamed FDX Corporation, is well recognized as a global logistic service company, which is the largest provider of transportation, e-commerce, and supply chain management all over the world. It is a United States-based company since 1978 to current successive way. The company has been continuing...
Introduction The John Deere Company is one of the most amazing success stories in the annals of business history. Entrepreneurs all over the world will learn much from studying their business principles and strategies. The company started from the humble shop of a blacksmith and in the 21st century became...
Executive Summary The objective of this paper is to examine the operations of RadioShack. The paper starts with short introduction and brief explanation of RadioShack’s history. This section includes the explanation of evolution of RadioShack Company. The next section of this paper focuses on current industry in which nature of...
Marketing mix analysis of a business company is the necessary step for the evaluation of business performance and marketing activity of the company. Originally, this type of research entails the analysis of the four Ps: these are Price, Promotion, Product and Place. Nevertheless, these aspects are the basic analysis of...
Introduction The automobile industry is the most attractive and stagnating industry in the world with no saturation point in production. It is one of the major sources of revenue for the country in terms of employment and productivity. The automobile was invented by a French Engineer named Mr Nicholas J...
Since the beginning of the 20th century, innovations in IT determine business opportunities, brand uniqueness and company image. Innovation is nothing more than the process of introducing newness into a production process or product. It involves an idea, its implementation, the authentic production of the innovation, and its acceptance by...
Introduction The world’s largest cell phone Manufacturer Company Nokia is the selected company for this research paper. Nokia Corporation is familiar as a popular Finnish MNC of communication and in 2008, its annual revenue was € 50,710 millions, net income was € 3,988 millions and it produced 3.5% share in...
The report evaluates and compares investments opportunities in three companies, Nissan, Rio Tinto and Vestas. A special attention is given to political and environmental environments. It is recognized that for a new business initiative it is essential to pass, and prepare for the issues and challenges which will be faced....
Introduction Microsoft Corporation has been the “king of the IT industry” (Lai). The company has maintained a leader’s position through a unique strategy of monopolizing the market share (Anderson and Wood; Whinston; McKenzie and Shughart II). The company is the undisputed leader in desktop operating systems. Microsoft is a computer...
Sections Outline Introduction This section provides the background on Tesco Supermarket, such as its market share, and revenue turnover. It also highlights the areas that the research shall cover. Literature review A definition of customer service is provided, in effect paving way fro the exploration of customer service, as practiced...
This report presents the discussion of the situation which emerged in the company InteCom in 1982. This work is aimed at developing action plan for this enterprise. The paper includes SWOT analysis and Porter’s Model of Five Forces. The examination proceeds to the development of the key developmental strategies which...
This integrated strategy attempts to take an internal and external analysis of Thermo King and attempts to draw up a conclusion on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats that exist for the company. It was revealed that in consideration of a strong threat of new entrants there is a strong...
Wells Fargo was one of the 11 companies identified by Jim Collins in his book “Good to Great” (2001) that had succeeded in making the leap from being a good company to a great company. Wells Fargo is a very well known financial services company that was launched in 1852...
Introduction This paper would compare and analyze the two large companies DHL and FedEx to recommend the prospect of these organizations. Both organizations are well defined with their structure and strategy to achieve their vision statement with the skill of the management and workforce. This report evaluates the TOWS Matrix...
Introduction This essay shall be concerned with the analysis of the case study of Apple. To start with, the major competitive advantages of Apple shall be examined, from a historical perspective. Secondly, the personal computer industry shall be analyzed, for the last 15 to 20 years. The changes in the...
Abstract This paper will discuss the internal and external environment of Apple, for example, various models assist in the analysis, including PEST factors, Ansoff matrix, Porter’s five forces, strength, weakness, opportunities, and threats. In conclusion, this strategic plan will scrutinise the iPod’s contribution to recover the company from turmoil and...
Stewart Information Services Corp’s business is based on the title insurance and real estate services in the US and abroad. They always keep the data of the customers confidentially. Title insurance always provides security, speed and savings to the customers. They keep the record of the properties which are sold...
Qualitative Analysis Competitive analysis. The size of the company increased by 5% because of the addition of 9,849 rooms, which comprises 117 hotels, resulting in the general size of 629,700 rooms, that is 4,303 hotels. Management: David Webster was Non-Executive Chairman throughout the year. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of...
Executive Summary Fairfax Media Limited is one of the largest newspaper and media companies in Australia and New Zealand with a strong presence in the United States of America. The success of the company has been analyzed in this report through three key areas of business operations. The three areas...
