Blockbuster revolutionized the video rental industry. Founded in 1985‚ by David Cook‚ the company became the leader of the video chain industry by 1988 (Wooldridge‚ B. R.‚ Matulich‚ E.‚ & Riddick Jr.‚ J. C. 2007; “First Blockbuster‚” 2012). However‚ by September 2010‚ Blockbuster filed for section 11 bankruptcy (Ahmed‚ 2011). The external changes in the market forced Blockbuster to reassess its business model and ultimately lead to the bankruptcy decision. An analysis of Blockbuster’s organizational
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China has an average growth rate of 10% per year‚ which indicates that it is the fastest growing major economy. In this context‚ we are going to analyze the political‚ economical‚ socio-cultural and technological issues of Amazon‚ which is called PEST analysis. It’s a simple business measurement tool but important and widely used that helps understanding the market growth. Political point of view Amazon arrived in China in 2004. Implementing itself in China was not a simple task to do. Even
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create an uncertain environment and have an impact on the function of the whole organization" (Tsiakkiros‚ 2002). A number of checklists have been developed as ways of cataloguing the vast number of possible issues that might affect an industry. A PEST analysis is one of them that is merely a framework that categorizes environmental influences as political‚ economic‚ social and technological forces. Sometimes two additional factors‚ environmental and legal‚ will be added to make a PESTEL analysis
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This Industry Risk Ratings report from IBISWorld evaluates the inherent risks associated with the Petrochemical Manufacturing in the US industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be ’the difficulty‚ or otherwise‚ of the business operating environment’. The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk)‚ risks arising from the expected future performance
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Introduction Ryanair is headquartered in Dublin‚ Ireland and operates a low-fare‚ no-frill scheduled passenger airline. Ryanair serves short-haul‚ point-to-point routes between Ireland‚ the United Kingdom‚ and continental Europe‚ making Ryanair Europe¡¦s largest low-fare airline. It has destinations in 13 countries with 76 low-fare routes. Its fleet consists of 21 Boeing 737-200s and 21 737-800s. Launched in 1985‚ Ryanair¡¦s growth has been extraordinary. Ryanair currently employs a team of 1500
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International Business Plan BREAKING INTO THE TRADE GAME: SMALL BUSINESS GUIDE TO EXPORTING SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION‚ OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE International Business Plan The purpose of the International Business Plan workbook is to prepare your business to enter the international marketplace. This workbook will serve as a step-by-step guide to lead you through the process of exporting your product to an international market. The workbook is divided into sections. Each section must
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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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CHINA’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION China has developed a huge telecommunications sector. Today China is one of the largest telecom subscribers in the world’s telecommunication market. China’s telecommunications industry started to expand during early 1990s due to economic growth‚ technological improvements‚ low tax rates‚ and institutional changes‚ which allowed competition. Figure 1 shows that electronic-telecom industry had the fastest growth of sales revenue during
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Country Profile and PESTEL Analysis Political Factors Romania is an independent parliamentary republic with judicial‚ executive and legislative branches of government. the president serves as Romania’s chief of state. the prime minister serves as the head of the government and is appointed by the president with the consent of the parliament. the capital city is Bucharest. in accordance to risk assessment‚ Romania has low political risk. after the falling of communist regime‚ Romania has
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Political/Legal forces Malaysia is a multi-racial country and there are around 55% of the population are Malays. In order to serve Islam market‚ Halal certification is required for food retail industry. In Malaysia‚ Halal certification can be obtained from the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM 2011). The Halal Food scheme are covered by the production‚ preparation‚ handling and storage of the food that will be serve and will be monitor by the JAKIM committee. According to Malaysia’s
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