United Kingdom Reports Samples For Students

Marketing Strategies

With the production of our goods on physical health, we need an appropriate target market for our products. In order to have an appropriate market for our goods we need to research on various issues that determine the appropriate target market. First, we need to consider the number of people likely to use the equipment in a selected group of people. Secondly, we need to consider the financial ability of the selected group of people to afford our products. We also need to choose appropriate marketing strategies that will help increase the number of sales in the region. We need ...

Social Intelligence and Romantic Relationships

The study was being funded by the University of Southern California. The University is located in California in the United State of America. The objective of the study was to establish how people think on romantic issues according to their social standing in the society. The study did guarantee payment but one was entered in a lottery with a chance of winning $200 USA dollars (Survey, 2011).

Relationships and Information processing

The University of Southampton in the United Kingdom (UK) funded the study. The objective of the study was to establish how different human beings process information through answering questions. The participants in the research ...

Introduction

The present report delves into the expansion of Carrefour, a leading multinational retailer in the world, into the United Kingdom retail market. The first part of the report describes both the micro and macro environmental factors, which this multinational retailer ought to take into consideration to reduce its risk of failure in the UK market. The second section explains how the UK government policies on mergers and acquisitions can have an impact on Carrefour’s growth strategies in the United Kingdom. The third part elucidates how Carrefour’s management can utilize Kurt Lewin change model of unfreezing, change, and ...

Critically discuss the implications of recent trends and changes within the supply chain of the UK petroleum retail market.

Critically discuss the implications of recent trends and changes within the supply chain of the UK Petroleum retail market.
Introduction
The United Kingdom incorporates four separate legal systems within its entity that are Wales, England, Northern Ireland and Scotland . In order to maintain uniformity in laws pertaining to the ownership of natural fuel such as Petroleum, the 1937 Petroleum Act was passed, which established that all such resources fall under the control of the British Crown. The petroleum distribution system in the United Kingdom resembles the system that is prevalent in the United States of America, that is, a ...

Introduction 3

Park Profile 4
PEST Analysis 4
Political Environment 4
Economic Environment 6
Social Environment 7
The Impact of Technology 7
Analysis of Space 8
Marketing mix 8
Areas of Improvement 9
Financial Considerations 10
Estimated Impact of the analyzed solutions 11
Conclusions 11

References 12

Introduction
Environmental protection is one of the hottest issues on the contemporary political and social agendas. Although this priority has been challenged by many countries, the need to preserve wildlife and restore the populations of endangered species has been recognized by the international community ...

History of the UK Oil & Gas Industry

It was in the year 1975 that Hamilton Brothers, a small entrepreneurial entity of the United
States, which was working in the Argyle field, succeeded in bringing British oil ashore for the first time, and this was almost immediately followed by the BP excavation that resulted in huge quantities of oil being discovered in the Forties field.

Progress made by the industry since the 1970s

Oil discovery in the North, grew leaps and bounds as several other companies from other nations like the EU, United States and many other domestic UK firms leased out many sectors of the North Sea for excavating oil. Slightly around the late ...

FIVE YEAR STRATEGIC MARKETING PLAN

Introduction of the Marketing Plan
The purpose of the five year strategic marketing is a comprehensive plan developed to evaluate the proposed strategic and marketing alternatives for the M-Connect Shipping. The strategic plan aimed at investigating the surrounding areas of alliances within an industry sector to strengthen the market presence of the M-Connect Shipping within its market and increase its horizontal integration. The Strategic Marketing Plan is a key component of M-Connect Shipping overall Business Plan and serves as a roadmap for improved work plans every year wherein it features the certain strategies intended to research the alliance of ...

Executive Summary

Introduction
The main perspective of this assignment is to apply the concept of marketing on a given organization. The company which has been selected for the same analysis is ASOS. Different tools would be applied on the same company in particular, as SWOT, PESTLE, ANSOFF and others. It is assumed in this particular assignment that ASOS is trying to launch a new product of men T-Shirt in the market of the UK and for that stance they want to have a perfect communication or marketing plan.
ASOS plc is a UK’s leading online platform that is associated to offer the ...

