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Michael Porter's Style of Strategic Management

In ten pages this paper examines Michael Porter's theoretical approaches to strategic management in an assessment of its strengths...

Gary Hamel and C.K. Prahalad's Article 'Strategic Intent'

In ten pages this paper discusses the issues of strategic intent raised by Hamel and Prahalad and compares those with 'Coping with...

Coca Cola Japan and Strategic Marketing

In three pages this paper discusses Coca Cola Japan in the late 1980s and canned tea product strategic marketing and decision maki...

Golden Valley Microwave Foods and Strategic Marketing

In three pages this essay discusses the history of Golden Valley Microwave Foods and considers success in the future through strat...

L'Oreal Netherlands and Strategic Marketing Considerations

by Proctor and Gamble, Plenitude by LOreal, Rocher and Dr. vd hoog among others. Ponds, a low-end product, also held a percentage ...

Application and Use of Balanced Scorecards

In a paper that consists of twelve pages the analytical business tool known as balanced scorecards is examined in terms of its evo...

SDI or 'Star Wars'

a fairly recent advertising campaign - this is not your fathers battleground. Ironically, thirteen years after Reagans introducti...

Midwestern Discount Meijer Inc. and Its Strategy

In five pages this paper examines the Midwestern discount store chain in a strategic consideration that features a SWOT analysis. ...

Internet Changes and Electronic Commerce

agency, in the late 1980s, they brought together networking using the technology developed as a result of ARPANET (Maitra 3). T...

Dell Computer Inc. and Strategic Choice

the early days, hopes that largely have gone unfulfilled until only recently in the consumer market. However, the business-to-bus...

The Classical, Evolutionary, Processual and Systematic Approaches to Strategy

way in which the planners and the markets are highly fallible (Thompson, 2005). The last of the four approaches is that of systema...

Hubbard’s Cereals Case Study; Strategic Options and Recommendations

advantage afforded by superior profits. To compete in the long term Porter has argued that there should be a source of competitive...

BCG Matrix and AXA

profitable category. Low market share and a high growth rate is an unknown quantity, the final result is not known and as such thi...

Marks and Spencer Case Study

and skills into a previously former internally focused company. Vandevelde had been the CEO of Promodes, a French food retailer th...

Week 2 Discussion Questions

organizations environment was dynamic versus stable? The strategy of Guttman and Hawkes (2004) appears to be sound. It req...

Strategic Alliances; The Case of the ‘White Sands’ Joint Venture

use of those resources. The competences were complimentary. 2. Background Dow Chemicals is a US based company and Petroche...

Mergers; Texaco and Chevron

that competitive advantage to the newly formed merger or parent company. It is true that in the competitive market the newer compa...

Week 3 Discussion Questions

government never would have made such a demand of a small multinational because a small company would not have the necessary resou...

Strategic Performance Measurement for Purchasing and Supply

chose a diverse range of companies that could be used as sources data, the choice was of fifteen companies all that were in the fo...

Strategies for the Pharmaceutical Industry Dealing with Buyers and Suppliers

This means that the management of the supply chain, such as using just in time inventory management may add value as it creates lo...

Florida Atlantic University's College of Business and Strategic Auditing

linked to the national economy as enrollment increases during times of economic recession and tends to decline when the economy is...

Microsoft and the Value of Applying Strategic Tools and Concepts

to have a competitive advantage, he identified two sources of competitive advantage; cost advantage and differentiation (Porter, 1...

Gucci and Marketing in the Present and Future

were somewhat exclusive (Gucci, 2006). The range of products grew and expanded into luxury luggage (Gucci, 2006). This has been a ...

Failure of Teamwork in a 'Team That Wasn't'

The various solutions offered by the department managers each focus on a different answer to the implied big question of what is c...

Case Study on K Mart

it is competing on price and with the centralization of purchasing and inventory control we may argue there is the strategy of gai...

Corporate Analysis of United Kingdom's Chocolate Manufacturer Thornton's PLC

a strategy of differentiation. The recipe for one of the current core product, the toffee, was developed in the 1920s and aided or...

Strategic Management Application

site does not even identify the companys major services and products at the top; it does so at the bottom: Audit.Tax.Consulting.Fi...

Strategic Management and Trust Relationships

from strategic planning, change is necessary to implement these new strategies. It would seem that employee trust and confidence i...

Supply Chain Management Strategies of Wal Mart

reducing the cost of supply chain management (ICFAI, 2003). RFID technologies "use radio waves to automatically identify people o...

Student Supplied Case Study on K Mart

cost advantage in the market and was also differentiated. In terms of competing with Wal-Mart, Wal-Mart had a better image, with...