The Global Car Industry Facing Recession and a Credit Crisis Case study Reference no 309-032-1 This case was written by Nick S Potter‚ Birmingham Business School‚ University of Birmingham. It is intended to be used as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. The case was compiled from published sources. © 2009‚ Birmingham Business School‚ University of Birmingham. No part of this publication may be copied
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Marketing Planning in a Global Environment Group Assignment No: 1 Topic: What is the purpose of a Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technical (PEST) environmental analysis for companies in relation to their global (marketing) strategy? Present a PEST analysis for ONE of the following four companies: the computer chip manufacturer Intel the train operator Scotrail the food etc. retailer Tesco the book shop retailer John Smiths {draw:frame} Group Members:
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Case Study: Flower Pharmaceuticals A. The table below lists each category and states whether the cost is relevant‚ if it is an implicit or explicit cost‚ and if the cost has been properly calculated (note: company is currently operating at 65% capacity). Cost category | Relevant | Implicit/Explicit | Calculated correctly? | Fully allocated capital cost1 | N | Explicit | Y | Direct labor cost2 | Y | Explicit | Y | Materials Purchased3 | Y | Explicit | Y | Materials Inventoried4
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Industry Analysis of the Airline Industry An Industry in which I have a potential future interest for an entrepreneurial venture is the ever changing airline industry. Although facing tough numbers after the 9/11 attacks‚ I have always held an interest for this industry. There are several basic economic characteristics for this industry. There are many opportunities‚ there are also many threats. The airline industry was heavily regulated by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) for close to
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. PEST Analysis Political Few countries can compete with the Philippines when it comes to corruption which surprisingly involves the bookstore industry by way of the Bureau of Customs‚ according to Robin (2009) in his article “The Great Book Blockade”. Unfortunately‚ the customs official took their corruption to the shipping of books ever since the success of the international best seller book‚ Twilight by Stephen Meyer. When of the examiners of the customs official opened a shipment of books
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苹果电脑PEST分析 PEST分析是指宏观环境的分析，宏观环境又称一般环境，是指影响一切行业和企业的各种宏观力量。对宏观环境因素作分析，不同行业和企业根据自身特点和经营需要，分析的具体内容会有差异，但一般都应对政治（Political）、经济（Economic）、技术（Technological）和社会（Social）这四大类影响企业的主要外部环境因素进行分析.概括的说，分析宏观环境就是分析宏观环境中的趋势及其对企业的影响。 趋势——是具有某些势头和持久性的事件的方向或演进‚为了制定战略，组织必须能够预测它周围环境的变化，控制环境或简单地假设环境是稳定的。但事实是未来不可预测。我们虽不能预测未来，但可以预测未来的各种可能，开阔思路，这样才能判断出正确的未来‚我们根据PEST分析模型来分析苹果电脑的宏观环境：（在这里我们主要分析在中国的宏观环境） Political Analysis : Which contains frame of national economic‚ political system‚ government policy and law. Apple
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Overview of Pakistan from PEST analysis Political Environment After Pakistan was created in 1947‚ there was only one provider of Telecom services in the country under the name of the T&T (Telephone & Telegraph). In 1990 Pakistan realized that it is becoming very difficult to provide Telecommunication services in the country by its own. So Pakistan signed agreement with WTO (World trade organization) according to which a set of regulation has to be formed to provide services in the country‚ promote
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1 Background to Acer Acer is a global force in the IT market. The company’s goal (September 2009) is to become the world’s number one netbook vendor. Acer was founded by Stan Shih and his wife‚ with a group of fi ve others‚ as Multitech in 1976. The company was renamed Acer in 1987. It began with eleven employees and US$25‚000 in capital. Initially‚ it was primarily a distributor of electronic parts and a consultant in the use of microprocessor technologies‚ but over time it began to develop
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to reach a target audience by enticing them with flashy promotions‚ a fun "hip" lifestyle‚ and the chance to be in the "in" crowd. 2.Strategic Orientation - Strategic orientation is the combination of a companies mission‚ previous campaigns‚ SWOT analysis‚ Financial Data‚ Goals‚ and ROI. Ex: Through strategic orientation companies are better equipped to generate profit and compete successfully because they better understand the "Big Picture" of what they have to offer. 3.Advertisement - A paid form
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PEST Analysis of Virgin Media •Political Factor Demand for fixed line telephony is in decline‚ with the rate of decline in lines used by business nearly twice as high as that in the residential fixed telephony market. There is a trend for businesses to replace fixed line telephony with voice-over-internet-protocol‚ or VoIP‚ telephony‚ while residential customers are tending to migrate from fixed line to mobile telephony. However‚ Virgin Media’s fixed line customers may not migrate to the company’s
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