B 1 PEST & SWOT Only a few students managed to complete this question. PEST and SWOT are certainly two different perspectives: PEST assesses a market‚ including competitors‚ from the standpoint of a particular proposition or a business. SWOT is an assessment of a business or a proposition‚ whether your own or a competitor’s. Strategic planning is not a precise science - no tool is mandatory – it is a matter of pragmatic choice as to what helps best identify and explain the issues. PEST becomes
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PEST Analysis of Nokia PEST analysis identifies the political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental‚ and legal factors that of which directly affect a company. Political Factors Political/Legal environment are usually considered as one because they are enforced by the nation’s government. It is vital for Nokia’s operation because different nations with their respective government have different Political/Legal platforms respectively; Nokia operating on global level must abide to
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to PEST analysis PEST analysis is concerned with the environmental influences on a business. The acronym stands for the Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technological issues that could affect the strategic development of a business. Identifying PEST influences is a useful way of summarizing the external environment in which a business operates. However‚ it must be followed up by consideration of how a business should respond to these influences. The table below lists some possible factors that
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Sony Corporation Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation with its’ headquarters located in Japan. It was founded in 1946 as a manufacturer of consumer electronics and has engaged into other businesses such as motion pictures‚ music‚ and financial services making it one of the most comprehensive entertainment and media group in the world. Sony’s vision is “to create new digital entertainment experiences for consumers by bringing together cutting-edge products with latest
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AREA OF STUDY FORMAL DISCUSSION Katy Faure Focus Questions: 1) What words do you associate with the concept of relationships? Nature- Tess is considered the Pagan goddess of the earth‚ if there is any exceedingly strong relationship throughout the novel it is to do with Tess and the nature surrounding her. “ Darkness and silence ruled everywhere around. Above them rose the primaeval yews and oaks of The Chase‚ in which were poised gentle roosting birds in their last nap; and around
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A Company Profile Leslie Siedlak Marketing 470 Professor Schramm February 13‚ 2013 Executive Summary Sony is a global manufacturer of electronics both for consumers and professional markets. Sony’s most popular products include digital cameras‚ televisions‚ personal gaming systems‚ and personal computers. Sony competes with many other companies in the consumer electronics market including Samsung‚ LG‚ and Apple. Current Market Situation In the consumer electronics market‚ competition
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SONY Strategy Case Analysis Executive Summary Sony is currently faced with the problem of low operating margin and stagnant market share in the videogame console industry. PlayStation3 of Sony is competing with Xbox360 of Microsoft and Wii of Nintendo. Despite the high technology‚ Wii outsells PlayStation in the market. This shows that the traditional strategy of Sony based on hardware should be reviewed according to the new trend. Considering gradually increasing market size and harsh competition
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rigidities of Sony In their own success‚ Sony created a problem for themselves – resisting changing‚ and failing to recognize that changes were happening rapidly. All core competencies have the potential to become core rigidities (死板). Core rigidities inhibit Sony’s ability to access and develop new capabilities‚ and it prevents Sony from responding appropriately to changes‚ in particular the rapid changes in technology‚ thus losing their competitiveness. The culture for Sony appears to be
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PEST and SWOT analysis of AirAsias international business operations 1.1Background AirAsia was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Fernandes and his partners set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia. Now‚ AirAsia has become one of the most successful airlines in the Southeast Asian region and the pioneer of low cost and no frills travel in Malaysia. The leading low fare airline in the Asia - AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since
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. PEST Analysis Political Few countries can compete with the Philippines when it comes to corruption which surprisingly involves the bookstore industry by way of the Bureau of Customs‚ according to Robin (2009) in his article “The Great Book Blockade”. Unfortunately‚ the customs official took their corruption to the shipping of books ever since the success of the international best seller book‚ Twilight by Stephen Meyer. When of the examiners of the customs official opened a shipment of books
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