FACULTY OF ECONOMICS UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL YEAR 2014/2015 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT (2-3 pages‚ typed and handed in personally on lectures) Read the case Haier’s U.S. refrigerator strategy and answer to the following questions: 1. What were the drivers of Haier’s success in U.S. initially and why? 2. How did the competitors (Big Three) react to the Haier’s success? How are their strategies different than Haier’s? 3. Why do you think Haier built a new plant in South
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Melcrum Publishing Ltd‚ Volume 9‚ Issue 4 Hardy‚ C. Palmer‚ I and Phillips‚ N (2000)‚ Discourse as a strategic resource‚ Human Relations. New York‚ Vol. 53‚ Issue 9 Johnson‚ G. Scholes‚ K and Whittington‚ R. (2008) Exploring Corporate Strategy‚ Electrolux‚ 25-27 Johnson‚ G. Scholes‚ K and Whittington‚ R. (2008) Exploring Corporate Strategy‚ The Strategy Lenses‚ 19-22 Johnson‚ G. Scholes‚ K and Whittington‚ R. (2008) Exploring Corporate Strategy‚ Commentary – The Strategy Lenses‚ 29-48 Salas‚ K. Marshall
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Cited: "Home Appliance Giant Electrolux Raises Asian Sales Target" Business Times (1995). [Lexis-Nexis] "Whirlpool Expanding Globally." Sacramento Bee(1995): D [Lexis-Nexis] "Whirlpool Plans $1Om R&D Center to Cater to Asian Market." Singapore News(1995). [Lexis-Nexis] www.eletroluxUSA
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Critical Discussion Questions Honda in North America Notes Electrolux’s Global Investment Strategy With 1998 sales of over SKr110 billion ($14 billion)‚ Electrolux is the world’s largest manufacturer of household appliances (washing machines‚ dishwashers‚ refrigerators‚ vacuum cleaners‚ and so on). A Swedish company with a small home market‚ Electrolux has always had to look to other markets for its growth. By 1997‚ the company was generating over 85 percent of its sales outside of Sweden. A little over
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Globalisation and Organisational Change Week 2 Summary The article that I have chosen for this week summary is ‘Death of a Factory: Market Rationalism’s Hidden Abode in Inner-City Melbourne’ by Rob Lambert. The writer of this article presents a brief overview of the historical development of this local business‚ an account of the texture of the social relations of production at the Chef factory and the organisational culture the management had created. Chef has been Australia’s
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4.3.5 Captives in Sweden The charters of 1976 an 1977 granted three groups‚ SKF Re‚ Electrolux Re and AGA Re‚ the right to operate in insurance activities in Sweden. SKF Re. and Electrolux Re. Captives were mainly involved in the reinsurance of foreign risks of companies of the group. AGA Re on the other hand had the charter to reinsure both Swedish group and foreign company’s risks‚ but this charter expired in 1984. In recent years a number of Swedish groups have set up captives abroad. For example
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1981. Dierickx I‚ Cool K. Asset stock accumulation and sustainability of competitive advantage. Manage Sci 1989;35(12):1504–13. Drucker PF. The practice of management. New York: Harper & Row; 1954. Electrolux. Branding and design. Internal document‚ Stockholm: Sweden; 2009. Electrolux. Brand Electrolux. Available at; 2010 http://group.electrolux.com/en/brandelectrolux-644/ [last access: 29 November 2010]. Ewing MT‚ Napoli J. Developing and validating a multidimensional nonprofit brand orientation scale
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Topic of the article: Market leaders’ v/s Market followers Author Ruhi Lal Senior Lecturer Amity School of Communication (ASCO) Amity University‚ Sec-125‚ Noida‚ UP The author can be reached at rlal@amity.edu Abstract The article is aiming to study how big brands are losing their market share & what changes they are bringing in their marketing strategy to cope up with the current market scenario or to regain their market share. This study is focused on leadership in Indian market
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Investigating the use of TRIZ in Eco- innovation Jones‚ E.‚ & Harrison‚ D 1. Introduction This paper aims to identify ways in which tools and methodologies from TRIZ might be used in Eco-Innovation and subsequently how TRIZ might be adapted for that specific purpose. Eco-innovation is the process of developing new products‚ processes or services which provide customer and business value but significantly decrease environmental impact (James‚ 1997). Eco-innovation is one of several approaches
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The Malaysian Government supports the concept by promoting the idea of how CSR helps and contributes to the growth of the country. Prime Minister’s CSR Award and ACCA Malaysia Sustainability Reporting Awards are just a few examples of awards given for good CSR practices. According to CSR WeltWeit‚ the CSR activities in Malaysia focus on education‚ health and environment. Most of Malaysian companies as well as foreign companies offer scholarships and low-interest-rate loans for students to pursue
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