Whole Foods
Autor: andrew • November 21, 2011 • Study Guide • 532 Words (3 Pages) • 1,559 Views
markWhat are the chief elements of Costco's strategy? How good is the strategy?
3. Do you think Jim Sinegal is an effective CEO? What grades would you give him in leading the process of
crafting and executing Costco's strategy? What support can you offer for these grades? Refer to Figure 2.1
in Chapter 2 in developing your answers.
4. How well is Costco performing from a fi nancial perspective? Do some number-crunching using the data in
case Exhibit 1 to support your answer. Use the fi nancial ratios presented in Table 4.1 of Chapter 4 (pages
104-105) to help you diagnose Costco's fi nancial performance.
5. Based on the data in case Exhibits 1 and 4, is Costco's fi nancial performance superior to that at Sam's Club What are the chief elements of Costco's strategy? How good is the strategy?
3. Do you think Jim Sinegal is an effective CEO? What grades would you give him in leading the process of
crafting and executing Costco's strategy? What support can you offer for these grades? Refer to Figure 2.1
in Chapter 2 in developing your answers.
4. How well is Costco performing from a fi nancial perspective? Do some number-crunching using the data in
case Exhibit 1 to support your answer. Use the fi nancial ratios presented in Table 4.1 of Chapter 4 (pages
104-105) to help you diagnose Costco's fi nancial performance.
5. Based on the data in case Exhibits 1 and 4, is Costco's fi nancial performance superior to that at Sam's Club
and BJ's Wholesale?
6. Does the data in case Exhibit 2 indicate that Costco's expansion outside the U.S. is fi nancially successful?
Why or why not?
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