Strategic Analysis of Microsoft
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Apart from Microsoft being the designer and developer of the Windows Operating System, the company has been known for being innovative within other sectors, especially cloud service. However, the technology industry has witnessed some considerable changes and competition over the years with...
SWOT Analysis - Lafuma
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Lafuma is one of the forerunners in the field of outdoor sports equipment. It is a French sports and leisure equipment designer and manufacturer created in1930. The company has evolved over the years. In fact, the brand introduced metal frame backpacks in 1936. In 1954, the company launched into...
Strategic Analysis - Tesla Inc.
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The strategic analysis of an organisation is significantly important for the success in its endeavors. The success of organisation is greatly dependent on the management that plays a vital role in the decision-making and their decisions facilitate the achievement of organisational goals and...
World Trade Business Game - Austria, Malaysia, Bolivia - Gas, Timber
Tutorials/exercises - 16 pages - Business strategy
This document is a comprehensive analysis of 3 country potentials in terms of international trade globally, and specifically in the timber and gas markets.
Corporate Strategy, Pernod Ricard : analysis and scenarios
Case study - 11 pages - Business strategy
In this case study, we will discuss and try to understand how the French group Pernod-Ricard is evolving in its global environment but also inside the group itself. They are the 2nd world liquor distributor; therefore, we will take into account their strengths but also potential weaknesses and...
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...
Internationalization and entry modes
Course material - 4 pages - Business strategy
The liability of foreignness (LOF) is the "natural" disadvantage a foreign company has compared to local competitors on a local market. The LOF arises from the unfamiliarity, relational, and discriminatory hazards that foreign firms face over and above those faced by local firms in the host...
Country market studies
Course material - 4 pages - Business strategy
Knowing why firms go global is only part of the battle, you also need to know where to go. Imagine that you lead a company in the United States, and are responsible for deciding which three countries to enter. First, what types of countries would you choose? What criteria would you use to make...
Strategic study of the Total Group
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
The energy market is one of the largest in the world. Indeed, energy in all its forms is essential for humans and their survival. Thanks to energy, men can eat, heat and bathe themselves, thus meeting so-called essential needs. On a daily basis, humans use many forms of energy, solar power, wind...
Promotion and career management - A Harvard Business Case
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
First and foremost, Boulos is an elitist: he is a self-made man by starting from the bottom to reach high-ranked social hierarchy. He does his best to improve everything he is undertaking and mainly overtaking his counterparts. This ambitious mind-spirit dates to his childhood. By regarding...
Nestlé Strategic Analysis
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Nestlé is a Swiss multinational company that operates in the food industry and was founded by Henri Nestlé, a Swiss pharmacist, in 1857. While the founder's basic idea was to produce powdered milk that could help mothers who could not breastfeed to feed their newborns, it now specializes in...
Strategic study of the Renault-Nissan alliance
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
In 1999, the chairmen of Renault and Nissan, L. Schweitzer and Y. Hanawa, signed an agreement to link their two companies. Renault purchased 36% of the capital of the Japanese company and 100% of its financial subsidiaries in Europe. This alliance has experienced strong growth, which has enabled...
Strategic Analysis - Meta, the new name of the Facebook Group
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Meta as a metamorphosis, but also as a metaverse: that's it, it's done. Facebook has just changed its corporate name. Recently announced during Connect 2021, which took place on October 28, the blue logo platform formalized its mutation. During this media event, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of...
The Lego Group strategy
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
LEGO is an international group founded in 1932 in Denmark. Under the legal form of a Société Anonyme, the LEGO Group was created by Ole Kirk Christiansen. This toy company takes its name from its founder, who was inspired by his native language (Danish) from the term "leg godt" which means "play...
The Accor Group Strategy
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
Accor, a group widely recognised in France for its presence in the hotel market. Accor has a wide variety of brands with different market positioning. The group's subsidiaries can thus be separated into 4 categories: - The "Luxury" category with the following brands: Raffles, Orient Express,...
