2010‚Date: 12th April 2010 Asian Institute of Management‚Manila 1 Company Background KFC Corp‚ owned by YUM brands is one of the oldest(1952) and most popular chicken and food restaurant in the world. Other restaurants under YUM brands are Taco Bell‚ Pizza hut‚ Long John Silver’s and A&W KFC primarily sells chicken pieces‚ wraps‚ salads and sandwiches. While its primary focus is fried chicken‚ KFC also offers a line of other meat products suiting to local palate. In India they opened in 1995
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“Sony Drops Price of Playstation 3” Assignment 2 Week 3: Industry Analysis The article “Sony Drops Price of Playstation 3” discusses Sony’s Playstation 3 and its strategy with cutting the price of its PlayStation 3 by 25%‚ from $399.99 to $299.99. This is a business decision by Sony with hopes that it will generate increased demand for a videogame console that has undersold compared to Microsoft’s X Box 360 and the Nintendo Wii. As the gaming continues to grows‚ the Threat of Entries continues
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CONTROL OF FOOD QUALITY IN KFC In theory an employer must eliminate risks‚ or if not control them to the fullest extent possible. In the fast food industry there are certain regulations that are intended to eliminate the risk of bad food quality but these regulations do not eliminate the ability of a fast food outlet to produce food that is harmful to those who consume it. For example the Food Act (2003) and the Food Regulation Act (2004)‚ that cover issues such as food standards and handling
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Suggestion to KFC As we know‚ KFC is one of the leading Fast-Food chains in the world‚ but their market share has been declining globally since 1989. According to the case‚ (pg number C-211‚ exhibit 4) their market share has declined from 70.8% to 55.6% in 1999. Also because of KFC’s dominating and widespread leadership in the US market tends to give more opportunities to rivals as the U.S. base growth rate is about 1% annually. Therefore it is totally understandable why KFC has not been able
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Google’s Five Forces Supplier Power * As long as Google continues its dominance as the number one internet search engine in the world‚ supplier bargaining power will remain low. * Thanks to programs like AdSense and AdWords‚ which forms the framework of the advertisement system that Google has in place‚ both the advertiser and the user of the search engine are Google customers. * Google has also formed a joint relationship with Android to increase their sales market and bottom-line
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Porter’s Five Force Model Threat of New Entry In terms of the amusement park industry‚ the entry barrier is high due to the need to invest large amount of financial resources. In addition to the amusement park required land for a full scale development. This factor is important because Hong Kong has a high land price real estate market. Threat of Rivalry It is important to consider with lack of differentiation‚ visitors’ choice will greatly over the price and service‚ thus causes pressure
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Porter’s Five Forces Rivalry Among Competing Sellers: HIGH/MODERATE The rivalry among competing sellers‚ often the strongest competitive pressure‚ is also fairly high for Panera in the restaurant industry. No switching costs‚ numerous competitors‚ and an increase in the availability of healthy food For a company in the restaurant industry‚ there are no switching costs for consumers. It is not like‚ for instance‚ the cable industry where cancellation fees are prevalent or an electronics industry
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core business and also coming up with new customer initiatives to reward their customers for shopping with them. Partnering with other large companies such as Optus and Qantas has provided Woolworths with a major boost. Competitive Forces for Woolworths |Force |Power |Justification | |Suppliers |Low |As there are so many companies producing similar products‚ I feel that Woolworths
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seating policy Air Asia should also look at new short haul routes to better compete with LCC airlines of Malaysian airlines. Various destinations in India can be looked at as they are not long haul and Air Asia can maintain cost leadership here. Forces Description Rivalry and Competition Threat of new entrants is high De-regulation by Asian governments‚ and growing demand for affordable low fares amongst budget conscious customers have increased competition and new entrants. Many are subsidiary
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Case Study 1 Introduction KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) is a global brand fast-food chains which expands rapidly and achieves an impressive success in Chinese market during last decades. More than 40 precent of Yum’s operating profit is generated by KFC China with over 4‚500 stores. (Junheng 2012) However‚ KFC China is facing a serious of challenges about perceived negatives of fast food‚ the changing nature of Chinese consumer and the rising competitions. It needs to localise their offerings and
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