2014 By Ho Sue Yuin Case Study on Carrefour’s failure in Singapore 1.0 Introduction In November 2012‚ France-based Carrefour SA (Carrefour)‚ the second largest retailer in the world and the pioneer of the hypermarket concept in Singapore‚ closed down its two megastores in Suntec and Plaza Singapura‚ marking Carrefour’s exit from the Singapore retail market. According to the company’s statement‚ Carrefour Singapore had decided to quit‚ as “expansion and growth perspectives do not
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Business Management - IBM Report Title 4 Wynn Resort‚ Limited: Market Entry into Macau with Strategic Analysis Word count: 3‚087 Table of contents | | Title | Page | Introduction | | (i) A brief history of Macau and background of Macau gambling industry | 3 | (ii) Steven Wynn | 5 | (iii) Wynn Macau‚ Limited | 6 | PORTER’S Five Forces Analysis | | (i) Threat of substitutes | 6 | (ii) Entry of competitors | 7 | (iii) Bargaining power of buyers/customers
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ECO-561 Week- 5-TEAM PAPER Recommendation for pricing strategy‚ product differentiation and barriers to entry during Trough: U. S. economy entered its 10th recession in late 2007 since 1950 and still recovering from recession in 2010. The rise and decline in the level of activity are called business cycles. Business cycles occur because disturbances to the economy of one sort or another push the economy above or below full employment. Four phases of business cycles are Peak‚ recession‚ trough
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Introduction Background Of Foreign Labour in Singapore Since the day Singapore gained independence‚ the growth of the economy had been advancing tremendous over the past four decades. The influx of foreign labour has been playing an important role towards the Singapore economy. Even up to today‚ Singapore‚ itself with scarce resources‚ could only rely on human resource to sustain the economy growth. With a tightening labour market and a low unemployment rate‚ this gradual increase in foreign
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Singapore has only a small land area of 700 km2 of land which means that there are only a few water catchment and reservoirs. Due to the increase in population to approximately 5 million‚ there is an increased demand for water‚ especially for domestic use. The expansion in the industrial development will further increase the demand for water in the industrial sector to cool and clean the machines. Therefore‚ Singapore uses several strategies to increase water supply to meet the demands of the population
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SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES Air travel remains a large and growing industry. Despite being plagued by several factors such as overcapacity‚ commoditization of offerings and cutthroat rivalry to name a few‚ it facilitates economic growth‚ world trade‚ international investment and tourism. This case study will analyze the external factors affecting the airline industry‚ analyze the internal factors affecting Singapore International Airlines (SIA) and critically discuss the different generic
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article from The Straits Times dated 25th February 2008‚ entitled “January inflation may be as high as in 70s oil crisis”. Literature In this paper‚ our main objective is to explain the inflation process that is ongoing in Singapore today and our views on how the Singapore government can effectively tackle this situation. The proposed solution is derived by comparing and analyzing the various methodologies used to control inflation. The analysis done in this paper is approached from a micro to
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Employment Outlook and Salary Guide 2011/12 a tool for workforce planning Singapore RECRUITMENT I OUTSOURCING I CONSULTING Contents 4 Executive Overview 6 Introduction 8 Accounting & Finance 11 Banking & Finance 15 Call Centre 16 Engineering & Technical 18 Healthcare & Life Sciences 22 Human Resources 24 Information Technology 26 Office Support 27 Procurement‚ Supply Chain & Logistics 29 Sales‚ Marketing
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Entry strategy for International Premium Brands looking to establish in India Our services are aimed at facilitating international premium brands in leveraging the India opportunity. Our expertise in understanding the premium segment in India‚ business practices and rules reduces the entry risk and compresses the time period for profitability. ASSESSING MARKET OPPORTUNITY We establish the size of the business opportunity offered by the Indian market. Our services include: • Quantitative &
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Growth Model of Singapore Group 5 Yash Goradia Dhairya Kajaria Ankita Rathi Jaspreet Sandhu Sahil Sanghvi Shriraj Shetty
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