British Petroleum and its Corporate Strategy Introduction The organisation environment is always changing and therefore it is essential that a structured‚ detailed and continuous analysis of the principal dimensions of the environment is made. In order to profitably satisfy customer needs‚ an organisation must understand its external and internal situation including the customer‚ the market and its own capabilities. Furthermore‚ it needs to understand and adapt to the dynamic and uncontrollable
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Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix for Apple Strengths | Weight | Rating | Wt.Score | 1. Customer loyalty combined with expanding closed system 2. As a leading innovator in mobile device technology 3. Strong financial performance 4. Powerful Brand reputation 5. Retail stores 6. Strong marketing and advertising teams | 0.120.100.090.110.090.10 | 443434 | 0.480.400.270.440.270.40 | Weakness | | | | 1. High Price 2. Incompatibility with different OS 3. Patent infringements
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help you to save money for special occasions or emergencies. With a current account you can: Have your wages‚ benefits‚ State Pension or tax credits paid directly into your account. Pay in sterling cheques for free (you will have to wait four business days before the money is available for you to spend). Check your balance and withdraw cash from cash machines in the UK. Set up Direct Debits and standing orders to pay your bills. Some current accounts may offer: An overdraft. Interest on your
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Chapter 4 accounting for merchandising BUSINESSES Problems P4–1 1. AQUA CO. Income Statement For the Year Ended June 30‚ 20Y8 Revenue from sales: Sales $ 3‚625‚000 Less: Sales returns and allowances $ 37‚800 Sales discounts 20‚200 58‚000 Net sales $ 3‚567‚000 Cost of merchandise sold 2‚175‚000 Gross profit $ 1‚392‚000 Operating expenses: Selling expenses: Sales salaries expense $ 388‚800 Advertising expense 45‚900 Depreciation expense—store equipment 8‚300
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evaluation and selection Analyse possible alternative strategies relating to substantive growth‚ limited growth‚ and Market entry strategies‚ and disinvestment strategies IKEA has marketed its products well and has dealt with all the problems easily. But there have been some constraints that came in the way of IKEA and alternative strategies have to be developed for them. These strategies are as follows: Substantive growth: In any business strategy growth is the most important factor. To achieve substantive
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numerous jobs where I was in charge of the finance such as bartending where I was working under pressure where I had to manage money (coins and paper) whilst serving and remembering orders‚ also I had achieved double merit at level 2 in business studies where many of the units consisted of finance content. | Be able Work as a member of a team | I possess
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UNIT: 4 BUSINESS STRATEGY Business strategy plays a vital role in the establishment and progress of any business as it determines the long term goals‚ objectives‚ action plans and the required resources to achieve those goals. Thus a business strategy formulates an organisation’s approach to establish a market or bring out a business component. This strategy is developed by internal analysis of an organisation that what is the current situation‚ what are the strengths
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IKEA The strategy of IKEA adopted was cost leadership strategy. The cost leadership strategy is an integrated set action taken to produce goods or services with feature that are acceptable to customers at the lowest cost relative to that of competitors. Firms using the cost leadership strategy commonly sell standardized goods or services to the industry’s most typical customers. IKEA sells a lifestyle that customers around the world embrace a signal they have arrived good taste and recognize
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A key element of McDonald’s strategy since the beginning has been the policy of the company to own all property on which a McDonald’s outlet was built‚ regardless of whether that location was franchised or company-owned. Rental income varies from property to property‚ but it has been estimated that McDonald’s generates more money from its rent than from its franchise fees. McDonald’s real estate holdings and rent generated from these holdings are an important component of the company’s value and
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[Tangible] Baidu has a strong performance of $28.9 million in terms of return on assets (Ireland‚ Hoskisson‚ Hitt‚ p291). It was largely contributed by its strategic acquisition of businesses‚ assets and technologies that complemented its existing business. For instance‚ Baidu bought over the domain name of hao123.com. Technological resources [Tangible] Baidu focuses on searches in Chinese. This language requires two bytes to store each character as opposed to English. There is a key difference
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