You can choose to work on one of the following 3 cases. The due date of the report is Monday Dec 7th‚ 5pm. Submit your case study report in an MS Word file to me by e-mail. Case 1: Burger King Write a brief (3-5 pages) report to discuss the followings. 1. What are the major operational differences between McDonald’s (McD) and Burger King (BK)? 2. How do these differences relate to each company’s method of competing in the marketplace? 3. What implications do these differences have
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better burger has been going on since businesses began to sell hamburgers and compete with other businesses selling the same product. To create the better burger is the goal of any business that sells burgers since having the best will draw in customers‚ increase sales‚ and help to establish repeat business. It seems that in the past couple of decades there has been a battle of the burgers with two worldwide established fast food restaurants between the McDonald’s franchise verses the Burger King franchise
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companies create value for customers and build strong customers relationships in order to capture value from customers in return‚ Kotler & Armstrong (2010). Burger King Corporation (BKC) is one of the world’s leading fast food restaurants with more than 12‚170 restaurants in 76 countries throughout the world. The chain offers a range of burgers‚ sandwiches‚ salads and breakfasts‚ french fries‚ soft drinks and other food items. The company generates revenue from three sources: retail sales at company
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Ratio analysis gives potential investors insight on how well the company is doing. Liquidity Ratios measure the company’s ability to pay off short term debts. Based on the company’s current ratio‚ it has been increasing over the years and it is obvious the company is able to pay off its obligations being that the ratio is above 1. The company’s quick ratios has increased over the years and being that it is greater than 1‚ the company has the ability to use quick assets to payoff current
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Question 4 Assess the strategic alternative used by the firm Burger King is the world’s largest flame broiled fast food restaurant chain. As of mid-2009‚ it operated about 12000 restaurants in all 50 states and in 74 countries and U.S. territories worldwide through a combination of company-owned and franchised operations‚ which together employed nearly 400‚000 people worldwide. Two major ways in which Burger King differentiates itself from competitors are the way it cooks hamburgers by its
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Human resources means when a business has a forecast and a projection of its future staff needs. This means that the business can develop appropriate strategies for the recruitment‚ training and development of its staff. Within a small business‚ with perhaps one or two employees‚ responsibility for human resources will lie with the owner or with the partners while large organizations with many employees on the other hand‚ will have a whole section devoted to personnel. The social reformer Before
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national level‚ burger king develops and creates new capital goods (machinery). For example‚ with the aim to minimize waste Burger king developed the kitchen minder. The kitchen minder monitors the amount of sales on previous days and estimates how many patties‚ fries and other ingredients burger king will need to prepare. This minimises waste significantly and therefore reduces costs. with reduced costs the difference between sale price and costs will increase meaning burger king has increased profits
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Introduction Burger King is the world’s largest flame broiled fast food restaurant chain. As of 2011‚ Burger King operates restaurants in 12‚300 locations serving over 11 million guests daily in 76 countries and territories worldwide (Burger King ‚ 2011). Burger King’s core competency is its unique flame-broiled burgers. This process is difficult to imitate and helps differentiates Burger King from other fast food chains that fry their burgers instead. So much so in fact‚ no other fast food provider
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McDonald’s The business began in 1940‚ with a restaurant opened by brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald at 1398 North E Street at West 14th Street in San Bernardino‚ California. Their introduction of the "Speedee Service System" in 1948 furthered the principles of the modern fast-food restaurant that the White Castle hamburger chain had already put into practice more than two decades earlier. The original mascot of McDonald’s was a man with a chef’s hat on top of a hamburger shaped head whose
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Strategic Hospitality Management -University of West London- Module Leader: Terry McCusker Student ID: 21239704 Business bits: Burger King Burger King Worldwide Inc. reported the third quarter situation this morning. What has happened to profits comparing to last year? In the third quarter of this year‚ the reports are showing a profit of $68.2 million or 19% a share comparing to $6.6 million or 2% a share‚ an year earlier. Beside this‚ the per-share earnings rose
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