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Provide the strength of each industrial force in the current Greeting card industry?

Based on competitive rivary, supplier power, buyer power, new entrants, substitutes, and compliments.

What forces influence profitability most significantly in the Greeting Card industry?

I am interested in your findings. Your service states you can answer questions on 47 different subjects. I am fascinated that no matter what the question, you are able to respond with an answer, that it appears to be written by an expert. My guess your staff is diversified and well educated. I need an answer to the above q ...continues

What are the secrets, tools, resources used to do find a solution to a problems?

I typically use Ask Jeeves, and Google to find the answers to many of my solutions. My guess your team has an arsenal of tools to find the answers to any problem. I am interested based on, the specifics to a problem, the constraints of time, the large diversity of questions, how you find a solution to the many problems that are ...continues

What is the competitive advantage that most significantly affects profitability for Shomei?

What is difficult, their appears to be not enough information to answer, many unknowns. However, based on the 9 page document, what is the best guess?

What will be the impact to Shomei, based on the following?

Hercules has recently introduced a new line of upscale cards at bookstores across the company. The new card line is also available at a number of Shomei's retailers. Although the card is not of as high a quality as Shomei's, Hercules is heavily marketing the fact that 10% of the purchase price of the card is donated to the nat ...continues

System Dynamics (Simulation)

Because of the marketing policy where marketing expenditure is 2.5% of the average sales income, incoming orders fluctuate creating labour problems and increasing cost. The product is highly sensitive and responsive to advertising and promotion activities hence great emphasis is given to it. There is an 8 months delay in getting ...continues

How does each option affect Shomei's industry position?

Please see my strategic plan, and outline of competitive advantages, I think it is very good. This is all set. Below is 5 options, how does each option affect Shomei's industry position?

Which of the 5 options, would you pursue, and why?

Below is a brief strategic statement, and competitive analysis based on a fictious company, that I completed based on my readings. Which of the 5 options makes the most sense to pursue/

What is the rational for not choosing 4 out of 5 options provided?

I have written a strategic statement, and completed a competitive survey, both very good. There are 5 options, which 4 makes the least amount of sense to pursue. I would not choose the wallpaper to risky, I do not want to take on the big guys, and email may not make sense. That is my gut, but I may be wrong.

Business and Diversification

Select and identify a diversified firm with which you are most familiar and discuss the drivers, synergies and strategy being employed in their diversification efforts, including their current level of success.