1 INTRODUCTION: Pizza Hut was started in 1958‚ by two brothers in Wichita‚ Kansas. Frank and Dan Carney had the idea to open a pizza parlor. They borrowed $600 from their mother‚ and opened the very first Pizza Hut. In 1959‚ the first franchise unit opened in Topeka‚ Kansas. Almost ten years later‚ Pizza Hut would be serving one million customers a week in their 310 locations. In 1970‚ Pizza Hut was put on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol PIZ. In 1986‚ Pizza Hut introduced delivery
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PEST Analysis of Virgin Media •Political Factor Demand for fixed line telephony is in decline‚ with the rate of decline in lines used by business nearly twice as high as that in the residential fixed telephony market. There is a trend for businesses to replace fixed line telephony with voice-over-internet-protocol‚ or VoIP‚ telephony‚ while residential customers are tending to migrate from fixed line to mobile telephony. However‚ Virgin Media’s fixed line customers may not migrate to the company’s
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POLITICAL: #1 issue - dairy production dairy production is directly proportional to yogurt production There is a nearing "Yogurt Summit" to be held at Albany‚ Greece on the 15th of August. At the summit‚ there will be the key players in the industry and they are will be focusing on how they would increase the amount of dairy production for the yogurt producers. ECONOMIC: #2 issue - How to support dairy farms and farmers Farmers (in America) are requesting for the fixing of milk
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share‚ profitability‚ segments they focus which is required for business and competitor intelligence needs • Contains a brief study of the major internal and external factors affecting Hotels in the form of a SWOT analysis as well as analysis the PEST analysis and Porters 5 force analysis to understand the criticality of the business. MAJOR PLAYERS The major players in the Indian hotel industry can be broadly divided into private sector players and the public sector players. The Top Players in Hospitality
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Political Factors: 1. Regulation in the labour market in Sweden‚ Latvia‚ Germany‚ Brazil and China‚ such as Labour laws‚ working hours‚ termination notices 2. Regulation of the environmental legislation‚ such as pollution issues management 3. Regulation of quality issues‚ such as safety‚ environmental friendly 4. Regulation of the strategic alliance in different countries‚ such as joint venture‚ acquisition 5. Taxation regulations to different countries 6. Trading policy‚ agreements‚ contract
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PESTEL analysis of the macro-environment There are many factors in the macro-environment that will effect the decisions of the managers of any organisation. Tax changes‚ new laws‚ trade barriers‚ demographic change and government policy changes are all examples of macro change. To help analyse these factors managers can categorise them using the PESTEL model. This classification distinguishes between: • Political factors. These refer to government policy such as the degree of intervention in
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The Vietnam War and the Domino Theory The Americanization of the war in Vietnam was inevitable because of the prevailing belief of the “domino theory” that could take effect. The Domino Theory‚ which President Harry Truman first articulated in the1940’s‚ is the belief that the fall of one noncommunist state to communism would precipitate the fall of other neighboring noncommunist states (Shabecoff). This theory is the identical strategy that Communist China planned to achieve‚ with Vietnam
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technology. Ellison and his co-founders‚ Bob Miner and Ed Oates‚ realized there was tremendous business potential in the relational database model—but they may not have realized that they would change the face of business computing forever. SWOT Analysis Oracle has a growth strategy that focuses on acquisitions of complementary companies‚ products‚ services and technologies. Over the previous 4 years‚ Oracle has significantly invested in acquiring companies like BEA Systems in 2008‚ Hyperion Solutions
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PEST ANALYSIS | | Political | Economical | * Although my parents upbringings were very different in terms of location (my father in Britain‚ my mother the Philippines) both grew up under controversial political powers. My father under the conservative influences of Margaret Thatcher and my mother under the notorious dictatorship of President Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda. * Because of my grandfathers successful career for which he was rewarded with financial comfort‚ his political
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2.1. Political Environment The Indonesian government plays a significant active role in business. Since May 1998‚ after Suharto resigned‚ the country has transformed itself from a controlling system into a democratic one (Indonesia Country Brief‚ 2008). Australia also has legal and political stability. Therefore‚ Jurlique will face no difficulty in establishing its business into Indonesia since both countries political parties seek to promote growth and encourage investment and trade‚ including
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