10-2 Final Proposal

Question 1: During the planning process, if there is a gap between future desired sales and projected sales, corporate management will need to develop or acquire new businesses to fill it. Identify and describe the three strategies that can be used to fill the strategic gap.

Please answer all 3 subparts. 2020 Question 1 (i) The size of the board depends on: i. The size of the companyii. The industry or business sector in which it operates iii. Extent to which activities of companies are subject to regulationiv. The number of board committees  A. i onlyB. i and ii onlyC. i, ii and iii onlyD. All of the above (ii) Which of the following statement is correct concerning two-tier boards?A. The management board consists entirely of non-executive directors.B. The supervisory board has the responsibility for risk management and for the preparation of the annual financial statement.C. The management board is led by the Chairman who is the CEO of the company.D. The supervisory board is responsible for managing the company. (iii) Managerial hegemony is best explained in terms of A. The provision of incentives to managers to encourage them to act in unison with the shareholder's interests.B. CEO's dominance in the director selection process and therefore control the…

Black is a brand dedicated to the manufacture of guitars, basses, and musical accessories. They have physical stores in the main cities of USA and a new online sales platform with which they hope to reach much more public. Currently, they want to carry out an advertising campaign to boost the sales of their flagship product: the electric guitar. Question: Detail the steps you would follow for a successful digital marketing campaign, making timing for each stage/action?

what is sometimes referred to as the Wrong Pocket problem associated with public health funding. question: Briefly define and describe the Wrong Pocket concept, using childhood vaccinations as a point of reference. How does program evaluation help to address the Wrong Pocket issue.   https://www.nj.com/politics/2015/03/poll_should_religious_exemptions_from_child_vaccin.html#incart_river

Creative Homework/Short Project Because of increasedcompetition in its community, you have been hired as amarketing consultant by a local day spa. You know thatthe spa’s quality is judged by both the service provideand the goods (food). the characteristics of services(intangibility, perishability, variability, and inseparability) create unique marketing challenges, however, these challenges can be met with creative marketing strategies. outline the challenges for marketing the spa created by each of the four characteristics of services. listyour ideas for what might be done to meet each ofthese challenges

Article: Does the U.S. Hospitality Market Offer Fertile Soil for Lemon Tree Hotel's Inclusive Business Model?  1. Provide and overview of the case and discuss how DEI is associated with Lemon Tree's business strategy. What are the major challenges (lega, regulatory, financial or branding/competition) that Lemon Tree would face in implementing its DEI model in the United States?

Discussion 5: Brand Equity Interbrand is a brand consultancy, specializing in areas such as brand strategy, brand analytics, brand valuation, corporate design, digital brand management, packaging design and naming. Go to the Interbrand 2021 Best 100 Global Brands at (https://interbrand.com/best-global-brands/). Concentrate on the top 20 brands. Compare the top 20 in 2021 with the top 20 from 10 years ago (2011). https://www.rankingthebrands.com/The-Brand-Rankings.aspx?rankingID=37&year=368  Choose one company that was in the top 20 in one of those years, but not in the other. There are three specific benefits of brand equity, which is perceived quality, brand connections, and brand loyalty. Using one of those benefits, explain why the company you chose moved into the top 20, or dropped off.

Question 1Porter's 5 Forces framework does not give us all answers and may be criticized in many ways. True False   Question 2Which one of the following is not a primary task of strategic managers? A. Establishing strategic objectivesB. Developing the steps to follow in implementing operational level plansC. Defining the business and developing a missionD. Developing a strategy E. Implementing and evaluating the chosen strategy Question 3The fundamental role of strategy is to: A. Determine how the firm will make a profit in its industry environment:B. Determine how the firm will deploy its resources to satisfy its short-term financial goalsC. Determine how the firm will deploy its resources to satisfy its long-term goals, given the conditions in the competitive environmentD. Determine how the firm can organize its own activities and achieve dominance Question 4"Industry attractiveness” in the five forces framework by Porter refers to: A. the appeal of the industry to a particular firm…

Class Exercise– 15/7/21 To be submitted to email: jamesadbm@gmail.com by 10 pm today. Failure to do so your attendance will be taken as absent. Research online on a company and its main product(s). (Preferably, the company research on should have business in Singapore) Questions: 1. Does the company have both physical store and online platform, what are the differences? 2. Explain how the company understands its consumer needs and wants, and consumer buying behaviour.

