...1 CASE ANALYSIS: MABE: LEARNING TO BE A MULTINATIONAL STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT 04-75-498-02 Dr. Gerry Kerr July 7, 2016 Shawn Phaneouf 103801474 Kevin Victor 103798446 John Yahaya-Joe 103830915 Boyu Lu 103677756 Lichen Liang 103483267 2 Introduction Within just 60 years, Mabe had conquered the Latin American electrical appliance market and was continuing to press on towards global success. Through leveraging their foundational strategic partnership with General Electric (48% ownership) and developing others in new markets, Mabe was able to quickly spread it’s influence in international markets however, it now faced the challenge of pushing beyond Latin and North American markets. Boasting a sizeable and highly profitable appliance industry, Russia represents an attractive opportunity for Mabe however, with opportunities come a number of potential issues. This paper will address the core issue of whether Mabe should remain in the Russian market. The symptomatic issues that arise from this concern the suitability of Mabe’s joint venture partner Fagor, it’s future pricing strategy, whether to start producing locally and if other geographic markets should be entered. Various strategic and financial tools will be utilized to capture the relationship between the aforementioned issues and Mabe’s positioning as a whole, allowing the presentation of recommendations and thorough implementation plans. PESTEL Analysis Many factors define and impact the environment of an organization, which...
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...MABE: Learning to Be a Multinational Strategic Management 75-498 Section 1 Professor T. Mao By group 10: Daniel Sgro 103442079 Elizabeth Oduwole 104078842 Mohammad Rafi Siddique 103606130 Si Shen 103552129 Table of Contents 1. Problem Identification…………………………………………………..…2 a. Key Issue……..………………………………………………………………...…2 2. Situation Analysis………………………………………………………..…2 b. External Analysis……...…………………………………………………………2 i. PESTEL………….……………………………………………………...….……2 ii. Industry………….………………………………………………………….……3 iii. Porter’s 5 Forces…..……….……………………………………………………3 iv. Diamond Model……………………………………………………………….…4 v. 1-2-3 Model………………………………………………………………………4 vi. CAGE Framework…………………………………………………………....…5 c. Internal Analysis………………...…………………………………….…………5 vii. VRINE……………….………………………………………………..…………5 viii. Value Chain…………..…………………………………………………………6 ix. Financial………………..……………………………………………..…………6 3. Alternatives & Recommendation…………………………………….……7 d. Alternatives………..………………………………………………………..……….……7 e. Recommendation………...…………………………………………...….…….………....7 f. Implementation………………………………………...………………………………...8 g. Contingency Planning……………………………………………………………………8 4. Appendices………………………………………………………….………9 h. Appendix A: VRINE Table…………………………………………………......……….9 i. Appendix B: Decision Matrix…………………………………………....…….…..……9 j. Appendix...
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...second largest oil reserves and we know that economies of scale are one of the keys to success for appliance manufacturers.Also the JV market share increase for 0.9% in 2008 to 4.9% at the end of 2012 so we believe in the future Russia could have more stability.Furthermore, As one of our purposes which is entering into the international market so that we choose to stay in Russia and continue with exportation. However, this joint venture could raise the problem of differentiate culture and a complex organizational structure and so on. To implement this, we may have to make some adjustments. Due to we have the cultural distance and after 4 years of operations, Mabe understand the culture which is weak legislative and enforcement regimes and the incidents of corruption and bribery at all levels of state bureaucracy. Also Mabe learned through the previous expansion that the importance of instilling the firm’s culture into the acquired firms.Thus, we should continue implementingon Mabe’s culture. Russia had faced struggles on two fronts: a decreasing population and the deterioration of human capital.Also Russian managers have been found to be more oriented to the short term and to place little emphasis on competitive strategy, formal strategic planning or financial planning. Thus we may implement only few Russian senior employees in Mabe’s Russian JV. For the main junior employees we should focus our human resources on the new generations, due to the fact that candidates over that...
