External Analysis – BU Society

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653485205811{margin-right: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][dfd_heading subtitle=”” delimiter_settings=”delimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=”” title_font_options=”tag:h2″ subtitle_font_options=”tag:div”]External Analysis[/dfd_heading][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”80″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][dfd_info_box title=”Political Factors” subtitle=”” main_content=”-Political Stability
-Government structure
-Trade agreements
– Regulations
– Consumer protection
– Competition laws
– Voting laws” icon_type=”text” main_style=”style-1″ main_layout=”layout-1″ title_font_options=”tag:div” icon_text=”P” text_icon_font_options=”font_size:100″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][dfd_info_box title=”Economic Factors” subtitle=”” main_content=”-GDP
-Growth rate
-Industry composition
– Interest rates
– Inflation
-Employment
-Income
– Tax rate
– Currency exchange rate” icon_type=”text” main_style=”style-1″ main_layout=”layout-1″ icon_text=”E” text_icon_font_options=”font_size:100″ title_font_options=”tag:div”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][dfd_info_box title=”Socio-cultural Factors” subtitle=”” main_content=”-Population size
-Population distribution
– Population trends
– Cultural trends
-Diversity
– Consumer preferences
– Religion
– Immigration
– Lifestyle” icon_type=”text” main_style=”style-1″ main_layout=”layout-1″ icon_text=”S” text_icon_font_options=”font_size:100″ title_font_options=”tag:div”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][dfd_info_box title=”Technological Factors” subtitle=”” main_content=”- Research and Development
– Innovation
-Intellectual property rights
– Technological advancement” icon_type=”text” main_style=”style-1″ main_layout=”layout-1″ icon_text=”T” text_icon_font_options=”font_size:100|color:%234927f4″ title_font_options=”tag:div”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][dfd_info_box title=”Legal Factors” subtitle=”” main_content=”-Employment laws
-Consumer production laws
– Privacy laws
-Antitrust laws
-business laws” icon_type=”text” main_style=”style-1″ main_layout=”layout-1″ icon_text=”L” text_icon_font_options=”font_size:100″ title_font_options=”tag:div”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/6″][dfd_info_box title=”Environmental Factors” subtitle=”” main_content=”- Environmental laws
– Energy usage
– Climate
– Pollution” icon_type=”text” main_style=”style-1″ main_layout=”layout-1″ icon_text=”E” text_icon_font_options=”font_size:100″ title_font_options=”tag:div”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1653485217427{margin-right: 20px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;}”][vc_column][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”80″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][dfd_heading subtitle=”” delimiter_settings=”delimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=”” title_font_options=”tag:h2″ subtitle_font_options=”tag:div”]Exercise[/dfd_heading][vc_column_text]You are appointed to be the strategic managers of the companies listed below. Your goal is to examine the company’s external environment and look at the company’s current strategy and advise the enterprise if it should expand its operations to Brazil, USA, Iran, China, India, or Russia.

Every team should analyze their business case and create a brief presentation to advise the board of directors.

Required content:

Business Analysis: Which products/services does the company sell? Which countries is the company active in? Is the company profitable? How much profit does the company make?
Perform a PESTLE analysis.
Should the company expand its operations to the country you analyzed?

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link_src=”url:http%3A%2F%2Fchrome-extension%3A%2F%2Fefaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fr.lvmh-static.com%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F01%2Flvmh_document-financier-2022_uk-final.pdf|target:_blank” main_style=”style-1″ font_options=”tag:div”][dfd_link_style align=”text-center” link_content=”Country Report” link_src=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fcountries%2Frussia%2F|target:_blank” main_style=”style-1″ font_options=”tag:div”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][dfd_info_banner img_width=”300″ img_height=”100″ title=”in Iran” subtitle=”” banner_content=”” read_more=”box” image=”10559″ title_font_options=”tag:div” subtitle_font_options=”tag:div” font_options=”tag:div”][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”30″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][dfd_link_style align=”text-center” link_content=”Annual Report” link_src=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fcorporate.mcdonalds.com%2Fcontent%2Fdam%2Fgwscorp%2Fassets%2Finvestors%2Fevents-presentations%2Fmeeting-resources%2FMCD%25202021%2520Annual%2520Report.pdf|target:_blank” main_style=”style-1″ font_options=”tag:div”][dfd_link_style align=”text-center” link_content=”Country Report” link_src=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cia.gov%2Fthe-world-factbook%2Fcountries%2Firan%2F|target:_blank” main_style=”style-1″ font_options=”tag:div”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][dfd_spacer screen_wide_spacer_size=”80″ screen_normal_resolution=”1024″ screen_tablet_resolution=”800″ screen_mobile_resolution=”480″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][dfd_heading subtitle=”” delimiter_settings=”delimiter_style:solid|delimiter_width:80|delimiter_height:1″ undefined=”” title_font_options=”tag:h2″ 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