© 2004 Department of Statistics Malaysia The Development of the Automobile Industry and the Road Ahead Mohd. Uzir Mahidin and R. Kanageswary Abstract This paper discusses the development of the automobile industry in Malaysia in terms of production and sales of motor vehicles. The Malaysian Automotive Policy has been the key impetus for the development of automobile industry leading to the dominance of the national car in the ASEAN motor vehicle market since 1998. However in 2003‚ Malaysia
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Introduction to PEST analysis PEST analysis is concerned with the environmental influences on a business. The acronym stands for the Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological issues that could affect the strategic development of a business. Identifying PEST influences is a useful way of summarizing the external environment in which a business operates. However‚ it must be followed up by consideration of how a business should respond to these influences. The table below lists some possible
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Pest Analysis Croatia PEST-Analysis Croatia Content Introduction………………………………………………………………………………page 3 Political Environment……………………………………………………………………page 4 Economic Environment………………………………………………………………….page 4 Social-Cultural Environment…………………………………………………………….page 6 Technological Environment……………………………………………………………...page 7 References………………………………………………………………………………
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Toyota INTRODUCTION: Toyota Motor Corporation is a famous Japanese multinational corporation‚ and is considered the world’s second largest automaker of automobiles‚ trucks‚ buses‚ robots‚ and providing financial services. Its founder is Kiichiro Toyoda‚ born in 1894‚ and the son of Sakichi Toyoda‚ who became popular as the inventor of the automatic loom. Kiichiro inherited the spirit of research and creation from his father‚ and devoted his entire life to the manufacture of cars. After many years
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Restaurant PEST Analysis: A PEST analysis is a business tool that can help determine the macroeconomic factors that will impact a business. Specifically a PEST analysis measures the political‚ economic‚ social and technological factors that impact a business. A PEST analysis of a restaurant can be useful for determining if the environment is appropriate for such a business. Political Factors * Political factors deal with the degree to which the government influences and controls businesses. For
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HRM Human resource management is a strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization’s most valued assets – the people working there‚ who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of its objectives. Boxall et al(2007) describe HRM as ‘the management of work and people towards desired ends’. John Storey (1989) believes that HRM can be regarded as a ‘set of interrelated policies with an ideological and philosophical underpinning’. He suggests four aspects that
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Business-Level Strategy: Automobile Industry According to the text‚ business-level strategy is the plan of action that the strategic managers adopt to use a company’s resources and distinctive competence to gain a competitive advantage over its rivals in a market or industry. There are three main business-level strategies‚ namely; cost leadership strategy‚ differentiation strategy‚ and the focus strategy. In this paper‚ I will be looking at different automakers and the business strategies they
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years. Because of this Tesco needs to use a PEST (Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological factors) analysis as it will allow the business to build their vision for the future and help them to avoid further decreases in profit. Good use of PEST Analysis would also help Tesco to avoid taking further action that would result in failure for reasons beyond their control e.g. the recession. PEST analysis is used to analyse business markets‚ industries‚ segments or the whole economies. It provides
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PEST Analysis for Royal Danish Bearings (RDB) PEST analysis provides a framework for decision makers to consider factors in the external business environment that affect business operations. These factors can be categorised into four sections: political‚ economic‚ social and technological factors which can present opportunities and threats as outlined in the case study. Political * International quality standards to enhance the ease of exporting to different regional trading blocs
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Chapter 4 Knowledge Representation question and answers 1. Consider the following statements a) Reema is a super star. b) All super stars are rich. c) All rich people have fast cars. d) All fast cars consume a lot of petrol. Use predicate logic and inference rules to draw the conclusion “Reema’s car consumed a lot of petrol”. a. List any two knowledge representation techniques. b. Write Modus Ponens rule. c. Define disjunctive normal form with suitable
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