E-Business Plan for McDonald Corporation (Part Two) Strategic Analysis and Market Justification An international opportunity Companies of all sizes go international for different reasons‚ Deresky (2011) stated that the threat of their own decreased competitiveness is the overriding reason many large companies want to move fast to build strong positions in key world markets (p. 198). Deresky (2011) also suggested many multinational corporations (MNCs) have developed
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SamoyitaYasmin MBA-II-“B” 1275765 What opportunities and threats did McDonald face How did it handle them What alternatives could it have chosen? Answer: Opportunities 1) "Going green" - energy management‚ improving packaging efficiency‚ environmentally friendly refrigerants‚ and partnering with Greenpeace for rainforest protection Charity - The Ronald McDonald House provides a cheap or free place to stay for parents of sick children. Over 250 worldwide in 48
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studied is one of the worlds largest chain of fast food restaurants‚ known as McDonalds. The unofficial business first began in 1940 by Dick and Mac McDonald in California‚ with the official first McDonalds restaurant opening in 1955 in Illinois America‚ founded by Ray Kroc (McDonalds‚ 2008) but the organization has now expanded worldwide into many international markets and has become a symbol of globalization. McDonalds is a service organization and its products mainly include a variety of different
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McDonald’s Corporation McDonalds Corporation is a centralized International company which operates in the fast food industry supplying hamburgers‚ french fries and other consumable items using standardization‚ heavy expansion and branding as the driving force. McDonalds operates in over 121 countries and has over 30‚000 restaurants worldwide serving over 52 million customers a day. Its development from a drive-in restaurant in San Bernardino‚ California‚ to famous fast food chain restaurants of
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Mc Donald’s Products and Services. McDonalds is the world’s leading food service retailer with more than 30‚000 restaurants in 118 countries serving 46 million customers each day. McDonalds is one of the world’s most well-known and valuable brands and holds a leading share in the globally branded quick service restaurant segment of the informal eating-out market in virtually every country in which they do business. Serves the world some of its favorite foods - World Famous French Fries‚ Big Mac
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in (2) how the strategies of the business unit should be coordinated HORIZONTAL STRATEGY – coordinates the goals and strategies of related business units; should exist in the group‚ sector and corporate level; bottom-up H strategy rarely happens (the B unit managers have the resources and influence interrelationships) Emerging new pattern of competition – among clusters of related B units Why H strategy? – Horizontal strategy should be explicit in order to identify‚ reinforce‚ and extend
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performance‚ distinctive competitive strategies and the high integrity of our people. Approximately 85% of McDonald’s restaurant businesses world-wide are owned and operated by franchisees .All franchisees are independent‚ full-time operators. McDonalds Vision Mission Statement and Values * Vision: To be the best & leading fast food providers around the globe. * Mission: To be the world’s best quick service restaurant experience. Being the best means providing outstanding quality‚ service
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PepsiCo ’s Diversification Strategy in 2008 PepsiCo was the world ’s largest snack and beverage company‚ with 2007 net revenues of approximately $39.5 billion. The company ’s portfolio of businesses in 2008 included Frito-Lay salty snacks‚ Quaker Chewy granola bars‚ Pepsi soft drink products‚ Tropicana orange juice‚ Lipton Brisk tea‚ Gatorade‚ Propel‚ SoBe‚ Quaker Oatmeal‚ Cap ’n Crunch‚ Aquafina‚ Rice-A-Roni‚ Aunt Jemima pancake mix‚ and many other regularly consumed products. Company History
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efficiency of the restaurant owned by the brothers and suggested an idea to open similar restaurants to Richard and Maurice McDonald. Kroc suggested that they franchise the restaurants throughout the United States‚ however‚ the brothers were hesitant and as a result‚ Ray Kroc offered to do it for them himself. McDonald’s has been in existence since the 1930’s and in 1948‚ the McDonald brothers shut down the carhop drive-in to become a self-serve operating restaurant. McDonald’s was incorporated in 1955
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1.0 Background of the Company McDonalds is one of the leading global fast food franchises in the world. McDonalds has more than 33‚000 restaurants worldwide in 119 countries. The company has 1.7 million employees (McDonalds US‚ 2011). McDonalds has more than 80% franchisee restaurants around the world. McDonalds’ C.E.O is Jim Skinner; he was elected to this post in November 2004 and has been with McDonalds for 39 years (Forbes‚ 2011). McDonalds’ has its head corporate offices at Illinois‚ Chicago
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