Marketing environment scanning (SWOT‚ PEST analysis) 1. Marketing research 2. Buying behavior. Analysis of factors influencing to purchase decisions. 3. Market Segmentation. 4. Product Mix analysis 5. Strategic Planning Gas and oil industry in Kazakhstan SWOT Analysis | |
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Why firms go international? There are many reasons can promote firms go international‚ includes the domestic market saturation‚ end of PLC in domestic market‚ geographic diversification‚ to gain the economies of scale‚ stiff competition in domestic market and absence of competitors overseas etc. 1. Some firms go international in order to gain the economies of scale. As a research has pointed out that a doubling of output can reduce the production costs by up to 30 per cent. This is very obvious
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Independence of outside audit firms has been an ongoing issue for a long time in the US corporate world. The fundamental problem arises for the lack of clarity about whom does the audit firm really works for‚ the shareholders or the client company. According to Anandarajan et all (2008)‚ this lack of clarity has resulted in auditor’s independence being impaired. In the US‚ the client hires‚ pays‚ and fires the auditor and therefore‚ the culture of the auditors serving at the pleasure of the client
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Introduction Nokia Phones originated from a small town in Southwestern‚Finland and began from a small paper mill on the banks of the Nokianvirta river‚set up by Fredrik Idestam in 1865.It was 1968 that the Nokia Corporation started in the Mobile Nokia Phone business after spending more than a century operating five different business field as stated in the time line below (Barr G‚ 2009) : Paper Mill‚ 1865 Finnish Rubber‚ 1898 Cable Electronics Forestry Power Generation 1912-1967 By year
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Marketing 5805 Firm Analysis Project Firm: Daniel Memorial‚ Inc. Description: Daniel is a nonprofit organization serving at-risk youth from the community through a wide variety of programs. Some of the services offered include: therapeutic foster homes‚ independent living skills and housing for homeless youth‚ juvenile dependency intervention‚ residential treatment‚ and community based treatment through the dependency court system which is contracted through the Department of Children and Families
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Discuss the significance of innovation for the competitive position of the firm. Why is innovation important for business organisations? In what areas of the business might innovation be significant? Todd McLerie Innovation is an essential part of business and making the world go around; it is the basis of economic growth worldwide and can allow a firm to overcome limitations in inputs‚ maximise their resources‚ and gain an advantage over their competitors (Popa‚ Preda‚ & Boldea‚ 2010). The
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The traditional profit maximizing theories of the firm have been criticised for being unrealistic. As a result‚ alternative theories of the firm were introduced (Sloman & Sutcliffe‚ 2001). One of the alternative theories of the firm is Growth maximization. Following are the main motives for the firms to grow: The cost motive: A growth maximising firm can lower its long run average costs by exploiting economies of scale and economies of scope. Economies of scale come into effect when increasing
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References: Ameer R.‚ Ramli F. and Zakaria H. (2010). A new perspective on board composition and firm performance in an emerging market. Emerald Group Publishing Limited‚ ISSN‚ 10‚ 647-661. Andres Pablo de‚ Azofra V. and Lopez F. (2005). Corporate Boards in OECD Countries: size‚ composition‚ functioning and effectiveness. Corporate Governance‚ 13 (2)
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The Big Four Accounting Firms Financial Accounting September 8‚ 2012 In the world of accounting four global firms take the gold. Those are considered “The Big Four”. Over the past twenty years many financial organizations have been established‚ but only the best have survived long enough to be well known across the world. Those four corporations are Deloitte & Touche‚ Pricewaterhouse Coopers‚ Ernst & Young‚ and KPMG. The biggest name in the industry however‚ is Deloitte & Touche
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The decisions of one firm therefore influence and are influenced by the decisions of other firms. Strategic planning by oligopolists needs to take into account the likely responses of the other market participants. Description[edit] Oligopoly is a common market form where a small number of firms are in competition. As a quantitative description of oligopoly‚ the four-firm concentration ratio is often utilized. This measure expresses the market share of the four largest firms in an industry as a
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