Tourism attractions in Paris
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
As the fifth most visited city in the world in 2016, Paris attracts people from all other the world. The 2.9 million of French and foreign tourists generated more than 160 billion euros in 2017, which represents 7.2% of the GDP. This sector is a real motor for the growth, as its revenues...
Business strategy in hospitality and tourism - The Ritz-Carlton group
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
The Ritz-Carlton group is an international high standard hospitality group which benefits from a strong brand and is the symbol of lux palace. Its strategy so far consisted of a good implementation, especially in the United States, Europe and the Gulf. On a most recent period, implementation...
Business Ethics and Social Responsibility
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
The document consists of three assignments which depend on the paper. The first assignment is to discuss a paper written by Dirk Lindebaum, Deanna Geddes & Yannis Gabriel, under the title 'Moral Emotions and Ethics in Organizations: Introduction to the Special Issue', published in the...
Acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
This paper presents and analyze the acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft is the result of a USD 26.2 billion merger operation which resulted in the acquisition of all the data but also all the human resources of LinkedIn by Microsoft.
Assess the Online sales of fresh products in China - The case study of fresh products application (Freshippo)
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
With the popularity of the internet and the development of e-business, an increasing number of consumers tend to shop online. Fresh agricultural products also need to grasp this opportunity as there is a large potential market on the internet.
Brexit Analysis
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
The UK has always had a tumultuous relationship with the European Union, seeds of Britain's dissent can be traced all the way back to the EEC the precursor to the modern-day EU. Following WWII EEC was set up with the intent of bolstering trade relationships within Europe based on the...
Carrefour's logistics strategy
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
The term strategy comes from the Greek -statos-, having as meaning -army- with -agen- which means -to drive-, and then from the Italian -strategia-. It is usual to associate this term strategy with an exclusive approach undertaken by the General Management of any company. There are many, and...
New product report of SOOTHE Inc.
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
SOOTH Inc is an American company that is specialized in the massage therapy business. This new product management report indicates the extent to which this company can increase its profitability and gain a competitive advantage if it penetrates the new Markets of Asia, Middle East and Europe. Two...
Megacorp's Crane Manufacturing company (CMC) operations analysis
Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy
Megacorp's CMC manufactures cranes which can be used for different factory and process line operations in various factories. They manufacture small and large cranes which are able to hoist different rectangular containers. For fifty years, the company has been relatively successful in the...
Organizational behavior - Payment as motivation
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
Motivation, which can be defined as a psychological feature that drives an individual to act toward desirous goals, is a major topic of organizational behavior. With the increasing importance of work efficiency, more managers start to realize the existing issue of employee motivation. According...
Ford Motor Company versus Subaru of America
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
When asked the question, "Who are the most profitable corporations in the world?" Ideas that come to mind may be pharmaceutical companies, banks, oil manufacturers, airlines, software companies, real estate corporations, but what about automobile manufacturers? The automobile sector for the US is...
The success and strategy of Dell Computer
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
Dell Computer, founded in 1984 by Michael Dell, has experienced major international growth in recent years, and it continues to expand. The business model of the company is unique in that it was the first company to build computers and sell them directly to consumers, cutting away the middleman....
Product mix: Head and Shoulder shampoo
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Head and Shoulder shampoo is one of the brands of Procter and Gamble Company, which has a wide range of products. The company is a top notch in its field dealing with care and hygiene products aiming different market groups. The company has a well spread out product mix. In this regard the...
The concept scoring matrix
Essay - 2 pages - Business strategy
The selection process for new products involves the first stage of concept screening and a second stage which entails concept scoring. Screening is normally quick and approximately evaluates different alternatives so as to remain with a few viable ones for scoring. The concept scoring solves the...
Analysis of the investment environment of UK with regard to the Nelly Capital business
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Traditionally, the investment climate in a country or in the world refers to the prevailing financial and economic conditions that affect the investors in a place. In this case, an investor is an individual or institution that is willing to lend money to an operating business in order to get a...
