Discuss the shift away from the conglomerate form in the advanced industrial countries, and its persistence in most emerging markets performance?
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
Western business strategies are often held as models for emerging countries. Despite General Electric being the largest worldwide conglomerate, such success stories have become rather rare nowadays in the United States and Europe, although this is not true in Japan for cultural and historical...
Coach: introduction of an American leather goods producer to the French market
Essay - 8 pages - Services marketing
Let us briefly recall the features of the French leather goods market. This market is composed of 123 enterprises generating a turnover of 1703.2 billions euros. In France, approximately 14.000 employees are working for leather goods companies. The low and middle price companies...
Red Bull marketing for the Philippine market (2007)
Essay - 10 pages - Services marketing
The functional drink market in The Philippines is driven by the more active lifestyles (GMID, 2005). “A loyal group of enthusiasts remain addicted to sport, and on the other end of the functional drinks consumer group, laborers and other blue-collar workers have continued their...
Petrolivia and the olive oil producers market
Essay - 4 pages - Business strategy
For many years, the olive oil producer market has been dominated by three European countries: Spain, Italy and Greece, which account 97 per cent of the European production and 77 per cent of the world production. These three European countries are followed by African countries such as...
The clothing market middle to top-of-the-range
Market study - 4 pages - Services marketing
Over the course of the last twenty years, the textile market has seen major upheavals Countries like China or Morocco (countries in which labor is cheap) are the main causes of this upheaval. Other important factors contributing to this change are the rise in costs (raw materials or...
Market research on customer satisfaction survey for Henkel (B2B)
Case study - 42 pages - Services marketing
This research was implemented to determine the level of Customer Satisfaction with Henkel Products and Services. It is a Business to business (B2B) research. The approach adopted for conducting the research includes surveys and personal interviews conducted in May 2008. Henkel deals its product...
Marketing using sports in India
Dissertation - 38 pages - Services marketing
If there is one change that has taken place in the sporting arena during the past 15 years in the country, it is the influx of marketing muscle and the infusion of large sums of money. Players, events, broadcast and media coverage, clothing and merchandising, grassroots development programs, fan...
Strategic marketing in today's Indian markets
Dissertation - 43 pages - Services marketing
This study has been undertaken to study the strategic marketing trends in the white good industry, the growing competing among various white goods competitors and emerging scenario in the new millennium. The study reveals that though many MNCs have entered, their growing concern has been towards...
Marketing and branding strategies of consumer durable companies in India
Dissertation - 37 pages - Services marketing
The Consumer Durable industry is huge! Think of a typical day then you wake up to make coffee that has been brewed by your-controlled coffee maker. You pop a couple of slices of bread into your electric toaster, grab some juice from the refrigerator and throw a load of laundry into your washing...
Carvel Ice Cream: Developing the Beijing market
Thesis - 3 pages - Business strategy
By 1994, Carvel created a joint venture in China, ‘Beijing Carvel Food Company Limited'. In 1997, sales went over 6 million Rmb (US$ 725,000). Considering that overall economy growth rate was 8% per year between 1998 and 2000, and that inflation was negative (-1,4%), I make the assumption...
Comparative analysis of investment patterns, market segmentation, market feedback and the formulation of new strategies
Case study - 49 pages - Finance
HDFC commenced operations as a mortgage bank; it raised large wholesale resources (domestic and international) and lent primarily to individual households. In mid 1991, HDFC entered the retail deposit market by offering savings and investment opportunities to households. Incorporated in...
International market study for organic products
Market study - 6 pages - Services marketing
An organic product stems from organic farming, a method in which there is no use of chemicals in any form. At least 95% of the ingredients used in an organic product must have been grown using a method of production that respects the natural balance of the environment and ensures the well being...
Foreign exchange markets (12 slides)
Presentation - 4 pages - Finance
Forex market is an over the counter market, through which we can convert one country's currency into another. Participants like market makers, brokers, corporate and individual customers are physically separated from each other. A Forex trader can work from home or office at...
The energy drinks market in Europe : a market for the future ?
Market study - 35 pages - Services marketing
The on-the-go market has witnessed continued, robust growth over the past five years and this shows no signs of abating in the next five years. The demand for on-the-go products has been set in motion by significant shifts in the underlying structure of socio-cultural and economic...
Caroll in China: strategic marketing plan
Case study - 22 pages - Services marketing
With an economic growth of nearly 10%, China looks very attractive to a lot of companies today. The emergence of a strong middle class characterized by a high purchasing power makes opportunities plentiful. However, China's huge market is much more complex and specific than western...
