Corporate resources: Marketing Apple designs‚ manufactures and markets personal computers and related software‚ peripherals and personal computing and communicating solutions. How can Marketing and Sales achieve a competitive advantage and add value in the value chain? For example‚ customers are attracted to Apple’s Macintosh computers for a variety of reasons‚ including the reduced amount of training resulting from the Macintosh Computer’s intuitive ease of use‚ advanced graphics capabilities
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| | |SWOT and PEST analysis on Cadbury PLC | | | |
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PESTLE analysis‚ which is sometimes referred as PEST analysis‚ is a concept in marketing principles. Moreover‚ this concept is used as a tool by companies to track the environment they’re operating in or are planning to launch a new project/product/service etc.PESTLE is a mnemonic which in its expanded form denotes P for Political‚ E for Economic‚ S for Social‚ T for Technological‚ L for Legal and E for Environmental. It gives a bird’s eye view of the whole environment from many different angles
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SWOT Analysis Guide The comprehensive guide to the SWOT analysis method In the following guide we will introduce you to several widely used strategic planning methods. They enable business executives and strategists to evaluate options‚ plan for the strategic goals and implement the changes necessary to achieve those goals. The evaluation version of the guide Distribution note: You may NOT distribute the original or modified version of the document. Check more information about licensing in
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Profile of company HSBC has got over 7.500 offices in 87 countries. It is very widespread and has around 220.000 shareholders in 124 countries and territories. HSBC provides a full range of financial services being Personal Financial Services‚ Commercial Banking‚ Corporate Investment Banking and Markets Private Banking. HSBC is mainly operating in Europe‚ Hong Kong‚ Asia-pacific region‚ Australia and America. HSBC is interested in the emerging markets of Asia-Pacific region and is continuously
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and other sales. There were no decreases in the net sales of all products‚ but Net sales per Macintosh and iPod fell due to new pricing strategies and the introduction of lower end products such as the iPod Shuffle. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS RATIO ANALYSIS SHORT TERM SOLVENCY APPLE SIC 3571 SIC 7352 Quick Ratio 2.91 1.058 2.86 Current Ratio 2.96 1.321 2.89 LONG TERM SOLVENCY APPLE SIC 3571 SIC 7352 Debt-Equity Ratio - 0.1172 0.01 Equity Multiplier 1.00 1.1172 1.01 ASSET UTILIZATION
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Case Study Outline of Napster 1) Situational Analysis a. Marketing Objectives X To re-establish Napster as the market leader for online music downloading industry. X To establish a competitive market share in the pay-for-play market. X Regain the majority original customer base‚ and entice new users. b. Target Market X Anyone that has internet access and an interest in music. X All ages‚ races‚ sexes‚ income levels‚ education levels and computer knowledge levels. X Anyone
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CanGo with the onset of more gaming stores recently. This paper is a market research and analysis on the state of the online shopping and gaming market in regards to market size‚ trends‚ demographics and potential. It also observes the status of CanGo’s competitors in various segments of the market and several competitor’s services and product offerings have been examined in relation to that of CanGo. Analysis of online shopping and gaming market As technology continues to take shape‚ E-commerce
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(A) The payback is 35‚000/5‚000= 7 years Computation of the NPV : 15 NPV= -35‚000 + Σ 5‚000 / ( 1 + 12%)^ 15 i=1 NPV = $- 947. 67 Computation of the IRR : 15 0= -35‚000 + Σ 5‚000 / ( 1 + IRR)^ 15 i=1 IRR= 11.49% The NPV of this project is negative and the IRR is lower then the Cost of Capital (12%) Rainbow products shouldn’t go for
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PEST‚ SWOT and Porter’s five forces analysis are three very useful tools for both identifying the threats and opportunities in general and competitive environment and setting up company’s marketing strategy. What are PEST‚ SWOT and Porter’s five forces and their usefulness. PEST is an acronym for political‚ economic‚ social and technologic. 1. The political area has huge impact on the operation of the firms(e.g. tax‚ business law‚ political stability) 2. The economic condition can also directly
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