...You have to do a SWOT and PESTLE analysis of the company given to you. * Please use the latest data from company website, annual reports, industry reports, news articles, etc. * The data points/facts mentioned should be latest - not older than Jan 2013. * 2 samples have been provided for reference of format, data presentation and kind of research expected. Please do not copy anything from the samples. * The sources need to be authentic and valid: * Wikipedia is not an authentic source * Anonymous Blogs/Academic sites/Student essays published online are not considered good sources. Avoid them. * You must have references for all your facts and data with proper intext. * Do not copy from existing SWOT /PESTLE analysis found on web. Please do your own research and analysis * Each data point/fact should properly referenced with the exact source. For e.g. If you say The net profit margin increased from 15.2% in FY14, the source of the information needs to be mentioned with a footnote inserted mentioning the webpage/pdf/source link. It will be checked. * Plagiarism should be strictly avoided * Try to use infograms/bullet points/smart art to highlight gists and summaries. They lend more readability to any article and are a great tool for quick surfing or browsing. * You will get a lot of useful and current information by analysing the annual reports of the organization under concern. Most of them are freely downloadable...
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...http://123articlesworld.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/pestle-analysis-of-tesco.html Friday, 13 April 2012 PESTLE analysis of Tesco Political factors - Now Tesco is operating business in 14 courtiers all over the world, so its performance may be influenced by the local legislative and political conditions. Employment laws specified by local government must be followed in order to avoid legal hurdles. Most of the governments encourage the organizations to provide employment for local candidates so that local people can be benefited more. All kinds of jobs like low-paid, highly flexible, more skilled, highly-paid and local based jobs are available in stores like Tesco. Tesco employed different categories of people like students, elderly workers and disabled people for low labor rates. Tesco followed the employment legislation and other laws properly in every country where it has stores. Economical Factors - Demand for a product in market, price of the product and profits of an organization depends on the economic factors like interest, inflation rates and local unemployment levels. Organizations cannot have control on these economic factors, but it can show adverse effect on organization performance. Tesco is still completely depending on UK market even though it has stores in different countries, which mean if UK market collapsed or affected by any economic factors, Tesco will be in greater amount of risks. Social Factors- Demographic changes and change in customer behaviors...
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.... PESTLE analysis of the motor bikes industry in UK PESTLE analysis{Palmer Clive }of motorbike industry sector investigates the important factors that are affecting the industry and influencing the companies operating in that sector. It is also perfect tools for mangers and policy makers of motorbike industry,helping them to analyzing the factors which are affecting while driving their industry to different countries of the world. Throughout the last few year,the acronym PESTLE has been suffering a numbers of changes,but it seem to be the most important factor which is helpful for decision-makers of royal-Enfield to analysis the current situation of the that country where industry expands.There are six factors which are influencing PESTLE analysis. Political factors include areas such as taxation policy, law labor of law,transportation problems and stable political environment. Furthermore, governments have great influence proposal that limit number of motorcycles being sold in the country because Indian currency changes everyday with the comparison of UK pounds.The changes of currency means the changes of price of products and demand of product like royal Enfield are also changes which means recession are enter into the market so UK government take some steps to solved the this problem.Royal Enfield sales would affect by this issue.Furthermore UK consumers pay higher pre-tax prices for Motorbikes than anyone else in the Europe.Government is keen to attract foreign firms...
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...A SWOT analysis identifies and assesses the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats an organization faces. A SWOT analysis of the pharmaceutical industry illustrates to upper management what the industry is excelling in, what improvements need to be made, where growth is possible and what preemptive measures need to be taken to protect shareholder or company value. Strengths • The strengths of the pharmaceutical industry’s SWOT analysis document the internal industry components that are providing value, quality goods and services and overall excellence. The internal industry components can include physical resources, human capital or features the industry can control. For example, the pharmaceutical industry’s strengths could include low operating overhead, firm fiscal management, low staff turnover, high return on investment (ROI), state-of-the-art laboratory equipment and an experienced research staff. Weaknesses • The weaknesses of the pharmaceutical industry’s SWOT analysis document the internal industry components that are not providing significant added value or are in need of improvement. The internal industry components can include physical resources, human capital or features the industry can control. For example, the pharmaceutical industry’s weaknesses could include high-risk business modeling, disengaged Board of Directors, dated medical equipment, poor branding, low staff morale or diseconomies of scale. • Sponsored Links o viral clearance study ...
