PREPERATION CHART Case Title: Tim Hortons Short Cycle Process Who is The Decision Maker: Tim Hortons Inc. Executive branch What is the Issue: How to continue expansion of the Tim Hortons brand Why the Issue has arisen: Tim Hortons corporate objectives are for further expansion and sustained growth When the Decision must be made: Over the course of the next year How (Case Difficulty Cube): Analytical: 2 Conceptual: 2 Presentation: 1 LONG CYCLE PROCESS A) Issue(s) to solve: Where and how
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The main business activity of Tim Hortons is to sell as much of their product as possible‚ and continuously innovate new products in order to sustain organic growth in the company as well as attract and retain customers. THI has two main operating strategies from which they generate revenues; company owned restaurants and franchising restaurants. The majority of the revenue generated comes from franchising however; in 2012 99.5% of restaurants were franchised while only 22 locations were company
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Ah‚ A Tim Horton’s double-double. This north of the border slang refers to a steamy coffee with double cream‚ double sugar‚ and to top it off‚ a beautifully glazed maple donut. This is a staple snack of the gray‚ cold‚ Canadian morning. What could make it better‚ you ask? A multi-billion dollar Canadian-American merger of course! This is huge news‚ as it has enormous implications for both entities‚ as well as the mega-company that they will become. According to Forbes‚ Tim Hortons has 4‚546 restaurants
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Tim Hortons Corporate Social Responsibility Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a process with the aim to embrace responsibility for the company’s actions and encourage a positive impact through its activities on the environment‚ consumers‚ employees‚ communities and stakeholders. Tim Hortons understands well this concept and the importance of corporate social responsibility. Making a True Difference is the way Tim Hortons defines sustainability and responsibility and the overarching framework
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No trip to Canada is complete without a visit to Tim Horton’s‚ the famous Canadian coffee and donut chain which is now making its way to American towns near the border. For a quintessential Tim’s experience‚ have an Iced Capp (basically a vanilla and coffee flavoured milkshake) and a box of Timbits (Canada’s
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COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 1 Competitive Analysis Bryndee Conwell ECO/365 April 3‚ 2012 William Mason COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS 2 Competitive Analysis Starbucks mission is “To inspire and nurture the human spirit— one person‚ one cup‚ and one neighborhood at a time” (Starbucks‚ 2009). Headquartered in Seattle‚ Washington since its founding in 1985‚ Starbucks Corporation “purchases and roasts whole bean coffees and sells them‚ along with specialized handcrafted coffee and tea beverages and food items
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on barriers to entry in law and economics; we introduce four concepts‚ namely economic‚ antitrust‚ primary‚ and ancillary barriers to entry; we employ these concepts to classify a set of well-known structural characteristics of markets and competitive tactics by incumbents; and we apply the resulting insights to evaluate the verdicts that were reached in a set of landmark antitrust court cases in the US. Bain (1956) defined an entry barrier as anything that allows incumbent firms to earn
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the author’s thoughts are undetected throughout the stories‚ hidden to those who don’t observe carefully. Seuss illustrates these attributes in the stories Yertle the Turtle and Horton Hears a Who. In Yertle the Turtle‚ a character that has the least attention of stood up for others by doing one simple action. While in Horton Hears a Who‚ the main character does everything they can to protect a race that no one actually knows about‚ even risking his life and reputation. Although many of these stories
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Doctor Seuss had a vivid imagination of his characters‚ and his books contained valuable morals. This children’s book‚ Horton Hears a Who‚ is about an elephant saving an entire community of people on a flower from his town. Horton is unable to see the micro people that he claims live on a flower‚ which makes Horton’s town think he is insane. The miniature people realize that Horton is the only one able to hear them‚ and that the others in Horton’s town won’t believe that they exist until are heard
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a lot of children’s stories‚ or have them read to us by our parents or at school. A lot of these stories are entertaining but they can also be used as a catalyst to teach young children about morals and values. For instance‚ a favourite of mine is Horton Hears a Who‚ by Doctor Seuss. This particular story is about equality and tolerance of
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