------------------------------------------------- History It was a memorable date. On 4th April 1946 Pan American World Airways launched their international hotel brand: InterContinental Hotels. First opening in Belém Brazil‚ InterContinental Hotels then extended a trailblazing portfolio across the world. It became a byword for luxury travel to a jet-set generation‚ with an impressive guest list‚ from Louis Armstrong to Princess Grace. Today‚ with five-star hotels and resorts in 60 countries
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SWOT analysis looks at your strengths and weaknesses‚ and the opportunities and threats your business faces. By focusing on the key factors affecting your business‚ now and in the future‚ a SWOT analysis provides a clear basis for examining your business performance and prospects. This briefing outlines: • Typical strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats‚ and how to identify them. • How to use SWOT analysis to drive your business forward. 1 Self-analysis Use SWOT analysis as part of
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Background From a renovated gas station in Burlington‚ Vermont‚ to far-off places with names we sometimes mispronounce‚ what began over 30 years ago with 2 guys creating otherworldly ice cream flavors has turned into a tastebud-boggling odyssey of Ben & Jerry’s desserts served around the world. As for the 2 guys who started it all‚ their story starts way before that: Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield grew up in Merrick‚ Long Island. They first met in junior high school‚ where they struck up a
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Introduction PESTLE analysis is primarily used by organizations in the identification of the various factors that shape the external environment in which the organization operates (Babette & Fleisher‚ 2008). PESTLE normally includes the political-legal‚ economic‚ socio-cultural‚ environmental and technological factors‚ which play an integral role in describing the framework of environment that the organization is currently operating and the manner in which the factors will influence the future operations
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PESTEL analysis Motivation of method It is of great importance to make an analysis of the environment in which an organisation operates in order to develop and implement a suitable‚ successful strategy for the company. According to Johnson‚ Scholes and Whittington (2008) the business environment of a company is an important issue determining its survival and success. There are several layers of this business environment – the macro environment‚ the industry or sector layer‚ the layer with competitors
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Political Factors Political factors has to do with politics of the day prevailing in country. It is generally assumed that if political temperatures are down; businesses tend to flourish and the vice versa is also correct. In this particular case‚ it can be said that it is neutral and thus not expected to cause much rubble in the new companies operations. However‚ future political challenges cannot be ruled out. Nike being number one sportswear in the USA‚ its profits‚ turnovers‚ marketing sponsor
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PEST & PESTEL Analysis D EFIN ITIO N “P ES T A N A LY S IS – A N A N A LY S IS O F TH E P O LITIC A L‚ EC O N O M IC ‚ S O C IA L A N D TEC H N O LO G IC A L FA C TO R S IN TH E EX TER N A L EN V IR O N M EN T O F A N O R G A N IZ ATIO N ‚ W H IC H C A N A FFEC T ITS A C TIV ITIES A N D P ER FO R M A N C E.” [1] “P ES TEL M O D EL IN V O LV ES TH E C O LLEC TIO N A N D P O R TR AYA L O F IN FO R M ATIO N A B O U T EX TER N A L FA C TO R S W H IC H H A V E‚ O R M AY H A V E‚ A N IM PA C T O N B U
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The year 2012 witnessed a sharp slow down in the economic growth. This was mainly blamed on the debt crisis that the European countries had. At the beginning of the year 2012‚ the world was expecting the debts to continue spreading across the European countries (Grossman & Helpman. 2002). However‚ it is believed that the European debt can only be resolved completely if the sovereigns agree politically. Some countries have already shown their commitments in resolving the crisis. A good example is
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The purpose of this report is to identify a firm which you are familiar with and apply the PESTEL framework to events in its business environment. Pestel analysis is a simple‚ but very important and widely used tool to help you understand the general political‚ economic‚ socio- cultural‚ technological‚ environmental and legal environment sphere in which you are operating. This report will be about The Pestel Analysis of the Vodafone. Vodafone is a British telecommunications network company and has
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stakeholder’s expectations. The following is a strategic analysis of Manchester United‚ a member of the Barclay’s Premier league in the 2009 - 10 football season. This analysis is divided into three parts‚ namely; Market environment Analysis‚ Football Club Strategic Analysis and Strategic fit analysis. Table of Contents Chapter Topic Page 1 Introduction I 2.0 Market Environment Analysis 1 2.1 The Barclay’s Primer League 1 2.2 PESTEL Analysis 2-3 2.3 Porter’s Five Forces Model 3 - 4 2
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