Political- legal environment is one of the economic environment that its development has strongly impacts on the marketing decisions of the company. The political environment consists of laws‚ government agencies‚ and pressure groups that influence or limit various organizations and individuals in a given society. Each factors of political environment has its own functions and impacts on the economic activities of the industry. The economic systems work best with at least some regulation. When
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Legal Environment of SLT Report SU MAN MSc SLT ETU20100211 ESC RENNES 1. The Legal Differences There are approximately 80.000enterprises related to Travel agents and tour operators in Europe with 450‚000 employees. Package holiday becomes a popular and convenient travelling form attracting more people. Until 2007‚ 190 million package holidays have been sold. Meanwhile‚ 29.000 IATA accredited agency have already settled in travel agency. According to the statistics‚ there were $1.6 billion
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Q1. Identify three types of political risk evident in Chavez’s Venezuela and give an example of each. Political risk is the political forces will provoke drastic changes in a country’s business environment and adversely affect the goals of business enterprise. There are three kind of political risk in the case “Chavez’s Venezuela”‚ macro-political risk‚ micro-political risk and legal risk. After populist socialist president‚ Hugo Chavez took the office of Venezuela‚ he took many actions to
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BETWEEN A ROMANO-GERMANIC LEGAL ENVIRONMENT AND A COMMON LAW ENVIRONMENT In order for us to understand the difference between a ROMANO-GERMAN legal environment and a COMMON LAW environment‚ it is important for us to examine each system separately and then to present the main differences of the two legal systems. ROMANO-GERMANIC LAW (CIVIL LAW) Civil law is the main legal system used in the world today. It originates from the Roman law and is based on written legal codes which are applied
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Hong Kong’s Economic and Political Environment Hong Kong’s retrocession in the summer of 1997 was an event long prepared for‚ and built up to‚ in the minds of the territory’s citizens and residents. A significant number of the educated applied for overseas passports and left for more politically and economically stable environments in which to live and work; the "Brain Drain" was a significant problem for Hong Kong from 1984. Return to Chinese rule brought a promise from China that Hong Kong
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The political environment in a country affects business organizations and could introduce a risk factor that could cause them to suffer a loss. The political environment could change as a result of the actions and policies of governments at all levels‚ from the local level to the federal level. Businesses need to be prepared to deal with the fallout’s of government politics locally and internationally. Let’s first define Political environment‚ there are several factors that creates an Inter-linkages
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In international business‚ knowledge about political environments is very important. Why? Please provide examples. The Political environment is often a direct consequence of the political parties in power‚ which represents the popular opinion of the citizens of the region. If the citizens are‚ for example‚ pro-Big Business then probably taxation will be modest and there will not be a lot of stringent rules about environmental considerations.If the citizens are very concerned about safety issues
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On January 22‚ 2002‚ Kmart filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It was the largest retailer ever to do so and shocked many people. Kmart had made retail history when its founder‚ the Kresge “five and dime store” chain‚ invented the concept of the discount store. The first Kmart was established in Detroit in 1962‚ the same year Wal-Mart opened its first store in Rogers‚ Arkansas. By the end of 1963 Kmart had 63 stores converted from Kresge’s. In the following years‚ however‚ Wal-Mart expanded
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CIS 790 Xianxi Feng Kmart According to figure 1‚ Michael Porter provided a framework that models an industry as being influenced by five forces which are threat of new entrants‚ threat of substitute products or services‚ rivalry among existing competitors‚ bargaining power of suppliers and bargaining power of buyers. First of all‚ “new entrants to an industry bring new capacity and a desire to gain market share that puts pressure on prices‚ costs‚ and the rate of investment necessary to compete
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INTRODUCTION: Kmart is the #3 discount retailer in the US‚ behind Wal-Mart and Target. It sells name-brand and private-label goods (including its Joe Boxer and Jaclyn Smith labels)‚ mostly to low- and mid-income families. It runs more than 1‚200 off-mall stores (including 25 Super Centers) in 49 US states‚ Puerto Rico‚ Guam‚ and the US Virgin Islands. About 270 Kmart stores sell home appliances (including Sears’ Kenmore brand) and some 895 locations house in-store pharmacies. Poor sales have forced
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