to establish 3,114-km-long bicycle trails.
The government planned to build 1,296-km-long bicycle trails near around 4-river construction sites as one of the nation-driven policy.
Expected Result
Cycle Competition
for Some
Domestic
Outdoor Festival
for Everyone
Asian No.1
Cycle Festival
Course Design on 4 Rivers
Multi-Operation
Diverse Sponsorship for Scale
Aggressive Promotion
1. With which of the international competitors listed in the case is it most interesting to compare Inditex’s financial results? Why? What do comparisons indicate about Inditex’s relative operating economics? Its relative capital efficiency?
GAP H&M Benetton Inditex
ROIC -0.15% 24.16% 11.20% 27.24%
Return on sales -0.06% 9.60% 7.05% 10.46%
COGS/sales 7
1.1. Market Foreclosure
What is market foreclosure?
By merging with one of its potential customers, input supplier effectively removes that the firm's purchases of the input from the open market(vice versa)
(Source: A NOTE ON VERTICAL MARKET FORECLOSURE, Roger D. Blair, James M. Fesmire and Richard E. Romano*)
for example,
Thus, market foreclosure results in
1. Lessened competiti
competition among automobile companies. Automotive industry growth in North America is mature enough to rely on. Whether it can go back to previous ‘Moderate’ stage of competition is depends on emerging hybrid car market and economic recovery.
2) The Potential Entry of New Competitors
The barriers to enter the automotive industry are substantial. For a new company, the startup capit
competitive advantage within a particular competitive scope. By applying these strengths, three generic strategies are resulted: cost leadership, differentiation and focus. The strategies used by the company include cost leadership, differentiation strategy and focused differentiation.
In the case of Ryanair, cost leadership, differentiation strategy, and focus-differentiation strategy has be
competitive advantages by using the technique of LG. With these actions, The Face Shop can construct better relationship with its customers.
Another recommendation which we make to The Face Shop in order to maintain its competitiveness is to build a strong brand image. Currently, as result of survey and FGI which we made said, The Face Shop has failed to deliver clear brand image which distingui
competition in the environment, where traditional businesses operate, and a greater number of companies are moving into internet based tourism services industry offering lower prices, better choices resulting from wider selection, greater level of convenience, and speedy quality services (Brynjolfsson et al., 2001).
When assessing difficulties resulting from a change in tourism industry, it is i
C. Core Competency and Sustainable Competitive Advantage
In terms of its core competency, Hite Brewery seeks to achieve a unique ability to provide a high-quality beer. In the early 1990s, Korean customers were interested in environmental aspects in many products. So, Hite Brewery has made beer by using natural bedrock water to promote an environment-friendly image. As a result, Hite Brewery was
develop new products so as to keep and expand their market share.
Recently, despite unfavorable economic environment such as slowing growth and rising cost of living, cosmetics industry is experiencing a huge growth with introduction of new brands every day. As a result, firms face steeper competition and customers enjoy a wider range of choice that suits their needs and preferences.
competitively and attained killer soft, and built a rival relationship that sparked news interest from consumers.
After sales began, PS was established at an adventurous price of 39,800 yen and while being distributed throughout the world competitively, rapidly decreased in cost. As a result, before the Nintendo 64 made its debut, the original PS model cut its prices and dominated the market.