Air France: The group and its strategy
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
“I do not want to discourage you from investing in the airlines one day - quite the contrary - but it is true that when prosperous margins remain low, the average net result of our industry generally does not rise more than that of a 2% turnover.” Jean Cyril Spinetta, lecturer at the...
Business plan: the luxurious Gold Star Restaurant
Business plan - 8 pages - Business strategy
WWe are a 4 star restaurant that also enjoys a 2-star rating in the Michelin Guide; this proves that we are actually a luxurious restaurant with dishes that are renowned for their quality. We offer our patrons two rooms that are tastefully furnished and decorated, to respect their privacy. The...
Applying "The New JIT (Just in time)" in Toyota
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
During the second half of the 20th century, Japanese car companies, especially Toyota, set down standards in defining the best production principles. In particular, they have carried out a quality management approach of the production through the implementation of the Just In Time (JIT) strategy....
The continued dominance of Dell in the the highly competitive technological world
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
Founded in 1984 by Michael Dell, Dell Computer Corporation created an innovative concept by placing the customer at the center of the business organization. In 1998, the company set up a direct sales model, allowing it to establish itself quickly and successfully in the computer industry. Indeed,...
Intel corporation in China and contribution of social sciences in the adaptation of the sale of Intel products abroad
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Intel Corporation is a US research center and an industrial manufacturer of integrated circuits. The group was founded in 1968 by Gordon Moore, Robert Noyce, and Andrew Grove, three PhDs in physics and chemistry, and specialists in digital electronics. Intel is short for Integrated Electronics....
Sydney Finkelstein - Why smart executives fail
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
‘Big Bosses se Plant' is a Spanish translation of the best seller ‘Why Smart Executives Fail'(2003). The original version has been authored by Sydney Finkelstein. Sydney Finkelstein is a graduate in Management from the University of Columbia. He has received degrees in Industrial...
Louis Vuitton's market strategy to excel in the competitive luxury industry
Thesis - 23 pages - Business strategy
The leather sector is renowned for the quality of its products, especially in the luxury market. Louis Vuitton, the most prestigious French business of luxury leather goods, has, for years, been an incredible success, continually expanding its activities. Recently, consumer behavior has changed...
The strategy of L'Oreal
Thesis - 28 pages - Business strategy
L'Oreal was founded in 1907 by a French chemist Eugene Schueller. The latter developed a synthetic product, called Halo, for dyeing hair. He then created his own products, and manufactured and marketed them with Parisian hairdressers.In 1909, after filing the patents for future group...
Fixation of Prices: Is it an art or a science?
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
In a market, each company must adopt a pricing strategy which will enable the company to thrive. For that, it is necessary to determine certain parameters before entering into the pricing strategy technique. These parameters are concerned with determining production costs, evaluation of...
Strategy case study: Electrolux
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
Strategy is an allocation of resources, which the organization engages in the long term, by setting its parameter of activity with the aim of responding to stakeholder expectations, and achieving a competitive advantage. In the case of Electrolux, we have established a strategic intent aimed at...
Strategic Analysis of LECLERC
Thesis - 15 pages - Business strategy
According to the women folk in France, E. LECLERC is a sign or symbol of markets reaching a stage of super activity and hyper activity. In this file, we will aim at presenting a strategic analysis of E. LECLERC. After a careful scrutiny of the footprints followed by E. LECLERC, we will study the...
Company strategy of Trophy Radiology
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
This company has specialized in radiology since 1946. They manufacture and distribute Medical and Dental Radiology materials. Michel Vannoye took over the company in 1980 and the company has grown rapidly and continuously since then. It operates on two SBAs i.e. medical activities (including...
Analysis of Carrefour's failures and success (citing the example of China and Mexico)
Thesis - 12 pages - Business strategy
‘Carrefour', which means ‘Crossroads' in French, is an international hypermarket chain headquartered in Levallois-Perret. A year after its conception in 1959, its first supermarket was opened in Annecy in Haute-Savoie. Today, in the large distribution sector, the Carrefour group is the...
The Communication Strategy of Air France
Thesis - 14 pages - Business strategy
In 1933, Air Orient, Air Union,' Compagnie Generale Aerospostale', ‘Societe Generale de Transport Aerien' (ex Farman airlines) and ‘Compagnie Internationale de Navigation Aerienne' (CIDNA) merged together to form Air France. Air France was officially inaugurated at the Le Bourget...
