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How they boost income: 23-August-08

Baugur, the Icelandic retail investment group with strategic investments or controlling stakes in retailers, department stores, jewellery chains, womenswear chains, and fashion conglomerates: 1. It makes an overwhelming majority of its investments in food, department stores and fashion chains. 2. It...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-23-2008
How they boost income: 22-August-08

Apple, converging technology company which launched its 3G iPhone this year: 1. It boosted its production plans when initial sales proved stronger than the company expected. It will build 40 million to 45 million iPhone 3Gs in the 12 months through August 2009 instead of the initial plan for 30 million...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-22-2008
How they boost income: 15-August-08

Dell, computer maker: 1. It is trying to create a potent alliance among Apple's many rivals, from cell-phone makers and record labels to online music sites to persuade consumers to try new devices and services than Apple's iPod which is tied only to its iTunes. 2. It will create a broad standard...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-15-2008
How they boost income: 01-August-08

Monsanto, the leading producer of genetically modified, or biotech, seeds: 1. It shifted focus from agricultural chemical sales businesses to biotech seeds business. It focused on corn, soybeans, and cotton seeds and exited wheat 2. It changed the strategy planning process from a yearly retreat to a...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-01-2008
How they boost income: 31-July-08

Tribune Co., media group comprising eight newspapers, more than 50 Web sites, 25 television stations, the Chicago Cubs baseball team and real estate and other holdings, unsettled by companies abandoning newspaper ads at an accelerating pace because of a souring economy and cheaper alternatives online...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-31-2008
How they boost income: 29-July-08

Procter & Gamble 1. It is using design thinking¸ which can be applied everywhere, every day to crack difficult business problems and change its culture - using broad insights; learning faster; failing faster. 2. It has held more than 40 design thinking workshops across the globe during the past year...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-29-2008
How they boost income: 28-July-08

Dell, computer maker: 1. It is looking for new ways to expand beyond selling commodity PCs, notebooks, and servers. 2. It has changed its offering to customers from products with features to customized computing solutions. 3. It created a new "cloud computing" business to customize large orders...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-28-2008
How they boost income: 10-July-08

Apple, converging technology company: 1. It is launching iPhone 3G across much of Europe on July 11 2. It has upgraded the iPhone 3G with GPS and support for faster connections 3. It has lowered the price for an entry-level model with 8 gigabytes of memory to roughly $199, to pitch the phone directly...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-10-2008
How they control cost: 08-July-08

India's Airlines faced with rising fuel costs are left with combined losses of $938 million for the fiscal year ended Mar. 31, 2008 (aviation fuel in India is now the most expensive in the world). If they raise fares, they lose customers, but if they don't, they lose money: 1. Jet Airways will...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-08-2008
How they boost income: 03-July-08

Japanese carmakers are pushing ahead with plans for hybrids, electric cars, cleaner diesels, and even, fuel-cell vehicles: Toyota: 1. It aims to more than double hybrid sales, to 1 million a year. 2. It will roll out several new models: a Toyota and a Lexus that will sell only as hybrids; a lighter and...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-03-2008

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