Better World Books Case Analysis

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Vision is what a company desires to pursue and eventually accomplishes that, guiding the company as a road map on how to implement them. Better World Books inception started off with Fuchs and Helgesen, they had a vision of a social and environmental mechanisms that by tracking down used books through book drives, libraries, and campuses, it can generate high profits but also contribute to a charitable cause for literacy and education programs; at the same time, it would keep thousands of old unused books out of landfills. Not only does their vision desires to meet high contributions to charitable causes but to also meet the triple bottom line of financial, social, and environmental performance. Their vision is useful to the company’s leaders …show more content…
BWB mission is to exploit the value of used books and to bring opportunity and awareness to the world who lack literacy. Better World Books mission is parallel to the company’s vision. BWB’s mission is their vision in action. BWB’s mission is impeccably useful to the leaders because it is well balanced to its social concerns by donating $8.6 million to over 80 literacy nonprofits. It benefits the leaders because they are generally the target of their mission, it helps leaders and employees know what tasks align with their mission. Better World Books fulfils all components of their mission statement because their offering their services, benefiting many people around the world. Their mission is what lead the firm to their competitive advantage due to their …show more content…
BWB’s resources comprises of their warehouses, book drive locations such as libraries, and campuses, their website, and even their mission statement. BWB’s capabilities are giving back to libraries, campuses, and literacy programs, as well as their logistics system, and customer relationships. In order to compete in the used-book industry, BWB has to demonstrate their core competencies. BWB has unique social and environmental strategies that makes the company stand out in the book industry. What sets BWB aside from competition is that they receive their book inventory through donations. Also by adopting innovative strategies, they provide donations to people worldwide who lack literacy, as well as contributing to benefit the