3H Strategy & International Business 2001-2002 Session 8 – Positioning & RBAs compared A. INTRODUCTION TO SESSION The past two Sessions have outlined a series of models and frameworks that provide insights into the external environment and the strategic capabilities possessed by organisations. Many of these models and frameworks have developed as a consequence of a twenty-year debate over the way in which organisations seek to develop sustainable competitive advantage. In broad terms‚ two
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Table of contents Table of contents 1 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 Analysis of case (McDonald fast food) 2 2.1 Questions 1: McDonald relationship with childhood obesity 3 2.2 Questions 2. The impact of McDonald’s marketing 4 2.2.1 Impact of McDonald’s marketing on individual consumers 4 2.2.2 Impact of McDonald’s marketing on other business and society 4 2.3 Question 3: Social marketing’s influence to children 5 2.4 Question 4. Opinion of advertising for kids and other solutions for childhood
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in 119 countries. Headquartered in the United States‚ the company began in 1940 as a barbecue restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald; in 1948 they reorganized their business as a hamburger stand using production line principles. Businessman Ray Kroc joined the company as a franchise agent in 1955. He subsequently purchased the chain from the McDonald brothers and oversaw its worldwide growth. A McDonald’s restaurant is operated by either a franchisee‚ an affiliate‚ or the corporation
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at the press releases of the last six months of McDonalds as a company. We also checked their latest annual report. The most remarkable change that McDonalds went through in the last six months was a combination of: change of work method and reorganization. On this 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day‚ McDonald’s is officially launching their “2010 Best of Global Green and 2010 Best of Sustainable Supply”. We think everybody knows that McDonalds has a responsibility to continuously improve their
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back-to-basics approach of quickly serving up burgers‚ just burgers‚ for timeless consumers. McDonald¶s was gathering flak from environmentalists who decried all the litter and solid waste its restaurants generated each day To counter some of the criticism‚ McDonald¶s partnered with the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) to explore new ways to make its operations more friendly to the environment. Together‚ EDF and McDonald¶s considered its impact on a wide range of stakeholders²customers‚ suppliers‚ franchisees
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Marketing Mix Marketing mix must focus on the product‚ pricing‚ promotion‚ and placement of item in order to make it successful. Marketing strategies must feature customer orientation‚ input‚ and accessibility in the fight to the top of the market. McDonald’s is no different. An example of this is illustrated with a comparison of McDonalds and Wendy’s. At first glance‚ they may appear to have roughly the same marketing mix and target markets. Both are fast food and provide similar products. However
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could be a great choice because the company claims they are working with the best suppliers‚ and provide the best quality food for their customers. McDonald’s also provides free toys to children with the Happy Meals which are targeted to children. McDonald ’s started selling Happy Meals with free toys targeted at children in the 1970s. The Happy Meal is generally a hamburger‚ french fries‚ and sugar drink that is high in sodium‚ fat‚ and calories. However‚ to eat a Happy Meal makes children happy‚
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In the late 1940s‚ Dick and Mac McDonalds were searching for a way to improve their little drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California. They invented an entirely new concept based upon speed service‚ low prices‚ and big volumes. Word of its success spread quickly and in 1952 they had more than 300 franchising inquires a month from all over the country. McDonald’s is now the largest and best-known foodservice retailer and one of the two best-known and powerful brands in the market. With more
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dinning areas they might cost more then place like McDonalds but deliver food about as fast. These changes in society‚ and consumer tastes‚ and preferences have impacted the way McDonald’s has had to adjust marketing‚ restaurant designs‚ efficiency in processes. This has impacted McDonald’s sales as well causing stagnant year over year sales. How well are these changes in customer tastes and preferences being reflected in competitive strategies in the industry? These changes in customer tastes
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mcdonalds.com COMPANY BACKGROUND: As a company‚ McDonald’s was first introduced in Des Plaines‚ Illinois in 1955. This was the very first McDonald’s restaurant‚ which all started in San Bernardino‚ California in 1954 when Ray Kroc approached the McDonald brothers with a business proposition to start a new company. In 1965 McDonald’s went public and was later‚ in 1985 added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. (www.mcdonalds.com) The company has gone through quite a few changes with its changing
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