27th February, 2011                                                                                                                           (nishit@managementfunda.com)

Introduction:

• Gold & Silver prices have been going up for a while now. Gold has appreciated 29.3% from Rs 16,220 a year earlier to Rs 21,038 on Saturday. On Saturday, Silver closed at an all time high of [...]

From China to Cuba to Vietnaam, history teaches the power of a guerrilla movement. In business, too, a guerrilla has a reservoir of tactical advantages that allows the small company to flourish in the land of the giants.

Size, of course, is relative. The smallest automobile company (American [...]

ICICI Bank is India’s second-largest bank with total assets of Rs. 3,663.74 billion (US$ 76 billion) at September 30, 2009 and profit after tax Rs. 19.18 billion (US$ 398.8 million) for the half year ended September 30, 2009. The Bank has a network of 1,588 branches and about 4,883 ATMs in [...]

Strength

MUL is in a leadership position in the market.
Major strength of MUL is having largest network of dealers and after sales service caters in the country.
Self competing product range in small car segment

Maruti 800
Omni
Alto
Zen
Wagon R

Good promotional strategy is adopted by MUL to transform its [...]

Introduction

Cigarettes:

A cigarette is a product consumed via smoking and manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, combined with other additives, then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder (generally less than 120 mm in length and 10 [...]

SWOT Analysis

Strengths:

Strong sale position in mainland (china) because of 90%sale from it.

Market leader in china as Lenovo is learning more revenue from the mainland.

Low production cost.

Event sponsoring.

Good marketing and distribution strategy.

Strategic alliance with suppliers

Distribution channel

Mass Manufacturing Capability

Strong Research & Development

Quick Responsiveness

Knowledge about Local Market

Weakness

Poor Brand Perception (Global)

No pure Electronic Sales

Low inventory Turnover

After-sales Services- Not [...]

Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment Company Limited(ZTE)

COMPANY BACKGROUND
Zhong Xing Telecommunication Equipment Company Limited was founded in 1985. It is a multinational organization based in China. It is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It is one of the leading providers [...]

SWOT Analysis Nike, Inc.

Strengths
• Nike is a very competitive organization. Phil Knight (Founder and CEO) is often quoted as saying that ‘Business is war without bullets.’ Nike has a healthy dislike of is competitors. At the Atlanta Olympics, Reebok went to the expense of sponsoring the games. Nike did not. However Nike sponsored [...]

SWOT Analysis of

Strengths.

· Yahoo!’s Overture is a tremendously profitable Internet advertising business. It focuses on affiliate advertising for large adverting accounts, in the same way as Google’s Adsense programme. This is an important income stream for Yahoo!.
· Yahoo! has over 350 million users of its services and [...]

SWOT Analysis of Strengths : -

Strong Brand Name
Strong Presence in International Market
Diversification Strategy with a large Portfolio of Brands
More control over Distribution Channel

Weakness : –

Unstable Management/Interest Conflict between family members can arise
Weak Profitability from other brands than GUCCI
Weak Financial Base (Decline in Margins, High Debt…)

Opportunities : – [...]