This diploma thesis is dealing with strategy of brand Vichy focusing on the Czech market. The main theme is analysis of current position of Vichy on the dermocosmetics market in the Czech Republic and proposals for its improvement. In the first charter is the reader present into marketing, brand and it's importance in marketing. In this charter such terms like image, insight, value and elements of brand. Second charter, which is dealing with strategies of brand governing, is followed by citer free, where all the parts of marketing and communication mix are described in detail. The practical part begins with fourth charter, that subsequently describes L'Oréal as a company, its history and structure and the structure of active cosmetics division. This chapter also describes history of brand Vichy and it's re-launch in the year of 2009. Fifth chapter goes further with description and focuses on concrete situation on the dermocosmetics market and introduces the biggest competitors. It also shows activities of brand on particular parts of marketing and communication mix. This description is the base for last chapter. That shows concrete recommendations that should be considered to better the brand strategy. This recommendations are sketched once again on parts of marketing and communication mix. Thesis is ended up with conclusion, in which the most important findings are highlighted.

Haitz定律是專家根據多年的觀察發現，LED每十年它的流明成本會降至原來的十分之一，但是亮度會提升二十倍。它被視為LED產業的摩爾定律。而環保節能議題，讓高效率、節能與無毒的LED產品成為各方的寵兒，更是各國政府重點扶持的明星產業之一。產業競爭程度亦隨著快速上升，在面對千家爭鳴競爭日益激烈的產業環境下，先行者累積許多資源與能力，或可形成進入障礙。但是，在專業分工、資源與能力可替代或是複製的情況下，有些資源便不再獨特與唯一。甚至，隨著產業的快速進步，先行者所擁有的資源與能力，如果沒有跟上時代的腳步，不僅無法成為企業組織的能耐，相反的，可能成為企業的包袱。 A企業，一個產業先行者，面臨產業成長的絕佳機會，也同時要接受來自各方的競爭與挑戰，包含潛在進入者、原有產業競爭者、上游供應商、下游顧客與替代品等之競爭。不同環境結合企業既有之資源與能力，如何讓企業勝出的策略決策更形重要。本研究針對A企業在不同時期，所面臨不同環境，依據它自有之資源與能力，與其所採取之策略進行對比分析，最後從績效來檢視該時期之競爭策略。 本研究從產業競爭對手中，挑選出X企業，是一家與不同創新模式之後進者，以及Y企業，是規模相當的先行者，來進行分析比較，期待對A企業的競爭策略能有知彼知己之效果。在研究中發現，創新應用為LED產業成長的不二法門，企業唯有善用自我的資源與能力，結合市場方可勝出。 / Haitz's law is an observation over many years in LED, which states that, in every decade, the cost per lumen (unit of useful light emitted) falls by a factor of 10 and the amount of light generated per LED package increases by a factor of 20. This is referred as Moore's law in LED industry. Moreover, environmental protection and energy saving have become global issues. The advantages of LED products, such as power saving, high efficiency and non-toxic, have made LED industry patronage by governments and welcome worldwide. Governments in many developed countries even treat LED industry as one of star industries. However, the competition in this industry has increased rapidly. Facing hundreds of competitors, early entrants have accumulated many resources and capabilities, which also create entry barriers for others. Under the circumstances that professional services, resources and abilities could be substituted and duplicated, some of pioneer’s advantages are no longer unique and advanced. Even worse, because of the quick pace of this industry, the resources and abilities of one pioneer could even become heavy burden, if the pioneer does not catch up the evolution of the industry. Company A, a pioneer in this field, is enjoying the opportunity of industry growth but, at the same time, it is facing competitions and challenges from different areas, including potential entrants, existing competitors, suppliers, customers and substitutes. It is getting more important to have correct strategic directions to win under different circumstances by consolidating the firm’s resources and capabilities. This research engages in comparative analysis to examine the strategies that this company has taken during different periods of its development cycle and different environments.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:19:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 66844.pdf: 50978 bytes, checksum: 4e2ec020bd05733497774d1725539546 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-03-28T00:00:00Z / This dissertation is an exploratory study of the decision making process in the acquisition of residential real estate by the high income consumer at the city of São Paulo. The work looks first at the literature to explain the importance of client focus and the understanding of his acquisition decision process as a source of competitive advantage. After that, trough personal interviews with twelve individuais from the targeted group that have bought apartments no longer than three years before, it searches for evidences of their acquisition decision process and elements that allow us to get a better knowledge