...is undoubtedly designed to run the Google Android operating system for cellphones, which the search giant introduced more than a year ago. Android was envisioned as a major breakthrough in cellphones because it offered an "open" operating system i.e., one that other companies could use and design applications for. At the time, this strategy was compared to that of Microsoft Windows, which broke the market hegemony of Apple’s decidedly non-open OS in the mid-1980s and within a decade, turned Apple into a niche company. This time around, the new Android phones were supposed to break the hegemony of the Apple iPhone. So far, it hasn’t quite worked out that way with Android. A number of cell phone companies notably Motorola, HTC, and Samsung have adopted Android and seen impressive sales. However, this time around Apple, though still exhibiting much of its old "closed" and proprietary ways, has learned some important lessons over the last 20 years. For one thing, Apple understands, better perhaps than any company on the planet, the importance of being not only perpetually innovative but with a vast and loyal army of Apple fanatics behind it to...
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...Legal Aspects of BLACKBERRY Takeover by FAIRFAX Legal Aspects of BLACKBERRY Takeover by FAIRFAX by by Anubhav Gaur SMBA12045 Section B Anubhav Gaur SMBA12045 Section B TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknoledgement Summary blackberry ltd. Section 1.1 : History Section 1.2 : Strategic Changes Section 1.3 : Success in Market place Section 1.4 : Changes in Financial Fortunes Section 1.5 : Financial Fortunes FAIRFAX LTD. Section 2.1 : Corporate Governance Section 2.2 : History Section 2.3 : Credit Ratings MERGERS & ACQUISATIONS Section 3.1 : Legal Structures Section 3.2 : Documentation Section 3.3 : Business Valuation TAKEOVERS Section 4.1 : Types Of Takeover Section 4.2 : Financing a Takeover Section 4.3 : Mechanics Section 4.4 : Strategies Section 4.5 : Agency Problems Section 4.6 : Pros & Cons Laws & Codes used during takeover Section 5.1 : City Code on Takeovers & Mergers Section 5.2 : Competetion Law Section 5.3 : Takeover Directives Section 5.4 : Companies ACT 1985 BLACKBERRY TAKEOVER REGULATORY APPROVAL COMPETETION COMMISION FOR TAKE OVER FCPA Section 8.1 : Provision & Scope Section 8.2 : History Section 8.3 : Requirements Section 8.4 : Application UK BRIBERY ACT TAKEOVER MECHANICS OF BLACKBERRY TAKEOVER CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY & REFERENCES ACKNOLEGDEMENT I take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude and deep regards to my guide Prof. Deepak Dayal for his exemplary guidance,...
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...In the process of International trade, the problem of cultural differences does rack many managers' brains. Have to say that it is a great challenge for all multinational corporations, especially for those just entering a market without experience. Whether it is an individual or a team can't avoid culture shock when they want to go abroad. For instance, I can't bargain when I want to buy a laptop in PC world due to language, let alone when I would like to sell goods. Whereas if a firm can learn and embrace target market's culture well, it will be able to understand the needs of those consumers deeply. This is not a short time to achieve the goal, managers need to show patience, initiative, sensitivity. The first method is to employ local people, the locals understand local consumption habits, festivals, religion, social system better than foreigners. So it is something we all take for granted: the locals can manage locals easier or build local ties better. In addition: Cultural exchange is a two-way process, after local employees working with foreign staffs, the locals can give suggestion to help foreign staffs to adapt faster. For example: There are two telecommunications companies want to expand business in U.S.. One is from India,another is from China.Indian company's U.S. division has been fully localized, senior staffs are almost all Americans, it has been deemed to come from behind global competitors after U.S. local telecommunications giant's did a strategic analysis...
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...Research Report Submitted To Sir Khalid Jamil Ansari Prepared By Babar Saeed (BM-25208) Bashir Ali (BM-25178) TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement 02 Executive Summary 03 Company Introduction 04 Company History) 05 a) First Mobile Phone 06 b) GSM Introduction 06 c) Strategic Change 07 Vision, Mission, Organization Direction 07 Environmental Analysis (Internal) 09 Environmental Analysis (External) 12 a) Pestle Analysis 12 b) Porter five forces Analysis 14 SWOT Analysis 18 Market/Competitor Analysis 19 Strategic Analysis 23 a) Corporate Strategy 25 b) Business Strategy 25 c) Operational Strategy 25 d) Supply Chain Strategy 26 e) Defensive Strategy 26 f) Competitive Strategy 26 Nokia Marketing Strategies Analysis 27 a) Segmentation by Geographically 27 b) Segmentation by Demographically 28 c) Segmentation by Consumer / Business 28 Marketing Mix Strategies 29 a) Product b) Price c) Place d) Promotion Key Strategic Issues Face Nokia 30 Nokia Leading Mobile Series 31 a) N Series 31 b) E Series 32 c) X Series 33 d) Asha Series 33 e) Lumia Series 34 References 35 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT One of the great pleasures of writing the report is acknowledging the efforts of our teacher and friends whose hard work, cooperation, friendship and understanding were crucial to the preparation of this report. First of all, we would like to acknowledge the efforts of Sir Khalid Jamil Ansari whose sincerity, loyalty, hard working and...