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...SECTION IV: RECOMMENDATIONS Decision Criteria MABE’s decision criteria for evaluating their current position as part of a joint venture in Russia includes: * The joint ventures’ ability to generate future sales growth and substantial operating margin * The impact of Russia’s changing external environment on the joint venture and MABE as a whole * Other global opportunities for growth in emerging markets, including China and India OPTION 1. Continue Operations in Russia with the JV Cons: * The JV may have not yielded the results the venture intended on achieving, but the potential for earning increased profit exists. They will have to work hard for it to produce, as it should. * Amount of expenses currently incurred by MABE can be cut significantly but not at the current operational plan. Pros: * The venture currently has a 4 percent market share in stove sales, and a 2 percent market share in refrigerators and washing machines in operations in Russia. * Sales were at $70 Million in 2011, which suggests an increase in consumption and spending in Russia since the economic downfall of 2008. * The narrowing of the JV’s product line should produce better results than their previous expectations of providing a broad line of products able to serve the Russian market. * Strengthened management team within the past four years * Being fused within Fagor’s portfolio * Being within a such a vast geographical market. OPTION 2. Implement...
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...MANAJEMEN SEKURITI FISIK MABES POLRI BAGIAN BARAT Diny Luthfah SH MH Msi Penulisan ini adalah mengenai Manajemen Sekuriti Pada Mabes Polri Bagian Barat yang merupakan Markas Besar Kepolisian Indonesia. Bertitik tolak berdasarkan kebutuhan akan rasa aman menjadi salah satu kebutuhan dasar dari seorang manusia. Berangkat dari kebutuhan rasa aman ini, maka manusia melalui kemampuan manajemen mengupayakan untuk membuat secara struktur penyelenggaraan keamanan dengan menggunakan tata cara yang terstruktur dan teratur. Manajemen Sekuriti pada Mabes Polri diambil sebagai topik pada tulisan ini dikarenakan menurut pengamatan dari penulis diperlukan peningkatan dari manajemen sekuriti Mabes Polri bagian Barat yang telah diselenggarakan saat ini, dikarenakan pada bagian ini berkantor Kepala Kepolisian Republik Indonesia , yang merupakan salah satu aset sumber daya manusia Indonesia terpenting. Pendekatan penulisan yang digunakan adalah dengan metode kualitatif. Penulisan kualitatif memusatkan perhatian kepada prinsip-prinsip umum yang mendasari perwujudan satuan-satuan gejala yang ada di dalam kehidupan manusia. Beberapa kendala yang diketemukan oleh penulis seperti belum ada manajemen yang terorganisir dan mempunyai standarisasi jelas atau yang sesuai dengan teori-teori mengenai keamanan sebagaimana mestinya.Untuk itu penulis, melalui penulisannya akan menjelaskan kendala-kendala yang ada dikaitkan dengan teori-teori yang berhubungan untuk itu. Saran penulis dalam mewujudkan penyelenggaraan...
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...Contents 1. Executive summary ................................................................................................................... 32. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 33. Drivers to Atlas’ international strategy ................................................................................... 44. Implications of Atlas strategic options between 1989 and 2000 .............................................. 75. Atlas’ likely implementation issues of the internationalization process.................................. 96. Conclusions ............................................................................................................................. 117. Recommendations ................................................................................................................... 12References .......................................................................... Personal identifier: Y0217531 3 1. Executive summary This repost assess Atlas’s international strategy by in the decade 1990-2000. Section 2 briefly introduces Atlas company and calculates its return on capital employed (ROCE) of the 1990s highlighting its descending trend. Section 3 presents the factors that underpinned the reasons for which Atlas undertook its international strategy. Section 4 follows with the description of the strategies implemented and their implications on the company’s...
