certain employees of Simon Marketing and associates had colluded to defraud the McDonald’s Corporation in excess of $13 million worth of game prizes over the promotion period (Albrecht et al‚ 2012‚ p.210). The Simon Marketing firm was contracted by McDonalds to run their promotional sweepstakes games. The game prizes consisted of cash‚ vehicles‚ vacations and/or food prizes. According to Richard Dent (FBI Special Agent in Charge)‚ the main players involved in the scheme were as follows; Linda L
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Organizational Communication Analysis of McDonald’s Yijun Zhang October 17‚ 2014 The McDonald’s corporation was started in 1940 and has since grown as a fast food entity‚ with restaurants and supply outlets all over the world. Maurice and Richard McDonald started a Bar-B-Q restaurant in San Bernardino‚ the United States in 1940(“McDonald’s History”). In 1948‚ they introduced the “Speedee Service System” and the CEO Ray Kroc established the McDonald’s System Inc. in Illinois in 1955. In addition‚ the
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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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can see through the analysis that there are certain areas where Mc Donald’s can improve its performance. Mc Donald’s EFE Matrix McDonalds is one of the Americas largest fast food chain. It was opened in 1940. McDonalds head quarter is at Oak Brook Illinois. Being the market dominator in the fast food market it is necessary to understand what is making McDonalds a leader in its market segment. So for that we will go through an EFE Matrix. External Factor evaluation (EFE) is the widely known
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Bahaudin G. Mujtaba. (2007). McDonald’s Success Strategy and Global Expansion through Customer and Brand loyalty Vernon life cycle reference: Figure 3: (2010) Sunanda Chavan . (2010). What made McDonald ’s big in India. Available: http://www.managementparadise.com/forums/marketing-management/205743-what-made-mcdonald-s-big-biz-india.html . Last accessed 23rd Jan 2011. (2010)
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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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farmers and consumers. With about 20% of food production wasted mainly due to poor transport facilities and infrastructure‚ MD spent years setting up a well-established supply chain. Six years before opening its first outlet in India‚ MD has been working with local suppliers to develop products in greater yield and higher quality. MD does so by transferring its state-of-art food processing technology to suppliers. For instance‚ MD shared its advanced technology i.e. drip irrigation with Trikaya and
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customer services‚ and affordable prices in customer deliverance. 1.1 Introduction of Company Background In 1979 McDonald’s opened its first restaurant in Singapore. The world’s highest volume of hamburger was served on October day at Liat Tower. Today McDonalds is the most popular fast food chain in Singapore with over 110 outlets‚ hiring about 7‚000 employees and serving 1.2 million customers every week. Their philosophy has been ‘one world‚ one burger’ which means burgers must be consistent in term of
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Morningstar® DocumentResearchS Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington‚ D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K FOR ANNUAL AND TRANSITION REPORTS PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31‚ 2010 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to
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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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