Nintendo: The gaming company
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
Nintendo was started by Fusajiro Yamauchi in 1889, under the name Nintendo Koppai. Nintendo translates to “leave luck to heaven”. Nintendo Koppai produced handcrafted Hanafuda cards made from the bark of the mulberry oak. In 1549, when Francisco Xavier landed in Japan, his crew brought...
Making brands go global
Presentation - 15 pages - Business strategy
Countries and their roles are viewed in a globally competitive system (e.g a particular country can be used for the purposes of developing a product. Another for test marketing the product. Global Marketing - extends a single marketing mix to a particular region / globe. The conditions of...
Brand management over time
Thesis - 20 pages - Business strategy
Company Brands have less freedom than new brands, as the Brand becomes the company spokesperson. If a perfect fit does not exist between brand and the company a bridge by way of company culture must be formed. Relationship between brand and company may be switched over time to take advantage of...
The factors determining the top players in the video-gaming industry
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
The competition in the gaming industry can be termed as oligopolistic competition as there are few major players and many buyers. The major players have maximum market share and maintain prices through a mutual understanding or by price leadership. They also have the advantage of economies of...
Provocation in advertising
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
The public is bombarded with hundreds of advertisements through the media everyday. As a result of this, it has become difficult for the customer to differentiate advertisements and no wonder they pay less attention to it. In such situations, it becomes increasingly important for advertisers to...
Electronic commerce in the European union: The case study of Premier tours ltd
Tutorials/exercises - 23 pages - Business strategy
Electronic commerce has emerged with the development of the new information and communication technologies, the Internet and the World Wide Web. This paper addresses the theoretical issue of the electronic commerce by introducing the main theoretical issues and summarizing the few literary...
Operations improvement plan for Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Case study - 4 pages - Business strategy
Procter & Gamble (P & G) is the biggest producer of household products in the USA. The company was established in Cincinnati in 1837. After the WW2 the company began its expansion in Europe and then - to the rest of the world. The company has one of the largest and strongest portfolios of...
Advantages (benefits) and disadvantages (risks and demerits) of online shopping
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
Internet has become a part of our everyday life over the last decade. It has opened new horizons for the companies and the people as online shopping and auctions are experiencing a remarkable success. According to Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine (2000) the total turnover of online sales in...
Research proposal - proposed title: The role of quality factors in electronic commerce
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
The unprecedented proliferation of the Internet and the World Wide Web over the last decade has increased the importance of electronic commerce. The research will present an exploratory study of the role of quality factors in electronic commerce in order the significance of the latter to be...
Ad review of the Bulgarian Flirt Vodka
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
FLIRT VODKA is probably the most famous vodka in Bulgaria. The drink is the unquestioned leader on the Bulgarian market. The main themes in the advertising campaign of the vodka are coquetry and flirt; growing fast into sexual intercourse. The ad suggests that flirt is an art. The unique...
General Motors: The restructuring plan of 2009 and the consolidation of the group
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
The renowned company, General Motors presented a restructuring report to the Congress towards the end of 2008 on achieving sustainability through a restructuring process. This has been done in the face of the difficulties encountered by GM during the recent economic and financial crisis due to...
The history of Apple
Case study - 10 pages - Business strategy
Steve Wozniak, the cofounder of Apple, invented the Apple 1, the first Apple Personal computer. To make it easier to use, the switches were replaced by a keyboard. He used a TV screen as a display, rather than a series of diodes. Only 200 units were created in 1976. The money earned from the...
Strategic analysis of the European beer industry
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
Europe is a major player in the world beer market. In recent years, however, the sector has seen a decline in consumption in Europe due to several factors. Breweries are now facing losses due to decline of business. The giant Carlsberg plans to close 29 European breweries in the next ten years....
Business tourism
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
The tourism industry is divided based on various types of travel like leisure and business. Traveling for leisure and business constitute the majority of the tourism industry. The market for business tourism has grown nationally and internationally. The business travel market is a booming market,...
Michelin: Case study
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Michelin designs, manufactures and sells tires for every type of vehicle. In addition to this, it also publishes maps and atlases, and has diversified into the production of GPS navigation instruments. Michelin stands out among its competitors by dint of its strong innovation policy, significant...
