What’s the Buzz on Smart Grids? CASE STUDY What’s the Buzz on Smart Grids? CASE STUDY T T he existing electricity infrastructure in the United States is outdated and inefficient. Energy companies provide power to consumers, but the grid provides no information about how the consumers are using that energy, making it difficult to develop more efficient approaches to distribution. Also, the current electric- ity grid offers few ways to handle power provided by alternative energy sources
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both electronic experts, decided to create and sell personal computers designed by the latter. Their little company was located in Job’s garage. They called their company Apple and their first machine, Apple I. It was just a simple computer with no case, keyboard and power supply. However, in October 1976, through the efforts of Woz, an improved version of Apple I was introduced, called the Apple II. Mike Markkula, a retired millionaire because of Fairchild and Intel, decided to visit Jobs’ garage
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intense competitive pressure in today’s marketplace demand that brands continuously innovate and reinvent themselves to maintain their relevance and market position. In this context, brand repositioning and other revitalization strategies have become a business imperative for battling brand erosion. The appeal of brand repositioning is further heightened by the rising costs and high risk associated with launching a new brand. Brand repositioning has received little attention in the marketing literature
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CASIO IN LUXARY WATCH INDUSTRY Market Analysis The mission of Casio's product development is to create something where there was nothing before - what Casio calls going from "0" to "1." By creating totally original products, Casio strongly believes that they add fun and convenience to daily life and pioneers new cultural trends. "Demand-creating" products, which Casio’s opinion will create markets of their own, produce economic and technological ripple effects. Strategic advantages of Casio in
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Case study Toys “R” Us JAPAN Case study Toys “R” Us JAPAN TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3. Japan Background and facts: 4. Background: 4 Facts: 5 Toys “R” Us Background 7. The Beginning: 7 Market Expansion 8 More ways to shop Toys “R” Us 8 Evolving business 9 Toys “R” Us in Japan 9 Case analysis: 10 Attractive factors of Japan toy market: 10 Barriers to Entry: 10 Success Factors for Toy's "R" Us-Japan 11 TRU Strategy 13 Our opinion: 14 Recommendations: 15 Conclusion:
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which sales promotion tools that were used were stated. Based on these research questions, a review of the relevant literature was conducted, resulting in a conceptual framework, which was used to guide this study's data collection. A qualitative, case study approach was used, using interviewing at an industrial company in Sweden as the primary data collection tool. The findings indicate that, although the individual objectives of the tools can be different they can still be used overall to lead to
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GROUP ASSIGNMENT- CASE STUDY INTRODUCTION Michael Dell founded the Dell Computers in 1984 in USA and by 2001 the company became the world’s largest personal computer vendor, continuing to gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of dollars in losses. Dell sells 90% of its PCs directly to the final customer, largely bypassing the reseller channel that accounts for most of the world’s PC sales. This direct customer relationship is a key to Dell’s
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9-706-411 REV: NOVEMBER 21, 2006 PANKAJ GHEMAWAT CARIN-ISABEL KNOOP DAVID KIRON AmorePacific: From Local to Global Beauty In 2005, Suh Kyung-Bae, President and CEO of South Korean cosmetics company AmorePacific, surveyed a map in his office in downtown Seoul: We have held off major multinational players, the L’Oréals and Estée Lauders, in Korea and are competing successfully with them around the world. We went to France, the Mecca of beauty products, and developed the #4 fragrance in
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Introduction – Problem identification Nintendo was founded in 1889 and have been operating in the video game console market since 1977 and is a leader in the handheld console market. The videogame industry has over the years grown to a $30 billion industry and is dominated by two giants: Sony with its PlayStation and Microsoft with its Xbox. In 2006 Nintendo introduced Wii as a contrast to the competitors' products and generated $8.26 billion in revenue the same year. Nintendo sold millions of
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OTC products - By Anjali Puri, Director, Customized Products & Services Group, Asia Pacific and co-author, Sumeet Saluja, General Manager, Marketing at Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Healthcare Fast Moving Consumer Goods and OTC products: Zoom on marketing effectiveness - Abstract by Erk Maassen, and Robert Buckeldee 20 2 Author: Anjali Puri Director, Customized Products & Services Group, Asia Pacific The Nielsen Company 2nd Floor, Block B, Sri Rama Deevana, No. 21, Ulsoor Road, Bangalore
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