Increasing international footprint of a natural stone business - financial plan

DP Stones is a Portuguese medium-sized company that works in the Cutting, Shaping and Finishing Stone business. This company has already a significant international footprint, dealing mainly with direct exports. Facing a saturated domestic market, DP aims to extend its ¶lifecycle and find out new wa...

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Main Author: João, Sara Oliveira São (author)
Format: masterThesis
Language:eng
Published: 2021
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10362/129095
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:run.unl.pt:10362/129095
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Summary:DP Stones is a Portuguese medium-sized company that works in the Cutting, Shaping and Finishing Stone business. This company has already a significant international footprint, dealing mainly with direct exports. Facing a saturated domestic market, DP aims to extend its ¶lifecycle and find out new ways to gain competitive advantages. Accordingly, this project will analyse the current and future state of the CSF industry and assess possible target markets for DP to expand to. Afterwards, an entry strategy and marketing plan will be developed as well as a financial plan to evaluate the viability of the project proposed.