Company Analysis

Case Study: A Critical Analysis of Restructurings by Sony Corporation

Restructuring is considered to be the corporate management term of reorganizing an organisations ownership, operations, legal and other structures within in order to make the company more profitable and more organized with its needs to be successful. There are many reasons for why restructuring includes the changes of the owner ships or the organisational structure, or a reaction towards a crisis or a change such as a change in the financial position, the company becomes bankrupt or it repositions or it bought out.

Sony had restructured themselves approximately five times over nine years. They have reorganized operation systems, they have restructured management teams, and they have added structures in the purpose to make profits.… Read the rest

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Case Study: Frequent Restructuring at Sony Corporation

Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate based in Japan. The organisation’s core business is in Electronics and Entertainments. It has grow from barely 20 employees with about ¥190,000 as its capital in 1946 to today with about 150,000 employees worldwide and worth about $15 billion dollars on the share market as of May 2012.

Sony has always put innovation as its main business focus. Due to its innovative business model Sony was able to bring us the very innovative products such as Walkman, Playstation, CD player and Camcorders and others. In the way all these products made Sony become a premium brand in the world, it can command the premium prices for its products.… Read the rest

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Case Study: Dell’s Competitive Advantage

Dell Computer is a leader in the e-commerce computer hardware market. It is an established brand that leads personal computer manufacturers both in U.S. sales and overall online sales. Its trademark method of selling products to customers, corporate and individual consumers, originates from the Dell Direct model, a Web-enabled infrastructure that allows customers to customize their PCs and order other products they need or desire. This virtual integration structure eliminates the need to manufacture everything, and instead uses the power of the Internet to share and exchange information with suppliers and vendors to build a truly superior supply chain that keeps inventory turnover low and costs to a minimum.… Read the rest

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SWOT Analysis of Coca Cola

Coca Cola’s history can be traced back to a man called Asa Candler, who bought a specific formula from a pharmacist named John Stith Pemberton. Two years later, Asa founded his business and started production of soft drinks based on the formula he had bought. From then, the company grew to become the biggest producers of soft drinks with more than five hundred brands sold and consumed in more than two hundred nations worldwide.

Although the company is said to be the biggest bottler of soft drinks, they do not bottle much. Instead, Coca Cola Company manufactures a syrup concentrate, which is bought by bottlers all over the world.… Read the rest

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Case Study: Competitive Advantage of Boeing

As an airplane manufacturer Boeing started its business in 1916. It was William Boeing and George Westervelt who bring this company in to existence. It was 1952 when Boeing launched its first short range jet plane with the name of Boeing 707. After that Boeing continued its journey and makes a number of joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and many contracts with many Governments and suppliers and became one of the largest Aircraft Jetliner manufacturers in the world. As one of the largest exporter in USA Boeing has a wide range of products. Boeing manufactures and design commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined, rotor-craft, electronic and defense systems, missiles, satellites, launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems and also is one of the major service providers to NASA in operating Space Shuttle and International Space Station.… Read the rest

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Case Study: Restructuring Process of Volkswagen

As western automobile markets reached saturation, automobile giants like Chrysler and Volkswagen resorted to restructuring. Volkswagen had concentrated on its portfolio restructuring since early 90’s. Volkswagen acquired Skoda in 1991. Volkswagen helped Skoda to emerge out of bankruptcy and Skoda soon became “U.K.’s best loved car”. This in turn helped Volkswagen, whose profits were declining around the same time. It gained access to the little penetrated car market of Eastern Europe. In 2009, it acquired 49.9% stake in Porsche. During recession, Porsche plunged into debts. Volkswagen used this opportunity to gain from its rival, who had a respected brand name globally.… Read the rest

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