SWOT Analysis - Fitbit
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
The Fitbit company has had its obvious glory days over the years but quickly challenged by the arrival of competition, including Apple which, although much criticised, has a real notoriety with consumers. Nevertheless, we have highlighted a number of strengths, which have enabled the group...
PESTEL Analysis - Amazon
Case study - 5 pages - Distribution marketing
In 1994 Jeff Bezos held a high-powered position as the vice-president of a prominent Wall Steet firm. However, Bezos became aware of the internet business boom which was taking place around the world and left his position to start his own business in what he calls his "regret minimisation...
PESTEL Analysis - Google
Case study - 5 pages - ICT marketing
Google is now world-famous company, originally from the United States, the company was founded in 1998. Google is a world leader in technology, means of communication, services related to the Internet and the Cloud, entertainment and content disseminated online. The company is located in Silicon...
PESTEL Analysis - Facebook
Case study - 5 pages - Brand management
What started out as a small Harvard School social-networking platform has turned into what we know as Facebook today, who could have predicted what a global phenomena Mark Zuckerberg had created back in February 2004. At the age of just 23, Mr Zuckerberg was attending Harvard University studying...
Artificial Intelligence
Essay - 3 pages - Computer science
Artificial intelligence is a concept which, owing to its intricacy, is difficult to define with complete accuracy. In a way, it is a field of computer science whose goal is to recreate a technological counterpart to human intelligence. And, to do so, this discipline is focused on the search for...
SWOT Analysis - Google
Case study - 5 pages - ICT marketing
Google is an American company created in 1998 and specialising in the high-tech industry, the means of communication, in particular with its Internet search engine 'Google', known worldwide and until now unassailable. Its head office has been located in California since its inception by...
Concepts of Hayagreeva Rao in his social entrepreneurship book, Market Rebels
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
This paper explains brief review of the concepts of Hayagreeva Rao in his social entrepreneurship book, Market Rebels: How activists Make or Break Radical innovation. Hayagreeva brings about the idea of market rebels as the group of people whose actions in the economic field have undermined...
Porter's Five Forces - Netflix
Case study - 4 pages - ICT marketing
Netflix was founded in 1997 in Scotts Valley. The service was only set up and made available about 1 year later, on April 14, 1998. In France, it was not until 2014 that the famous platform was finally launched. The worldwide launch took place in 2016, almost 20 years after its creation. It is...
Porter's Five Forces - Garmin
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
Garmin was created in 1989 by Gary Busell and Min H. Kao to offer a new generation of GPS. When it was created, the firm sold geolocation systems to the US military. The firm has since developed and diversified its activities by offering geolocation tools for the general public, such as a GPS box...
Swot Analysis - Samsung
Case study - 4 pages - ICT marketing
Samsung Electronics is a subsidiary of the Korean SAMSUNG group specializing in the manufacture and marketing of electronic products. It is one of the world leaders in electronic equipment, connected devices, technologies. Samsung has prided itself on being the world's largest manufacturer...
Porter's Five Forces - Samsung
Case study - 4 pages - ICT marketing
When it comes to new technologies, innovations are very common. It will, therefore, be necessary to constantly innovate to be a leader in the sector in which we operate because innovation alone can create a difference between a company and the rest of its sector. This is the type of industry in...
Porter's Five Forces - Fitbit
Case study - 4 pages - Sport marketing
Founded by James Parker and Eric Friedman in 2007, this American group produces activity trackers, connected watches and other products related to the health and fitness industry. James and Eric believe that, while their customers take health and fitness seriously, it does not have to be serious...
Marketing Mix - Samsung
Case study - 4 pages - ICT marketing
Samsung was created in 1938 by Byung Chull Lee. We cannot talk about electronics and high tech nowadays without mentioning Samsung. Based in Seoul, Samsung is present in more than 65 countries. In the beginning, the brand was operating in the import-export business up to 1970. That year, the...
SWOT Analysis - The Sport Watches Market
Case study - 5 pages - Sport marketing
A sports watch is a robust analog or digital device designed to be worn by users offering features such as alarm, stopwatch, heart rate monitor, compass, tachymeter, tide indicators, etc., chosen according to the specific activity and personal preference. Sports watches were originally aimed at...
Financial Innovation Essay: High Frequency Trading and its social impacts
Essay - 2 pages - Finance
A Financial Times article argues that HFT is beneficial for society, and that banning HFT from use would increase volatility. I agree with this point of view, as algorithms democratized trading by allowing a direct access to the markets and decreasing the costs of the transactions. Also,...
