Q1: (a) INTERNAL FACTORS AFFECTING BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT: Companies must endure economic recessions‚ competing businesses stealing their market share and dips in their stock price. However‚ these external factors are not the only problems businesses face. Companies must deal with internal factors as well. Internal issues can create just as many problems as external ones. Sometimes‚ the two types of factors are linked. Employees : The caliber‚ attitude and work ethic of a company’s employees are
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Analysis SWOT Strength of KFC Weakness of KFC Opportunities of KFC Threats of KFC | 2 – 32333 | 3.23.2.13.2.23.2.33.2.43.2.5 | PESTL Analysis Political factors Economic Factors Social factors Technological Factors Legal Factors | 3-434444 | 3.33.3.13.3.23.3.33.3.43.3.5 | Porter’s
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internationalisation of KFC into India‚ and will discuss the key issues that led to the successes and failures of their internationalisation process. From the outset‚ expanding into a foreign market such as India looked like it could only be accompanied by huge gains for KFC. A booming Indian economy and millions of the population hungry for consumerism meant that KFC could expand rapidly into the market to beat their competitors to the punch and capitalise on such a promising opportunity. Unfortunately for KFC‚ they
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Internal and External Factors MGT230 December 9‚ 2012 Prof. Maggie Ellison-Lohkemper Internal and External Factors Introduction……………….. Innovation Innovation is an internal factor of business that has served as the cornerstone for Apple’s success as a technology giant. “Arguably one of the most innovative technology companies to emerge in the last three decades‚” Apple has masterfully applied the four functions of management to their business strategy (Finkle and Mallin‚ 2011‚ p. 63). The
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Market Entry Strategies Final Paper Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Market Entry in China Company Background KFC‚ the largest fried chicken chain and the second largest restaurant chain in the world‚ currently has more than 17‚000 outlets in 115 countries worldwide. The chain primarily sells fried chicken pieces‚ chicken related products such as sandwiches and wraps‚ and other side dishes such as fries‚ desserts and soft drinks. KFC’s fried chicken pieces and related products are made with special
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How Does Internal Marketing Affect Internal Stakeholder Satisfaction? In this essay I will attempt to explain how internal marketing affects the satisfaction of the internal stakeholders; I will do this by defining each of them separately‚ and then relating them using a real life example. In order to answer the essay’s question‚ I will need to begin by explaining the concept of internal marketing. First of all clarifying that marketing is the process or even the art that anticipates and conceives
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strategy? Which cross-border synergies can KFC reap and how locally responsive is the company? KFC’s international composition provides an exemplary mix of international entry strategies. The company enters a foreign market either by a greenfield entry by establishing a company-owned foreign subsidiary (21 %) or by a joint venture (10 %) (figure 10.2 in the book). However‚ in most of the cases‚ KFC expands it global franchise-network (69 %). In Latin America‚ KFC illustrates this mix‚ too. The entries
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Describe the Internal and External Factors to be considered when planning the Human Resource Requirements of an organisation Introduction Within this assignment i will be talking about the different internal factors and external factors which are needed for the human resource department when planning human resource. Internal factors Organisational needs This is when an organisation looks at the different ways to boost the organisation markets‚ products or their services. The organisation
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serving time of KFC’ Abstract- This case study is showing the application of Taguchi Design for optimizing the servicing time of KFC and to identify the best parameter setting. After observing the processes and understanding the basics‚ I came out with 3 factors viz. Logistics‚ Oil Change and Time to Serve. Here I have used L9 Taguchi Design for experimentation with the help of Minitab software at design and analyses phase Key Words- Factors‚ Factor Levels‚ Main Effect Plot for
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Internal and External Factors of Wal-MartIn 1962‚ Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store and the retailing giant has been rising to success ever since. Various factors have played an integral role in the success of Wal-Mart‚ but without the strong execution of the four functions of management‚ Wal-Mart would have failed like many others. This paper will discuss in detail the how internal and external factors affect the four functions of management. GlobalizationIn 1993 Wal-Mart formed their
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