Rivalry among competitors: High. Large competitors such as Delta, United Airways & American Airlines. Competition can get fierce when the industry is at a standstill. Industry very sensitive to economic cycles. Internal Analysis: * VRIO Framework Resources & Capabilities | Valuable? | Rare? | Costly to Imitate? | Organized to Capture Value? | | | | | | Online Streaming | Y | Y | Y | Y | Convenience | Y | Y | Y | Y | DVD Rental | Y | N | N | N | Blu-ray Rental | Y
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| | External Environment Macro Environment Analysis using PESTEL The macro environment analysis will be done through the PESTEL model. Its factor are divided as follows, Political Primary political factors that may affect H&M and the fashion apparel industry are a. Political Stability b. Liberalisation of the world c. Taxes and Tariff a. The political stability of
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BYD CASE ANALYSIS A. According to Porter’s value chain theory, I infer that the core competencies of BDY are low-cost manufacturing, human resource management, and technology development. Primary Activities: Operations: BYD spent two-thirds of its annual R&D budget that focus on improving manufacturing processes. P5 The improvement of designing new methods of battery production significantly reduced the cost and gained advantage for BYD. P1 Supportive Activities: 1. Human resource management:
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Case Study Competitive advantage at Louis Vuitton and Gucci MEMO The market of high fashion luxury goods presents US$165 billion of annual sales and gross profit margins of over 50 per cent. The leader company seems to be LVMH fashion house, with US$12billion of sales, followed by Richemont with US$3.6 billion and Gucci Group with US$2.4 billion. According to the text, the key activity of those companies is the preparation and display of new collection for their bi-annual fashion show. Analysing
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The implementation of the strategy of Samsung has been successful due to many reasons. The sales and marketing practices have also been revamped and the use of social media has been done extensively for their product launches. The carpet bombing technique of marketing has been used for the mobile phones and tablets. The service centres have also improved manpower as it had acquired Authentic and Synchronic, who specialize in the service industry. Thus the manpower is already trained and so the Value
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leader Ericsson and Sony corporation- the consumer electronics powerhouse. It was founded on October 1, 1987 as a joint venture between Sony and the Swedish telecommunications equipment company Ericsson, under the name Sony Ericsson. (Wikimedia) VRIO Framework As the fourth-large smartphone manufacturer, Sony Mobile’s technological resources are very valuable and inimitable. The communications technology expertise and knowhow accumulated through its experience in the mobile phone industry, to
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Table of Contents Introduction 4 The Value Chain 4 Operations 5 Outbound logistics 5 Technology 6 Core Competencies 6 Conclusion 7 References 9 Introduction Chevron Corporation is multinational energy organization engaged in every facet of the oil, natural gas and thermal energy industries. Its downstream operations include selling products such as fuels, lubricants and petrochemicals to the global market. Chevron’s success is greatly driven by their vision ‘to be the global energy
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Case Study B: Better World Books 1. What are the vision, mission, and values of Better World Books? Critically evaluate them. Are they helpful to the company’s leaders in formulating strategic intent? Why or why not? Better World books has a very unique and intuitive vision in my opinion, they have found a way to make a huge profit from something that is basically is an environmental issue. Their mission is clear, they want to be the company all other companies model their companies after
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Executive Summary This analysis was undertaken in an attempt to evaluate NonStop Yacht’s strategic direction in the Mega-Yacht industry due to the firm’s consistent inability to meet financial expectations. This case focused its efforts on answering. This poor financial performance has led the firm’s management to question whether or not a strategic alliance might be a beneficial alternative to their current business model. To address the firm’s current quandary, this case has answered the following
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market today. To bring out the full strategic potential of Kodak, it is important to understand Kodak’s value chain and recognize the resources available and their capabilities in relation to the firm’s direction. The report will then conclude with a VRIO analysis which determines the core competencies of the firm. Kodak has been a big player on the market since its founding. In order for Kodak to survive we must question Kodak and ask “Does the Kodak of today have the organization to fully utilize
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