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Research Home Depot, answer the following questions, and be sure to cite your sources:
1. Assess the company’s strategy and performance with environmental and employee stakeholders.
2. As a publicly traded corporation, how can Home Depot justify budgeting so much money for philanthropy? What areas other than the environment, disaster relief, and affordable housing might be appropriate for strategic philanthropy by Home Depot?
3. How does Home Depot’s desire to be passionate about customer service relate to their social responsibility?

 

Home Depot

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What is your reaction to the sale of HD Supply by Frank Blake? Do you see the divestiture as a good or bad decision for Home Depot as of 2007? Why?
Discuss the competitive challenges confronting Home Depot. Focus on the competition, customers, suppliers, and substitutes.
What business-level generic strategy (cost leadership, differentiation, focused cost leadership, focused differentiation, and broad differentiation) does Home Depot pursue? What changes did the new CEO Frank Blake implement with respect to the strategy and organizational structure?