Effects of piracy on cruise ships' business
Essay - 1 pages - Business strategy
Smooth Sailing, a private cruise ship company, has seen a decline in performance due to an increased presence of pirates in the area in which it cruises. This has contributed significantly to the decline of its overall sales value and presently it has seen a decline of about 30 percent of its...
Customer value creation: The case of Beats Electronics
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Value creation is one of the core aspects of any firm as it is linked to shareholder value. It is important to care about the manner in which customers place value in the brand. Customer perceptions of value are often unclear which creates a wide opportunity for companies to tap into. This...
Information technology benefits in e-supply chain coordination
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
Information technology (IT) has enhanced Improvement of the customers' services. Fast services to the customers get enhanced resulting to customers' satisfactions leading to more sales thus high profit. IT reduces the time cycle right from the acquisition of the inventories to the distribution...
Strategic planning at United Parcel Service
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
This case is about strategic planning at United Parcel Service (UPS). UPS was created by Jim Casey in 1907. The company is the world's largest package-delivery company and a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistic services. The aim of the company, focused on efficiency...
Implementing POS System
Essay - 2 pages - Business strategy
Finish Line is a small bar with a big problem. Mr. Prescott is losing more money than making in sales each month, due to employee theft. Over pouring, over/undercharging, run a tab without a credit card, giving away to customers and drinking on the job are stealing, intentional or not.
Corporate investment banking : Barclays bank group
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Multinational companies have looked to improve their products and come up with the best strategies in order to compete with other companies. One of the main aspects that the multinational companies look to improve is the innovative strategies and the best methods that can transform and change the...
Strategy and transformation portfolio - Corporate Social Responsibility
Essay - 7 pages - Business strategy
Over the years, organisations have continually engaged in activities that aim at improving their position and competitiveness in the market. They have been taking more considerations towards the wellbeing of the community as well as trying to improve their business models. This paper entails a...
Repositioning juico: Helping recovery in hospitals
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The Juico Company aims to adopt the blue ocean strategy by pursuing differentiation in the new hospitals market segment. The private hospitals will form a new demand for the juice, which will enhance the patient's health. The strategy will create great value for the Juico Company, the hospitals,...
ISO Standards and Excellence : Why should an organization analyze quality and excellence?
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
Other goals achieved through the careful consideration and analysis of the financial situations which then allow the company to be able to evaluate and determine the risks and in so doing be able to employ the knowledge acquired in management tools as well as using the necessary techniques in...
Predicting the future of Formula One: a report on the current state of the sport and the impact it might have on its future
Essay - 3 pages - Business strategy
Formula one as a world sport has won the hearts of many over the years since it was started. However, the current situation in the championship seems to indicate a dark future. Issues of democracy, inequality, bribery and corruption, just to mention a few, are slowly poisoning and paralyzing the...
Tax incentives and business expansion
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
It was stated that in the period 1930-45, government of Santa Catarina was concerned with the implement a comprehensive infrastructure system that was able to support and facilitate economic modernization, via expansion and implementation of industrial activities in the northeast of Santa...
The inflationary goal schemes and its impact on Brazilian consumption
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
In June 1999, after a sharp devaluation of the real and the consequent abandonment of the pegged to the dollar exchange, Brazil formally adopted a monetary policy framework based on inflation targeting. In this work we try to emphasize to what extent and in what manner the inflation target regime...
The Brazilian economy: Consumer X Interest
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
In the previous part, we have seen that, in theory, the consumer reacts negatively to an increase in interest rates. We will seek to verify this part of the chapter the behavior of interest variables, consumption and inflation in the Brazilian economy after the adoption of inflation targeting...
Immigrants and the development of small-scale market production
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The Santa Catarina historiography describes the process of occupation of the western part of the state as a result of the signing of the "limits of agreement between the Paraná and Santa Catarina" in 1916 and the completion of the stretch of railroad São Paulo-Rio Grande (Cabral, 1970). The...
Strategic Management - Critic of management models
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Porter's Five Forces model is designed with a focus on factors that built up the competitive advantage of a firm within the market (Afuah, 2003). It has achieved significant success in analyzing the industry in general and forms a very useful tool for assessing a company's own stability through...