Red-box strategy in the movie rental industry

MGT 602 Strategic Business Management Case Study Red-Box Strategy in the Movie Rental Industry Written by Ahmad Alkharoubi Ali Alzghoul Elmer Serrao November 28th, 2011 Company’s Overview The focus of the case is on Redbox’s strategy and operations in the U.S. movie rental Industry. Redbox Automated Retail, LLC, it’s a wholly owned and operated subsidiary of Coinstar, Inc, which in addition to Redbox Movie Rental business, was also a leading provider of money transfer services and, most important, self-service coin-counting kiosks where people could convert coins to cash, a gift card, or e-certificates among other options, factor that turned out to be decisive for the success the company has been experimenting. It started operations in 2004 with funding provided by McDonald’s Ventures, a subsidiary of McDonalds Corp. The great advantage McDonalds took from this equity joint venture was that, in addition to the opportunity of profitable business, this alliance represented a brilliant way to bring customers back to its restaurants more often, and thus expand its customer base and strengthen the loyalty of them to McDonald’s restaurants. Nevertheless, ending a process of (partial) acquisition started in 2005, Coinstar, exercising its right of option, acquires the total (100%) ownership of Redbox Automated Retail from McDonalds for an amount of approximately 162.4 million, February 2009. Redbox strategy The structural idea that…

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| Welcome! A warm welcome to BUS 316D- International & Multinational Management. I'm looking forward to make this course stimulating, fun and a good learning experience for all of us. This syllabus will provide you with an overview of the course, assignments, grading, procedures, and expectations. Please review this syllabus carefully, and let me know if you have any questions. Also, please remember if there is any administrative question related to this course, this…

| Welcome! A warm welcome to BUS 316D- International & Multinational Management. I'm looking forward to make this course stimulating, fun and a good learning experience for all of us. This syllabus will provide you with an overview of the course, assignments, grading, procedures, and expectations. Please review this syllabus carefully, and let me know if you have any questions. Also, please remember if there is any administrative question related to this course, this…

GLOBAL CEO STUDY This sTudy is based on conversaTions wiTh more Than 1,000 ceos and Public secTor leaders worldwide. Samuel J. Palmisano Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer IBM Corporation letter from the chairman 3 A Note to Fellow Ceos this year marks the third biennial IBM Global Ceo Study. In this year’s study, more than 1,000 of you — Ceos and leaders of institutions across the public and private sectors— once again shared your experiences and plans,…

Building brand identity in competitive markets: a conceptual model Bhimrao M. Ghodeswar School of Management, Asian Institute of Technology, Klong Luang, Pathumthani, Thailand Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this conceptual paper is to identify important elements of brand building based on a literature review and case studies of successful brands in India. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is based on a review of the literature and takes a case study approach. The paper…

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statistical data. In these analyses, cognitive and statistical elements are involved, both subject to biases. In statistical procedures, there is the intrinsic arbitrariness in the definition of the variables, while in cognitive processes there is the influence of specific mental models on the analysts‟ perceptions. The adoption of a combined approach, which we chose in this work, allows confirming or contesting the groups obtained in one way or another. The theoretical underpinnings are…

Socias Aplicadas de Cascavel - UNIVEL, como requisito parcial a obtenção de nota para o 4° Bimestre na disciplina de Administração Financeira e Orçamentária, sob regência do Professor Dimas José Detoni. Cascavel – PR 2010 7 RESUMO O tema estudado está centrado na reestruturação societária, abordando um case sobre a fusão entre Americanas.com e Submarino, e tem por objetivo estudar as vantagens e desvantagens da fusão entre as empresas estudadas. Utilizou-se de pesquisa…