State the title and source (including date) of the article: Accounting for Flexibility and Efficiency: A Field Study of Management Control Systems in a Restaurant Chain - By Thomas Ahrens (London School of Economics)‚ and Christopher Chapman (University of Oxford)‚ from The Contemporary Accounting Research Vol. 21 No. 2 (Summer 2004) pp. 271–301. State the major points made in the article: Introduction to Adler and Bory’s (1996) conceptual framework of the enabling approach to management control
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Seasonality of the Restaurant Industry: Friend or Foe? The restaurant industry can be a fickle friend. Business trends directly with the economy and is linked with a dizzying amount of other factors‚ enough to make any manager go crazy. Yet at the same time the industry is lucrative and therefore enticing. The industry has been a contributing factor in the slow recovery from economic recession and is showing growth in sales (Stensson‚ 2011). Specifically‚ the fast food industry if projected
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“Thirty years ago‚ Ron Shaich set out to change the world by changing the way America eats. He’s done that with not one‚ but two successful restaurant brands. By co-founding Au Bon Pain‚ Co. Inc. and founding Pan-era Bread‚ Shaich shook up the industry by offering an antithesis to fast food – hand made‚ artisan food served in warm and welcoming environments by people you can trust.”(KANAI‚ 2012) This quote describes how Shaich and colleagues started to create their cafe bakery and change the way
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Panera Bread is a renowned restaurant that has come about from the merging of great companies and people. However‚ the beginning was actually with Au Bon Pain which was started in Boston’s Feneuil Hall as a demonstration bakery. Louis Kane was struck by this store’s growth potential and purchased the business in 1978. Between 1978 and 1981 the company opened 13 stores‚ but subsequently closed 10 of these stores‚ in the Boston area and had major debt. Ronald Shaich‚ a recent graduate from Harvard
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and Fun Away From Home Week 4 CheckPoint: Chain and Independent Restaurants Instructor: Jane Deer February 7‚ 2012 Just like everything in life‚ both chain and independent restaurants come with advantages and disadvantages; however‚ they both
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Summary Restaurants business one of major segments of Hospitality industry in United Kingdom. This assessment report mainly focuses on the analysis of two difference restaurants base on food and beverage principles and theories. Here writer selected McDonald’s Hanger lane for fast food segment and O’Neill’s Ealing for fine dining segments. Evaluation process based on the writer experienced of those two restaurants and used meal experienced check list prepared using food and beverage theories and
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Prof. Millan Restaurant Marketing Plan Carsten`s Classic Diner Plan Outline * 1.0 Marketing Vision * 2.0 Ideal Customer * 3.0 Remarkable Difference * 4.0 Core Strategy * 5.0 Product/Service Innovation * 6.0 Marketing Materials * 7.0 Web Plan * 8.0 Lead Generation Plan * 9.0 Lead Conversion Plan * 10.0 Service Experience * 11.0 Marketing Calendar * 12.0 Critical Numbers * 13.0 Marketing Training Game Marketing Vision Carsten`s Classic Diner
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Question #2-Define the supply chains for the following products from the first source of raw materials to the first customer. A) Big Mac‚ B) Gasoline‚ C) Automobile repair‚ D) A Text book. Supply chain‚ its management‚ performance measures and improvement approaches. As an extension of the systems point of view‚ the system dynamics inherent in the supply chain are illustrated and the coordination in the supply chain is emphasized. Five areas where measurement of supply chain performance should be made
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Supply Chain and Value Chain Supply chain is a network of distribution and facilities options that performs the function of procurement of materials‚ conversion of these materials into intermediate and finished goods and the supply of these finished goods to the ultimate consumers‚ for e.g. for a single product‚ supply chain consists of flow of raw material from vendors‚ transformation into finished goods i.e. interflow of materials‚ transportation to distribution centers and supply activities for
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Panera Bread’s sales growth rate for 2003 was 28.1% and 38.1% in 2002; therefore the sales growth rate for the company is increasing at a decreasing rate. The decreasing rate of sales growth may be attributed to the company’s current marketing strategy. The company’s ad-to-sale ratio was only 2.1% compared to the category average of 4% Also; Panera Bread does not have a lot sufficient of bargaining power with its suppliers‚ which may affect its net income. A loaf of bread in every arm is the
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