Retail Location Analysis: A Case Study of Burger King & McDonald’s in Portage & Summit Counties, Ohio A thesis submitted to the College of Arts of Kent State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Arts by Niti Duggal December, 2007 Thesis written by Niti Duggal B.A. (Hons), University of Delhi, India 1996 M.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 1998 MPhil, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India 2001 M.A., Kent State University
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when they married sisters. The company is headquartered in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Mr. Bob McDonald is the current CEO of P&G Company. He has a philosophy of focusing on lower-end products. Whereas, Mr. A.G. Lafley, who focus more on the innovation of a product. Mr. A.G. Lafley has originally retired but has return to the company ever since stepping down of Mr. Bob McDonald. The P&G Company has geographical advantage. Their goods
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retail expansion, and service innovation to achieve a long-term goal set by Howard Schultz. By working toward this goal, Starbucks wants to open new stores in both new and existing markets, expand their product development process, and cater to customers’ needs to eventually improve their financial position and dominate market share. However, through customer feedback, Starbucks found that they have great pride in retail service but not meeting with customers’ expectation and satisfaction. Therefore
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS Strategic analysis and Strategic Analysis tools Name : Eduardo Christian Rodriguez Munoz – 30118825 Subject : Competitive Analysis Course Code : BUMKT5922 Lecturer : Sally-Anne Leigh Due : 8 June 2014 Word limit : 2271 SUMMARY CONTENS SUMMARY CONTENS 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 INTRODUCTION 4 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMET ANALYSIS 5 Fast Food industry analysis 5 PESTLE analysis 5 Political and Legal 5 Economical
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5.2 Weaknesses 5 3.5.3 Opportunities 5 3.5.4 Threats 6 3.6 Ansoff’s matrix analysis for Starbucks 6 4 Specialty Coffee Market Competition 7 4.1 Overview of Starbucks competitors 7 4.2 Financial analysis between Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts 7 4.3 Starbucks versus Dunkin Donuts strategies 8 5 Analysis of specialty coffee market 9 5.1 Industry overview 9 6 Future Market Challenges 10 6.1 Factors in favor of the industry 10 6.2 Challenges derived using Porter’s Five Forces 10 6.2.1. The Threat
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CONTENTS 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................5 2. External Analysis ...................................................................................................5 2.1 Wider Macro-Environmental Analysis ............................................................5 2.2 Industry analysis .............................................................................................7 2.3 Industry Life cycle .
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excluded the fourth stage and the subsequent multiplier. Marketing Program Investor Customer Mind-set Market Performance Marketplace Conditions Multiplier Program Quality Multiplier Value Stages Multipliers * Product * Location * Advertising * Employee * Clarity * Distinctiveness * Relevance * Consistency * Price Premiums * Price Elastics * Market Share * Expansion Success * Cost Structure * Profitability * Awareness * Attitude
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................... 6 Burger King Holdings’ corporate history............................................................................. 7 Burger King Holdings ownership and corporation structure............................................... 8 Market presence................................................................................................................. 10 Purchasing activities....................................................................................................
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Philippine Copyright 2015 By the Researchers and the College of Business Administration Polytechnic University of the Philippines All rights reserved. Portions of this manuscript may be reproduced with proper referencing and due acknowledgement of the author. THE IMPACT OF MCDONALD’S CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY TO “BAHAY BULILIT” BENEFECIARIESIN MAKATI FOR THE YEAR 2014-2015 A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Business Administration Polytechnic University of
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1. INTRODUCTION The history of Starbucks starts in Seattle in 1971. Three friends, Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker, who all had a passion for fresh coffee, opened a small shop and began selling fresh-roasted, gourmet coffee beans and brewing and roasting accessories. In 1981 Howard Schultz first walked into Starbucks as a sales representative for a Swedish kitchen manufacturer. He immediately wanted to work for the company as he got so inspired by Starbucks but it took him a year to
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