BUSI 281 Strategic Management Dr. Dara Szyliowicz Case Write-Up: White Nights‚ Polar Lights: Investing in the Russian Oil Industry In the latter half of the 1980s‚ the fallen of the Soviet Union opened a great opportunity for Western firms to do business in Russian Oil industry. According to the article‚ Russia was still the world’s largest single producer of crude petroleum. Its reserves of petroleum were the seventh largest in the world‚ and its reserves of natural gas the largest. Moreover‚
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Introduction PEST Analysis is the Political‚ Economic‚ Social culture and Technology analysis that a company does to determine the overall business environment. A PEST analysis is a look at the external environment of a company or a business that plays an important role in managing and decision making of a company. It is crucial for a company to consider its environment before relating with the public or customers. The PEST analysis examines the impact of each of the factor on the company. Thus
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POLITICAL ASPECTS • Political uncertainty in Malaysia with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi set to step down in March 2009. • Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to take over the ruling-coalition party‚ but with a cloud of allegations. • Political unrest in Thailand recently when anti-government protesters recently blocked flights for a week at Bangkok’s main airports. • ASEAN nations have been pushing Indonesia to scrap its Rp.1 million ‘Fiscal’ charge to all Indonesian citizens and
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Political – legal factors ABB is a company which has headquarter also in Czech Republic. Czech Republic is a country with democratic legal system. The power is divided in three parts: legislative‚ executive and court which are mutually balanced and democratically controlled. The constitution of Czech Republic includes some insurance‚ which have to help to restrict state power and prevent to abuse the power especially in human rights. ABB Ltd. was established as a limited liability company and its
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The sustainability of DCB Bank agenda has expanded rapidly. It reflects the company’s increasing focus on the wider nature of business and made the stakeholders growing interests in competitive world of business. There is now a great awareness about the global challenges such as climate changes‚ poverty‚ scarcity of resources‚ and demographic shifting. The responses came from the government and from different businesses‚ as well as the non-profit organization helped DCB Bank made it possible for
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The sociocultural environment encapsulates demand and tastes‚ which vary with fashion‚ disposable income‚ and general changes‚ can again provide both opportunities and threats for particular companies (Thompson‚ 2002; Pearce and Robinson‚ 2005). Over-time most products change from being a novelty to a situation of market saturation‚ and as this happens pricing and promotion strategies have to change. Similarly‚ some products and services will sell around the world with little variation‚ but these
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paper is to 1. Critically analyse the environmental forces affect on McDonalds development in China 2. Critically evaluate the opportunities and threats for McDonalds operations in China 3. Find out the strategic groups in the fast food industry in China and with what group does McDonalds compete most This paper included three major parts which each part discuss about each objective mentioned above followed by a simple conclusion. ENVIRONMENTAL FORCES AFFECTED ON MCDONALDS DEVELOPMENT
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PEST Analysis Political The international IT and electronics industries have been characterized with intensive competition. Electronics and IT companies are constantly reviewing their achievements as well as the competitors’ in order to come up with better business strategies in an effort to best all other existing industry rivals. With the merger and acquisition strategy between HP and Compaq‚ members of the IT and electronics industry all over the world were threatened with the intensified effort
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PEST ANAYLSIS 7 ELEVEN 1.1 CompanyBackground(7-Eleven) 7-Eleven‚ founded in 1927 in Dallas‚ Texas‚ is the world’s largest operator and licenser of convenience stores with more than 21‚000 units worldwide and nation’s largest independent gasoline retailers. The name 7-Eleven was originated in 1946 when the stores were open from 7am to 11pm. Today‚ offering customers 24-hour convenience‚ seven days a week is the cornerstone of 7-Eleven’s business. 1.2 Customer-Orientated Factors 7-Eleven
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D1 Pest analysis of Tesco A pest analysis is Political Economical Social Technology Social There have been many changes over last 40 years .Customer possess mobile and car‚ Tesco has responded to this change by developing extra stores with larger parks. Customers want one stop shopping. Tesco has responded to this by making sure that their stock has nearly got everything a customer might need. Over last 40 years travellers have been abroad to try and taste different foods
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