Essays on Business Level

Business Level and Corporate Level Strategies

Introduction The industry that the following research will be based on is the telecommunications industry with the company of interest being Apple Inc. The industry has culminated in massive developments of technology such as in mobile devices and enhancement of communication on the global platform. Apple Inc. has been a leading innovator of various electronic gadgets, software, and even operating systems. It commenced its operations in 1976 and has its headquarters in California. It is in this regard, therefore, that the following article will conduct research about Apple Inc. It will analyze both its business and corporate level strategies, ...

Introduction

The fast food industry is a multi-billion venture for companies operating in the United States and those that have a foothold in the global market. One of the successful American publicly traded franchises is McDonald's with food stores both in the United States and beyond. McDonald's has a net worth of about $110B, annual revenues of $25.36 B and a profit margin of $5.7B by close of the financial year in 2016. Besides, McDonald's has a strong history of acquisition spanning from the 90’s where it acquired Chipotle. Followed by Donato Pizza, KeyCorp, Essex Capital Markets Inc., Wallach ...

BUSINESS LEVEL AND CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGIES

BUSINESS LEVEL AND CORPORATE LEVEL STRATEGIES

Introduction

Amazon.com is the world leading e-commerce websites that took advantage of the internet boom in the 90’s. Through the cautious development of the company’s global strategy, it has turned into a force to reckon regarding leveraging assortment of services and products and creating customer value through affordable products. Both the corporate and business strategies employed by Amazon from its inception match the internal and external environments without which its global footprint would be thwarted. Currently, Amazon is the largest online retailer with net sales amounting to $107B and gross profits of $ ...

Introduction

Businesses have a common goal of achieving success and uniqueness that helps them to stand a mile ahead of their competitors (Chattopadhyay et al., 2012). However, over the recent years, many companies have embraced the concepts of merger and acquisition in efforts to exploit their business potential fully. Mergers and acquisitions are important drivers of growth for a particular organization. Companies have come up with business and international level strategies that will help them to yield high profits. The Kellogg Company has acquired companies and the Publix Supermarkets, Inc. have not acquired mergers and solely operates within the U.S. ...

Assignment 5: Capstone

Abstract Dell Inc. deals with manufacturing and selling of personal computers and other computer accessories. Turbo PC was the first product produced by Dell Company, which has experienced gradual growth since its foundation. Various strategies and policies have led to the success of the multinational company over the years. Therefore, the paper covers the effect that the mission, vision, and primary stakeholders of Dell has on its success. It highlights the effect of the six segments of the environment on both the firm and the industry. It also focuses on the SWOT analysis and five (5) forces of competition ...

A merger is the unification of companies. Usually, there are five types of mergers: product extension mergers, conglomerate merger, market extension merger, horizontal merger, and vertical merger. Each type serves a unique economic function for the businesses involved. Acquisitions occur when a company takes over another firm (Galpin, & Herndon, 2014). The difference between the two strategies is that a merger is meant to combine the interests of the business entities involved thereby creating a firm that is much stronger. In mergers, the two combining companies usually get a new name. The merging companies are mostly the same size. On ...

Business Strategy

Competing in a dynamic and fierce industry with well – established firms that dominate the market, Aldi, a German grocery company, developed its own value chain that allowed it to be grasp a portion of the market share and become a relevant player in UK (IBS Center for Management Research, 2015). According to Michael Porter (38), value chain is industry – specific and firms organize their internal value chain structure different than other players, so that they can gain distinctive competitive advantages. Porter’s (39 - 40) value chain model is based on the premises that every company has primary activities ( ...

Assignment 3-2: Strategy Formulation

Franklin University BSAD 495: Business Strategy Capstone Strategy Formulation Strategy formulation develops into a key construct within an organization as it facilitates the development of strategies geared towards promoting organizational growth as stipulated within the organization’s vision and mission statements (David et al., 2004). Strategy formulation develops from the existence of need within the businesses, which hinders potential development and growth. The strategy formulation process is initiated upon the identification of the problem and consequent development of several measures geared towards countering the existent problem. The study will integrate an analysis of several potential strategies, which may facilitate ...