Pellenc company strategy - SWOT analysis, Porter's 5 forces, BCG Matrix, and McKinsey Matrix
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Pellenc company was founded in 1973 by Roger Pellenc and Jean-Paul Motte in France. Its head office is in Pertuis, in the Vaucluse. In 2018, its turnover amounted to more than 140 million euros. This figure also is constantly changing, and the company has declared its target of 450 million euros...
The Impact of the Demand Planning Process on the Company's Performance
Case study - 17 pages - Business strategy
All manufacturing organizations across all industries face a common problem of balancing supply and demand. This problem is further accentuated in the context of fast-moving consumer goods organizations due to the high demand for product availability. With much research on solving this problem,...
Store Check Competitors and Competitive Offers on The Market of Chocolate
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
There are many existing brands in our chocolate market. We will therefore mainly take the best-known ones: - Nestlé - Lindt - Milka - Ferrero rocher - Kinder - Poulain - Côte d'or - Monbana - Leading brands (marque repère) in the French supermarkets (Tablette d'Or, Délisse…)
Outsourcing: the success keys
Practical guide - 5 pages - Business strategy
Outsourcing has become one of the most strategic tools commonly used in the corporate world. Being a fairly new strategy, many do not yet know how to apply it effectively. Indeed, most companies using this tool have only seen the tip of the iceberg and venture into an area they do not know and do...
Finance - Investment in Volkswagen vs Tesla
Worksheets - 8 pages - Business strategy
It is a comparison of two different investments (Volkswagen & Tesla) and how they would be presented to an investor.
Unilever in Vietnam: The "Perfect Village" - Should Unilever try to replicate the PV model in other countries?
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Unilever has successfully penetrated the Vietnamese market and made significant profits despite the geographical and cultural challenges it faced in this region, which are predominantly rural. This success was not a coincidence but rather the product of a thoughtful, sustainable living plan that...
Levendary Café: The China Challenge - Christopher A. Bartlett and Arar Han (2013) - What changes should the new CEO make to manage the company's international operations better?
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Despite the promising growth achieved by Levendary Café in China, under Louis Chen's management, within a year and a half of launching its operations in this fertile market (see appendix 1), the company is in crisis because of Chen's recent approaches, who rebelled against the decisions...
Analysis of the strategy of the American company Netflix
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Netflix, an American company, founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings, is the first company to offer DVD rental by mail from an order placed over the Internet. This desire to offer unlimited access to cultural content without having to travel is the result of a strategy of sophistication of the "DVD"...
ATB - Digital disruption in the parking meter industry
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
This case study aims to show the effects and impacts of a disruptive innovation in the market. In this practical case ATB is a leading and dominant company in the parking meter market. For more than 30 years, the company has specialized in the manufacture and distribution of parking meters for...
Research in Motion
Tutorials/exercises - 3 pages - Business strategy
1. What are the dominant economic characteristics of the wireless communications industry? What are the distinguishing features of the market for smartphones? 2. What is competition like in the wireless phone industry? Which of the fi ve competitive forces is strongest? Which is weakest? What...
Critical analysis of ExxonMobil and British Petroleum
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
ExxonMobil is an American multinational, with its corporate headquarters in the city of Irving in the state of Texas. It is considered a leader in the industry of energy and petrochemicals in all its fundamental characteristics, they operate facilities: managing all processes from manufacturing...
The influence of corporate hacking policies implementation over HR management of millennials
Tutorials/exercises - 12 pages - Business strategy
The purpose of this research proposal is to evaluate the use of non-financial gratifications by companies to the millennials and highly educated employees and especially the use and development of a corporate hacker friendly culture within the company's management.
Operationnel decision making
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
The present report will present a critical valuation of the importance and strategic contribution of the operations cycle and function and especially highlight the organisational capabilities developed by the company but also its capacity to identify decision making uncertainties and to reduce...
Allowing Lehman Brother to fail was the right thing to do
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
In order to fully understand how and why Lehman Brothers collapsed, the subprime crisis needs to be defined first.
Strategic Business Development
Tutorials/exercises - 8 pages - Business strategy
Question 1: In the course you have been introduced to different approaches to consultancy work and you worked in a group with a consultancy-like business development task. Based on the literature and the group task, answer the following questions. ?A) Briefly describe and reflect upon how...