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...Una filosofía nueva que han tomado las empresas ha sido el crear en sus empleados la habilidad de trabajar en equipo. Las organizaciones han encontrado en esta nueva metodología, que, el generar equipos de trabajo de alto desempeño ayuda a generar alternativas de solución, creativas e innovadoras de los problemas que presenten. El trabajar en equipo no es una manera fácil trabajo, ya que cada uno de sus elementos presenta ciertas habilidades y actitudes de manera individual, las cuales mediante la orientación deben de ser encausadas a llegar a un fin común y exitoso. En Mabe la dirección se ha preocupado por fomentar equipos de trabajo de alto desempeño, pero como mencionan las lecturas, interfieren varios factores que en algunos momentos no los hacen exitosos. Un ejemplo de un equipo de trabajo de alto desempeño en el que participé fue cuando Mabe creó SQT, donde se buscaron integrar en este equipo a compradores e ingenieros de desarrollo de proveedores, con la finalidad que permitiera reducir los impactos de calidad y abastecimiento de la planta. En un inicio se definieron los integrantes de cada uno de estos equipos, los compromisos y objetivos a los cuales teníamos que llegar. La alta gerencia estaba dirigiendo la actividad de los mismos y orientando la forma de trabajo. Pero que fue lo que pasó, vivíamos con nuestras actividades diarias que nos impedían involucrarnos al 100% además, de que el equipo de trabajo no contaba con una estructura clara, no se presentaron...
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...March 31, Weller created a blog post, announcing that those zines he produced were mere warm-ups and that the Vinyl Warhol would be producing quarterly art zines featuring essays, photo galleries and poetry. The first issue, titled “Today,” is issue one of a four-part series centered on the themes of “Today,” “Tomorrow,” “Yesterday” and a fourth issue that’s currently untitled. “The idea is combining things that transcend time. Things that are everyday like sunsets or breakfasts, they’re today, they’re tomorrow, they’re yesterday for hundreds of years into the future and hundreds of years into the past. Then there are also going to be some things that are going to be more telling as to what time period we’re really talking about," said Katt Mabe, the zine’s...
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...Relationships John Dos Passos calls attention to homosocial relationships between soldiers in World War I, in his telling of Three Soldiers. This novel is mainly focused upon the three main characters within the novel, Fuselli, Chrisfield, and Andrews. All three men have homosocial relationships, which to clarify is not romantic in nature but simply a friendship between people of the same gender. Within Three Soldiers I will assess how Fuselli, Chrisfield, and Andrews conducted themselves within these homosocial relationships. This novel starts with Dan Fuselli anxious to be promoted one day to corporal. Fuselli even dreams about the day that Mabe, his girl back home, will send him a letter addressed to Corporal Fuselli which is when he is barely starting in the army. “The corporal didn’t look...
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...associated with more illness, disability, and dependency? How will aging affect health care and social costs? Are these futures inevitable, or can we act to establish a physical and social infrastructure that might foster better health and wellbeing in older age? By 2050, the U.S. Census predicts that 19.6 million American workers will be 65 years or older, roughly 19 percent of the total U.S. workforce. In fact, the number of individuals in the labor force who are 65 years or older is expected to grow by 75 percent while the number of individuals in the workforce who are 25 to 54 is only expected to grow by 2 percent. By 2016, one-third of the total U.S. workforce will be 50 years or older — a group that may number 115 million by 2020 (Heidkamp, Mabe, & DeGraaf, 2012). The Baby Boomers make up a significant portion of the U.S. population, and, as the Boomers age, the percentage of Americans over 65, those that utilize the bulk of health care resources, will shift significantly. When the last of the Boomers reach retirement age, almost 20 percent of the U.S. populations will be 65 or older compared to less than 13 percent today. By 2030, there will be more than 70 million Americans over age 65. The dramatic increase in births between 1946 and 1964, dubbed the “baby boom,” drove many public services, particularly schools, to add...
