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Essays 1981 - 2010

Wal-Mart's E-Commerce Operations

the company; Sam Walton and also the companies own statements. Sam Walton said of this strategy that "The secret of successful ret...

Coca Cola's Marketing Audit

of 2005 (US: Coke lowers earnings and sales expectations, 2004). All of Coca-Colas "numbers" - current ratio, earnings per share,...

The Carnival Cruise Line

not have a vision statement, however, according to their annual report they do have the aim of being the best known brand for crui...

UK's Small and Medium Hospitality Business Strategies

compete. Basic strategy theory indicates there are two major ways of competing. Michael Porter has considered the way in ...

Ivo Daalder and Michael O'Hanlon's Winning Ugly NATO's War to Save Kosovo Reviewed

allegation is NATO, which has been plagued with a variety of formulaic problems. NATO has undergone many significant changes with...

Strategy at BMW

such had more benefit of economies of scope and scale. For example, the merger between Daimler and Chrysler in 1998 had been diffi...

Enemy Evaluation and Military Strategy

that in-depth understanding we were able to access strengths and weaknesses to a degree that we have never been able to accomplish...

Nokia v iPhone

warning to management of any external changes to market conditions. Therefore, it is an approach that allows for relevant informat...

The Nokia XpressMusic; Competing with iPhone

Coates (1985) looked at the idea of an environmental scan more detail, and identified four goals; the first is the detection of m...

Strategy at Anadarko Petroleum

The oil industry already was operating under pressure before adding the complications of the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. In th...

Expedia

Expedia is a well known online company selling a wide range of travel services form airline and hotel rooms so insurance and attra...

The Rise of Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank has become a financial institution. The writer looks at the way this occurred; based on a case provided by the stude...

Guayaki Sustainable Rainforest Products

satisfy customers; aspects of business which are often seen as diametrically opposed. As a small company trying to break into new ...

Pfizer

and profits. The grand strategy is one of innovation and marketing. The company seeks to continually develop new products manag...

Starbucks; Current Position and a Potential Future Strategy

company break even within two half years, after which it should create a healthy profit. 1. Company Background 1.1 Company Histor...

Major Cosmetics Company Analysis

Large organizations recognize the need to have a digital presence today. They may approach it differently but they are looking tow...

Oil and Gas Exploration

This paper discusses a company that view themselves as explorers and they do explore for oil, gas, and liquid gas from sand. The p...

Environmental Scanning and EMI

needs the information about the market launch compete effectively. Coates (1985) looked at this in more detail, but the practice o...

The Use of IT Technology Programming at Cadbury

8 pages and 4 sources used. This paper provides an overview of the use of a program called IMPACT that integrates IT systems that...

Human Resource Management and the Effects of Company Strategic Choices

this basis of communication within the foreign workplace, HR managers have to abandon their supervisory egos in exchange for an at...

Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company and Strategic Financing

In twelve pages Pfizer's risks and performance are examined and then compared with those of competitors Eli Lilly and Merck. Six ...

Strategic Planning and Behavioral Observation

to participate in activities he enjoys; * Ability to make transitions, even if he has some difficulty in the process; * Ability to...

Strategic Advice for Robin Hood and His Merry Men

the rich to give to the poor. Then there is the Sheriff and his soldiers. In stories, Robin is continually making a fool of the m...

President Ronald Reagan and the Strategic Defense Initiative

initiative depended on the use of not just ground-based systems but also space-based systems for the protection of our national ho...

STRATEGIC ISSUE COMPARISON: WAL-MART, COSTCO & TARGET

above, are being threatened by the sub-prime fall out (Datamonitor (c), 2008). Costco is in a somewhat different boat, be...

Strategic Plan for Pedagogical Improvement

The powerful phrase teachers make the difference captures the key role that professional educators play in shaping the lives and f...

Strategic Plan: St. Vincent Health Care

route of accessible health care to growing numbers of Americans. Harvards Clayton Christensen has long preached the gospel ...

Strategic Thinking Examples

to stock their products. They also expanded internationally with their salespeople targeting large international accounts in other...

Callaway Golf; Strategic Case Study

all sources of cost advantage... [and] ... sell a standards no frills product" (Porter, 1985; 13). The alternate strategy is that ...

NIKE INC. AN OVERVIEW AND STRATEGIC FUTURE

Phil Knight and track coach Bill Bowerman met in the late 1950s at the University of Oregon (Nike Inc., 2009). Bowerman, who liked...