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Strategic Analysis of BHP Billiton

The writer examines the business strategies, competitive advantages and sources of value within this large diversified natural res...

The Strategic Advantage of IT

or why not? Give a real-world example that supports your argument. As far as competitive advantage is concerned, Garr claims tha...

Ecommerce Business Strategies

not those finished products end up going into other goods) (Lee, 2001). But in the digital marketplace, X represents data or infor...

Case Study of Japan's Komatsu Limited

such as the "F and F" project - Futures and Frontiers. Through this project, the company asked all employees to contribute ideas a...

United Kingdom's Marks and Spencer Group PLC

or criticisms regarding quality when 90 percent of its products were made in the U.K. but by the time only 65 percent were made in...

Medical and Consumer Company Johnson and Johnson

story that demonstrates how J&J put ethical theory into actual practice was the Tylenol story from the early 1980s. At tha...

The Strategy of Google

be seen as a driver, it is only as a result of this high level of use that Google has been able to develop the strong revenue gene...

How to Develop Strategy

Porter’s five forces of competitive advantage and using them to develop strategy is as applicable today as it was when he wrote th...

9 Cases for Business

The writer answers questions on a set of 9 short business cases dealing with a range fo strategic and management issues. Cases in...

Generic Strategy of Southwest and its Fit with SWOT Factors

strategic choices and how it is aligned with the vision and mission statements. 2. The Strategy of Southwest Airlines Michael P...

MARKETING THE IPHONE

Discusses iPhone's competitive advantage, position in the market and advertising philosophy. There are 25 sources listed in the bi...

A Plan For Diversity

how to implement an effective diversity plan. Implementing Diversity in the Workplace According to the 2010 census, the racial ...

Marketing of the iPad

are the loyal Apple followers, who are likely to have one or more existing Apple products, such as a iPod or an iPhone, the firm h...

The Competitive Strategy of Southwest Airlines

the resources and knowledge gained from the AirTran acquisition. The report will look at the company, consider the way in which i...

Annotated Bibliography for Research on Southwest Airlines

text is able to answer many of the questions about the organisation, focusing on leadership and relationships, with context given ...

The Attraction of Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Policies - The Case of Bahrain

for new equipment, manufacturing techniques and goods as well as general behavioural patterns. There are a number of tools or f...

Market Research Designing

project such as this is a success there needs to be more in depth research which cannot be accommodated by quantitative methods. T...

Global Production Patterns and Hardware and Software Industries

the development over countries such as India and China as well as Ireland where companies such as Compaq (now Hewlett Packard) hav...

Strategy as Defined by Michael E. Porter

same activities but doing them differently (Porter, 1996). Porter asserts that strategy is the only thing that will help a compan...

Flexible Firms and Lean Firms

not have to wait (Eagles, 2000). This is a simple example of a lean operation. Dell may also be seen as an example, with the way t...

Total Quality Management and the Effects of Human Resources Management

middle of the 20th century (actually, following the end of World War II, when statistician William Deming took his "14 Points," in...

BMW Mini Cooper Division Strategy

where it is the sports utility vehicles that are increasing in sales, the revamping and re-launch of a small car was the result of...

Global Strategy of Whirlpool

with different brands emphasised in each market, such as the World washing machine in Asia and the formation of a strategic allian...

Essays on Computer Management

in it (especially on the Internet). The problem is, however, that "privacy" is one of those concepts that is difficult to ...

Examination of Dell Computer Systems

In nineteen pages Dell is discussed in terms of background and competitive advantages in an assessment of the company's informatio...

Analyzing the Works of Michael Porter

Hence, Porter makes a good point in that it is true that even with a superior management paradigm, profitability becomes illusive....

Operations Management and IT, TQM, and JIT Effects

* Manufacturing flexibility is essential (Green and Inman, 2000). * Customers define quality (Green and Inman, 2000). * Team effor...

Case Study on Northeast Date Resources

not the only indicator, but there have also been new competitors that are starting to the market share and reducing overall demand...

World Output and Trade Relationship

a certain commodity or service are best served by trading with other countries (Hodge and Nordas, 1998). Furthermore, the higher t...

Case Study of the Carl Zeiss Company

have been an attractive choice, not only due to their knowledge, but also their location in a different part of Europe, benefiting...