Strategic Hospitality Management -University of West London- Module Leader: Terry McCusker Student ID: 21239704 Business bits: Burger King Burger King Worldwide Inc. reported the third quarter situation this morning. What has happened to profits comparing to last year? In the third quarter of this year‚ the reports are showing a profit of $68.2 million or 19% a share comparing to $6.6 million or 2% a share‚ an year earlier. Beside this‚ the per-share earnings rose
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In Burger King‚ the Supreme Court held that Florida had specific jurisdiction over Rudzewicz’s because he had purposefully availed himself to Florida by ‘purposefully directing his efforts towards the state’. See Id. at 476. Id. at 487. Rudzewicz and a partner‚ both residents of Michigan‚ had purchased a Burger King franchise through Burger King Corp’s Michigan office. Id. at 466. Rudzewicz was unable to keep up with the monthly payments and Burger King Corp brought suit in their home state
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Crushes Burger King Year After Year After Year by Marcus Sheridan I love talking about food. And I love talking about business. Even better‚ most of the people that read this blog share these same passions and so today I’m going to deviate a little from the norm and have a little fun analyzing two household names that we’ve all grown up experiencing quite a bit of:McDonald’s and Burger King. The other day‚ as I was standing at a gas station I looked out to see a McDonald’s and Burger King on opposite
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HISTORY OF BRANDING: Brands were originally developed as labels of ownership: name‚ term‚ design‚ and symbol. However‚ today it is what they do for people that matters much more‚ how they reflect and engage them‚ how they define their aspiration and enable them to do more. Powerful brands can drive success in competitive and financial markets‚ and indeed become the organization ’s most valuable assets. In the field of marketing‚ brands originated in the nineteenth century with the advent of packaged
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The ‘environment’ is everything happening in the world outside that is relevant to your business. As Baines(2011) describe : “The operating environment for all organisations is never static and seldom entirely predictable‚ and can therefore profoundly affect a company’s course of action.” Only after examine the nature of the marketing environment‚ we can therefore set up appropriate marketing strategies for organisation. Generally‚ the marketing environment can be classified into three levels: the
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Burger King: Promoting a Food Fight Questions: 1. What are Burger King’s communication objectives for its targeted audience? 2. With its focus on the “super fan” does BK risk alienating other customers? What are the implications of this? 3. Why is viral or buzz marketing effective? Analyze the design of the Subservient Chicken Web site’s message‚ including content‚ structure‚ and format. What can you conclude from this analysis? 4. Do the TV and viral elements of BK’s campaigns work well together
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work on one of the following 3 cases. The due date of the report is Monday Dec 7th‚ 5pm. Submit your case study report in an MS Word file to me by e-mail. Case 1: Burger King Write a brief (3-5 pages) report to discuss the followings. 1. What are the major operational differences between McDonald’s (McD) and Burger King (BK)? 2. How do these differences relate to each company’s method of competing in the marketplace? 3. What implications do these differences have for the management
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For years‚ McDonald’s and Burger King (BK) have been the world’s two largest and most successful fast food chains. Both have battled out all these years over their operational differences which form the core of their corporate culture. The “Doing It All For You” (McDonald’s) vs. “Having It Your Way” (BK’s) stems from their respective production methods. McDonald’s “Made to Stock” vs. BK’s “Made to Order” also originate from the differences in their respective processes. Exhibits 1 and 2 show the
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Macro Environmental Analysis Boost Juice strategies will differ between countries in order to adapt to the different Macro Environmental related factors. The following are the Macro environment related analysis: Political Factor Different governmental policies must be researched for measures that may impact this industry and its ability to trade within that country. Boost Juice must carefully investigate this factor in order to certify that it is feasible to set up a store in certain locations. This
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Macro Environment Forces An organization’s macro environment consists of nonspecific aspects in the organization surrounding that have the potential to affect the organization’s strategies. When compared to a firm’s task environment‚ the impact of macro environment variables is less direct and the organization has a more limited impact on these elements of the environment. Macro environmental variable include socio-cultural‚ technological‚ political – legal‚ and economic. A firm considers
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