Waste Management

Introduction
Dealing with waste has become an increasing concern nowadays, since it affects people’s life quality by impacting the health, it affects the aesthetics, it jeopardizes the ecosystems and in general, it negatively impacts the environmental sustainability. Domestic waste (generated by individuals) and commercial and industrial waste represent a quotidian aspect that authorities are aiming to handle, either through applying laws and guidelines for maintaining healthy and clean cities and villages, either by applying various technologies for actually managing the waste disposals. And the processes and technologies used to manage the various types of waste differ depending on ...

Business Report on Tesco

Executive Summary
Tesco is known as the third largest retiling store in the world. From its emergence until now, Tesco earned a lot of profit and is providing a variety of products to its consumers. Geographical diversification in Tesco leads it towards the height of success. When we analyze the internal and external factors that affect the performance of Tesco, we realize that strengths of Tesco make his business very profitable. There is a tough competition that Tesco has to be faced but due to its diversifying products and good quality business operations, Tesco is still among the top leading businesses ...

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Introduction
Governments in the world today loose much revenue through tax evasion and tax avoidance practise by individuals and business enterprises (Innes 2005). The paper shall discuss the difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance using recent relevant examples and give their implications. The paper shall also evaluate the how the taxation policies result to distribution of income in UK and the failure involved. The paper shall also examine the influence of international laws and EU policies on UK taxation policies.

Differences between tax avoidance and tax evasion

The term tax evasion refers to use of illegal mean to avoid paying taxes. Tax evasion comprises ...

The Current Situation of the House of Lords

The House of Lords recently was challenged with negative publicity after the scandalous video of the former Lord and Chairman of Committee in the Lords, John Sewel, who was caught sniffing cocaine and indulging in immoral acts with three prostitutes according to the report of The Sun (Moyes, 2015).
The scandalous report was followed with news questioning the travel allowances of about 20 peers in the House of Lords ranging from GBP 100,000 – GBP 200,000 each for five years even if they do not actively participate in the debate (Swinford, Wilkinson, and Leet, 2015).
Some defended that ...

IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Impact of immigration crisis on travel industry
Introduction
The European border has been open for refugees and countries never applied strict restriction on immigrants before the crisis of 2015. Due to globalization, the process of migration has increased, and Europe has to face surge. People due to several reasons started moving from their homelands to Europe. The flow of these immigrants is a mix of extremely complex factors. Even majority of immigrants arriving Europe because of the security reasons, but as the crisis is increasing it has to turn out to be necessary for Europe to take serious measures ( ...

Executive Summary

Project Management is highly important aspect of making any deal between two or more organizations, especially those that involve works and infrastructures that are intended to be used by the public citizens. A joint project between a for profit and a government-related department or organization, for example, such as the construction of public works, highways, transportation systems, among other forms of infrastructures, should be carefully managed by a carefully selected and credible team of project managers. The outcome of the project be it good or bad, will basically depend on the effectiveness and the efficiency of these people in doing their job. ...

Figure 1 Risk management plan 7
Figure 2 Key data in the project of Terminal 5, United Kingdom (Khumpaisal et al. 2010) 10
Figure 3 Key players involved in the Project Terminal 5 United Kingdom (Khumpaisal et al. 2010) 10

Procurement and tendering of a Major Infrastructure Project

Project Name and Location
Mater Hospital Extension, Newcastle, NSW
Introduction
The Mater Hospital is the first ever hospital that is being built under public-private partnership in New South Wales. The Government of NSW has signed a contract with private sector partner Novacare for 28 years. That involves the construction of new hospital buildings, extension of ...

NIVEAManagement

MANAGEMENT
Executive Summary
NIVEA is the initial label and most significant line of Beiersdorf, a derma care organization that was started in Germany. Beiersdorf’s common aim is to become the leading care label in the product categories and market. The agency plans to attain such goals by utilizing NIVEA as a star line strategically. NIVEA's communication purpose is to reinforce its brand as the leading derma care line and to update its brand image (Keller, 2008, p. 6). Lately, the organization has declared Blue agenda the label compass, which concentrates on reinforcing the NIVEA line. Nevertheless, the firm ...

BOP Assignment

A firm’s internal and external environment affects its performance in the market. It is worth noting that there are several tools of analysis used to determine the manner in which a given organization performs in its environment. Business operations take place within an environment. The environment factors are classified into internal and external factors depending on the type and ability of the firm to control. In this case, BHS is an example of an enterprise that was bought by an investor and merged into his wider business. After a while, it was on the verge of collapse, and ...

