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Management has recognized the effect of changes in the real-world competitive environment and government policies on other industries and anticipates similar events occurring in their industry, so they ask you for a report considering the following points.

Prepare a presentation of 10 – 12 PowerPoint images plus speaker’s notes in which you describe how each of the following are or potentially will affect your industry or one with which you are familiar:

  • New companies entering the market, mergers, and globalization, on pricing and the sustainability of profits: Identify the type of merger activity in your industry or one with which you are familiar-horizontal, vertical, or conglomerate-and explain why you made that choice.
  • Current and expected government policies and regulations, including taxes and regulations in place to address issues related to externalities
  • Global competition on the decisions made by management with regards to change in labor demand, supply, relations, unions, and rules and regulations in your chosen industry
  • Global/multinational corporations and their ability to still remain competitive on a local level.

Recommend how the industry you chose may respond to each of the previous points

 
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Competitive Strategies and Government Policies

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Competitive Strategies and Government Policies

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Select an organization the team is familiar with and which has a global presence.  Nike is the organization !

Management in the team’s organization has recognized the effect of changes in the real-world competitive environment and government policies on other industries and anticipates similar events occurring in their industry, so they ask you for a report considering the following points.

Create a 12-‘slide PowerPoint® presentation in which you describe how each of the following are or potentially will affect your industry or one with which you are familiar:

  • The impact of new companies entering the market, mergers, globalization on the market structure, price elasticity of demand, pricing, and the sustainability of profits
  • The impact of current and expected government policies and regulations, including taxes and regulations in place to address issues related to externalities
  • The effect of global competition on the decisions made by management with regards to change in labor demand, supply, relations with unions, and rules and regulations in your chosen industry

Recommend how the organization you chose may respond to each of the previous points.

Cite a minimum of 3 peer reviewed sources.

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Competitive Strategies Research Questions

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Competitive Strategies Research Questions

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Directions: answer 4 out of 5 questions completely. Be concrete. Define in your own words and reinforce with “real” world. The “real” world researched by you is where you earn the points! The Key to Success to research real world examples to illustrate the synthesis of understanding.

1. Discuss in length, analyze and compare the 5 generic Competitive strategies. Please discuss when they are best used and not to be used. Also, provide “real” world examples of each strategy.

2. Discuss and analyze and the Macro Environment of a company. Discuss the factors that affect the environment. Also, discuss the immediate Industry and Competitive environment. Analyze why all of these are important for a company to know. Provide “real” world examples.

3. Discuss each the do and don’ts of creating a Vision Statement. Provide “real” world examples of a good Vision statement and why and a poor Vision Statement.

4. Discuss and analyze what a company needs to look for in their strategy. Discuss the patterns of actions and business approaches that define a company’s strategy Discuss and provide real examples.

5. Define each of the four types of a SWOT. Why would a SWOT be performed? Provide and analyze a “real” world companies SWOT analysis.

Please choose four questions, one page for each. Please use simple words, don’t use long sentences

 
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Competitive Strategies

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Competitive Strategies

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Instructions

The following website has information on the SIMATIC IT Preactor software:

http://w3.siemens.com/mcms/mes/en/mescomponents/pr…

Questions

1) Explain in your own words the capabilities of the software. Have there been any success stories of companies using it? Are there similar products from competitors and how do these compare as far as capabilities are concerned?

(700 words)

2) Give an overview of E-commerce, M-commerce and E-business. Discuss how companies that work using the E-business model can obtain a competitive advantage in relation to traditional businesses. Explain how traditional companies can implement the E-businessmodel while keeping their traditional status. Also discuss how a traditional business can fully convert to an E-Business (dropping its traditional status). Analyse the benefits of E-commerce for the customers of such business.

(1000 words)

3) Read the case study for Assignment 2 and answer the following:

a) What were the concerns of the New York City cabbies over the new use of the new system? Were their concerns justified and why or why not?

b) If you were the manager of the New York City’s Taxi & Limousine Commission, what would you have done to create a smoother transition to the new system?

c) Many cabbies expressed the opinion that the technology being installed in their cabs was inevitable, no matter what their opinion. Do you agree with this assessment? Why or why not?

d) As a customer of a cab service, would you appreciate the benefits provided by the new system in New York City? Would it help provide you with a favourable view of the city in general? List the benefits and provide your view of each.

(800 words)

 
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