How to launch a business model based on the Internet and that generates profits?
Market study - 74 pages - Business strategy
The aim of that paper is to give to the reader a clear view about a Web/Internet Project. There are some similarities between a Web Project and projects in general but there are some specifications to be considered while working on a Web Project. Some parts of the Web Project have to be really...
The Disney licencing
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Marketing has been defined as the management function responsible for identifying, anticipating and satisfying customer requirements. Marketing is therefore, both a philosophy and a set of techniques which deals with research, product design and development, pricing, packaging, sales and sales...
United colors of Benetton: One suucess story
Case study - 16 pages - Business strategy
One of the 5 best-known brands of the world, Benetton is unanimously cited for its scandalizing campaigns it launched at the beginning of the 1990's. It is obvious that the advertisement campaigns provoked violent reactions in the public, but one has to consider that those campaigns made...
Negotiating strategy
Case study - 60 pages - Business strategy
Negotiation is generally defined as a dynamic process through which several parties (at least two) try to solve a "conflict", whether active or latent, which opposes them, and freely look for an "agreement". The conflict (opposition of opinions and/or interests) is "omnipresent and inevitable":...
The advantages of fidelity programme for an airline company
Essay - 12 pages - Business strategy
Customer loyalty as defined by Brown is the result of an oganization creating a benefit for a customer so that they will maintain or increase their purchases from the organization. True customer loyalty is created when the customer becomes an advocate for the organization, without any incentive....
Presentation of Dell firm
Case study - 25 pages - Business strategy
Dell Computer Corporation was created in 1984 by Michael Dell, from Austin University in Texas, with an investment of $1000 and the will to suppress intermediaries in the computer industry. In 1985, the company Dell launched its first computer, the Turbo, featuring the Intel 8088 processor. In...
French Wine Exports
Market study - 14 pages - Business strategy
In 2002, the sales turnover of wine in the world market was estimated to be around 101.5 billion euros, which is equal to the size of world cosmetic market and 3 times the size of disc market. The sales turnover in volume was increased to 224.8 million consumed hectolitres.In the current scenario...
Corporate strategy: Sensimor
Case study - 21 pages - Business strategy
Sensimor AB's Headquarters is located in Västerås' Technology Park. It was set up in 2002 as the spin-out of ABB. The company's mission is to combine high-end laboratory equipment with front line industrial automation technology. In this project we will analyze Sensimor's...
The launch of a new product on the Algerian market (Sagem mobile phones)
Market study - 38 pages - Business strategy
This report mainly focuses on Algeria as an emerging market, mobile phone as a product and Sagem as a French company. This report includes a detailed study of the marketing strategy and the economic conditions in Algeria and also analysis of the product and the services that Sagem offers to...
The entry of Kellogg's on the Hungarian market
Case study - 28 pages - Business strategy
The year 1999 marked the biggest challenge in our company's history which was the internal restructuring of our production and sales. One can imagine that this process is probably a time consuming process. Besides that, we also acquired Keebler Foods in 2000. As a result of the purchase...
The entry of Falke group on the Saudi Arabia market
Case study - 44 pages - Business strategy
Facing an increasingly difficult economic environment in Europe, the FALKE Group as a traditional German family business, needs to enlarge its perspectives in future and think about entering further markets. Due to its organizational structure and its size, the company has always operated in...
Analysis of the French Public railways company strategy
Market study - 25 pages - Business strategy
The SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français), the French Public railways company has implemented revenue management for the high speed trains. In this study, we will analyze the key factors to succeed in the railways business in relation to revenue management. To achieve this goal, we...
Business strategy: How Dell Computer uses technology to gain competitive advantage and keep its leader position on the PC market ?
Case study - 22 pages - Business strategy
When Dell's CEO, Michael S. Dell and President, Kevin B. Rollins met in the fall of 2001, they were confident that the company was recovering from the global crash of personal computer (PC) sales. In fact, Dell is the master at selling PCs directly and bypassing middlemen and thus delivers PCs...
Company Overview: Leroy Merlin DIY
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
Leroy Merlin sells “do-it-yourself products” in 13 different domains including painting, sanitary equipment, gardening, etc. The Leroy Merlin group is the sixth leading group in the world in this sector with an increase in turnover from 2654 million euros in 1998 to 4088 million euros...
Is the cultural diversity facing the global business primarily a concern for Marketing or Human Resource Management?
