Stakeholders vs. Shareholders The definition of business strategy is a long term plan of action designed to achieve a particular goal or set of goals or objectives. Stakeholder is a person‚ group‚ or organization that has direct or indirect stake in an organization because it can affect or be affected by the organization’s actions‚ objectives‚ and policies. Shareholder is someone who owns shares of stock in a corporation or mutual fund. For corporations‚ along with the ownership comes a right
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HISTORY OF MC DONALD Dick and Mac Mcdonald were two brothers who started the McDonald’s brand in California after moving their hotdog stand to San Bernadino from Monrovia Airport. After realizing that hamburgers were their most popular product‚ the brothers reinvented their restaurant using their Speedee Service System in 1948. It was a concept that created a production line of hamburgers that were made before being ordered. This concept pioneered the fast food industry and was in complete contrast
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Our group selected a popular fast food restaurant company; McDonald restaurant (Hong Kong) Limited; McDonald was a neighborhood restaurant established in USA‚ in 1955.The first McDonald was established in Hong Kong in 1975 and offered customer the American Big Mac Meal and located at Paterson Street‚ Causeway Bay. ***Section 1 Mission of McDonald: “To be our customers” favorite Place and way to eat with inspired people who delight each customer with unmatched quality‚ service‚ cleanliness and
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Analysis: Political Factor: Generally‚ McDonalds are affected by government policy on the regulations of Fast Food Company such as health and hygiene policy. Government realized health problem have been a big concern for everyone‚ people are having diseases such as cardiovascular and cholesterol because they are eating too much fast food. Furthermore‚ hygiene policy also is a big concern for a fast food company. Good relationship with government will bring McDonald on a better position to service in
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MARKETING ACTVITIES SEMESTER 1‚ 2012 ASSIGNMENT 1 Company Chosen: McDonald’s Industry: Hospitality Founded: May 15 1940 Founder: Richard & Maurice McDonald Headquarters: Oak Brook‚ Illinois‚ US No. of Locations: 30000+ Worldwide Area Served: Worldwide Products: Fast Food P.E.S.T Analysis Political Factors The individual operations of McDonalds are influenced by the individual state and country policies by each government. E.g. there are certain some states in Europe and the US wont allow fast
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North and South America‚ Europe‚ Australia and Asia‚ but are only thinly represented in the Middle East and Africa. The primary food products the company serves are hamburgers‚ cheeseburgers‚ chicken meals‚ french fries‚ coffee and milkshakes‚ but McDonald ’s is beginning to offer healthier products like wraps and salads. McDonald’s serves 64 million customers each day. McDonald’s sells its products in 117 countries and operates 32‚737 restaurants as of the end of 2010. Of the restaurants‚ 80% are
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1 McDonalds Franchise 2 Table of Contents Cover Page………………………………………………………………………………………. 1 Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………….2 & 3 Management Team………………………………………………………………………………………4 & 5 Abstract……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 1.1 Industry………………………………………………………………………………………………...……7 1.2 Target Customer…………………………………………………………………………………………7 & 8 1.3 Competitor Analysis…………………………………………………………………………………….8 1.4 Company Description…………………………………
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to 800 to 1‚000 restaurants. Ethical Performance McDonald considers priorities for food safety‚ product quality and costs. The facts are together with ethical‚ environmental and economic responsibilities. Moreover‚ McDonald had been pushing effort on animal welfare. McDonald’s Recognized on "world’s most ethical" Companies List on 2009. Quality System At McDonald’s‚ quality is the #1 priority when serving customers. McDonalds delivers quality both through products and services by actively
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McDonald’s utilizes an excellent operations strategy in order to gain a larger market share and increase value to the shareholders. The corporation specifically focuses on speed‚ standardization‚ quality‚ and affordability. McDonalds has moved ahead of the competition by focusing on these factors. McDonald’s competes on three main bases‚ such as speed‚ affordability‚ and standardization‚ mainly to make their customers happy. Through extensive market research and surveys‚ the organization discovered
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Darden Graduate School of Business Administration University of Virginia Working Paper No. 01-02 A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic Management R. Edward Freeman John McVea This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection at: http://papers.ssrn.com/paper.taf?abstract_id=263511 A Stakeholder Approach to Strategic Management R. Edward Freeman And John McVea The Darden School University of Virginia Forthcoming in M. Hitt
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