Strategic study of Dyson's innovative vacuum cleaner
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
James Dyson has been an inventor since 1970, and has invented an incredible array of products. These inventions have experienced several subsequent innovations. Indeed, the inventor has sold a dozen products that range from "Dyson" vacuum cleaners to washing machines. The vacuum cleaners have...
Producing coconut oil for industrial purposes in Madagascar
Thesis - 27 pages - Business strategy
As the Malagasy economy does not hold forth great prospects for the industrial utilization of coconut oil, we propose to create a company called "Enterprise for the Industrial Exploitation of Coconut Oil" to improve it. The objective of the project: - Ensure the development of the market...
The "Total Quality Management" (TQM) and its application in the Thomson factory at Casablanca
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
TQM is a philosophy; a management practice that aims to satisfy consumers by involving employees, coherent governance and a commitment to continuous improvement. In native Japan in the 1950s, the concept of TQM was first passed through an application of methods of statistical controls, before...
Strategy of the Michelin group
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Competition: HIGH Michelin is the world's leading tire manufacturer with 19.20% market shares in 2003. Its two main competitors are Bridgestone and Goodyear and each hold 19.10% and 17.40% market shares respectively in the same period. There are a multitude of other manufacturers like...
Porter's Five Forces - Areva, the French nuclear energy operator
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
As a world leader in its sector, and the flagship company of the French nuclear power industry, Areva must defend certain commitments that allow it to remain competitive. However, it must also preserve its public image in the sensitive field of nuclear energy. It is also led, like most large...
Creation of EasyLoc
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Easyloc was conceived with the aim of providing different categories of people the freedom to travel abroad without facing the difficulty of finding housing for periods of unspecified duration. This helps facilitate travel abroad through a special relationship with the agency that ensures the...
The Reorganization of the European Aviation Market in the past twenty years
Thesis - 52 pages - Business strategy
Discussions about the aviation market are recurrent in the press and the media. It is true that this sector is experiencing many changes. So we took the opportunity to study this subject in more detail when we proposed to analyze it. Today, globalization and competition have become critical...
A guide for negotiation in Denmark
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Introduction A negotiation could fail due to the cultural differences between the negotiators, this is an important factor to take into account when you are negotiating in a foreign country. To illustrate this theory, in this paper, we will examine the cultural habits of Denmark. Denmark is...
Establishment of the Swedish organizational model in France
Thesis - 9 pages - Business strategy
IKEA, a growing multinational firm (present in 44 countries), is characterized in its presence abroad by a desire to maintain some organizational model to enhance one's home environment. With globalization and increasing competition, companies must renew their organization to become truly "human...
The Privatization of France Telecom
Thesis - 10 pages - Business strategy
France Telecom experienced a period of profound transition between 2004 and the first half of 2005. The transition process was brought about via a change to the strategic plan with the success of Ambition FT 2005, marking the completion of the financial turnaround of the group and the...
Study of the international strategy of Nestlé
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Today, consumers attach more importance to the quality of food they buy. Nestlé is one of those brands that have managed to gain the trust of consumers worldwide. How has this Swiss company from managed to enter the international market and succeed? What strategies did it adopt? I -...
Strategy management : Competition and cooperation in the Network level strategy
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
According to Bob De Wit and Ron Meyer, global strategy can be divided in three parts: process, content and context. These can be recognized in all business situations in relation to managers. The strategy process is defined as a set of essential questions about the business as a whole. In these...
Differentiation and CRM implementation for the company 'Darty'
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Darty was created in 1957 in France. At the beginning, the Darty family had a small clothes shop in Paris. They wanted to increase its size, so they bought the shop next to theirs. This shop was offering televisions and radios, and so they started to sell its content on the sidewalk. In 1968,...
SWOT and PESTEL Analyses - British airways
Presentation - 40 pages - Business strategy
Support Activities: Infrastructure, Human Resource Management, Technology Development, Procurement.(the acquisition of appropriate goods and/or services at the best possible total cost of ownership to meet the needs of the purchaser in terms of quality and quantity, time, and location) Primary...
Strategy analysis for the company chemical industry Rhone-Poulenc
Presentation - 52 pages - Business strategy
The company has successfully established its business abroad, achieving its strategic aim of increasing its market share within the US market. It is one of the top 10 worldwide companies in its industry. However, each sector had reached a massive proportions. To deal with this each sector was...
Discuss the relevance of Gesteland's dimensions in relation to analyzing intercultural business communication.
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
By the end of the 20th century, 80 percent of the U.S. products were competing in the international market. This fact emphasizes the globalization of the world's economy. The changing environment and increasing complexity of the 21st century workplace makes communication even more important. In...
