Competitors analysis Students gave the answer of Q1.4 and analysed 3 competitors of Apple Describe background of IT industry with focus on Apple (5 marks) Use Porters Competitors analysis to analyse Apple (5 marks) 10 facts = 10 marks 1.4 Three different competitors of Apple Inc Describe 3 competitors (6 marks) Use Porters Competitors analysis to analyse competitors (9 marks) 10 facts = 5 marks 1.5 SWOT Most students did well in this question 10 facts = 5 marks Section B 1 PEST & SWOT Only
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Case 1: Chevron October 24‚ 2011 Introduction of the Company Chevron began with the discovery of oil north of Los Angeles in 1879 and was originally named the Pacific Coast Oil Company. Later John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil bought Pacific Oil in 1900 to form Standard Oil (California). In 1911‚ the Sherman Antitrust Act would force the breakup of the parent Standard Oil and Chevron became Standard Oil of California or Socal. Socal would go on to form joint venture with Texaco in 1936
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1 PEST Analysis - Banking Sector in United States Product Type: Market Research Report Published by: Synergyst Published: March 2007 Product Code: R739-67 Description PEST analysis of any industry sector investigates the important factors that are affecting the industry and influencing the companies operating in that sector. PEST is an acronym for political‚ economic‚ social and technological analysis. Political factors include government policies relating to the industry‚ tax policies‚
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PEST ANALYSIS FOR APPLE INC The PEST analysis is the useful procedure to grasp market growth or decline. So it is a business dimension tools that helps to identify an organisations macro environment. The factors include in PEST analysis are Political factors‚ Economical factors‚ Social influence‚ Technological factors. An organisation cannot control the changes in those factors but any changes effect directly to an organisation. So the organisation should react quickly if any
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other options to grow their business with the objective of achieving 100% revenue growth over the next 12 months without losing its profitability. Theoretical Framework: Financial and non-financial factors will be taken into account. SWOT and PEST analysis will be used to assess the company’s
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for the first time in 20 years. Because of this Tesco needs to use a PEST (Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological factors) analysis as it will allow the business to build their vision for the future and help them to avoid further decreases in profit. Good use of PEST Analysis would also help Tesco to avoid taking further action that would result in failure for reasons beyond their control e.g. the recession. PEST analysis is used to analyse business markets‚ industries‚ segments or the whole
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Pest Analysis Croatia PEST-Analysis Croatia Content Introduction………………………………………………………………………………page 3 Political Environment……………………………………………………………………page 4 Economic Environment………………………………………………………………….page 4 Social-Cultural Environment…………………………………………………………….page 6 Technological Environment……………………………………………………………...page 7 References………………………………………………………………………………
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Introduction to PEST analysis PEST analysis is concerned with the environmental influences on a business. The acronym stands for the Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological issues that could affect the strategic development of a business. Identifying PEST influences is a useful way of summarizing the external environment in which a business operates. However‚ it must be followed up by consideration of how a business should respond to these influences. The table below lists some possible
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Along with the world debut of the new BMW 5 Series Sedan (earlier post) at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show‚ BMW is also presenting the BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid—its first combination of a BMW straight-six with electric drive. Integration of BMW ActiveHybrid technology in the new 5 Series model reduces both fuel consumption and emissions by more than 10%. The drive system featured in the BMW Concept 5 Series ActiveHybrid consists of a straight-six gasoline engine with TwinPower Turbo technology
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MAY‚ 2012 CASE: CHEVRON V. ECHAZABAL CASE ISSUE: AN INTORDUCTION (CHEVRON V‚ ECHAZABAL) Mario Echazabal‚ worked as an independent contractor at a Chevron oil refinery in California. He applied for a job at Chevron. The company extended an offer to him provided‚ he take pass the medical examination. However‚ Echazabal failed the examination because the results showed that his liver was damaged due to Hepatitis C. Chevron feared that continued exposure
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