2009 Revised: January 2011; May 2010; January 2011 Accepted: January 2011 Published online: March 2011 ABSTRACT This study into the perceived importance of oral communication skills in accountancy included the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from a national survey of New Zealand accountants‚ followed by a series of semi-structured interviews. Survey and interview data reveal agreement with existing literature: New Zealand accountancy
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Rivalry Unlike what one would expect‚ KFC has little rivalry with similar fast-food chains in China. The primary reason is that their core products are different‚ as in they sell different kinds of fast-foods with very different tastes and styles. For example‚ if KFC raised its price for chicken by a small amount‚ Chinese chicken lovers who may not be as accepting to pizzas (many Chinese people strongly dislike the taste of cheese) are not going to switch to Pizza Hut just because the price
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Haarlem Executive summary This report is the result of the research about the small car market and how Smart has been operating in it recently via interviews with Smart dealers‚ a survey and the official website of Smart. The goal of the research was to figure out what could be improved or changed to increase sales and get a bigger market share for Smart. Smarts mission is to become leader in the small car market with the Smart fortwo. In the past there were more types of Smart like the Smart
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............................................................................. 2 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................. 3 SWOT Analysis........................................................................................................................................... 4 Strengths ..............................................................................................
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history and its position in the market. Further we have analyzed the SWOT ANALYSIS of the organization of the Bata briefly in which strengths; weaknesses; opportunities and threats of the organization have been briefly analyzed. To strengthen the influence of this report we have also analyzed the PEST ANALYSIS of the company through which we measured the performance and market value of the company in immense way. Ratio analysis of the company BATA have also been done to see the financial position of
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Porter’s Five Forces- Threat of New Entrants Since its introduction in 1979‚ Porter’s Five Forces has become the de facto framework for industry analysis. The five forces measure the competitiveness of the market deriving its attractiveness. The analyst uses conclusions derived from the analysis to determine the company’s risk from in its industry (current or potential). The five forces are (1) Threat of New Entrants‚ (2) Threat of Substitute Products or Services‚ (3) Bargaining Power of Buyers
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for Apple Company. After eventually John Browett and Scott Forstall left the firm‚ this will have a negative effect on administration. In tech industry‚ Apple’s
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Porters Industry Analysis: The automobile manufacturing industry The Automobile Manufacturing Industry 3 Introduction 3 Power of Buyers (Medium-High) 3 Power of Suppliers (Low) 4 Threat of New Entrants (Low) 4 Threat of Substitute products (High) 6 Internal Rivalry (Medium) 6 Relative Power of Other Stakeholders (High) 7 Conclusion 8 References 9 The Automobile Manufacturing Industry Introduction The automobile manufacturing industry is comprised of companies that produce
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catalytic converters and within autocatalysts‚ platinum converts harmful emissions into carbon dioxide and water. Whereas traditionally‚ platinum had been used for jewellery with China‚ Japan and USA being the most consumer. The demand for platinum is largely driven by the market‚ where The analysis of platinum industry based on Porter’s Five Forces model reflect the extent to which the bargaining power of suppliers is limited since there are number of contracting companies providing goods and
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introducing car audio company in China 1.1 Market assessment China’s automobile industry is booming with a steady and steep growth. Between 2001 to 2005‚ the growth rate of China’s car consumption was 54.42% [China Economy‚ 2008]. This rapid development in china’s auto industry has provided a broad space for auto-parts industry [Yan‚ 2008]. However‚ the car audio market in China seems to be in infancy stage. Foreign car audio brands have taken up more than half the market share [China Car Audio Industry
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