Definition The economic environment consists of external factors in a business’ market and the broader economy that can influence a business. You can divide the economic environment into the microeconomic environment‚ which affects business decision-making such as individual actions of firms and consumers‚ and the macroeconomic environment‚ which affects an entire economy and all of its participants. Many economic factors act as external constraints on your business‚ which means that you have little
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The wider macro-environment Changes in the wider macro-environment may not be as close to the marketing firm’s day-to-day operations‚ but they are just as important. The main factors making up these wider macro-environmental forces fall into four groups. Political and legal factors Economic factors Social and cultural factors Technological factors (Often referred to as the ‘PEST’ factors in the marketing analytical context‚ a useful aide-memoire‚ although in some texts it is sometimes referred
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CASE 10.2 Hot Coffee at McDonald’s First of all let’s clarify what is the story is‚ what are the facts? There was this woman (Stella Liebeck) who poured a cup of coffee (Mc Coffee) into her lap. Because of that she suffered third-degree burns. Her medical expenses worth $10‚000 and the and of the case she got $ 2.7 million. Sounds a bit strange isn’t it?! Here come my ethical problems. Did her permanent scars‚ the $10‚000 medical bill and all that torture she went through worth that
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Therefore‚ it targets those who are concern with fuel consumption of the car. In order to reach out to its customers‚ it has to cope with the business environmental factors that consist of actors and forces outside marketing that affect its ability to develop and maintain successful relationship with its target customers. Business environment however is divided into two types. They are microenvironment and macroenvironment. By definition‚ microenvironment includes forces close to the company that affect
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Case study number 1 Question 1: Which company orientation (product‚ production‚ selling or market) can best describe McDonald’s activities? What makes you think so? In the case of McDonald’s activities the company orientation is selling and I will explain why. In first I’ll explain what is the selling orientation‚ and in second why it’s the McDonald orientation. If we look at the definition in the book “Marketing Management” the selling philosophy or orientation is “a focus on making sales
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changeable marketing environment (Lovelock‚ 2002). The marketing environment can be assumed as a flexible system. Just like the human body which may die if it fails to adjust to environmental modifications‚ so the business also may lose if it does not adapt to external and internal changes (Sowell‚ 2011). Sargeant and Jay (2004) stated SWOT analysis contains specific indicators as to the key determinants of success in the company whereas most authors defined the marketing environment comprising microenvironment
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External Analysis of Nestle: Nestle in the Global Environment: Nestle operates in over 130 countries and in order to understand the business environment they operate in analysis on the external factors that lie outside the control of Nestle has to be conducted (Grant et al. 2011‚ 101). The tool tasked with conducting an external analysis of the macro environment is PEST while the external micro environment will be analysed with the help of Porter’s Five Forces. However it is worth mentioning that
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In the micro-system the individual is the dominant factor. The risk factors act upon the individuals are as follows. Firstly‚ genetics is a major risk factor that is beyond the control of the individual an example of such is body mass composition‚ which is the manner of which the body takes on weight. The consequence of genetics is that the individual has little control over weight gain and thus must be more conscious of their lifestyle choices. The psychological risk factors associated with the
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GUERRILLA RECRUITING TACTICS - Guerrilla recruiting is a style of recruiting that makes use of the tactics and strategies that have been used for centuries by warfare. According to Drucker (1998)‚ these tactics are highly focused form of recruiting that are fully integrated and driven by fundamental motives of the organization. These tactic are also typically deployed by an organization that is inferior both in numbers and tools against a larger and more mechanized competitor‚ but that is not always
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The third micro environment is Marketing Channel. AirAsia has cultivated a reliance on Internet innovation for its operational and vital administration‚ and gives an online ticket booking administrations to explorer on the web. Air Asia is utilizing Customer Relationship Management (CRM) as their execution estimation framework. This execution estimation framework is putting client at the heart of the business. It fulfils the client needs and needs. It is technique and procedure of obtaining‚ holding
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