6 Assignment 1 Sept 2013 SECTION A (60 MARKS) Note to student: You will be penalised for the copying of theory without explanation/application to the scenario provided. You should use the theory in support of your own answer. Non-application will result in a zero mark being awarded. Read the case study below and conduct your own research on Shoprite Holdings Ltd. Following your investigation answer the questions in Section A. South Africa and the global economic environment Since our previous
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PESTEL FRAMEWORK The framework provides a comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of particular strategies. Important to do PESTEL analysis whilst developing a strategy! PESTEL is an acronym which stands for; Political This highlights the role of governments. Firms will be directly affected by the actions of government and other political events. These might be major events affecting the whole of the business community or they may be actions affecting just one part of
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Assets in accounting In the financial accounting sense of the term‚ it is not necessary to be able to legally enforce the asset’s benefit for qualifying a resource as being an asset‚ provided the entity can control its use by other means. The accounting equation relates assets‚ liabilities‚ and owner’s equity: Assets = Liabilities + Stockholder’s Equity (Owner’s Equity) Assets = liabilities + Capital liabilities = Assets - Capital Capital = Assets - liabilities That is‚ the total value of a firms
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favourite among Indian shoppers. [Online] Available at: http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/zara_india_favourite.htm [Accessed 9 March 2012]. Just-style.com. (2012). Zara takes a cautious step into China. [Online]. Available at: http://www.just-style.com/analysis/zara-takes-a-cautious-step-into-china_id92390.aspx [Accessed 10 March 2012]. Pallavi Srivastava‚ (2011). Zara: Premium Fashion. [Online] Available at: http://thirdeyesight.in/articles/zara_pitch.htm [Accessed 9 March 2012]. Saumya Roy‚ (2010). Fast
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Assessment of the external macro-environment in which the firm operates can be expressed in terms if the following factors Political • In Britain political awareness of the importance of the motorsport industry has grown in recent years especially during the Blair tenure. Frank Williams was knighted in 1999. • Political pressure on Formula One has also strengthened abroad‚ with other countries gaining the right to host the races. • The Asian Countries: China‚ Indonesia‚ Malaysia
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Political Factors: All Saints ensures that all regulations are met by having their vendors‚ suppliers and subcontractors sign their compliance manual based on the core conventions of the International Labour Organisation. The provisions of these conventions constitute the minimum and not the maximum standards all suppliers must meet in order to do business with All Saints. (http://www.allsaints.com/new-faqs) Economic Factors: All Saints and the All Saints website
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S.W.O.T. Analysis of Primark Strength Primark offers high street quality clothes for cheap prices and quality services to attract its customers and it also provides clothing for all ages and sexes. The company is part of the ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative) which focuses on worker’s rights‚ their production of goods and bringing businesses together to work on labour rights issues. TNS ranks Primark as Great Britain’s second largest clothing retailer by Volume in terms of market
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PESTEL ANALYSIS The PESTEL framework categorises environmental influences into six main types: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. Thus PESTEL provides a comprehensive list of influences on the possible success or failure of particular strategies. (G. Johnson‚ R. Whittington‚ K. Scholes (2011): 50). Political Relating to the protection of the environment Kraft Foods Inc. is subject to various federal and state laws in the United States‚ taking into account that
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Pestel Analysis of Mobile Phone Industry Political Mobile phones have now become a tool with which political parties can directly target voters. People with smartphones can now receive video advertisements and messages via the internet. According to the Economic Intelligence Unit (2012)‚ 83% of Americans who own a smartphone or tablet are registered to vote. This new gimmick is called “m-campaigning” and is currently most common in America. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both using this as
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PESTLE ANALYSIS OF CHINA Introduction Location: It is Northwest of the Tibet. The greater part of the country is mountainous. Its principal ranges are the Tien Shan‚ the Kunlun chain‚ and the Trans-Himalaya. These separating China from South and Central Asia. Mt. Everest (8‚848 m)‚ lies on the China–Nepal border‚ while the world’s second-highest point‚ K2 is situated on China’s border with Pakistan. Capital:- Beijing World’s second-largest country by land area‚and the third- or fourth-largest
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