...[pic] 25765 | Corporate Finance AUT | 2014 UTS: FINANCE Discipline group CASE STUDY COVER SHEET |Surname |Initials |Student number |Signature * | |Ng |J.W.C |88340722 | | |Yeung |L |00049344 | | |To |R.E |10576142 | | |Afsahi |E |11364015 | | |Wei |B |11924368 | | * By signing your name, you agree that you have read, understood and followed the advice in the subject guide concerning cheating and plagiarism. Case Company: Super Retail Group (ASX: SUL) Lecturer: Dr Gerhard Hambusch Lecture day & time: Monday 3:00 PM | | Table of Contents 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 2. COMPANY AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW 3 3.1 Historical Company Leverage Financing & Peer Industry...
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...into analysis is the NANO CAR. This segment has a great growth potential in developing countries , especially in a country like India. 1. Potential Entrants – Threat of new entrants 2. Buyers – Bargaining power of buyers 3. Substitutes – a. Threat of substitute products or services b. Rivalry among existing firms 4. Suppliers - Bargaining Power of Suppliers 5. Other Stakeholders – Relative Power of Union, Governments etc. A brief Information about the product : The Tata Nano is a rear-engine, four-passenger city car built by Tata Motors, aimed primarily at the Indian market. The car is very fuel efficient, achieving around 78mpg on the highway and around 92 in the city. It was first presented at the 9th annual Auto Expo on 10 January 2008, at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, India. Nano had a commercial launch on March 23, 2009 and, a booking period from April 9 to April 25, generating more than 200,000 bookings for the car. The sales of the car will begin in July 2009, with a starting price of Rs 115,000 (rupees), which is approximately equal to UK£1,467 or US$2,421 as of June 2009. This is cheaper than the Maruti 800, its main competitor and next cheapest Indian car priced at 184,641 Rupees. Tata had sought to produce the least expensive production car in the world — aiming for a starting price of Rs.100,000 (approximately US$2,000 in June 2009)....
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...Topic: Apply the Porter's five forces model on Automobile Industry and analyse the attractiveness of the Industry for Investment purpose Evolution of Porter's Five Forces Model Five forces is a framework for the industry analysis and business strategy development developed by Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School in 1979. Michael Porter is a professor at Harvard Business School andis a leading authority on competitive strategy and international competitiveness.Michael Porter was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Five forces uses concepts developing, Industrial Organization (IO) economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Attractiveness in this context refers to the industry profitability. An "unattractive" industry is one where the combination of forces acts to drive down overall profitability. A very unattractive industry would be one approaching "pure competition". Introduction Five Forces Model by Michael Porter Five Forces model of Michael Porter is a very elaborate concept for evaluating company's competitive position. Michael Porter provided a framework that models an industry and therefore implicitly alsobusinesses asbeing influenced by five forces.Michael Porter's Five Forces model is often used in strategic planning. Porter's competitive fiveforces model is probably one of the mostcommonly used business strategy tools and has proven its usefulness in numerous situations when exploring...
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...2013 ANNUAL REPORT NAME OF ENTITY Super Retail Group Limited ABN OR EQUIVALENT COMPANY REFERENCE ABN 81 108 676 204 REGISTERED OFFICE 751 Gympie Road LAWNTON QLD 4501 Telephone (07) 3482 7900 Facsimile (07) 3205 8522 SHARE REGISTRY Link Market Services Level 12, 680 George Street SYDNEY NSW 2000 BANKERS Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited Commonwealth Bank of Australia HSBC National Australia Bank AUDITORS PricewaterhouseCoopers SOLICITORS Mallesons Stephen Jaques STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING Super Retail Group Limited shares are quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange WEBSITE www.superretailgroup.com THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Super Retail Group Limited will be held at Kedron Wavell Services Club, Long Tan Room, 375 Hamilton Road, Chermside South, Queensland on Wednesday, 23 October 2013 at 11.30 am. CONTENTS CHAIRMAN AND MANAGING DIRECTOR’S REPORT ... 3 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT ..................... 5 ANNUAL REPORT ........................................................... 11 DIRECTORS’ REPORT ...................................................... 12 COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENT ...................... 34 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION ......................... 35 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY .......................... 36 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS ....................................... 37 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ..................... 38 DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION .............................
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...Marketing Project Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary ...................................................................................................................................... 2 2.0 Situation Analysis .......................................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Market Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 4 2.1.1 Market Demographics ......................................................................................................................... 7 2.1.2 Market Needs ....................................................................................................................................... 12 2.1.3 Market Trends...................................................................................................................................... 13 2.1.4 Market Growth ..................................................................................................................................... 16 2.2 Competition .............................................................................................................................................. 18 2.3 SWOT Analysis ............................................................................................................................................. 23 2.3.1 Strengths ....................
