Chapter 7 Money is anything which people are willing to accept in exchange for goods and services. Barter involved exchanging or swapping goods or services which people already have for something else they need. For example a pig in exchange for a pair of shoes. This system was very complicated. Not only did you need to find someone who had what you needed‚ but he/she had to be willing to accept whatever you had to offer. To overcome this problem money was introduced. For example how many
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The political and legal environment In the aftermath of the credit crisis‚ governments and regulators are strengthening consumer protections and promoting the concept of responsible lending; new developments are being made with the customer’s interests in mind‚ ensuring that the customer is in control of their own finances‚. The Consumer Credit Act section 75 provides added protection to consumers‚ offered for transactions over £100. It is notable that higher earners‚ are among the financially savvy
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Business Project Topic: Apple Computers Introduction Apple Inc.‚ formerly Apple Computer‚ Inc.‚ is a multinational corporation that designs‚ manufactures and markets mobile communication and media devices‚ personal computers‚ and portable digital music players‚ including a variety of related software‚ services‚ peripherals‚ networking solutions‚ and third-party digital content and applications. Its most popular hardware products are the series of Mac computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone‚ and the
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The macro environment of the Western European brewing industry was analyse using the PESTEL framework to understand and assess the impact of the various external factors namely political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental‚ and legal. Political At the beginning of the 21st century the European governments forbear dynamic participation in the beer industry‚ which was considered as an important part of government revenues‚ moreover all this government started big campaigns against alcoholism
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Analyse the macro environment of the Europran Tour Operation with PESTEL analysisi from 2003 until today. TUI illustrates one of the most amazing and successful strategic changes of a firm among the largest European companies‚ the undisputed European leader in the tourism industry with a fast growing but very volatile and competitive industry. Thery operate in over 180 countries worldwide serving more than 30 million customers offering a wide range of leisure travel experiences. TUI travel ( tour
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PEST ANALYSIS What is PEST Analysis? A PEST analysis is used to identify the external forces affecting an organization .This is a simple analysis of an organization’s Political‚ Economical‚ Social and Technological environment. A PEST analysis incorporating legal and environmental factors is called a PESTLE analysis. It is very important that an organization considers its environment before beginning the marketing process. In fact‚ environmental analysis should be continuous and feed
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Using PESTEL Analysis in Strategic Planning For Non-Profits PESTEL is a method of analysing the impact a variety of factors may have on potential profitability of an organisation or industry. A macro environmental analysis technique‚ PESTEL analyses the impact that political‚ economic‚ socio-cultural‚ technological‚ environmental and legal factors may have on an industry’s profitability potential (Johnson‚ Scholes & Whittington‚ 2005). Within each major PESTEL heading‚ there are a variety of sub-factors
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the external environment (part 1) What’s going on out there now and in the future? Environmental influences in the broadest sense Macro/general environment: PESTEL Environmental influences related to the dynamics of the industry under question Competitive environment: Porter’s Five Forces (Porter‚ 1980) Example PESTEL The automobile industry Political – Climate change agenda – Fuel prices – Expansion of EU Economic – – – – Changes in disposable income Exchange rates
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PESTEL ANALYSIS - UNILEVER GLOBAL PESTEL analysis - UNILEVER A scan of the external macro environment in which the firm operates can be expressed in terms of following factors: Political Economical Social Technological PESTEL analysis is a useful strategic tool for understanding market growth or decline‚ business position‚ potential and direction for operations. The headings of PESTEL are a framework for reviewing a situation‚ and can in addition to SWOT and Porter’s Five Forces models
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External analysis How can a smartphone company use external analysis to gain competitive advantage? 1. Apply 5 forces model for the smartphone industry According to Hill and Jones‚ the five forces model serves the purpose to identify opportunities and threats in the external business environment‚ by analysing “competitive forces” (Hill & Jones‚ 2012‚ p. 42). Once created by Michel E. Porter this particular framework functioned as a useful tool for managers to approach the external analysis.
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