International Journals of Marketing and Technology
  • Year: 2013
  • Volume: 3
  • Issue: 7

Strategies for viability of a new business in market leader

  • Author:
  • Cassiano Bridi, Luiz Eduardo Cardoso, Uiliam Biegelmeyer Hahn, Marcia Rohr da Cruz, Maria Emilia Camargo
  • Total Page Count: 21
  • Page Number: 9 to 29

*University of Caxias do Sul, Master Business Management Programm

**University of Caxias do Sul, Coordinator of Master Business Management Programm

Online published on 8 October, 2013.

Abstract

This study was conducted in a metallurgical state of Rio Grande do Sul having as main purpose to identify the ways in which the process is to choose the strategies that are adopted by the company to introduce a new product to market. In this case the product analyzed, at its launch, was the minibus. Was also analyzed from the interview what are the core competencies in the organization. Thus the data collection was conducted through interviews with the chief executive and the company was considering the launch held in the period between the years 2006 and 2008. We also carried out a review of literature on the subject with the intention of joining the existing theory with practice and daily life of the studied company. Among the key findings raised was possible to see that the company achieved a 30% increase in market share and a growth of 97% in sales with the minibus.

Keywords

corporate strategies, core competencies, industry of Rio Grande do Sul, minibus, market leader