28 IX. Appendix 30 X. References 34 XI. Document Work Log 36 I. Executive Summary Motors and More, Incorporated is a manufacturer of small motors and associated equipment supplying the business-to-business (B2B) market. As this market sector is highly competitive the company follows a prospector strategy, which is the most forceful of the four main aggressive business strategies.
Industrialization greatly affected the balance of power in the world. Those nations that did industrialize became significantly more powerful. The first nation to industrialize was Great Britain. One of the major effects of industrialization was the need for raw materials, so it encouraged colonialism. The European powers attempted to dominate in far-flung places in order to make sure that they had the resources needed to drive their
Tesla Case Questions 1. What are the key elements of Tesla Motors’ strategy? Based on my findings in the case, I was able to discover the key elements of Tesla Motors’ strategy. The case stated that, “the company’s overriding strategic objective was “to drive the world’s transition to electric mobility by bringing a full range of increasingly affordable electric cars to market.” At it’s core, the company’s strategy was aimed squarely at disrupting the world automotive industry in ways that were sweeping and revolutionary.” The case included many different strategies that Tesla Motors’ used, which were the key elements to Tesla Motors’ overall strategy. The different strategies that they used included the following: Product Line Strategy: With this strategy Tesla has introduced two models that were rapidly advancing through the pipeline.
GE's Growth Strategy: The Immelt Initiative Jeff Immelt, the GE CEO while taking charge makes the pledge to deliver the double-digit growth to the company but he faces the tough situation at the initial stages because of the debacle of world trade center which make his company the billion of losses .Jeff keeps the idea about the company’s growth during the time of his former CEO Welch who has delivered the double-digit growth to the company and GE gets the immense reputation in the world. Being the head of $150 billion company, Jeff strives to implement the vigorous growth strategy in the tough business environment and brings some positive reforms by reinvigorating the latest technology in GE, brings the vast expansion of various services in many sectors, expands its business to many countries, introduces some constructive focus on commercialism and makes the efforts to realign the business portfolio of GE in the world on the platform of growth. Within in weeks of taking charge he started making significant investments to align GE’s businesses for growth. Seeing opportunities to expand its nbc broadcast business to capture fast growing Hispanic advertising market. Also it is because of his visionary and entrepreneur insights that Jeff brings some employees-oriented reforms in GE where cultures for promoting the growth of the employees and company towards innovation and risks taking.
Timothy T. Riley SOC-100 October, 20, 2013 David Claerbaut Globalization: A Closer Look In today’s economy multinational corporations are outsourcing at an astounding rate. These conglomerates are making their mark through dominating the business arena through globalization and world trade. Companies like Ford motor company, General Motors, and Wal-Mart just to name a few are considered to be the major power players in the industry. Multinational companies are considered a threat to national independence to secure satisfactory working environments. The world’s fortune 500 companies controlled an astounding 70% of the trade market, and 80% of foreign investment, and 30% of the (GDP), gross domestic product.
The lending companies took advantage of this when the market was good; however, they were surprised by the downfall of the housing industry and the economy. 2. Discuss the ethical issues that caused the downfall of Countrywide Financial. One ethical issue that caused the downfall of Countrywide Financial is that leadership was more focused on themselves then on the company. So that the company could grow at a rapid rate, their salespeople were being given incentives to undertake riskier transactions.
It proposed the abolition of road service licensing and allowed for the introduction of competition on local bus services for the first time since the 1930s. The removal of licence requirement within the industry has made the market more contestable. In theory this would lead to deflationary pressures and an increase in the quality of the service provided. This is because new firms entering the market due to deregulation would have the incentive of lowering costs of production in an attempt to increase profits and be price competitive with the ‘big players’ already competing and dominating the market. The kinked demand curve shows how firms in an oligopoly are looking to protect and maintain their market share and that rival firms are unlikely to match another’s price increase but may match a price fall.
 An example would be a customer stating that they will leave IBM if they cannot match a competitor’s price. o Bargaining power of suppliers  o Substitute products  Rivals have the potential to offer substitute products comparable to all of the products IBM offers.  There would be a high level of effect on rivalry from this force because there are so many other computer companies in the industry.  Example: HP and Dell offer many of the same types of products and services that IBM does. • Environmental Scan – (focus on technological change over time) o Macroeconomic Forces – “IBM hopes that when the economy recovers sales of software will increase
BP and Consolidation of the Oil Industry, 1998-2002 Executive Summary BP should sell its business and start a new business, a clean energy production, because it would lose profits from oil supply. Oil industry had not developed in perfect competition; oil price was easily controlled since oil industry was oligopoly, many consumers exist and the government protected oil industry from competition. However, oil industry is facing perfect competition; oligopoly formation of oil industry would come to perfect competition because OPEC started apart from each other. This perfect competition tends to be price competition since oil is commodity. To maximize the profit, competitors would increase supply with low prices, and the government changed regulations that could trigger to reduce oil consumption and strengthen substitutes.
The 25-year slump caused many companies to go under distress. Lakshmi Mittal (the CEO of Mittal Steel) saw value in the distressed companies and believed that they could be feasible operations through a move toward greater efficiency and with an injection of capital. On the contrary, Greenfield Investment took a different route by building similar operations from the ground up, proven to be more costly. By avoiding the start-up-phase, Mittal Steel was able to avoid delay and take advantage of the benefits that come with a recognized market presence. 3.