1. SWOT Analysis Strengths IBM’s core strength lies in its System/360 and System/370 mainframe series. These mainframes have become the industry’s benchmark that competitors try to match. Moreover‚ IBM’s high-priced lease strategy‚ supported by excellent customer support‚ enhances the company’s fortunes. Over the years‚ IBM’s excellent service‚ along with a successful sales team has given it an advantage over the competition. IBM’s successful ventures with computer‚ software‚ and marketing companies
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programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012a) Human culture derives from people’s background‚ education‚ gender and so on. Therefore‚ different people have various cultures. Culture can influence employees’ relationship in workplaces. (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012b) Geert Hofstede studied this question for more than six years‚ and found six groups of national cultural dimensions. The first group is Power Distance (PDI) which illustrates the level
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Draft 300860 PESTEL Analysis Costa Rica Political Analysis • Costa Rica has emphasized strongly in the development of democracy and respect for human rights. • Costa Rica lacks armed forces therefore they are free of military infringement. • Costa Rican law protects the formation of contracts. • Costa Rican law protects Copyrights‚ Trade Marks‚ Encrypted Program-Carrying Satellite Signals‚ Industrial Designs‚ Patents‚ Geographical Indication‚
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PESTEL Analysis of Food Souvenir Industry in Macau POLITICAL: Bejing Visa Policy: The GDP of Macau is expected to increase by 30% this year which indicates that the economy is recovering from 2008 recession. That means‚ if the economy keeps its same speed‚ Central govt. might bring some new policy on visa restriction for Chinese visitors similar to that of 2008 & 2007. If the central govt. observes any negative impact of the gaming boom‚ they might tighten the visa policy. International
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Getting a good grade in geometry is very important‚ yet very hard to do if you cannot properly construct geometrical figures. Using a compass‚ a tool used to make arcs‚ and a straightedge; like a ruler‚ used to draw straight lines; helps students to properly construct figures. It is better to use a compass and straightedge to construct figures‚ than a drawing program online. One reason compasses and straightedges are important is that they are reliable. Using a drawing program‚ one might accidently
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M-F 10:00 – 12:00 pm COMPASS GROUP PLC – 2007 Compass Group is a global contract food service and support services company headquartered near London‚ United Kingdom. It is the largest contract foodservice company in the world and has operations in over 50 countries. It serves around 4 billion meals a year in locations including offices and factories‚ schools‚ universities‚ hospitals‚ major sports and cultural venues‚ mining camps and offshore oil platforms. Compass group PLC is the world’s leading
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MH 4 About KION GROUP 5 Global Player in Material Handling 5 Vision & Strategy 5 The Industry and the KION Group 6 The KION Group market 7 Competitors 8 Competitive Advantages 9 Company´s Products 11 Services 13 Strategic Analysis: 14 External Analysis. PESTEL analysis. 14 Political factors: 14 Economic factors: 15 Social factors: 17 Technological factors: 18 Legal and environmental Factors: 18 Porter’s 5 forces 19 Boston Consulting Group Matrix 20 Activity
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Moral Compass Paragraph My moral compass points are perseverance‚ responsibility‚ respect‚ and courage. My first point is perseverance which is something my mom always tells me because she never wants me to give up on anything‚ so even if I’m in a difficult situation‚ I try to do the best that I can. An event this has helped me would be doing vibrato on the violin. It took me a lot of practice and time in order for me to be able to vibrato on the violin‚ but I am glad I persevered. My second
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Table of content 1. Introduction 1 2. Importance of environmental analysis 1 3. Procedure 1 4. Findings 2 1. PESTEL analysis for environmental scanning 2 2. Political factors 2 3. Economical factors 3 4. Socio-cultural factors 4 5. Technological factors 4 6. Environmental factors 5 7. Legal factors 5 8. Porter’s five forces model for environmental scanning 6 9. Threat of entry 6 10. Threat of substitutes 7 11. The power of buyers 7 12. The power
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The PESTEL framework examines the six main macro environmental influencing factors of companies: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. These influences determine the future success or failure of the corporate strategies. The political influence include the role of the governments; economics embraces the macro economic factors such as growth rate‚ exchange rates and business cycles; the social component stands for changing cultures and demographics; technological influences
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