AQA BUSS 4 - Corporate Culture Discussion

globalisation examples please?

like said before Tesco's,
but also ikea
and then you have the undeniably globalised businesses like amazon, yahoo, coca-cola, wal-mart/asda, mcdonalds

what question do you think would be likely to come up for globalisation? like whether its necessary for success or?

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Reply 741

iggyDash

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Original post by snowster

Tesco / Starbucks are what i'm planning to use for globalisation :smile:

Thanks

Original post by nadster

http://www.hospitalitybizindia.com/detailNews.aspx?aid=16749&sid=1
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2244703/Tesco-venture-giant-Indian-market-government-allows-foreign-superstores.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1801909.stm

Thank you much appreciated

Whats the fifferences between this and emerging markets?

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nadster

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Original post by iggyDash

Thanks

Thank you much appreciated

Whats the fifferences between this and emerging markets?

I believe emerging markets refer to the markets themselves ie the bric economies. Whereas globalisation is the process of entering these (or other) markets

Reply 743

Infamous12

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Original post by iggyDash

globalisation examples please?

NIKE - They used to use child labour from indonesia to produce their products and were sold all over the world. You can use this for CSR aswell.

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snowster

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Original post by iggyDash

Thanks

Thank you much appreciated

Whats the fifferences between this and emerging markets?

I think those links are for emerging markets more than globalisation personally. However I suppose you could argue that by moving into an emerging market you take advantage of globalisation because of their lower costs etc?

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iggyDash

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Original post by sofiax0

like said before Tesco's,
but also ikea
and then you have the undeniably globalised businesses like amazon, yahoo, coca-cola, wal-mart/asda, mcdonalds

what question do you think would be likely to come up for globalisation? like whether its necessary for success or?

it says on the spec "
assessing the effects of the following factors on
assessing the effects of the following factors on

business organisations:
globalisation
developments in emerging markets

• evaluating the strategies businesses might deploy in response to these changes

so something on how business respond and effects of it may come up :smile:

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Infamous12

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Well, we done globalisation in economics and its basically closer links being formed between the worlds economies. There are global brands where a brand is known worldwide (Coca cola) and Global sourcing which means buying raw materials from one country, producing it in another country and selling in another country. Links with international trade.

Dreading this exam!

Original post by iggyDash

Thanks

Thank you much appreciated

Whats the fifferences between this and emerging markets?

Emerging market are one that has a rapid growth GDP, more customers and more disposable income, whereas globalisation is when you compete with companies in other countries.

Reply 749

nadster

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Original post by ksingh

Dreading this exam!

Join the club...

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iggyDash

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Original post by MrBobb

Emerging market are one that has a rapid growth GDP, more customers and more disposable income, whereas globalisation is when you compete with companies in other countries.

Thanks for clearing that up

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username1136783

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Original post by iggyDash

it says on the spec "
assessing the effects of the following factors on
assessing the effects of the following factors on

business organisations:
globalisation
developments in emerging markets

• evaluating the strategies businesses might deploy in response to these changes

so something on how business respond and effects of it may come up :smile:

oh okay thank you! do you have the link to the spec? is it on the aqa website?

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rubix1

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IS RETRENCHMENT THE BEST STRATEGY FOR A COMPANY THAT HAS LOST ITS POSITION AS A MARKET LEADER??

Whats an against point for this?
I got Apple - In a changing technological environment rather product develop to meet needs of customers

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andyjack94

Anyone have like a plan for 'Does a strong culture guarentee business success in the long term?'

I've got a plan but not sure how good it is and would like some other points to compare to!! :smile:

Reply 754

andyjack94

Original post by rubix1

IS RETRENCHMENT THE BEST STRATEGY FOR A COMPANY THAT HAS LOST ITS POSITION AS A MARKET LEADER??

Whats an against point for this?
I got Apple - In a changing technological environment rather product develop to meet needs of customers

Apple never lost it's position though so I'm not sure how strong that would be...

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rubix1

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Original post by andyjack94

Apple never lost it's position though so I'm not sure how strong that would be...

The very recent drop in share price (700-300) after iPhone 5 was announced?

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username1136783

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Original post by rubix1

IS RETRENCHMENT THE BEST STRATEGY FOR A COMPANY THAT HAS LOST ITS POSITION AS A MARKET LEADER??

Whats an against point for this?
I got Apple - In a changing technological environment rather product develop to meet needs of customers

no - with tesco you could say that although they retrenched their fresh and easy chain, they're expanding into emerging markets such as Thailand

no - royal mail, although its still a market leader simply because its nationalised, to avoid losing its position as a market leader when its privatising, its focusing on modernisation and adapting to the change in consumer behaviours - more e-retailing, less letters - so they're focusing on delivering parcels - 70% of people are more likely to order online if its delivered by royal mail (but thats similar to your apple point)

no - yahoo, they're losing their position because of competition from google and stuff, but rather than retrenchment, they're focusing on expansion through acquistions, for example with the acquisition of tumblr, becoming better, so enhancing its flickr service, and with competition, rather than attempting to take down competition, its made concessions with it e.g with Facebook they have an advertising partnership --> yahoo have sharing capibilites with fb on all their websites

is that what you meant or have i got the wrong end of the stick :confused:

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andyjack94

Also seen people asking for a weak culture. On tutor2u someone said Tesco - because of the disinterested staff and long queues. Also it was wound up in the horse meat scandal. So I'm gunna use that and would also be very good in proving a weak culture can have some success - then saying their profits and market share recently falling though which would gain marks.