important part of business strategy is concerned with ensuring that these resources and competencies are understood and evaluated - a process that is often known as a "Strategic Audit". The process of conducting a strategic audit can be summarised into the following stages: (1) Resource Audit: The resource audit identifies the resources available to a business. Some of these can be owned (e.g. plant and machinery‚ trademarks‚ retail outlets) whereas other resources can be obtained through
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1. The 2011 MGB Internal Audit Plan included an audit of the Institute’s Argentina Office (ARGENTINA) in Argentina. 2. MGB established this office in May 1996 by execution of an Agreement with the Government of Argentina to establish a‚ Argentina Regional Office. The Agreement provided international and diplomatic status to this office. The mission of the office as set down in the Agreement was to: 1. Monitor MGB’s activities in Argentina; 2. Develop research programs with national
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Brand extension & brand stretching The two options for doing this are usually called “brand extension” and “brand stretching”. Brand extension Brand extension is a strategy in which a firm launches a new or modified product with a well-developed image by using the established brand name in a same broad market. Organizations use this strategy to increase and leverage brand equity (definition: the net worth and long-term sustainability just from the renowned name). An example of a brand extension is Jello-gelatin
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An internal or external environment analysis is an analysis of the target market for a company’s goods or services that can provide understanding of environmental factors that need to be addressed for a products success. Even major Companies like Pepsi are affected by these factors. When considering the importance of the factors that affect marketing an organization plan it are necessary to note that the environment and market can be very complicated and are in the majority of instances ever changing
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JIANGYONG TAO ZHIGANG PEPSI GROWS POTATOES IN CHINA After entering China in 1982‚ Pepsi continued to do well in the country‚ offering a wider range of products than its arch-rival‚ Coca-Cola. Pepsi’s potato chip business was successful despite competition from other multinational rivals and Chinese domestic brands. As its potato chips became more successful‚ however‚ the problem of how to secure a supply of quality potatoes also grew. In the North American market‚ Pepsi relied on external suppliers
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With the world’s fossil fuel supply beginning to dwindle‚ and the threat of climate change looming in our future‚ conservation of energy has become more important than ever before. In this personal energy audit I will analyze my energy use over the week of September 21st-27th. I made a log of any daily activities which required an energy input‚ and noted their duration. This information was then used to determine the energy required per year. As I have not been living at my current address for
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PEPSI BLUE CASE STUDY: THE CHALLENGES INHERENT IN EXECUTING A GLOBAL RE-BRANDING CAMPAIGN During the 1990s‚ PepsiCo launched new products and engineered a global re-branding campaign in an effort to grow sales volume; reinvigorate their stagnant brand; and to close the increasingly large sales and market share gap between itself and its primary competitor‚ Coca-Cola. In 1993‚ Pepsi jump-started its marketing efforts by adding two brands to its portfolio: Crystal Pepsi and Pepsi Max. Crystal
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BRAND WARS: WHEN BIG BRANDS PLAY DIRTY “In business as in life‚ you don’t get what you deserve‚ you get what you negotiate.” Chester L Karrass. Today companies do not sell on the basis of their products. The features or benefits provided by the product is a small cog in the whole machine of the customer interaction process adopted by the company. The product sells on the basis of its power to convince customers‚ to appeal to customers and to attach a certain sentiment with the customers. This
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Strategic Audit for iRobot Corporation Case Study I. CurrentSituation A. CurrentPerformance iRobot designs and builds robots that make a difference in the home‚ field and workplace. iRobot was founded in 1990 in Delaware‚ Massachusetts and it was the first company to introduce robots into the life of the household and make the robots part of their daily life. In comparison to the other products‚ home products were the most successful ones. Some of the iRobot’s products are: Roomba
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record such item may be difficult to detect. 5. Regulations: They are regulated by governmental authorities and the resultant regulatory requirements often influence accounting and auditing practices in the banking sector. Special audit considerations arise in the audit of bank because of: 1. The particular nature of risks associated with the transactions undertaken by banks; 2. The scale of banking operations and the resultant significant exposures which can arise within short periods of time;
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