How is a lack of a communication strategy detrimental to business development?
Dissertation - 9 pages - Communication
Communication occupies an increasingly important place in the business world, and for good reason, it has evolved a lot in the space of a few years. Whether internal or external, it is necessary for the development of groups, regardless of their sector of activity. The society in which companies...
The different types of business strategies
Course material - 7 pages - Business strategy
Business strategy is to set long-term objectives and a direction to follow. It is aimed at creating value, sustainability and profitability. Business strategy results in inspiring actions to all departments, allocating resources to reach them and impacting the organization of the company. To do...
A comparison of PayPal, AliPay and similar payment systems - What were the success factors behind them? What are their challenges for success?
Sectorial analysis - 15 pages - Digital & e-marketing
E-payment or electronic payment is a means of conducting commercial transactions for the exchange of goods or services over the Internet. The focus on e-payment services that support B2C e-commerce transactions or P2P consumer-to-consumer electronic payments are innovations that enable a new...
The treatment of killing acquisitions by GAFAM : Antitrust implications
Case study - 5 pages - Economic politics
In recent years, antitrust authorities have identified "killer" acquisitions as a particular problem for the tech industry. A "killer" acquisition is often described as the acquisition of a small, innovative startup by a large, well-established company. Typically, a startup has limited or no...
Samsung Business Report in UK Market
Case study - 7 pages - ICT marketing
This report, written in the framework of a Marketing module at the University of Warwick, is a market analysis of the famous worldwide company Samsung in the United Kingdom. It is a review of the UK mobile phone industry, a growing industry that is taking more and more space every year. In 2017,...
Hard and soft human resource management - Theory and examples
Case study - 9 pages - Human resources
The concept of Human Resource Management has many times been described as an idea with two distinct forms: hard and soft. The two forms have been opposed along several dimensions, and frequently get used by different commentators as strategic devices for categorization approaches in the...
Corporate strategy - Disney +
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
Entertainment giant Disney's new streaming platform is undoubtedly a major turning point for the company. Disney+ is an online video-on-demand platform owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company through its Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer and International division with the four...
Which Factors Motivate Generation Z to Pay for and Recommend Premium Streaming Music?
Thesis - 40 pages - Digital & e-marketing
This thesis focuses on the music industry, and more specifically on the new economic model that is allowing this sector to grow again: on-demand music. Also known as music streaming, on-demand music has profoundly changed the way music is distributed and consumed and seems to meet a need given...
China and the future world
Essay - 2 pages - Economy general
China is nowadays one of the most powerful countries in the world. In a short time, the emerging country has become a big nation. It is now a superpower that should handle the ascent and certain claims. How can China mix economics development, social and politics claims together?
Strategic Management: The market of applications for Smartphones
Thesis - 10 pages - Management
The Smartphone applications market is skyrocketing: While operators recorded 3% global profit in 2009, the application market is on track to reach 17 billion Euros in 2012, versus 4 billion in 2009 (with already some 7 billion application downloads). This means a growth of about 50% during the...
Sector analysis- the iPhone 3G in Réunion
Market study - 5 pages - Services marketing
The iPhone 3G is the latest product launched by Apple. Apple is an American firm that also produced the Mac. It is based in California and tried to improve their ‘smart' mobiles by producing something that is halfway between a mobile phone and a handheld PDA. From a technical...
Marketing plan for iPad in China
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
In this document, we are going to market the iPad in the Chinese Market. The iPad is a product of Apple, the well?known American company led by Steve Jobs. First of all, we will take a quick look at the Apple Company concerning the iPad. So in the first part, we will briefly...
Online Music Distribution - Case of iTunes Music Store
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Technology is changing almost every facet of what we do in our lives. Personal computers (PC) have invaded our homes and offices in a big way. Gone are the days when the PC was relegated to word processing, technical software code writing, mathematical calculations and such. These days, the PC...
The iPhone
Essay - 13 pages - Services marketing
Inaugurated at Mac world 2006, the iPhone marks Apple in the smart phone market, following the example of Steve Jobs. It is via its triple function (iPod, telephone, internet) that the firm wishes to anchor the iPhone in the market of mobile telephony, by offering a product which combines...
E-business - Analysis of iTunes
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
iTunes Store is the leading platform of digital music sales since its launch on April 28, 2003 with three billion song downloads. Basically named iTunes Music Store, this online digital media store has expanded its original catalog to include videos and films, books, multimedia, games, iPod and...
