1. SWOT Analysis Strengths IBM’s core strength lies in its System/360 and System/370 mainframe series. These mainframes have become the industry’s benchmark that competitors try to match. Moreover‚ IBM’s high-priced lease strategy‚ supported by excellent customer support‚ enhances the company’s fortunes. Over the years‚ IBM’s excellent service‚ along with a successful sales team has given it an advantage over the competition. IBM’s successful ventures with computer‚ software‚ and marketing companies
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Draft 300860 PESTEL Analysis Costa Rica Political Analysis • Costa Rica has emphasized strongly in the development of democracy and respect for human rights. • Costa Rica lacks armed forces therefore they are free of military infringement. • Costa Rican law protects the formation of contracts. • Costa Rican law protects Copyrights‚ Trade Marks‚ Encrypted Program-Carrying Satellite Signals‚ Industrial Designs‚ Patents‚ Geographical Indication‚
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PESTEL Analysis of Food Souvenir Industry in Macau POLITICAL: Bejing Visa Policy: The GDP of Macau is expected to increase by 30% this year which indicates that the economy is recovering from 2008 recession. That means‚ if the economy keeps its same speed‚ Central govt. might bring some new policy on visa restriction for Chinese visitors similar to that of 2008 & 2007. If the central govt. observes any negative impact of the gaming boom‚ they might tighten the visa policy. International
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The PESTEL framework examines the six main macro environmental influencing factors of companies: political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal. These influences determine the future success or failure of the corporate strategies. The political influence include the role of the governments; economics embraces the macro economic factors such as growth rate‚ exchange rates and business cycles; the social component stands for changing cultures and demographics; technological influences
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Geert Hofstede defined that culture is "collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another". (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012a) Human culture derives from people’s background‚ education‚ gender and so on. Therefore‚ different people have various cultures. Culture can influence employees’ relationship in workplaces. (HOFSTEDE‚ 2012b) Geert Hofstede studied this question for more than six years‚ and found six groups of national cultural dimensions. The first
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PESTEL Political- The theatre is subsidized by the public purse in the form of local authorities and the arts council (Arts council‚ 2010). However‚ funding is under continual pressure after cuts made to the arts budget by the coalition government (Mintel‚ 2012). This has been evident since 2008 where the arts council of England stopped funding of the theatre meaning it is only supported by Winchester City Council‚ Hampshire city council‚ sponsors and friends of Theatre Royal Winchester (Burn
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Table of content 1. Introduction 1 2. Importance of environmental analysis 1 3. Procedure 1 4. Findings 2 1. PESTEL analysis for environmental scanning 2 2. Political factors 2 3. Economical factors 3 4. Socio-cultural factors 4 5. Technological factors 4 6. Environmental factors 5 7. Legal factors 5 8. Porter’s five forces model for environmental scanning 6 9. Threat of entry 6 10. Threat of substitutes 7 11. The power of buyers 7 12. The power
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Dr. Stratford To analyze Bianca’s identity development‚ one must at the impact of her parents and authority figures. Some children raised in different environments can later grow up have remarkably similar personalities. Conversely‚ children who share a home and are raised in the same environment can grow up to have astonishingly different personalities. Despites these challenges‚ “Researchers have uncovered convincing links between parenting styles and the affects these styles have
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Megan Barringer – Olympic Case Study The 2012 Olympics were held in Stratford in the East of London‚ many of the events took place here. The Olympic park covered an area of 500 acres which features the new built Olympic stadium‚ the London aquatics centre‚ the basketball arena‚ the London velopark and the riverbank arena. Boxing‚ fencing‚ judo‚ table tennis etc. was in the river zone which is located both sides of the River Thames in the Thames gateway area. The central zone which includes venues
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Political The long-term political consequences of the crisis are as yet unclear. The crisis‚ and the siege of Suvarnabhumi Airport‚ saw a rise in international press coverage on Thailand‚ with numerous high-profile articles breaking Thai taboos about public discussion of the role of the monarchy in the crisis as well as the succession. Thailand political situation is described uncertain. The crisis escalated and increasingly affected the economy. ZEN Department Store can lose some revenue due to
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