SECTION 1: PEST Analysis Royal Dutch Shell plc also known as Shell is an Anglo-Dutch multinational oil and gas company. It’s headquarter is located in The Hague‚ Netherland while its registered office is located in London‚ United Kingdom. Shell is the world’s second largest revenue company and it operates in over 90 countries and has 44‚000 service stations worldwide. PEST analysis‚ “Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological analysis” is the external macro-environment in which a firm operates
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on value chain structure • Rate of technological diffusion A PEST analysis is an analysis of the external macro-environment that affects all firms. P.E.S.T. is an acronym for the Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and Technological factors of the external macro-environment. Such external factors usually are beyond the firm’s control and sometimes present themselves as threats. For this reason‚ some say that "pest" is an appropriate term for these factors. However‚ changes in the external
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PEST Analysis The PEST analysis helps determine the current situation of Apple Inc.‚ identifying potential influences of the political‚ economic‚ social and technological sectors; and have a glimpse into the future of Apple inc. Political Influences: It is reported that in 2007 52% of sales of Apple were from outside America. Bad international relations‚ wars and terrorism might influence Apple in a huge manner; moreover these are all factors Apple has no ability to control. Apple Inc. produces
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3241144 PHI2600 Chapter 15: Torturing Puppies and Eating Meat: It’s All in Good Taste Alastair Norcross Suppose that a man got into a car accident and was treated at the hospital. The next day‚ he is able to go home and he decides to go to his favorite restaurant where he goes to have his favorite chocolate mousse. Once he tries it‚ it seems rather bland and not necessarily how it’s supposed to taste. He goes to the doctor and finds out that in the accident there was damage to his Godiva
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SWOT & PEST analysis Strengths • UK’s largest full service scheduled airline – this makes it a popular company with customers which brings in more business which will then bring in more money for the company. • Caribbean routes are new and selling well – as they are selling well‚ the sales will be up on the flights which will bring in more money and more popularity with the customers which will then mean more and more people will use the company rather than their rivals which will then bring in
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Case Scenario 1- Ethan the puppy: Ethan is a 7-week-old Rottweiler puppy that has been with his new family for 3 days. The client contacted the clinic at 8am this morning to make an appointment for 10am for Ethan’s first vaccination. When talking to the client upon arrival to the clinic his family comments to you that Ethan has been quiet and sad for the last 24 hours with a small amount of diarrhea produced at 10am yesterday and 3 am this morning. There are no notes about his illness on the appointment
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Question 2 Please apply the PEST analysis to the Wal-Marts case study. "The secret of successful retailing is to give your customers what they want. And really‚ if you think about it from your point of view as a customer‚ you want everything: a wide assortment of good-quality merchandise; the lowest possible prices; guaranteed satisfaction with what you buy; friendly‚ knowledgeable service; convenient hours; free parking; a pleasant shopping experience." - Sam Walton (1918-1992) Wal-Mart is the
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will be difficult for Morrisons to catch up. Apart from that‚ strong competition from heavy discounters as Lidl and Aldi wins over Morrisons’ customers by causing fall of its market share. PEST Analysis In order to see macro-environment of supermarket industry of UK‚ PEST analysis is presented below. PEST analysis discusses about external factors that effect on industry and its players. It is essential to know cause-and-effect of political‚ economic‚ social‚ and technological factors since choice
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KODAK PEST Political US copyright law requires all photo shops to refrain from printing or releasing digital images taken by professional photographers without a copyright release (2005; 2005). The company operates in different countries around the world therefore it needs to comply with those countries regulations for example‚ taxation policy and employment laws. The company has to take into account the stability of the government in countries where it operates to try and minimize political
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Third World countries mostly have to keep these external and internal factors of doing business in focus‚ as it may harm their economic condition or spoil their goodwill. For the purpose of identifying such underlying factors‚ many tools like SWOT and PEST analyses are used. They evaluate the hidden forces and enable the country or organization to judge their vulnerability of success or failures against those factors. This essay would outline and briefly discuss such forces or factors which are to be
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