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...and increasingly has become a key element of business strategy. The customer satisfaction varies from person to person and also one group to another. In the marketing context it is important to understand about the satisfaction level of the customers based on the analysis of data. In earlier periods, i.e. immediately after the independence dependence of foreign technology was banned and manufacturers were forced to localize their products. The automotive industry in our country declined under the government’s stifling restrictions and the Indian buyer was saddled with products of appalling quality. This attempt at self-sufficiency failed miserably because of the industry’s isolation from the best technology. The Japanese and later Korean auto industries were also highly protected in their formative years but they never shut the door on technology. Instead, they relentlessly tapped the best talent pools in the world to absorb the know-how to produce good cars. One of the most important chapters in the Indian automotive industry’s...
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... Disruptive Innovation in Emerging Markets: Strategies Used in India and China Ruan Y., Hang C.C., Annapoornima M.S. Abstract The appropriate type of innovation which can meet the needs of the mass population in the bottom of pyramid (BOP) has not been studied much in the literature. Based on the theory of disruptive innovation, we offer 11 cases from India and China – the two biggest emerging markets to show that disruptive innovation could be an appropriate, feasible, and powerful innovation force to the companies and the economies involved. We also examined the R&D strategies used in these cases based on the framework proposed by Yu & Hang (2011) and found that 3 out of the 4 strategies commonly used in the cases from developed markets were also applied in the cases from emerging markets. In addition, we have identified 3 unique strategies which emerged from the cases from India and China, namely frugal engineering, modularization, and drastic manufacturing cost reduction. Based on the frequency of the usage of these strategies, we drew practical implications for local companies and multinational companies. Our study also provides critical insights to policy makers in emerging markets on the appropriate direction for R&D strategies. 2 INTRODUCTION Innovations in the emerging economies have attracted more and more attention of practitioners and academics. Many papers have discussed the nature and the scale of the potential market – the bottom of...
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...Unionization 1 Unionization Tammy Overly Everest College Phoenix December 7, 2014 Unionization 2 The labor movement’s status has always been precarious due to America’s love-hate attitude toward organized labor. With the right-to-work laws coming to many states, it will be even more precarious than before. Right-to-work laws allow people to work at a unionized business without joining the union. Today, like a century ago, some citizen passionately believe that unions are crucial bulwarks of freedom, while others feel just as strongly that they are at best outdated and at worst an obstacle to progress. Labor is not merely a commodity, but a special part of the human experience; workers deserve a say in the working conditions of their labor; the right of workers to organize in their own self-interest is a basic human right. During the 1950’s the American economics professor Clark Kerr(2010) observed that “organized labor and management are primarily engaged in sharing between themselves what is, at any one moment of time, a largely given amount of income and power.” Kerr’s words point to the crux of labor history; this is a power game, who will rule the workplace? Some employers have taken the position that managers, as representatives of business owners, should have all the power. The rule of the workplace it that management...
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...Research Project Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies of the University of Lethbridge in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT Faculty of Management University of Lethbridge LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA, CANADA © Salvador Barragán, 2005 ii Abstract It has been ten years since the signature of the NAFTA agreement among Canada, U.S., and Mexico. For Mexico, this was a decisive step away from a protectionism model toward a free trade market. One of the main purposes for Mexico in joining NAFTA was to increase the competitiveness of its manufacturing sector, especially the automotive industry. In this paper, Porter’s Diamond Model of national competitiveness and some critiques that attempt to extend the usefulness of the model are analyzed. The Doubled Diamond and the role of MNEs in a host country are both examined through a case study research of the foreign-owned automobile industry in Mexico. The findings of this study show evidence of a broader role of MNEs than in the original framework, as well as the usefulness of the doubled diamond extension to explain alternative sources of competitiveness in early stages of development. iii Acknowledgments The culmination of this thesis can be seen as a successful project. An analogy with Porter’s Model, one of the premises to have a successful industry is to have supporting and related industries. In the case of this thesis is not the exception. There has been...
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...Players in the organised sector, till then only focusing on the urban markets, vied to outdo each other in reaching the rural consumer first The distribution model, sustained line extensions, innovative packaging, backward integration and umbrella branding strategies have all enhanced the brand's leadership.To achieve control on cost, size and scale of operations and supply of keyraw materials, The synthetic detergent market can be classified into premium (Surf, Ariel), mid-price (Rin, Wheel) and popular segments (Nirma), which account for 15%, 40% and 45% of the total market, respectively. The product category is fairly mature and is dominated by two players, HUL and Nirma. Nirma created a revolution in the market by pioneering the concept of low-cost detergents. Putting the right product in the right place, at the right price, at the right time. India is a one of the largest consumer economy, with burgeoning middle class pie. In such a widespread, diverse marketplace, Nirma aptly concentrated all its efforts towards creating and building a strong consumer preference towards its ‘value-for-money’ products. In a short span, Nirma created an entirely new market segment in domestic marketplace, which is, eventually the largest consumer pocket and quickly emerged as dominating market player – a position it has never since relinquished. Rewriting the marketing rules, Nirma became a one of the widely discussed success stories between the four-walls of the B-school...
