Sensitivity Risk Analysis Sensitivity risk is forecast to be LOW over the outlook period‚ down from MEDIUM-LOW in 2013. The two factors with the most significant impacts on the industry are per capita disposable income and external competition. When there is a rise in per capita disposable income‚ risk will fall; whereas a rise in external competition will cause industry risk to increase. Per capita disposable income: Movie attendance relies on changes in household disposable income
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RISK ANALYSIS Risk is a major part of any investment. The major drive behind investment is to gain profit. If there was no risk on a project that had a 20% return on it then everyone would be investing. The amount of risk a project faces comes down to the nature‚ scope of works‚ market need‚ and future predictions. The more investigation of the preliminaries and exploration of all options will generally see more risks becoming assessed and contingency plans in place. A risk analysis can be
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INDUSTRY ANALYSIS History of local Performing Arts In the 19th century‚ the performing arts were provided to the American public exclusively by commercial or amateur artists and organizations. Unlike Europe during this period‚ there was essentially no government support of the arts and very little tradition of upper-class patronage. (1) Most performing arts groups were for-profit enterprises managed by individual owners. They made little distinction between the high arts and popular arts in
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Industry Classification United Technologies Corporation (UTX) has 5 different major segments. These five segments can be broken down into three major industries. Pratt & Whitney‚ Hamilton Sundstrand‚ and Sikorsky Helicopters can be classified as Aerospace/Defense (AEROD). Carrier can be grouped in the Heating & Air Conditioning Equipment Manufacturing Industry (HVAC). The Otis segment belongs to the Elevator‚ Millwright & Machine Rigging Contractors Industry. The company as a whole
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FIVE FORCES ANALYSIS OF THE CELL PHONE INDUSTRY The cell phone industry is a competitive market and will increase continuously. The profitability of individual companies is driven mainly by their ability to develop new products‚ providing better service and making their products affordable for consumers. Profitability of companies is achieved also by taking advantage of product marketing‚ access to capital‚ and by inquiring the expertise to improve the cell phones. The profitability of the
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Service Industries Critical Analysis Service Companies Chosen for Analysis: Apple and Hewlett-Packard (HP) Apple and HP are both multinational corporations that are widely known for producing consumer electronics and software. Both companies are considered to be one of the largest companies in their market‚ and would be considered to be competitors of each other. With the products and services that they offer being similar‚ they would be ideal companies for a critical analysis against each
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Executive Summary The purpose of this paper is to present an in depth analysis of the luxury retail industry. This report will examine all pertinent aspects of Nordstrom Inc. and the highly competitive retail industry by focusing on the fashion specialty department stores. The U.S. economy has been hit hard due to soaring oil prices‚ the threat of inflation‚ and high unemployment rate‚ resulting in low consumer confidence. Consumers have been hit especially hard and are trading down in consumer
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Corporate Strategy and Policy A Template for Structural Analysis of an Industry You can use the following template for analyzing the structure of an industry. It requires you to rate the attractiveness of an industry on a 5-point scale for several factors relating to each of the five forces in Porter’s (1980) model. (A 7-point or a 10-point scale would perhaps be even better in that it would allow finer discrimination between two businesses with different levels of attractiveness
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Introduction The tourism and hospitality industry is a broad industry with multiple‚ sectors and departments‚ often known as the industry operating hotels‚ accommodation‚ food and beverage and managing tourist activities. Many do not realize the vastness of this industry‚ therefore; there is usually confused about the jobs related to this industry. Jobs often share common features from jobs in other industries to meet the needs and requirements of guests to provide ultimate customer satisfaction
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majority of the state budget has filled up by petrodollars rather than by taxes. Therefore high fluctuations of oil prices affect the vulnerability of economy. However‚ the successful development was a result of not only favorable conditions in the oil industry. Since independence‚ Kazakhstan has implemented a number of comprehensive reforms that have turned the country from a planned economy into the state with the successful developing economies. Kazakhstan has relatively liberal economic relations‚ the
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