1. SWOT Analysis Strengths IBM’s core strength lies in its System/360 and System/370 mainframe series. These mainframes have become the industry’s benchmark that competitors try to match. Moreover‚ IBM’s high-priced lease strategy‚ supported by excellent customer support‚ enhances the company’s fortunes. Over the years‚ IBM’s excellent service‚ along with a successful sales team has given it an advantage over the competition. IBM’s successful ventures with computer‚ software‚ and marketing companies
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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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BRAND STRATEGIES ANALYSIS REPORT Prepared for: Marn Lim‚ Klintonn Poh‚ Circe Henestrosa Prepared by: Teo Jia En 12565 FH3E 4th November 2010 Fashion Management DE1207 Project 2 Lasalle College of the Arts Chanelʼs Brand Strategies Analysis Report | By Teo Jia En November 4‚ 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 Executive Summary 2.0 Company Background and History 2.1 History of Chanel and Information on Chanel S.A. 2.2 Chanel Asia Pacific and Singapore boutiques 3.0 Industry Analysis 3.1 Target Audience
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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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Executive summary The following report is doing about the Cosmetics industry‚ using a particular focus on one of its company : L’Oreal. This report will define the industry and its scope in a first time. Then‚ the report will determine the key strategic issues and the critical success factors facing the cosmetics industry and L’Oreal in the next five years. Next‚ the report will identify the organisation likely to be successfull or not‚ paying a particular attention to the competitive position
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INDIAN COSMETIC INDUSTRY Size of the Industry | The size of Indian Cosmetics Industry globally is $ 274 billion‚ while that of the Indian cosmetic industry is $ 4.6 billion. | Market Capitalization | According to analysis and figures given by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)‚ the total Indian beauty and cosmetic market size currently stands at US$950 million and showing growth between 15-20% per annum. | Output per annum | Industry sources estimate a rapid growth rate of 20% per
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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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and natural cosmetics in the $270 billion global cosmetic market is growing at a fast pace.” As people are becoming more and more conscious of the negative side effects of extended use and exposure to chemical cosmetics so too has the cosmetics industry. Cosmetics normally use aromatic hydrocarbons that are derived from petroleum which have been proven to show long term side effects on the skin. While the idea of organic cosmetics is not new a company as well known as M.A.C. Cosmetics has not yet
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growth and prosperity for all companies in the manufacturing sector or the service sector. In this article‚ an attempt has been made to explore the drivers of new product performance‚ with a particular focus on cosmetic industry. P&G is considered to be one of the companies dealing with cosmetics with the best innovation strategies‚ and hence it has been taken as an example for the study. The Innovation Diamond is introduced by P&G as an integrative and guiding framework
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