Executive Summary

A strategic analysis of Amazon is employed in this document in order to highlight the major problems that must be considered by the management. The company is considered a leader in electronic retailing globally, however facing a stiff competition from its counterparts as bricks and mortar companies as they are emerging in the contemporary corporate setting and establishing their online presence. Amazon is engaged in finding ways to adequately address the contemporary challenges in the global marketplace in order to maintain its competitive position and subsequently attain a greater share of profits from the international market.

Introduction

Amazon is deemed ...

Comparison of the Performance for Vodafone Group Plc. and BT Group Plc.
Comparison of the Performance for Vodafone Group Plc. and BT Group Plc.

Introduction

The objective/aim of the current paper is to evaluate the performance of two competing telecommunication companies in the United Kingdom. Vodafone Group Plc. and BT Group Plc. are the companies selected for the comparison. Both the companies are rivals to each other in the United Kingdom and are considered as two of the top enterprises in the technology sector. Ratio analysis and financial highlights from the annual report of 2015 are the basis of the ...

Introduction

In the United Kingdom, ten years ago the television was the major medium of entertainment. Now, in the era of technology laptops, PCs, mobiles, and tablets have become the dominant players of entertainment. The access of youngsters to the different devices has increased dramatically in the UK (Ellis and GreenBank, 2015) (See Appendix). These changing patterns created huge challenges for media and creative agencies. In the flow of the media, the boundaries between numerous media channel became blurred. It became more important for media agencies to determine that how these Medias individually operate with the aim of producing the ...

Business Study Skills Individual Report

Abstract
The study investigates the economy performed in Japan over the last decade. The studies have shown that there has been an increasing based on an unmanageable model of unbalanced economic growth. The study finds that there was a surprise fall in GDP from 2.1% to 1.6% in Japan due to debt brought by household consumption and increase in sale tax. This has made Japan’s economy to shrink. The government expenditure has developed by 29%, which outdo the rest of the economy growth. There is actual prove that there was a fall in GDP of business investments from 11.7% ...

Introduction

Strategic management is all about advancing the companies to enter in a new region and flourish their earnings (Barksdale & Lund, 2001). Strategic management is a field that directly impacts or leads to organizational productivity, as it will analyze the facts that how the organizations can attain effectiveness and earn economic prosperity accordingly. There are numerous companies in the world which are now experiencing numerous problems accordingly, and they are required to analyze these aspects accordingly. In this assignment it is also required to have the same analysis on a chosen company (Barksdale & Lund, 2006). The company is trying to enter in region ...

Introduction

What is international trade and how is international trade significant to a mature, robust economy such as that of the United Kingdom’s. We know that experts say that international trade is an essential cog that keeps the wheels of the economy turning, and that wheel is an essential contributor to keeping the global economic machine in motion. It is therefore imperative that the concept of International Trade be fully understood and presented with respect to the UK economy and the world.

P10: The Significance of International Trade to UK Business Organisations

International trade is defined as the exchange of goods and services between two or more countries (Investopedia, 2013). ...

INTRODUCTION

The retail industry of United Kingdom plays an important role in improving the economic situation and GDP of the country. There are different sectors that are included in the retail industry and therefore there are varying consumer needs and varying factors that influence the industry. Over the last few years, there are several factors that have influenced the industry and some of these factors include the change in the lifestyle of people, advancement in technology and in particular increasing usage of online shopping (SAS, 2012)
Although there has been a downward trend in the overall spending on the retail ...

Discrimination in the place of work has been a barrier to the United Kingdom's development. The constitution of the country recognizes that everyone is equal. In 2010, the Equality Act was promulgated with an aim of reducing economic and social disparities within the United Kingdom. Following its promulgation, the business community expressed their concerns on its implication. This paper is set to examine the United Kingdom Equality Act 2010 as well as its consequences for the business community.
The Equality Act 2010 was introduced with the view of ensuring that discrimination in the workplace is eliminated. Certain characteristics are ...