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Global businesses are a reality nowadays. The development of technology, the decrease of tariff and non tariff barriers, the creation of international trade values and institutions such as the World Trade Organisation (created in 1995 as a successor for the GATT) allow companies to trade...
The Strategy Analysis of Southwest Airlines Company
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
In 1996, Southwest Airlines was a successful and profitable low-cost airline company, operating in south-eastern US markets. After entering the Florida market, the company had to face certain strategic challenges. It was a big challenge to maintain the profitability while competing with all the...
Coca-Cola's strategy
Case study - 15 pages - Business strategy
Coca Cola Enterprises is recognized as the world's largest producer, marketer and distributor of products that was invented in May 1886 by Dr. John S. Pemberton in Atlanta, Georgia. The products of the Coca Cola company include some of the most popular beverage brands in the world. For...
The strategic implications of gene technologies for the pharmaceutical industries
Essay - 13 pages - Business strategy
The “bio drugs” allowed to treat diseases which have still today no remedies, diseases which are very expensive for the society. Unfortunately, needs of funds are huge and international markets are not well prepared yet. According to Henri Termeer, president of Genzyme Inc: “the...
What are the major challenges facing the European aerospace industry, and to what extent has it been able to develop innovative responses to the pressure of international competition?
Essay - 12 pages - Business strategy
We will critically examine the major challenges faced by the European aerospace industry. Then, we will analyze the suggestions for international competition as suggested by European institutions and industries. Most interestingly, we will also observe effectiveness of the new ideas to cope with...
Brand management - Land Rover North America
Case study - 12 pages - Business strategy
Range Rover of North America subsidiary opened its doors in 1987. In seven years, the firm had grown from a distributorship selling only one Land Rover model to a multi-product firm with three vehicles under the corporate brand. In 1992, the firm changed its name to Land Rover North America...
Global business strategy
Case study - 8 pages - Business strategy
Ranking number six worldwide and number two in Europe, PSA Peugeot Citroën has enjoyed the strongest organic growth of any carmaker in the last four years. In 2001, they sold more than three million vehicles, representing a year-on-year gain of 11.3%. Let's us firstly analyze the strategy...
Irish Biscuits LTD - A part of the Danone group
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
Towards the end of 1994 the management team in Irish Biscuits Ltd identified the need to strengthen its marketing function. By July 1995 the marketing department had doubled in size and the marketing budget was increased to £2.5 million. The new team was charged with the task of upgrading the...
The Orange Development Strategy
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
The document gives insights into the history of the Orange Company, Orange's strategy, Presence of Orange in world and European markets and the impacts of the strategy adopted by Orange. Launched in April 1994, Orange was the fourth mobile phone operator on the British market. By the end...
Mergers and Acquisitions in the Hospitality and Travel Industry
Market study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Why is the strategy of external growth currently so widespread in the hospitality and travel industry ? Why do so many companies in this industry, in order to develop a competitive advantage, choose either vertical or horizontal integration ? What are the risks of mergers and acquisitions for the...
Club Mediterranee - Case study
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
In 1950, Gérard Blitz established the first Club Med village in Mallorca (Spain). In 1959, Gilbert Trigano became CEO of Société des Villages de Vacances, and in 1963, he became CEO of Club Med. For thirty years, he kept creating new "villages?, (the heavenly enclaves) surrounded by exotic...
Coca Cola
Case study - 7 pages - Business strategy
In the past few years, Coca-Cola Company has been through one of the most appalling periods in its history. For most of the go-go 1990s, it seemed nothing could stop its remorseless global growth. But from 1998 to 2000, the company flabbergasted investors by turning in three straight years of...
Information technology industry in Singapore - published: 12/05/2002
Market study - 41 pages - Business strategy
The International Data Corporation's Information Society Index 1999 ranked Singapore as the 4th most dominant information-driven economy and society in the world, after the US, Sweden, and Finland. The World Teleport Association named Singapore the 1999 Intelligent City of the Year. The digital...
Information technology industry in Singapore
Presentation - 41 pages - Business strategy
The International Data Corporation's Information Society Index 1999 ranked Singapore as the 4th most dominant information-driven economy and society in the world, after the US, Sweden, and Finland. The World Teleport Association named Singapore the 1999 Intelligent City of the Year. The digital...
Cap Gemini Sogeti's (CGS) : Case study
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Cap Gemini Sogeti's (CGS) strategy before the year 1988 revolved around diversification through merger and acquisitions and internationalization of the company, which were considered as the driving forces of any industry in the early 1990's. Technology is key to the Information Technology...
