Macro-environment Demography Research shows‚ that Costco’s way of doing research is a unique way‚ indeed it uses its membership concept to gather statistics on its customers that in turn did not involve extensive research. They are put into groups business owners and licensed professionals‚ depending on the job role‚ for instance‚ business owners and licensed professionals which are in one group and this allows them to minimize the risk involved with accepting cheques and makes it possible to
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firm’s activities and resources to the environment in which it operates. This essay will analyse the micro and macro external environment in the part five years (2000 to 2006) of IBM Company by using PESTEL and five forces model to analyse in the first part. The second part will discuss about the advantages and disadvantages of the two possible alternative strategies for IBM. Part 1: Analysis of Micro and Macro External Environment 1.1 PESTEL Analysis The external factors can be divided into
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Interaction of micro elements The interaction between 5 competitive forces‚ create environment for Apple very competitive and hard to survive. Low entry barrier‚ rapid innovation of supplier and changing demand of consumer create the product life-cycle shorten. A lot of competitors with very similar product specification let product easy to imitate and alter PC become near to commodity product. Thus this leads to low market share industry. In addition‚ strong power of suppliers‚ a lot of competitors
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Macro environments relates to the larger forces that have an impact on society as a whole and not just on one or a few organizations. A single organization cannot usually have a significant impact on these forces and therefore can only adapt its marketing mix to account for the opportunities and threats that arise. One of the evidence about this is the article ’Optus hit with $5 million fine’ which was published in The Age of the July 8‚ 2011‚ it identify and explain the impacts and affects this
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A macro environment comprises the external factors that can influence a business. These factors are often out of the control or management ability of a company. Factors typically include economic‚ demographic‚ political‚ and technological forces in business. Business owners and managers often spend copious amount of time and effort to assess the overall economic environment in order to determine the number and strength of each factor. Strategies and performance reviews can help owners and managers
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1.1 The micro-environment This environment influences the organization directly. It includes suppliers that deal directly or indirectly‚ consumers and customers‚ and other local stakeholders. Micro tends to suggest small‚ but this can be misleading. In this context‚ micro describes the relationship between firms and the driving forces that control this relationship. It is a more local relationship‚ and the firm may exercise a degree of influence. These are internal factors close to the company
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Macro-environment analysis of The Coffee Company for the Chai Latte powder product The Coffee Company is 100% privately owned and operated company. It has been in operation since 1998 and has over 10 years experience in the coffee manufacturing market. The Coffee Company provides fresh roasted coffee to over 1000 food service customers across Australia and its retail products are available in leading Australian retailers. The Coffee Company plant is based in Moorabbin and uses market leading
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Macro environment of apple company. Macro environment is a far environment which comprise of several forces that raise strategic issue to Apple. These forces are social force‚ economic force‚ politic force‚ and technology force which well known as PEST (figure 3). Figure 3 Macro Environment Technology forces The first force that influences computer industry structure is rapid and sustained technical progress. Each year‚ integrated circuits and other electronic components become better
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to passenger traffic. Further strengthening its ASEAN network‚ the Group in December 2010 signed an agreement to establish a Philippine-based low-cost affiliate‚ which is expected to be operational by end 2011. The quest to democratise air travel began when Tune Air Sdn. Bhd. – founded in 2001 by Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes‚ Dato’ Pahamin Ab. Rajab‚ Dato’ Kamarudin Meranun and Dato’ Aziz Bakar - bought over the loss-making‚ debt-riddled AirAsia from HI COM Holdings Berhad (now DRB-HICOM Berhad) for
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POLITICAL ASPECTS • Political uncertainty in Malaysia with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi set to step down in March 2009. • Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to take over the ruling-coalition party‚ but with a cloud of allegations. • Political unrest in Thailand recently when anti-government protesters recently blocked flights for a week at Bangkok’s main airports. • ASEAN nations have been pushing Indonesia to scrap its Rp.1 million ‘Fiscal’ charge to all Indonesian citizens and
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