Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 26, 2019

Can the buyer easily finance the acquisition? Rationale: The main reason IBM decided to buy these 40+ companies is that they could all benefit from the firm’s global sales force. Situation #2: In 2010, Apple decided to buy Siri , its now famous voice assistant. What’s the acquisition rationale? Apple Acquisition.

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Case Study Case Studies Study Case Interview 60

Tom Spencer

JUNE 6, 2020

Due to the boom of the internet, nearly one third of apparel and footwear was sold online in 2018 (vs 1% in 2010). To understand the target customers on this level, methods such as focus groups, surveys, interviews, and case studies can be successful. Psychographic segmentation. Assessing the progress of your marketing strategy.

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Apparel Retail Examples Productivity 103

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Given that those companies were all venture-financed and emerged from Silicon Valley, you might assume that the key ingredients that have ensured their success were cutting-edge technologies, digital platforms, and customer bases that were chiefly made up of digital natives.

Advertising 47

Advertising Turnaround Resources Comparison 47

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2018

People can be hired through the sharing economy; technology can be rented by the hour; finance can be sought for any prototype, and assets bought. We’ve come to these conclusions after completing case study analyses of a range of companies, including Nokia, Kodak, Borders, Amazon, Apple, and Xerox.

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System Development Resources Case Study 40

Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

PepsiCo is also a case study in the vertical health of the organization: getting to the right number of layers. Nearly every function from marketing to human resources and finance was replicated at each level: Enterprise functions and infrastructure. Country P&Ls would be replaced with simpler, sales-oriented measures.

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Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82