Okay‚ here we go with our initial look at France (just a topline summary of major facts‚ drawn from Wikipedia‚ CIA World Factbook and Nationmaster). France is 5th worldwide in GDP‚ with almost $3 trillion‚ and 3rd (why?) in military expenditure with $61.6 billion‚ and 22nd in population‚ with 61 million. France is the best-positioned of all the countries we will look at here to deal with the economic crisis facing the world. Their ingrained habit of dirigisme will bail out their industry‚ their
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Social Cultural Responsible buyers Responsible buyers or people concerned with ecological impacts of oil on the environment could switch to alternative sources like bio fuel. Consumerism The consumption pattern of the people is key here‚ today they may decide to substitute oil for gas and tomorrow vice versa. The protection or promotion of the interest of the consumer is a somewhat hard as they are unstable. Social mobility An example of this is Leisure Time‚ people tend to move around more
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The Toyota automobile company as it began‚ specialized in making cars‚ but now also forms a leading pioneer in bus‚ trucks‚ robot manufacturer‚ truck‚ auto and financial service providers. The Toyota logo is a simple one‚ derived from a Japanese word meaning ‘eight’ which was thought of as bringing luck and success which the company’s journey cannot be denied of. The Toyota logo‚ much like the company itself‚ is recognized as a paramount in the world of automobiles. The logo speaks of simplicity
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Political – Legal Settlements: After the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico‚ BP faced many different legal settlements that were enforceable by court. Many of these settlements were in order to enhance the safety of drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. BP worked to solve the federal criminal claims that came from the Oil Spill‚ and eventually pleaded guilty of 11 felony counts‚ related to the loss of 11 lives. Many other misdemeanor counts under different acts including: the Clean
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sales across the EU due to the unstable nature of the economy and are currently undergoing UK and EU strategic reviews. Therefore we could see reduced profits and the possibility of further unemployment and downsizing‚ not helped by the global stock market decline. * ‘High unemployment associated with crime.’ – UK and European high employment following the recession has many associated consequences. The main association is increased crime as businesses and individuals feel the squeeze on profits
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the economy as it causes inflation to increase. This is why it is important that interest rates are stable. Taxation‚ VAT‚ Inflation‚ unemployment and per capita income highly affect the company’s profitability. SOCIAL FACTORS: Adidas target market comprises of people from different social backgrounds. The Adidas Group is affected by people’s religion‚ race‚ culture‚ education levels‚ population‚ gender‚ buying habits and lifestyle. Different religions like Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Judaism
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PEST Analysis for Sony Corporation POLITICAL FACTORS Political factors for Sony Corporation can be changed at any time. TheGovernment holds the power to change any policies and regulationswhich may affect Sony at the time. The credit crunch and the recession may become reduced‚ therefore resulting in better trades for Sony Corporation. However this also means that the same has occurred for Sony¶s competitors. This means that Sony must develop ideas on how to stay ahead of its competitors. The
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FOCUS ON MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION MARKET AND APPLICATIONS DEVELOPING ANGHILERI MAURO 799615 BOSISIO UMBERTO 800752 GALBUSERA ANDREA 804845 GIUDICI GIORGIO 787301 MOLON CLAUDIA 803563 PAGANI MARCO 804769 TRAMBAIOLO MATTEO 800390 POLITICAL Italy is a parliamentary‚ democratic republic with a multi-party system. The executive power is exercised collectively by the Council of Ministers‚ which is led by the Prime Minister (current Mario Monti). Legislative power is vested in the two
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Table of Contents 1. PEST Macro-Analysis 2 1.1. Overview 2 Political Factors 2 Economical Factors 3 Social Factors 4 Technological Factors 4 PEST Macro Analysis Summary 5 Bibliography 6 1. PEST Macro-Analysis 1.1. Overview The virtual banking industry was based primarily on the confidence of the users in the web-based banking technology and the authenticity of the virtual banks. The industry also projected constant changes to the regulations and technology which would define
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Political Maersk ’disappointed’ with China’s rejection of an industry alliance 19 June 2014 Last updated at 02:14 BST Plans for a new international shipping alliance to cut costs have been rejected by China. Already approved by the US and the EU‚ the so-called "P3 Network" was meant to operate in a similar way to code-sharing deals between airlines. It would have allowed the world’s top three container-shipping operators to share vessels and port facilities‚ with plans for about 250 ships to
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