How did the deregulation of air transportation in Europe foster entrepreneurial behavior and innovation in the European airline industry over the last twenty years? Case studies: SAS Airline & Ryanair Master Thesis in Entrepreneurship and Dynamic Business Contexts Spring 2007 Supervisor: Håkan Bohman Entrepreneurship Master Program Authors: Gilles Helterlin and Nuno Ramalho Acknowledgements We would like to express our gratitude to all who have contributed to the realization of this
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Introduction This paper shall involve and include a discussion and analysis of the macro environment of business using the extended PESTLE tool and an analysis of the micro environment in which the business operates by use of the Porters Five Forces Model as a tool. From the analysis of the micro environment of the business, one trend and one crisis will be identified and there will include a short strategy in which the business can address each of these issues. In this case, the situation surrounding
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Does Disciplinary Power enforce good or bad behaviour from students in York University Accommodation? Introduction When looking at Foucault’s concept of disciplinary power, we looked at our own expectations compared with our actual experiences of living in university run accommodation. With most students coming to university, it is the first time that they will live on ‘their own’, without the rules and restrictions that they had when living at home with their parents, therefore a degree of freedom
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summary points. PA-NN (0-5) The company, product and target country background information is unclear, too general or not related to the topic. PA-NN (0-20) Analysis characterised by generalisations and statements of the obvious. Also, a reliance on narration or description rather than analysis. Little IB theory applied. Analytical tools and economic indicators were missing or used in a superficial manner. Entry mode is unrealistic, not well-planned and undeveloped. PA-NN (0-5) Financial projections
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Background 2 PEST Analysis 4 Political 4 Economic 5 Social 6 Technological 7 Michael Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 7 Threat of New Entrants 7 The Power of Suppliers 8 The Power of Buyers 8 Threat of Substitutes 9 Rivalry 9 Conclusion 9 Bibliography 11 Introduction The objective of this paper is to analyze e-commerce industry in Italy and to determine its attractiveness by applying PEST analysis and Michael Porter’s Five-Force Analysis. E-commerce is defined as the sale of products
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1. Introduction Even though the financial performance has been continuously improved for several years of westfarmers which was primarily driven by the success of the coles turnaround, Westfarmers's major competitor woolworths successfully launching the "Masters" chain of retail hardware stores and planning to rolled the business bigger in next 3 years still is a concern for the board of directors in westfarmers. What makes it worse is the announcement of intention of leave of Mr. Mcleod, who has
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Effective HR systems: The impact of organizational climate and organizational strategy on strategic behaviour Industrial and Organizational Psychology Bachelor Thesis Student: Ludwig Fritzsch 0095605 Docents: Prof. Dr. Karin Sanders Drs. Ivy Goedegebure University of Twente Enschede, 30th of July 2009 Preface Within my bachelor education in industrial and organizational psychology at the University of Twente, I conducted this research and immersed
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International Market Entry strategy for AmStar-Europe by José Meester February 2008 - September 2008 Graduation committee: Internal supervisors: - P. Bliek (Chairman) - M. Ehrenhard (Member) External supervisor: - P. Binkhorst (Member) Master Thesis AmStar-Europe José Meester Management summary The topic of the thesis is developing an International Market Entry strategy for AmStar-Europe to enter Europe. AmStar-Europe is a new company with no experience abroad and
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multinationalisation. Plan Introduction : évolution de la pensée 1ere partie: les outils d’analyse Chap 1: L’analyse concurrentielle Chap 2: La segmentation stratégique Chap 3: L’effet d’expérience Chap 4: Portefeuille d’activités Chap 5: Stratégie et technologie Chap 6: Analyse de la valeur 2e partie: Les grandes orientations stratégiques Chap 1: Les directions Chap 2: Les modes Chap 3: Les dimensions Bibliographie STRATEGOR, stratégie, structure, décision, identité
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EnBW Area of Activity EnBW has over 6 mln. customers. The core activities of EnBW are divided into three business areas: Electricity, Gas, and Energy and Environmental Services. The Electricity area is divided into Electricity generation and trading, and Electricity grid and sales divisions. It generates electricity from nuclear power, hydropower, solar power, geothermal energy and wind power, among others. In the area of electricity generation EnBW is one of the ten largest companies in Europe
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