Open Government Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Politics Transparency Everyone’s opinion counts and has the potential to be heard Weakens national security ? Does too many cooks spoil the broth? Who ensures integrity and quality of data? Increased legitimacy and trust by more collaboration & participation from citizens Citizen takeover Too many opinions‚ not enough action (gridlock) Economics Reduced costs by citizenssourcing (Maybe increase
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Industry and Competitive Analysis Analysis is the critical starting point of strategic thinking. Kenichi Ohmae Awareness of the environment is not a special project to be undertaken only when warning of change becomes deafening ... Kenneth R. Andrews Crafting strategy is an analysis-driven exercise‚ not an activity where managers can succeed by sheer effort and creativity. Judgments about what strategy to pursue should ideally be grounded in a probing assessment of a company’s external environment
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ADVERTISING INDUSTRY ANALYSIS | SUBMITTED BY: Group 1 | Roshni Nair -46Shashank Sinha - 09Tejo Ram - 20Sweta Jain - 52Ratnesh Pandey - 60Swapnil Pande - 53 | | | | 4/6/2012 | | Introduction The purpose of advertising is to deliver a message‚ usually in order to sell a product or service. It is used to deliver an organization’s message to as many people as possible. The primary functions of advertising agencies are planning and creating advertising campaigns for clients and placing
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From the report of the Progressive Grocer‚ a monthly industry publication‚ we can know that in 2009‚ 35‚612 supermarkets were in business in the United States‚ which accounted for 54.5% of food item sales by grocery stores including supercenters and warehouse outlets. Convenience stores had 31.9% of sales‚ and wholesale clubs had11.5% of sales. So‚ supermarkets overall account for more than half of all food sales. Market definition In general‚ we believe that a supermarket is a large comprehensive
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Hunting and Fishing Equipment - US - February 2012SCOPE AND THEMESWhat you need to knowDefinitionData sourcesSales dataConsumer survey dataAbbreviations and termsAbbreviationsTermsEXECUTIVE SUMMARYSales increase 5.6% to nearly $6 billion in 2010Hunting equipment boosts total sales‚ fishing equipment sales declineLower-priced‚ smaller firearms are the new trendConsumers surveyed want to buy AmericanCore market of hunters and anglers are hurting financiallyHunting and fishing participation is on the
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The OIL INDUSTRY includes the global processes of exploration‚ extraction‚ refining‚ transporting (often by oil tankers and pipelines)‚ and marketing petroleum products. The largest volume products of the industry are fuel oil and gasoline (petrol). Petroleum is also the raw material for many chemical products‚ including pharmaceuticals‚ solvents‚ fertilizers‚ pesticides‚ and plastics. The industry is usually divided into three major components: upstream‚ midstream and downstream. Midstream operations
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companies in the world. Unfortunately‚ Pfizer faced challenges by macro-environment forces that affect their sales volume decline dramatically in 2011. PESTEL‚ Porter’s Five Forces and Industry Lift Cycle frameworks to be applied to analysis the broad macro-environment that affected Pfizer in the pharmaceutical industry. 1. PESTEL framework PESTEL (Appendix I) is classifies into six environmental influences including Political‚ Economic‚ Social & Cultural‚ Technological‚ Environmental and
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Lady Ath-Elite: A Training Facility for Female Athletes L. Donnell Grand Canyon University: MGT 660 December 20‚ 2012 Environmental Analysis and Industry Analysis Rivalry will exist among Lady Ath-Elite but the intensity will not be great. There are several gyms in Huntsville‚ Alabama; the largest gyms are the University Fitness Center‚ Gold’s Gym‚ Riviera Fitness Centers‚ Bender’s Gym‚ Curves‚ Empire Fitness‚ and the new YMCA in Madison‚ Alabama (Yellowpages.com‚ 2012). Riviera Fitness Center
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Scott Equipment Organization Paper By: Teressa Wright FIN/419 July 15‚ 2013 Sarah Newton Scott Equipment Organization Paper In today’s business sector‚ organizations use debt financing to accomplish their monetary goals. This can be defined as raising working resources by borrowing. The Scott Equipment Organization is researching a variety of combinations of instant and continuing debt financing in financing all of their assets. When referencing short-term financing the company is looking
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Title: Use office equipment OCR unit number 221 Sector unit number H/601/2493 Level: 2 Credit value: 4 Guided learning hours: 18 Unit expiry date: 31 December 2013 Unit purpose and aim This unit is about using a variety of different office equipment following manufacturer’s and organisational guidelines. Learning Outcomes Assessment Criteria The Learner will: The Learner can: 1. Know about different types of office equipment and its uses 1
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