Limitations of the BCG model. The BCG model is criticised for having a number of limitations (Kotler 2003; McDonald 2003): ➢ There are other reasons other than relative market share and market growth that could influence the allocation of resources to a product or SBU: reasons such as the need for strong brand name and product positioning could compel resource allocation to an SBU or product (Drummond & Ensor 2004). ➢ What is more‚ the model rests on net cash consumption or generation as the
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Strategies for Blackberry 1. Preface: They say “every good thing comes to an end” but what they never said is “every best thing might also come to an end” at-least in the case of Blackberry this has happened. Once considered as one of the best smartphones of the world is now one of the uncool phones of the world. It all started in the year 2007 when Steve Jobs inaugurated I-phone‚ a device that changed the telecommunication trend and also changed the fate of Blackberry. People at Blackberry seemed
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BlackBerry Limited: "Should Blackberry switch to Android?" Abstract With its introduction in 1999‚ Blackberry was a cutting-edge mobile company who changed the very industry that it struggles to stay afloat within today. Every so often we hear the question‚ should BlackBerry drop their current operating system and use Android as a replacement? Initially it may sound like a good idea‚ after all Android is the number one smartphone operating system globally. And with
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Viral S. Kadecha CURRICULUM VITAE Personal Details NAME : Viral S. Kadecha RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS : 5/2‚ Tiwari Bhuvan‚ Subhash Lane‚ Kandivali (W)‚ Mumbai – 400 067 E-MAIL ADDRESS : viral.kadecha@yahoo.com CONTACT NO : 99307 98437 (Mob)‚ 2861 11 93 (Res). DATE OF BIRTH : 28st August 1986 MARITAL STATUS : Married. LANGUAGE KNOWN : English‚ Hindi‚ Marathi & Gujarati. Objectives To work in a creative‚ professional
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MARKETING ENGINEERING FOR EXCEL • CASE • VERSION 2.0.3 Case ABB Electric Segmentation By Gary L. Lilien & Arvind Rangaswamy 1. Before beginning any case‚ students should familiarize themselves with the model being used. Marketing Engineering for Excel comes with tutorials that demonstrate the capability of each model. The tutorial can be found under each model within the ME►XL menu after starting Excel. These tutorials are designed to work with our OfficeStar examples which are
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Customer Needs ‚ Wants & Demands Needs are the basic human requirements. People need air‚ water‚ food‚ clothing and shelter to survive. People also have strong needs for recreation‚ education and entertainment. These needs become Wants when they are directed to specific objects that might satisfy the need. Wants are shaped by our society. Demands are wants for specific products backed by an ability to pay. Needs are of five types – Stated needs Real needs Unstated needs Delight needs
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Optimism is to Pessimism as Lazy is to Hard Work “Blackberries in June” by Ron Rash‚ is about a couple‚ Matt and Jamie‚ who have a very pessimistic family‚ especially when it comes to the young couples accomplishments in life. What makes Jamie and Matt different from the other family members? They have a lot of determination‚ motivation‚ discipline‚ and are willing to make sacrifices necessary to get where they want to be in life. Throughout the story‚ the author gives a variety of examples
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BlackBerry - Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ Threats By Larry Hatch When Research In Motion Ltd. brought the BlackBerry to the market‚ much of the way business used to be done is now anything but the same old‚ same old. Also‚ with its acceptance into business came its acceptance into the general population‚ but with that came the growth of many competitors looking to take some of the market share from the company. The objective of this paper is to do a strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities
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BLACKBERRY phone Originally‚ this product was developed and designed by a Canadian company Research In Motion (RIM) since 1996. In 1999 the first Blackberry device was introduced as a two way pager - RIM 850. BlackBerry first made headway in the marketplace by concentrating on e-mail. The more commonly known smartphone BlackBerry was released in 2002 ‚ which supports push e-mail‚ mobile telephone‚ text messaging‚ Internet faxing‚ Web browsing and other wireless information services. It is an
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What is the context? • RIM launched its first BlackBerry in 1999 • A success in the « boardroom segment » especially thanks to the e-mail application • Its first competitot became first Palm and then the Motorola Q and severals Nokia models 1 BlackBerry Case How is the market in 2005? • More than 800 millions of mobile phones in the world • Among these 4‚7% of smartphones • So there is a huge potential from the « normal »mobile phones The smartphones market shares
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