LEGOLAND - Analysis of the toy industry
Case study - 14 pages - Business strategy
Before conducting an in-depth analysis of the toy industry, we will deliver a brief presentation of Lego, which is the core of the subject. Lego is a Danish company, which was founded in 1934, by Ole Kirk Christiansen. The core activity of Lego is the conception and manufacture of...
Marketing plan: the case of insurance industry
Dissertation - 26 pages - Services marketing
Pure General Insurance (PGI) has strived to develop in a fast changing and highly competitive environment since the 1970s. As in many developed countries, the market has become either mature or saturated, with companies experiencing small growth or being out competed. It is then vital for a...
Food Industry and Obesity: A study
Thesis - 6 pages - Social sciences
Obesity and the growing trends of unhealthy lifestyles have penetrated the U.S in epidemic proportions. Two-thirds of the adult population is overweight, of those, one-half is diagnosed as obese. U.S citizens are becoming increasingly vulnerable to excessive weight gain consequently from poor...
Market Overview: India's Automobile Industry
Market study - 10 pages - Economy general
India's automobile industry holds many opportunities for profitable foreign investment. I believe we can find success by expanding our company's market into India. The recession has impacted the growth of the automobile industry worldwide, not excluding India, but India's market...
Michelin's position in the industry
Case study - 6 pages - Services marketing
Michelin's position in the industry is impressive. Michelin is the leader of the tire industry on the global market and the second one compared to Bridgestone so it takes part of the three market leaders with Goodyear at the third position. To become one of the biggest...
Business ethics Moral issues facing a company involved in the fast food industry
Essay - 5 pages - Management
Contrary to Friedman's theory which claims that corporations only aim at increasing profits and shareholders revenues, companies have moral responsibilities. Indeed, shareholders are not alone in a firm and have to compromise with the interests of the other stakeholders. According to Freeman...
The Swiss chemical and pharmaceutical industry
Market study - 6 pages - Business strategy
In the beginning, pharmacists developed new products in their back shop. Industrialization started a century ago, with the universal exposition where scientists wanted to find new processes and develop their market. Moreover, the two World Wars led to significant growth in this particular market....
Pharmaceutical industry analysis and merck's strategic assessement
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The pharmaceutical industry is characterized by a harsh competition between large companies, biotech start-ups and generics, long and risky R&D processes, increasing government regulations and strong purchaser pressures. Merck & Co Inc. is one of the biggest players in this...
Airline industry: analysis of five forces model of Porter
Market study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Airlines are companies and their aim is to operate routes and carry passengers. We will not analyse the cargo part of the airlines here but only the passenger carrying. An Airline can be a national company (airline owned by the government of a country). It normally conducts scheduled flights but...
Chocolate Bar Industry
Market study - 35 pages - Services marketing
This report focuses on the chocolate bar industry. Products are tangible and their core element is the chocolate itself, the formal element is the brand and the augmented product could be the guarantee of complying with health and safety regulations. Dominant companies in the chocolate...
Case study: Airline industry
Market study - 9 pages - Services marketing
After deregulation, many carriers came into the airline industry to compete against the main airline companies. Why and in what way could these entries be successful? Government Regulation was the main barrier to entry in the airline industry. To regulate prices and stability of...
Car rental industry
Market study - 6 pages - Services marketing
The history of the car rental industry is almost as old as the history of the car industry. The first car rental was done with the first real mass-produced car: The "Ford T" by a man called Joe Saunders who rented his car for ten cents per mile, using a mileage counter. In 1925, Joe...
The Global Portable Media Player Industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Services marketing
A portable media player (PMP) is an electronic device that allows the owner to store, organize and play audio files as well as to view images and videos. The data is usually stored on a hard drive or a flash memory, enabling the storage of all kinds of files as on a USB flash drive. The PMP can...
Electronic computer industry
Worksheets - 3 pages - Electronics
According to Standard Industrial Classification, the electronic computer industry has been classified under the four-digit code 3571, an industry of the Manufacturing Division and featuring in the major group 35 which includes Industrial and Commercial machinery and computer...
The Google case: Who can dethrone this leader of the industry?
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
We begin by studying the situation of the e-services in Google and a thorough analysis of its business model to explain its success. Secondly, we examine the leading position of Google, particularly by analyzing the strategic map of this industry, to examine the limits of this leadership...
