Essays Tagged: "strategic alliances"

Environmental uncertainty in organization.

ement of resource dependence, the student should refer to inter-organisational linkages (ownership, strategic alliances, interlocking directorates, executive recruitment) and boundary spanning.The mod ... ys to establish favourable linkages with key elements in the environment. Namely, ownership, formal strategic alliances, interlocking directorates, executive recruitment and buffer spanning.Ownership: ...

(8 pages) 313 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

DaimlerChrysler AG - The Making of a New Transnational Corporation

DaimlerChrysler AG - The Making of a New Transnational CorporationStrategic alliances and joint ventures are the fashionable issues among the auto manufacturers becau ... otive industry. To be the leader in this market, company has to be presence in the global. The main strategic that the main leaders apply are about alliances, partnerships, joint venture, mergers and ... 3 billNo.3 in the market No.1 in the market No.2 in the market No.4 in the market No.5 in the marketStrategic partners- Mitsubishi Motor- Mitsubishi Fuso- HyundaiStrategic partners- Fiat Auto Spa-Fuji ...

(17 pages) 514 0 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Automotive Companies

Case Study - Intel This is a strategic management case

h are discussed in detail in Question 2):*Market leadership and Innovation*Research and Development*Strategic Alliances*Good Human Resource Management*Benchmarking*BrandingKEY INNOVATIONSInnovation ha ... et creating products, highlighting the importance of innovation as a key driver to this company.KEY STRATEGIC INITIATIVES1984Copyright protection (i.e. lawsuit against NEC) and dramatic changes in the ...

(12 pages) 1193 3 4.1 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Mergers & acquisition

ties, has become a growing trend for companies, both large and small, domestic and foreign, to form strategic alliances within their particular industries. There are many specific goals that companies ... pitfalls in the M&A activities in general can be identified. Among them:1. Lack of a compelling strategic rationale.This tends to happen if a company is caught up in a hot M&A market. Its lead ...

(12 pages) 1100 0 4.8 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Particular skills and abilities needed to develop in a department that specializes in strategic technology alliances

Rationale for strategic alliancesFaced with increasing competition and limited resources, companies are using stra ... ather than one firm doing everything itself, large and small firms are combining their resources in strategic partnerships and focusing those resources on areas of mutual interests.The Genentech and E ... rests.The Genentech and Eli Lilly collaboration on human insulin is an example of what we mean by a strategic partnership (2). Genentech contributed its novel new source of insulin to the relationship ...

(5 pages) 111 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

The Causes of World War I

ve build up of armies and weapons prior to the outbreak of World War I. And lastly the formation of strategic alliances between countries. My essay also shows how some countries didn't want to fight a ... ism, the growth of imperialism, the massive build up armies and weapons and lastly the formation of strategic alliances between countries.

(1 pages) 70 2 1.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

The Causes of World War I

ism, the growth of imperialism, the massive build up armies and weapons and lastly the formation of strategic alliances between countries (Burg and Purcell, 1998).In the 1800s countries such as Italy ...

(3 pages) 62 1 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Strategic Management Accounting

STRATEGICMANAGEMENT ACCOUNTINGDuring the last years issues of strategic management accounting have r ... untants today. One dramatic change, in how many organisations operate, is the growing shift towards strategic alliances and partnering agreements with suppliers. However, there is still no comprehensi ... greements with suppliers. However, there is still no comprehensive framework as to what constitutes strategic management accounting. Basically the management accounting practices has one or more of th ...

(11 pages) 913 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Stragetic Alliances MGT 330

Strategic Alliances & Network OrganizationsIn this paper, I will review an Internet article of m ... n the concepts in the article. Upon careful deliberation, I have chosen an article that pertains to strategic alliances, network organizations and ethical responsibility.Daboub, author of the article, ... ociated bureaucratic costs. He believes this could be accomplished quite simply by making long term strategic alliances among other firms, who could share the costs, risks, and profits of the business ...

(4 pages) 188 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Branding and eCommerce

tion 3Marketing Strategies 3Retaining Customers and Building Brand Loyalty 4Strategic Alliances 7Opportunities and Threats 7Conclusion 9Bibliography ... around personalization and customization, the future looks bright for this Australian success story.Strategic AlliancesStrategic Alliances allow businesses to access their partners consumer base and l ...

