Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) Every organization has its topmost competitors regardless of their products. Mostly, in the fast-food industry, several companies are delivering almost the same services, including; KFC, McDonald’s, Dominos, Subways, Starbucks, among others. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has been competing with McDonald’s more many years. There are four main corporate-level strategies, including; concentration strategy, vertical integration strategy, diversification strategy, and merger and acquisition strategy. However, to gain a competitive advantage, KFC has to follow a specific corporate policy, that is, diversification strategy to enhance effective sales of margaritas. Diversification strategy is also known as horizontal integration. This strategy enables an organization to achieve its core goals and objectives through the use of conventional and harmonizing technologies and markets. KFC is highly reputable and widely known for its quality and sanitary products since it uses the same techniques in every branch around the globe (Belarmino et al. (2019)). Diversification strategy will help KFC in implanting improvements and innovations and giving a disclosure about the health concerns of the consumers. Diversification will work hand in hand with the cost leadership…

                Importance of Medium-Sized Companies in Germany Name Institutional Affiliation     Importance of Medium-Sized Companies in Germany Introduction The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) usually comprise not only the micro-enterprises that contain just a few employees but also a good volume of enterprises with a large number of employees. There currently isn’t any clear definition of the term SMEs. According to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Germany, SMEs are defined as any organization that has less than 500 employees. Another alternative to this definition is for the organizations that generate an amount equal or less than 50 million euros in annual turnover. The European definition, on the other end, defines SMEs as any organization that has less than 250 employees and generates an amount equal or less than 50 million euros. The KfW, a government-owned bank in Germany, argues that any corporation that generates up to or less than 500 million euros in annual turnover is considered to an SME. The creation of employment by SMEs plays are…

                          Abstract Name Institution affiliated               Abstract Boeing 737Max an aircraft developed as a subsidiary of Boeing was launched in the year 2011. The plane began commercial activities in 2017 after initial deliveries within the same year. The plane was highly welcomed by some airline companies in different countries, such as Ethiopia and Indonesia. However, in less than two years of commercial operation, the plane caused multiple deaths in two fatal accidents. For instance, in the one year after beginning its business activities, the first accident was reported involving the flight, which occurred at Lion Air in Indonesia. The accident took place 13minutes after taking off, resulting in over 180 deaths. Also, in 2019 another crush of the Boeng737Max was reported in Ethiopia. The accidents drew a lot of interest from the world, as they seek to determine the issues with the aircraft resulting in the accidents.  The paper, therefore, is focused on establishing possible causes of the accidents in this type…

Ethical Issues Associated with Multinational Corporations             The ongoing globalization and liberalization as far as world trade is concerned has resulted in many corporations expanding and opening new branches overseas. They expand with an aim of creating new markets and increasing profitability.  The trend has resulted to creation of very large multinational companies which run in several countries. Considering the fact that administrations in those host countries are independent, conflicts in regard to how these foreign corporates are governed has been the order of the day. This is because the host countries define their own regulations, rules and laws in regard to how trades deals should be conducted in the country and which may be very different from the rules which are set by the origin countries of multinational corporations. Skirmishes in ethics have always arisen whenever cultural norms and practices in the host country differ from those that are putative in the home countries. This paper scrutinizes the ethical matters which have been faced by international corporations operational in foreign countries. Ethical issues faced by multinational corporations In a…

Zingel Corporation Zingel Corporation is a truck company that has been operational for 50 years and has experienced changes in the market. There has been increased competition, and the need to have competitive advantage arises. It is essential for the company to have working strategies, but the strategy Zingel adopted from 2008 didn’t produce the results they had planned. The company has failed to create policies that focus on the future, which makes its objectives minimal and easily achievable. Zingel fails to find new challenges and thus creates a comfort zone with no much progress and expansion. The company lacks clear policies and procedures in selecting the members of their team, and the managers use their techniques. The employees of a company play an important role in achieving success, and strict rules must be followed in ensuring that competent people are employed. To ensure that Zingel gains the required competitive advantage, they should examine the market trends and understand the needs of the consumers. The company should produce trucks that address the needs of the customers and bring in more…

