employees during 1967 to 1973. He has first focused on 40 largest countries and then extended his research to 50 countries and 3 regions. This initial analysis identified systematic differences in national cultures on four primary dimensions: power distance (PDI)‚ individualism (IDV)‚ uncertainty avoidance (UAI) and masculinity (MAS)‚ which are described below. As Hofstede explains on his academic website‚ these dimensions regard “four anthropological problem areas that different national societies
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Power distance is one of the five dimensions of Hofstede’s framework for assessing culture. Hofstede has defined power distance as “the extent to which inequality in power is accepted and considered as normal by less powerful people in a society.”(Hofstede‚ p. 307‚ 1986). He divided this dimension into two categories: 1. Small 2. Large Small power distance: Small power distance means that the extent to which less powerful people accept the social inequality is small‚ that is members
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McDonald’s in India‚ Critical Thinking Analysis Do you think McDonald’s has done well in addressing the key macro- environmental factors in India‚ and why? I will start off by saying; Yes‚ I think McDonald’s did really well in addressing the key macro-environmental factors in India. To give some more debt to this answer‚ I found it convenient to use the PESTEL analysis as a tool to identify the key macro-environmental factors that were relevant for McDonalds when they entered India‚ and then shortly
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and more during the last five years. Wherever you go‚ if you are traveling in your car in Caracas City‚ you can see McDonalds‚ Bennigan’s‚ Chili’s‚ Pizza Hut and Burger King. McDonald’s is one of the world’s biggest food service retailers which every day serves 50 million customers in 119 countries across the world through 30‚000 restaurant outlets. McDonald’s opened its door in India in October 1996 in Vasant Vihar a colony of New Delhi. From 1996 till today McDonald’s has successfully a total of
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History of the Industry (internet) (I shall write it) 1.2. History of the company McDonald is a world famous fast food chain restaurant. In California‚ the concept of McDonald was introduced by two brothers named Mac (Maurice) and Dick (Richard) McDonald. In 1940‚ the restaurant was renamed to McDonald’s Famous Barbeque from Airdrome restaurant (located near the airport)‚ which was ran by their father‚ Patrick McDonald in 1937. In 1940‚ two brothers figured out most of the profit were coming from selling
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France – Jamaica Power Distance France working culture is centraly based on working hierchies‚ indivuidualism and high uncertainty avoidance. France is a country with high (68%) inequalities acceptance . It is a country where laboral hierachy exist‚ and were power is consolidated in hands of the minority. Employees have a great respect for their superiors‚ and only report to their inmediate managers‚ where information formaly continues its flow hierarchicaly Also‚ this herarchy seem to limit
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By CONTENTS PAGE Section 1 – introduction Section 1.1 – Executive summary Section 1.2 – Introduction to report Section 2 – Theoretical background Section 2.1 – Theories Section 2.2 – India Section 2.3 – McDonald’s in India Section 2.4 – Dunning Eclectric Paradigm applied Section 2.5 – Vernon Life-Cycle applied Section 3 – eMPIRICAL EVIDENCE Section 3.1 - Findings Section 4 – iNTERPRETATION/DISCUSSION Section 4.1 – Interpretation/discussion Section 5 – conclusion
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1. What are some of your initial reactions about the differences you notice between home country and host country operations of a multinational fast food chain such as the McDonalds? Cultural differences though difficult to observe and measure are very important‚ especially when doing the business in the foreign markets. Failure to comprehend these differences can lead to embracing missteps‚ strain relationships and impact the business performance. Therefore‚ It appears as if catering to the Indian
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With India’s business environment showing potential for growth in the early 90s due to economic liberalization‚ population and income growth‚ MacDonald’s (MD) has adopted an international strategy by tapping into the market in India to expand their business. MD relative success has come from their willingness to ‘think global‚ act local’ in its transnational strategy‚ taking India’s macro-environment into consideration in carrying out their business. The 4 factors are as follow: Firstly‚ the main
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McDonald’s in India In America‚ we consider McDonald’s to be a beef serving‚ sometimes fatty fast food restaurant‚ but after a 6 year business plan to sway the Indian population‚ McDonald’s has transformed. If they can continue this growth in India‚ and all over the world‚ globalization will start to love McDonald’s even more. They seemed to have hit the right points‚ from playing it safe‚ investing their time doing marketing research‚ to find the best places to put a restaurant and finding out
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