The social aspects of corporate restructuring in France
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
The company has a special reference in social law. It is the framework within which the employment relationship operates. The activities of the staff, management and capital components constitute business. The purpose of this article is to study the effect of the changes of these components on...
An overview of the Geophysics National Company (Now a subsidiary of the Sonatrach Group)
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
The Geophysics National Company is a 100% subsidiary of the oil company Sonatrach, with a capital of seven billion Algerian dinars, whose headquarters is located in Hassi Messaoud. In 2008, its turnover amounted to 17 billion DA. With a human resource base of over 5154 employees (annual...
Motorcycle industry: Ducati poised to conquer the world
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
The global motorcycle market covers a varied range of machines like off-road cruisers, touring bikes and sports bikes. So far, Ducati has been a relatively small player, with a market share of only 6.7%. The company faces stiff international competition in its efforts to gain a larger market...
The true-false Porsche Volkswagen Takeover (2007)
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
A takeover is the purchase of a company (target) by another company (the bidder or acquirer). The target of a takeover must either be a company (corporation) or a sole proprietorship. The purpose of a takeover bid is to take control of the company concerned and its heritage. An IPO is different...
Adidas women: The new trend in the sportswear industry
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Sports have become an important part in the lives of men mainly due to the modern changes in the sporting arena. To meet consumer needs, sporting brands offer a wide range of products in the sportswear market. Today, Adidas is one of the biggest brand in the sportswear industry. Found in 1948, it...
Auchan Group: An organizational study
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
We chose to study the Auchan group, because we were interested to analyze the operation of a large French distribution group. Since the first store was opened in 1961, the group has become one of the top distribution groups in the world. The Auchan group belongs to the hypermarket industry and...
A brief study of the Virgin Group
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Virgin Group is led by a charismatic leader, Richard Branson who was described as an architect of the 20th century during a campaign organized by Apple. At the organizational level, Richard Branson is responsible for the accountability and managerial decision-making activities for the group's...
Environmental analysis of Dell Computer Corporation
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Established in the year 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, which was implemented quickly and successfully in the computer industry....
Angelical ventures
Thesis - 5 pages - Business strategy
Venture capital is an alternative lending mechanism available to business conglomerates across the world. It is a viable option when bank credit is difficult to obtain because of the risk involved in the nature of the business or novelty in the concept of the business as a whole. The investors,...
Business options in Asia
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
The growth of financial markets has led to the evolution of sophisticated and complex financial instruments. The complexity of these instruments continues to grow to meet the immediate needs of companies that look up to hedge against risks. These financial innovations, known as exotic options,...
A comparison of Richard Branson's Virgin Atlantic and the Australian Qantas
Thesis - 4 pages - Business strategy
Sir Richard Branson is often termed as an entrepreneur who has always over achieved. He was born on 18 July, 1950 and is the man behind pioneering the Virgin Group to what it is today. Richard Branson studied at Stowe School, where he started Student Magazine which was his first venture when he...
Time-cost trade-off in project networks through deterministic simulation
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Traditionally, the time-cost problem is addressed by CPM-based analytical approach that involves lot of computation work. The method assumes unlimited resources and the existence of a continuous time-cost function. However, given the discrete nature of most resources, activities can often be...
Application of ANN in non-life insurance industry
Thesis - 12 pages - Business strategy
Most of the Institutions are yet to use basic best practices for marketing spending and effectiveness for allocation of marketing resources. They traditionally allocate their marketing budget either based on historical allocation level or based on product level priorities. Marketing has come...
Determinants of the maintenance of ISO 9000 certification in Thailand: An empirical study
Thesis - 8 pages - Business strategy
Since 1993 to 2004, there have been 5,833 organizations in Thailand registered for ISO 9000 certificates. Of these, systematic random sampling is used to obtain 276 organizations as studied sample to investigate determinants of the maintenance of ISO 9000 certification. It is hypothesized that...
Reasons for doing qualitative research into strategic decision-making process
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Business strategy
Strategic decision-making process is a crucial part of strategy formulation and implementation. However, most inquiries into strategic decision-making process use quantitative methods. Even if there have been calls for more qualitative method for decision-making research, most researchers still...
