OBS 320: Chapter 4‚ Exploring the External Environment: Macro and Industry Dynamics Leave out: The Value Curve (P. 152-156); and When industry Divide and Collide (P.163-164) 1. Explain the importance of the external context for strategy and firm performance (P. 130-132) A. The External Context of Strategy (Figure 4.1) B. The External Context of Strategy (Explained) It is crucial that the external environment is thoroughly understood in order to formulate an effective
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1.0 Introduction 1.1 The marketing environment which made up of microenvironment and macroenvironment surrounds and impacts upon the organization. The microenvironment includes forces close to the company that affect its ability to serve consumers‚ such as other company departments‚ suppliers‚ competitors‚ and consumers. According to Armstrong et al (2006‚ pg. 61) the macroenvironment consists of larger societal forces that affect microenvironment which is the demographic‚ economic‚ natural‚ technological
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3/19/2013 Opening Case • It was the early 1930s when a physician –turned textile trade in rural Karnataka found his business getting interrupted for want of regular supplies of cloth from the weavers. When he enquired with weavers about the reason for their irregularity‚ he was told that there was no working capital available to them. There were no banks in the area. The one located in the town was not interested in lending to small operators particularly in the rural area. Local money lenders used
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1- Introduction 4 1-1 Over View of Subway 4 1-2 Franchise in Subway 6 1-3 Subway Mission 6 1-4 Subway Core Value 6 2- Organization Structure 7 2-1 Shareholders 7 2-2 Management Team 7 2-3 Employees 7 3- Markweting Strategy 7 3-1 Target Market 8 3-2 Market Size 8 3-2 Market Growth 10
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Macros are commands that symbolizes a sequence of instructions in an abbreviated form. Those instructions consist of a symbol‚ a name‚ or a key that represents a list of commands‚ actions‚ or keystrokes. A macro is a shortcut to for a task that you do repeatedly (Microsoft Word Macros). In programs like‚ Microsoft words‚ Microsoft Excel‚ and other programs‚ a macro is a saved sequence of commands or keyboard strokes that can be stored and then recalled again with a single command or keyboard stroke
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Subway Sandwiches Although sub and sandwich shops offer some of the best growth opportunities in fast food today‚ there are signs that the category is not what is use to be. Subway’s rapid growth in recent years put sub sandwiches on the fast-food map and served to attract tremendous attention as well as investment dollars into this category. In part due to the increased competition‚ fewer operations and franchise prospects today view that name-brand sub shop as the easy way to success‚ compared
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The subway story Introduction of Subway restaurant The Subway story started when Fred DeLuca‚ its cofounder and his family friend Dr. Peter Buck‚ worked on a business plan for a submarine sandwich shop. Dr. Buck gave a loan of $1000 for implementation of this plan. The first restaurant was opened in Bridgeport‚ Connecticut‚ in 1965. It did well in its first summer with the help of advertising slogans like "put a foot in your mouth.’’ Emphasizing the foot-long sandwich‚ and "when you’re hungry‚ make
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In the poem “On the Subway” written by Sharon Olds‚ two different are being described on how society sees them based on their race. Sharon Olds describes them with traditional stereotypes with the use of tone and imagery‚ to differentiate yet connect the two of them. On the subway the narrator comes across a young man who is very different. The boy had large feet and had the face of a mugger. He was wearing red while the narrator wore dark fur. She watched as he “looks at her fur” trying to figure
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Research Report – Taking the Subway EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report provides an in-depth analysis of the conduct of a market research project exploring customer expectation‚ satisfaction and behaviour in relation fast food restaurants. Particular attention is paid to Subway restaurants outlining the key strategies needed in order to increase popularity and therefore visitor numbers. The Research Focus forms the backdrop of the study highlighting the background of the problem of obesity levels
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“selection tests” should Subway utilize to select the best and brightest employees? Selection is the process of gathering information about job applicants to decide who should be offered a job. Subway should utilize cognitive ability test to select the best and brightest employee. 2) If you were hired as a Management Consultant what advice would you give Subway as it pertains to “developing qualified employees” and “keeping or retaining qualified employees”? I would advise to Subway as pertains to “developing
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