Topic - Bobcat Project by Tesla   Explain the Risk Management:   a. Risk Log   Explain the Issue Management:   a. Issue Log   Describe Compliance Related Planning.

Creative Homework/Short Project. Assume that a small regional microbrewery has hired you to help them with their target marketing. They are prettyunsophisticated about marketing—you will need to explain some thingsto them and provide ideas for their future. In the past, the microbreweryhas simply produced and sold a single beer brand to the entire market—amass-marketing strategy. As you begin your work, you come to believe that the firm could be more successful if it developed a target marketing strategy.Write a memo to the owner outlining the following:a. The basic reasons for doing target marketing in the first placeb. The specific advantages of a target marketing strategy for the microbreweryc. An initial “short list” of possible target segment profiles

Enabling Assessment (a):  Marketing Discussion:  Do Brands Have Finite Lives? (individual) Often, after a brand begins to slip in the marketplace or disappears altogether, commentators observe, “all brands have their day.” Their rationale is that all brands, in some sense, have a finite life and cannot be expected to be leaders forever. Other experts contend, however, that brands can live forever, and long-term success depends as much on the skill and insight of the marketers involved.

Part 4 Independent Challenge 2 1. Get ready Help Sage Realty Services find a solution to a problem. Complete the following steps. Figure 4-17 (duplicated below) shows the ideas for how to try the solution of improving customer service and increasing referrals for six months. FIGURE 4-17. Survey customers " Send links or DVDs of virtual tours Do in three stages: March 1-15, May 1-15, and September 1-15 Sponsor event for home buyer's Update contact management software Organize follow-up social events recent customers 2. Now you try it In the following space, identify the objectives and tasks for putting the solution into practice, based on the details shown in Figure 4-17. In the following table, organize the tasks into an action plan based on the following table: Sage Realty needs to improve customer service Better customer service will increase referrals (and sales) Overall budget is $800 Survey customers ($75 for online survey, plus $125 for phone calls) Barbara Norman can do online…

Scenario: you work in Apple’s Marketing Dept. You have been tasked with recommending Tim Cook (CEO) with a plan to reignite sales of Apple’s iPhone with clearly justified extension strategies to take them back into the growth stage and to importantly avoid the decline stage. What do you recommend and why? (3 points)

Article: It is now 2015, and Smithfield's Custom Furniture has continued to grow. Its new product line of lower-priced furniture was an immediate sensation in the marketplace. The company now has 344 stores and 21,000 employees. The company now has a total of 12 international retail stores evenly divided among Spain (3), France (3), Germany (3), and England (3).  Margot Smithfield, Jonas Smithfield III's only heir, is now running the company. She has a master's degree in design and an MBA degree. She has been running the company for 3 years.  Margot Smithfield and the 12-member board of directors have been assessing an opportunity to acquire You Figure it Out, a moderately profitable 51 store chain of ultra-modern furniture. You Figure it Out's furniture and furniture-related accessories are all made in China and sold only in the United States. Their retail stores are located in Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4). Margot and her…

Article: It is now 2015, and Smithfield's Custom Furniture has continued to grow. Its new product line of lower-priced furniture was an immediate sensation in the marketplace. The company now has 344 stores and 21,000 employees. The company now has a total of 12 international retail stores evenly divided among Spain (3), France (3), Germany (3), and England (3).  Margot Smithfield, Jonas Smithfield III's only heir, is now running the company. She has a master's degree in design and an MBA degree. She has been running the company for 3 years.  Margot Smithfield and the 12-member board of directors have been assessing an opportunity to acquire You Figure it Out, a moderately profitable 51 store chain of ultra-modern furniture. You Figure it Out's furniture and furniture-related accessories are all made in China and sold only in the United States. Their retail stores are located in Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4). Margot and her…