Abstract

Boots UK Limited was formerly known as Boots the Chemists Limited. During those times it was trading as Boots. Boots was a pharmacy chain which had its roots in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Boots UK, has decided to motivate and coach reps by the use of results-driven metrics. This methods includes motivating and coaching their sales team straight within the Salesforce. The business functions efficiently as a whole as a result of improvement in the operations through enhancing a sequential flow in the products and services of the company and minimizing the extent to which activities are delayed ...

Introduction

The current global business platform has presented a very competitive situation for investors and company to thrive without formulating proper market strategies. The marketing mix adopted by a company is thus, a very vital decision that requires appropriate market analysis so as to produce the right mix for that particular, market. The marketing mix of a company is based on how the 4 P’s of marketing have been developed by the management (Baker, 2012, pg 84). The 4 P’s describe; the product, promotion, place and pricing strategy chosen by the company. The study shall therefore be interested in examining how the ...

The issue of airline safety and security is at the forefront of current popular debate and discussion. This is not surprising, given the numerous cases that have plagued the airline industry in the past year. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370, for example, disappeared off the coast of Malaysia in March of this year, becoming the second deadliest aviation incident involving a Boeing 777. Another Malaysia Airlines flight assumed the top spot when it was shot down over Ukrainian airspace on July 2014. All 298 people were killed. With these recent developments, a number of issues have sprung up that question the ...

The article by Jose Pagliery reports on the changing fortunes at Hewlett-Packard in the last quarter of the financial year. In the financial year ending, Hewlett-Packard finished with a very strong fiscal quarter marked by an increase in its shares. This remarkable increase was reported at 6%. This was higher than the specialists in Wall Street had expected with the revenue generated soaring above twenty nine billion dollars. This had a cascading effect on the share price index, with the prices beating specialist expectations. The technology company reported earnings of above one dollar (1.01) for every share for its investors. These results ...

2. Outline the regulation from APRA in regards to credit risk for the large major banks and contrast to the regulations for smaller bank re credit risk.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has established an internal rating based mechanisms to be used when approaching the bank credit risks. The regulations approaches the credit risks differently when it comes to dealing with the large major banks and the considerably smaller banks in regards to capital base. The smaller banks, which are generally less complex in terms of their operations and organization, are the pioneer implementers of the more standardized ...

2012 marked the first time in history that about 60 million cars were manufactured in the course of a single year. An average of 165,000 new cars were produced on a daily basis which is an amazing feat considering that the automobile industry suffered a 9% decline in the year 2009 because of the international financial crisis of 2008. The word “car” in this context deals exclusively with passenger cars, which can be defined as motor vehicles possessing a minimum of four wheels, used for the purpose of transport of passengers. Passenger cars do not have more than eight seats, excluding the ...

Introduction

Despite the credit crunch that hit the United Kingdom five years ago, real estate companies continue to expand, not only in terms of revenues but also of the scope of their operations. Prices for their stocks cost more than ten times the earnings; investors predict an upward trend in the years to come. Nevertheless, this does not mean good news to the consumer group. A significant part of the population is still faced with issues concerning the high cost of residential property. First-time buyers for instance, are forced to settle with renting because they are not able to afford ...

Arguably, the preparation and the expected 2012 Olympic games is believed to bring with it numerous impacts. As a matter of fact, the event will have both positive and negative events; the impacts in the United Kingdom will be on economic, environmental, political, as well as social issues. It is important to be aware of the negative socio-economic impacts that Olympic in the United Kingdom on this year will cause (Hunter 2011).
The Olympic Games in 2012 will bring a lot of congestion in the cities and in roads; in this case, the interruption of the transport system during the ...

MARKETING MANAGEMENT

The NIVEA label is among the most acknowledged beauty and skin care lines in the sphere. Nivea jelly was first initiated in 1991, and its brand now expands to 14 international commodities, which range from facial moisturizers to sun care, shower products, and deodorants. In 1980, Beiersdorf, an international firm that possesses Nivea initiated its NIVEA FOR MEN variety globally, which broke the current base with its after crop balm product. It was the initial cream in the market without alcohol and could irritate the derma. It turned out to be extremely popular with customers (Hitt, Ireland & Hoskissson, 2007, ...

