MACRO AND MICRO FACTORS AFFECTING THE STEEL INDUSTRY (TATA STEEL) The world GDP‚ as reported by International Monetary Fund‚ was on an upturn‚ growing by 5% in 2010 as compared to a negative growth of 0.5% in 2009. While the growth in the advanced economies was 3.0% in 2010‚in contrast to -3.4% in 2009‚ the emerging and developing economies grew by 7.3% in 2010 when compared to the growth of 2.7% in 2009. The growth in the developing and emerging economies slowed down during the end of 2010
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peak‚ and recession. The length of an average business cycle can be anywhere from 2-15 years. Capital goods and durable goods last‚ and therefor purchases can be postponed. This may happen when a recession is predicted to be lurking. Durable goods industries therefor suffer large output declines during recessions. However‚ consumers cannot postpone the buying of nondurables; therefore recessions only slightly reduce non-durable output. 2. Unexpected increase of prices of assets‚ followed by abrupt
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The airline industry is very much influenced by the rapid and dramatic changes taking place in the environment. All around the world‚ aircraft carriers are facing increases in fuel prices and are vulnerable to expensive disruptions like the 2010 volcanic eruption in Iceland. (paragraph 1‚p.11) Trade unions‚ who drive up costs‚ and regulators are legal factors which prevent aircraft companies from implementing their own ways of cutting costs. (paragraph 6‚p12) Ryanair‚ the largest low-cost carrier
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Standard Chartered is the world’s leading emerging markets bank headquartered in London. Standard Chartered employs 30‚000 people in over 500 locations in more than 50 countries in the Asia Pacific Region‚ South Asia‚ the Middle East‚ Africa‚ the United Kingdom and the Americas. It is one of the world’s most international banks‚ with a management team comprising 70 nationalities. Standard Chartered has been committed to Hong Kong and China for nearly 150 years. Standard Chartered Bank opened its
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A. Throughout American history there have been periods of financial boom and bust‚ economic growth and recession. The most recent recession from the third quarter 2007 to the second quarter 2009 seemed like an extraordinary period of recession. The S&P 500 shrank from about 1300 points to 666 points (50%)‚ evaporating capital in a matter of days. However‚ this recessionary period was quickly turned around to economic growth again. The average post-World War II length of economic contraction
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MACRO. POLITICAL In 1965‚ a group of local farmers from Yorkshire created ASDA. The company defines itself as “ Britain’s best value food and clothing superstore”. At its 245 stores and 19 depots across the UK‚ ASDA employs 109000 people and it sells mainly food but has started over the last years to sell not only groceries but jewerly‚ music and clothes. By building stores at areas built before‚ ASDA looks after its environment reducing building time keeping disruption to a minimum‚ they
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production industries‚ such as manufacturing and mining. However‚ there has been an increasing interest in the environmental effects of the service industry (Goedkoop‚ van Halen‚ te Riele‚ & Rommens‚ 1998). And this industry comprises a variety of activities‚ from restaurants to hospitals to financial institutions. The service industry merits its attention because of its large size and consequently the potential for environmental impacts (both negative and positive). And one of the service industries that
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macro ch 13 savings & investment True/False Indicate whether the statement is true or false. ____ 1. Most entrepreneurs finance their purchases of real capital using their past saving. ____ 2. To state that national saving is equal to investment‚ for a closed economy‚ is to state an accounting identity. ____ 3. Public saving is equal to national saving minus private saving. ____ 4. To state that public saving is equal to investment‚ for a closed economy‚ is to state an accounting
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market consists of all the actual and potential buyers of yoghurt products. The macro-environment consists of six types of forces economic‚ demographic‚ cultural‚ natural‚ technological and political. “Vital Foods” must ensure that they take into account the trends‚ changes and alterations in these environments which can both pose threats and reveal opportunities. Economic Environment The economic environment is best described as having the “factors that affect consumer buying power and spending
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Executive SummaryThe macro-environment consists of larger societal forces that affect entire micro-environment. The six forces making up the company’s macro-environment include demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological‚ political/legal‚ and social-cultural forces. Companies must constantly watch and adapt to the marketing environment in order to seek opportunities and ward off threats. “The marketing environment comprises all the actors and forces influencing the company’s ability to transact
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