●●● Introduction ……...………….……..………..….……………………………………………………………………………….. 3 External Analysis …………….…………….…………………………………………………………………………………….. 3 PESTEL Analysis ……………….……………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Political Factors ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Economic Factors …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4 Socio-Cultural Factors ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5 Technological Factors ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 6 Environmental Factors ………………………………………………………………………………………
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Chapter 1—Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness TRUE/FALSE 1. The Opening Case shows that McDonald’s is one of the few firms able to achieve strategic competitiveness from its founding until the present time. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium OBJ: 01-01 TYPE: application NOT: AACSB: Multicultural & Diversity | Management: Environmental Influence | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing strategy and innovation 2. By focusing on product innovations and upgrades of its properties, McDonald’s was able to
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General Electric General Electric Company | | Type | Public | Traded as | NYSE: GE [1]Dow Jones Industrial Average Component S&P 500 Component | Industry | Conglomerate | Founded | Schenectady, New York, U.S. (1892) | Founder(s) | Thomas Edison, Elihu Thomson, Charles Coffin, Edwin Houston | Headquarters | Fairfield, Connecticut, [2]U.S. | Area served | Worldwide | Key people | Jeffrey Immelt (Chairman & CEO) | Products | Appliances, aviation, consumer electronics
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| |1876 | |[[Thomas Edison]] opens a new laboratory in [[Menlo Park, New Jersey]], USA | |- | |1879 | |[[Thomson-Houston Electric Company|Thomson-Houston]] formed | |- | |1890 | |[[Edison General Electric Company|Edison General Electric]] formed | |- | |1892 | |Edison General Electric and [[Thomson-Houston Electric Company|Thomson-Houston]] merge to become [[General Electric|The General Electric Company]] | |- | |1892 | |[[Charles A. Coffin]] becomes the first President
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Value of Bottled Water The consumption of bottled water has been increasing consistently over the last few years. Some reasons why people decide for an option that is often more expensive and less comfortable than tap water, could be their dissatisfaction with tap water taste and health-risk concerns. Other factors could involve, demographic variables and the perceived quality of the water source. Trust in tap water companies also seems to influence public opinion. The demand for bottled water has
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game developers * Employee are the most creative and passionate experts in the industry * Encouraged autonomy * Market research are not use to pressure the company’s creative team * Savings on development cost because of partnership with Vivendi * R.Koticks charisma and pitch to investors * possess a litany of popular titles * products span the full spectrum of gaming genres * cult like devotion of consumers/subscribers * establishing revenue streams via subscription models | WEAKNESSES
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SME 710 – Service Strategy and Design Case Study 1: GE’s Growth Strategy – The Immelt Initiative Name: Ping Lei Student ID: 10320346 Please prepare an analysis of this case. Your write-up should be 4 to 7 pages. Questions that should be addressed are: 1. How difficult was the task facing Immelt assuming the CEO role in 2001? What imperatives where there to change? What incentives to maintain the past? 2. What do you think of the broad objectives
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Boston Scientific and Medtronic in medical devices Media companies (e.g. Time Warner, Disney, Vivendi) and their diversification strategies Amazon’s tablet business Shangri-La Hotels: strategy for regional growth Cemex: strategy for globalization P&G and Unilever in China (or India) Walls icecream’s (owned by Unilever) growth in Asia Nestle’s growth in emerging markets Globalization strategy of Whirlpool Whirlpool and GE’s strategies in appliances in Asia Walmart’s globalization; experiences
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Blu-Ray and HD-DVD: Betamax-VHS Format Wars Redux Contrast the strategies adopted for Betamax (vs. VHS) in the 80’s and Blu-Ray (vs. HD-DVD)? I. Strategies adopted for Betamax (vs. VHS) in the 80’s: Customers Large Retailers High end Stores Wealthier segment market Substitutors Sony Betamax Complementors U-Matic – JVC (VHS) Video rental - TVs Movie Studios Firms
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QUESTIONS: MODULE 1 1. What are the fundamental aspects of Plato's ideal state? 2. What are the major ideas of Aristophanes and Socrates? 3. Examine Aristotle's view on education and its role in polity? 4. What is the origin and nature of Aristotle's best state? 5. What in the views of Cicero constitute the nature and meaning of law? MODULE 2 1. What is St. Augustine's views in the relationship between the church and state? 2. Why did feudalism last for a very long time? 3. Identify and discuss
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