ASSESSMENT FRONT SHEET LONDON SCHOOL OF COMMMERCE AND IT Programme: BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business Unit Title: Business Environment Unit Code-: Y/601/0546 Credit Value: 15 QCF Level: 4 Module Tutor: Dr. M K Newaz Email: mknewaz@yahoo.com SCOPE OF THE COURSEWORK Learning outcomes and criteria covered by this assignment: • All pass criteria (P1-P12) • All merit descriptors (M1-M3) • All distinction descriptors (D1-D3) Key dates
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Evaluation of Lidl’s within the UK Market. Submission Date: 26 January 2014 Contents Introduction 3 1. Analysis of the competition faced by Lidl within the UK food retail industry 4 2. The Strategic position of Lidl 5 2.1 Porter’s Generic Strategies 5 2.2 Bowman’s Strategic Clock 6 3. An analysis of the external business environment and how it affects Lidl 7 3.1 PEST Analysis 7 3.1.1 Political 8 3.1.2 Economic 8 3.1.3 Social 8 3.1.4 Technological 8 3.2 Porter’s Five forces
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CHAPTER 1 : PREFACE 1.1 Background According to (Kampard, 1999) It all started in 1920, when 5 years old Ingvar Kampard starts selling matches to his nearby neighbors and by the time he was seven, he starts selling further afield, using his bicycle. He finds that he can buy matches in bulk for a cheap price in Stockholm and re-sell them individually at a very low price, but still make a good profit. From matches he expands to selling greeting cards, flower seeds, Christmas tree decorations
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the Fast Food Industry Complete a Porter's Five Forces Analysis of the fast food industry and for each of the 4 generic strategies, identify one restaurant that you believe is employing that generic strategy. According to Hoover's Fast Food and Quickservice Restaurant Report, Fast food restaurants make up one of the largest food industry segments with more than 200,000 restaurants in the US. Fast food franchises are known for their low cost and high-speed products
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Street Journal (June 23, 2000): B6. 11 M.E. Porter, Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Companies (New York: The Free Press, 1980); D.F. Jennings and J.R. Lumpkin, "Insights between Environmental Scanning Activities and Porter's Generic Strategies: An Empirical Analysis," Journal of Management 18 (1982): 791–803. 12 This section on competitive forces draws heavily on the pioneering work of Michael Porter. See M.E. Porter, Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing
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makers must consider low-cost strategy or differentiation strategy in addition to various governmental laws, in order to remain competitive within the given market. Scilly (2014) indicates that when it comes to marketing a business, there are three generic strategies that include focus, differentiation and cost leadership. The lowest-cost strategy, or cost leadership strategy can be very successful but also more difficult to employ (Scilly, 2014). When a business is using the lowest-cost strategy the
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current CEO Gary Kelly said on company’s official website : “Our people are our single greatest strength and most enduring long-term competitive advantage”. Additionally, Southwestt keep developing its sustainable competitive advantage by using Generic Competitive Advantage. It was the advanced of Michael Porter’s Five Force Analysis Model consist of Low Cost or Differentiation. a) The Low Cost Strategy or Cost Leadership Southwest used tight cost control and cost minimization by keeping
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Amazon case study analysis ---- Jiachuang Sun 1. Review of Amazon’s strategy between 2007 and 2009 Strategic analysis Profiling the business: ➢ Mission: Amazon’s mission is to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible price[1]. ➢ Product/service analysis: Since the establishment of Amazon,
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order to maintain strategic fit organisations will need to constantly scan their environment & adjust their internal capabilities in order to exploit opportunities as they arise. Key Concepts: Generic Strategy (Porter, 1985) The Strategy Clock (Bowman & D’Aveni, 1995) 4–5 The importance of Generic (Business) strategies: Example 1/2 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Increase (%) Ryanair EasyJet Lufthansa 26,6 24,3 50,9 33,4 29,6 51,3 40,5 32,9 53,4 49,0 37,2 62,9 57,7 43,7 70
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recommendation on a way to utilize internal strengths to maximize opportunities and the way to attenuate weaknesses to avoid threats. (Lee, Ristic and Franke, 2014) Question No. 1 Which of porter's competitive strategies is Starbucks using? Porter called the generic strategies "Cost Leadership" (no frills), "Differentiation" (creating uniquely desirable products and services) and "Focus" (offering a specialized service in a niche market). According to my observations Starbuck’s Strategic Management using
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