Hi Nick‚ Here is the list of stakeholders you requested last time we spoke 1. Internal stakeholders are as follows yourself (Nick Newbury)‚ Alastair Poulain and Tom Barber. Obviously your main concern is financial return for your company. It is important that all members are well informed and happy with all decisions made within the company. Also that you don’t lose your values or mission statement in the merge. 2. Tim Best Travel
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The Lodge Bistro Chain The Lodge Bistro chain started out as something a bit different. This difference has enabled The Lodge to expand and become a successful chain of Bistros. However as time has gone on Bistros and outlets selling food have become more and more common. There are food outlets everywhere‚ all competing for custom and trying to be a little different to their rivals. The format of a French bistro has been replicated by many eating establishments and a large multinational chain
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Q3. What was IBM’s horizontal scope in 2005? Using the four tests for horizontal scope‚ comment thereon in terms of any divestments you would recommend. Explain your strategic rationale. Answer- The horizontal scope of a company guides it in terms of which industry it should compete in. IBM’s horizontal scope in 2005 ranged from Computer technologies (as the core competency) to Business consulting‚ research and development. Acquisition and alliances with PWC‚Nextel‚ Mayo and Boeing were another highlighting
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Designer Labels It was 15 May 2012 and Kathryn Albeit had just received an offer of £1 million for her retail stores business. The offer was tempting‚ especially in light of the heavy workload she was carrying and the increased pressures from her family responsibilities. She was unsure whether now was the time to sell and whether the price offered was reasonable. Kathryn was sitting in her office contemplating her business’s future. Designer Labels (which Kathryn ran as a Sole Trader) was a chain
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Introduction A few years ago I got involved in marketing an expensive brand of vacuum cleaners called Kirby. The product was well designed‚ of high quality and had many features that were lacking in other leading brands. The marketing strategy used were a combination of selling orientation and product orientation‚ where the business owners assumed that a sales force would be able to sell the product as long as the right approached was used. I was trained to effectively demonstrate the features
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Attn : Patricia Lodge Having reviewed the Lodge Bistro and the state it is in‚ I have identified several areas of concern that management may wish address. I have used a STEEP analysis (Preston‚ 2012) to identify the Sociological‚ Technological‚ Economical‚ Environmental and Political factors that are currently negatively impacting the business. By using this method‚ Patricia can gain a better understanding of the challenges she faces before deciding on a corrective course of action Sociological
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The main reason for this is the radical changes put in place so rapidly with immediate effect. This resulted in lack of structure and consistency throughout the whole chain stores‚ as you gave each store manager to much autonomy to change the store i.e. decor‚ food menu etc.‚ the business culture values as a whole was lost and that was what made the business a success before. I understand some changes had to be made but not so drastically. The loss of business culture and lack of dimension of structure
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WEEK 5 / ASSIGNMENT 1 Case Analysis: Nantucket Nectars PRO’s & CON’s Tom Scott and Tom First founded Nantucket Nectars in 1990 as a small side-business on Nantucket’s Straight Wharf. A peach fruit juice drink that Tom First discovered while visiting Spain inspired him and his partner to embark upon the journey of building their juice company. After only six years‚ the two entrepreneurs built a business that was generating $29‚493‚000 per year in revenue and $969‚000 in EBITDA. With remarkable
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3. There are several standards to comply with when considering the supervisory responsibilities of senior auditing professionals. According to GAAS‚ the first general standard of ten auditing standards is that the auditing practitioner should have adequate technical training and proficiency as an auditor. Therefore‚ in this case Marshall had the legal responsibility to provide essential trainings‚ including technical and ethical issues‚ to Rojas‚ regardless whether Rojas would violate the law to
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TMA 03- Designer Labels Question 1 a) An income statement is used to show profit and loss; Kathryn can compare each financial year to see how the company is getting on and what department is doing well. An income statement will show all expenses incurred in the business such as delivery‚ office space‚ staff wages and the products. The income statement becomes useful to Kathryn when deciding to see how Designer Labels is getting on because it would show the income from sales and this can be broken
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