Global Economic Crisis Case Studies Samples For Students

Problem Statement

The Eleganzia Group is experiencing a significant decline in room occupancy, stiff competition from renowned group of hotels, decrease in revenues and regular changes in ownership rights. The global economic crisis is evident and Eleganzia Group must make a decision on how to circumvent this crisis. Should Eleganzia Group reduce their rates?

Objectives

The Eleganzia must continue being competitive in the hotel industry while offering quality service to its customers. Specific objectives include upholding customer value, extensive marketing strategy and continuous innovations.

Alternatives

- Include extras in the Half Board package
- Move to Semi-Inclusive package instead of Half-Board room rate and ...

Questions on Seen Case Study

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Discuss how the changing technological environment present threats and opportunities to the outsourcing of production from any single country of your choice.

In the present day business environment outsourcing has served as one of the most popular tools for management in almost every organization. Many companies both private and public continue to increase their business operations through outsourcing some of their services to outside vendors. There is an increasing debate among company managers regarding what to outsource and what to produce internally (Eliot, 1998). The high rate of change in technology is posing a lot of threats to ...

Background information

Commonly known for its position as the world’s largest private employer, Wal-Mart Stores Inc has two million employees across the world. The organization, which is a retail business with well over 8500 stores under fifty names, operates in fifteen countries. According to Fortune 500, Wal-Mart Stores Inc was the third largest corporation in the world in the year 2012. The multinational retailer is headquartered in Benton Ville, Arkansas. The organization is best known for the way in which it treats its employees. The members of staff at Wal-Mart Stores Inc are referred to as associates. This is a unique strategy ...

The World Bank Organization accounted for foreign direct investment or FDI in Malaysia as the net inflows of investment, i.e., new investment inflows minus disinvestment, in Malaysia made by foreign investors. FDI has been viewedas an important factor that promotes economic growth since it is a source of financing and development, and contributes to productivity gains by creating new investment, better technology, management expertise and export markets (Roy &Mandal, 2012). In particular, empirical studies on the impact of FDI on developing countries revealed that it has favorable impact on productivity and growth (Rodan, 1961; Chenery& Stout, 1966), induces increasing returns ...

Question 1

PEST analysis is used to describe components of the macro environment for strategic planning. It considers the political, economic, social, and technological factors of the external business environment. In context of the paper, several political, economic, social, and technological factors affect Aldi within the retail market.
1. Political
Politically, different governments have different political stability, trade tariffs, trade restrictions, environmental laws, labor laws, and tax policies. Aldi supermarket has presence in three continents, North America, Europe, and Asian Pacific. Government interventions in these regions will affect how it conducts business in the local markets. The interventions within ...