The article addresses the launching of Apple Watch 2 by Apple Inc. and the rumors regarding the features that may be added to make it different from the first Apple Watch launched in 2014. The fact that the release of the first Apple Watch was widely anticipated across the globe with consumers willing to get themselves the gadget which was retailing at £299 makes the second version much interesting to watch. Additional features to the Apple Watch 2 would, therefore, enhance Apple’s position as the number one selling smartphone maker in the world, which is key to sustaining ...

Problems facing Starbucks

Despite being a leading innovator in the coffee industry. These innovations present the largest weakness for the giant. Innovations are risky and present the highest vulnerability for the chain. It has a reputation for creativity and new development which may decline if any of its innovations failed. It may also reduce its current standing if any other coffee chain had a better or a new innovation before the chain’s research and development team developed it. The coffee chain endeavors to create new innovations and offers its stores all over the world. It creates innovation based on the local ...

Introduction

In this essay, reference is made to Dow Jones and Company that is a large publicly traded news corporation for which I would like to work. The company is one of the largest and most prominent companies that provide business and financial news in the world. Dow Jones and Company was established in the year 1896 by Charles Dow, Edward T. Jones, and Charles Bergstresser. The same trio also founded The Wall Street Journal, which is among the top most influential publications on business issues in the globe (Investopedia Staff, 2005).

The Impact of the Company’s Mission, Vision, and Primary Stakeholders on its Success

The mission of the Dow Jones and Company ...

Analysis of Business and Corporate Levels Strategies

Analysis of Business and Corporate Levels Strategies

Introduction

The increased market competitions at both domestic and global levels have become a major concern of the managements of business organizations. High competition occurs as a result of many companies engaging in the same line of production, leading to the supply of similar products and services to the market. Different organizations adopt various strategies to help them improve their competitive positions and maintain their market share. Primarily, business organizations use strategic pricing methods to enhance their customer base. Also, different marketing strategies such as strategic market mix are adopted to improve the ...

Mergers and acquisitions are business strategies taken by companies, that involve either merging two companies or operating them together or a company taking over operations of another company. Multinational corporations tend to acquire full ownership or a certain percentage of a company’s operations to incorporate others services within its objectives and to some extent, it can be seen as a business move to reduce speculated competition. This step is essentially used to improve the financial performance of the company and to lessen the risk that the corporation is likely to face. Mergers are common in many areas of ...

Introduction

It can be said that the application of ethics at the business level is as direct and influential to customers as much as the application at the corporate level. The main reason for this is the customer orientation of ethics in the business level strategies and the impact that it creates. The desires, needs and behavior patterns of varied markets are crucial to this segment of organization, keeping in mind the ethics and thus are directly responsible for planning and implementing various levels of competitive strategy plans (Ethics & Corporate Social Responsibility, 2016). There are also four aspects of an ...

Costa Coffee-Business Strategy Analyses

The strategic tools used Analyse the company’s history, development, and growth The strategy tool used to analyze this question is the Critical success factors. As discussed below, there are various factors that have contributed to the development and growth of the company. The tool is chosen because it is possible to identify the factors in the case study. Costa coffee began its operations in the United Kingdom in 1971. Costa coffee was brought into existence by two brothers Sergio and Bruno Costa. They served the first coffee to some caterers in London. In 1978, the company opened its ...

MANAGEMENT

Many organizations make new strategic moves to improve their performance and gain more loyalty from customers. Walmart has recently collaborated with Visa to ensure that the checkout process speeds up for customers with the help of chip-enabled debit cards. This move has incorporated a more advanced form of technology and promises that the new system will stand out from those offered by other retailers. Customers of Walmart usually do not like to spend ten to fifteen seconds extra while waiting for the completion of their transactions at checkout- most feel quite bothered at checkout. The new chip-enabled cards would ...

Management

Part V. Business Strategy Sony has differentiated its products and services. The company has used differentiation as its business level strategy. The basis of this differentiation in case of Sony is its core competence of product miniaturization. Miniaturized televisions, radios, cassette recorder, camcorder, and walkman cassette recorder are all examples of differentiated products that Sony has developed by using its core competence. Furthermore, the company has also used miniaturization competence in order to manufacture laptops so that the company become capable of maintain its competitive position in the market place, and to face competition as there is intensity of ...