Innovations at McDonald’s Indoor seating (1950s) Drive-through window (1970s) Adding breakfast to the menu (1980s) Adding play areas (late 1980s) Redesign of the kitchens (1990s) Self-service kiosk (2004) Now three separate dining sections Innovations at McDonald’s Indoor seating (1950s) Drive-through window (1970s) Adding breakfast to the menu (1980s) Adding play areas (late 1980s) Redesign of the
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1. Which characteristics of McDonald’s production system have been most important in building its record of success and growth? McDonald’s operating system is built on the characteristics of guaranteeing uniform quality and service and maintaining it remarkably consistent across all units. It mainly focused on factors such as providing customers with pleasant experience‚ fast service and tasty and inexpensive food. McDonald’s took several measures to ascertain consistency across units. In their
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McDonald’s Internal and External Stakeholders We will do task 1-4 as a class and you will do task 5 in pairs. It is impossible for any business to meet the demands of all its stakeholders - they invariably conflict. So what they must do is to find a way of prioritizing stakeholder demands and thus balancing out these competing requirements. This involves judgment. It can be argued that there is no scientific way of doing this‚ someone in the organization has to make a decision and this decision
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In general‚ businesses are aware of demand curves; however‚ it is rare that they actually know how to recognize those curves. In order to make sound business decisions‚ it is important to be able to recognize certain elements of a demand curve. For instance‚ if Apple raised its prices by five percent‚ what would happen to its revenues? The answer to this question depends on the response of Apple consumers. Will the consumer refrain from making purchases completely or just cut back on them? How a
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dividend of $40 for the current year‚ what is the approximate present value of this stock‚ given at discount rate of 5% and a dividend growth rate of 3%? Answer: P = $40/(0.05 - 0.03) = $40/0.02 = $2‚000 Topic 2: Supply and Demand 1) Suppose that the demand for oranges increase. Explain the long -run effects of the guiding function of price in this scenario. Answer: In the long run‚ the higher price of oranges will signal more firms to enter the orange market‚ as it will seem
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Assignment (4) - Elasticity Managerial Economics : Dr. Fakhry El Fiky _________________________________________________________________________ Name: Mahmoud Ahmed Ibrahim Abd- Elnaiem – Group B – MBA. ID# _____ _____________________________________________________________________ 1. When the Sony TV price decreases from LE 1‚000 to LE 800‚ consumers increases their quantity demand from 100‚000 units / month to 120‚000 units / month. Calculate the price elasticity of demand (PED). Also
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McDonald’s: Polishing the Golden Arches Generic & Functional Strategies Overall‚ McDonald’s tries to operate on a cost leadership basis by offering low-priced goods with higher profit margins. Most of the functional strategies adopted by McDonald’s correlate with this strategy of low cost. McDonald’s management strategy involves a primarily decentralized delegation of authority. The CEO is responsible for making all the large company decisions and designing the processes
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Price Elasticity Elasticity‚ in layman terms can be defined as the ability of an object to stretch or transform in shape‚ and return to its original form. This definition can be applied to many facets of life. In business we say that it is a measure of responsiveness; ‘measure’ being an expression that suggests numerical factors. In economics‚ elasticity is commonly measured in the price elasticity of demand‚ and the price elasticity of supply. Price elasticity of demand is the measure
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you have been using in your home country and now‚ studying in Hungary. make a comparison : - how much do you pay for them in the two countries - what % of your monthly income is spent on ICT in the two different countries - how sensitively your demand reacts to the changes in prices ‚ income - to what category do these products belong in your consumption: normal‚ inferior‚ luxuries‚ substitutes‚ etc. in the two different countries - what do you recommend for yourself to make your consumption
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costs would be sky -high because the costs associated with ordering would be the loss of customers tired of ordering fast food that really isn’t fast. Second‚ JIT allows McDonald’s to adapt to demand a little bit better. Seemingly ‚ lower inv entory lev els would cause McDonald’s bigger problems in a higher demand because they wouldn’t hav e their safety stock. Howev er‚ because they can produce burgers in a record time‚ they don’t hav e to worry about their pre-made burger inv entories running out in
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