Integrated Case study AN ANALYSIS OF THE CASE: BEIERSDORF AG: EXPANDING NIVEA’S GLOBAL REACH Sasipim Viriyajaroen STUDENT ID: C0346RCRC1013 Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Masters’ degree to the London School of Commerce, for the degree of Master in Business Administration (MBA) Supervisor: Dr K V Shenai September 2014 ICS: BEIERSDORF AG: EXPANDING NIVEA’S GLOBAL REACH Contents
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factory." It’s headquartered in Wuhan, China. Production and assembly of passenger cars, trucks, cars and car parts are the main business of Dongfeng. Traditionally one of the "Big Three" Chinese automakers, it is currently in the top four along with Chang'an Motors, FAW Group, and SAIC Motor. Collaboration background of Peugeot and Dongfeng: China starts opening domestic market to the foreign countries for the trading market access for technology. Finally, China sets up the Open-door policy- the
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Apple in case study Question 1/ Analyze the microenvironment and drivers of changes of the PC industry. What are the opportunities and threats facing Apple, Inc. (PESTEL analysis, “Uncertainty/Impact” drivers’ analysis and Scenario Planning)? 20% : a) Opportunities and threats facing Apple, Inc. Opportunities: * Entrance in new markets; * High levels of demand of Apple’s products (IPhone, IPad); * Damages from competitors who doesn’t respect Apple’s patent; * Exploitation
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Lenovo is the number one PC maker in Chinese PC industry which gained 35.8 percent of market share in 2007. In recent year, it started to operate businesses out of greater China such as Asia Pacific, Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. Lenovo’s current pillar strategy is that strive to grow faster and more profitably than the industry by delivering best-engineered PCs and unequaled ownership experience in the global PC market. Since the Lenovo decided to go international, the Europe becomes
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|11/22/2010 | Table of Contents Part I 2 Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Background Information about the Netherlands 4 PESTEL Analysis 7 Market Research & SWOT Analysis 14 I. Market Research 14 II. SWOT Analysis 22 Part II 23 Entry Strategy: 23 Segmentation, Targeting & Positioning 23 ϖ Segmentation 23 ϖ Targeting 26 ϖ Positioning 28 Part III 30 Marketing Communication Plan 30 Conclusion
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Written Case #1: Vera Bradley in 2014: Will the Company’s Strategy Reverse Its Downward Trend? LUICELENA PEREZ – CWID: 11493487 GBA 490-006 Dr. Marino 3/01/2016 Thirty-four years ago in the Hartsfield Atlanta Airport, Patricia Miller and Barbara Bradley noticed that the majority of people had the same simple and boring luggage design. These two friends saw the opportunity to pursue a new market that offers colorful and patterned baggage
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MACRO FACTORS AFFECTING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SUBMITTED BY: AAYUSH VERMA INTRODUCTION A business firm is an open system. It gets resources from the environment and supplies its goods and services to the environment. There are different levels of environmental forces. Some are close and internal forces whereas others are external forces. External forces may be related to national level, regional level or international level. These environmental forces provide opportunities or threats to the
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Raman Fadaei 2013 Marketing management Apple iPhone Marketing Analysis Apple iPhone Marketing Analysis Table of Content Introduction……………………………………………………………… 2 Apple SWOT analysis…………………………………………………… 7 Apple PESTEL Analysis ………………………………………............. 9 Porter's 5 Forces Analysis……………………………………………… 11 BCG matrix perspective………………………………………………… 12 Ansoff Matrix Perspective ……………………………………………… 15 Extended Marketing mix Analysis……………………………………… Conclusion………………………………………………………………... 17 Recommendation…………………………………………………………
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set up its first international motorcycles production plant, in Belgium. Honda currently produces motorcycles at 32 plants in 22 countries around the world. Honda established local motorcycle R&D operations in the U.S, Germany, Italy, Thailand, China, and India dedicating its effort to develop motorcycles that meet the needs of local customers (Honda, 2008). Asia is the largest market for the brand with a sales of 6633 (thousand) units for the year ended 31 March 2008
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PESTEL five forces and SWOT analysis of Apple Introduction: “Steven Wozniak and Steven Jobs had been friends in high school. They had both been interested in electronics, and both had been perceived as outsiders. They kept in touch after graduation, and both ended up dropping out of school and getting jobs working for companies in Silicon Valley. (Woz for Hewlett-Packard, Jobs for Atari)Wozniak had been dabbling in computer-design for some time when, in 1976, he designed what would become the Apple
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