(7 pages) 237 0 3.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Internal Business - Partnership

rms.Firms co-operate in many ways, such as licensing, franchises, turnkey projects, joint ventures, strategic alliances and equity alliances (Daniels & Radebaugh, 2001). This can help firms genera ... chi & Toyne, 1990: 491). On the other hand Harrigan (1985) takes a broad view of the motives of strategic alliance formation, where internal benefits, competitive benefits and strategic benefits a ...

(12 pages) 509 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Outsourcing

er financial factors. The outsourcing solution is acceptable to large and small firms alike because strategic alliances are now more common and the IT environment is changing rapidly.Although the mix ... ntal strategy to offload legacy applications and operations so a firm could focus on developing new strategic application to support the global business processes, which were being reengineered.Many o ...

(8 pages) 341 4 4.5 Jul/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Information Technology Outsourcing

pany, usually through savings. Financial motivations aren't first on businesses minds though; other strategic objectives are.Outsourcing can make of leadership in an organization or the number of hour ... er financial factors. The outsourcing solution is acceptable to large and small firms alike because strategic alliances are now more common and the IT environment is changing rapidly. REASON TO OUTSOU ...

(3 pages) 309 1 4.3 Aug/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

'Freedom Furniture Group Limited' Produce a report that is to identify and analyse four issues.

overcome environmental factors and continue to provide them with a competitive edgeThese issues are strategic alliances, corporate restructuring brand building and information technology. Each of thes ... obtain lower relative costs for a competitive edge in the industry. The overriding issue is one or strategic alliances in the form of joint ventures and takeovers. Competitive advantage has been gain ...

(20 pages) 78 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Cross Cultural Barriers to be Overcome when Marketing into New Markets Internationally

t introduction, cross-cultural negotiation behaviour, managing cross-cultural business partners and strategic alliances, the effect that the international products have on the consumers and their relu ... sing competitive and technological challenges of today's environment the formation of international strategic alliances has become an important part of many firm's international business strategies. E ...

(21 pages) 1084 0 5.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

The Paradox of Cooperation and Competition in Strategic Alliances - Towards a Multi-paradigm Approach

AbstractCooperation and competition characterise the interfirm relationships in strategic alliances. This paper proposes a paradox approach to studying cooperation and competition. ... e, it advocates a multi-paradigm approach to cooperative and competitive strategies, which combines strategic positioning, the resource-based view and game theory. The paper suggests that the multi-pa ... ring the contradictory, interactive and dynamic nature.Keywords: paradox, cooperation, competition, strategic alliances, multi-paradigmINTRODUCTIONIn the 1970s and early 1980s, the strategic challenge ...

(28 pages) 150 1 4.6 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

MARKETING ALLIANCES AND SUCESS FACTORS

re other aspects of structuring alliances that are important?This research sought to understand the strategic alliances made by the firms for improving their commerce initiatives. Our goals were to un ... by the firms for improving their commerce initiatives. Our goals were to understand why firms form strategic alliances for their commercial efforts, and what influences their choice on the type of al ...

(13 pages) 412 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

E-supply chain

hatdeveloped out of the traditional supply chain concept, was the focus on longtermpartnerships and strategic alliances. In fact, it has been posited that firmto-firm competition has migrated to suppl ... tition has migrated to supply chain against supply chain,necessitating supply chain integration and strategically developed supplychain networks (Watts et al., 1995). Thus, the very core of a successf ...

(4 pages) 179 0 3.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

E-Bay

ussed in the class (es) prior to and the current class that are related to the case e.g. vision and strategic intent?The aspects of strategy that have been discussed that we feel play prominent roles ... rategic intent, competitive advantage, branding, CRM and short-term vs. long-term goals.e-Bay has a strategic intent to grow market share. It wants to grow market share thru increased product offering ...

(3 pages) 276 1 4.5 Jun/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Paradox of Cooperation and Competition in Strategic Alliances: Towards a Multi-paradigm Approach.

AbstractCooperation and competition characterise the interfirm relationships in strategic alliances. This paper proposes a paradox approach to studying cooperation and competition. ... e, it advocates a multi-paradigm approach to cooperative and competitive strategies, which combines strategic positioning, the resource-based view and game theory. The paper suggests that the multi-pa ... ring the contradictory, interactive and dynamic nature.Keywords: paradox, cooperation, competition, strategic alliances, multi-paradigmINTRODUCTIONIn the 1970s and early 1980s, the strategic challenge ...

(29 pages) 185 0 3.7 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management