INTERNATIONAL MARKET EXPANSION THE CASE OF US HOTEL CHAINS EXPANSION INTO CHINA E. Hachemi Aliouche, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Hospitality Management Whittemore School of Business and Economics UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA and Udo Schlentrich, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Hospitality Management Whittemore School of Business and Economics UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, USA ABSTRACT: Departing from the explanatory and descriptive approaches common in many of the academic studies of international expansion
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ESADE CASE STUDY Roca in Egypt Written by Josep Franch and Marianna Sablina Kondratieva, 2013 On that evening in late March 2012, Carlos Velázquez, Corporate Marketing Director for Roca Corporación Empresarial (the Roca Group), and Xavier Torras, Corporate Brand and Communication Director for the same company, were taking a short break from their meeting with Gravena, their partner company in Cairo (Egypt). This was the second long day in a row with endless meetings. Torras looked up and
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Table of Contents Chapter-1: Over view 4 1.1 Company profile 1.2 1.3 Mission & Vision Business Portfolio of the company 1.4 Consumer Relations Chapter -2 Product service 9 2.1 Product lines 2.2 Specific product 2.3 Feasibility study Chapter-3 Target market 13 3.1 Target market selection Chapter-4 Pricing strategy 17 4.1 Pricing strategy 4.2 Pricing with the competitors Chapter 5 Market Segmentation /Distribution 20 5.1 Distribution
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Nestlé and Nespresso Based on the case study of Nestlé refines its arsenal in the luxury coffee war of the coffee war, this case talked about a subset of the coffee war that currently brewing in Western Europe between Nestlé, Sara Lee and Ethical Coffee. Nestlé is the incumbent in the market with a monopoly over its home coffee system with 1,700 patents. It has become one of the company's so-called "billionaire brands" with sales last year of $2.6bn. The Nespresso SA company was founded in Vevey
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April 1, 2013 Janine Lyn A. David Internet Retailing TM – CHAPTER 1 1. Introduction It has been predicted by scholars and experts over the past decade that there will be a steady migration from a brick and mortar retailing model to internet/online shopping stores (Levy & Weitz 2001; Chiang and Dholakia, 2003) (Solorzano, 2011; Ferguson, 2011). With this trend, many traditional retailers have developed their own online stores. There were also the “pure plays”, companies that are mainly start-up
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Internship Report Comparative Analysis of Teletalk Bangladesh Limited Prepared By: Md. Mashiur Rahman BRAC Business School ID: 09104077 Prepared For: Husain Salilul Akareem Internship Super Visor BRAC Business School BRAC University BRAC University Date of Submission: 30th May, 2013 l Letter of Transmittal 30th May, 2013 Husain Salilul Akareem Internship Supervisor BRAC Business School BRAC University 66, Mohakhali, Dhaka-1212 Subject: Submission of internship
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ESADE CASE STUDY Roca in Egypt Written by Josep Franch and Marianna Sablina Kondratieva, 2013 On that evening in late March 2012, Carlos Velázquez, Corporate Marketing Director for Roca Corporación Empresarial (the Roca Group), and Xavier Torras, Corporate Brand and Communication Director for the same company, were taking a short break from their meeting with Gravena, their partner company in Cairo (Egypt). This was the second long day in a row with endless meetings. Torras looked up and said:
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Motorola Inc. Company Analysis Abstract The mobile phone industry is a very tough market to compete in. The birth of the smartphone brought about a whole new level of competition. Not only is the technology side constantly changing, but marketer must pay attention to the needs, wants, and concerns held by the very people who purchase these “smartphones,” the consumer, because they are ever changing as well. The contents of this paper will demonstrate how Motorola Inc. almost missed the smartphone
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launched “Crisp” in 70’s and the brand was in reposition in 80’s. “Kitkat” was launched at Rs. 3/- per 8.5 gm the smaller version with a ‘have a break’ campaign. The campaign introduced the brand as a friendly, casual and humorous product. The brand also had a finger format which meant that chocolate could either be shared or stored. “Perks” from Cadbury was launched around same time at Rs.7/- for 35gm bar. The product format was similar to that of “5Stars” bar. The brand came out with the ‘Stomach worship’
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Importing | Joint venture | Licensing | Protectionism | Multinational corporation | Dumping | Embargo | Economies of scale | Embargo | Quota | Stereotyping | Strategic alliance | Tariff | Trade deficit | Trade surplus | Trading blocs | | | Case Study Whirlpool Summary Nations trade to obtain raw materials and goods that are either unavailable in their own country or too expensive to produce. Trade increases a country’s total output, and offers greater variety and lower prices to consumers
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