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exploring strategy
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Exploring Strategy
1. What are pros and cons of Apple’s tight control of licensing?2. What role has ‘ecosystem’ played in Apple’s competitive advantage?
1. Using the post-acquisition integration matrix, Figure 11.3, compare Googles early style of acquisition management with the integration of Nest.2. How has Google managed to be
1. How do the bidders’ acquisition motives differ?2. What are the strategic and organisational fit implications of both bids?
1. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Rovio’s current business model?2. Do you agree with the company chairman Kaj Hed when he says he is satisfied with Rovio’s current situation?Rovio
Google, now Alphabet, is often celebrated as a highly entrepreneurial and innovative company. To what degree do you think they have relied on discovering or creating opportunities?
1. Why might some groups be apprehensive about the cloud computing era?2. What are the advantages of a visual roadmap of this kind? What are the limitations to this visual approach?
1. Identify the various features of Muruganantham’s approach that make his sanitary towel business a typical or not so typical ‘frugal innovation’.2. Could a large company such as Procter &
1. What do you learn from the experience of Goldberg and Ting which could be useful to launching a new enterprise?2. Are there any unmet needs in your community, at college or elsewhere, that could
Based on the experiences of HP, Apple and Facebook what elements of skills and expertise do you think a new venture requires?
1. Considering Yips globalisation framework (Figure 9.2), what drivers of internationalisation do you think were most important when Wanda entered the US market through its AMC and
Why would institutions be of particular importance for strategy in emerging economies?
1. Can you imagine any risks or dangers that Western companies might face in pursuing base of the pyramid strategies?2. Is there anything that Western companies might learn from base of the pyramid
1. Consider NIP’s services in light of the CAGE framework and analyse how they may help reduce distance.2. What might be the drawbacks in being located in an industrial park?
1. What internationalisation drivers (Figure 9.2) do you think were most important for Blue Skies decision to enter its specific markets?2. How does Blue Skies strategy fit
1. What are the internationalisation drivers Walmart International has struggled with?2. What might be the dangers for a large Western retailer in staying out of emerging markets?
1. What directions of strategic development have been followed by Virgin over the period of the case (use Figure 8.2 as a guide)?2. Which type of corporate parenting role (as per Figure 8.5) best
Evaluate the arguments for and against corporate strategy for Berkshire Hathaway or the Greystone Foundation.
1. What parenting advantages did McDonald’s perceive it might bring to Chipotle?2. Despite its success, why was Chipotle spun-off?
1. In what ways does Berkshire Hathaway fit the archetypal portfolio manager (see Section 8.6.2)?2. Warren Buffett still had $30 billion to invest. Suggest industries and businesses he would be
1. In terms of transaction and capability costs, why might outsourcing be attractive to companies?2. What might be the risks of ‘insourcing’?
1. Explain the ways in which relatedness informed TomTom’s post-2008 strategy.2. Were there alternative strategies open to TomTom post 2008?
1. What were the motivation(s) for Greyston Bakery’s diversifications?2. Referring to the Ansoff matrix, how would you classify these diversifications?
1. Identify where (in its value system) and how IKEA have achieved cost leadership.2. Identify how IKEA have achieved differentiation from their competitors.3. Explain how IKEA tries to ensure that
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