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This case study analyses the swift international expansion and transformation of América Móvil, a Mexican Global Latina that has been able to extend its footprint throughout Latin America and consolidate its position in the region’s wireless telephone market in just eight years.
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Reference 5531
Published 31 Oct 2008
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry Telecommunications, International Trade and Development
This case study analyses the swift international expansion and transformation of América Móvil, a Mexican Global Latina that has been able to extend its footprint throughout Latin America and consolidate its position in the region’s wireless telephone market in just eight years.
Wal-Mart has had great success at home in the USA, but has experienced both success and failure abroad. China represents a market large enough that if Wal-Mart should succeed there, it would have a significant impact on its financial performance. What should its strategy be?
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Reference 5492
Published 18 Feb 2008
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry International Trade and Development
Wal-Mart has had great success at home in the USA, but has experienced both success and failure abroad. China represents a market large enough that if Wal-Mart should succeed there, it would have a significant impact on its financial performance. What should its strategy be?
By 2004, Wal-Mart, the world's largest company, operated countless discount stores, neighborhood stores, hypermarkets (Wal-Mart Supercenters) and membership warehouses (Sam's Club). In the 1990s, Wal-Mart started to expand abroad, entering entered China in 1996, Korea in 1997, and Japan in 2002.
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Reference 5280
Published 31 May 2005
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Retail, International Trade and Development, Supermarkets
By 2004, Wal-Mart, the world's largest company, operated countless discount stores, neighborhood stores, hypermarkets (Wal-Mart Supercenters) and membership warehouses (Sam's Club). In the 1990s, Wal-Mart started to expand abroad, entering entered China in 1996, Korea in 1997, and Japan in 2002.
Carrefour, the second largest mass retailer in the world, has expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific region and competing head-on with Wal-Mart and other Western and Asian mass retailers to capture a significant position in the region. The case retraces the historical development of the expansion, starting with an entry into Taiwan in the late 1980’s.
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Reference 5262
Published 01 Feb 2005
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Retail, International Trade and Development, Supermarkets
Carrefour, the second largest mass retailer in the world, has expanded its presence in the Asia Pacific region and competing head-on with Wal-Mart and other Western and Asian mass retailers to capture a significant position in the region. The case retraces the historical development of the expansion, starting with an entry into Taiwan in the late 1980’s.
The case series on the Mass Retailing Industry in Asia discusses the applicability of the hypermarkets and supermarkets business models in Asian contexts. The case A illustrates the industry evolution, the economic model and the globalisation trends of mass retailing and describes the key characteristics of various Asian markets with a particular emphasis on China and Japan.
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Reference 5261
Published 02 Jan 2005
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Retail, International Trade and Development, Supermarkets
The case series on the Mass Retailing Industry in Asia discusses the applicability of the hypermarkets and supermarkets business models in Asian contexts. The case A illustrates the industry evolution, the economic model and the globalisation trends of mass retailing and describes the key characteristics of various Asian markets with a particular emphasis on China and Japan.
The case series on the Mass Retailing Industry in Asia discusses the applicability of the hypermarkets and supermarkets business models in Asian contexts. The case A illustrates the industry evolution, the economic model and the globalisation trends of mass retailing and describes the key characteristics of various Asian markets with a particular emphasis on China and Japan.
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Reference 5261
Published 04 Jan 2005
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Retail, International Trade and Development, Supermarkets
The case series on the Mass Retailing Industry in Asia discusses the applicability of the hypermarkets and supermarkets business models in Asian contexts. The case A illustrates the industry evolution, the economic model and the globalisation trends of mass retailing and describes the key characteristics of various Asian markets with a particular emphasis on China and Japan.
The case series on the Mass Retailing Industry in Asia discusses the applicability of the hypermarkets and supermarkets business models in Asian contexts. The case A illustrates the industry evolution, the economic model and the globalisation trends of mass retailing and describes the key characteristics of various Asian markets with a particular emphasis on China and Japan.
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Reference 5261
Published 02 Jan 2007
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry Retail, International Trade and Development, Supermarkets
The case series on the Mass Retailing Industry in Asia discusses the applicability of the hypermarkets and supermarkets business models in Asian contexts. The case A illustrates the industry evolution, the economic model and the globalisation trends of mass retailing and describes the key characteristics of various Asian markets with a particular emphasis on China and Japan.
The case describes the successful growth and internationalization strategy of Belgian Creyfs interim business (temporary labour services) after initial internationalization debacles, which nearly bankrupted the original family company. It describes the not me too strategy of this player in an industry increasingly dominated by a few large European and even world players.
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Reference 5198
Published 04 Jan 2004
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry International Trade and Development
The case describes the successful growth and internationalization strategy of Belgian Creyfs interim business (temporary labour services) after initial internationalization debacles, which nearly bankrupted the original family company. It describes the not me too strategy of this player in an industry increasingly dominated by a few large European and even world players.
The case describes the development of Alibaba.com, an Internet start-up originated from China that had become the worlds largest online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) conducting international trade.
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Reference 4969
Published 09 Jan 2001
Topic Strategy
Region Global
Industry International Trade and Development, Internet
The case describes the development of Alibaba.com, an Internet start-up originated from China that had become the worlds largest online business-to-business (B2B) marketplace for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) conducting international trade.
Since the 1990s, one observes a clear internationalization and consolidation trend in the European temporary work services. The diminishing role of the national legislation, the liberalization in some European countries for temporary work contracts and the growing trend of cross-border contracts of European multinationals with TWBs, were causing the current evolution in the industry.
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Reference 4830
Published 01 Jan 1999
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Human Resources, International Trade and Development
Since the 1990s, one observes a clear internationalization and consolidation trend in the European temporary work services. The diminishing role of the national legislation, the liberalization in some European countries for temporary work contracts and the growing trend of cross-border contracts of European multinationals with TWBs, were causing the current evolution in the industry.
Vedior International is the temporary work service arm of the Dutch Vendex International Group and one of the large Dutch temporary work services companies. The company has decided to embark on a European strategy and is currently active in the Benelux, France and Germany.
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Reference 4828
Published 12 Jan 1999
Topic Strategy
Region Europe
Industry Human Resources, International Trade and Development
Vedior International is the temporary work service arm of the Dutch Vendex International Group and one of the large Dutch temporary work services companies. The company has decided to embark on a European strategy and is currently active in the Benelux, France and Germany.
How much is Singapore affected by the Asian crisis? What is the future of Singapore, given the current difficulties of the region and beyond? Different perspectives are given, from very optimistic to some negative ones. It goes beyond the particularity or uniqueness, or singularity of Singapore, to look at the region.
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Reference 4823
Published 01 Jan 1999
Topic Strategy
Region Asia
Industry International Trade and Development
How much is Singapore affected by the Asian crisis? What is the future of Singapore, given the current difficulties of the region and beyond? Different perspectives are given, from very optimistic to some negative ones. It goes beyond the particularity or uniqueness, or singularity of Singapore, to look at the region.