School of Business Foundation Version: 2011-11-07 INTRODUCTION It was late March 2007, and Richard McDonald, a managing director at Federal Securities (Federal), was briefing his team on a financing proposal for Lululemon Athletica (Lululemon). Federal Securities was a mid-sized investment bank and in recent years, had managed several capital issues for businesses in the retail sector. McDonald had been monitoring Lululemon’s progress over the past few years and had been impressed by the company’s
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Chapter 9 Assignment: Starbucks vs. McDonald’s Strategies | 1. How does Starbucks enter foreign markets? Do you agree with its rapid growth strategy? (Consider what has happened to the number of stores and locations during the last few years in answering this question). Consider where Starbucks is located, and markets that will be advantageous to Starbucks in the future in answering this question. Discuss how Starbucks entry approach is different/similar from strategies that McDonald’s
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building an organization—building a ticking clock— From 6u/;t to Last by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. Copyright © 1994 by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. Reprinted with authority from HarperCollins Publishers. I 80 CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW VOL 37, NO. 2 WINTER 1995 Building a Visionary Company rather than on hitting a market just right with a visionary product idea and riding the growth curve of an attractive product life cycle. And instead of concentrating on
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McDonald’s Corporation April Hahnfeld Analyst July 18, 2010 Recommendation: HOLD Porter’s 5 Forces: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Threat of Competition: High Threat of New Entrants: High Threat of Substitution: Low-Moderate Power of Suppliers: Low Power of Buyers: Low Pros: Ticker Exchange Industry Sector Classification Market Cap. 52 Week Price range Recent Price Current P/E Projected 2012 P/E 2009 EPS Projected 2012 EPS Dividend Yield Debt Rating Beta MCD NYSE Retailing - Foods Consumer
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in the Netherlands is overall one of the highest quality systems that exists to date. What some critics fail to consider when evaluating the greatness of one system is how each healthcare system may thrive or fail depending on the context of its operation. Moreover, one must consider barriers within populations when assessing how effective a healthcare structure is if implemented within a new geography. Therefore, although there is much to desire about the healthcare system in the Netherlands, the
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giant, often mentioning dissatisfaction in their experiences at their outlets. The company’s management credits this to poor service delivery and the institution of menus that are irrelevant to their target market’s needs. With this observation, the company has taken it upon itself to institute a number of changes to the organization structure it has in the US. This will be done by altering its management layers, which should resultantly place it at a better position to respond to its customer tastes
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RESEARCH (Starbucks) CLIENTS INDUSTRY 1. Industry Growth Specialty coffee is one of the fastest growing food service markets globally, with a net income of approximately $9.6 billion in 2004 in the U.S. alone, due to the explosion of cafes and gourmet retailers in the 1990s (The Gale Group). 2. Economic Impacts • Exchange Rates - The falling dollar rates compared to other currencies which was caused partly by weaker monetary policy will affect imports. Most of Starbucks vital supplies
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international fast food restaurants. They both expended their businesses in global scale. It is obvious that McDonald surpassed KFC in terms of sales and fame in international level. However, in China, KFC performs better than McDonald's. The aim of this study is to find out how these two companies developed differently in Chinese market. By making a comparative study of McDonald's and KFC, different operation and competitive strategy theory will be integrated with their development situation. Research is made
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goods shop. Business Processes The finance side of the business utilizes account payable, receivable, and general ledger software by BumbleBee, a popular accounting package. A user productivity system for word processing and membership management is provided by the Microsoft Office productivity suite of Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook and Publisher. Business Processes: Accounts Payable: Pay for goods received from suppliers or service providors Accounts Receivable: Receive
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at competitors and assessing KFC’s capability to meet current and future challenges. 1.1 PESTEL Analysis An analysis of the macro-environment has been carried out using PESTEL POLITICAL: The operations of KFC are affected by the government policies on the regulations of fast food operation. Currently government are controlling the marketing of fast food restaurant because of health concern such as cardiovascular and cholesterol issue and obesity among the young and children in the country
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