Introduction Wal-Mart Store incorporation is a firm that is established within the discount and variety retail industry in the United States. The firm was established in 1945 and is based in Bentonville, Arkansas. The supermarket industry is amongst the largest economic sectors in the US with regard to food and...
Introduction For a firm to attain its profit maximization objective, the management must determine how to attain customer loyalty (Christopher & Jochen, 2007, p. 357). This will ensure repetitive buying amongst the customers and hence increased customer retention. A firm can attain customer loyalty through effective marketing. One of the...
Introduction J. Sainsbury was the foremost name in food chain stores, with a 140-year-old history (started 1869) in customer servicing and providing quality products at minimum fair prices. Its practices of good customer service at a lower price have been at the core of its success story for many years...
Selected Corporation The international corporation chosen for the analysis in this paper is the British Broadcasting Corporation, also known as the BBC. The reasons for such a choice can be observed in the very task description and on the official web page of the BBC. In more detail, the BBC...
Bases of Power and Issues Observed Background The organization chosen for this report is General Motors Corporation, the US-based automobile maker that has a long history of success but is currently in the period of crisis. Detroit hosts the headquarters of General Motors Corporation famous worldwide for producing the car...
Introduction Baskin Robbins, a worldwide known ice cream chain, which offeres the best quality ice creams in the whole world. It was opened in 1947 by two brothers and the main idea was to introduce 31 flavors one for each day of the month. As they believed that people should...
Introduction The structure and the strategic decisions of the modern business organisations are well established and particularly defined to achieve their vision with skill management teams. Nowadays, organisations are much more aware to comply with the combined code, rules and regulation, ethics and corporate social responsibility as a part of...
Outline Company short history- beginning and latter challenges Importance of Human Resource management- takes care of the qualitative aspects which may lead to failing of a company Need to have the employees commit to meeting similar organizational goals Impact of the growing anti-American sentiments on MacDonald Domains of the HRM...
Economic Analysis This finalised break down was approximately 20% of the original estimate and gave a much more realistic production cost of to $191.5 for one off production. (note. Buying components in bulk would reduce the cost per unit for mass production. Researching the market place for competing products, it...
Introduction Cemex opened doors of operations in 1906 with its headquarters based at Monterrey in Mexico. From 1985 onwards Lorenzo Zambrano took over the family business as the CEO having joined the company in 1968. With a wealth of accumulated experience from long years of service in various positions in...
Executive Summary ExxonMobil Singapore, being a part of the largest global oil exploration and refining company occupies a predominant position in the industry in the South East Asian region. The company’s market position is strategically important in the light of the growing demand for oil from the regional countries such...
Introduction Business change and transformation is inevitable in the current highly competitive market. An example is the case of the American companies in which at least 84% of them underwent at least one major business transformation (Romano, 1995). Careful management of change as well as planning and implementation is important...
Introduction Every corporation has its respective stakeholders. Without them the company cannot survive on its own even if it is an organization as big as Wal-Mart. The retail giant started small and yet through innovative business practices and the commitment to provide low-priced items, the Arkansas based company rose to...
Introduction Management is the function of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling any company’s current situation to meet its challenges. In this paper, Costco Wholesale Corporation has selected to analyze current situation according to managerial views, which is now operating international chain of membership warehouses for carrying quality, merchandising brand name...
Introduction The food industry is one of the profitable industries today and in the future. Pepper’s is a UK-based company that followed the structure of successful restaurants located in the USA and France. An industry with this kind of rapid change presents several challenges for companies like Pepper’s, namely production...
Background of the Company The company was founded in 1888 by Dr. Abbot and since then it has grown into a multinational operating in all continents. The company offers various products including continuum of care, nutritional products, laboratory products and other medicinal products. The company has ‘sales, manufacturing, research and...
Introduction Google is a web based search engine and is considered as one of the fastest growing companies and brands online today. According to the brand ranking given by one of the biggest research organizations, Millward Brown, the largest global brand of 2009 is Google with brand value of more...
Nike is a Fortune 500 company based in the United States, with its headquarters, in Beaverton, Oregon. Nike is a sportswear, equipment and accessories manufacturer; it is one of the most famous brands which every person in the world recognizes. Nike’s revenue in the fiscal year 2008 approximates up to...
This is an analysis of internal and external environments for a proposed second hand motor vehicle selling company, SMART MOTORS LTD. The company will be located in New York City. The company will be dealing with buying and selling of second hand motor vehicle at national and international levels. The...
