Strategic Management MBAE Assignment Nafiz Mostafa, ID: 0712071085 | Executive Summary This paper seeks to analyze an underperforming company, its strategy, the reasons behind underperformance and suitable recommendations for strategic change. As case study Nokia Corporation has been chosen, which has lost its market leadership in the mobile phone industry in the past five years, although it had market leadership for decades. In carrying out analysis of Nokia, this paper has critically scrutinized
Discuss the credit analysis process. [ Healy, P., & Palepu, K. (2012). Business analysis valuation: Using financial statements (5e ed.). ] Credit analysis process is to evaluate the ability for paying the firm’s debts at the scheduled times. It can also evaluate the ability a company can honor its financing obligation. Credit analysis make the firm has a great understanding on the strength of cash flow thorough review the capital structure. The Credit Analysis Process is similar to equity security
Luís Franco Hilário Advisor: Peter Tsvetkov Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degrees of MSc in Business Administration, at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa SEPTEMBER 2011 1 Abstract Due to the financial downturn and the emergence of new devices in the global handset market has led companies to change their business strategies. Indeed, Mergers and Acquisition are considered one of the best strategies to increase shareholder value despite its hardship
CHAPTER 7 Global ALLIANCES AND STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION LECTURE OUTLINE General Outline Opening Profile: From BP to Exxon: Beware the Alliance with the Bear! Strategic Alliances Joint Ventures Equity Strategic Alliances Global Strategic Alliances Global and Cross-Border Alliances: Motivations and Benefits Challenges in Implementing Global Alliances Implementing Alliances Between SMEs and MNCs Under the Lens: Dancing with Gorillas: How SMEs Can Internationalize Through Relationships with Foreign Multinationals
Case Study: Unibrew in the Belarus Market 1. Introduction Royal Unibrew (“Unibrew”) is the second largest brewery group in Denmark with foreign operations in selected Western and Eastern European countries as well as export activities to more distant locations, such as the Middle East and Africa. The company is listed on NASDAQ OMX and currently has more than 16,000 shareholders1. Furthermore, they have a broad product range which includes beer, soft drinks, soda water, mineral water, and fruit
warehousing, transportation, etc. Nokia occupies approximately 40% of global mobile devices’ market share. And China is the biggest customer as a single country of Nokia of which the net sales occupies 13% within Nokia Global market. There are two Nokia’s manufacturing sites in China which produce and supply the mobile devices for both Chinese and other areas’ market. It’s apparent from these figures, more increase of market share, more orders to Nokia-China, more works to Supply Logistics. Supply
Field course Strategy & Innovation Samsung: Transformation from follower to innovator Final Paper Name: Frank Molema Studentno.: s1656287 Supervisor: Dr. H. Snijders Table of Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Industry analysis 4 2.1 General environment 4 2.2 Market Factors 7 2.3 Porter’s Five Forces 11 2.4 Conclusion Industry Analysis 13 3. Company Analysis 14 3.1 Business Model 14 3.2 Company Strategy 15 3
Samsung – The Making of A Global Brand “Now they 're in consumers ' consideration set. After Sony, they have the potential to be the No. 2 brand globally.” -Jan Lindermann, Global Director for Brand valuation, Interbrand in 2001. EMERGING GIANT? In 1998, South Korea’s leading consumer electronics major, Samsung Electronics Corporation (Samsung), entered into an agreement with the International Olympic Association to sponsor the 1998 Seoul Olympics. According to company sources, Samsung wanted
Management Skills Skills Technical skills The ability to apply specialized knowledge or expertise. Human skills The ability to work with, understand, and motivate other people, both individually and in groups. Conceptual Skills The mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations.
I. Executive Summary Solid Group Incorporated has been in the retail industry for more than 50 years. Among Solid Group’s biggest projects to date is the introduction of My|Phone, the very first dual active SIM mobile phone. My|Phone is the first and leading Filipino mobile phone manufacturer in the Philippines and developing better phones at much affordable prices. A proposal for the Global Marketing plan for My|Phone has been made. In the most recent statistics available from the ITU World Telecommunication/ICT