Big Mac Index The McDonald’s corporation – “McDonald ’s is the leading global food-service retailer with more than 34‚000 local restaurants serving nearly 69 million people in 118 countries each day” (McDonalds Corporation‚ 2014). The statistics alone are impressive for a company that started as a single restaurant in Des Plaines‚ IA in April‚ 1955 (McDonalds Corporation‚ 2014). Even more impressive is the influence McDonald’s has on global economic forecasting by virtue of its signature sandwich
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BIG MAC INDEX WHAT IS A BIG MAC INDEX? The big Mac index is a theory dealing with PPP purchase power parity. The big Mac index was created by the Economist based on the Purchase Power theory‚ the first step understands what the Purchase power theory is. Here is a brief example to better understand the purchase power theory; suppose that one US dollar is currently in the market for ten Argentinean pesos. In the United States a soccer ball costs $40 while in Argentina they sell the same soccer
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FACULTY OF ECONOMICAL SCIENCE Big Mac Currencies (The 2002 Big Mac Index) Foundation of Economics Economics Efficiency International Investments Presentation Paper October 19‚ 2012 Chisinau 2012 Foundation of Economics THE BIG MAC index The Big Mac is the world’s most popular sandwich‚ was created in 1968 by a McDonald’s franchise in Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. While most people see the Big Mac as a sandwich‚ economists also see that as a consumer good
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Estimating the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) of currencies using the Big Mac Index™ Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Purchasing Power Parity and Theory of one Price 3. Over/Under Valuation of currencies against the Dollar 5. Comparative analysis of the most overvalued to the most undervalued 6. Observation and Alternative indexes 7. Limitations 8. Appendix INTRODUCTION Purchasing power parity (PPP) is an important and critical topic in international economics. It arises when the
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“What a waste.” I slurred to Big Mac. “What’s that?” Big mac replied with his usual aussie twang. “What. A. Waste.” I looked him dead in the eye. “You alright‚ Bob?” “Yeah mate‚ just disappointed?” “Disappointed?” “With my son. You know what? He shouldn’t even be that‚ with my little‚ vulnerable daughter.” I spat on the ground in disgust‚ that really got the locals attention‚ nosey buggars they are. Big Mac had his hand down his pants with his belt undone‚ a thing they called “adjusting”. I’ve been
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Haley Spencer Professor Flood English 101 20 October 2014 Big Mac with a Side of Apples and a Diet Coke For decades the fast-food industry has supplied Americans with tasty‚ comforting food‚ quickly and for a low cost. It was not until recently‚ when the health craze first hit America in the late 1980’s that corporations developed a new approach to marketing health food products to fit their customer’s wants. Fast Food companies trick their costumers into believing the fast-food is healthier by fancy
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acid (and its salts)‚ calcium propionate‚ sodium nitrite‚ sulfites (sulfur dioxide‚ sodium bisulfite‚ potassium hydrogen sulfite‚ etc.) and disodium EDTA. Big Mac: Ingredients: • 100% BEEF PATTY‚ • BIG MAC BUN‚ • PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE‚ • BIG MAC SAUCE‚ • SHREDDED LETTUCE‚ • PICKLE SLICES‚ ONIONS Preservatives: Calcium Carbonate- is used as a food preservative and color retainer in organic fruits and some foods. It is also a stabilizer
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Case 1-2: “McDonald’s Expands Globally While Adjusting Its Local Recipe” Discussion Questions: 1) McDonalds has a mixed global marketing strategy that combines Globalization and the ability to act local. Globalization refers to developing a marketing strategy as if the world is a single entity and to sell the same product with same promotion‚ same packaging all over the world regardless of geographic‚ demographic‚ political‚ social and cultural differences. McDonald’s global marketing strategy
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is a marketing mix development – 4P’s . First : Product ‚ just like big mac ‚ they always produce it with fixed lettuce ‚ beef ‚ cheese and sauce .Second : Promotion ‚ for example ‚ the adcertising slogan “ I’m loving it “ ‚ it is well-known for everyone who listen to it will come to mind that is McDonald . Third : Place ‚ there are free-standing restaurants in high-traffic public areas .Fourth : Price ‚ average price of Big Mac is 4.20$ . McDonald think globally and act locally ‚ also think locally
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1. The building blocks of competitive advantage include quality‚ customer responsiveness‚ innovation‚ and efficiency. Quality from a restaurant standpoint is getting what you pay for. To purchase an item such as wine from a restaurant that costs ninety-seven dollars per glass would have to be of good quality‚ as opposed to purchasing Boons Farm‚ and this costing you the same price. Quality is important in that if your company doesn’t posses good quality yet charges its customers for this inexistent
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