Strategy Essays

Toyota Motor Corporation is the worlds eight largest company and the second in overall production of vehicles worldwide. It is expected to overtake GM as the leading manufacturer of automobile by 2008. Toyota Motor Corporation and its subsidiaries sold over 7. million passenger cars, trucks, and buses worldwide under the Toyota, Scion, Lexus, Daihatsu and […]

Strenghts: High quality: Cafe Oke is a quality product(« Hand-picked and with attention to detail ») Unique: Cafe Oke is not a « chain scale product » it is unique (« sometimes located at heights of up to 2000 metres against the slopes of, for example, the Andes mountains in South America. “Cafe Oke is […]

Strengths Home Depot has many competitive strengths that make them a very difficult company to compete against. Home Depot’s strengths include: •Business model •Well known brand name •Extensive product offerings •Ability to grow Home Depot’s business model, the first of its kind in the home improvement industry has revolutionized the way customers shop for home […]

Company Overview Chevron, originally known as Pacific Coast Oil Co., was founded in Pico Canyon, Los Angeles in 1879. It later changed its name to Standard Oil Company of California and eventually became Chevron after acquiring Gulf Oil Corporation in 1984. This merger, considered the biggest in US history back then, greatly augmented Chevron’s oil […]

Laura Ashley’s (LA) performance in the recent years leading up to 1999 was poor it was bleeding from its North America operations and was not doing well on the whole. Even after MUI’s injection of cash, the company was still making a loss which resulted in banks not being willing to provide additional funding. LA’s […]

Founded in 1926 by Sakichi Toyoda, Toyota has been highly successful in the past few decades, producing over 8.5 million vehicles by 2006 and surpassing Ford while gradually moving towards surpassing General Motors. As per Hill and Jones (p. c61-c72), Toyota encounters obstacles that can be uncovered via SWOT and Porter’s Five Force Analysis. The […]

Jet is Europe’s leading low fares airline. Formed in 1995 by Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, it has grown rapidly to become Europe’s fourth largest airline by passengers carried. Sir Stelios has credited easyJet’s success to two strategic imperatives. The first was “sweating the assets”, that is making sure that the planes were as full as possible […]

SWOT analysis of IKEA(HK) Strength -IKEA has the own industrial group, which produces wood-based furniture and wooden components. The industrial group of IKEA is called Swedwood, its operations cover ever step of production, from forestry, saw milling and board manufacture to furniture. As every production step is under the IKEA control, IKEA can have efficient […]

1. JetBlue’s Mission David Neeleman found JetBlue in 1999 with the mission “to bring humanity back to air travel”. This goal is achieved by creating a company that offers comfortable, friendly travel at low fares and by this to differentiate themselves from the mass. JetBlue has always identified itself as a customer service company first, […]

Discussion questions: Analyze Carlsberg Brewery Malaysia Bhd.’s financial statements and evaluate its financial condition using a financial ratio analysis, comparing it to Guinness Anchor Bhd. (GAB) as a reference. Can Carlsberg expand its operations? Does the company have enough funds to support an expansion?If not, what other sources can be utilized? Conduct a SWOT analysis […]

Top 10 fast-food restaurants By Ching M. With today’s fast-paced lifestyle, fast food is the fastest way to satisfy hunger pangs. It’s comfort/convenient food that’s good for the soul — and kind to the pocket, too. To literally grab a bite to eat, you need not look far because fast-food restaurants are all over the […]

So team physicians got together and determined what exactly was the problem. The athletes suffered from a lack of electrolytes and carbohydrates, which was not being replenished with just water. The group of four physicians blended a drink that had the perfect balance of carbohydrates and electrolytes. The drink would prove to help the Gator […]

Originally conceived by Malaysia’s Prime Minister of the day, Dato Seri Mahathir Mohamad, PROTON Bhd was incorporated on 7th May 1983 with the aim of building a national car. Two years later, On 9th July 1985 the Proton Saga was officially launched. It was Malaysia’s first domestically produced car and is still sold in Malaysia […]

The SWOT analysis model is a fundamental tool that provides guidance and serves as a foundation for the development of marketing plans. It evaluates organizational strengths (what an organization can do) and weaknesses (what an organization cannot do) in addition to opportunities (potential favorable conditions for an organization) and threats (potential unfavorable conditions for an […]

Evaluate the internal and external influence on Primark and relate to it to best practices, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and ethics? Majority organizations need best practices for achieving organizational objectives in the terms of profit, social and ethics issues. Primark’s best practice frame work is discussing below: Foundation of Primark in Ireland In June […]

Circuit City officially closed its doors on March 31, 2009 and over 40,000 employees lost their jobs. Through thorough research and having experience working at the organization for 5 years, it is in the opinion of this researcher that Circuit City went out of business because of poor management decisions made by the CEO (Phillip […]

In 1998, Newell Company embarked on expanding its revenue base by strategically acquiring two major companies. The CEO of Newell at that time, John McDonough, was responsible for positioning the publicly traded company for a better revenue base through a differentiated product mix. The decision to expand Newell Company through acquisitions was a bold and […]

The public had previously believed that either Kunitake Ando or Ken Kutaragi would assume this position. However, despite giving his title to Nobuyuki Idei in 1999, Norio Ohga still retains the title of Chairman and continues to interfere with daily operations and influence board decisions. Ohga had a strong desire for Idei’s success, especially when […]

In the University of Phoenix simulation, Kudler Fine Foods is portrayed as a pragmatic organization. Team B, the authors of this paper, were hired by Kudler as advisers with the goal of assisting them in becoming more innovative and advanced. The objective of this work is to present a proposal for Kudler and to demonstrate […]

Nike is the world’s leader in equipment, sportswear, and of course athletic sneakers. As golf was introduced into Nike endorsements were used. “The company continued this strategy in 1995 by signing budding superstar Tiger Woods…”(Brna). The sport of golf may be one of the newest additions to Nike, but they thrive to compete against companies […]

The act will be considered as Sales/Financial planning. The process of marketing planning involves analyzing a business’s environment and capabilities beyond sales, selecting strategies, and executing decisions. It is a crucial aspect of an organization’s overall strategic planning process. The fundamental questions related to marketing planning serve as the foundation for understanding the decision-making and […]

Jet Blue Airways is a low cost airline that has revolutionized the American airline industry. This paper aims to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of Jet Blue Airways and present the information in a SWOT matrix. It also aims to analyze the value chain, Porter’s five forces, organizational structure, and the external environment […]