Introduction

Human resource management and human resource planning are integral parts of any organization. Employees are key players in any organization and the success of an organization considerably depends on the productivity of the employees. Human resource management aims at ensuring cohesion between employees and the management. In the 20th century employees were merely considered as tools to achieve organizational goals but the trend changed. Continuous and intensive research has played a major role in ensuring that organizations view the work force as assets rather than just a means of production (Niehaus& price, 2013, 5). For the purpose of this ...

Introduction

Leadership is an important factor in the development of a business enterprise. Leadership becomes even more important when the business experiences growth. The growth of a business enterprise results in new and different dynamics. It is imperative that the business leader also grows in terms of philosophy and skills in order to lead the business under the new dynamics. Burke, Clarke, Barrow and Molian (2008) argue from a different perspective. They hold that during the growth of a business entity, a leader has two roles to play. Firstly, the leader needs to articulate the vision and direction of the ...

Part 1 Introduction 5

1.1 Overview of BMW Brand 5
1.2 Overview of Kit Kat Brand 6

Part 2 Comparison of the Marketing Strategies of the Two Brands 16

2.1 BMW Brand Marketing Strategy 16
2.2 Kit Kat Brand Marketing Strategy 19

Part 3 Conclusion 26

Part 4 Bibliography 27
Part 1: Introduction
Market segmentation is defined, as the approach to businesses in which the market is divided along the basis of common characteristics and features . The market being people, it means that members of a given market segment exhibit similar kinds of needs. People have different needs and have preferential approaches to meet those needs . According to the Porter’s model, an effective market segmentation strategy can be ...

Executive Summary

This work determines the various concerns a company or an investor needs to look into before investing money in any economy. There are key players in the economy that determines its growth and progress. Matters of employment are so fundamental to consider in any country, since it determines the purchasing power of the consumers. In addition, it also determines the purchasing behaviour in an economy. Other factors that this paper looks into include the demand and supply relationships. It is confirmed in the works that increase in supply affects the price of commodities. For example, when the supply goes ...

Introduction

Many people think that English Premier League consists of nothing, but players, clubs and supervisory authorities. In reality, the Football Association Premier League (also known as FAPL) is registered as a corporation in the United Kingdom. Legally, each club, which participates in the tournament, is registered as a shareholder with one vote (The FAPL, 2014). In order to oversee daily operations of the league, the clubs elect the chief executive, chairperson and board of directors (Singh, 2015). Despite the fact that the Football Association does not directly participate in the daily operations of the League, it has special veto ...

Introduction

Contactless payment systems have evolved into a popular method of payment across the United Kingdom and internationally (CPSS 2012). Many merchants, including ExxonMobil, McDonald’s, Burger King, AMT Coffee, Tesco, Subway and other notable members of the hospitality, production, energy and other industries accept this form of payment (Anderson 2015). The most influential members of the international financial community, including MasterCard, Citibank, American Express, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays Bank, Visa and other institutions, involved in banking and financial sector, power the system (Dapp 2012; Chaudhyry 2012). The commentators anticipate that by 2020 every third transaction online and offline will be ...

International Marketing Plan of Burts Potato Chips

Executive Summary
The globalization has changed the face of the international business, and the companies are now expanding their operations to more than one country so that they can tap untapped segments to increase profitability. Some of the benefits of the international expansion into emerging economies are a large base of potential customers, decreased costs and economies of scale due to large operational capacities. Burts Chips is also planning to achieve these benefits of international expansion by expanding the operations to Brazil. This document provides detailed insights into the economy of the Brazil and suggests suitable entry method along ...

Background and rationale

Background
Water is an essential substance for the life of human beings on earth; however lack of clean and fresh water for use because of poor sanitation and lack of water purification systems causes the significant number of deaths. More than 800 million people do not have access to fresh drinking water as per the report by the Millennium Development Goals in 2012. The world’s population is growing at a faster rate. Statistics shows that by mid-century, nearly 2 billion people will not have access to safe drinking water (Schilling 2013). The growing population, changing industrial and agricultural ...

Introduction

Sea side piers are common architectural structures in Britain. In fact, Britain boasts sixty one piers along its coastline. Most of these piers have long standing histories as many were constructed in the nineteenth century. Most of them have at one point been brought to near ruin by forces of nature such as storms in the sea. Given the significance they hold and the relatively expensive cost of reconstruction, local authorities under whose jurisdiction these piers fall will always have difficulties determining whether or not to invest the limited resources in their reconstruction. Two of the most iconic piers ...

