PESTEL ANALYSIS Political * The public spending on infrastructure is expected to decrease in many developed countries. Major part of this spending will be directed to the civil infrastructure due to the increasing concerns about sustainability. Investments in power station replacements‚ wind farms‚ waste management assets and other green initiatives will increase (The Economist 2010; Balfour Beatty‚ 2012). * Since governments in the emerging countries‚ especially in India‚ China and Brazil
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Value Chain Submitted by: ARMIE C. CACATIAN MIS Introduction A value chain is a chain of activities that a firm operating in a specific industry performs in order to deliver a valuable product or service for the market. It is a systematic approach to examining the development of competitive advantage. It helps in the identification of the core competencies of an organization. The higher education has undergone significant changes in the recent past. The notion of “business approach of education
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The evolving value chain of the car industry The automotive industry is one of the most progressive and forward-thinking industries. It confronts a number of trends that create new challenges while also providing opportunities for growth. One of the major trends is the demands of operating in a “connected” world. For more than 100 years the automotive industry has created competitive advantage mainly through engineering excellence. Moving forward‚ this will no longer be sufficient. Automotive manufacturers
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everyday. OCBC Bank depends on its IT infrastructure to ensure that there is no hacking and no system lagging‚ so when the customers are doing their daily banking transaction through the ATMs and internet banking‚ there will be minimal errors. Value Chain of OCBC Bank Primary activities Operations The customer service officers conduct anti-money laundering searches to check whether new customers are eligible to open an account with the Bank. It is necessary to conduct this check so to ensure
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Project Report on Key success factors for Airtel using Porters value chain Analysis Under the Guidance of Ms. Navita Mahajan (Professor‚ Amity University) Submitted By: Date of Submission: Savita Chhikara 25th October 2013 Enroll No.: A1802012098 Amity University Acknowledgement Behind every fruitful endeavour lie the advice‚ guidance and inspiration of all the people
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Value Chain Analysis “Value chain analysis (VCA) is a process where a firm identifies its primary and support activities that add value to its final product and then analyze these activities to reduce costs or increase differentiation.” The concept comes from business management and was first described and popularized by Michael Porter in Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining Superior Performance 1985 The activity of a diamond cutter can illustrate the difference between cost and
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PORTER ’S VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS The porter’s value chain is a model that helps to analyze specific activities through which firms can create value and competitive advantage. There are two activities in value chain which are: Primary activity – directly concern with creating and delivering a product. Support activities – not directly involved in production‚ may increase effectiveness or efficiency. PRIMARY ACTIVITIES | DESCRIPTION | Inbound Logistic | * Concerned with receiving
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Value Chain Analysis and Methodology top The internal value chain of an online learning institution consists of all physically and technologically distinct activities within the institution that add value to the learner’s experience. The key to analyzing the value chain is understanding the activities within the institution that create a competitive advantage‚ and then managing those activities better than other institutions in the industry. Porter (1985) suggested that the activities of a business
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The Value Chain All of the functions of a company—such as production‚ marketing‚ product development‚ service‚ information systems‚ materials management‚ and human resources—have a role in lowering the cost structure and increasing the perceived value of products through differentiation. As the first step in examining this concept‚ consider the value chain‚ which is illustrated in Figure 3.5.11 The term value chain refers to the idea that a company is a chain of activities that transforms inputs
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Value chain analysis To analyze Bunnings value chain‚ an analysis of Bunning’s activities is necessary. As it shown in Micheal Porter’s theory‚ genetic value chain is made up by primary activities and support activities. Primary activities includes inbound logistics‚ operations‚ outbound logistics‚ sales and service. Support activities includes firm infrastructure‚ human resource management‚ technology and procurement. Bunning’s business basically fit this genetic mode. Primary activities is the
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