PEST POLITICAL ECONOMIC Over the years‚ the Philippines has gone from being one of the richest countries in Asia to being one of the poorest. It has experienced growth and development since World War II. The current administration under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is aiming for a more rapid growth in the coming years. In 2004‚ the Philippine economy grew by 6.1% surprising everyone. In 2005‚ the Philippine peso appreciated by 6%‚ the fastest in the Asian region for that year
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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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The globalization of markets refers to the merging of historically distinct and separate national markets into one huge global marketplace.1 The Global retailer – IKEA has benefited from globalization of markets. IKEA converges global middle class who are looking for lower-price and attractively designed furniture and household items as its target market. When multinational consumers to be its target customers‚ the amount of consumers will be increase and its offerings should have more chance to
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Advantage of IKEA and IKEA in China Zhi Li June 2010 Master’s Thesis in Logistics and Innovation Management Master of Science in Logistics and Innovation Management Supervisor: Lars Steiner Abstract Title: Author: Supervisor: Purpose: The competitive advantage of IKEA and IKEA in China Zhi Li Lars Steiner The main purpose of this master thesis is to describe the IKEA concept and discuss the application in China. After research the history of IKEA‚ interview with the manager of IKEA store‚ and
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Ikea Case Study 1) Ikea largely follows a standardization approach. Every IKEA market all over the world is similar. A typical IKEA market has a grocery store‚ a Swedish cuisine restaurant and a supervised play area for kids. This I’ve seen myself in Dubai too. The store is a self-service store. The product is taken home and assembled by the customer himself. IKEA produces its furniture or parts of the furniture in a particular few places and send them worldwide for sale. This approach leads to
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Presentation of IKEA 3 IKEA was found by Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 in Almhult‚ Smaland‚ Sweden. IKEA concept is focused on producing low price home furnitures. The products are designed‚ manufactured‚ transported‚ sold and assembled. The products are the same designed and sold world wide(one suit all). The concept has roots in swedish‚ such as informality‚ cost consciousness‚ a very humble and down to earth approach. There are more than 300 Stores in 41 countries (2011). IKEA has more than
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PESTAL Analysis of Serena Hotel Political Pakistan has experienced many political upheavals during the last year of a century and the one thing‚ which the country was lacking‚ is political stability. This had a direct effect upon the policies of the businesses especially hotels management. Although tourism growth was affected all over the world after the 9/11 incident‚ and it had a far reaching negative impact on Pakistan’s economy in general and Gilgit Baltistan in particular‚ as its economy
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EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE AND BENEFITS OF PEST ANALYSIS. PEST analysis is used to evaluate the political‚ economic‚ social and technological influences that organizations might face when they are about to start a project. It provides external factors that organizations should take into consideration before they start the projects. In this case study‚ the UNISION used PEST analysis to investigate the external environment surrounding migrant workers; it helps UNISON to identify and understand the reasons
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International business strategy The Strategic Analysis of IKEA Laura Burns 11027915 Executive Summary This report is a strategic analysis of Swedish home furnishing giant‚ IKEA. The report gives an overview of corporate strategy‚ using Ansoff’s matrix as a tool for analysis‚ allowing us to see how IKEA have developed their strategy. The business strategy is then discussed using Porter’s five forces model as a tool for external analysis. Internal analysis can be identified using either the value
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Pest Analysis On Unilever - December 2nd‚ 2010 ________________________________________ Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch multinational corporation that owns many of the world’s consumer product brands in foods‚ beverages‚ cleaning agents and personal care products. Unilever is a dual-listed company consisting of Unilever N.V. in Rotterdam‚ The Netherlands and Unilever PLC in London‚ United Kingdom. This arrangement is similar to those of Reed Elsevier and Royal Dutch Shell prior to their unified
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