Introduction

Business operations are increasingly facing dynamic markets that determine their success and efficiency. That has resulted from the increasing globalization and other key factors such as regulations, economic conditions, and political environment as well as social factors. All those factors affect consumer behaviors, their purchasing power as well as the firms’ efficiency. In that respect, businesses such as supermarkets and retail stores increasingly face changing environment such as competition that is also shaped by those factors. Thus, businesses adapt competitive strategies that suit the environment, and this analysis seeks to demonstrate industry operations’ and their response to factor changes. ...

INTRODUCTION:

As the technology is changing and developing more and more, the way of doing businesses is altering. Particularly with regards to the internet age, companies now can be benefited from low cost and high speed technology without time and place restrictions. E-business is known to be as the process of sending and receiving information or data through the internet facility whilst receiving orders, placing orders and communicating with the company’s staff (Andreu et al., 2010). Internet is now served as an essential business tool in order to perform efficiently and competitively worldwide. This report has discussed the current ...

About the Report:

The report is based on financial and fundamental analysis of four leading supermarket companies, i.e. Wal-Mart, Sainsbury, TESCO Plc and Kroger. Important to note, that, the conclusion at the end will be based on the individual analysis of each company and not by comparing them.

Wal-Mart:

Wal-Mart is the most renowned supermarket chain in the world and is also the world’s largest corporation providing employment to over two million employees. Founded in the year 1962, the company is still run as a family business with Walton family holding over 50% share in Wal-Mart through their holding company, Walton Enterprises. The ...

This report comprehensively discusses the significance of keeping financial records and how financial information available in the financial statements of an entity help wide range of stakeholders in assessing company’s performance to make viable economic decisions. Moreover, as follows the report also defines the budgetary control process and different costing methods and their effects on short term and long term performance of the business. I would also like to discuss the statutory requirements of recording and reporting financial information for entities operating in the United Kingdom.
There are several reasons for companies to retain their financial records. ...

Executive Summary

Ocado is one among the top most online grocery supermarkets in United Kingdom. It does not have many physical stores but operates through an internet and deliver orders to people at their home. The Ocado has the best online infrastructure and offering services to customers in United Kingdom. This assignment is based on strategic review of the company Ocado. It discuss about internal and external factors and conduct Porter’s Five Analysis, Industry lifecycle, PESTLE analysis, Strategic group and SWOT analysis to determine the actual standing of the company in the market. In the later section, future recommendations have ...

BUSINESS REPORT ON REAL COFFEE LTD

BUSINESS REPORT ON REAL COFFEE LTD

INTRODUCTION

Coffee consumption in the United Kingdom has been on the upward trend in recent times. Currently, there are over 15000 coffee outlets and more are still being opened. Out of this number, there are at least 5000 coffee shops that are branded. In the year 2012, there was a drop in the retail sales volume of coffee. The last time this happened was in the year 2003. The decline was attributed to the global economic and financial meltdown. This was a serious setback to the coffee industry which had exhibited significant growth in the United ...

Business Strategy Report for Go-Ahead plc

Executive Summary
The report gives brief information about the Go-Ahead company, its current market position and the market segments it operates in as well as describing the operations of the company. The analysis given in the report uses PESTEL analysis, Five Forces, SWOT and other micro economic concepts in brief terms.
The report has different sections describing different concepts of the research on Go-Ahead Company. The organization’s strategic position will be analyzed and critically evaluated using findings from research conducted. The Go-Ahead’s strategic direction will be analyzed using two of the Ansoff, BCG, and McKinsey ...

Table of Contents
1.0 Executive Summary
4
2.0 Introduction
5
3.0 External analysis
5
3.1 Porter’s FIVE FORCES
5
3.1.1 Threat of Substitute Products and Services
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3.1.2 Threat of New Entrants
6
3.1.3 Competitive Rivalry in the Industry
6
3.1.4 Bargaining Power of Supplies
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3.1.5 Bargaining Power of Buyers
7
3.2 PESTEL Factors
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3.2.1 Political
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3.2.2 Economic Factors
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3.2.3 Social
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3.2.4 Technology
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How financial liberalization affect economies: A case study of the UK economy
Introduction

Liberalization in general can be defined as the act in which something is made less strict. Financial Liberalization therefore refers to the reduction in any type of regulations in the financial industry of any given country (Hermes & Lensink, 2005). It is the lessening of restrictions on different types of the lending instruments which can be traded and lending institutions. Examples of lending institutions that are affected by the financial liberations are the banks, money market funds, investment banks, county’s treasury or any individual issuing ...

