with a friendly caring staff. Suzanne’s staff embraced that philosophy by being very friendly with the seniors. After evaluating Suzanne’s dillema‚ I thing she should not ignore her senior citizens market. Encouraging the seniors to frequent her Mcdonalds would attract business and increase sales as a popular meeting place for this type of clientele. The group of seniors do not pose any threat since they typically leave before the lunch rush hours hit. Another plus is that seniors are friendly and
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US Airline Industry – Porter’s Five Forces The year 2011 was another dismal one for US airlines in terms of financial performance. Despite an increase in both passenger numbers and revenues for the year‚ profits were down on 2010. In total‚ US airlines earned net profits of about $0.4 billion‚ representing a net margin of less than 1%. The dire financial state of the industry was underlined by AMR (the parent of American Airlines) entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy in November 2011. This ended AMR’s
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Scientific Management Applied by McDonalds In the twentieth century‚ the principles of Scientific Management had been formalized by the Frederick Taylor for the objectives of developing and designing the ideas so that it gets the employees in the manufacturing industries for producing more profit. Taylor decided in contracting with the other companies for the rearrangement of the production processes in simplifying the tasks that every employee needs to perform. The workers in the Taylorized factories
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Porter’s Five Force Model Analysis For Indian Cigarette Industry 1. Threats of New Entrants=LOW •New Product differentiation Very Tough – already cigarettes at different price points‚ flavors‚ brand images • Access to distribution channel is tough – big & established players are present (e.g. ITC) • Capital requirement is very high for a pan India launching; • Local launch can not catch up scale – Can’t use Economies of scale • Government policy – high tax‚ no TV/Radio Ads
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McDonalds and Ecommerce How can e-commerce provide a competitive advantage for McDonald’s? McDonald’s is a terrific example of utilizing e-commerce to provide a competitive advantage for it organization globally (nationally and internationally). Basically‚ competitive advantage for an organization can be viewed as being able to have the ability to stay ahead of the competition essentially in terms of product differentiation‚ focus and cost leadership. Through utilizing e-commerce strategies‚ McDonald’s
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from them. 4. The key factors that determine success for the companies in regional airline industry are securing a partnership with a major airline‚ expansion of partnerships to include new routes and additional departures‚ and increasing its range. 5. SkyWest is employing a focused differentiation strategy and has been seeking to fulfill customer satisfaction through valuable and reliable flights. It is trying to achieve greater levels of customer satisfaction than its competition. 6. SkyWest’s
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Analysis Rivalry Among Competitors Game console companies are facing strong rivalry competitions. As the industry develops‚ every game console company tries to implement the latest graphic technology into their products‚ and those who fell to apply the new technology have seen a decline of the market share. In addition‚ many of the console companies are exploring new functions that are not just video games. Threat of New Entrants The threat of new entrants is low. All the game console companies
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correlation’s between Kaplan and Norton’s “Mastering the Management System” and Porters “Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy” are significant. Managers need to have a complete understanding of their company’s surroundings in order to change their strategy. These two articles combined could be considered a 2-step process in itself. Step one‚ analyzing the environment of an industry utilizing Porters Five Forces model and step two‚ following the five stages laid out by Kaplan and Norton. Taking
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Porter’s 5 forces analysis on Air Asia 1. Threat of new Entrants The extent of barriers to entry depends on the strength of: Customer has little brand loyalty. If consumers of Air asia do not have brand loyalty‚ then the strength of the threat of new entrants is very high. The high numbers of competitors in the industry also decrease Air asia’s customer loyalty. Most of the travelers prefer low cost. New competitors which want to come in the industry have to spend little to compete
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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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