Samuel Adjetey. Business Strategy & Policy Thinkpiece 1 BMW SWOT Analysis One of the most critical processes of management of any company is the formulation of a sound business strategy. Strategic planning must combine a number of internal and external factors putting in mind how these factors affect the performance of the company. The company’s Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) are some of the critical factors a company must consider to effectively strategize. The
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SWOT Analysis Strengths (internal) Weakness (internal) Apple is one of the top most companies of the world for its brand equity which is from the days of mcintosh computers; Apple is known to be a brand with promise. Apple’s retail stores ensure high quality customer experience as they provide direct contact customers service with knowledgeable staff which increases brand awareness. Besides‚ Apple’s stores are one of the most profitable in terms of sales. The IOS which is the operating system
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economical environment. SWOT Analysis This is the process of analysing the strengths weakness opportunities and threats that an organisation is facing. An idea becomes an opportunity because of its strengths and weaknesses. Given the present scenario in the external environment‚ a company has to decide what shall be its strategy with regard to new ventures. Every market has certain threats and opportunities. Analysis of these will help in better decision making. SWOT Analysis helps to assess developing
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Corporate resources: Marketing Apple designs‚ manufactures and markets personal computers and related software‚ peripherals and personal computing and communicating solutions. How can Marketing and Sales achieve a competitive advantage and add value in the value chain? For example‚ customers are attracted to Apple’s Macintosh computers for a variety of reasons‚ including the reduced amount of training resulting from the Macintosh Computer’s intuitive ease of use‚ advanced graphics capabilities
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The Mini Cooper Company once raised a question: if Mini is not a car‚ what will it be? Although the brand didn’t know what kind of answer it would receive‚ the question caught consumers’ eyes and the replies helped the company to identify and satisfy customer demand. Apparently‚ marketing circumstance is complex and consumer psychology is hard to touch. Thus brand managers take great time and effort to resonate consumers‚ so as to promote consumption. For example‚ displaying advertisements on TV
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ranging from Chinese seafood and chicken congee‚ Hong Kong milk tea to Western burgers‚ potato sticks and orange juice (Adler‚ 2003). This measure can attract older consumers who are fond of Chinese food and in need of the convenience of fast food service as well. Based on its scrutiny and adoption of Chinese traditional culinary arts‚ KFC has developed a series of products which are specially designed for the tastes of Chinese consumers. Moreover‚ in purpose of maintaining its image of a U.S. brand
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activity” (Fill‚ 2005‚ p.9). This report aims to analyse the current marketing communication activities for one of the most recognised brands in the UK and the world‚ MINI Cooper. The first part includes some background information and after that the report follows the planning framework provided by Fill (2005) including: context analysis for the brand; objectives; communications strategy; communications mix; scheduling and implementation; resources; evaluation and control. The last part includes recommendations
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The Environment of Business 1. Introduction The business that will be analysed is Woolworths Financial Services (WFS). WFS is a financial service provider call-centre‚ based in Observatory. The company offers a range of financial products and services. These include the Woolworths’ in-store card‚ credit cards and revolving personal loans. The call-centre services all the Woolworths stores across South Africa. WFS is in a joint venture with ABSA‚ as its financial partner. 2. Scanning the Internal
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SWOT Analysis As stated in our situation analysis over the past decade the United States has become more and more infatuated with being in shape. A healthier America provides means for our agency with a great opportunity to create a new running shoe that will provide comfort and functionality to the masses that are hitting the road at an increasing rate. Of the four majoring companies that lead the market in running shoes which are Nike‚ Adidas‚ Reebok and Saucony; we decided to go with Saocony
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SWOT Analyses A SWOT (Morrison‚ 2013)—strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats— analyses was undertaken to assess whether entering the Peru market would be worthwhile. (See Table 6 for summary of SWOT analyses). Strengths One of the most important strengths of BNP Paribas that would be relevant to Peru would be its having good digital‚ mobile‚ and internet banking services (BNP Parabas‚ 2015). The bank has positioned itself as particularly strong in this area. These services are some of the
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