recognizable names in the New Zealand retail jewellery industry. In 1979‚ Michael Hill opened his first store in Whangerei. Until then‚ jewellery stores had been run primarily by craftsmen jewellers. Michael Hill changed this with the philosophy “to make jewellery buying less intimidating and more accessible to the public.” In order for any company to succeed‚ it has to take a look at the environment in which it operates. This is why an external environmental analysis is so important. This involves
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Communication Skills in New Accountancy Graduates F. ELIZABETH GRAY and NIKI MURRAY Massey University‚ New Zealand Received: August 2009 Revised: January 2011; May 2010; January 2011 Accepted: January 2011 Published online: March 2011 ABSTRACT This study into the perceived importance of oral communication skills in accountancy included the collection and analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from a national survey of New Zealand accountants‚ followed
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Substantial Content I. Importance of natural method of pest control The problem with broad range conventional pesticides is that they not only kill the bad bugs‚ but they rub out the good bugs‚ too. A garden without natural predators means a world of insects gone wild. There’s nothing left to keep pest levels in check. In fact‚ chemicals can mean double trouble because although you wipe out the first wave of pests‚ the second wave which is not the usual pest‚ but another insect moving into the area can cause
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Pest and Pesticides For centuries‚ pests have been feasting on crops and not only decreasing a farmer’s crop yield‚ but also spreading diseases that can even be deadly. Mosquitos‚ like the one to the left can carry many diseases such as West Nile and malaria.1 There are so many pests from insects such as beetles‚ which feed off of crops such as the potato plant (left)‚ and mosquitos (left) to rodents such as rats that “even with extensive use of pesticides‚ a substantial amount of damaged [crops]
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Cultural and Social Aspects The culture of buying footwear online is very much present in New Zealand‚ with their online shopping expenditure to reach $3.19 billion‚ a growth of 19 percent since 2011. 1.9 million New Zealanders over the age of 15 will make online purchases‚ with retail categories with the strongest growth being the clothing and footwear categories (Pwc 2012). Almost half of New Zealand’s population will shop online in 2011 with each shopper spending an average of NZ$1‚400. Consumers
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Journal of Biology‚ Agriculture and Healthcare ISSN 2224-3208 (Paper) ISSN 2225-093X (Online) Vol 2‚ No.10‚ 2012 www.iiste.org PEST Analysis Of Engro Fertilizers‚ Pakistan Hassan Shahid Forman Christian College (A Chartered University)‚ Lahore‚ Pakistan E-mail: hassan.shahid114@yahoo.com Owais Shafique (Corresponding Author) The Virtual University of PakistanLahore‚ Pakistan E-mail: owais.shafiq@gmail.com Adnan Shokat University of Ballarat‚ Victoria‚ Australia E-mail: adnanshoukat@y7mail
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were quoted as the ‘Aldi Pledge’. This outlines there key values namely to offer their customers high quality products at low prices. This is achieved by their low cost operations‚ which is well known and evident throughout its stores. External Analysis (Threats and Opportunities) The General Environment The general environment is composed of factors that can have dramatic effects on firm strategy which include Demography‚ Socio-cultural‚ Political‚ Technological‚ Economical and Global factors
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PEST Analysis On Vietnam PEST analysis of Vietnam ·Political factors: · government type: Vietnam is known as a Socialist Republic. · freedom on economy: Vietnam has not high economic freedom‚ which score is 51.0. Even though the index of Vietnam can not compare with western developed countries’‚ however since 1986 the government implement open-door to the outsider world policy‚ making Vietnam becoming
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& Boxshall‚ 2013). New Zealand on the other hand has traditionally been a small economy and has heavily relied on United Kingdom and rest of the world. The nation has not faired very well economically due to its remote geographical location‚ small size of firms and its dependency on primary sector. However‚ there has been recent shift towards secondary and tertiary sector and also towards other economies of the world primarily focusing on India and China. India at present is New Zealand’s 7th largest
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Strategic Analysis pressure from substitute or complementary products‚ (4) bargaining power of buyers‚ and (5) bargaining power of suppliers. 1. Rivalry between existing competitors With the rise of foreign competitors like Toyota‚ Honda and Nissan in the 1970’s and 80’s‚ rivalryin the American auto industry has become much more intense. Firms compete on both price andnon-price dimensions. The price competition erodes profits by drawing down price-cost marginswhile non-price competition (e.g.‚ new car
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