The International Marketing Strategy Of Mc Donald's
Case study - 17 pages - Services marketing
McDonald's company is a multinational which owns more than 30,000 franchises of fast food restaurants under McDonald's brand, in 121 countries. The company also heads other brands of restaurants, as Aroma Café, Boston Market, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Donatos Pizza and Prêt À Manger. In...
Inclusion: Should general education and special education students share a classroom?
Tutorials/exercises - 2 pages - Educational studies
“In special education there is a presumption that student success occurs most effectively and efficiently when children with disabilities actually receive education services in general education classrooms and are not removed or segregated in separate education classes” (Luster and...
The introduction of Islamic banking in France: A research on the potential market for retail Islamic banking
Dissertation - 37 pages - Finance
This study provides an assessment on the current problems and progresses made in France for the introduction of Islamic banking into its economy and contains an evaluation and an analysis of the potential market for Islamic retail banks in France. The research is divided into two distinct...
Porter's Five Forces - Disney
Case study - 4 pages - International marketing
The Walt Disney Company is an American company founded in 1923 and specializing in leisure and entertainment. The Walt Disney Company was originally a cartoon production studio, created and supported by the two brothers of the Disney family. Disney studios are the source of many cartoons that are...
The use of figurative language in "Turtle" and "My son my executioner"
Case study - 2 pages - Literature
Although not unique to the medium, figurative language and poetry are nearly inseparable. In even the most simplistic poems, authors make heavy use of metaphors, symbols, personification, assonance, alliteration and much more to underscore the themes of their works. Two poems, written by the...
McDonald's multicultural management
Thesis - 8 pages - Management
Even if Mc Donald's is not the fast food market pioneer and did not invent the hamburger, is now, the bigger fast food restaurant chain of the world. Nowadays, Mc Donald's gathers more than 31 000 restaurants in 121 countries. Thanks to a specific history and a quick evolution, the...
Is "To Kill a Mockingbird" (by Harper Lee) a novel about racism?
Book review - 4 pages - Literature
Writing To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee has chosen to make a description of the Deep South during the Great Depression of the 30's through the eyes of a young girl, leaving us uncertain about the qualification of this novel. Indeed, reading the biography of the author, the reader realizes that...
The impact of negative rumors on consumers' behaviors
Essay - 13 pages - Services marketing
Mac Donald's has been one of the most famous victim of negative rumors, with the “wormburgers' scare” (Newsweek, 1977). “Wormburgers” are hamburgers made with worms-based steak. In 1977, an astonishing rumor took birth in the United States, blaming the famous hamburger...
The relevance of intellectual property (IP) in various scenarios
Thesis - 5 pages - Business law
The narrative of intellectual property today is a dichotomy between those proponents who believe it is a necessary legal measure in the evolution of our society, and those who believe such rights actually trump the rights of the individual. Indeed, much of the controversy surrounding the...
Interpreting macroeconomic signals
Course material - 46 pages - Economy general
As an economist, what you need to forecast is not so much the end value of the economic indicators. Indeed, markets already have some believes and price in those expectations. What is important to forecast is what the markets are going to change their expectations and when this will occur. To be...
Paul Wolfowitz and the American neo-conservative project
Case study - 5 pages - Human resources
The National Interest is a journal that was founded in 1985. It is regarded as a showcase for liberalism and neo-liberalism. It is not popular amongst academics and aims to influence the political agenda of the country. In this review, we see the theories proposed by Huntington and Fukuyama. Paul...
Burger King
Thesis - 7 pages - Business strategy
Burger King is a global chain of fast food restaurants serving hamburgers, with a turnover which amounted to $102.5 billion in 2009 when they sold 524 million units. It owns 12,000 franchisees in 74 countries around the world. Two out of three restaurants are established in the U.S. It has set up...
A discussion of agenda-setting theory & practical application of AST to Public Relations
Essay - 9 pages - Services marketing
The agenda-setting theory (AST) alludes to the ability of the mass media to transfer the salience of items on their news agendas to the public agenda. AST is a dynamic and complicated phenomenon that was first hypothesized and measured by Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw during the 1968...
Strategy and Business Policy - Amazon
Case study - 3 pages - Business strategy
The chosen organization is Amazon. This is a global multinational company that has been incorporated in the United States. The company's headquarters are in Seattle, the United States. Amazon focuses on e-commerce and has also ventured in other areas of emerging technology include artificial...
The evolution of the Walt Disney Company
Case study - 6 pages - Business strategy
Walt Disney and an artist, Ub Iwerks, created a company that specialized in cartoons in the early 1920s in Kansas City. They had derived the inspiration from the Lumiere Brothers' invention. Walt Disney's company soon went bankrupt. Undeterred, he teamed up with his brother Roy in 1923 to...
