PEST and SWOExecutive Summary Transportation has played a part in human beings affairs over the years. It gave man a change to travel to different places. Transportation also provided man with the capability to transfer his/her goods, products, materials and belongings from one place to another without experiencing many difficulties. There are many kinds of transportation one of which is the modern railways. A company engaging in railway systems is MTR Corporation. The paper conducted a strategic
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BIBLIOGRAFIA Books: * Berger, S. (2006). How we compete. What Companies Around the world are doing to make it in today’s global economy. Doubleday, New York. * Christensen, C. (1997). The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail. Harvard Business School Press, Boston. * Church, J; Ware, R. (2000) Industrial Organization: a Strategic Approach. McGraw-Hill, Boston. * De Bono, E. (1992). Sur/petition: Creating Value Monopolies when Everyone Else
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technological, environmental, and legal aspects of the environment. The data derived from the environment is used to identify the ‘key drivers of change’ that may influence strategic decisions in the future. The next layer looks at industry. Porters’ Five Forces Framework assesses the attractiveness and potential profitability of the industry, as well as the possible threats. The inner layer comprises of competitors and markets. At this point, it may be useful to disaggregate. Here, strategic groups
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branches across the country in Lagos, Abuja and Portharcourt. They are other retailers like Spar (European retailers), Zara and Mango who have recently opened outlets in Lagos. The retail industry in Nigeria has witnessed strong growth within the last five years and industry watchers are speculating more growth in the coming years. The industry is currently valued at about
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many factors that can affect it. PESTEL analysis is a tool used to analyse and monitor the external marketing environment factors that have an impact on a business. Porters five forces states that “the structure of an industry and the ability of firms in that industry to ace strategically depend upon the relative strengths of five forces: current competition, potential competition, the threat of substitute products, the power of buyers and the power of suppliers” Ian Worthington and Chris Britton (2006)
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BCG Matrix, SWOT Analysis and Porter Model BCG Matrix Introduction: The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix is an uncomplicated tool to evaluate a company’s position in terms of its product range. It facilitates a company think about its products and services and makes decisions about which it should keep, which it should let go and which it should invest in further. Also called the BCG Matrix, it provides a useful way of screening the opportunities open to the company and helps to think about
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Theoretical framework 5 SWOT 5 Strategic Formulation 6 Porters 5 forces model 8 Problem analysis – Case Starbucks 9 Factors leading to the decline in stock price between 2006-2009 9 Starbucks analysis using the 5 forces model 10 Rivalry among existing competitors 10 Threat of substitution products and services 11 Bargaining power of suppliers 11 Bargaining power of buyers 13 Threat of new entrants 14 Summary of the five forces analysis 14 SWOT analysis 15 Strengths 15 Weaknesses
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chosen the case study - Sony Corporation – Future Tense? (2009) to complete Part 2 of the assignment. 1.2 COMPANY BACKGROUND Sony is a diverse Japanese based corporation, founded in 1946 to manufacture telecommunications devices. In its first five decades Sony grew from its humble origins to become a world leader in the areas of electronic equipment, gaming, motion pictures and music. The company is considered to be an innovator and developed a number of new technologies through that time, most
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BCG Matrix, SWOT Analysis and Porter Model BCG Matrix Introduction: The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix is an uncomplicated tool to evaluate a company’s position in terms of its product range. It facilitates a company think about its products and services and makes decisions about which it should keep, which it should let go and which it should invest in further. Also called the BCG Matrix, it provides a useful way of screening the opportunities open to the company and helps to think about
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Table of Contents Introduction 3 Nike, Inc. 3 Under Armour 4 Porter’s five forces analysis 5 Nike, Inc. and Under Armour innovation strategies comparison 7 Conclusion 9 References 10 Introduction Nowadays, more and more people become concerned about health; they develop special diet that include vitamins and advanced nutrition supplements, and of course they do sports. Any kind of sports demand at least basic sports outfit: a T-shirt, shorts or pants, and a pair of shoes. Industry
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