1.Executive Summary ABC Learning Centres Limited (ABC) has recently came into limelight in the childcare industry. It went into receivership on 6 Nov 2008 and Australian Government has announced to assist ABC to continue operation till end of 2008 by injecting $22 million. An analysis has been done on ABC on why the company has landed itself into receivership by analysing its annual Income Statement‚ Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement. Reading and analysing of news and articles in relation
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Centre Parc’s A PESTLE Analysis Contents 1. Introduction 2. PESTLE Analysis 2.1. What is PESTLE Analysis 2.2. Political 2.3. Economical 2.4. Social 2.5. Technological 2.6. Legislative 2.7. Environmental 3. Entrepreneurial 4. Conclusion 5. References 1. Introduction Centre Parcs are one of the UKs leading family‚ self-catering holiday destinations. This report aims to analyse the company using one of the key tools available to guide strategic decision making – A
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COPYRIGHT MATERIAL M-Tel Call Centre data: What does it tell us? In May 2009‚ Esther Ching is three months into her role as manager of the complaints section of a call centre‚ located in India. The call centre is owned and run by M-Tel‚ a Malaysian telco company. Her section handles all billing complaints and service difficulties. The main products are landlines‚ mobile telephones and internet access. She is required to present a report about the performance of her section‚ as part of the regular
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FX Leisure and Fitness Centre is a large leisure complex on the outskirts of Birmingham. It is part of an expanding chain of leisure centre`s(currently numbering 15) in England. The company was founded in 1996 and the head office is located in Manchester. The Birmingham centre opened in 2004‚but the performance in terms of customer numbers‚ centre utilisation and profits has fallen short of the projected targets. In the last 12 months there has been a slight downturn in the overall customer numbers
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Matthew Selle Professor Li Global Business Project Spring 2012 Nike We decided to choose Nike as our company for this global business project. Nike is ranked 135 in the fortune 500-company list. Nike is the number one sports shoe company in the United States. In the US Nike dominates 35 percent of the sports shoe market‚ it also holds one of the most recognizable logos in the world‚ the Nike Swoosh. The majority of Nikes customers‚ over 50% purchase their merchandise for things other than sporting
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Nike Case – Spreading out to stay together 1. When Nike CEO Phil Knight stepped down and handed his job to Bill Perez‚ he stayed on as chairman of the board. In what ways could Knight’s continued presence on the board have created an informal structure that prevented Perez from achieving full and complete leadershipof Nike? Answer: Informal structures are the shadow organization that represents the actualworking and communication relationships that may not resemble the formal organizationalchart
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HONG KONG –Still the No.1 Financial Centre in China? Hong Kong has been a major financial centre in Asia for the past decade. Starting off as a fishing village‚ Hong Kong soon developed into a trading centre and then a financial centre. After overcoming a lot of difficulties‚ such as the handing over of Hong Kong in 1997‚ the 911 incident which caused the world’s stock market to fall by a landslide‚ Hong Kong is becoming increasingly prosperous. But with Mainland China’s accelerating economic
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A Report into Marston Garden Centres Introduction to the sector Gardening has become one of the UK’s leading leisure activities‚ with around 13 Million adults turning to this hobby. Recently‚ there has been a resurgence in ‘green issues’ and this has led to many growing some of their own food. Analysis shows that there is the potential for 9 million adults to be persuaded into this activity (Mintel report 2010) There are a number of areas that need to be looked at‚ in order for the company to
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GYAAN KOSH TERM 1 Learning and Development Council‚ CAC Managerial Economics This document covers the basic concepts of Managerial Economics covered in Term 1. The document only summarizes the main concepts and is not intended to be an instructive material on the subject. Gyaan Kosh Term 1 MGEC Learning & Development Council‚ CAC Opportunity cost: Taken into account for economic decisions. Opportunity Cost is the “next best” or “alternative” benefit from an investment Sunk costs:
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‘unethical’ by media who construe this view to consumers. Such allegations can and will have damaging effects with Nike having been taken to court already in the past. 2. Would the use of third-party independent contractors insulate MNCs from being attacked? Would that practice offer MNCs a good defensive shield against charges of abuse of “their employees”? • Not necessarily‚ as Nike will be using labour which is just managed by another party. They would just be shifting the blame of abusing “their
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