supply of goods produced in Florida. Disasters increase the scarcity but they don’t reduce the ability of these markets to be able to respond to the scarcity. When a Hurricane strikes and destroys the supply of goods produced in Florida, the market will respond by decentralized communication of dispersed knowledge, eliminating the problems associated with centralized collection and analysis of massive amounts of rapidly changing information. This can be considered as a shift in weather and…
outlets are one of the biggest weaknesses for SUBWAY. Customers mainly takeaway their meals as there isn’t much SUBWAY’s franchisee provides proper environment dine-in services in the restaurant. Moreover, there are too many franchises of SUBWAY in the market and therefore, it is hard for its parent company to maintain the quality of food and services provided to customers. Service commitment from their staffs are also not consistent in all franchises. As a result, the low motivation of staff…
BIT501 Assignment 1 The business I have chosen for my case study is Apple Inc. Apple Inc. is a tech company based out of California, US. Apple Inc. is listed as a C Corporation business entity meaning that it shares stock on the public market for investors to own a part of the company. As Apple is a C Corporation, it means that the founders or owners are no longer responsible for paying the taxes on their share of the income as the company pay those taxes at a corporate level. The…
SWOT Analysis SWOT analysis is a very good tool to identify internal and external factors effecting an organisation. SWOT stand for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. Where Strengths and weaknesses are internal, opportunities and threats are external. Strengths – i) Local suppliers – One of the strength of the company is that, the products company is looking for are available locally. So, company don’t have to invest lots of money to import products from outside. ii) Range of…
Most of the empirical studies in this field are based on micro-data collected from developed countries. Since investors’ risk attitude plays an important role in forming their portfolio choice, there have been numerous studies that investigated household portfolio choice by trying to identify the determinants of risk attitude. This supports the findings of Lott and Kenny (1999) and Barber and Odean (2001), who observe a difference in the risk attitude between men and women. A rich literature…
of human activity on the environment is the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (“MEA”). This global ecosystem assessment has the initiative to investigate the relationship between changes in the ecosystem and the impact on human-well-being. This case study will analyze the 2004 Southern African MEA and how scenario planning is applied for Garip River, and the limitations and alternative strategies for the success of the management for the river. The Garip River basin is a multinational river that…
low-cost leader and the experience of leaders and managers in integrating that low-cost leadership approach into every stage of operations. Weaknesses. As an industry leader, Dell and its leaders are constantly being targeted by newcomers to the market and existing rival firms. Currently HP is outpacing Dell in the area of innovation with its touch screen technology and integrated interface. Additionally, there are possible points of exploitation or interruption in the firm’s masterful…
climate resilience. Elephant foot yam is widely grown and consumed in south eastern countries like India, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. In India, it has gained the status of a cash crop due to its high production potential, market acceptability and lucrative economic returns with a production potential (50-80 t ha-1)[5]. It has a good source of protein, starch as well as minerals and is very popular as a vegetable in various Indian cuisines. In India, it is cultivated in Andhra Pradesh,…
article extends the fractional programming properties of a stylized model for the product line and price provided by Chen and Hausman (2000) by utilizing mathematical properties of the optimal product line selection problem using choice-based conjoint analysis to evaluate the profitability of design. 1. This model allows for various customer choice behavior and can flexibly cope with different attraction choice models and approximately the first-choice model. 2. This model is useful for…
already existing market. This would entail competing with established brands, thus it is important to launch a high quality, eco-friendly and customer oriented TV with new features. The company will target both high-end and middle consumers and match the product to their needs. Brand awareness will be built through promotional and publicity strategies. Pricing will be done based on value and consumer psychology. Further, the prices will be set at a low level to attract a market share after which…