Okay‚ here we go with our initial look at France (just a topline summary of major facts‚ drawn from Wikipedia‚ CIA World Factbook and Nationmaster). France is 5th worldwide in GDP‚ with almost $3 trillion‚ and 3rd (why?) in military expenditure with $61.6 billion‚ and 22nd in population‚ with 61 million. France is the best-positioned of all the countries we will look at here to deal with the economic crisis facing the world. Their ingrained habit of dirigisme will bail out their industry‚ their
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Going by the history of Singapore‚ it is one of the most recently formed nations highly influenced by its neighbors and British colonial holdings. The PAP party‚ as described in the case‚ has been pivotal in shaping Singapore Inc. To better understand the key elements of the Singapore “competitiveness” model‚ identification of major players in the game has been conducted in Exhibit 1. Keeping in mind the history of Singapore and the main players involved‚ the following are the key elements of the
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The Toyota automobile company as it began‚ specialized in making cars‚ but now also forms a leading pioneer in bus‚ trucks‚ robot manufacturer‚ truck‚ auto and financial service providers. The Toyota logo is a simple one‚ derived from a Japanese word meaning ‘eight’ which was thought of as bringing luck and success which the company’s journey cannot be denied of. The Toyota logo‚ much like the company itself‚ is recognized as a paramount in the world of automobiles. The logo speaks of simplicity
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2.2 Pricing Strategy 2.2.1 Factors affecting pricing decisions There are few types of market in marketing‚ one of the market is Oligopoly Competition. Oligopoly competition is a market form in which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers. MODENAS good example of Oligopolistic Competition. Its market consist of a few sellers who are highly sensitive to other’s pricing and marketing strategies. According to the theory‚ the decisions of one firm therefore influence and are
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Singapore officially known as the Republic of Singapore. Its English name Singapore is derived from the Malay word‚ Singapura‚ where Singa means Lion and Pura means town‚ referring the country as the Lion City. However the recent studies of Singapore indicate that lions have never lived there‚ the beast seen by the founder in the 13th century was most likely a Malayan Tiger. Singapore is a southeast Asian island. Singapore consists of 63 islands‚ including the main island‚ widely known as Singapore
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PEST Analysis Political The international IT and electronics industries have been characterized with intensive competition. Electronics and IT companies are constantly reviewing their achievements as well as the competitors’ in order to come up with better business strategies in an effort to best all other existing industry rivals. With the merger and acquisition strategy between HP and Compaq‚ members of the IT and electronics industry all over the world were threatened with the intensified effort
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PEST Analysis for Sony Corporation POLITICAL FACTORS Political factors for Sony Corporation can be changed at any time. TheGovernment holds the power to change any policies and regulationswhich may affect Sony at the time. The credit crunch and the recession may become reduced‚ therefore resulting in better trades for Sony Corporation. However this also means that the same has occurred for Sony¶s competitors. This means that Sony must develop ideas on how to stay ahead of its competitors. The
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Political Singapore government has always been in favour of the tourism sector. In fact‚ Singapore Tourism Board (STB) launched a $90million BOOST (building on opportunities to strengthen tourism) for the tourism sector). The initiative help pushed the industry through tough times by assisting MICE (Meetings‚ Incentives‚ Conventions‚ Exhibition) companies to alleviate their business costs (Singapore Tourism Board‚ 2009). Not too long ago‚ the Singapore government cooperated with Indonesia to develop
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50% last year and is now valued at Rs 9.2 crore. The following information is required before to launch the product 1. First we have to understand how much the market size both value wise and volume wise‚ we have to do BCG MATRIX‚ PEST analysis 2. Who are the key players ‚ their market share and their marketing stratagies‚ Market mix (4ps: PRODUCT‚ PRICE‚ PLACE & PROMOTION) MARKET RESEARCH TO COLLECT THE INFORMATION
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Table of Contents 1. PEST Macro-Analysis 2 1.1. Overview 2 Political Factors 2 Economical Factors 3 Social Factors 4 Technological Factors 4 PEST Macro Analysis Summary 5 Bibliography 6 1. PEST Macro-Analysis 1.1. Overview The virtual banking industry was based primarily on the confidence of the users in the web-based banking technology and the authenticity of the virtual banks. The industry also projected constant changes to the regulations and technology which would define
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