Book review of “Farewell My Concubine” I used to enjoy the movie “Farewell My Concubine”‚ each time I enjoy it‚ there comes a different feel to me. I’m really touched and shocked by the performance of Leslie Cheung in the film‚ Then I decided to read the original that is written by Lilian Lee to known more about this era and more about human nature. The story happened in the historical backdrop of a country in upheaval. Usually‚ such tough time can bring us more unusual stories. First‚ I want
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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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T 1.2 Introduction Oriflame is a Swedish beauty selling company‚ which offers over 1.000 different products such as skin care‚ cosmetics‚ fragrances‚ personal and hair care‚ and other wellness products. Oriflame operates in more than 60 countries in the world‚ besides it is the market leader in more than half of those countries. Oriflame’s first entries were in Northern Europe. After settling in those Scandinavian markets‚ Oriflame expended in other European countries such as the United Kingdom
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1 Background to Acer Acer is a global force in the IT market. The company’s goal (September 2009) is to become the world’s number one netbook vendor. Acer was founded by Stan Shih and his wife‚ with a group of fi ve others‚ as Multitech in 1976. The company was renamed Acer in 1987. It began with eleven employees and US$25‚000 in capital. Initially‚ it was primarily a distributor of electronic parts and a consultant in the use of microprocessor technologies‚ but over time it began to develop
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SWOT analysis In an earlier part of this section we outlined what was meant by a strategy. We now consider how a strategy may be formed. To determine what their strategy should be managers must consider the internal strengths and weaknesses of their organisation and compare these with the external opportunities and threats. This process is known as SWOT analysis. Strengths are internal factors that a firm may build on to develop a strategy. For example‚ they may include: • Marketing strengths
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------------------------------------------------- UK Retail Food Sector ------------------------------------------------- A Competitive and Strategic Analysis with Core Focus on Tesco and Sainsbury 2011-2012 Dissertation by: JIGAR .C.DHABALIA 1006497 ------------------------------------------------- Contents | Preface ……………………………………………………......……. | 4 | | Acknowledgement ……………………………………..………... | 5 | | | | 1. | Research Methodology | | | | | | 1.1 Research Objectives
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