UK’s largest transport operator‚ employing more than 137‚000 people in the UK and the USA. In the UK‚ it runs rail services carrying around 275 million passengers a year. It is the UK’s largest bus operator and also runs a rail freight business. In the US‚ it operates school transport for nearly four million students a day. The company is seeking to extend it operation in UK in the coming few years. There are challenges faced by the company in UK which need to be addressed. A key government policy affecting
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PEST Analysis Understanding "Big Picture" Forces of Change (Also known as PESTLE‚ PESTEL‚ PESTLIED‚ STEEPLE and SLEPT Analysis) PEST Analysis is a simple‚ useful and widely-used tool that helps you understand the "big picture" of your Political‚ Economic‚ Socio-Cultural and Technological environment. As such‚ it is used by business leaders worldwide to build their vision of the future. It is important for these reasons: • First‚ by making effective use of PEST Analysis‚ you ensure that what
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Southwest Airlines is a major airline company operating in the United States. The company was founded in 1967 in Houston‚ Texas by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. The company’s vision was a low-cost‚ no-frills airline that was safe‚ affordable‚ and fun. Out of that vision‚ and following and arduous inception‚ the company has become one of the largest U.S‚ airlines‚ getting more travelers to their destinations than any other U.S. airline‚ and making a profit while doing it. Southwest Airlines was
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PEST Analysis Leader:Penelope贺朋旭（会计103） Deccember 2010 PEST Analysis Potical Factors • China is a communistic country‚ and it is steadier than some country which always has some war‚ anarchy and so on‚ which is adapted to the development of car companies. • Chinese goverment encourage overseas company to operate in China‚ such as derating‚ lower lending rate… • Chinese rule is strict for car purchaser and owner. For example Beijing government claim that
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Superficial STEEP and Porter’s Six Forces analyses for the US airline industry. STEEP ANALYSIS 1. Technological • Internet Availability: The availability of internet to the general public gave the airline industry a lot of competition. Before there was much more price control from the airlines themselves and prices could be raised or lowered whenever they felt necessary. Only travel agencies had this information available other than the airlines themselves. Internet availability has regulated a lot
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K+12 Educations PEST Analysis Political Government Fund for education will increase due to professional fee of the additional teacher and classroom needed. Higher probability that educational funds‚ coming from LGU’s‚ Adopt-A-School Program and TEN Moves fund will be corrupted by the government officials. Government need to have a quick responds to the needs for educational resources. Has a political advantage to politician image by building educational infrastructure under their name. A probability
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Self and Peer Evaluation‚ by 30 April 2013 In the evaluation you will have to think‚ evaluate and write about what you and your class mates have learned during the study unit and how you and they have taken part in the lectures and group assignments. This assignment is set to bring new insights to one’s own thinking and to support personal learning. The point in this task is to evoke critical thinking‚ practice selfreflective skills and connect one’s personal learning to previous experience. Self-reflection
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PEST analysis on Harrow College. Political Harrow College is working as independently college. If the government takes action there will be a risk of Harrow College fail to deliver the policy or they may be diverted away from local priorities. The government legislation may force Harrow College to be self managing and self financing. Economic The government may influence the financing decision from Harrow College by cutting the budget from schools. The location of Harrow College may influence
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Pest Analysis Political: With the growing demand in the energy drink market and possible side effects due to them because of the high caffeine content‚ the government of India may come up with the regulations that require the product to be tested clinically to prove its benefits and get the local certification too. Social: Burn position itself as a youth brand. With India being the country with youth centric demographic‚ it helps BURN to reap the benefits if it position itself as the right product
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2.1.1 POLITICAL The hotel industry had evolved very rapidly since the opening policy in 1978‚ after that the economy has gradually transformed to a market-oriented one. The reform has created a much better business environment for the hotel industry development (Hornsby‚ 1990). According to Kotler (1996)‚ The political environment is strongly affect hospitality industry‚ political environment is made up of laws‚ government agencies and pressure groups influence and limit the activities of various
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