A. What tactics did the activist investor William Ackman (Pershing Capital) pursue in his campaigns against Wendy’s and McDonalds? Briefly describe each tactic used and the way in which each tactic might help Ackman to achieve his goals. What other tactics could Ackman have employed to achieve his goals? B. What did Ackman ultimately hope to achieve through his activism? What role‚ if any‚ did corporate governance issues play in Ackman’s activist campaigns? C. With the benefit of hindsight
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MC DONALDS RESTAURANT LIMITED Mc Donald’s is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 30000 local restaurants serving nearly 50 million people on more than 119 countries each day. It serves the world some of its favourite foods- big mac‚ quarter pounder‚ and chicken mc nuggets. The first mc Donald’s restaurant opened by ray kroc was the des plaines restaurant at Illinois‚ USA in 1955. Mc Donald’s has one agenda-providing 100% customer satisfaction and seeks to achieve it by Q‚ S‚ C
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[pic] MY Own business that I will talk about is MC Donald’s. MC Donald’s Company have more than 33‚500 local restaurant serving 68 million people all over the world. MC Donald’s has started in Egypt since 1994 and it’s owned by Manfoods company which Mr. Yassein Mansour is the president and managing director. When MC Donald’s have started in Egypt ‚ they began with two restaurants only min Cario districts of Helipolis and Mohndseen. Now they have more than 59 branches ‚ and
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maximum satisfaction of customers This helps you to identify that‚ where your strategy needs to be improved and how it can be developed‚ so that it can be implemented for effective action. Before applying any strategy in the business proper planning programs must be organized within the members of the organization Marketing strategy is a process that can allow an organization to concentrate its limited resources on the greatest opportunities to increase sales and achieve a sustainable competitive advantage
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Mc DOnald ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am extremely grateful and remain indebted to my guide Dr. PETER TAYLOR for being a constant source of inspiration and for her whole hearted support in the Design‚ Implementation and Evaluation of my project. It was through his constant guidance‚ constructive criticism and invaluable suggestions and infrastructure that my project on “ANALYSIS OF McDONALD’s” has seen the light
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Introduction The McDonald’s Restaurant story began in 1954‚ when a self-employed salesman named Raymond Kroc sold a popular milkshake mixer in Southern California‚ thus since then the company contains over 30’000 quick-service outlets in 122 countries around the world. As the company began to be a big success around the world‚ Mr. Urs Hammer‚ CEO of McDonald’s Switzerland got the green light from the executive board of Chicago to open a Hotel‚ in Zurich. Hence‚ the Golden Arch Hotel opened its
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At first‚ most people must have laughed at the idea of a chain of restaurants selling identical products all over the country‚ but little did they know that the genius idea that they had mocked would go on to revolutionise the business environment of the future. McDonald’s is now the international market leader for fast food‚ and has been ever since its pioneering first restaurant was launched in San Bernardino‚ California in 1948. Historical Background The original founders of McDonald’s‚
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McDonalds Project McDonalds retail outlet resembles a machine in many ways. McDonald’s has many employees that were hired for a certain job position. Without those employees‚ there would be a missing part to the “machine”‚ therefore the business would not operate properly. The employees represent the parts to the machine that do one thing‚ over and over again. When you go to McDonalds‚ you place your order with the cashier‚ then the order is sent to the cooks‚ and then there is someone there
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CASE :1McDonald’s : SERVING FAST FOOD AROUND THE WORLD SOLUTIONS: 1. What opportunities and threats did McDonald’s face? How did it handle them? What alternatives could it have chosen? Opportunities and threats faced by McDonald’s: Opportunities: * Market expansion was good. * High quality menu was served for low price. * Chain expanded to every nation. * Acceleration of International Growth. Threats: * Small percentage of sales commanding large share of food market
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Harvard Business School 9-681-044 Rev. February 27‚ 1998 McDonald’s Corporation (Condensed) The bell rings and the Vehicle button lights up. "Welcome to McDonald’s! May I take your order please?" Through the sounds of a growling muffler and a blaring radio‚ a male voice responds‚ "Yes. Twobigmacsaquarterwithcheesetwolargefries . . . alargecokeandalargerootbeer." My fingers search desperately for the correct buttons on the order register as I struggle to remember and decipher the order. "Would you
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