and capabilities in strategy formulation. • The resources of the firm • Organizational capabilities • Appraising the profit potential of resources and capabilities • Putting resource and capability analysis to work—a practical guide • Creating new capabilities. Shifting the Focus of Strategy Analysis: From the External to the Internal Environment THE FIRM Goals and Values Resources and Capabilities Structure and Systems THE INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY STRATEGY •Competitors •Customers
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Unit 4- Task 4 SWOT Analysis “The results of a questionnaire given to 200 people that regularly visit McDonalds found the following: * 85% are happy with the service in their local McDonalds. * 80% would like McDonalds to be open 24/7. * 50% thought they could make a happy meal healthier. * 65% would like more wraps on the menu. * 30% would like part of the menu to be focused on healthier options. * 20% said staff were unfriendly. * 90% said parking facilities were good
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PEST ANALYSIS The PEST analysis is a useful tool for understanding market growth or decline‚ and as such the position‚ potential and direction for a business. PEST is an acronym for Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological factors‚ which are used to assess the market for a business. Basically it is a scan of macro-external environment‚ in which a business wants to operate. Political Factors include: • Tax policy • Employment laws • Trade restriction and Tariffs
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PEST Analysis for a Company in the Tourism Industry The Tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The World Travel and Tourism Council estimates that in 2004 Travel and tourism is expected to generate * US$ 5‚490.4 billion of economic activity * 10.4% of total GDP * 214‚697‚000 jobs or 8.1% of total employment * 12.2% of total exports [1] My task is to conduct a PEST analysis for a company within the Tourism industry. Within the tourism industry‚ I have
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Marketing Environment What would you assume to be the key PEST drivers? PEST/STEP is about the macro environment. We should use the finer grained variant of Kotler which details Social into Cultural‚ Demographic and Natural (the first two probably being very “yielding”). Political Forces Alcohol consume is a threat to public health and should be constrained • Market monopolization in Scandinavian and other countries • Alcohol taxes in most countries of the world • Anti-alcohol campaigns
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Financial Accounting and Reporting (8th Edition)‚ FT/Prentice Hall. Lewis‚ R. & Pendrill. D. (2004)‚ “Advanced Financial Accounting” (7th Edition)‚ FT/Prentice Hall. Britton & Jorissen. (2003)‚ “International Financial Reporting and Analysis” Thomson Task 4 Tisdale M.A. (N.D.) WiseGeek: “What is a Trade Surplus” [Online] available on http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-trade-surplus.htm# Pettinger T. (2012) Economics: “Balance of Payments Disequilibrium” [Online] available
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Mailer. New York: Frederick Ungar Publishing Co.‚ 1978. Cullen‚ Jim. The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That Shaped a Nation. New York: Oxford University Press‚ 2003. Diggins‚ John P. The American Left in the Twentieth Century. New York/Chicago/San Francisco: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich‚ Inc.‚ 1973. Echols‚ Alice. Shaky Ground: The ’60s and Its Aftershocks. New York: Columbia University Press‚ 2002. Ellwood‚ Robert S. The Sixties Spiritual Awakening: American Religion Moving from Modern to
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POLITICAL ANALYSIS TAXATION As of 1 January 2001‚ South Africa’s territorial system of taxation (or source-based system) was replaced with one based on worldwide incomes for resident companies‚ including resident branches of foreign companies. In order to preserve some of South Africa’s appeal as an "off-shore" location for international headquarters‚ a separate regime for non-resident International Holding Companies (IHCs) is maintained which allows for income from foreign subsidiaries
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PEST Analysis The PEST analysis is used in this report to evaluate the political‚ economic‚ social and technological aspects of the macroeconomic environment in the targeted market‚ Russia. This study helps to frame the basis for the decision-making about a possible market entry. Thus‚ it is of vital importance to scrutinize the macroeconomic environment as part of the market research. Political and Legal Aspects According to the Russian 1993 Constitution‚ Russia is a democratic federative state
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Chicago Annotation/Interactive Analysis of Text Summary: In the poem “Chicago” by “Carl Sandburg” he starts with giving the readers an image of what Chicago is like with the different types of jobs and the things the citizens do in their daily lives. At the start of the poem Sandburg explains what people would see in a daily life at Chicago‚ such as Tool making‚ farming and swine wholesale dealers. This shows that the city is full of vigorous people and that they always try to look strong
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