Session three: Case study (Answers Key) Mercedes-Benz Is Footloose in Tuscaloosa 1. Q: What do you think were the chief factors involved in Mercedes’ decision to undertake FDI in the United States rather than build the M-class in Germany? A: First‚ Mercedes undertook FDI to become more in tune with the U.S. market—they needed to fully understand consumers in order to produce cars that U.S. consumers would buy. Second‚ Mercedes chose the southern United States over a new plant in Germany because
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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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porter The power of competitors : Carrefour undergoes a competion pressure because of the presence of giant of rtailed companies. Indeed‚ regarding intrenational companies Auchan holded 12% of market shares in 2012‚ followed by Walmart with 11‚2% and Carrefour with 8‚1%. The‚ the local distributors like Shangai Bailin dominate the Chinese market. Indirect competitors : hard discount supermarket such as DIA. Before this brand belonged to Carrefour but since 2012‚ Dia is a independent brand
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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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Carrefour is one of the largest hypermarket chains that exist around the globe. It originated in France‚ Marcel Fournier‚ Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey was the creators of Carrefour. Carrefour is the pioneer retailer in Europe and the second one around the world. This hypermarket has been expanding around Europe. It also spread elsewhere through its partners and franchisees‚ such as the stores that exist in Egypt. Entering Carrefour store means that you’ll get to experience top quality products
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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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Asia. The company operates its stores under 17 banners‚ including hypermarkets (Carrefour)‚ supermarkets (Champion‚ GB‚ GS‚ Norte)‚convenience stores (8 á Huit‚ SHOPI‚ Marché Plus)‚ hard discount stores (Dia%‚ Ed)‚ cash-and-carry stores (Promocash)‚ mini markets (PROXi) and food service stores (Prodirest). Other banners of the company include Puntocash‚ docks MARKET and an online store. SWOT analysis Since 2004‚ Carrefour has been in a re-launching process‚ because of a growing competition both on
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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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Global Marketing Strategy Carrefour is one of the hypermarket that offers a wild range of products such as grocery product‚ clothing‚ consumer goods and household appliances besides these commodity products‚ It is able to satisfy all of the customers’ need in only one trip. On the other hands‚ Carrefour offers some healthy product such as organic products for health-conscious customers. In its operation‚ Carrefour adhere to the concept of “fresh quality product at discounted price and direct from
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