What if having factors “over the top” was the finest marketing transfer your corporation could make?   Above the top marketing is a strong new technique to seize purchaser consideration and construct your model. Sad to say, most businesses never know how what OTT advertising is and how it can function for them.   Related web site posts and methods:   Retain examining to learn how this new advertising technique can enhance your own company’s baseline!   What Is OTT Promotion?   We have set together information to aid you to comprehend how about the major promoting can operate for your corporation. First, though, it’s significant to define what this form of promotion truly is.   The phrase “over the top” does not refer to some kind of outlandish marketing techniques. Alternatively, it refers to ads intended for electronic gadgets.   The increase of around the top advertising and marketing shows us how considerably things are altering in the modern-day purchaser landscape. Only put, classic commercials subject less and fewer as a lot more shoppers find digital strategies to view…

THEO 203: Social Justice and Injustice SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUE BRIEF ASSIGNMENT   You will write an empirical “issue brief” on your social justice research topic. This is not a formal paper with an introduction, thesis, argument and conclusion. The point is to present empirical information about your issue as clearly as possible, assuming an audience that is intelligent but does not have the information that you now possess about that issue. It should be organized in a way that best helps your audience (me and your fellow students) to understand the issue. I can provide some models for you. Your paper should be from 1200-1500 words. The paper is due Thursday, March 19, before class (please email a Word doc to me at ssull1@luc.edu).   Some questions you may want to discuss (specifics will depend upon your issue): what is the situation you are addressing? How did the situation emerge? Whose actions fostered this situation? Whose interests are at stake in this situation? Who benefits/who suffers? Should things be different, and if so, how? Are there differing opinions about this?…

software process improvement Saastamoinen Ilmari and Markku Tukiainen. 2004. Software Process Improvement in Small and Medium Sized Software Enterprises in Eastern Finland: A State-of-the-Practice Study. T. Dingsøyr (Ed.): EuroSPI (2004), 69–78. Summary The article presents the results of a study conducted by the University of Joensuu in collaboration with small and medium-sized software firms. The study intended to evaluate the impacts of software process assessment and improvement to understand how they defined by organizations. The findings revealed that most of the practices and processes are far from being adequately defined and systematically implemented. Strengths The paper is systematically arranged, from the introduction to the conclusion. The scholars have used different subtitles to report everything that transpired in the study, leading to inherent conclusions, thus making it concise for the readers. Weaknesses The paper fails to provide detailed information about the profiles of the population sample as well as the procedures that were used to collect and analyze data. In a complex subject like software engineering, it would be critical to make such information available to enable the readers to understand…

Vedanta Resources Limited analysis Company Background Vedanta Resources Limited is a globally diversified firm that deals with natural resources with interests in iron ore, zinc, lead, silver, copper, steel, aluminum, power, oil, and gas. The organization operates in Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, India, Ireland, and Australia. The firm has been in the mining industry since 1976, after being founded by Anil Agarwal. The company was listed on the stock exchange in India in 1988 and also became the first Indian manufacturing firm to be listed by the London stock exchange in 2003. Vedanta Resources also owns several subsidiary companies such as Hindustan Zinc Limited, Bharat Aluminium Company, and Madras Aluminium Company. Besides, Vedanta also has a significant stake in Sesa Goa, an iron ore exporter. The organization has been growing by acquiring stakes in other mining companies. In 2004, Vedanta acquired a 51 percent stake in Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia. The company works with different contractors within the countries it operates and has more than 65,000 employees around the globe. The corporation’s current CEO and founder Anil Agarwal owns…

WE Telecom Egypt’s Internal and competitive Environment WE Telecom Egypt WE Telecom Egypt is the leading mobile network company in Egypt. It operates under a mobile network infrastructure branded as WE. The history of the company dates back to 1854 when it deployed its first telegraph line (WE Telecom Egypt, 2020). Telecom Egypt became a fully registered mobile operator on August 31, 2016, after it agreed to pay €713.14 million for licensing of the 4G network (WE Telecom Egypt, 2020). However, the WE mobile network was launched in 2017 after following the acquisition of the LTE 4G network in 2016 (WE Telecom Egypt, 2020). This essay analyzes the company’s internal environment as well as its competitive environment. Analysis of WE Telecom Egypt’s Internal Environment The SWOT tool is used to analyze the company’s internal and external environment by analyzing its strength, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (Gürel & Tat, 2017). However, this discussion is only limited to analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of WE Telecom Egypt since they are the factors that compromise the internal environment. Strengths The company has a…