or that are not longer fit the company’s overall strategy. Example: Sandal are not suitable with the NIKE brand. So, the company has downsizing that product. 5. Growth-share matrix: A portfolio-planning method that evaluates a company’s strategic business units in terms of their market growth rate and relative market share. SBUs are classified as stars, cash cows, question marks, or dogs. 6. Market development: A strategy for company growth by identifying and developing new market segments
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1. Financial ratio analysis conducted by managers, shareholders, long term creditors, short term creditor’s emphasis on which ratio * Managers use financial statements to monitor measurements like debt leverage, costs, sales, assets and liabilities. Financial statements help managers assess achievement of financial goals. Gross Profit Margin : The gross profit margin is a measurement of a company's manufacturing and distribution efficiency during the production process. To calculate gross
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CASE ANALYSIS APPLE COMPUTER, INC. I. PROBLEM STATEMENT What recommendations may be proposed to further improve the company's performance? II. AREAS OF CONSIDERATION 1. Mission • Apple Computer is committed to protecting the environment, health and safety of its employees, customers, and the global communities where it operates • The company strives for continuous improvement in environmental, health, and safety management systems
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DIVISIONAL PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT A. Objective: The objective is to develop performance measurement systems for divisions that are significant investment centers in large organizations. Such systems should: (1) provide information for economic decisions, (2) facilitate the control of division operations, (3) motivate managers to achieve high levels of divisional performance so as to further the objectives of the entire organization, and (4) serve as a basis for evaluating the performance of divisional
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forms of CAPM (such as Sharpe’s model) do not fully account for all risk factors which affect a firm’s price level. A firm viewed as riskier may have a lower price and thus P/E multiple. b. The book-to-market effect suggests that an investor can earn excess returns by investing in companies with high book value (the value of a firm’s assets minus its liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding) to market value. A study by Fama and French 1 suggests that book-to-market value reflects a
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…………………………………….………………. 6 3.1.1 Core product ……………….…………………………………… 6 3.1.2 Extended product ……….………………………………………. 7 3.1.3 Branding ……………….…………………………...……………. 7 3.2 Price …………………………………………………..…………………. 7 3.2.1 Payment method …………….…………………………………. 8 3.2.2 Price policy ………………….………………………………….. 8 3.2.2.1 Differential pricing ……………………………………. 8 3.2.2.2 Membership pricing policy …………………………… 8 3.3 Place …………………………………………………………………….. 8
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ABSTRACT With the growing risk appetite, rising income, and increasing awareness, mutual funds in Malaysia are becoming a preferred investment option compared to other investment avenues like Fixed Deposits (FDs) and postal savings that are considered safe but give comparatively low returns. But before investing in mutual funds, investors have to analyze the factors of the economy, industry and company within the investment environment in which they operate. There are several macro-economic factors
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driving prices down and creating potentially destructive price wars (Buy, 2009). Utilizing key resources and capabilities including industry-leading design teams, talented software and hardware engineers, backed by a sizeable research and development budget, which is responsible for a portfolio of thousands of patents, and under the strategically brilliant stewardship of CEO Steve Jobs, Apple has successfully innovated its way to a comfortable market position commanding premium prices. Unfortunately
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Strategic Management Strategic Management Philip Sadler First published in 1993, authors James C Craig and Robert M Grant Second edition published in Great Britain and the United States in 2003 by Kogan Page Limited, author Philip Sadler Apart from any fair dealing for the purposes of research or private study, or criticism or review, as permitted under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, this publication may only be reproduced, stored or transmitted, in any form or by any means
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control over information circulating about a company or brand. Consumers therefore play an important role in forming a company's or brand's perception and value in the marketplace (Keller, 2007). Exchange of information about companies and brands between consumers is not a new phenomenon. However, today we are witnessing a new and rapid evolution of consumers interacting with each other via the Internet. Researchers estimate that over 1.4 billion people interact via the Internet, resulting in continual
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