Please only cite from the pdf case. not outside references.
Please write your case report by providing your insight into
the general questions at the end of the case after reading the Crocs pdf case report attached in the order. In the meantime, please
incorporate the following questions into your case report (Please do not write
the entire report as Q&A):
Questions you need to incorporate into your case report:
1. What are Croc’s core competencies?
2. How do they exploit these competencies in the future? Consider
the following alternatives:
a. Further vertical integration into materials.
b. Growth by acquisition
c. Growth by product extension
3. To what degree do the alternatives in qeustion 2 fit the
company’s core competencies, and to what degree do they defocus the comapny
away from its core compentencies?
4. How should Croncs plan its production and inventory? How do the
company’s gross margins affect this decision?