Business venturing - feasibility study (March 2008): Hexabus
Case study - 19 pages - Business strategy
The main objective of feasibility study is to know if our business idea is sustainable, and if we could invest it. for this, first we are going to do the analysis of potential customers and competitors. This analysis will approach company's target in terms of age and social class. We determine...
Eastman Kodak case
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Last year, 74 million digital cameras were sold worldwide, outperforming film cameras for the first time. Even though Kodak began the digital imaging revolution in 1974, with the first “electronic hand held still camera”, it made a late entry into the space, losing out to Japanese...
Tesco case (2005)
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
The growth of Tesco has been surprising: the company announced a forecast of $1.4 billion in annual profits in 2001, and the sales volume in the first semester of this year reached $16.8 billion. Its current market share in the UK is strong: it is now 25%, contrary to 14% in 1997, and has...
Strategies of expansion at the time of deceleration: The case of LVMH
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The year 2004 represented one of the best year that the world economy has experienced since the beginning of the millennium. Indeed the growth of the Gross World Product (GWP) has increased by 4 per cent in 2004 compared to only 2.8 per cent in 2003. However this high rate of growth in 2004 can...
Terra chips
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
TERRA CHIPS, a USA-based company, founded in 1990, offers a wide range of vegetable and potato chips, which have created a new niche on the salty snack market. Terra has always had a tradition of creating masterful combination's of unique vegetables with a variety of fabulous flavors. So we...
Business communication: Netflix and Amazon.com
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Amazon is company which has been experiencing strong expansion. They moved from book distribution to, tools, auto, industrial, sports, health & beauty, grocery, electronics & computers and other products and services. Amazon is constantly scrutiny new market for new growth opportunities. The...
Patagonia company
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
Nowadays, people increasingly realize that the earth is in danger and that if we keep on damaging it the future generation will face significant problems such as lack of water, of natural resources and global warming. That's why many actions are taken by numerous organisations and that people not...
Heineken in Russia
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
Heineken is the first European Brewer and one of the first brewers in the world. Also, to give a better idea of the situation of the company, let's state some figures. In 2005, net profit was 761 million €, with sales above 10 billion € and a total beer volume of almost 120 million...
Nordstrom Inc
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
John W. Nordstrom was only 16 years old in 1887 when he left his home country of Sweden to fulfill the American Dream in New York City. With no English speaking ability and only five dollars in his pocket, Nordstrom had a hard time making ends meet by laboring in mining and logging camps as he...
Tips for Expanding your Floral Business
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
When you initially open a shop one of the hardest tasks is building a customer base and keeping those customers. If you are lucky enough to open in an exclusive area with heavy walk-in traffic, then you don't have to rush to build up your customers. However, if you off the beaten path and need...
Total Quality Management and Toyota
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Total quality management is “a management approach of an organization, centered on quality, based on the participation of all of its members and aiming at long-term success through customer satisfaction, and benefits to all members of the organization and too society” (Wikipedia). This...
Written Case Study: eBay
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
After completing my analysis of eBay, I have come to several conclusions that I would like to share with you. First, I will outline the problems that eBay and the rest of the online auction industry will face in the future. Then I will discuss my analysis and evaluation of eBay within the...
Risk in Modern Finance
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Modern finance and much of economic theory is based on the assumption that individuals that make up the marketplace in which transactions occur, act rationally and know every piece of information associated with their decision-making process in purchasing or selling a product (whether it is a...
Best Stuff Case
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Here is an excerpt from the Best Stuff Case: Because with a good CRM system, even if there are 100 stores with a thousand sales people, information will move through fast and with less contradictions. This will allow every sales member and the people at headquarters to know the best products and...
Relationships between the Giants in Retailing: How WalMart and Procter&Gamble trade together - from Fear to Trust prevalence in the Supply-Chain - published: 14/12/2006
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The paper shows how the relationships between suppliers and retailers have experienced several important changes over the last decades. By analysing the main developments of these relationships and the different tools implemented to improve them, the paper argues that the western and now...
The Centennial Olympic Stadium: a successful project
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
In 1996, there was a battle between Atlanta and Athens for the organization of the last Olympic Games of the twentieth century. It would have been a beautiful mythical moment if the games where celebrated there where the story began, one century ago. But the gods of Olympia were not enough...
Analysis of the development strategy of Societe Generale in Europe
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Achieving an integrated market for banks and financial conglomerates is a core component of the European policy in the area of financial services. Even if the banking market seems to remains mainly national, the free movement of capital, the adoption of the euro and the progressive harmonization...
