Paul Pressler joined Gap Inc.‚ one of the largest specialty retailers in the world‚ as President and Chief Executive Officer in September 2002. Pressler oversees a portfolio of brands including the company’s flagship Gap brand‚ as well as Banana Republic‚ Old Navy and Forth & Towne. Under his leadership‚ Gap Inc. has significantly strengthened its balance sheet through a combination of operational improvements‚ aggressive debt management and continued solid cash flow. This strong financial platform
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SWOT and PESTEL analysis of the automobile industry At the beginning the gas price and economy were stable‚ this create conducive environment for car manufacturers‚ Vehicle sale has become stronger in the market‚ than it was anticipated due to expected economic growth‚ where by industry marketing expenditure were flat at $ 1‚505 million and later increased $39 ml to 1544 ml due to aggressive advertising and promotion increase despite growing sales‚ oil prices were doubled in the December‚ and raise
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PART VI Case Studies CASE STUDY 1 Ocean Park: In the Face of Competition from Hong Kong Disneyland Bennett Yim In April 2006‚ Ocean Park‚ Hong Kong’s only home-grown theme park‚ launched a syndicated loan to raise HK$4.1 billion for a master plan to revamp the Park.1 The master plan represented the Park’s strategic response to the arrival of Hong Kong Disneyland‚ which had opened the previous year. Ocean Park had expected attendance to drop significantly with Disney’s opening‚ but
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In the business world strategic positioning has become an unavoidable endeavor as businesses look for every means of improving their competitive advantage . In such a business environment ‚ a much reliable reprieve can be found in the adaptation of analysis models by organizations in their marketing campaigns . PEST analysis models have been utilized by organizations all over the world to determine or predict future trends in business as well as to take preemptive measures to avoid running into losses
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1. PESTEL: Strategic analysis is basically concerned with the structuring of the relationship between a business and its environment. The external environment which is dynamic and changing holds both opportunities and threats for the organizations. The organizations while attempting at strategic realignments‚ try to capture these opportunities and avoid the emerging threats. So it is very important for organizations like Intel to study and understand about the external environment. To do this
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analyze Tesla Motors’ case‚ external environment analysis on electric car industry should be done first‚ due to the factor that it will provide a better understanding of threats and opportunities that Tesla Motors may have in the future operation. The Pestel Framework 1. Political Factors * Federal tax credit of up to $7500 for qualified plug-in electric drive vehicles. * Received $465 million loan from the U.S. Department of Energy in June 2009. (C 47) * U.S. government supported investments
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Fast food‚ race/ethnicity‚ and income: A geographic analysis • Jason P. Block‚ MD‚ MPH Affiliations o Tulane University School of Medicine‚ Department of Internal Medicine (Block‚ DeSalvo)‚ New Orleans‚ Louisiana‚ USA o Address correspondence to: Karen DeSalvo‚ MD‚ MPH‚ MSc‚ Department of Internal Medicine‚ Tulane University School of Medicine‚ 1430 Tulane Avenue‚ SL 16‚ New Orleans LA 70112 ‚ • Richard A. Scribner‚ MD‚ MPH Affiliations o Louisiana State University Health Sciences
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AMBIDEXTERITY EXERCISE .....by Melvin D. Saunders ......Ambidexterity is the ability to use both your hands with equal ease or facility‚ but if you’re armless‚ it could be your feet! In fact‚ it is quite advantageous in certain sports and martial arts to be able to use both your feet with equal facility. The Greeks encouraged and tried to promote ambidexterity because it was simply logical in sports and battle to be adept with both hands instead of one. By combining the Phoenician style of writing
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Walt Disney Company Adriana Arroyo Course Project ACCT 307 August 19‚ 2012 Professor Stuart Thomas TABLE OF CONTENTS Fiscal Year 2011 Annual Financial Report consolidated statements of income 4 consolidated balance sheets 5 consolidated statements of cash flows 6 consolidated statements of shareholders’ equity 7 Required Questions [1] What is the amount of property and equipment on the balance sheet for the two most recent years? What is the amount of depreciation expense? What
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The Walt Disney Company Marketing Management November 30‚ 2010 Table of Contents Chapter 1: Executive Summary 1 Chapter 2: Customer and Market Focus 3 Chapter 3: Human Resource Focus 6 Chapter 4: Management of the Marketing Mix 8 Chapter 5: Business Results 12 Appendices 15 Appendix I: Disney Acquisitions 15 Appendix II: Unique HR Initiatives‚ Programs‚ and Facts 16 Appendix III: World’s Most Admired Companies – Entertainment Industry 17 Appendix IV: Net Income of Entertainment
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