November 11‚ 2013 Table of Contents Country Analysis 2 1. General 2 2. Economic/Business 5 3. Political 9 4. Social & Cultural 11 Market Entry Strategy 12 References 15 Appendix 17 Country Analysis 1. General South Africa is a medium sized country that occupies a total land area of slightly more than 1.2 Million square kilometers. It stretches more than 2‚500km from the desert boarder with Namibia
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Chipotle Mexican Grill Restaurant Case Analysis Problem statement: In order to secure and promote Chipotle’s market share in the restaurant industry‚ kate is in the position of seeking competitive strategies with feasible implementations. Analysis: * External Environment: 1. General environment: Having global economic downturn‚ most of the businesses performed declining. 2. Industry environment: However‚ QSR outperformed and even expanded in USA. Obviously‚ consumers are heading
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Background: By now most consumers have at least eaten chipotle once. Now if you have eaten chipotle you know it has a strong background of a sustainability story. If you haven’t‚ very long story short‚ it is how vegetables are grown in vigorous soil‚ it removed GMOs from its menu‚ it’s takes a stand against growth hormones and antibiotics in milking cows and how it’s allowing pigs to be pigs instead of being caged up. Chipotle has done a great job of committing to this approach‚ developing the message
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favorite restaurant. The company I chose was Chipotle Mexican Grill‚ Inc (CMG). I know that this is crazy because its fast food‚ but I work less than 1 mile from one and I eat there at least 2-3 times a week. So as much money as I have invested in with just lunch a week. I was dying to find out their financial information and this assignment gave me my opportunity. Chipotle Mexican Grill‚ aims to do a few things but do them exceptionally well. When Chipotle (pronounced chi-POAT-lay) opened its first
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John Hawer Herrera February 21‚ 2013 MGMT 561 Chipotle Mexican Grill‚ Inc.: “Food With Integrity” I. Key Problem What Steven Ells began with a small taqueria in Denver‚ Colorado in 1993‚ one may not have foreseen this venture to become the fastest growing restaurant chain in the last decade. By 2006‚ Ells’ idea made its initial public offering with 535 restaurants throughout the world. Things were going tremendously well for CMG until late afternoon on October 18‚
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One of the immediate effects is shortage of raw ingredients which might either create an increase of the menu prices or a change in menu options as a way the substitute the unavailable ingredient. Either option could drive some customers away from Chipotle and revenues and sales would suffer. Climate changes and increasing global temperatures affect not only the company but the industry as well. Recent increase in global temperature‚ rising water levels‚ and low availability of fresh water represented
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Finance theory and Financial strategy Strategic Planning means several things. But it certainly is a part of the decision-making in resource management of the business benefits. Finance theory has significant advantages in understanding the function of capital markets‚ the valuation of real assets and financial assets. Discounted cash flow analysis(DCF) is a tool that derived from finance theory which has been widely used. However finance theory also has little effect on strategic
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Question 1: Does Chipotle Mexican Grill have any core competencies and‚ if so‚ what are they? After analyzing the case‚ I have came to a conclusion that Chipotle Mexican Grill has four core competencies that make the company more superior than its competitors: 1. Focused Menu The first core competency of Chipotle Mexican Grill is its focused menu‚ which offers a fairly limited dishes – burritos‚ burrito bowls‚ tacos‚ and salads‚ along with soft drinks‚ fruit drinks‚ and milk. Its customers‚ nevertheless
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Group Case Study “Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy” Microsoft’s Financial Reporting Strategy ABSTRACT 2 This case study examines the factors explaining the difference between Microsoft’s market value of equity to book value of equity and overall financial reporting strategies employed at the firm. We analyzed financial information dating from 1985 to 1999 and 2011 annual report provided by Microsoft. We found factors explaining market value of equity are perceived risk and future cash
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Paper P9 – Management Accounting Financial Strategy Post Exam Guide May 2006 Exam Examiner’s General Comments The performance on Paper P9 was extremely disappointing. Many candidates appeared to have done little preparation. It was noted in the November 2005 Post Exam Guide that many candidates demonstrated poor knowledge of even quite basic financial calculations and that their grasp of many basic concepts was also limited. These weaknesses are still evident in May 2006. A further weakness was the
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