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...factors are usually classified into two groups (Bourgeois, 1980) i.e. ‘‘general’’ and ‘‘task’’ external business environmental factors. • Micro Environment (General External Business Environment ) The Micro environment is a relatively remote environment and the elements that compose it have an indirect influence on the organization. This environment is typically composed of factors such as social values, educational, political, economic, legal, behavioral, demographic, natural environment, natural resources, and technological (Asheghian & Ebrahimi, 1990; Grant, 1999). A PESTEL analysis is a framework or tool used by marketers to analyze and monitor the macro-environmental (external marketing environment) factors that have an impact on an organization. The result of which is used to identify threats and weaknesses which is used in a SWOT analysis. PESTEL ANALYSIS of Australia stands for: Political : The political atmostphere of Australia is stable and the country enjoys a democratic structure based on English common law. Capitalist venture are welcome and encouraged.the queensland area is a major hub of development,and the government is involved in ensuring that safty and growth of its people and environment are protected and supported. The area of gold coast is particularly fabled,as it features surfing,nightlife,fine dining, and access to natural areas of the surround region (gold coast city council,2011)Any business venture in this region would enjoy...
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...Pestel Analysis PESTEL ANALYSIS: A REPORT ON UNILEVER INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY The Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) environment is rapidly changing. Especially, the increasing popularity of line extensions seems to depend on advantages inherent in brand leveraging. FMCG manufacturers go into R&D in order to come up with the product that best satisfy consumers because customers become more critical about attaching themselves to a particular brand. They will also like to buy less expensive product due to current economic tide. Unilever is one of the biggest Fast Moving Consumer Good (FMCG) companies in the world. I have always been inquisitive about Unilever’s operations because I use some of its products, even right from childhood. This together with the current environmental challenges being faced by FMCG manufacturers motivated me to find out about Unilever’s operations and the current challenges it faces in the volatile business environment. Unilever was founded in 1930 through merger by the British, Lever Brother; and the Dutch, Margarine Unie; now Unilever PLC in London, U.K and Unilever N.V in Rotterdam, Netherlands respectively. In 1872 before the merger, Jurgens and Van den Bergh, the Dutch, built factory in Netherlands for the production of Margarine made from milk and fact. In 1927, they formed Margarine Unie (margarine Union) together with two European Businesses, Centre and Schicht. Lever & Co on the other hand was founded in 1884 by British William Hesketh...
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...These factors are usually classified into two groups (Bourgeois, 1980) i.e. ‘‘general’’ and ‘‘task’’ external business environmental factors. • Micro Environment (General External Business Environment ) The Micro environment is a relatively remote environment and the elements that compose it have an indirect influence on the organization. This environment is typically composed of factors such as social values, educational, political, economic, legal, behavioral, demographic, natural environment, natural resources, and technological (Asheghian & Ebrahimi, 1990; Grant, 1999). A PESTEL analysis is a framework or tool used by marketers to analyze and monitor the macro-environmental (external marketing environment) factors that have an impact on an organization. The result of which is used to identify threats and weaknesses which is used in a SWOT analysis. PESTEL ANALYSIS of Australia stands for: Political : The political atmostphere of Australia is stable and the country enjoys a democratic structure based on English common law. Capitalist venture are welcome and encouraged.the queensland area is a major hub of development,and the government is involved in ensuring that safty and growth of its people and environment are protected and supported. The area of gold coast is particularly fabled,as it features surfing,nightlife,fine dining, and access to natural areas of the surround region (gold coast city council,2011)Any business venture in this region would enjoy...
