Population aging problem in China The current situation of aging problem in China is serious, and will become severer in the future. “China is rapidly getting older. Three decades ago, only 5 percent of population was over 65; today, 123 million people, or 9 percent of population, are over this age. A report released by a government think tank forecasts that China will become the world’s most aged society in 2030. Further, by 2050 China’s older population will likely swell to 330 million, or a
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Virtual Tutorial Task 1 – Pepsi – Introduction. This document will analyse the external marketing environment for Pepsi. It will specifically consider the following factors; Socio-cultural, Technological, Economic, Political/Legal and Ecological, and how each of these may influence the firm now and in the near future. Once analysed, this document will then categorize them according to whether they represent an opportunity or threat to the firm and give recommendations on how the firm could
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there are organizations such as WHO and CDC that provide the nation with health care information to inform about diseases that can affect the population and how to prevent them. Instead of worrying about curing the diseases, now there are ways to prevent them before they even spread. Though, will these disease trends as well as demographics have an influence in health care delivery services in the future? If it is now being a challenge, what can be expected of health care delivery for the next-generation
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1.0 Introduction This chapter contains the background of the study, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, objective of the study, research questions, and significance of the study, limitations and the scope of the study. 1.1 Background Information Kenya’s economy is heavily dependent on Agriculture with almost 75% of Kenyans earning from farming. Agriculture contributes over 30% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and usually brings in over 50% of foreign currency earnings. It
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analysis is concerned with the environmental influences on a business. The acronym stands for the Political, Economic, Social and Technological issues that could affect the strategic development of a business. Identifying PEST influences is a useful way of summarising the external environment in which a business operates. However, it must be followed up by consideration of how a business should respond to these influences. Political – these factors have a direct impact on the way a business operates
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problems (Laroche, 1996). The growth of organic agriculture is seen as part of the emerging marketing trends where consumers demand to know what benefits a food could deliver before making a purchasing decision, consumers tend to seek for “Natural aspect” of the Food products, as well as their effects on Environment. On the other hand, the healthy issue is becoming one of the prior concerns of consumers in purchasing products, especially when it comes to food. This factor is appeared as the main driving
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Scientific Papers (www.scientificpapers.org) Journal of Knowledge Management, Economics and Information Technology The Influence of Micro and Macro Environment Components on Trade Companies in Romania Authors: Elena Pîndiche, The Christian University Dimitrie Cantemir of Bucharest, Romania; Roxana Ionita, Lecturer, The Christian University Dimitrie Cantemir of Bucharest, Romania This paper deals with the impact of micro and macro environment components on trade companies
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ecological and political factors will be analyzed. In the following we will execute a DESTEP Analysis on the food sector of the Chinese market. Demography Urbanization has been of great influence on the consumption of nuts. According to Yang and Gale (2015) per capita purchases of nuts by urban residents are 2.5 times higher compared to the rural residents. The urban population in China has been increasing annually and is now 52 percent of the whole population. It is expected that urbanization
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Tesco's is a United Kingdom based international supermarket chain. It is the largest British retailer both by global sales and by domestic market share. Originally specialising in food, it has moved into areas such as clothes consumer electronics, consumer financial services internet services and consumer telecoms. The Current Position In 1995 Tesco overtook Sainsbury's as the UK's largest supermarket. In 2001 Tesco occupied 15.6% of the UK grocery retail market and was the market leader by
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enterprise that is resident in an economy other than that of the direct investor. The lasting interest implies the existence of a long-term relationship between the direct investor and the direct investment enterprise and a significant degree of influence on the management of the enterprise. The direct or indirect ownership of 10% or more of the voting power of an enterprise resident in one economy by an investor resident in another economy is evidence of such a relationship. FDI is measured on an
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