Tesco – Speech Good morning everyone and welcome‚ my name is Phillip Nygaard Jensen and I am here today to talk about Tesco’s current problems and how they’re going to solve similar problems in the future‚ taking the changing consumer behavior into consideration. First of all I will be talking about the major problems and how they affect the company‚ second I will comment on the company’s efforts to solve them taking the changing consumer behavior into consideration. And finally‚ if there should
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Tesco was founded by Jack Cohen‚ who served with the Royal Air Force during the First World War. After returning in 1919‚ 21 year old Jack invested 30 pounds of his reward for military service to buy surplus food stockpiles and he opened a little stall in East London. On the first day he had a four pound turnover and one pound profit. Little by little‚ his business started to boom and Jack expanded to other markets all over London. He also began wholesale trade. The first line of Cohen brand
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ECONOMIES OF SCALE When a firm moves from small scale to large scale production‚ the average cost of production of each unit falls. The reasons for which this happens are known as economies of scale – they are the benefits which result in the cost savings of large scale operations which come about when a firm expands. In other words‚ economies of scale are advantages reaped by firms engaging in large scale production. There are two types of economies of scale. They are: * Internal economies
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Economies of scale The long run – increases in scale A firm’s efficiency is affected by its size. Large firms are often more efficient than small ones because they can gain from economies of scale‚ but firms can become too large and suffer from diseconomies of scale. As a firm expands its scale of operations‚ it is said to move into its long run. The benefits arising from expansion depend upon the effect of expansion on productive efficiency‚ which can be assessed by looking at changes in average
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Scales of Justice shows a police force where there is a culture of corruption. The parts of the TV program that we saw were made up of two parts‚ The Job‚ and the Game. The Job is about a new probationary officer named Webber‚ and how he is forced to accept the corruption that occurs in the force‚ and ends up getting fired. The Game takes corruption to a new level involving higher powers such as MP’s and non-uniformed officers. They both are good examples of how it is a culture for them. The
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Economies of scale Definition Reduction in long-run average and marginal costs‚ due to increase in size of an operating unit (a factory or plant‚ for example). Economics of scale can be internal to a firm (cost reduction due to technological and management factors) or external (cost reduction due to the effect of technology in an industry). Diseconomies of scale Definition Increase in long-term average cost of production as the scale of operations increases beyond a certain level
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Tesco Stores Ltd Tesco Coventry Arena At a cost of £40 million and constructed within a strict ten month building programme‚ Coventry’s new prestigious retail development‚ Arena Park‚ opened for business on 1st November 2004. Coventry Arena is part of a major regeneration of this area to provide a new football stadium for Coventry City Football Club‚ a casino‚ leisure facilities‚ bus interchange‚ shopping mall and a retail park. The retail development includes a 140‚000sq.ft. (12‚999sq.m
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Tesco Tesco is one of the most successful retain supermarket chains in the UK. This is because of its service and product quality. Tesco was started as a retail company in 1920s and since then it has expanded and grown to become among the world largest companies in the retail industry. In terms of the revenue base‚ the company comes second after Wal-Mart. Ever since it began‚ Tesco has continued to introduce new products and services to satisfy the needs of its customers. Currently it mainly deals
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Returns to Scale Returns to scale is a concept that tries to explain the behaviour of the output in relation to the change in the total scale of operations of the firm. A change of scale of operations means a change in the total size of the firm‚ i.e. a change in both labour and capital of the firm. For determining the returns to scale‚ we need to calculate the Output Elasticity where: Output Elasticity = % change in Output/% change in all inputs The different types of returns to scales are:
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Americas ‘Big Three’ automobile companies are located in this city. The concept of External Scale Economies can help us explain why these three major companies are located in this area. Scales economies are important for a country because they represent a growth in its economy. Companies are able to produce more products or services at a lower cost of input. “External scale economies are based on the size of an entire industry within a specific geographic area.”1 These companies bulk in one specific
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