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...PESTEL analysis 2.1 Political McDonald industry deal with different kinds of political problems as they have outlets over 119 countries. Certain location the company deals with problems like overwriting rules and regulations due to health implications of fast food. Political situations in Singapore are not problematic for McDonald as it requires to monitor the rules and regulations which is handling fine. In general, McDonalds are affected due to regulations of fast food industries set by the government policy for example health consciousness and cleanliness policy. Health problem have been a main concern for most people. people are having diseases such as high cholesterol because they are consuming too much oily food and not doing any cardio activities. They are also facing a backlash from parents as a result of the rising in obesity and eating habits. The restaurants are bringing in healthier choices to cater to customer’s needs. For example, McDonald’s recently brought in grilled chicken wraps and Salad Chicken McGrill which are a better and cleaner choice compared to the rest of the items available. 2.2 Economic Singapore has a rising turnover for Food and beverage sector estimated to be S3.6 billion annually. Even though a small part which only contributes about 1% to GDP; it is a important aspect to the tourism industry. According to a latest survey done by Sydney-based Research Company, BIS shrapnel, an average Singaporean paid about $1900 eating out. Eating out is...
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...To: Harold Bashor From: Swarna Sub: PESTEL Analysis on Auto Mobile Industry Date: 04/06/2014 Business Brief The auto industry is a leading driver of global economic growth; the industry is a leading employer throughout the world, with 9 million people involved in making 60 million vehicles, or 5% of global manufacturing jobs. Indirect employment from automotive activity is fivefold, representing 50 million jobs connected indirectly to the auto industry. Other industries involved in the manufacture and service of vehicles include textiles, plastics, iron, steel, glass, aluminum, computer chips and rubber. The industry also involves significant research and development activity, representing investment of nearly $85 billion. It is estimated that the manufacture of vehicles contributes more than $430 billion to the governments of 26 countries combined. Automobile are primarily used to transportation and changed the world during 20th century particular in developed nations like USA and other developing nations like India, China markets. The automobile industry has succeeded like never before in the recent years but also seen major setback in global recession. This extraordinary growth that the automobile industry has witnessed is a result of a three major factors namely, increased average income of a per person, life style and innovation. Moreover in countries like India the liberalization steps, such as, relaxation of the foreign exchange and equity regulation, reduction...
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...The PESTEL analysis needs to help in determining the external environment prevalent in the geographical area. This reveals about the political scenario prevalent and the policies, regulations and motive that it has to promote the particular type of business and organization. The economic factors determine whether the area will be able to sustain the product and will portray the usefulness of the strategy in this regard. The social factors are also important factors in evaluating suitability of the strategy. Technological and environmental factors also require to be estimated while determining suitability of the strategies. It portrays that whether the environment of the geographic area is able to support the policies and strategies taken by the firm. In...
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...1. Conduct a PESTEL analysis of China 1.1 Political Analysis China is well-known as one of only five communist nations left in the world, which determined its socialistic ideology and government are different from most countries all over the world. As claimed, china is an investment-welcomed nation since joined WTO in 2001. Leaders of China are also trying to build an open and comfortable environment to foreign investment. The influx of Foreign Direct Investment in China is increasing steady from 2007 and China has been the second largest nation of accepting FDI. (see Exhibit below) Wine has always been seen as a luxurious good in domestic market, so wine importation got a strict duty policy as duty of 14%, add-value tax of 17% and consumption tax of 10%. However, as more and more competition in international trade market, New Zealand has got zero-duty privilege in wine importation industry from China government, followed by Chile and Australia, who will get zero-duty privilege in 2015 and 2019 respectively. Although Chinese politics is stable relatively, there still are some issues like crime and corruption. In 2013, Xi Jinping took power from Hu Jingtao as present president of China and paid more attention to those issues in period of social transition. 1.2 Economic Analysis China’s economy had seen a rapid growth in these years, which was benefit from decreasing intervention and increasing market oriented. The first 20 years in 21 century are very important...
