Ethical Dilemma: Facebook Violates Privacy (Case Analysis) Global Business Strategy Mike W. Peng

Introduction

The case is about ethical and unethical Facebook has made during its business operation. It has been blamed time and again for selling the sensitive information of the users to the advertisers. According to Peng (2014), "Facebook has been playing with fire and has got its fingers burned, again" (pg. 119), Facebook has been accused and it has accepted that it has sold the data to the advertisers but only as an advertisement. Since it is a profit motive organization, it has to earn from the platform anyhow but not in the cost of users privacy. Business houses have looked to Facebook as a platform to advertise and sell their products. The question has been if Facebook needs to be in tight rules and regulation and in doing so Facebook will lose its innovations or not. Since Facebook has a very good set of intellectual individuals, it will continue to stand high in this field.

Emerging Markets: High Fashion Fights Recession (Case Analysis) Global Business Strategy Mike W. Peng

Introduction

The case is about how high fashion has fought in the Great Recession in 2009 and how it has recovered from it and how it has entered new emerging markets. The luxury market was merely touched by the recession but they grew rapidly in emerging markets after a recession. The answers are in favor of high luxury items due to its customer brand loyalty. Consumers in these segments do not look for pricing and wealthy people lie in this segment so the luxury brands survived in the recession without offering much discount to the consumers and without going to the price war.

COMPSIS AT A CROSSROADS- Case Analysis Presenation Part 4

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Backward integration

¡  Enter new industries that add value to its core products

¡  Currently last stage in value added chain

¡  Currently contracts out hardware

¡  By manufacturing, attempt to minimize overall costs, and ultimately increase profitability

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Backward Integrations:

¡  Pros

¡  Overall minimization of costs that can be realized, resulting in profitability to the downstream industry

¡  Can achieve a competitive advantage

¡  Cons

¡  Entering industries with no experience

¡  Increasing cost structure

¡  Changes in technology

¡  Unknown demand (still does not remove dependence on Brazil)

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¡  ABC Expansion

¡  Argentina , Bolivia and Chile, the top 3 Latin American countries for expansion

¡  Market development strategy using SICAT

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ABC Expansion

¡  Pros

¡  Road congestion

¡  Few competitors

¡  Similar economy

¡  Rapid growth

¡  Cons

¡  High priced system

¡  Previously unable to win projects outside Brazil

¡  Large companies may also see potential

¡  Unstable economies

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Recommendation

¡  Expand to Latin American countries

¡  Most importantly relieves the dependence that Compsis has placed on Brazilian market

¡  Allows operations within the same industries they excel in

¡  Transfer core products to new markets in countries similar to what the know

¡  Market development

¡  Push marketing strategy

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Implementation

¡  Open sales office in Argentina and Chilie

¡  Build relationship

¡  Introduce additional products

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Conclusion

¡  Based on the situation, company is in cash strapped.

¡  Best way is to expansion in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile

¡  In ABC, competition is less intense.

¡  Open offices there by fostering relationship with these countries

COMPSIS AT A CROSSROADS- Case Analysis Presenation Part 3

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Approach to win market(Loyalty of the costumers)

¡  To install a Sales Office

¡  Preferred Vendor for a Construction Firm

¡  VAR (Value-added Reseller). 

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Strengths

¡  SICAT & Updates and Maintenance

¡  Market Leader

¡  Develop SICAT in house

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Weakness

¡  Small Sales Team

¡  Depend on single product SICAT

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¡  Opportunities
Expand into larger markets

¡  Latin America

¡  Brazil is expecting more concessions

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¡  Threats
Entering into matured industries

¡  Unstable market of Brazil

¡  Lack of contracts in Brazil

¡  Technological changes

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Alternative Analysis (PEST)

¡  POLITICAL

¡  Delay awarding projects at Brazil

¡  Getting assistance from government

¡  Aimed at gaining integrated, phased and self-sustained growth of the company to flourish outside Brazil

¡  ECONOMIC

¡  Inflation, recession and currency

¡  Economy of the company felled down tremendously in 2004

¡  Collaboration for Integration of hardware with local companies making cost effective of operation

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¡  SOCIAL

¡  Dependent on the purchasing power of the customers.

¡  Purchasing of the products will be fruitful to the governments and the companies as it gives overall revenue model from different toll at different plazas.

¡  TECHNOLOGICAL

¡  Investing in making its products more usable and more functional

¡  Taking SICAT upto level 4 for overall Financial Function

¡  Aiming to make its products advantageous over Foreign Competitors

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Alternative options/recommendations

¡  Expanding into US

¡  Backward Integration

¡  ABC Expansion

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Expanding to US

¡  Short Run Strategy

¡  Use SICAT – first approach with a partnership into Florida and Texas

¡  Long Run Strategy

¡  Expand Products offering and expand markets within the US

¡  Look for joint ventures

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Expanding to US

¡  Pros

¡  Market is large, stable and growing

¡  Demand quality products

¡  Increase operation cash in short run

¡  Increase profit margin

¡  Cons

¡  Mature Market

¡  Risk of sales force unable to win any contracts

¡  Little experience with partnerships

¡  Missed Opportunities

COMPSIS AT A CROSSROADS- Case Analysis Presenation Part 2

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Three Generic Strategy

¡  Overall cost leadership

¡  Differentiation

¡  Focus

COMPSIS AT A CROSSROADS- Case Analysis Presenation Part 1

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¡  Computadores e Sistemas Ind. e Com. LTDA.

¡  Founded in 1989 by engineers from the Brazilian aircraft firm Embraer

¡  Based on San Jose dos Campos

¡  Started as aircraft embedded system for Brazilian Airforce, with failure switched to automotive Electronic Toll Collector (ETC)

¡  Core value of the company is to developing more diverse customized products and services which creates a value for its customers.

¡  improvement in the operational activities with improved functions such as developing new software company attain a huge market share in Brazilian market.

¡  Operated in India & Australia.

¡  Looking for Global Entrepreneurship.