STRATEGIC CHOICE AND STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING Andy Adcroft STRUCTURE • Why do things happen? • Generic Strategies • Criticisms of generic strategies WHY DO THINGS HAPPEN? Norms and what has happened before Environment Analysis Roles and wider functions Creation of options Organisational Analysis What we want to achieve Emotions‚ power desires‚ goals Age and frequency of behaviours What I want from this job Habits‚ rituals and routines Social factors Decisions are taken and implemented
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ABSTRACT Strategic Marketing is an important marketing discipline that emerges from the integration of the disciplines of strategy and marketing. Given this integration‚ this work examines and defines the concept of strategic marketing. This work was done by developing two social theory frameworks that gives a comprehensive review and overview of the meaning of strategy on the one hand and the meaning of marketing‚ on the other. The point of linkage will be identified within these frameworks and
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PESTLE analysis? A PESTLE analysis considers the Political‚ Economic‚ Sociological‚ Technological‚ Legal‚ and Environmental factors affecting a company. A PESTLE analysis for Tesco‚ and similar companies‚ would need to consider all of these factors in some detail. Other analysis techniques A PESTLE analysis for Tesco‚ and other large corporations‚ is usefully complemented by using other analysis techniques‚ like SWOT analysis‚ or Porter’s Five Forces analysis. A PESTLE Analysis for Tesco
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Executive Summary Sonic is the largest drive-in chain in the United States. Under the slogan "America’s Drive-In‚" a Sonic features fast service by roller-skating carhops and unique menu items that cannot be found at McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ or Wendys. Sonic restaurants operate in 27 states so it is smaller than leading fast food chains however it is still a significant competitor. Founded by Troy Smith and Charlie Pappe in 1953‚ Sonic went from a single root beer stand to a popular franchise
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Nokia Corporate Finance Julio Santiesteban 589550 November‚ 2012. Index • • • • • • • • • • • 2 Executive Summary Brief Firm Bio Corporate Governance General Economic Analysis Industry Analysis Competitive Analysis Financial Analysis Value Creation Analysis Conclusions and Recommendations Appendix References Page # 3 Page # 4 Page # 5 Page # 6 Page # 7 Page # 8 Page # 9 Page # 12 Page # 13 Page # 14 Page # 26 2 Executive Summary Nokia has been
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JESSOPS Qianqian Zhang Group DF Jessops Strategy Analysis 09/02/2012 Contents 1. Executive Summary 3 2. Introduction 3 3. PEST analysis 4 3.1 Political factor 4 3.2 Economic factors 4 3.2 Social factors 5 3.3 Technological factors 5 4. SWOT analysis 5 4.1 Strengths 5 4.2 Weaknesses 6 4.3 Opportunities 6 4.4 Threat 6 5. Porter’s five-forces 7 5.1 Threat of new entrants----high 8 5.2 Power of buyers----high 8 5.3 Bargaining power of suppliers----high 8 5.4
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June 03‚ 2009 Reaction paper no. 1: Strategies that Fit Emerging Markets The article basically speaks of the strategies required for multinational companies to be able to penetrate and successfully operate their businesses in the developing countries. The authors pointed out that the development of these strategies is one of the major challenges the companies are faced with in today’s globalization. The reason primarily‚ is the underdeveloped stage or even in some instances‚ the absence
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