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...Analysis of Mobile Communications Devices Industry INTRODUCTION This report is focused on the segment of the Electronics industry that creates devices for mobile communications, and referred to as the Mobile Communications Devices industry in this report. The mobile communications devices industry is set for a hyper growth spurt. By 2020, Morgan Stanley predicts that the number of mobile devices (smartphones, tablets, car electronics, etc.) could easily top 10 billion units. Mobile data traffic nearly tripled in 2010 due to usage of smart connected devices and significant progress in mobile network technology, and is driving revenue growth. Yet, Cisco expects it to increase another 26-fold by 2015, at a compound annual growth rate of 92 percent. Total annual sales for all mobile-related devices and services are set to top $1 trillion. As shown in Exhibit 1, there are an estimated 5.6 billion mobile communications connections in the world, as of March 2011. The average mobile network connection speed of 215 kilobytes per second in 2010 is expected to increase 10-fold to exceed 2.2 megabits per second in 2015. The number of people using their mobile devices as the only way to access the internet is expected to increase 56-fold from 14 million last year to 788 million by the end of 2015. The pace of product innovation remains high. Network speeds are increasing dramatically because of improving technology. Device and service sales are expected to continue to grow...
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...0 Marketing Strategy 1.1 Objectives 1.2 Target & Segmentation 1.3 Positioning 2.0 Strategies 3.0 Marketing Mix 3.1 Product 3.2 Pricing 3.3 Distribution 3.4 Marketing Communications 3.5 Customer Service 4.0 Recommendations 5.0 Plan of Action 6.0 Bibliography 1.0 Marketing Strategy Westpac: THE ASIA PACIFIC INVASION Westpac have been servicing the Pacific Rim since 1901 with rapid support for its growth strategy of servicing Australian and New Zealand customers with links to Asia, and Asian customers with business interests in Australia and New Zealand. With Capital Market Sales and Foreign Exchange capabilities established in Singapore in 2004, Westpac Group Asia was extended to include Corporate and Institutional Banking in 2005, and most recently, Syndicated and Leverage Finance and Asset Finance. Westpac Singapore and Hong Kong offices have a strong focus on private banking for affluent customers with ties to Australia and New Zealand. While most of these Westpac Institutional Bank operations are headquartered in Singapore to cover the continent, the geographic footprint has continued to expand, incorporating Shanghai and Hong Kong Branches in China and Representative Offices in Mumbai, Jakarta and Beijing. (Westpac Group, 2011, Westpac History, 07-06-2011, URL: ) While Westpac began to seriously look at the Asian market by 2005, it was only through the form of corporate banking and as they have positioned themselves as a prestigious leader...
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...Nike: The athletic footwear industry History Nike started out just as plan developed in order to satisfy course work at Stanford University. Mr. Phil Knight a graduate student at Stanford University and a long-distance runner decided that he would make low cost running shoes in Japan and then sell them in the US. Knight solicited the assistance of a past coach Bill Bower man to assist him in his business venture and in 1964 they started Blue Ribbon Sports. Knight called his first shoe Tiger and began distribution at track meets. Blue Ribbon in 1971 earned it's "swoosh" and Knight introduced the first Nike brand line. In 1978 the Blue Ribbon became Nike and each year their profits grew steadily. Due to Nikes concentration in casual shoes in the 1980's, they missed the trend to aerobic shoes and fell behind allowing Reebok to control the market. Due to poor management in the years following and proceeding Reebok's take over things fell apart. Phil Knight repositioned and reestablished Nike following the bumpy years in the 80's. In 1988 Nike purchased Cole Haan for $64 million which allowed them to increase casual footwear sales by 16%, they also purchased the accessories company in 1990. Nike even expanded by opening their own retail store "Nike Town" in 1990. Nike distributes to 123 retail stores in the US and also in 52 retail stores in countries such as, the UK, Japan, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, and Canada. Ribbon Sports officially...