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...PESTEL Analysis Political Factors: Political factors greatly affect the automotive industry. President Obama has recently announced new efforts to further fuel efficiency standards for medium and heavy duty trucks. This category ranges from large pickup trucks and school buses to the massive 18 –wheeler tractors. The new standard is expected to increase fuel efficiency between 9% and 23% with the largest trucks receiving the largest reductions (23%). This standard will be applied to 2014 – 2018 models and estimates $50 billion in savings for truck users in fuel over the lifetime of the vehicle. The new greenhouse gas standards will become final by March 2016 (Eilperin, 2014). Another long term plan was introduced by the White House states agreements were made between the president and 13 automakers to increase fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon for cars and light trucks. This plan is expected to be fulfilled by year 2025. A list of the automakers is as follows, Ford, GM, Chrysler, BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Jaguar/Land Rover, Kia, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Toyota, and Volvo. Combined these companies account for 90% of vehicles sold in US. Achievement of both plans (most formerly mentioned) estimates that consumers will save $1.7 trillion at the pump or $8K per vehicle. Disposable income, and in turn, economic growth is expected to increase and create quality domestic jobs within cutting edge industries across the country. Additionally, these standards also reduce carbon...
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...PESTLE Analysis for MARKS and SPENCER Introduction Marks & Spencer is a British retailer with over 800 stores in more than 30 countries around the world. It is the largest clothing retailer in the UK, as well as being a food retailer. Most of it’s domestic stores sell both clothing & food, and since the year 2000 Marks & Spencer have started to expand into other ranges such as home wares, furniture & technology. Marks & Spencer became the first British retailer to make a pre-tax profit of over £1 billion “BBC News online 1998” Though a few years later Marks & Spencer were hit by the “credit crunch” which has had a dramatic effect on the company as they struggle in the current economical climate. Political Factors The government sets regulations for companies to abide by such as Health & Safety British Standards such as, planning for hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control. If companies do not abide by these regulations they will be fined or even in some cases be forced to close down. Marks & Spencer did not abide by the British Standards as they were charged for neglecting health & safety regulations after a door fell on an employee. George Blair was allegedly injured after a warehouse door in their store at Braehead, near Glasgow was left hanging on loose fixtures. Marks & Spencer are alleged to have ignored repair requests, allowing the door to fall into disrepair. Marks & Spencer pled not guilty to this; there is still no outcome of this trial. ...
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...1 Macro-environmental analysis (PESTE-analysis) A company which wants to enter into a new market must first understand the target market’s business environment and how to create and retain customers by providing better value than the competition. As the environment changes, businesses must adapt in order to maintain strategic fit between their capabilities and the marketplace. When we are analyzing the macro environment of a company we usually use the PESTE analysis to help us to clear our goal, identify all the factors which are affecting our company directly or indirectly. Such us political factors, economic factors, social factors, technological factors, environmental factors and legal factors. Political factors. Political factors can influence marketing decisions by determining the rules by which business can be conducted. The relationship between government and business organizations can have major implications not only for the respective parties, but also other companies (Jobber 2004: 146) When we are talking about political factors we have to take in mind the trading policies. Finland’s general trade policy emphasized dismantling barriers to trade and investment and participation in an open world economy. The key challenges include customs duties and nontariff barriers to trade and trade distorting measures that are still prevalent in many markets. Finnish Competition Authority is an organization to protect sound and effective economic competition and to increase...
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...r﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽﷽ section 8) e peak at 119.1 in January 2014 - Wyrzykowska, E. sYNOsed in only USA from 18% to 21%.n custoxc | | PESTLE ANALYSIS FOR POLAND I- Political factors 1. Government stability and likely changes Poland’s political landscape has evolved into a stable democracy since the fall of communism in the country. Its strong foreign policy assures it political and economic security. Ever since the setting up of a democratic framework, various governments of Poland have undertaken initiatives to privatize companies in several industries. The government is in the process of privatizing numerous financial institutions, as well as companies in the power, chemical, and petroleum sectors. The privatization of companies is one among many measures the government is taking to reduce its budget deficit. However, Poland’s political and bureaucratic systems face widespread corruption, which has been a barrier to foreign investment. 2. Tax policy The Polish tax system is comprehensive and tightly regulated. Any taxpayers conducting a business activity in Poland may be subject to the following taxes: All taxes are imposed entirely based on Acts passed by the Polish Parliament, which means that taxes cannot be imposed based on decrees issued by the Ministry of Finance or any other authority. This ensures the certainty of law and protects taxpayers from unpredictable changes in legislation. Additionally, in case of uncertainties regarding the interpretation...
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