Strategies Forward Integration: Jamba’s attempt to take control of new distribution channels could expand their presence in the industry. Backward Integration: Jamba could grow their own products and produce materials to cut costs and spending. Horizontal Integration: Jamba introduced bread, soups, and pretzels to their menu in order to expand their product offering. Retrenchment: As a form of survival, Jamba was forced to close their least profitable stores. Related Diversification: Jamba’s licensing
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1. What was the rationale for PBMs? Medco Cost Containment Services was a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM). Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are private companies that administer pharmacy benefits and manage the purchasing, dispensing and reimbursing of prescription drugs. PBMs provide their services to health insurers or to large health care purchasers. PBM services to their clients may include negotiating rebates or discounts from pharmaceutical manufacturers, processing claims for prescription
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example of product development- Wendy’s is testing fruit cups and milk as options in its kids’ meals. 3. Recent example of forward integration- Budget Rent-a- Car is opening car rental shops in Wal-Mart stores. Recent example of backward integration- Hotels, Inc. purchased a furniture producer. Recent example of horizontal integration- Federated Deparment Stores, the parent of Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s, acquired May Department stores. 4. Recent example of concentric
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The Company’s strategy is to continue to expand in the eyewear and eye care sector by growing its various businesses, whether through acquisitions or organically Being a global leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of sun and prescription eyewear of high technicaland stylistic quality, Luxottica’s mission is multifold: to improve the well-being and satisfaction of its customers while simultaneously creating value for its employees and the communities in which the Group operates. Every
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5.2.3 Monopoly Market Mono means one and poly means seller. Therefore, meaning of the word monopoly is only one seller. The dictionary meaning of the word monopoly is the sole right to produce and sell a good by a person, government or corporation. Therefore, when a farm produces a good and supplies it to innumerable customers, then the farm is called a monopoly business and the market where that good is bought and sold is called the monopoly market. The farm that achieves the monopolistic
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1. Imitation – Zara faces a LOW threat of being imitated. Competitors could potentially imitate the quick response system and adapt their production line to trends in the market. Imitation is feasible, however Zara’s advantage comes from being a pioneer in the quick response system. At the time of the case competitors such as: H&M follow a different strategy. H&M produces cheap via outsourcing, ahead of time taking advantage of economies of scale. Zara is currently at the frontier of quick fashion
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OUTLINE BERGARAC SYSTEMS THE CHALLENGE OF BACKWARD INTEGRATION Bergerac Systems is a manufacturer of diagnostic instruments used in veterinary practices that has been growing constantly although is small in the market. Led by CEO Ian Wyckoff. This case is based in getting the result by performing qualitative and quantitave analysis of “make vs. buy” decision considering expected production capacities, market forecast and the source of effective strategies. The company introduced the OmniVue
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|Definition | |Forward integration |Gaining ownership or increased control over distributors or retailers | |Backward integration |Seeking ownership or increased control of a firm’s suppliers | |Horizontal integration |Seeking ownership or increased control over competitors
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Five forces * Threat of new entrants * Bargaining power of suppliers (SUPPLIER POWER) * Rivalry among existing competitors (RIVALRY) * Bargaining power of customers (BUYER POWER) * Threat of substitutes Anomalies * Some anomalies occur due to a variety of reasons with regards to profit over time * Ex: Tobacco was not profitable in 2007 due to lawsuits but was much more profitable during 2008 What is 5 forces analysis? * A framework for analysing industryprofitability
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