Day: February 7, 2023

Pick two primary or secondary activities and use the configuration and coordination dimensions to assess this. What is the role of suppliers and other actors in the mapping of your firm’s GVC?

Global value chain BMW motors (car) Chose a multinational enterprise of your choice. The group presentation task is as follows: Analyse the global value chain of the operations of your chosen MNE. Key questions/aspects to address are: 1. How does your MNE spread the activities in its value chain among countries? Use the GVC mapping […]

Prepare a master argument for the Professional MBA in Energy Management. Discuss general requirements and options to minimize carbon emissions from LNG plants.

Decarbonising LNG plants Prepare a Master Argument for the Professional MBA in Energy Management. Focus for the Energy (and specificully LNG (gas)) business in the context of the existing climate agenda with regards to minimizing CO2 emissions. Given already adopted and yet to be implemented (under discussion) regulations and taxes (carbon prices), discuss general requirements […]

What individuals and groups have an important stake in the outcome? Are some concerns more important? Why?

CASE ASSIGNMENT Read the case below: DENNIS’ DECISION Dennis Lindberg had already survived more than most young people by the time he reached the age of 14. Born to drug-addicted parents, Dennis tried to ignore the needles in the toilet and his mom’s pale skin and strangely constricted pupils. He was too scared to ask […]

Identify one or more circumstances when a company might wish to delay introducing its product. What factors will (or should) influence a firm’s pricing strategy?

ASSIGNMENT Identify one or more circumstances when a company might wish to delay introducing its product. What factors will (or should) influence a firm’s pricing strategy? Pick a product you know well. What intermediaries do you think are used in bringing this product to market? What valuable services do you think these intermediaries provide? What […]

What factors do you think enabled Sega to break Nintendo’s near monopoly of the U.S. video game console market in the late 1980s?

Crafting a Deployment Strategy What factors do you think enabled Sega to break Nintendo’s near monopoly of the U.S. video game console market in the late 1980s? Why did Nintendo choose not to make its early video game consoles backward compatible? What were the advantages and disadvantages of this strategy? What strengths and weaknesses did […]

How can managers ensure that a team reaps the advantages of diversity while not being thwarted by some of the challenges team diversity raises?

ASSIGNMENT What are the trade-offs in choosing a team’s size and level of diversity? How can managers ensure that a team reaps the advantages of diversity while not being thwarted by some of the challenges team diversity raises? Identify an example of a development project, and what type of team you believe they used. Do […]

What are the pros and cons of the teams being so autonomous? Is Disney’s team approach mostly suited to creative projects, or would it work equally well in other kinds of industries?

Managing New Product Development Teams Why does Disney keep its development teams small? What are the pros and cons of the teams being so autonomous? Is Disney’s team approach mostly suited to creative projects, or would it work equally well in other kinds of industries?  

How is agile development similar to or different from (a) the stage-gate process and (b) the parallel development process described in the chapter?

Managing the New Product Development Process What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of the agile development process? How is agile development similar to or different from (a) the stage-gate process and (b) the parallel development process described in the chapter? What are some of the likely changes agile development requires in managing development […]

What do you believe the challenges are in having very different structure and controls for Google’s creative side versus the other parts of the company?

Implementing Technological Innovation Strategy What are the advantages and disadvantages of the creative side of Google being run as a flexible and flat “technocracy”? How does Google’s culture influence the kind of employees it can attract and retain? What do you believe the challenges are in having very different structure and controls for Google’s creative […]

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