P&G JAPAN
Study Books Used in Class:
International Business, 8th ed. by author Hill, Carles W. (2011) ISBan: 978007813719-5
Description:
After reading P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project Case , respond to the questions below
1. As Paolo DeCesare, what factors do you need to consider before deciding what to recommend in your SK-II presentation to the global leadership team (GLT)? What kind of analysis will you need to do in preparing for that meeting?
2. Does SK-II have the potential to become a global brand within Procter & Gamble’s worldwide operations? Why or why not?
3. Which of the three market options should Paolo DeCesare recommend to the GLT? What benefits do you expect to gain? What risks do you see?
4. How should he implement your recommended option? What are the implications for P&G’s new post-O2005 organization? What support and/or resistance do you expect? How will you manage it?
please note that this is a global business class as i will provide my school book name, please make sure to answer the question professionally and related to my book subjects with a global business marketing tone. thanks much. the description of the case is as followed
Traces changes in P&G’s international strategy and structure, culminating in Organization 2005, a reorganization that places strategic emphasis on product innovation rather than geographic expansion and shifts power from local subsidiary to global business management. In the context of these changes introduced by Durk Jager, P&G’s new CEO, Paolo de Cesare is transferred to Japan, where he takes over the recently turned-around beauty care business. Within the familiar Max Factor portfolio he inherits is SK-II, a fast-growing, highly profitable skin care product developed in Japan. Priced at over $100 a bottle, this is not a typical P&G product, but its successful introduction in Taiwan and Hong Kong has de Cesare thinking the brand has global potential. As the case closes, he is questioning whether he should take a proposal to the beauty care global business unit to expand into Mainland China and/or Europe.
