Determine the manner in which GE Healthcares strategy to improve its position in BOP markets
E Healthcare (A): Innovating for Emerging Markets
• Week 5 Case Study 1 Submission
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Case Study 1: GE Healthcare (A): Innovating for Emerging Markets
Due Week 5 and worth 300 points
Read the case study titled “GE Healthcare (A): Innovating for Emerging Markets” located in the XanEdu case pack (Link Below)
Write a paper in which you:
1. Determine two (2) emerging trends in the external environment that prompted General Electric (GE) Healthcare to develop a new strategy for the
production and marketing of a low cost Electroencephalography (EEG) machine in bottom of the pyramid markets (BOP).
2. Examine two (2) internal barriers GE Healthcare faced when developing its BOP market in India and determine the manner in which they hindered GE
Healthcare’s growth in this market segment.
3. Analyze two (2) of the significant external barriers that GE Healthcare faced when trying to meet its marketing goals in the Indian market. Propose
two (2) ways to address these barriers.
4. Analyze the specific steps GE took in developing its strategy to grow its BOP market. Determine the manner in which those actions apply to the
principles of strategic thinking and strategic planning.
5. Determine the manner in which GE Healthcare’s strategy to improve its position in BOP markets contributed to the organization’s value chain in both