Introduction Costco Company is one of the largest warehousing companies catering to its members with a broad range of consumer product lines. The company attracts its customers majorly by means of a membership program featuring a comparatively low pricing tactic and offering various merchandise that includes household appliances, auto products,...
Competitor Analysis Mambo is a surfwear company based in Australia. The Australian surfwear market is oligopolistic in nature with a few sellers and a large number of buyers. The main competitors that operate in the Australian surfwear market are Billabong, RipCurl, Pipping Hot, and QuickSilver. This paper is to study...
Executive Summary Success in business in the current economic climate requires a company to diversify its operations through venturing into various territories in the global market. The global market has become so complicated and advanced that only strong and competitive firms are able to survive. There is very stiff competition,...
Introduction Human resource management and information system is considered an important aspect for different organizations and organizations stress a lot on these factors. That is the reason why organizations that usually possess a mammoth structure prefer a proper human resource management and information systems. In today’s world, businesses heavily rely...
Executive Summary Ford Motor Company is a successful and second largest automobile industry worldwide with lots of successful brands. However, it also had an unsuccessful brand, which had listed as world’s worst cars, named as Ford Pinto. There were various problems regarding Ford Pinto, one of them was improper management...
Outline This paper examines Google’s case, since it’s inception to its present status as a leader in web search service: Google has lost partners, but also made other strategic partners. Its strategies of expanding its product range has threatened Yahoo!, its one time partner and now a competitor Its governance...
Introduction The idea of establishing BabyCare was not only a unique business model in that it was based on a direct sales strategy; the distribution strategy of the company was such that the management was in a position to control it from within. Additionally, the business idea for establishing BabyCare...
Google Google’s vision To be the best provider of search services for all World Wide Web users through innovation and creativity To provide advertisement services that will reach the greatest number of people Improve technology through funding of all projects that are technology-oriented To alleviate poverty, climate change, and other...
The main objective of this paper is to examine the operations of Wal-Mart. The paper starts with a small prologue and a diminutive narration of Wal-Mart’s history. The next section describes focuses on the current industry in which names of different competitors or rivals of Wal-Mart are mentioned. A comment...
Introduction In the current day globalization, world has seen many organizations climb the ladder of success and they have remained to be on the top of their achievement graph. (Epstein, 2008). Few of these corporate leaders can be named as Proctor &Gamble (P&G), Unilevers, Hewitt-Packard (HP), International Business Machine (IBM),...
Introduction Apple is an American registered corporation that specializes in providing electronics to consumers with its headquarters based in Cupertino, California. Some of its best selling products include the Macintosh personal computers, the iPod line of portable music players, the iPhone, and the multimedia cellular phone that uses multi-touch interface....
Executive Summary Ducati has implemented various strategies that have enabled the company to overcome the five forces of business. Various analyses have been carried out that are both internal and external to determine strategies implemented by the company to acquire the current market position. The analysis of internal and external...
Company Background Almost everyone worldwide who owns a car or even those who do not but have an interest with automobiles are familiar with the Corporation, General Motors. General Motors Corp. has been in the business of manufacturing automobiles for the past 77 years and is listed in the New...
Performance and growth of organizations through efficiency improvement, quality, productivity, market share and competitive positioning can be referred to as innovation of a firm or organizations. When an organization introduces a new product or a method successfully and is able to combine, embody and synthesis knowledge in original, relevant, processes...
British Airways is one of the largest airlines companies in Europe and around the world. It was formed in 1974 and it is the flag carrier company for the United Kingdom. It experienced rapid growth especially in the last two decades and now is one of the most prestigious worldwide...
Introduction Apple Inc is among the leading computer and software makers in the country and indeed worldwide. The company has also become the market leader in music retailing as well as in mobile music gadgets. This makes Apple a candidate for the investigation of how corporations apply managerial economies in...
Coca Cola Business Plan – Analyzing the Coca Cola Company Beverage Industry Overview The beverage industry in which the Coca Cola Company operates is the carbonated beverages market or the carbonated drinks market. This market consists of carbonated drinks, diet colas, fruit juices as well as mixers. The valuation of...
Year to year comparison Short Term Liquidity: – Short-term liquidity position of Starbucks Company has been analyzed below. A number of ratios were calculated during the last 3 years for analysis purpose. The current ratio from year 2006 to year 2008 remains almost the same. However this ratio decreases by...
