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...
Production and Delivery of Five 800-Seater Aircrafts Model 702
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
The virtual management system will require that each firm have teleconferencing equipment that is also functional. Due to the time differences between the locations of the four firms involved in the overall production process, there will be need for stretching the day hours in other regions so as...
O&O Consulting - International Business Strategies in Action
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
O&O Consulting is a major human resource firm within the local and regional market extending to cover the United States, Canada. We pride ourselves in providing excellent and relevant strategic, managerial solutions to our clients who range exclusively of medium sized firms to multinationals. We...
Tesco Plc Financial analysis
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
The first requires an identification of Tesco's capital structure. Other than that, it requires the type of finance raised by the company from one of Tesco's balance sheet and comment on the balance sheet using the financial ratio based on Tesco's capital structure. Tesco is well known of...
Communication strategy for Audi
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
In the recent past, UK's car market has expanded quickly and is rated amongst the worlds competitive. With the addition of automotive competitors in the market, from the entire Europe, a brand of a car requires a deeper understanding of its customers to help it in the development of communication...
Console Applications - Making Soft wares
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
These applications are command oriented. They allow users to see and read characters from the application console. The console applications also allow users to write application code characters in the console, which are then executed in DOS(Rippee). Console applications are coded and supported by...
Human Resource Policies Influence on Performance of Medium Sized Manufacturing Firms
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Globalization has created a paradigm shift in the ways by which firms conduct their business. The convergence of world economies has minimized-and in some cases eliminated-both legislative and geographical barriers to international production and sale of goods and services. The flip-side of this...
Saudi Arabia - Trade elasticity
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
As a result of the spike in prices of oil in the 70s together with an increase in the production of oil and high Gross Domestic Product (GDP) averaging to more than 11 percent in a year, the Saudi Arabian economy grew tremendously. However, in the 1980s, oil pieces began to fall leading to an...
Article review-Simple Rules for Making Alliances Work
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Alliances are very important in businesses. According to Hughes and Weiss, they contribute more than a third of financial gains to businesses. Despite the increasing rates of alliances, there are concerns over the rates of failure, which stand at a range of between 60-70% (Hughes & Weiss, 2007)....
Research Skills - Pizza hut
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Pizza Hut is a well-known brand that deals with the production of custom made pizzas all over the world. It began as a humble company that achieved profitability over the years to be listed in the New York Stock exchange. Its sole aim was to increase its market share through the allocation of...
Competitive Advantage in business: Organizational Structures value
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The firm (organization) is an entity that exists primarily to make profits through the provision of commodities (both goods and services) to the market (consumers). The existence of the firm is born out of specialization in production and the pertinent risk of incomplete contracts in delivery of...
Chanel Bags Company micro-economic analysis
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
There various factors that affect the demand and supply of channel bags, in this case, leather bags will be the specification. The major factor affecting demand of these Channel bags is price. Every time there is change in the prices of these channel bags there is always a movement caused in the...
How to become a professional salesman ?
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Before discussing how to become a sales professional, would be helpful to understand first the understanding of the art of selling, selling art is a reciprocal activity so that both parties are satisfied, one way to sell is to be salespeople. My teacher said that whatever our work, we should be...
An Offer, In Business Law -Examples and Applications
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
An offer is a statement presented from one person to another with a willingness to enter into a contract with the other person. This contract is based on stated terms that are provided for in advance (Kelly 2011). These terms have to be in turn accepted by the further person to whom the offer is...
Stenders Beauty Firm - Situation Audit and Swot Analysis
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
In this report, based on Stenders profile, and internal situational audit analysis is performed, the products and target consumer's profile are offered. An external situational audit analysis is then performed in detail with a focus on market opportunities and the competitors. On the basis of the...
"IPod world" End of Society
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Technological changes have taken effect over the years and everyone is noticing except for those who think that the society is still normal as it used to be. Many people have observed and written about the potential negative effects of technology on the society. The society is slowly dying as...
International Business Alliances in Use Today
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
In order to improve revenue and maximize competitive advantages, corporations have often sought to form alliances of a strategic nature (Eppler & Comi, 2009). The nature of these alliances varies and when related to a new geographic market or across national boundaries, they are considered...
The global financial crisis (2007/2008)
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
During the 2007/2008 period, the world experienced a financial crisis that rivaled the great depression experienced in the late 1920's. According to Turner, the total cost of the crisis undoubtedly exceeds trillions using any of the major currencies . The crisis resulted in the collapses of...
Technologies used in booking systems/websites and efficiency
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
An in depth understanding of the internet will be undertaken outlining the underlying technologies. The target audience and their requirements will also be examined and then a justification for design choices will be made. Implementation is the concluding point of the project however low level...