Pizza Hut

1. Miles and Snow identifies four categories that a business responding to uncertainty will do. They state that a business will fall into one of them. The four categories are prospector, defender, analyzer, and reactor. The first is prospector, it is creative and growth-oriented, looks for new markets and new successful opportunities, and is risk taking. Example of this is when a company branches out to make new products. The second is defender, which reduces operating cost. Such as when a…

networks. There are around 40 million company pages registered in Facebook ( Anthony Ha) and more than 3 million company pages in LinkedIn (Harnish, Brian). Big brands which have their own pages in Facebook and Twitter are Nike, Adidas, Carrefour, Pizza Hut, Oreo, TEDTalks, etc. Secondly, the companies post advertisements on their pages. In 2015 Instagram has earned around 595 million dollars from mobile advertising. (Shewan, Dan) In the sites which are referred to ecommerce from Pinterest…

The competitive structure of the industry has allowed Coke and Pepsi to sustain high profits. The industry is essentially an oligopoly, with Coke and Pepsi dominating the market. The firms are hurt by having similar products that are relatively undifferentiated. However, diversification of product lines into carbonated and non-carbonated beverages has created some product differences. High industry growth from 1975 to 1995 also provided a reprieve from the competitor pressure. Franchising and…

In his essay “Don’t Blame the Eater,” David Zinczenko warns the consumer about the dangers of fast food, agreeing that it is bad for one’s body. Through his argument, he shows his reader that the consumer is not necessarily at fault—the food industry is the true culprit here. His use of questions throughout the text, along with personal narrative, imagery, and his tone, Zinczenko is able to effectively argue against the manipulation of the food industry. Zinczenko asks questions throughout the…

In his article, “Don’t Blame the Eater” David Zinczenko believes that the fast food industry is responsible for the health and obesity epidemic in America. He argues that there are not many healthy alternatives to fast food for consumers, “particularly teenagers” to buy food. He goes further to state that some fast food companies are misleading and confusing consumers on the calorie information provided for the food sold at their establishments. He is correct about the fast food companies…

Nowadays, businesses are growing rapidly day by day. As the businesses have grown, the competitiveness in business has also increased which means the business must be able to maintain in high-confident economic situation or survives in the economic crisis situation which could be changed anytime (Thurik & Wennekers, 2010). As a matter of fact, sometimes the economy crisis also might be causing business bankruptcy and failure which ironically could be dangerous for the employees’ futures. Hence,…

2. Construct a PESTEL analysis to show the competitive advantages that McDonalds has to stay and continue its operation in Hong Kong. Basically, in any business, there are always has the PESTEL analysis, same goes to McDonalds. PESTEL is an analysis of the external macro environment in which a business operates. According to (2008), PESTEL stands for political, economic, social, technology, environmental, and legal factors. Political: Hong Kong has an advantage of having political stability…

Imagine a life with no social workers. In this theory, would there be social justice? Social workers aim to assist people with the basic needs and values that are needed in life. This goal is fulfilled through the use of social work values. These values consist of “competence, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, integrity, service, and social justice” (NASW). A prime example of these values at work is in the movie “I am Sam.” This movies demonstrates social…

His argument is more appealing due to his own experience with weight from eating fast-food. Zinczenko states, “My parents were split up… Lunch and dinner, for me, was a daily choice between McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Kentucky Fried Chicken or Pizza Hut…By age 15, I had packed 212 pounds of torpid teenage tallow...”(462-463). He displays passion with his assertions by discussing what he suffered through as a teenager. This correlates to the reader as well; the reader perhaps knows of someone or…

Children and Fast Food Advertisement 6. What would 6 mean if you ask a random stranger on the street? Some possible answers would be that there are 6 sides to a hexagon, or that 3+3 equals 6, or that a video on vine lasts 6 seconds. But, in this specific case the number 6 signifies the number of hours an average child ages 5-16 spends in front of a screen a day, in a week that child can spend more than 42 hours a week in front of a screen (Wakefield, Jane. “Children spend six hours or more a…