Strategic Hospitality Management A case analysis of Dunkin’ Donuts with a focus on tools available for strategic planning. April 2013 Abstract The following essay is based on the Quick Service Restaurants brand (QSR)- Dunkin’ Donuts. The company has been studied and a case study regarding the growth of the company from 1950 till today has been studied. Growth strategies of the company have been used to understand how they reached the position of America’s largest QSR. The Legal‚ Moral and
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field research on Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks are more or less similar in the fact that they are both known for selling coffee along with other products. They both offer various types of coffee‚ iced and hot drinks‚ sandwiches‚ other food products available‚ and miscellaneous merchandise. Starbucks is more on the expensive side compared to Dunkin Donuts. Furthermore‚ Dunkin Donuts cup sizing is larger than Starbucks; in that at Dunkin Donuts the cup gives the customer more
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MGT 300 Case 7: Dunkin’ Donuts: Betting Dollars on Donuts 1. What does a Porter’s Five Forces analysis reveal about the industry in which Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbuck’s compete and what are its strategic implications for Dunkin’ Donuts? Answer: I think in this case‚ it reflects the level of rivalry among organizations in an industry‚ the potential for entry into an industry and the threat of substitute products. First‚ the Starbuck and Donuts they are all belongs to coffee market and they competing
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public swimming pools. Job creation and business retention; such as helping entrepreneurs get financing or networking with small businesses.” Rainbow Donuts‚ a mom and pop donut shop‚ is facing a crisis when the City Manager‚ Chris Freeland‚ announced
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Dunkin Donuts For more than 50 years‚ Dunkin Donuts has offered customers throughout the Unites States and around the world a consistent experience – the same donuts‚ the same coffee‚ the same store décor – each time a customer drops in. Although the chain now offers iced coffee‚ breakfast sandwiches‚ smoothies‚ gourmet cookies‚ and Dunkin Dawgs in addition to the old standbys‚ devoted customers argue that it’s the coffee that sets Dunkin Donuts apart. To keep customers coming back‚ the chain
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The Debt/Equity ratio is another important indicator of Dunkin Donuts’ financial standing. In equation form‚ the Debt/Equity = Total Liabilities/(Total Assets – Total Liabilities). Debt/equity ratio is able to indicate all of its debt obligations of the next year with its current resources. In general‚ a high debt-to-equity ratio indicates that a company may not be able to generate enough cash to satisfy its debt obligations. However‚ a low debt-to-equity ratio may also indicate that a company is
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Chapter 4 The External Environment The Environmental Domain Organization Environment is composed of all elements that exist outside the boundary of the organization that have the potential to affect all or part of the organization. Its domain is the chosen field of action. The environment comprises several sectors or subdivisions of the environment that contain similar elements (ie. industry‚ raw materials‚ human resources‚ market‚ technology‚ financial resources‚ economic conditions‚ government
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Chapter 2 The external environment: Opportunities‚ threats‚ industry competition and competitor analysis Knowledge objectives 1 Explain the importance of analysing and understanding the firm’s external environment 2 Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment 3 Discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process 4 Name and describe the general environment’s six segments Knowledge objectives 5 Identify the five competitive forces
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The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis The external environment affects a firm’s strategic actions. For the example‚ when Philip Morris International (PMI) joint venture with Swedish Match AB‚ PMI distribute smokeless tobacco in multiple global market. A firm’s external environment creates the opportunities (opportunities PMI to enter the smokeless tobacco market) and threats (the regulation in its market reduces the consumption of PMI’s tobacco
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The External Environment All outside factors that may affect an organization make up the external environment. The external environment is divided into two parts: ● ● Directly interactive: This environment has an immediate and firsthand impact upon the organization. A new competitor entering the market is an example. Indirectly interactive: This environment has a secondary and more distant effect upon the organization. New legislation taking effect may have a great impact. For example‚ complying
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