Chapter 1 straits settlements-The beginning The roots of banking in Malaysia can traced back to the existence of the British merchant communities in Penang and Singapura dating back to the 19th century when what was known as the Straits Settlement‚ a standalone British colony encompassing Penang‚Singapura and Melaka was established in 1867. Penang’s strategic location and port facilities quickly become a springboard for banks-Mercantile Bank (later a subsidiary of the Hong Kong Bank‚ and now HSBC)
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Effects of Barings Collapse on the Banking Industry The uncovered loss of GBP 830 million led to a liquidity crisis for the Barings Bank ‚ the collapse of the bank‚ which shocked all people‚ not only the financial world. Over the weekend of February 25 and 26‚ the management of Barings tried to arrange for a bailout by the Bank of England. Several investment banks gathered to discuss the possibility of raising enough private money to recapitalize Barings before the Tokyo market reopened on Monday
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Number: 11449245 Executive Summary The following paper provides an analysis and evaluation of the current market position of Qantas and the airline industry. By assessing the company both internally and externally by applying PESTLE and Porter’s Five Force frameworks‚ this report will assess Qantas’ opportunities and strengths within the aviation industry. In addition to this‚ the report will focus on the specific resources and capabilities that enable Qantas to obtain a competitive advantage over its
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SWOT & PESTLE Analysis SWOT and Pestle analysis is a strategic analysis tool that feeds important information into the business strategy formulation process. SWOT stands for Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats. SWOT is used to determine the current position of an organization. The first two components pertain to internal factors and the latter two concern external issues. Pestle (or PEST) is an acronym for Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technical‚ Legal and Environmental analysis. Pestle
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environmental factors affecting the organization 2. The important factors relevant in the present context and in the years to come. Please see Table 4.1 with the summarized key Macro Environment analysis Table 4.1 General Environment Analysis PESTLE elements | Description of framework elements | Identification of opportunities (O) and threats (T) | Political | * Government stability * Political values and beliefs shaping policies * Regulations towards trade and global business *
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PESTLE Political/Environmental Laws and regulations are strongly affecting the automotive sector; increasing restriction aimed to the environment preservation and pollution abatement are being applied‚ especially in the European countries‚ with a major impact on automobile manufacturers‚ and MINI (Bmwgroup‚ 2010) Economical Economic growth on certain countries and a strong economical crises of others are the two variables which strongly affect the automotive sector; as mentioned before BRIC
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PESTLE Political * Political insatiability affects the sales of the automobile industry. The political instability has a direct impact on the sales of the automobile industry. When there is a political unrest the purchasing power of the individuals in the particular area goes down. * Government support towards the industry favourably. This industry is the 6th largest industry in the world and brings out a lot of revenue and creates employment opportunities. Therefore governments tend
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1. Introduction This review assesses the thesis ‘Adoption of Electronic banking system in Ethiopian Banking industry: Barriers and Drivers’. The review will first describe the research problem the thesis tries to address. Secondly‚ it critically assesses the validity of the research question in light of the stated research problem. In the third place‚ the review will also examine suitability of research design‚ type of data collected and data collection method elected‚ the sample selected‚ and method
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that soften the learning effect (such as Japan and Germany). And in situations where the risk is high and sales are low‚ where the cost of building its own stores is very high‚ acting through franchising (Middle East and Scandinavia). PESTLE Review PESTLE describes six
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PESTLE analysis‚ which is sometimes referred as PEST analysis is a concept in marketing principles. Moreover‚ this concept is used as a tool by companies the world over to track the environment they’re operating in or are planning to launch a new project/product/service etc. PESTLE is a mnemonic which in its expanded form denotes P for Political‚ E for Economic‚ S for Social‚ T for Technological‚ L for Legal and E for Environmental. It gives a bird’s eye view of the whole environment from many
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