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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Chapter 10 Groupon: Decisions! Decisions! Decisions! – Discussion Questions 1. What are the key decisions that Andrew Mason has made during Groupon’s brief history? How have these decisions influenced Groupon’s evolution as an Internet-based business? Andrew Mason’s key decisions during Groupon’s brief history have been the following. 1) The decision to form an internet based company. 2) The decision to offer coupons in the unique way at a group rate. 3) The first major key decision that Mason made
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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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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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Geert Hofstede defined that culture is "collective 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
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PESTEL Political- The theatre is subsidized by the public purse in the form of local authorities and the arts council (Arts council‚ 2010). However‚ funding is under continual pressure after cuts made to the arts budget by the coalition government (Mintel‚ 2012). This has been evident since 2008 where the arts council of England stopped funding of the theatre meaning it is only supported by Winchester City Council‚ Hampshire city council‚ sponsors and friends of Theatre Royal Winchester (Burn
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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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Political The long-term political consequences of the crisis are as yet unclear. The crisis‚ and the siege of Suvarnabhumi Airport‚ saw a rise in international press coverage on Thailand‚ with numerous high-profile articles breaking Thai taboos about public discussion of the role of the monarchy in the crisis as well as the succession. Thailand political situation is described uncertain. The crisis escalated and increasingly affected the economy. ZEN Department Store can lose some revenue due to
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Studies in Organizational Culture- Groupon Inc. “Groupon! Get your Groupon! Hot off the presses!” It wasn’t too long ago Groupon Inc. was the darling of Wall Street. Institutional and individual investors alike were anxiously anticipating an opportunity to buy shares of the company dubbed by Fast Company as “the most exciting thing to happen to retail since eBay.” That excitement was mirrored on November 4‚ 2011‚ Groupon’s first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange‚ as the price sky-rocketed
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Marketing Case Study about Groupon.com Groupon: Finding Strength in Numbers Case Study 14.1 talks about the new internet coupon sensation: Groupon. Groupon was recently discovered in Chicago to gain exposure to new businesses through discounted membership deals and has been on the rise ever since. This particular case study attempts to elaborate on the success of Groupon and how it works. The e-coupon was designed to help business owners appeal to new prospective consumers by advertising group
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