Competitors analysis Students gave the answer of Q1.4 and analysed 3 competitors of Apple Describe background of IT industry with focus on Apple (5 marks) Use Porters Competitors analysis to analyse Apple (5 marks) 10 facts = 10 marks 1.4 Three different competitors of Apple Inc Describe 3 competitors (6 marks) Use Porters Competitors analysis to analyse competitors (9 marks) 10 facts = 5 marks 1.5 SWOT Most students did well in this question 10 facts = 5 marks Section B 1 PEST & SWOT Only
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1 PEST Analysis - Banking Sector in United States Product Type: Market Research Report Published by: Synergyst Published: March 2007 Product Code: R739-67 Description PEST analysis of any industry sector investigates the important factors that are affecting the industry and influencing the companies operating in that sector. PEST is an acronym for political‚ economic‚ social and technological analysis. Political factors include government policies relating to the industry‚ tax policies‚
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Karl Benz was born on 25th November 1844 in Karlsruhe‚ the son of an engine driver. The middle of the last century‚ when Benz was an apprentice‚ was a time of widespread fascination with the "new technology". The first railway line in Germany from Nuremberg to Furth had been opened in 1835‚ only twenty years before‚ and in the space of just a few decades the railways‚ steamships and new production processes had ushered in a new era in technology‚ industry and everyday life. Karl Benz attended the
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PEST ANALYSIS FOR APPLE INC The PEST analysis is the useful procedure to grasp market growth or decline. So it is a business dimension tools that helps to identify an organisations macro environment. The factors include in PEST analysis are Political factors‚ Economical factors‚ Social influence‚ Technological factors. An organisation cannot control the changes in those factors but any changes effect directly to an organisation. So the organisation should react quickly if any
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place‚ product‚ and promotion. This report will compare the marketing strategies used by Mercedes Benz and BMW both of which are German car manufacturers. Mercedes-Benz will discontinue the CLK model after 2010 and replace it with a coupe and convertible based on the new E-class. In comparison BMW has been extending its product portfolio by including smaller and less profitable cars. During 2008 Mercedes-Benz USA appointed 27 dealers to open special AMG performance centers. BMW created an import/export
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other options to grow their business with the objective of achieving 100% revenue growth over the next 12 months without losing its profitability. Theoretical Framework: Financial and non-financial factors will be taken into account. SWOT and PEST analysis will be used to assess the company’s
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for the first time in 20 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
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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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Case Analysis Report Management 101 Submitted To: Rumana Afroze Lecturer‚ Department of Business Administration East West University Submitted By: Name Ali N Huq Asif Khan Ahad Imtiaz Ahmed Section 8 8 8 Student ID 2009-3-10-016 2010-1-10-236 2010-1-10-235 Submission Date: 18.04.2011 Table of Content Serial Name of Topic Page 1 Executive Summery v 2 Acknowledgement 3 3 Company Profile 4 4 Analysis 5 5 Conclusion 9 Acknowledgement Firstly
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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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