Marketing Planning in a Global Environment Group Assignment No: 1 Topic: What is the purpose of a Political‚ Economic‚ Social and Technical (PEST) environmental analysis for companies in relation to their global (marketing) strategy? Present a PEST analysis for ONE of the following four companies: the computer chip manufacturer Intel the train operator Scotrail the food etc. retailer Tesco the book shop retailer John Smiths {draw:frame} Group Members:
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Atlantic Computer: A Bundle of Pricing Options Richa Jagota 0773984 March 15th‚ 2010 The Atlantic Computer case is one in which we are asked to suggest a price for the Tronn servers and PESA software tool‚ specifically for the exemplary customer‚ DayTraderJournal.com. In order to make any decisions we must remember that any strategy we use shows the added benefits of the software‚ is easy to explain‚ and is a competitive pricing strategy. The first decision that needed to be made
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Atlantic Computer Case Introduction: Jason Jowers‚ who had recently been hired by the computer manufacturer‚ Atlantic Computer‚ needed to devise a pricing plan for the company’s newest products: The Atlantic Bundle. This bundle contained the Tronn server and its corresponding software‚ the PESA. After an initial marketing meeting with a few key players‚ Jowers had input from the head of the server division (Matzer)‚ the director of the division’s R&D team (Jones)‚ and the director of new product
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Case: Dividend Policy GEORGIA ATLANTIC COMPANY During the depression of the 1930s‚ Ben Jenkins‚ Sr.‚ a wealthy‚ expansion-oriented lumberman whose family had been in the lumber business in the southeastern United States for several generations‚ began to acquire small‚ depressed sawmills and wholesale lumber companies. These businesses prospered during World War II. After the war‚ Jenkins anticipated that the demand for lumber would surge‚ so he aggressively sought new timberlands to supply
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research report provides an analysis of two popular airlines in Australia; Jetstar and Virgin Blue‚ both whom are competing in the airline business. Jetstar and Virgin Blue can both compete and be highly profitable within the business‚ leisure and family market but however‚ it will ultimately be the service companies‚ and their associated marketing strategies and techniques which‚ will establish the difference between the market ‘leader’ and the market ‘loser’. This analysis will detail potential solutions
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DESCRIPTION The project is about processing of raw coconut into virgin coco oil‚ coco flour and desiccated coco products. The processing plant aimed to venture into 100% export. In the 80’s‚ the American Soybean Association‚ campaigned against the use of coconut oil in the diet and claimed that it is the leading cause of heart disease and atherosclerosis in the United States. Since 2001‚ the Americans have recognized the virgin coconut oil as a functional food that not only nourishes but also
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Overview of Pakistan from PEST analysis Political Environment After Pakistan was created in 1947‚ there was only one provider of Telecom services in the country under the name of the T&T (Telephone & Telegraph). In 1990 Pakistan realized that it is becoming very difficult to provide Telecommunication services in the country by its own. So Pakistan signed agreement with WTO (World trade organization) according to which a set of regulation has to be formed to provide services in the country‚ promote
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Case Analysis: Virgin Mobile USA What we are analyzing here is pricing of a service in a market which is saturated‚ as it has reached maturity‚ is highly capital intensive and in which a large amount of competition prevails. Virgin however is a known brand name with an extremely diversified portfolio. It has experimented successfully with the telecom business in the UK but failed in Singapore. It now targets the USA market; the problems before it are to: come up with an appealing offer and ensure
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BA Honours: Tourism and Business Management Virgin Trains Lecturer Name: BIRTE SCHMITZ Student Name: Ana Maria Do Amaral Zacarias ID: 20272212 Year: 3 Virgin Trains Introduction Strategic Management involves looking at ground realities and formulating an approach that can achieve desired results in the context of these realities. It follows that strategy will differ from context to context. Readymade strategies rarely work‚ and‚ this is the main problem with strategy development; businesses
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Demonstrate which value adding activities the Virgin HQ is performing and give examples of each of these. According to Goold et al (1994) there are four main types of activity by which a corporate parent can add value. Envisioning – The corporate parent can provide a clear overall vision or strategic intent for its business units. Coaching & Facilitating – The corporate parent can help business unit managers develop strategic capabilities. Providing Central services – A provider of capital
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