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Competitive Strategies and Government Policies

Wal-Mart is a giant of the retailing industry yet is not immune to the pressures of globalized trade, supply, and competition. Wal-Mart’s profit sustainability is always ‘in doubt’ unless it continues to fight off various competitive conglomerates or large size retailers such as Amazon and Target. Mergers on the scale of Wal-Mart are rare yet the marketplace shifts based on the continued expansion of physical and online retailers like Amazon and Amazon’s many partner/provider organizations. To stay ahead of the various operational and governmental threats, Wal-Mart’s focus is on maintaining their low cost...

Competitive Strategies and Government Policies

Alternative fuel is a big issue becoming more of a common discussion topic among many firms around the world, along with politicians all over the world. There are many regulations and government policies that will come into play in the years to come for the fuel market and those involved. There will be negative and positive externalities involved, issues that will need to be adjusted to, for example new companies entering the market, globalization that will affect price and price sustainability of profit and different types of mergers that will be described in this report. Management has assembled a team to address these potential issues relating to our market in the future. New companies entering the market, mergers, and globalization The demand for alternative fuel is rising; with that rise there are several corporations breaking into the industry. The big five companies are BP, Chevron, Conoco, ExxonMobil, and Shell have already invested over $8 billion dollars in alternative fuels. These five companies set the trend for many companies venturing out into this industry. The new company paving the way in alternative fuels is Pearson Fuels, they have been in business since 2003 and were the first alternative fuel station...