As one of the top four IC revenue contributed countries, Taiwan is getting higher and higher weight in the world. With the highest density of 12-inch factory per area in the world, Taiwan is in the first tier of semiconductor equipment buyers. In year 2006, for an example, there was about eight billion US dollars spent in this island for her semiconductor manufacturing capacity expansion, which weighted 18.7% in the worldwide semiconductor equipment capital spending in 2006. It was only second to Japan. For a 12-inch fab, that will cost it 75% more in its whole capital spending. However, it is less than 1% spent in local equipment companies. That is no doubt we should pay more attention on this missing part of Taiwan semiconductor supply chain. After millennium, the center of semiconductor manufacturing has been migrating toward to Great Asia, the most promising and emerging area in the world. For the semiconductor equipment capital expense, according to Gartner Dataquest survey results, great Asia including Japan is the number one expense area in more than 50% weight in the world after year 2000. And the great Asia except Japan has been becoming the highest growing area in the expense of semiconductor equipment. Furthermore, its CAGR from 2005 to 2011 is estimated more than 11% which is 3% higher than the worldwide average at the same period. In the trend of this migration of semiconductor equipment market to Great Asia, especially the great China area, it¡¦s definitely a good opportunity for Taiwan to be prepared and ready to this era and try to play an important role in it. In this study, with the analysis of industrial environment in Porter¡¦s five competitive forces structure, a case study of company X is carried out as a successful example of global competitive strategy practice based on the methodology of Yip (2003) Global Strategy Levels. From a higher perspective on corporate strategy level, it intends to demonstrate the possibility to enhance the competitive advantage of Taiwan semiconductor industry in leverage of global strategy.

The insurance industry in Taiwan has been more open and geared to the international standards during the recent years. At the same time, the Taiwanese and international financial industry has gone through drastic changes. Interest rate dropped and cost of material and human resource went up, leading to increased operation cost for insurance companies. In addition, the popularity of internet and elevated consumer awareness have challenged insurance companies¡¦ traditional marketing model ¡V direct sales force. Therefore, in order to cut down operation cost and expand the market, insurance companies started to develop diversified marketing channels, such as tele-marketing, bank insurance marketing, internet, TV direct sales, etc. New sales channels such as insurance agency and insurance broker also emerged at the same time. Every insurance company has different resources and competitive advantages, and hence created different marketing and operation models. Insurance companies hope to sell insurance through insurance brokers in order to lower operation cost. However, to avoid increasing bargaining power of insurance brokers, insurance companies are reluctant to overly rely on one or two insurance brokers. Insurance brokers, on the other hand, oftentimes recruit sales force from insurance companies to lower training cost. Such competition-cooperation relationship with insurance companies has shaped insurance brokers¡¦ operation model. This research is to analyze the industrial value chain within the insurance industry and to explore the potential operation models for insurance brokers via the five-force analysis of company L.

The aim of the thesis is to make a strategic analysis of the newly opened private school by University of Economics, Prague. For analysis of external environment is used PEST model and Porter's model of Five Competitive Forces. Special attention is paid to description of Czech-MBA-schools market. Internal environment is described by analysis of company's resources. Outputs from partial analyses are summarised in SWOT analysis. SWOT analysis serves than for formulation of strategic recommendation to ISBM.

This Master's thesis deals with the processing of a business plan for establishing a family guesthouse in Vysočina region in the village Tři Studně. The theoretical basis of the thesis includes development and growth of the company, company strategy, external and internal environment analysis, customer analysis and SWOT analysis. The practical part analyzes the current situation, the description of the pension and its surroundings. The design part calculates the cost of the project, predicts sales and average cost of accommodation.

This diploma work tried to analyse problems concerned with proposal of internet commerce in a firm and especially it includes the proposal of optimal solution for start internet commerce in a company.

Denna studie förklarar hur differentiering kan uppnås genom att tillämpa Blue Ocean strategin och om strategin är hållbar i praktiken. Företaget som valts för denna fallstudie är Vainu. Denna studie analyserar teorin Blue Ocean Strategy skapad av Kim och Mauborgne (2005) och reflekterar kritiskt över denna teori genom Five Competitive Forces av Porter (2008). Det empiriska materialet som används i denna studie har samlats in genom intervjuer med anställda i olika positioner på det valda företaget. Efter en genomförd fallstudie har vi kommit fram till att Vainu använt Blue Ocean Strategy för att skapa ett obestritt marknadsutrymme, men har applicerat flera Porterianska strategier under de senare åren på grund av den ökade konkurrensen. Den resulterande kombinationen av olika strategier förklaras av Mintzberg (1987) teori om framväxande strategier över en längre tid. / This study aims to explain how differentiation can be achieved by applying the Blue Ocean Strategy and if the strategy is sustainable in practice. The company chosen for this case study is called Vainu. This study reflects on Blue Ocean Strategy created by Kim och Mauborgne (2005) and critically reflects on this theory through the Five Competitive Forces by Porter (2008). The empirical material used in this study is gathered through interviews of employees in varying positions at the chosen company. After conducting this case study, we have concluded that Vainu used Blue Ocean Strategy to create an uncontested market space but have incorporated more Porterish strategies in the later years due to the increase in competition. The resulting combination of different strategies is explained by Mintzberg (1987) theory of emergent strategies over time.

The goal of this paper is to explore corporate and information strategies, focus is put on new and modern business models. I accentuate alignment between corporate and information strategy. Theoretical overview of corporate and information strategies is followed by description of modern trends that were discovered by author. All new trends are analyzed from IT and business point of view. Some trends are demonstrated on real companies in the paper. The analysis consists of corporate strategy and searching for the way how IT can support business and how to be in alignment. Two types of companies are included. First type is company that built up business model based on IT/ICT strategy. The other type includes companies that are running business for longer time and new IT/ICT strategy deployment or better alignment between strategies brought improvement and better market position. The paper includes basic model representing strategic management that is presented at the end. This gives an overview to all readers how the process goes from corporate and information strategy to application portfolio. The paper is destined for professionals and nonprofessionals who are interested in modern strategies. It is also useful for IT/ICT managers when working on own strategies.

The diploma thesis focuses on the creation of a business plan in the field of construction of an operational building, which is used for renting free space, for storage and for setting up a locksmith and metalworking workshop. The thesis contains a theoretical description of the business plan and the necessary analyzes. The practical part focuses on the business plan itself consisting of the construction of a new building and the transfer of existing locksmiths' production into their own business premises and the extension of the offered services of metalworking. In conclusion, the business plan is assessed, considering its feasibility under realistic conditions and determining the point of reversal in the implementation of the business plan.

This master’s thesis deals with evaluating the financial situation of a company Speleoart,s.r.o. between 2006 and 2010. The aim of the thesis is to analyze recent situation of the company and to bring suggestions to improve its situation. The first part of this work is dedicated to theoretical knowledge, where I will explain the basic terms and methods of financial analyzis. In the second part there will be a detailed information about the company, characterization of its situation, analyzis of the external and internal surroundings and the financial analyzis. The third part will be based on results from the second part and will include the suggested change, which should lead to the improvement of the financial situation of the company.

This Master’s thesis deals with the business plan for the establishment of family pension focused on agro-tourism in the small village Dolní Újezd in the Olomouc region. The aim of the thesis is assess the possibility of realization. The business plan also includes finance plan and risk assessment.