The evolution of the advertising industry
Thesis - 6 pages - Services marketing
Advertising has become a global phenomenon with its presence in the broadcast media. The need for an advertising campaign is to design and organize communication strategies to influence people who are in favor of ideas, activities, products or the brand which an organization wants to promote. The...
Tobacco industry
Market study - 14 pages - Services marketing
Today, tobacco is the second major cause of death in the world. It is currently responsible for the death of one in ten adults worldwide (about 5 million deaths each year). If the current smoking pattern continues, it will cause about 10 million deaths each year by 2020. All companies of tobacco...
Formula one and the automotive industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Since the beginning of the twentieth century, F1 has been a highly-recognized sport full of extraordinary popularity. This is motor sport with racing cars that are deemed the most efficient in the world. For years, Formula 1 remained confined to a closed society exclusively meant for athletes and...
Impact of avian flu on poultry industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Social sciences
In the final years of World War I, soldiers fighting in the trenches began suffering from an unusual disease that was subsequently labeled Spanish flu. While the first outbreak of this disease was detected in May of 1919, within a few months the number of cases and deaths caused by this virus...
Integrating supply chain management and strategic management: The basis for analysis of the grain industry
Thesis - 6 pages - Management
The observed corporate changes in many supply chains in Australia suggest that instability rather than stability is a consistent pattern in corporate supply chain relationships. This observation should not be surprising given the dynamic impacts of competitive strategy and has been extensively...
Motorcycle industry: Ducati poised to conquer the world
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
The global motorcycle market covers a varied range of machines like off-road cruisers, touring bikes and sports bikes. So far, Ducati has been a relatively small player, with a market share of only 6.7%. The company faces stiff international competition in its efforts to gain a larger market...
Honors contract: The future of the newspaper industry
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Newspapers are not doing well: circulation is down, staffs are dwindling, and websites are getting more hits than pages are getting turned. The New York Times' website in October 2008 saw 20 million users, while the print product went to 1 million readers (Hirschorn, “End Times”). This...
Why using brand management in the tourism industry ? The case of destination branding
Dissertation - 45 pages - Management
Nowadays the tourism sector is one of the most important economic sectors. The globalization of our world allows for better, easier, faster, and cheaper travel, and the technological progress achieved has left almost no place unknown. We may observe that many destinations are now featuring in...
What is the impact of service in the fast food industry? (A comparison between McDonald and Burger King in Bergen city)
Case study - 16 pages - Services marketing
Through our course “Service Marketing and Management” at NHH, we got the idea of doing our own study to figure out the major differences of McDonald and Burger King in Bergen by examaning customers' different perceptions, expectations, satisfactions and loyalty towards them. We tried to...
Sony - The leader in the video game industry
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
When we look at the video game industry, we can see four major players. All of them are more or less interrelated. The producers of video consoles: the leaders in this market are Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft. The undisputed leader is Japan's Sony. Microsoft, the U.S. firm, has...
Adidas women: The new trend in the sportswear industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Sports have become an important part in the lives of men mainly due to the modern changes in the sporting arena. To meet consumer needs, sporting brands offer a wide range of products in the sportswear market. Today, Adidas is one of the biggest brand in the sportswear industry. Found in...
Multi-criteria selection of allied transportation firm: An application in plastic industry
Thesis - 12 pages - Management
Transportation is a critical process in supply chains which includes receiving raw material from suppliers and sending products to customers. Companies usually face the problem of selecting the proper transportation contractor to transfer their raw material and finished goods. However, this...
Automotive industry: China
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
In China, the government does not offer premiums to the purchasers of new cars contrary to the US government or to other European governments. Massive infrastructure investments have been realized by the Chinese government to accompany this development. With more than 2 million km of roads, and...
The Ready-to-eat Breakfast Cereal Industry in 1994
Market study - 2 pages - Services marketing
Statement: Because of no price competition in the breakfast cereal segment, no company has any clear dominance over any of the others. Thus, in order to gain market share over the market leader Kellogg, and improve the company's profits, General Mills came up with its "April 1994" reduction...
Strategic analysis of the European beer industry
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
Europe is a major player in the world beer market. In recent years, however, the sector has seen a decline in consumption in Europe due to several factors. Breweries are now facing losses due to decline of business. The giant Carlsberg plans to close 29 European breweries in the next ten years....
