Study case : Sanofi Aventis
Case study - 28 pages - Business strategy
Over the past few years, Sanofi-Aventis' strategic decisions have enabled the company to reinforce its leadership in the international market. The company has grown by merging with competitors, it has increasingly invested in R&D, reinforced its presence in the major markets (the United States...
Risk Management: Evaluation of the risks
Course material - 8 pages - Business strategy
What is a risk? Risk, in insurance terms, is the eventuality of a loss or other adverse event that has the potential to interfere with an organization's capacity to fulfill its mandate, and for which an insurance claim may be proposed. What is risk management? Risk management makes certain...
Negotiation techniques: The report of the negotiation
Worksheets - 1 pages - Business strategy
We represent a company that manufactures and exports computers. The potential customer we met proposed an order of 4000 computers at £550 per unit. £550 was suitable for us but quantity seemed to be a little low. Thus, we not only proposed a bigger order, but also a price of £600 per unit. After...
Analyzing financial STATEMENTS: Christian Dior (2007)
Case study - 30 pages - Business strategy
In a short span of time, the Christian Dior group achieved its main objective: to make LVMH the world leader of the luxury industry. This accomplishment was achieved despite the risks of the prevailing economic situation. Thanks to a rigorous financial management and the purchases made by some of...
Strategy of the Japanese airline ANA
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The entire airline industry is currently facing several severe issues such as the September 11th 2001 attack, the Iraqi crisis and the more recent SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) scare. Most of the companies across the world have not performed with profits since the last several years....
Apple computer 2006
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
Currently, Apple is one of the most renowned IT companies in the United States and across the globe. Indeed, the net income of the firm rose from $39 million in 1981 to $1335 million in 2005. In 2008 April 23 Apple announced the financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal ended in...
The Body Shop
Essay - 15 pages - Business strategy
The cosmetics industry is one of the biggest industries in the world. The worldwide annual expenditure for cosmetics is estimated at U.S. $18 billion. There is strong global competition in this industry. To obtain a competitive advantage, companies need to invest a lot. They have to innovate...
Role of internet in international and global sourcing
Essay - 8 pages - Business strategy
“For most companies, the ‘nirvana' of seamless online sourcing has yet to become a reality.” (Ross Tieman 2004). In fact since the last decade internet has became a major tool of our life, as well as in business. It appeared at the same time when global sourcing had begun to be...
The impact of external growth strategies on airline corporate branding
Case study - 35 pages - Business strategy
The deregulation and the overcapacity of many industries have led to a record level in external growth operations in the late 1990s (Doyle 2000). Nevertheless, development by acquisition tends to be selective in terms of industry sectors. In banking, insurance, pharmaceutical, airline and...
International business strategy: international strategic alliances
Essay - 9 pages - Business strategy
According to author Charles Hill's views on Global Business Today, "Collaboration between competitors is fashionable; recent decades have seen an explosion in the number of strategic alliances". Indeed, the global economic system is nowadays so complex and the competition is too strong that...
The Danone Case: can a firm combine profits and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)?
Case study - 70 pages - Business strategy
First, to hit the high degree of competitiveness, it becomes necessary for the firm to keep the competitive advantage by dealing with new concepts such as the environment, respect of human rights and social activities. Indeed, the traditional factors such as product, price, place, promotion seem...
A strategic review of Tesco PLC in the United Kingdom
Case study - 13 pages - Business strategy
Founded in 1924, Tesco is the largest supermarket chain in Great Britain and one of the most profitable organization, which sells food and non-food items. It now controls just over 30% of the grocery market in the UK. In 2007, it announced over £2.55 billion in profits. It has approximately 1880...
Ryanair Case Study
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Ryanair was founded in 1985 by Tony Ryan and family (with a share capital of only £1 and 25 employees) in Ireland. The company is essentially dedicated to medium haul flights for the European continent (26 European countries are served by Ryanair) and the nearest areas like the Maghreb. This...
Strategic plan: "L´Oréal"
Case study - 26 pages - Business strategy
L'OREAL, a world leader in cosmetics, started as a family business. It was founded in 1909, by the chemist Eugene Schueller, who manufactured and sold hair dye to hairdressers. The spirit and values attached to them are the basis of the group, and enable it to dominate the cosmetics market....
The business-level strategies (cost leadership, differentiation, focused cost leadership, focused differentiation and integrated cost leadership/differentiation)
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
Big Lots Inc. can be taken as an example of a firm using a cost leadership strategy. This firm is the largest broadline closeout discount chain in the United States. It sells name-brand products which are less expensive than a discount retailer (35% less). Big Lots Inc. purchases its goods from...
