External analysis How can a smartphone company use external analysis to gain competitive advantage? 1. Apply 5 forces model for the smartphone industry According to Hill and Jones‚ the five forces model serves the purpose to identify opportunities and threats in the external business environment‚ by analysing “competitive forces” (Hill & Jones‚ 2012‚ p. 42). Once created by Michel E. Porter this particular framework functioned as a useful tool for managers to approach the external analysis
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GINGER HOTELS: PRICING MIX AND STRATEGIES AND THEIR EFFECTIVENESS (In assistance with Dr. Avinash Kapoor) BY: ROHIT SHARMA 11P161 S.P. KALYAN 11P162 SANCHIT VERMA 11P163 SAURABH MANDHANYA 11P164 No. of words: 7029 SHAFALI SUBRAMANIAN 11P165 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Our study has been conducted on the ‘Pricing strategies employed by Ginger Hotels‚ India and their effectiveness’ in order to identify the different pricing method that are
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Acknowledgement In the name of Allah‚ the Most Gracious‚ the Most Merciful Alhamdulillah‚ all praises and gratitude to Allah the All Mighty for his blessings and also for giving us the strength and patience to complete the comparative study of annual report. First of all we would like to express our thankfulness to She has indeed given us high encouragement and really put an effort to make sure we complete the assignment successfully. Her invaluable help of such constructive
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record for development‚ with 38‚000 new rooms opened‚ mostly under management or franchise contracts and mainly in emerging markets. At the same time‚ we pursued our active property asset management program‚ which is enabling us to focus on our core hotels business and improve our financial flexi- bility. These are deep strategic trends‚ backed by the strength of our brands and our distribution capabilities. Our brands play an essential role in creating preference among our guests and our franchisee
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External conflict in “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan The short story “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan is about Jing-Mei‚ a girl who couldn’t please her mother’s desire of being a prodigy. Jing-Mei completed many of the tasks that her mother wanted her to in order to find what she could be a prodigy in. After Jing-Mei begins to take piano lessons like her mother asked‚ she and her mother have several confrontations due to the fact that Jing-Mei didn’t share her mother’s desire of being a prodigy. Her mother wanted
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“Radhe Palace” Hotel & Suites Southern States University Newport Beach Campus Winter 2012 Kunal S Shah Professor Gary W. Lawson‚ DPA Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreement The undersigned _______________ hereby agrees that all financial and other information that he will receive concerning “Radhe” Hotel & Suites is confidential. The information shall remain the property of “Radhe Palace” Hotel & Suites and shall
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Mini Case 1: Hotel Continental By Rodriguez & Echanis Fundamentals of Management‚ Text & Philippine cases (6th Ed) Quezon City‚ Philippines: Diwata Publishing‚ Inc.‚ pp. 69 – 74 I. Personal Perspective To venture to another business as an answer to a growing demand could be an opportunity to grow and expand ones capability in handling business. There are so many nature of businesses and each requires keen knowledge if not thorough for
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1.16 ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT The economic environment constitutes to economic conditions‚ economic polices‚ and the economic system that is important to external factors of business. The economic conditions of the country include: • Nature of the economy of the country. • The general economic situation in the region‚ conditions in resource markets like money‚ material‚ market raw material components‚ services‚ supply markets and so on which influence the supply of inputs to the organisation‚
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of 7 Days Inn As a typical budget hotel‚ Seven Days Group Holdings Limited established in 2005 and now‚ more than 1000 Seven Days Inn have scattered all around the China (Zhang‚ 2012). I registered to be a member of 7 Days Inn two years age‚ and have already lodged in three branch stores in different cities during my travels. Budget hotels are considered as 1 star hotel because they provide lodging at cheaper price varies from 30$-40$ per room per night. The main
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aspects of validity‚ internal validity and external validity. Internal validity refers to an approximate truth about inferences regarding causal relationships. Internal validity is only necessary in circumstances where there is a need to establish a cause and effect relationship. External validity is closely related to generalizing‚ and the ability to generalize a particular study to other people and other situations. This short paper will discuss both internal and external validity‚ and the threats
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