North America Case Studies Samples For Students

Introduction

The case study by Rebecca Henderson and Cate Reavis, entitled What’s Driving Porsche? Is an investigation into the current realities for the Porsche car company (Henderson and Reavis, 2009). Porsche has made some significant changes in recent years, ceding control and gaining control within certain parts of the automotive industry; the purpose of this report is to give a thorough discussion of the changes that are occurring in the automotive industry, particularly the luxury automotive industry, and examine how these events have affected Porsche as a company and as a brand. The transitory nature of the automotive industry branding tactics have ...

Impacts of Pollution on Wildlife

Introduction
Impacts of pollution on wildlife has been a controversy and a contradicting issue since it has been experienced in the world and specifically in the united States of America for a long period of time. There are environmental laws which are hard on some manufacturing and production industry in North America and this makes them to be held responsible of various wildlife cases. The environmental laws in the United States of America have enacted endangered species Act in which it is a general rule which has held several companies responsible of the reduction of Wolverines in Montana glacial ...

Drivers for Change

The acquisition of Whirlpool over Maytag resulted in complementary advantages since Maytag shareholders received both cash and Whirlpool stock while Whirlpool expanded its product and service offerings (Fox, 2006). The acquisition effect is an increase in brand portfolio variety and potential improvement in production efficiency (Whirlpool, 2005, p.7). However, this acquisition occurred during one of the most challenging external environments due to a continuing increase in both material and oil-related costs (Whirlpool, 2005, p.6). This was further worsened by a decline in consumer demand within its U.S. market (Whirlpool, 2006, p.5).
Whirlpool countered by increasing the number of new ...

Advertising Category – Brand Brief

Doritos is a popular snack food product. The brand’s products fall under the Consumer Packaged Foods Category. Doritos is a subsidiary of Frito Lay North America Inc. a subsidiary of Pepsi Co. (MarketLine, 2015). Frito Lay North America Inc. produces many popular brands of potato chips. The company who reported over fourteen billion dollars in profits in 2014, began its operations in 1934 selling corn chips (MarketLine, 2015).

Purpose of the Advertising

The purpose of the advertising it to promote the brand image in order to compete in a highly competitive industry. The Doritos ad campaign aims to maintain the consumer perception ...

The lack of interest in General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford (Big Three) in performing on the small cars market through innovative and competitive new products led them to losing market share, registering lower sales, losing their leading spots and facing bankruptcy (Bennett, 2013). Because of their lack of competitive edge in the small cars market, the Big Three were overpassed in North America sales by the Japanese competitors (Bennett, 2013). Another causes that produced the general effect of the decreasing sales figures in all three companies on the United States territory mostly was the advancement of the financial crisis ...

Abstract

This paper intends to evaluate a case study that proposes Nestle with business plan. The case focuses on various essentials such as strategy formulization, SWOT analysis, and Porter’s Five Forces Model to generate insights and develop systematic framework accordingly. However, clear mission and vision is absent, which introduce various ambiguities in plan. Over the years, Nestle faced various environmental challenges that altered decision-makings and corporate earnings. However, the company has some strong competitive advantages and competencies that differentiate their products from competitors. Among these advantages, research and development (R&D) activities is a noticeable investment made by Nestle. The ...

Question 1

The one with the highest growth rate is the one with the highest percentage. Europe has the highest growth rate at 41.2 percent which is followed by Asia, Middle East and Africa at 17.5 percent.

Question 2

The one with the highest operating profit margin is the one with the highest operating profit to sales ratio while the one with the lowest operating profit margin is the one with the lowest operating profit to sales ratio
Quaker Foods North America and Frito-Lay North America have the highest operating profit margin. Europe, and Asia, Middle East and Africa have the lowest operating ...

Question One

The sales of the Lego’s movie themed products keyed to popular film franchises, such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Spiderman are performing well according to the company’s main shareholder and the Chief Executive Officer Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen who has served the company from 1979 to 2004 (Lego). The increased sales can be attributed to the increased number of alliances with Walt Disney Company and Lucas Films, which is the creator of the popular Star Wars Series. According to my opinion, I think this was the right strategy for the company to adopt considering the ...

Summary measures of the key ratios for the companies operating in the oil and gas industry, 2013

Source: Wharton Research Data Services. North America – Annual updates. Fundamentals annual. Web.
Results of the research are shown in the Table 1. Analysis of this data gives an opportunity to determine the general tendencies across the industry and see whether performance of a company is better or worse than average. It also allows to determine the weaknesses that the company should take care of. It is necessary that the ratios are compared across the industry to obtain relevant result, as there might be specific features of the industry that can lead to deviations from common normal value of a ...

Conventional Farming vs. Organic Farming

Agriculture is the process by which food in grown on a large scale. It is larger than just the family garden that is intended to sustain a family for a year. Agriculture is intended to sustain an entire community and when it is practiced on a very large scale, it is done to feed thousands. Cultures around the globe have been involved in food production to sustain communities for tens of thousands of years or more. According to John Unsworth at IUOAC Agrochemicals, “Up until the 1940s inorganic substances, such as sodium chlorate and sulphuric acid, or organic chemicals ...

Abstract

Prostate cancer is characterized by carcinoma of a gland in the male reproductive system and it typically develops in men over the age of 65. There is an assortment of treatment options in managing prostate cancer including: chemotherapy, hormone rehabilitation, surgical removal, brachytherapy, and external beam radiation therapy (Clinical Journal of Nursing). In external beam radiation therapy, it is essential for urologist to obtain consistency in the position of the prostate from the planning period before treatment to the initiation of radiotherapy to attain superior results. This study examines the efficiency of bladder filling and rectum emptying protocols and ...

TEOCO (the employee-owned company)

Introduction
TEOCO positions itself as the key provider of Engineering, Analytics and Assurance services to the providers of communication services worldwide (TEOCO, 2016). The predecessor of TEOCO, a Strategic Technology Group, was launched in 1994 and focused on providing consultancy services for IT projects. In March 1998 the company was given a new name TEOCO (the employee-owned company). The renaming of the company was concerned with its recent strategic decision to turn from consultancy services to product development, as well as shift from IT projects to the telecommunications industry. At the same time, the company also launched a range ...

SWOT Analysis

The mid 2008 and early 2009 of the Lululemon Athletica’s growth was focused from a specialty retailer leaning on a single niche market to a publicly traded international firm, was characterized by critical opportunities, strengths, however long-term sustainability under the leadership of Christine McCormick Day called for the mitigation of the threats and weaknesses posed by the external market forces and competitors.

Strengths

Lululemon avoided the traditional marketing strategy of hiring the high-priced sports celebrities to model its outfits –this marked the company’s product and marketing strengths. This made Lululemon spend almost nothing on the advertising expenditures beyond ...

Being one of the most recognized luxury brands in the world requires a constant wobbly balance to be kept. The customer should be always understood and heard, while the external factors should be adapted to within the shortest time. From the day of its foundation in 1941 Coach’s product itself did not change much. It used to be all about being simple in style and resistant to wear and tear; the difference is concealed in additional value added to the customer.

Question 1

For Coach the competition in the luxury goods industry is estimated as fairly strong, due to the ...