Corporate valuation Laurent Perrier Analysis
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
Laurent Perrier is a French company that specializes in champagne, a luxury product. Laurent Perrier manages both the production and the distribution of its champagnes and wines. The Group owns its distribution network (through restaurants, hotels, bars, retailers and direct sales). This is an...
The worldwide marketing strategy of McDonald's
Case study - 24 pages - Business strategy
What difficulties do the cultural differences cause in enterprise management, and how can firms cope with these difficulties and reap benefits from cultural diversity? Intercultural management aims at improving intercultural interactions at work. These improvements are valued thanks to the...
International business strategy spectrum brands - Case study
Case study - 23 pages - Business strategy
In 2005, Rayovac Corporation changed its name to Spectrum Brands in order to be coherent with the corporate strategy of growing and expanding its present markets. This new name shows the diversification of the company and its international trend. Nowadays, Kent Hussey, appointed CEO of Spectrum...
British Airways - case study
Case study - 29 pages - Business strategy
In today's world, characterized by millions of people who have the necessity and the desire to move as quickly as possible from one side of the globe to the other, the sector of the air transports obviously plays a major role of primary importance, being one of the world ?s biggest industries...
E -Business Model -La Redoute
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
With 80-years of catalog experience, La Redoute has long been a household name in France, trusted for its quality, style and selection. Indeed, as a part of PPR's home-shopping division, Redcats, a global retail leader, the company is a Fashion and Home decoration multi-specialist (the La...
Corporate development Mergers
Essay - 16 pages - Business strategy
Created by Paul Ricard in 1939, the Ricard company, subsidiary of the Group Pernod Ricard since 1975, is a major player in the sector of drinks. It occupies the first rank in France on the market of the whisky with Clan Campbell, of premium Scotch whisky with Chivas, of Irish whiskey with...
International Business Strategy - Acer, Inc.: Taiwan's rampaging dragon
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Acer was set up in 1976 under the company name Multitech, by Stan Shih, in Taiwan. This family entrepreneurial start up has grown rapidly based on a distinctive culture to become an international global brand competitor. For thirty years, the firm has met many challenges to face in the highly...
H&M in Japan
Case study - 24 pages - Business strategy
Hennes and Mauritz, commonly known as H&M is a Swedish company selling fashionable inexpensive clothes. It a leading brand, whose fame is spread worldwide. H&M owns more than 1300 stores in 24 different countries. It is present in America since 2000, and recently entered Asia. The next...
The difficulties to stay the leader on a market: The French Wine Industry and its fragile economic position
Market study - 34 pages - Business strategy
• Recent events: Numerous violent strikes were organized by the wine growers to draw attention to their difficulties; for instance, they demanded more assistance following the bad weather conditions that ruined the annual harvest. • A succession of demonstrations: It is a traditional...
Apple business success analysis
Essay - 13 pages - Business strategy
In this world full of technology and computing, largely dominated by Microsoft, Apple arrived to gain market shares after years of representing 7% of the worldwide computer sales but also 72% of worldwide MP3 players sales. Since 1976, Apple has diversified its products and imposed its brand as...
Strategic management, development strategies and analysis of Quicksilver
Case study - 25 pages - Business strategy
The aim of our assignment is to study the actual situation of Quiksilver and build strategic plans for the future, for the company to grow. As we are going to see in our analysis, Quiksilver is ahead of the other firms in the surf market. So which strategic direction can this leader take in order...
Outsourcing which special reference to services in India
Dissertation - 22 pages - Business strategy
We focus on outsourcing with special reference to services in India. Following the effects of globalization of the economy and the international concurrence that follow, many companies are trying to stay competitive. Technological progresses in telecommunications offered possibilities to delegate...
Analysis of Starbuck's International Expansion
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
Seattle-based Starbucks is the world's largest seller of premium-brewed coffee with over 8,400 stores, including 2,000 stores spread in 31 foreign countries. Starbucks used an international strategic approach to achieve its high level of international development across the globe. Starbucks...
Case study: New Frontiers
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
G rowth of the budget of households for leisure and travels, increase in the free time of employees, retirement of the “Baby-Boomers” who want to travel more, general decrease in the air transportation prices… The European tourism market takes advantages from a structural positive...
The Change Management
Essay - 14 pages - Business strategy
Charles Darwin said: “It is not the strongest species that survives nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change”. Among many examples, my favorite is the case of the primitive tribe of Colombian Indians, the Kogis. The main particularity of this tribal organization...
