Part 1: Company Information: The company selected for our financial analysis project is Chipotle Mexican Grill. Chipotle (for short) is a company that is a major player in the fast food and restaurant industry. The name “chipotle” is derived from the Mexican Spanish name for a smoked‚ dried Jalapeno pepper. The restaurant sells large burritos and bowls in an assembly line production system where all the condiments are arranged and all the customer has to do is request what they want their burrito
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In September of 2014‚ my partner Asli‚ and I‚ two high-school seniors‚ decided that people should have a choice between Chipotle burritos and cafeteria pizza that tastes like it endured a nuclear fallout. Starting with surveys‚ we determined whether there would be demand for a service that delivered burritos instead of cafeteria food‚ and if so‚ how much extra people would be able to pay. We prepared extensively‚ creating several worksheets to track income and expenses‚ and created an online form
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Journal of Small Business Management 2006 44(3)‚ pp. 407–425 Entrepreneurs Use a Balanced Scorecard to Translate Strategy into Performance Measures by Andra Gumbus and Robert N. Lussier Although 50 percent of Fortune 1000 companies currently use a balanced scorecard (BSC)‚ few small businesses are using a BSC. A review of the literature finds no BSC papers in leading small business/entrepreneurship journals. This article begins with a discussion of the BSC and why a small business should
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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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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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8 SECOND YEAR SEMINAR –- APRIL 27‚ 2009 BANKRUPTCY IN FINANCIAL CRISIS: IN THE INTEREST OF EMPLOYERS OR EMPLOYEES If corporate bankruptcy does not offer a path to reorganization‚ many of the jobs at struggling companies may vanish for good. That suggests a long and painful economic downturn.1 I. INTRODUCTION ………………………………………….…………………..…….........…….....2 II. BACKGROUND……………………………………………….……………..........….…………...4 A. Bankruptcy Statistics……………………………….……………..........….…………....4 1.
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Business strategy We focus on business strategy because we consider our organisation as a strategic business unit (SBU) which is any business that supplies goods or services to a distinct domain of activity. Porter’s generic competitive strategies A competitive strategy is concerned with how a SBU achieves competitive advantage in its domain of activity. Porter defines 3 possible generic strategies to use as a business. The cost-leadership strategy has for aim to become the lowest-cost organisation
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BUSINESS LEVEL STRATEGY Any given organization may comprise a number of different businesses. Each operating in distinct markets and serving different customers. A market is defined by demand conditions and based on an organization’s customers and potential customers. Industry is determined by supply conditions and based on production technology. Business level strategy is a means of separating out and formulating a competitive strategy at the level of individual business unit. This is sometimes
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Michael Porter’s Generic Strategies According to Porter‚ strategies allow organizations to gain competitive advantage from three different bases: cost leadership‚ differentiation and focus. Porter calls these bases as generic strategies. Cost leadership emphasizes producing standardized products at a very low per unit cost for consumers who are price sensitive. Differentiation is a strategy aimed at producing products and services considered unique industry wide and directed at customers who are
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