Question
Based on the case below, identify Best Buy Co., Inc:
-Resources
-Capabilities
-Core Competencies
(**Note: must be identified in bulleted format)
Write two findings of fact, with a fully justified recommendation/Justification
BEST BUY Co. INC of consumer electronics. 1t for 19% of the market, with approximately 155,000 employees, it a 2800 stores in Canada, Mexico, China, and Turkey QUARTERED IN RICHFIELD, MINNESOTA, was a specialty retailer operated over 1100 stores in the United States, accounting lso ran more than The company's subsidiaries eek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, and Pacific Sales. In Canada, Best Buy operated under both the Best Buy and Future Shop labels Best B uy's mission was to make technology deliver on its promises to custom ers. To accomplish this, Best Buy helped customers realize the benefits of technology and techno nrich their lives in a variety of ways through connee increase the tools to support customers in the hope of providing end-to-end technology logical changes so they could e make life fun and easy" as Best Buy put it. This was w ivity: "To uy put it. This was what drove the company to continually ined growth and earnings. This As a public company, Best Buy's top objectives were sustai was accomplished in part by constantly reviewing its business model to ensure it customer needs and was satisfying desires as effectively and completely as possible. The company strived to have not only extensive product offerings but also highly trained employees with extensive product This case was prepared by Professor Alan N. Hoffman, Bentley University and Erasmus University. Copyright Q 2015 by Alan N. Hoffman. The copyright holder is solely responsible for case content. Reprint permission is solely granted to the publisher, Prentice Hall, for Strategic Management and Business Policy, 14th Edition (and the intema- tional and clectronic versions of this book) by the copyright holder, Alan N. Hoffiman. Any other publication of the case (translation, any form of electronics or other media) or sale (any form of partnership) to another publisher will be in violation of copyright law, unless Alan N. Hoffman has granted an additional written permission. Reprin by permission. The author would like to thank MBA students Kevin Clark, Leonard D'Andrea. Amanda Genesky Geoff Merritt, Chris Mudarri, and Dan Fowler for their research. No part of this publication may be copied, stored, soever without the permission of the copyright 22-1 transmitted, owner, Alan N. Hoffman reproduced, or distributed in any form or medium what
Explanation / Answer
Based on the case below, identify Best Buy Co., Inc:
-Resources
-Capabilities
-Core Competencies
(**Note: must be identified in bulleted format)