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...Apple Incorporated: The Definition of Success Business Policy October 31, 2011 Table of Contents Contents Company Overview 3 Business Model and Scope 3 Primary Strategy 3 Target Market 4 Apple, Inc. Background Investigation 4 Industry and Competitive Analysis 5 External and other pertinent market conditions 6 SWOT Analysis 6 Financial Analysis 7 Action Plan & Recommendations 7 Epilogue 8 Works Cited 9 . Company Overview What is the definition of success? Apple Inc. surpasses this criteria of being a dominate business that's close to perfection. With record high performances, this company proves it is a force to be reckoned with. Along with 300 retail stores worldwide, the company provides a solid product line to keep it thriving. Through their creativity and design, this company continues to prosper while meeting the definition of success head on. One advantage Apple has is its ability to focus on what the customers want. They show this by making unique products that are a "must have" for consumers everywhere. Their product line consists of manufacturing computer software, personal computers, and consumer electronics. Their most well-known products are Macintosh computers, iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV. Their most popular software lines include Mac OSX operating system, iTunes, iLife, Aperture, iOS (Apple Inc.) Business Model and Scope Apple’s business model is to make the best products, be the first to introduce...
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... [pic] PROJECT REPORT Submitted for Partial fulfillment for The Award of the degree of Master in Business Administration (2008-2010) [pic] J K BUSINESS SCHOOL SOHNA ROAD, GURGAON (HARYANA) SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: PROF.KHUSHAL KATARIA HEMANT PAL SINGH FACULTY GUIDE ROLL. NO.-JKBS083193 J K BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA PREFACE All the learning’s in our MBA course is practice oriented. However, hands-on experience in the corporate world during our course is very necessary to be able to test the ability and extent of learning of the student before fully entering the corporate world. The two months training which I underwent at Reliance, Jai Agency, Delhi(West) in was a wonderful learning experience. I was assigned with the project “SWOT analysis of reliance communication with competitor” With the guidance and suggestions provided by Mr. BHUPENDRA SINGH, my Industry Guide, I started first phase of my Project by doing a market analysis, After that I started with the second phase which involved research work pertaining to the customer analysis. In this report I have explained what I undertook based on research and my personal experience. I have also tried to understand business relations...
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...largest population after China and India. American consumes nearly 200 million barrels of beer a year, or 20 gallons per person, second only to China which has four times the amount of people the United States. Samuel Adams Boston Lager is brewed by the Boston Beer Company and founded by 1984 by Jim Koch using his great–great–grandfather’s 1870 beer recipe. Due to the economic downturn and other environmental forces the general beer market has been flat in recent years, yet quality craft beers like Samuel Adams has seen double-digit growth. The craft brewing industry has had a strong growth curve over the past decade and Samuel Adams has been positioned perfectly to capture this momentum. Technological advances have been a positive development for the Samuel Adams brewing and packaging process. Samuel Adams brewers are constantly experimenting with new techniques and pioneering tools to get freshly brewed beer into the hands of the customer faster. Sociocultural forces are constantly changing and over the past decade consumers have demanded healthier products and Jim Koch has answered the call by supplying a Samuel Adams Light beer, while keeping the original Samuel...
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...-1- By selection of the company ‘PACIFIC BANGLADESH TELECOM LIMITED(PBTL)’, we have the intention to: Over view the mobile service sector of Bangladesh. Present the background of the company. Identify the Strength, Weakness, Opportunity And Threat of the company. Identify their target market Develop the means of market research Set up the objectives and goal for the company Develop the strategy to accomplish their objectives and goal, set by us Highlight the marketing tactics to archive the pre determined objectives Do the projections with concern to costs, revenue and budgeting information for three years Draw an over all picture about the effectiveness of the implementation and controlling tools. -2- -3- Bangladesh is a country where there are lots of people has a capability to use mobile service getting faster their life. As our population is very large Bangladesh can be a very good market. At present, middle class people are growing very fast and many mobile service companies are playing a great role to serve this large number middle class people. CityCell is one of the pioneers to serve the middle class people with high quality mobile service with fastest communication. Objective of the Study: Through this study our objective was to learn how to put a product(service) into the market with the help of different marketing strategy and to implement our knowledge of the marketing system in a real world scenario...