Introduction CRH Plc. is an international building material group located in Ireland. They are operating in 3500 locations spreading over 34 countries and occupying total labor force of over 92000 people. Their vision is to become the market leader in the industry trough supplying quality products and services. Their core...
Short Term Liquidity Short term liquidity position of Adidas Company has been analyzed below. A number of ratios were calculated during the last 5 years for analysis purpose. The current ratio from year 2003 to year 2006 remains almost the same. However this ratio increases substantially during 2007. This increase...
Paper Outline This paper is organised into a business report Air New Zealand Company with the following main parts: Executive Summary Converting theoretical business ideologies and principles in to real life action has proved to be an elusive goal for many business executives and directors. For the few that succeed...
Introduction This report is a detailed study of the impact of the internal and external factors that affect the business. Every business organization is affected by one or other factors directly and indirectly. No business can move forward without the influence of the internal and external factors. The factors may...
Overview Starbucks was originally opened in Seattle Washington. The stores originally only sold whole bean coffee and high quality coffee brewing equipment. When Howard Schultz joined the company almost a decade after the company was formed he convinced the original owners to establish a new location with an Italian style...
Introduction There is no standard approach that would help a company to achieve global success and brand recognition. Every business searches for unique strategies and methods that best suit its marketing objectives and products delivered to a mass consumer. Dell, an American-based technology company, has developed a set of unique...
McDonald is one of the fast food industry’s most popular franchise systems. With the current number of over two thousand four hundred franchise operators who are responsible for the almost thirteen thousand McDonald restaurants. McDonald’s success as a franchise has been strengthened by its good track record of profitability, the...
Executive Summary Dollar General would have to make strategies that must take advantage of industry opportunities, protect the company from industry threats, make use of company’s strengths and avoid or strengthen company’s weaknesses (Byars, 1991). First, it must establish strategic alliance with related industry players. Doing will more or less...
The term monopoly (from Greek monos, alone or single + pole in, to sell) can bear two main definitions: In Economics, monopoly (also “Pure monopoly”) exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals...
SWOT Analysis Strengths Natural ingredients – attracting eco-oriented customers; Online sales – wider market; Sampling – customer loyalty; Promotional products – customer loyalty; Special propositions for existing customers – customer; loyalty; Number 1 ranking in Europe as luxury skincare – company prestige. Weaknesses Low ranking as a make-up brand –...
Executive summary The world has undergone through numerous dynamic processes in every niche. The tourism industry being part of it has seen rapid growth of unsurpassed nature over the last several decades. This has been mainly due to the advent of a borderless world and increased information dissemination about the...
McKinsey’s seven Model McKinsey’s Seven Elements Framework included the following factors – Strategic analysis: Zara had followed international expansion strategy, market-based pricing strategy and new product development strategy, social strategy involving dialogue with employees, suppliers, and others. Systems: Zara’s IT system played vital role to capture sales data, create new...
Value Chain-Primary Services Inbound logistics Amazon started off as an online book store (Saunders 2001). However, it has grown to become a provider of technological products and services. In order for the company to meet the growing demands of its customers, it has had to improve its storage capacity. In...
Executive Summary The main objective of this study is to describe the broad business environment and analysing how these factors is going to affect the organisation or business as a whole. PEST analysis is used for this study including legal and environment factors. The company selected for this study is...
Discussing, with appropriate models and evidences, how Zara used corporate, business and functional strategies to improve its competitive position within the industry it operates in. From the provided case study, it is evident that Zara’s business model relies on its strategies and approaches to the market trends. This relates to...
SWOT analysis is used to determine the main strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of a studied company. It is conducted to understand better the potential and competitive power that should help to form strategies for the future. All studied factors are both internal and external, meaning that a company is...
Introduction Starbucks Corporation, a major coffee supplier is located in Seattle, Washington, and well-reputed coffee house in the marketplace. The original Starbucks was launched in Pike Place Market in Seattle, Washington, in 1971 by a joint venture of three entrepreneurs including English teacher Jerry Baldwin, writer Gordon Bowker and history...
Abstract The paper has an analysis of the company in terms of the services it is offering currently. It has an analysis of the company both internally and externally covering the strengths that the company has some of the new opportunities that the company may be able to exploit financially....
Overview Of Sony Corporation Brief History The Sony name was created by combining “SONUS” with the original Latin for “SONIC” meaning sound, with “SONNY” demoting small size or a youthful boy. The name was chosen for its simple pronunciation that is the same in any language. Initially, the company was...