The Smart Car entering the US Market
Case study - 16 pages - Services marketing
The Smart car brand has seen great success in France over the last several years. Through our research, we have found that Smart has enormous potential in the United States' automobile industry. Thus, we have created a marketing plan that outlines the strategies and tactics that Smart brand...
Introduction of the " Company ' L ' Occitane en Provence " on the U.S. market (2008-2009)
Case study - 18 pages - Business strategy
Beauty and skin care products in the American market represent a huge market where the competition is very strong and dominated by multinational leadership groups. But we can find niche segments in this market and it's an opportunity for small and medium sized French...
How Can Outsourcing to Emerging Markets Be Used to Gain Competitive Advantage?
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Since the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989, the world has become more globalised than ever (Global Policy, 2003). This globalisation has changed the world and especially the economic and business structure of emerging countries. Outsourcing is ‘a contractual delegation to an outside...
The tourism marketing of Dubai: Why it's a success
Thesis - 25 pages - Geology
Dubai has emerged as one of the most attractive tourism destinations in the world with the help of an excellent marketing strategy, which gives the city a unique identity in relation with its origins. Dubai has chosen to invest in tourism as the ruling power had the foresight to realize that oil...
Marketing and the promotion of Bordeaux Wines in France and abroad
Thesis - 60 pages - Services marketing
In the past few years, there has been a new phenomenon known as the "French Wine Crisis". This industry of French wine previously known as unique and untouchable is nowadays confronted by an international competition that was able to adapt its products and features to a new kind of consumer and...
The feasibility of the launching of Twingo in Japan: Development of a marketing strategy
Case study - 8 pages - Services marketing
Renault's presence on the Japanese market dates from the 50s, during which about 50,000 cars were sold. However, the import of cars to the Japanese market declined considerably during the 1960s. Indeed, Renault was forced to ban the import policies of Japan. In 1994, Renault saw...
The subprime crisis in the United States and its impact on the European financial markets
Thesis - 91 pages - Economy general
It was in February 2007 that the current financial market crisis was revealed to the United States. Institutions specializing in subprime loans announced their first losses and provisions. The financial experts compiled several scenarios. Was this a temporary crisis that would correct the...
The importation and the marketing of wines and spirits in Dubai
Market study - 45 pages - Economy general
The Federation of UAE is an Arab country that tolerates the import and marketing of alcohol in a very strict manner. We place ourselves in a Muslim country in the vicinity of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, in order to study it. We all know the position of Islam vis-a-vis alcohol. In addition,...
Chinese Tourism in France: developmental perspectives of the market by 2030
Market study - 35 pages - Services marketing
Given the current influx of Chinese tourists in France, and in particular its composition, how does one configure the volume of customers in China in 2030? France is the international leader in the number of visitors. In 2005, it hosted 76 million foreigners who generated 34 billion euros as...
Strategy marketing of the Zara group
Case study - 28 pages - Services marketing
The clothing industry represents a steady 6%- 7% of household incomes. The sector is inevitable, and everyone from the most affluent to less affluent, spend the same share. However, the textile market is primarily a volatile sector, subject to seasonality and fluctuations of fashion....
Commercial communication: strategy marketing, between H&M and ZARA
Essay - 33 pages - Services marketing
It is almost impossible to meet a young woman who does not have a range, a top, a prop, or a gloss signed H & M. As the brand is present in most women's wardrobes, it was decided to analyze the Swedish clothing giant Hennes and Mauritz. H & M (Hennes and Mauritz) is now present in the world,...
Case study of Jurassic Toys, Strategy Marketing and External analysis
Case study - 10 pages - Services marketing
This study of Jurassic Toys is to examine the major trends in order to remain competitive. The study is set up around four points: 1. using the model of PESTEL, and identifying the central variables in the toy industry worldwide. 2. Perform an analysis of the 5 competitive forces of the toy...
Digital marketing and E-commerce, what future for physical stores in the textile industry?
Thesis - 30 pages - Distribution marketing
Changes in consumer behavior along with a world in which everything is getting digitalized require firms to rethink their marketing strategy in order not only to be able to identify and target market needs accurately but also deliver information and interact with the customers in real time...
The link between financial reporting and capital markets: Evaluating the extent of development and use of International Accounting Standards
Essay - 4 pages - Accounting
“As capital markets play an increasingly central role in today's modern economies, policy-makers are confronted with the question of how to assure the continued effective functioning of these markets and, in particular, how to develop a sound financial reporting...
IKEA UK : Study on the journey of the company in UK Market
Market study - 10 pages - Business strategy
"IKEA arrived in UK in the late 80's and it is said that with the exception of Abba and Volvo, this is perhaps the third most predominant area where Sweden left its mark. It opened its first store in UK at Warrington, in 1987. Unlike other international brands which target the capital for opening...
