New Balance Case Study: Capabilities and Resources

High capital investment for competitor entry into telecommunication industry. Companies in this industry incurred high fixed costs and spend fairly large amount of capital on network equipment and maintain development. Besides, technologies are also considered as barriers for new companies to enter the market.

The product of the company is not having a broad scope to compete in the market. With companies like CISCO having broader products, its very difficult to compete in the market. So the company needs to create a more viable business model and upgrade the products.The technical solution of the

The raw materials sit idle until they are ready to ship out which leads to large cost of holding

businesses are having an even harder time competing with big corporations. Often times a family business

Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (fcvs) have not been around for long, but over the past decade that have developed into a new potential successor of the combustion engine. Fcvs function the same as an electric cars but the difference is the hydrogen fuel cell stack. Hydrogen fuel stacks are just multiple layers of fuel cells stacked up and when hydrogen is pumped in to mix with oxygen a reaction takes place. From this reaction electricity and water vapor is created. The electricity carries on and powers the electric motor(s) in the car. The vapor is released from the exhaust and since only water vapor is released, no harm is done to the environment.

possibilities of outsourcing, so it is a roof, and also a limit to the competitiveness of the

Smaller firms might avoid opportunities because they lack the resources and knowledgeable personnel who have more insight about entering foreign markets or expect that the risks might be more

1- Is there any limitations on the company resources to produce new products? If yes, what are

| High entry barrier to the industry because of large economy of scale, high CAPEX, and dominating market shares of big players

Some students feel that college life is like walking a tightrope -- with many conflicting activities vying for your attention and time. You have your academic workload, your growing social circle, your friends and family back home, work and/or school decisions to make, your physical fitness to monitor, and your spiritual well-being to nurture. Add to these things, roommate problems and boyfriend/girlfriend relationship issues and you may at times feel overwhelmed leaving you pondering as to how you can cope? Well Finding balance in my case starts with setting realistic goals for I have found that when I set goals that are too high, it ended up wearing me out, leaving me frustrated and disappointed and on the opposite side of the coin when

Globalization: Microsoft and Cisco also faced similar problems like Nokia when it also went for globalization.

There are high entry barriers and this constitutes a low threat for the existing companies in the industry

* Requires short-term capital expenditure to launch product, and provides less economies of scale to launching into the whole market.

The company may have to pay higher production costs or may not be able to produce and

In this case some big companies dominate the whole industry and as a result the small companies