Wal-Mart
Stores Division U.S
Discount Stores, Supercenters, Neighborhood Markets, Account for 67.2% of net sales in 2006
Wal Mart online retailer, non grocery products
Sam’s Club
Warehouse clubs, groceries, general merchandise, gasoline. Opened in 1983
12.1% of Wal Mart total sales
Wal-Mart
International
Comprise 2,980 stores in 14 countries in 2006
Account for 20.7% o
Our first topic was Netflix
We found out that we can hardly contribute to that company
Huge company has sufficient internal capability
Very successful however Has some problems
Core Competency
Various Menu
Affordable Taste of foods
Well-known Refill System
(rice and side dishes)
Enough Capacity to
accommodate many people
Very kind Employees
Weakness
But! There are so m
Ⅲ. Internal analysis
Harley-Davidson has extensive reputational resources, technological resources and distribution capabilities.
1. Resources
1) Reputational resources
A. The Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.®)
H.O.G is one of important factors of Harley-Davidson’s reputational resources. It was established in1983 as a way to build longer-lasting and stronger relationships with Ha
3. Brief Introduction of Two major Schools: Realism and Neo-Liberalism
As the table shown above, realism and liberalism start from different viewpoints. As a result, two rational theories come to a distinct conclusion when it comes to judging international regimes. Even though their basic assumptions are going to largely coincide with each other during the academic neo-neo debate, views on inte
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
cultural and geographical boundaries
For managing global operations
Supporting an international company’s
decision-making processes
Components of GIS
A network capable of global connection
A global database
Information-sharing technologies
Huge Transnational company
Global data base / access
Consolidated global reporting
Strategic planning support
internal and external environments and customer environment. This analysis focuses on the firm's resources, strengths, and capabilities vis-a-vis competitive, customer and environmental issues, which establishes the firm's strategy and several functional plans.
a. Internal environment
Internal environment considers the firm's current marketing objectives and performance issues such as the av
2. Internal Analysis
Overview
If we see the sequential chain in the value creation process, there are three major participants with some of intermediaries among them. So for the internal analysis, we will see how products would be conveyed to customers from suppliers and investigate each activity of the participants.
The first player dealing with the products are suppliers, and they delive
Background
In 1998,
Raising $160 million
in capital from top investors
In 1999,
Being awarded 75 landing and takeoff slots at the JFK
In 2000,
Starting commercial operations
Positioning
Colorful and fun airline
Value player
Leather seats
Unlike other LCC, Jetblue provided assigned seating
Providing free personal satellite television
so it is more possible that the highly recognized services could be chosen. PayPal and Bill Me Later are representatives of those payment methods and this market situation can be an opportunity to eBay.
3. e-communication
Last, online communication is sort of new business growing rapidly. Tons of sources based on Internet are capable of being utilized, from photos or videos to social