Essays on Corporate Level Strategy

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, ...

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. ...

Wells Fargo is a $222 billion bank with diversified financial services that provides consumer finance services, mortgage, insurance, banking and investment services. It is the leading internet bank and has over 5300 stores globally (Han-Yuh 2007). Wells Fargo is a publicly traded corporation and was founded back in 1852 (DeYoung & Rice 2004). Based on the recently released Forbes report, Wells Fargo was ranked at position 26 in the world based on market value, assets, sales and profits. It is vital to note that this company prides in operating as the first national bank charter in the US and recently ...

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 ...

IKEA: Case Study Summary

IKEA The world’s largest furniture retailer, IKEA, was founded in 1943, Sweden. The company assumed its current position as primarily a furniture business after Ingvar Kamprad, its founder, started selling furniture through IKEA five years later. The expansion of IKEA into different countries in Europe and then subsequently to other continents could be regarded as one of the historically significant event that led to modern globalization. As of today, IKEA is operating a sum of 384 stores and in 48 countries. This essay is an attempt to outline the working principle of IKEA, its organizational structure, corporate culture, ...

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 ...

Industry Analysis-Tesla Motors Company

Industry Analysis-Tesla Motors Company

Overview

The automobile industry is a very cyclical business. It is closely tied to the economical prices and cycles as well as other key macro factors. In comparison to the traditional segment, the alternative fuel segment has benefited heavily from the increasing prices of oil (Hoffmann & Coste-Manière, 2012). They are highly dependent on the technological or the political environment regarding supporting different government innovations and initiatives that can drive the prices of vehicles down. After almost a century of fueling vehicles using diesel and gasoline, the automobile industry is in a sharp transition towards obtaining ...

Introduction

In this strategic management module, it lays out on how to determine the strategic dilemma to form a corporate level strategy of an organization. Organizations with a strategic corporate level strategy tend to be more competitive and out perform their competitors in the market. As such, these organizations have clear path of how to position their business in the market and maintain certain advantage over their competitors. Furthermore corporate level strategy usually is in a 1 to 5 years horizon, it involves significant amount of resources and are not easily reversible. Therefore, it is important for an organization to ...

Question 1: Who are competitors? How are competitive rivalry, competitive behaviour and competitive dynamics defined in the chapter?

Competitors are firms or organizations operating in the same market that offer similar products and services and also target the same customers. Competitive rivalry is defined an ongoing series of competitive actions that takes place between competitors as they assert to attain market positions that are advantageous over their competitors. Competitive behaviour is a series of tactical competitive actions and responses taken by an individual firm while it is actively involved in competitive rivalry. Competitive dynamics are a set of actions or responses that are taken by all firms or organizations that are competing within a certain market.

Question 3: How do awareness, motivation and ability affect the firm’s competitive behaviour?

Awareness ...

Accuray Company concentrates its efforts in providing premier radiations oncology which basically manufactures and sells tailored innovative treatment solutions that ensure high standard care mainly for cancer patients. The corporate is the leading adopter of modern technology- Tomotherapy and Cyberknife system which in a broad way assist in delivering stereotactic body radiation therapy, radiosurgery, image-guided radiation therapy, intensity modulated therapy, and adaptive therapy. Looking the organization on a business perspective, it hasn’t been doing well, and there has been dire need for the company to adopt new change to realize maximum profit and growth. The intent of this paper is ...

US Company That Has Acquired Another Company And Is Operating Internationally

One of the leading sportswear companies in the world is Reebok. Reebok is a US company that has recently been acquired by Adidas. Their common adversary is the US company Nike which owns about a third of the global market share for sportswear. In 2005, Nike had a total market share of about 36.3%. In the same year when the merger between Adidas and Reebok was finalized, their market share jumped to 21.1% from a dismal 8.9%. The merger was announced in August 3, 2005, with Adidas-Salomon AG planning to buy all ...

Organizational Plan for J.C. Penny Organizational Plan for J.C. Penny The J.C. Penny marketing team comprises of various marketing professionals who are highly skilled and experienced in different fields. As an organization, J.C. Penny strives to provide the best services to its worldwide clients. The organizational plan for the corporation ensures the marketing team reaches a diverse clientele base thus improving the company’s efficiency. The management team at J.C. Penny comprises of a chief executive officer. The CEO is the overall head of the management team. He manages the running of the company and ensures that all ...

Introduction

Starbucks Corporation, also known as Starbucks Coffee, is an American worldwide coffee organization with its head quarter situated in Seattle, Washington. It is the biggest chain-based coffee organization with up to 21,160 stores in many different countries such as The United States, China, Canada, Japan and The United Kingdom. Starbucks stores serve hot and icy refreshments, different types of coffees including micro ground instant coffee and whole-bean coffee, snacks, teas and cakes. Most stores additionally offer pre-packaged food items, and things, for example, mugs and tumblers. Apart from this, they also offer a variety of wines and appetizers ...

Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies

Introduction McDonald’s is world largest fast food service retailer. The company has successfully expanded its business outside US market. It operates in 118 countries and has opened around 33000 restaurants. Richard and Maurice McDonald founded the company in 1940 in the United States as a standalone barbecue restaurant. Further in 1955 Ray Kroc started franchising restaurants and improved company return on capital. Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, French fries, chicken, soft drinks, milkshakes, breakfast items, and desserts are the basic menu of its restaurant. The mission of the company states that “to be our customers' favorite place and way to eat ...

America’s Car-Mart Inc is a public company that deals with used cars; the firm targets customers who have limited or poor credit situation. It offers financing to its customers, a factor that has made it successful over time. The company has over seventy used-car dealerships. The company allows a potential client to pay about 17% of the automobile’s cost as a down payment. The payment schedule is flexible as the customer can make several payments in a month’s time; the average cost of the firm’s automobiles is $6200. Customer satisfaction is the priority of Car-Mart Inc; the employees are fast ...

In this case we shall use the merger of the information technology giant firm Hewlett Packard (HP) and Compaq which marked the biggest merger in the IT industry. This merger was tactically predetermined by HP as a lucrative way of improving the company’s market position. It was evident that HP had quite a variety of products to offer to the consumers which needed to be melded into a one powerful business. However, the market share of Hewlett Packard at that time was quite low and thus it had to do something so as to improve its client base and consequently improve ...

Question 1: Please prepare a comprehensive SWOT analysis for Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is considered as the market leader in the automotive industry. It is also one of the first American automotive companies that even today are successfully manufacturing and selling automobiles, trucks, busses and automotive parts all over the world. The company sells commercial vehicles under the brand name, Ford while luxury cars come under the Lincoln brand. The company has become the second largest U.S. car manufacturing company and fifth largest vehicle manufacturing company in Europe and the world (Jurevicius, 2013). In the year 2008, the company had employed around 213,000 employees ...

Research and describe the internal and external environments of Wal-Mart and Target Stores companies using an environmental scan?

Wal-Mart Wal-Mart store refers to the public multinational organization in America, which operates under retailing industry. The significant aim of the store is to ensure that it provides the public with goods at an affordable price so that they can save enough money and live better. However, this has enabled the company to encounter a continuous growth. Currently, Wal-Mart ranks the most successful and largest retail company around the globe. The company has over 8969 retail companies located in 15 dissimilar countries. Therefore, this segment aims at analyzing the external and internal environment of the company. The part will ...

Answers to Questions

- For the corporation that has acquired another company, merged with another company, or been acquired by another company, evaluate the strategy that led to the merger or acquisition to determine whether or not this merger or acquisition was a wise choice. Justify your opinion. For this corporation, I choose the company Adidas. Adidas is the second largest athletic corporation in the world after Nike, another global sportswear company. In 2005, Adidas merged with another US corporation, Reebok. The effect of the merger was as clear as daylight. Nike had a market share of 36.3% in 2005 and Adidas had a ...

In recent years, policy makers of organizations are using different growth strategies to perform well in market. This research study intends to explore growth strategies of Tata Motors and Jaguar and Land Rover. The second part of research study explores the growth strategies of Wal-Mart, one of the biggest retail grocery stores of the world. We examined the acquisition of pink n pay and we critically analyzed these growth strategies in this research study. For this purpose we collected data from Tata Motors and Jaguar Land Rover. Data was collected from scholarly research papers, companies’ annual reports and official ...

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PetSmart Inc.’s Business-level strategies are somewhat similar to its corporate-strategies as they focus on the overall level of organizational performance. Distinct from its general corporate-level strategy, they have particular emphasis focus on certain ends instead of a vast category of businesses. PetSmart Inc.’s business units are in most cases individual enterprise-like enterprises which are oriented towards the industry, it product or service type and its market (Kozami, 2002). The business-level strategies in this case are primarily concerned with the management of unit activities in order to have them conform to the overall organizational corporate level strategies. This will ...

A business driver is a force, person or any other factor that has a direct impact on the set goals and objectives of the business. What can be termed as a key business driver should be a factor that has influence, whether direct or indirect, on the performance and progress of the business in question. It should also be a measurer able factor that can be easily compared to a standard and be acted upon. This paper seeks to focus on the web 2.0 technologies as key into boosting the business’s performance. There are so many business drivers and forces behind the Brisbane Translink. ...

Background

Tesco Plc is one of the largest retailers in the world, the leading supermarket retailer in the United Kingdom, the world’s largest on-line grocery retailer and the fourth largest retailer behind Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Home Depot (Morris, 2004). The retailer has been selected due to its interesting business model, profitability, business and competitive strategy, service strategy, supply chain and sale mode which has been changed across the years to ensure it remains competitive. Since 1999; Tesco has been the most profitable retailer in the United Kingdom having a 31% share of the UK grocery market in the third quarter ...

Table of Contents

Introduction.2

Mission and Goals2 Situation Analysis3 Corporate Level Strategy..10 Business Level Strategy11

Executive Summary

This is a case analysis of Turner Construction Company, a subsidiary of HOCHTIEF operating in the construction industry and offering related services. The report starts with a short introduction followed by the company’s goals and objectives. This is followed by situational analysis of the company’s past and present situation using strategic tools such as SWOT analysis. The subsequent section that follows is the company’s corporate and business level strategy. This is followed by business structure, promotion and finally recommendation of ...