Quick: Risk management analysis
Thesis - 13 pages - Finance
Quick is the largest European chain of fast service restaurants. But if we compare quickly with its main competitors - Mc Donald's and Burger King - we could say its major risk is to be eaten by those two “big burgers”. This report is going to treat the difficulties for such a...
Understanding strategic decisions and impacts on service innovation
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
By network strategy we can understand that firms are willing to develop their networks and to make them denser, being able to offer always more and better services. For instance, Mc Donald's opens several new restaurants worldwide every day and tries to position them in strategic places....
Franchising
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Franchising is not a new concept. North America was among the first countries to successfully develop franchises in 1886 through the famous example of the Coca-Cola company. Franchises grew slowly during the 1950's but helped many firms expand their operations across borders, like Mc...
KFC : analysis of its Global Operations
Market study - 7 pages - Business strategy
"KFC, Known as Kentucky Fried Chicken is based out of Louisville, Kentucky, US. Harland Sanders came up with the idea of Fried Chicken in 1930 and the company was incorporate in 1952. Even after his death in 1980, Colonel Sanders continue to remain a major part of the promotions and advertising...
Market share of Hutch (now Vodafone in India) in comparison to other telecom services in India
Tutorials/exercises - 31 pages - Business strategy
The Indian Telecommunication network with 69 million telephone connections is the fifth largest in the world and the second largest among the emerging economies of Asia. Today, it is the fastest growing market in the world and represents unique opportunities for UK companies in the stagnant...
McDonald's - International Development Strategy
Case study - 19 pages - Services marketing
Created more than 50 years ago, McDonald's is the first fast food chain in France today. The first restaurant, established in 1937, was only a simple 'drive-in movie theater' managed by the brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald in the Illinois in the United States. The empire...
Adaptation: The perfect adaptation
Essay - 19 pages - Film studies
In 2000, The New Yorker magazine writer Susan Orlean published her book, The Orchid Thief, a history of orchids and orchid collectors. The main themes of the work include the history of the passion for plants held by cultures past and present, the perils of harsh habitats such as the Fakahatchee...
International marketing: "McDonald's and Obesity"
Case study - 7 pages - Services marketing
Around one million people in the world are affected by the scourge of obesity in the world. This figure is twice more than the rate at which it was 10 years ago and many doctors worry that this could further increase. Many attribute this rise in weight to the massive presence of fast foods in the...
China and India- the most powerful success stories of this century
Market study - 9 pages - Economy general
Indians have woke up: The birth of a giant: As everybody speaks about China and about its growth, India is now giving a good economic potential, maybe better than China for the long term. India, like China, is accumulating performances. India is following China's way according to what the...
Strategic marketing: In-N-Out-Burger
Market study - 19 pages - Services marketing
Nowadays, the World has become a one big country with borders transparency and unique money. This phenomenon, called globalization, has made it harder for companies to survive against competition and international firms. Indeed, companies can become unprofitable and go bankrupt. This is why they...
"Cracking the weasel code of politicians"- Newspeak as a form of political language manipulation
Essay - 59 pages - Management
In this thesis the phenomenon under examination is newspeak -a highly manipulative form of political language. The proposed research, conducted from the perspective of political language, attempts to account for mechanisms that govern the use of newspeak in Anglo-Saxon countries, including...
Burger King in South-Africa
Case study - 14 pages - Services marketing
Burger King was established in 1954 in Miami, Florida, by James McLamore and David Edgerton. They were among the pioneers of fast food. The Whopper , launched in 1957, was an instant success, and is today the emblem of the brand. Burger King quickly distinguished itself by its unique taste and...
A discussion of noble women in ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian society
Thesis - 10 pages - Medieval history
Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt were both patriarchal societies. Women were second class citizens. However, in both civilizations women rose to prominence and even managed to rule. This paper will contrast those exceptions to male domination and the way they differed. The ancient civilizations of...
International Marketing McDonald's and its strategy for success
Essay - 20 pages - Services marketing
With more than 30,000 restaurants all around the world, the McDonald's Corporation is definitively considered as the biggest fast-food chain on earth. Created from the imagination of two brothers who wanted to create something new, innovative and attractive, the firm quickly met customer needs...
Specialisation
Tutorials/exercises - 4 pages - Economy general
Trade and foreign direct investments driven by specialisation and comparative advantages are controversial and provide arguments against free trade and capital mobility. Modern production of many products are produced in value chains that involves many countries, depending on comparative...
