Definition of ’Macroeconomics’ The term Macro has been taken from the Latin word Macros which means big. The field of economics that studies the behavior of the aggregate economy. Macroeconomics examines economy-wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment‚ national income‚ rate of growth‚ gross domestic product‚ inflation and price levels. Macroeconomics Concerns Production Prices Income Employment National Production/Output Total Industrial Output Gross Domestic Product Growth of Output
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* The business is ranked number one in Fortune Magazine’s 2008 list of most admired food service companies. * One of the world’s most recognizable logos (the Golden Arches) and spokes character (Ronald McDonald the clown). According to the Packard Children’s Hospital’s Center for Healthy Weight children age 3 to 5 were given food in the McDonalds packaging and then given the same food without the packaging‚ and they preferred the food in the McDonald’s packaging every single time. * McDonalds
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Instructor Guo Ji Public email bnuwec@gmail.com‚ PIN interbusiness Contact Information guoji@bnu.edu.cn Course Prerequisites Micro and Macro Course Description This course is an introduction to international business with an emphasis on the contemporary issues of China. The basic content of the course includes (1) an overview of the means of conducting international business‚ with an emphasis on what makes international different from domestic (2) the effects of the social systems within countries
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Macro environment is the external and uncontrollable factors that influence a company’s or product’s development. Billabong must know the value of each of the macro environment factors; such as‚ economic‚ demographics ‚ and lifestyle‚ technology and natural forces. Before companies‚ or in our case Billabong‚ produce a new products‚ they should study each macro environment force carefully. Each force have its effects on the market. Economic forces affect the consumer buying power and spending
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THE HISTORY OF SUBWAY In 1965‚ Fred DeLuca set out to fulfill his dream of becoming a medical doctor. Searching for a way to help pay his education‚ a family friend suggested him to open a submarine sandwich shop. Dr. Peter Buck has made a loan of $1000 to become Fred’s partner‚ and a business relationship was forged that would change the landscape of the fast food industry. The first stores was opened in Bridgeport ‚ Connecticut in August‚ 1965. After that Fred DeLuca and Dr. Peter Buck
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What Is Macro Environment? The major external and uncontrollable factors that influence an organization’s decision making‚ and affect its performance strategies. These factor includes the economic factors; demographics; legal; political‚ and social conditions; technological changes; and natural forces. Macro environment factors are beyond the control of an organization. This is because those factors are positioned outside the organizational system. Those forces are the prime factors in corporate
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The Subway sandwich chain is the largest restaurant operation in the world‚ as determined by the number of locations. Subway has been gaining on other fast-food restaurants such as McDonald’s for years. It’s smaller format costs less to open and operate than other chain restaurants and lets it squeeze into heavily trafficked locations places such as McDonald’s might bypass. In its clarity‚ simplicity‚ and achievability‚ the Subway restaurants have one of the best mission statements in the U.S.
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For years‚ Subway attracted and held onto customers through a reward system known as the Sub Club. How did this system work? Basically‚ Subway gave its patrons business-sized cards with tiny stamps on them. Every time a card filled up with stamps‚ the patron earned a free meal. Unfortunately‚ Subway had to discontinue the Sub Club‚ much to the dismay of its loyal customers. The reason? Fraud. The availability of cheaper home laser printers and multimedia personal computers has made counterfeiting
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Concepts in Macroeconomic Analysis Stock and Flow Variables Stock: quantity of a variable at a point in time. Eg: Capital stock‚ money supply‚ unemployment level‚ foreign exchange reserve‚ etc. Flow: quantity expressed for a period of time. Eg: GDP‚ inflation‚ exports‚ consumption‚ etc. Aggregate Demand and Aggregate Supply Aggregate Demand: sum of demands for all consumer goods and services and for capital goods – Sum of consumption‚ investment‚ government expenditure and
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Macro environment‚ one of the three key elements of the marketing environment explains the influences of broader societal forces. These major external forces are not controllable‚ but being aware of the environmental factors and its changes will be of great advantage for growing the business (Angela‚ 2012). In the travel business‚ the operation does not depend only on the internal functioning but is also affected by external factors. Wotif is also affected by these internal and external factors.
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