ASSIGNMENT 1 Company Chosen: McDonald’s Industry: Hospitality Founded: May 15 1940 Founder: Richard & Maurice McDonald Headquarters: Oak Brook‚ Illinois‚ US No. of Locations: 30000+ Worldwide Area Served: Worldwide Products: Fast Food P.E.S.T Analysis Political Factors The individual operations of McDonalds are influenced by the individual state and country policies by each government. E.g. there are certain some states in Europe and the US wont allow fast food due to its health implications
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Manufacturing in the US industry. Industry Risk is assumed to be ’the difficulty‚ or otherwise‚ of the business operating environment’. The report looks at the operational risk associated with this industry. Three types of risk are recognized in our analysis. These are: risk arising from within the industry itself (structural risk)‚ risks arising from the expected future performance of the industry (growth risk) and risk arising from forces external to the industry (external sensitivity risk). This
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CHINA’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION China has developed a huge telecommunications sector. Today China is one of the largest telecom subscribers in the world’s telecommunication market. China’s telecommunications industry started to expand during early 1990s due to economic growth‚ technological improvements‚ low tax rates‚ and institutional changes‚ which allowed competition. Figure 1 shows that electronic-telecom industry had the fastest growth of sales revenue during
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KODAK PEST Political US copyright law requires all photo shops to refrain from printing or releasing digital images taken by professional photographers without a copyright release (2005; 2005). The company operates in different countries around the world therefore it needs to comply with those countries regulations for example‚ taxation policy and employment laws. The company has to take into account the stability of the government in countries where it operates to try and minimize political
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RUSSIA Natural environment Among Russia’s most important environmental problems: * Water pollution is the most serious concern. Less than half of Russia’s population has access to safe drinking water. While water pollution from industrial sources has diminished because of the decline in manufacturing‚ municipal wastes increasingly threaten key water supply sources‚ and nuclear contamination could leach into key water sources as well. The head of Russia’s environmental protection committee
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growth in harmony with the environment‚ the global economy‚ the local communities it serves‚ and its stakeholder.” Mission: “Toyota seeks to create more prosperous society through automotive manufacturing.” Situational Analysis: SWOT Analysis The Toyota Motors SWOT analysis is as follows: STRENGTH: New investment by Toyota in factories in the US and China saw 2005 profits rise‚ against the
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SWOT Analysis of Starbucks Strengths Starbucks chooses its customers before its coffee. Howard Schultz’s mantra‚ “staying small while growing big‚” (76) is now the company’s biggest strength- its prime cause of its massive success. Weaknesses The opening hours of Starbucks is not providing 24 hours services to the customers‚ its having only the limited opening hours compared to other competitors . The prices of the product are very much expensive compared to other companies
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External Environmental Analysis on PEST‚ PORTER’S FIVE ANALYSIS & SWOT Introduction The purpose of this report is to examine the external environment in Malaysia that affected Gucci‚ one of the Italian high fashion luxury brand. PEST analysis‚ competitive analysis and SWOT have been used by investigators to achieve the target. Gucci- Company Overview Gucci is among the sophisticated international fashion company which produces high quality of clothing‚ fragrances‚ accessories‚ handbags and
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and tablets‚ but also well known worldwide as a provider of secure & high reliability software for industrial applications and Mobile Device Management (MDM). BlackBerry’s software and hardware products are used worldwide by various government’s agencies and by car makers and industrial plants throughout the world‚ much of this activity being unseen by the public. The company is headquartered in Waterloo‚ Ontario‚ Canada. It was founded by Mike Lazaridis‚ who served as its co-CEO along withJim Balsillie
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Introduction Ryanair is headquartered in Dublin‚ Ireland and operates a low-fare‚ no-frill scheduled passenger airline. Ryanair serves short-haul‚ point-to-point routes between Ireland‚ the United Kingdom‚ and continental Europe‚ making Ryanair Europe¡¦s largest low-fare airline. It has destinations in 13 countries with 76 low-fare routes. Its fleet consists of 21 Boeing 737-200s and 21 737-800s. Launched in 1985‚ Ryanair¡¦s growth has been extraordinary. Ryanair currently employs a team of 1500
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