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...PROJECT REPORT Submitted for Partial fulfillment for The Award of the degree of Master in Business Administration (2008-2010) J K BUSINESS SCHOOL SOHNA ROAD, GURGAON (HARYANA) SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY: PROF.KHUSHAL KATARIA HEMANT PAL SINGH FACULTY GUIDE ROLL. NO.-JKBS083193 J K BUSINESS SCHOOL MBA PREFACE All the learning’s in our MBA course is practice oriented. However, hands-on experience in the corporate world during our course is very necessary to be able to test the ability and extent of learning of the student before fully entering the corporate world. The two months training which I underwent at Reliance, Jai Agency, Delhi(West) in was a wonderful learning experience. I was assigned with the project “SWOT analysis of reliance communication with competitor” With the guidance and suggestions provided by Mr. BHUPENDRA SINGH, my Industry Guide, I started first phase of my Project by doing a market analysis, After that I started with the second phase which involved research work pertaining to the customer analysis. In this report I have explained what I undertook based on research and my personal experience. I have also tried to understand business relations with the market developers, business strategies, and ethics and work compliance in an industry as an additional part of my study. HEMANT PAL SINGH JKBS083193 MBA II SEM ACKNOWLEDGEMENT It is my proud privilege to express a deep sense of gratitude and regard to My guide Prof. KHUSHAL KATARIA...
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...2014-2018 Global Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Market EMISPDF us-thermo-url from 208.89.140.11 on 2014-11-24 17:09:41 GMT. DownloadPDF. technavio insights Downloaded by us-thermo-url from 208.89.140.11 at 2014-11-24 17:09:41 GMT. EMIS. Unauthorized Distribution Prohibited. 2014-2018 Global Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Market Table of Contents 01. Executive Summary.......................................... 1 02. List of Abbreviations ......................................... 2 03. Scope of the Report.......................................... 3 03.1 Market Overview .......................................................... 3 03.2 Product Offerings .......................................................... 3 04. Market Research Methodology ..................... 6 04.1 Market Research Process .......................................... 6 04.2 Research Methodology .............................................. 6 05. Introduction ....................................................... 8 06. Market Landscape ........................................... 9 06.1 Market Overview .......................................................... 9 06.2 Market Size and Forecast........................................... 9 06.3 PCR Market in US ........................................................ 10 06.3.1 Mark et Size and Forecast .................................................. 10 06.4 PCR Market in Europe......................................
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...Glass Door Comments BlackBerry Reviews Updated Dec 11, 2013 All Employees Current Employees Only 3.4 796 reviews 57% of employees recommend this company to a friend 796 Employee Reviews Bottom of Form Review Highlights Pros: * "Great environment combined with a perfect work-life balance" in 49 reviews * "Great work environment/culture which makes it a fun place to work" in 45 reviews * "Good benefits; Good company to work for till profits started to slide off" in 36 reviews * "Lots of great people at the company, learned a lot and inspired my career in technology" in 33 reviews * "Good pay, great management, I felt like the work I was doing was important for the company" in 30 reviews Cons: * "No work life balance, limited career advancement, lack of good benefits of tech companies" in 20 reviews * "Senior management (C-Level) does no communicate down to employees well" in 27 reviews * "Poor management decision making processes - not innovative" in 18 reviews * "Upper management doesn't listen to people lower down that actually know what they're talking about" in 15 reviews * "Many bad/useless middle management built up over the years but the layoff did some clean up" in 13 reviews Reviews Dec 8, 2013 “Loved the company and the people.” Software Development Manager (Former Employee) Rolling Meadows, IL I worked at BlackBerry full-time for more than 5 years Pros – BlackBerry was a great...
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...UVA-OB-0705 MAKING THE TOUGH TEAM CALL (A) Gudrun Dammermann-Priess was stunned after this latest round of project presentations. In the nine years since the international management program (IMP) began, she never had a project so bad that she considered not allowing it to go forward. With only six weeks until the final project deliverable in mid-May 2000—a 15-minute presentation in front of 100 top executives at Continental A.G., including the chief executive officer (CEO) and at least four other members of the Vorstand—the software team project was a potential embarrassment in a very high-stakes environment. The CEO’s concluding remarks from the previous year’s IMP–1999 echoed in her ears. “I would like all my top managers to take notice. If only your presentations were as good as those we have seen this afternoon.” The IMP program had risen substantially in stature and useful strategic output over the last several years, and the risks of presenting a poor project were, for Dammermann, acutely felt. Literally from the very first module of IMP–2000 in November 1999, when teams were put together and matched to mentors and projects, the three members of this project were in complete disagreement about almost every aspect of the project and its development. They disagreed on what the mentor wanted them to accomplish and how they might begin to approach answering the key questions. Furthermore, even though there were some personal interest overlaps, the styles of two team members...
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