and capabilities in strategy formulation. • The resources of the firm • Organizational capabilities • Appraising the profit potential of resources and capabilities • Putting resource and capability analysis to work—a practical guide • Creating new capabilities. Shifting the Focus of Strategy Analysis: From the External to the Internal Environment THE FIRM Goals and Values Resources and Capabilities Structure and Systems THE INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT STRATEGY STRATEGY •Competitors •Customers
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Telecom‚ Media & High Tech Extranet Making smartphones brilliant: Ten trends No.20 RECALL A publication of the Telecommunications‚ Media‚ and Technology Practice June 2012 Copyright © McKinsey & Company‚ Inc. 8 Making smartphones brilliant: Ten trends By: Venkat Atluri /// Umit Cakmak /// Richard Lee /// Shekhar Varanasi RECALL No.20 – A new era of personalized computing Making smartphones brilliant: Ten trends The top-ten trends that will shape the future of mobile
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Unit 4- Task 4 SWOT Analysis “The results of a questionnaire given to 200 people that regularly visit McDonalds found the following: * 85% are happy with the service in their local McDonalds. * 80% would like McDonalds to be open 24/7. * 50% thought they could make a happy meal healthier. * 65% would like more wraps on the menu. * 30% would like part of the menu to be focused on healthier options. * 20% said staff were unfriendly. * 90% said parking facilities were good
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PEST ANALYSIS The PEST analysis is a useful tool for understanding market growth or decline‚ and as such the position‚ potential and direction for a business. PEST is an acronym for Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological factors‚ which are used to assess the market for a business. Basically it is a scan of macro-external environment‚ in which a business wants to operate. Political Factors include: • Tax policy • Employment laws • Trade restriction and Tariffs
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PEST Analysis for a Company in the Tourism Industry The Tourism industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The World Travel and Tourism Council estimates that in 2004 Travel and tourism is expected to generate * US$ 5‚490.4 billion of economic activity * 10.4% of total GDP * 214‚697‚000 jobs or 8.1% of total employment * 12.2% of total exports [1] My task is to conduct a PEST analysis for a company within the Tourism industry. Within the tourism industry‚ I have
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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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Financial Accounting and Reporting (8th Edition)‚ FT/Prentice Hall. Lewis‚ R. & Pendrill. D. (2004)‚ “Advanced Financial Accounting” (7th Edition)‚ FT/Prentice Hall. Britton & Jorissen. (2003)‚ “International Financial Reporting and Analysis” Thomson Task 4 Tisdale M.A. (N.D.) WiseGeek: “What is a Trade Surplus” [Online] available on http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-trade-surplus.htm# Pettinger T. (2012) Economics: “Balance of Payments Disequilibrium” [Online] available
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POLITICAL ANALYSIS TAXATION As of 1 January 2001‚ South Africa’s territorial system of taxation (or source-based system) was replaced with one based on worldwide incomes for resident companies‚ including resident branches of foreign companies. In order to preserve some of South Africa’s appeal as an "off-shore" location for international headquarters‚ a separate regime for non-resident International Holding Companies (IHCs) is maintained which allows for income from foreign subsidiaries
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PEST Analysis The PEST analysis is used in this report to evaluate the political‚ economic‚ social and technological aspects of the macroeconomic environment in the targeted market‚ Russia. This study helps to frame the basis for the decision-making about a possible market entry. Thus‚ it is of vital importance to scrutinize the macroeconomic environment as part of the market research. Political and Legal Aspects According to the Russian 1993 Constitution‚ Russia is a democratic federative state
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5 1. 2 Methodology 6 2. Discussion 2.1 Smartphone attitude 2.1.1 Smartphone in Hong Kong 8 2.1.2 Types of Smartphone apps 8 2.1.3 Increasing number of apps download 9 2.1.4 Reasons of using Smartphone 10 2.1.5 The trend of using smart phones 12
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