The BCG (Boston Consulting Group) matrix is a tool used by companies to evaluate their business units or product lines based on two dimensions: relative market share and market growth. The matrix divides the business units or product lines into four categories: stars, cash cows, dogs, and question marks.
Stars are business units or product lines that have a high market share in a growing market. These units or lines generate a lot of cash and are considered the main growth drivers of the company.
Cash cows are business units or product lines that have a high market share in a mature market. These units or lines generate a lot of cash, but they do not contribute to the growth of the company.
Dogs are business units or product lines that have a low market share in a mature market. These units or lines do not generate much cash and do not contribute to the growth of the company.
Question marks are business units or product lines that have a low market share in a growing market. These units or lines may have potential for growth, but they require a lot of investment to catch up with the competition.
Now, let's apply the BCG matrix to Reliance, a diversified conglomerate company in India.
Reliance has several business units and product lines, including telecommunications, retail, petrochemicals, and energy.
The telecommunications unit, Jio, can be considered a star. Jio has a high market share in the growing telecommunications market in India and has been a major growth driver for Reliance.
The retail unit, Reliance Retail, can be considered a cash cow. Reliance Retail has a high market share in the mature retail market in India and generates a lot of cash, but it does not contribute much to the overall growth of the company.
It is difficult to classify the petrochemicals and energy units as either dogs or question marks because these industries are subject to fluctuations in demand and prices. However, the petrochemicals unit may be considered a cash cow due to its high market share and cash generation, while the energy unit may be considered a question mark due to its low market share and potential for growth.
Overall, the BCG matrix can help Reliance identify its growth drivers and allocate resources accordingly. It can also help the company make strategic decisions about which business units or product lines to invest in and which ones to divest.
Modern Love: VI by George Meredith
. Something more than earth I cry for still; I cannot be at peace In having Love upon a mortal lease. A subtle serpent then has Love become. The name, the name, the new name thou hast won? Here is a fitting spot to dig Love's grave; Here where the ponderous breakers plunge and strike, And dart their hissing tongues high up the sand: In hearing of the ocean, and in sight Of those ribbed wind-streaks running into white. If any state be enviable on earth, 'Tis yon born idiot's, who, as days go by, Still rubs his hands before him, like a fly, In a queer sort of meditative mirth. Meantime the husband is no more abused: Auguste forgives her ere the tear is used.
Modern Love: XVI by George Meredith
The hands Of Time now signal: O, she's safe from me! His first distinguished work, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, appeared in 1859. Had he not teeth to rend, and hunger too? The 50 sonnet poem speaks of an unfortunate universal truth: marriage going stale with time. She took it simply, with no rude alarm; And that disturbing shadow passed reproved. Here thy shape To squeeze like an intoxicating grape - I might, and yet thou goest safe, supreme. She is not one Long to endure this torpidly, and shun The drugs that crowd about a woman's hand. Such play as this the devils might appall! She lay Stone-still, and the long darkness flowed away With muffled pulses. With commonplace I freeze her, tongue and sense.
Poem of the week: Modern Love by George Meredith
The hour has struck, though I heard not the bell! The Poet's black stage-lion of wronged love, Frights not our modern dames: -- well if he did! The explanatory notes are mostly helpful too, though they err on the side of the obvious, particularly in pointing out plot elements which readers should have the pleasure of picking up for themselves. It is not half so nice as being loved, And yet I do prefer it. In vain they weave The fatal web below while far he flies. Showing the fight a fair one? His Evan Harrington, had brought in a small amount of money, and his finances continued to improve. A taste for Meredith's poetry can be difficult to acquire. It seems there is another veering fit, Since on a gold-haired lady's eyeballs pure I looked with little prospect of a cure, The while her mouth's red bow loosed shafts of wit. If any state be enviable on earth, 'Tis yon born idiot's, who, as days go by, Still rubs his hands before him, like a fly, In a queer sort of meditative mirth.
The Search for a Good Cause in George Meredith's "Modern Love" on JSTOR
Where is the ancient wealth wherewith I clothed Our human nakedness, and could endow With spiritual splendor a white brow That else had grinned at me the fact I loathed? If I the death of Love had deeply planned, I never could have made it half so sure, As by the unblessed kisses which upbraid The full-waked senses; or failing that, degrade! Is the devil's line Of golden hair, or raven black, composed? She trembles through; A woman's tremble—the whole instrument:- I show another letter lately sent. They punish you in acts: their steps are brief. Curved open to the river-reach is seen A country merry-making on the green. This is great, just be aware of the backstory. First, animals; and next Intelligences at a leap; on whom Pale lies the distant shadow of the tomb, And all that draweth on the tomb for text. Be watchful of your beauty, Lady dear! A kiss is but a kiss now! They waste the soul with spurious desire, That is not the ripe flame upon the bough. Our chain on silence clanks.
Sure, that's one way Love drifts into the mart Where goat-legged buyers throng. Over the next eight years, beset by poverty, Mary Ellen traveled to Wales along with an artist friend of the couple. A kiss is but a kiss now! I live Again, and a far higher life, near her. We grasp at all the wealth it is to them; And by reflected light its worth is found. She dare not say, 'This is my breast: look in. It means, that woman is not, I opine, Her sex's antidote.