of the attributes that have value for them and are responsible for the success or the failure of a new development. Through the interviews the findings were: the recognition of the problems comes with uncomfortable feelings due to changes in the family life cycle, the most relevant attributes were: local area, finance conditions andapartment layout , the search for information was done mainly trough visits to the neighborhood, the family had great influence in the decision of the purchase, the choice between alternatives was made based on the levei of importance given to different atlributes, and the search for satisfaction was immediate. As counter points to satisfaction, were mentioned: small parking lots, low concern with security at the project fase, neither equipped nor decorated common areas of the building, and lack of air conditioning infra-estructure. Based on these results this work concludes that there is an opportunity for real estate companies that not yet have client focus, to implement a direct channel of communication with the client for the understanding of their needs and desires and to use these information to gain competitive advantage. / O trabalho investiga, de modo exploratório, o processo de decisão de compra de um imóvel residencial pelo público de alta renda na cidade de São Paulo. Para tal, este estudo parte da literatura para indicar a importância do posicionamento estratégico de foco no cliente e da compreensão do seu processo de tomada de decisão de compra, como fonte de vantagem competitiva. Segue então uma etapa de campo na qual são realizadas entrevistas em profundidade com doze indivíduos do publico alvo que compraram apartamento em período não superior a três anos, em busca de evidências de como se dá o seu processo de decisão de compra e dos atributos por eles valorizados, responsáveis pelo sucesso ou insucesso de um novo empreendimento imobiliário. Através das entrevistas, pudemos perceber que: o reconhecimento do problema se deu primordialmente através de estados de desconforto função de alterações no ciclo de vida da família; os atributos mais relevantes foram: localização, condições de financiamento e programa interno do apartamento; a busca por informações se deu principalmente através de visitas à região de interesse; a família teve grande influência na compra; a avaliação de alternativas foi feita em função do grau de importância dado aos diferentes atributos; e, uma vez identificada à necessidade, procurou-se satisfazê-Ia de forma imediata. Como pontos de insatisfação foram referidos: área de garagem pequena, entrega do apartamento sem as áreas comuns equipadas e decoradas, pouca preocupação com segurança na etapa de projeto e falta de tubulação de ar condicionado. Com base nos resultados encontrados, este trabalho conclui que existe oportunidade para empresas do ramo de incorporação imobiliária que ainda não possuem foco no cliente, de estabelecer um canal de comunicação direto com os clientes para compreensão das suas necessidades e desejos, e utilizar tais informações para ganhar vantagem competitiva.

Every production unit must have a clearly determined production strategy based on the given business strategy. Today’s competitive environment is very tough and demanding and that is why each producer’s success or failure is determined by the correctly chosen productive orientation, technically advanced products and provided services, range of supply and their quality and mostly price as well. What makes firms to improve and optimize their supplies continuously is just dynamic development of the society and continuously growing consumers and users’ requirements. The keen competition on one hand makes the business more demanding, but on the other hand it brings lots of new opportunities. Looking for new ways, new procedures and management methods and especially niches in the given products and services market will bring the coveted strategy advantage. This master’s thesis deals with a change of the current production strategy in a building company, individual production aspects and improving the quality of the production process functionality itself following the objective of the firm competitiveness and business performance improvement. Within the solution I count on an ability to adapt promptly to new market requirements, I suppose that the continuing differentiation strategy will contribute to building a position of a preferential supplier of the chosen narrow market segment for large building firms in the market. Improving every production process component is the prerequisite for further development of the company.