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...April Mabe P&G Option Case 1. What were the key decisions taken by P&G in relation to the distribution channel? P&G started testing different methords to change the way merchandisers could order products. In 1985, P&G tested a new approach to channel logistics for replenishment ordering with a moderate-sized grocery chain. This test involved using EDI. EDI,(electronic data interchange) to transmit data daily from the retailer to P&G on warehouse product shipments to each store. P&G decided to use shipment information rather than shipping based on retailer-generated orders, to determine the quantity of products to be shipped. This did reduce costs in inventory, and labor, but however, it ended up costing P&G more. Then after another test, they decided to expand on CRP innovation. Mass merchandisers generated interest from other retailers in the new process. CRP started with diapers but then expanded rapidly to other products. Not only did this reduce costs, but increased grocery sales as well. 2. How important are the new information technologies in P&G’s efforts? The new technologies were very important. Increased sales were an important benefit of the CRP program for P&G and its distributors. EDI alone is not beneficial, but when implemented in parallel with process and systems reengineering, it can become a powerful tool. EDI provided an essential platform for CRP operations. EDI was a good and easy first step. As mentioned in number...
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...their kids' technology so the kids don’t make bad choices. Parents need to be more aware of their kids with social media. According to Debate.org“If parents are aloud to access their child's profile, then that personal stuff can be removed if the parents don't like what their kids are posting.” For example, the parents could add monitoring software to their kids phones. Also, parents should make their kids play outside for at least an hour a day. The parents did not know what the kids were doing the hole time the kids where in the nursery. Parents setting limits will solve the problem of using too much technology. In conclusion parents should have their kids join an activity to reduce the time on technology and thecnology addiction. Mabe if this hapens there will be more sports teams....
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...THE PEARL MARKET TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. HISTORY OF FINE PEARLS MYTHS. ................................................................................... 2 .MAJOR CATEGORIES OF FINE PEARLS. ............................................................................ 3 III. THE VALUE OF FINE PEARLS. ........................................................................................... 3 IV. CULTURED PEARLS – MAN AND NATURE JOIN FORCES. ................................................. 4 V. HISTORY OF CULTURED PEARLS 100 YEARS. ................................................................... 4 VI. IMITATIONS – ALL MAN. ................................................................................................... 4 VII. MAJOR CATEGORIES OF CULTURED PEARLS . ................................................................. 5 VIII. PEARL CULTIVATION AREAS. .......................................................................................... 6 IX. CREATING CULTURED PEARLS. ...................................................................................... 6 X. XI. PEARL PRODUCTION – Volume...
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...“.... If the yanks come, mabe you had better send the negroes up in the mountains….” (Document D). Texas didn’t want the slave taken away from them because they helped with the agricultural work on the plantations. “The slave population in 1860 is 182,566, the percentage of slaves is 30%, and the percentage of white families that owned slaves is 29% in Texas alone” (Document A). A Lot of families relied on slaves to get their work done so they didn’t want the south to lose. “That the African race had no (part) in their establishment; that they were rightfully held as an inferior and dependent race….” (Document B). Texas thought that the Africans are useless and not important. Most importantly, the Texans fought in the Civil war because of their love for Texas. “Tell...
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...Introduction Whistleblowing refers to disclosure of suspected wrongdoing at work by a worker. All workers have the right and the capability to report inappropriate actions such as illegal transactions and operations or neglect of duties among others. The Sarbanes-Oxley due is a policy that sets the standards for the United States public company offices especially the boards, management and public accounting organizations. The paper describes a whistleblower and provides an example of a whistleblower case. The paper also analyzes the whistleblowers actions according to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. As stated earlier a whistleblower is the individual that tells of an inappropriate action or operation in the organization. Whistleblowers have the following characteristics. Whistleblowers are never interested in changing their behavior or characteristics (Near& Miceli, 1995). Whistleblowers are normally having an educational background and have professional positions in the workplace. The whistleblower is intelligent as such can think through situations clearly and make concise decisions (Near& Miceli, 1985). They are pragmatic and will deal with situations in realistic ways rather than theoretical considerations. They are self-conscious hence not easily carried away by other people’s beliefs and attitudes. Whistleblowers are morally obligated to help others in the best possible manner. They have a high sense of morality (Near& Miceli, 1985). A former Zillow employee Chris Crocker...
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