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...The report is about the analysis of the environment of automobile industry and the marketing strategy for Ford Motor Company. It initiates with examining of external environment of automobile industry by using PEST analysis and Porter's five forces analysis. After the internal analyses that focus on the resource audit on brand, products, markets, technology, people and son on, the value chain analysis of the company will be conduct. Then the generic competitive strategies would be discussed through SWOT analysis, Ansoff Matrix and BCG Matrix in order to identify the general business strategy taken by the Ford Company. After specifying the company strategy by those analysis tools, the strategic evaluations would be drawn together with the strategy control methods. Finally, a suggested recommendation for the company future development will be mentioned at the end of the report. I. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Aim of The Report This report aim to identify the external environmental of the global automobile industry, measure and evaluate viable and sustainable marketing strategies using by the Ford Motor Company. Through appropriate theoretical concepts and models, together with appropriate methodologies, the organization within its contextual setting will be carefully examined, and justify recommendation will be mentioned. Though the report, how a successful corporation is operated and how its business strategy is implemented and controlled will be understood. 1.2 Company Background Ford Motor...
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...Automobile Industry of India has come a long way. During its early stages the auto industry was overlooked by the then Government and the policies were also not favorable. The liberalization policy and various tax relief by the Govt. of India in recent years has made remarkable impacts on Indian Automobile Industry. Indian auto industry, which is currently growing at the pace of around 18 % per annum, has become a hot destination for global auto players like Volvo, General Motors and Ford. A well developed transportation system plays a key role in the development of an economy, and India is no exception to it. With the growth of transportation system the Automotive Industry of India is also growing at rapid speed, occupying an important place on the 'canvas' of Indian economy. Today Indian automotive industry is fully capable in producing various kinds of vehicles and can be divided into 03 broad categories: Cars, two-wheelers and heavy vehicles. ← The first automobile in India rolled in 1897 in Bombay. ← India is being recognized as potential emerging auto market. ← Foreign players are adding to their investments in Indian auto industry. ← Within two-wheelers, motorcycles contribute 80% of the segment size. ← Unlike the USA, the Indian passenger vehicle market is dominated by cars (79%). ← Tata Motors dominates over 60% of the Indian commercial vehicle market. ← 2/3rd of auto component production is consumed directly by OEMs. ← India is the largest three-wheeler...
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...Workplace,Business & Ethics on evaluation of job ethical standards in Wal-Mart in South Carolina In Partial Fulfillment of Business Research and Project BUS 499 Nagliesha L Miles Supervisor: Dr. Mmutakaego Chukwuanu Allen University Date: December 8,2010 Table of content Table of Content...............................................................................................................2 Abstract............................................................................................................................3 List of Illustrations Wal-Mart earnings preview......................................................................................13 U.S Retail food pricing.................................................................................14 Chapter 1 Introduction.....................................................................................................................5 Background information.......................................................................................5 Statement of problem............................................................................................5 Hypothesis............................................................................................................6 Chapter 2 Literature Review...........................................................................................................8 Chapter 3 Methodology.................................................
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...Thoughts on Economics Vol. 20, No. 03 Problems of Bangladesh Garments Sector and their Solution– An Islamic Perspective Sarwar Md. Saifullah Khaled( Abstract: The paper relates to the Bangladesh garments sector. Garments workers are badly exploited by the factory owners in collaboration with their foreign buyers resulting in a sub-human standard of life of workers. The occasional agitations for higher wages and better amenities for workers are alleged to be fanned up to violence by some interested quarters together with the privileged unorganized labour leaders and certain NGOs. The recent violence following the declaration of the Wage Structure 2010 is alleged to be backed by those interested in taking away this industry from Bangladesh. The paper highlights the major problems faced by the industry and suggests solution in the light of the teachings of Islam. I. Introduction After the decline and fall of the jute industry just after liberation – (recent media reports show a hopeful prospect of this industry) – the garments industry now plays a vital role in the economy, starting about a decade or so after the emergence of Bangladesh. Like the jute growers and the jute industrial workers that were once the driving force of the Bangladesh economy, the same role is being played today by the garments industry and its workers, and they are the single largest number of industrial workers in the country. With the toil, sweat and untiring effort of the garments workers, this industry...
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