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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: 19-August-08

Hyundai and Kia, South Korean carmakers of the Hyundai Group: 1. They have spent billions to go upmarket: Hyundai's new Genesis sedan will start at $33,000. Kia's new Borrego midsize SUV will start at $31,745 2. They will not abandon its strength in entry-level models 3. They are focused on fuel...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-19-2008
iPhone, Nano and Pricing Models

American consumers spent more on fuel than on cars in May and June, says Bloomberg in this story. "Prices of cars, particularly on a quality-adjusted basis, have been trending lower for many years, and the price of gasoline is obviously hugely higher over the past few years,'' said Dana...

Posted to An Awkward Corner (Weblog) Posted by Niranjan Rajadhyaksha on 08-16-2008
How they boost income: 09-August-08

McDonald's Corp., the world's largest restaurant company: 1. It introduced a discount menu selling double cheeseburgers for $1. It is promoting $1 sweet tea and sodas. It is offering snack-sized sandwiches. It coupled lower-priced foods with healthier salads and chicken sandwiches. 2. It introduced...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-10-2008
How they boost income: 05-August-08

Motorola Inc., which is losing customers to the iPhone and e-mail-equipped handsets from Nokia and Samsung: 1. It will split its money-losing mobile-phone business from its profitable and faster-growing broadband business, which makes cable-television set-top boxes and wireless-networking equipment to...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 08-05-2008
How they boost income: 25-July-08

Microsoft, software giant, trying to turn around its limping online operations after failing to acquire Yahoo: 1. It will invest 5% to 10% of operating income on online operations, which might increase to 20% to 40% if it is successful - and continue spending until it gets greater scale 2. It will provide...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-25-2008
How they boost income: 24-July-08

Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, which sells products in more than three dozen categories, ranging from power tools to musical instruments. 1. It added electronics and digital-book downloads. It expanded digital sales, introducing the Kindle electronic-reading device last year...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-24-2008
How they boost income: 23-July-08

Hedge Funds: They borrowed almost 15 per cent, or about 550 million, of HBOS shares, which faced intense pressure from investors betting on the share price falling, and sold them to be able to buy them back cheaper. [Short sellers borrow shares they do not own and then sell them hoping to buy them back...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-23-2008
How they control cost: 23-July-08

PSA Peugeot Citroen, Europe's second-biggest carmaker: 1. It has instituted a savings program to reduce overhead and fixed production costs by 30 percent by 2010 2. It cut 10,300 positions in western Europe last year, 80 percent of them in France 3. It will shorten vehicle development times 4. It...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-23-2008
How they boost income: 22-July-08

Big Pharmaceutical Companies, facing fewer prescriptions filled, patent expirations, and FDA rejections of new drugs: 1. They are continuing to consoldate (Roche has bid $44 billion for Genentech, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries has bid $7 billion for rival Barr Pharmaceuticals). 2. They are trying desperately...

Posted to Strategy Muse (Weblog) Posted by Sourav Mitra on 07-23-2008

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