Operations Management: A Case of Hilton and Etap

With the increased rate of globalization in business, most business managers are in turn increasingly focusing on the need to keep up with the management and financial requirements for a globalised business organization. Operations management has never been as vital as it is now with the era of globalization, and has therefore become a subject of study, research and practice. By definition, operations management is the management practice that deals with the design and management of business products, services, processes and supply chains (Cunill 2009). Within the scope of business operational management, there is the aspect of consideration of the acquisition, ...

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For purposes of this assignment, the author uses Tesco and Samsung to explain the stakeholder influence in the two organizations.

Business sector
Samsung is a recognized brand in the production and distribution of electronic products ranging from smartphones, semiconductors, wearable devices, household items and computers among other electronics. Tesco, on the contrary, is the largest online food and grocery retailer in the United Kingdom, with retail stores in Europe and Asia.

Business purpose

Samsung’s business purpose is to give its customers innovative products to help them discover new experiences, connect them and open doors of possibilities with technologically savvy products. Tesco’s purpose, on the other hand, is to serve shoppers better in the United Kingdom; with ...

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention

Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention
The proposed public health leadership theory was developed to identify public health interventions that can address risky sexual behavior in teenagers, which is associated with teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease (STD) prevalence in teenagers. The risk factors contributing to risky sexual behaviors in the teenage population and the interventions public health leaders can use to address those factors are presented in Figure 1.
Figure 1. Public health leadership theory on interventions for addressing risk factors associated with risky sexual behaviors in teenagers.
Teen sex behaviors can be influenced by their socioeconomic ...

Introduction

Occupational health and safety are associated with the safety, health, and welfare of employees who are engaged in work. It plays an important role in managing the company’s operations. The report addresses workplace hazards and provides information about the accidents and injuries occurred in the engineering industry. One of the main aims of the report is to indicate ways of mitigating the risk of loss. The purpose of this technical report is to demonstrate that the author has engineering knowledge, professional competence, and technical ability to carry out the essential research in detail about the health and safety ...

The airline industry is considered to be highly competitive and therefore airline company managers will need to determine the relevance of their current ERP systems with regards to the applicability of the financial information it generates. This is because the same quantitative and qualitative information is used for both financial and management accounting. However, the main goal of a company is to generate better profitability for its owners while remaining sustainable. This is done by controlling costs while improving revenues through the use of budgets and the standardization of costs and results to variances, which are primarily under management ...

Doing a market analysis. PESTLE and TOWS analytical frameworks

Launching a successful business in any industry requires doing a market analysis. The latter refers to the process of studying the dynamics, attractiveness and trends of a particular industry of economy. Market analysis is an integral component of an industry analysis. In practice, the majority of all market analyses facilitate in strategic planning and tactical execution of the strategy, supply chain management, designing and implementing marketing strategies and identifying the most appropriate targeting and positioning schemes. This entry analyzes the most essential components of a market analysis and provides basic insights into how to carry out them in tourism ...

Executive summary

This article will highlight some of the effects that social media has on employment, given that a vast number of people across the world, both young and old spend some of their precious time on social media. Social media is very interactive and people tend to make friends worldwide, but the question is, can social media affect a person’s employment? The article will also analyze some vivid circumstances on how social media affected the employment opportunity of various people, and the reasons behind the causes. Since social media is very common across the world, the way people use ...

Introduction

Globalization of economies and the strengthening of political and economic relationships in the European Union have had the significant influence on the development of retail industry in the country. The fashion industry is highly dependent on the social and economic trends. With increased mobility of individuals and the digitalization of the markets, companies are obliged to look or ways to further enhance their brand and become more responsive to increasingly dynamic fashion market and consumers, who are more demanding with regards to the short lifecycle of the products today, than ten and even five years ago. Moreover, competition on ...