Wal-Mart: Staying on Top of the Fortune 500 A Case Study on Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

Fortune magazine ranks first in Fortune 500 index. Wal-Mart's corporate strategy has four parts

executive summary............................................. ... ................................ 2

directory................................................. ... ... ... ............................... 3

First, background ..................................................... ..................................... Four

Timeline............................................. ... ....................................... ... ... ... 8

III. Wal-Mart policy issue ........................................... ... ... .................... 19

IV. Stakeholder analysis ..................................................... .. .. .. ..................... twenty three

Market stakeholders ............................................... .. ............................... twenty three

Conclusion ................................. ............................ 34

References ............................................. ... ... ..................... 35

UK (www.walmart.com) According to the Fortune 500 index of the world's wealthiest and most powerful company, Wal-Mart ranked number one.

Non-market stakeholders unions have political interests of Wal-Mart and have strict policies without their involvement.

1. Public information Wal-Mart's power position is one of important policy issues and stakeholders.

2. PAC and Donation Strategy Wal-Mart has the Political Behavior Committee and the responsible government's INC PAC at the Wal-Mart store. As of 2001 and February 2002, Wal-Mart donated 461 thousand dollars to the Federal candidate. These donations are approximately 75% allocated to the Republican Party.

Total sales in fiscal 2003 were 244.5 billion 20 million, the Wal-Mart chain store is the world's largest. In the beginning of the 21st century, as the company increasingly symbolized the positive and negative aspects of the US economy, it became the first non-manufacturing company to become the top Fortune 500 company. In an article titled "Walmart is too strong" on October 6, 2003, Business Week presents various ways to examine the power of Wal-Mart. And the low inflation rate in the early 21st century is partly responsible and its cost reduction is also a factor in the factory transfer outside the United States and in 2002 the $ 12 billion from China was imported from the US 10% of the imported. In addition, Wal-Mart has taken drastic measures against personnel expenses, especially through efforts to resist labor unions.

Wal-Mart Co., Ltd. - Company profile, information, business description, history, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Background information

Industry where his / her company is active. In order to demonstrate Michael Porter's industry analytical model, I chose Wal-Mart Stores. This document explains a brief overview of Wal-Mart, followed by five sections of Porter. Wal-Mart. WAL-MART STORES INC.Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is a global company and the largest nationwide retail store in the United States. (1. money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune 500

Wal-Mart was founded in 1962 by Sam Walton and opened its first discount store at Rogers Ark. In 1969, the company was established as a Wal - Mart store. It is a specialty store of Wal-Mart stores such as electronic equipment, clothing, home appliances and so on. There is also a grocery store. With more than 1 million employees, we serve more than 176 million customers per year. In 2009, I became No. 1 in Fortune magazine and the world's largest retailer's most respected corporate survey (Wal-Mart, 2009).