Article: It is now 2015, and Smithfield's Custom Furniture has continued to grow. Its new product line of lower-priced furniture was an immediate sensation in the marketplace. The company now has 344 stores and 21,000 employees. The company now has a total of 12 international retail stores evenly divided among Spain (3), France (3), Germany (3), and England (3).  Margot Smithfield, Jonas Smithfield III's only heir, is now running the company. She has a master's degree in design and an MBA degree. She has been running the company for 3 years.  Margot Smithfield and the 12-member board of directors have been assessing an opportunity to acquire You Figure it Out, a moderately profitable 51 store chain of ultra-modern furniture. You Figure it Out's furniture and furniture-related accessories are all made in China and sold only in the United States. Their retail stores are located in Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4). Margot and her…

Article: It is now 2015, and Smithfield's Custom Furniture has continued to grow. Its new product line of lower-priced furniture was an immediate sensation in the marketplace. The company now has 344 stores and 21,000 employees. The company now has a total of 12 international retail stores evenly divided among Spain (3), France (3), Germany (3), and England (3).  Margot Smithfield, Jonas Smithfield III's only heir, is now running the company. She has a master's degree in design and an MBA degree. She has been running the company for 3 years.  Margot Smithfield and the 12-member board of directors have been assessing an opportunity to acquire You Figure it Out, a moderately profitable 51 store chain of ultra-modern furniture. You Figure it Out's furniture and furniture-related accessories are all made in China and sold only in the United States. Their retail stores are located in Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4). Margot and her…

Article: It is now 2015, and Smithfield's Custom Furniture has continued to grow. Its new product line of lower-priced furniture was an immediate sensation in the marketplace. The company now has 344 stores and 21,000 employees. The company now has a total of 12 international retail stores evenly divided among Spain (3), France (3), Germany (3), and England (3).  Margot Smithfield, Jonas Smithfield III's only heir, is now running the company. She has a master's degree in design and an MBA degree. She has been running the company for 3 years.  Margot Smithfield and the 12-member board of directors have been assessing an opportunity to acquire You Figure it Out, a moderately profitable 51 store chain of ultra-modern furniture. You Figure it Out's furniture and furniture-related accessories are all made in China and sold only in the United States. Their retail stores are located in Texas (6), California (13), New York (15), Nevada (4), Florida (9), and North Carolina (4). Margot and her…

Make a unique and organize 'EVENT PROPOSAL'  of the Southern American Festivals.   Guide Questions:   •Type of Southern American Event/s:  •Name of the Event: •Scope of the event: •Strategic Goals of the event: •Objectives of the event: •Goal of the event: •Concept of the event: Materials needed in organizing the event:

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management 231 marketing1 Product line extension occurs when a firm’s management decides to add products to an existing product line. Product line extensions can often be described as an upward stretch, a downward stretch, or a two-way stretch. Discuss the difference between each of the product line extension techniques. 2 Why do some new products succeed, and others fail?  3 Read the Case study TeleBrands is at the forefront of shaping the fast-paced TV-brands market. Its track record speaks for itself. TeleBrands has grown from R36 million in annual sales in 1987, to selling over R900 million annually in 2007. The world leader in TV-branded products, TeleBrands supplies major retail accounts across the entire retail distribution spectrum.   TeleBrands is completely integrated, directly controlling every aspect of its business including manufacturing, marketing, and retail distribution. With full ownership of products and complete control over manufacturing, TeleBrands is able to…

management 231 marketing1 Product line extension occurs when a firm’s management decides to add products to an existing product line. Product line extensions can often be described as an upward stretch, a downward stretch, or a two-way stretch. Discuss the difference between each of the product line extension techniques. 2 Why do some new products succeed, and others fail?  3 Read the Case study TeleBrands is at the forefront of shaping the fast-paced TV-brands market. Its track record speaks for itself. TeleBrands has grown from R36 million in annual sales in 1987, to selling over R900 million annually in 2007. The world leader in TV-branded products, TeleBrands supplies major retail accounts across the entire retail distribution spectrum.   TeleBrands is completely integrated, directly controlling every aspect of its business including manufacturing, marketing, and retail distribution. With full ownership of products and complete control over manufacturing, TeleBrands is able to…

Create a 4-step negotiation strategy (using the 4Ps of negotiation) for negotiating the rental conditions of an Airbnb flat for a weekend rental in Dubai during off-peak hours. •A four-step, 200-word strategy is expected. please well define with important  point.