Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Cathy Shaw
Professor Etta Steed
BUS499 Business Administration Capstone 16 January 2016
Globalization changes have impacted Burger King in the following ways; since the company began in 1953 with its first restaurant in Jacksonville, Florida and opened several locations across the United States, the company began its international expansion in 1969 with its first international franchise location in Canada, followed by Australia in 1971, and Europe in 1975. The setting up of franchises outside the United States was as a result of fast food opportunities arising outside the United States. So as to fully integrate in the international market, Burger King had to adopt and embrace
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The companies’ vision statement is, “to be the most profitable quality service restaurant business, with use of its franchise system and workforce while serving the best burgers in the world”. The vision statement states where the company wants to be in the future. In its vision statement, the company states that it wants to be the most profitable quality service restaurant business in the world. A vision statement encourages the companies’ employees to be focused and to know what the company wants to achieve in the future (Anthony et. al. 2013). The mission statement communicates to stakeholders the main activities that the company focuses on in order for it to achieve its vision. The mission statement communicates to employees’ information on how to conduct their day to day activities. The mission statements also describe the organizations, policies, culture as well as ethics (Alesia 2013). Burger King has external stakeholders and internal stakeholders that are part of its success. The company sells its products in its 13,000 outlets in 79 countries worldwide. Its global sales in the year 2014 were $23 billion. High sales have enabled the company to be sustainable. The company also partners with financiers to help fund acquisitions such as $9.4 billion debt financing agreements with JP Morgan and Wells
Fargo. The company also acquires finances from financial
An unsuccessful attempt to expand into US markets also puts the companies at risk for experiencing loss in capital. Many new stores will have to be designed and built in the US markets in convenient locations. One must recall that Wendy’s absorbed the company in 1995, and only 11 years later spun it off as its own company again. Wendy’s could not figure out how to successfully expand Tim Hortons in the US, which makes one wonder if Burger King will be any different. It has been proven before through the example of Wendy’s and Krispy Kreme that it is difficult to penetrate markets across borders (Hemmadi, 2014).
This report demonstrates the evaluation of current performance of JD Sports Company. Method of Analysis includes Ansoff’s matrix and Porter’s generic growth strategies to discuss the nature of the market which JD Sports invest in. The financial methods are including the flexibility and stability of JD sports which judged by the liquidity, current ratio, operation capital, gearing and profit margin of this company. These figures could be collected from the annual report or balance sheet. This report analyzed the JD sport’s position in the market, and used generic and external growth method to expand market size. Such as acquired a lot stores to improve business profitability. Obviously, JD has expanded to the European
The reason behind the growth of Burger King is its advertising tactics. Burger King sells unique burgers, such as
The company was founded in 1953 as Insta-Burger King in Jacksonville, Florida. After it hit some financial difficulties in 1954, David Edgerton and James McLamore bought the company and renamed it Burger King. In 1957, the Whopper became the first major addition to the menu, and has been Burger King's signature product since. Burger King's menu has expanded from a basic offering of burgers, French fries, sodas, and milkshakes to a larger and more diverse set of products making it similar to the McDonald’s menu. As of December 31, 2016, Burger King had 15,738 outlets in 100 countries. Burger King serves more than 11 million customers every day around the world. Burger King is the second largest fast food hamburger chain in the
The organizational hierarchy and economic conditions directly impacts the roles and functions of business leaders. Therefore, it is imperative that one reviews organizational structure in order to understand leadership traits and characteristics. Due to the constantly evolving economy, companies are aiming to adopt a more elastic strategic management configuration so as to assist the maximization of the employee satisfaction and to get rid of any inflexibility in the organizational structures that obstruct communication. Project-based (or task-based) organizational compositions (PBO) facilitate the companies to be more elastic as this employee structure comprises of transitory project teams and responsibilities which are softened after the necessary aims have been attained (DeFillippi & Arthur.1998: Hobday, 2000; Turner & Keegan, 2001).
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Portfolio analysis is a technique, similar in some respects to capital budgeting but usually at the business rather than project level, used to examine the relative value of the various businesses, subsidiaries, or other units within a company, and to determine if a balanced "mix" has been achieved. This helps corporate-level planners reach a better understanding of the competitive position of the overall portfolio of businesses, to suggest strategic alternatives for the businesses, to understand the value of acquiring new businesses, and, overall, to develop priorities for resource allocation. Often, this is done through use of portfolio matrices, a set of graphic displays that help managers visualize the portfolio along two dimensions: usually an external dimension related to the overall attractiveness of the industry, and an internal one that relates to the strength of the business within that industry.
A big name just doesn’t appear out of no where. There has to be some sort of beginning or a start that made Burger King to what it is today. Everything has a history. Everything has a history of failure and success especially Burger King. In 1954, Insta Burger King was opened in Miami by an ambitious fellows named David Edgerton, and James Mclamore. At that time burgers were selling 18 cents! Even a milkshake was a mere 18 cents! Can you believe it?! Imagine what it would be like if that was still true to this day. Shortly after its beginning, David was challenged by his co founders thus changing the name to Burger King of Miami Inc. This marked the continuous changes for at least 5 decades. However during those changes, McDonalds became its
Because of struggling sales and the growth of burger chains across the county and the demands of changing lifestyles Burger King and other fast food chains are beginning to struggle not only with maintaining the current customer base but to attract more customers.
Where the mission statement is there to clearly state the purpose of the creation of the business the vision statement is created to state the ultimate goals of the company. This statement answers the question “what does our business what to become?” and guides all employees within the organization towards that ultimate goal. The vision statement for
Burger King prefers to enter markets with more youth and shopping centers. I believe this is so because generally, the youth tend to prefer fast food over traditional food. Also the age factors i.e. 18-35yr olds generally tend to known as the ‘busy generation’, making it more convenient to open locations where these people can grab food and go. Lastly, shopping malls are an ideal setting for a fast food restaurant because shoppers would prefer to spend more time shopping that waiting for
A mission statement describes the objective of a company or an organization. It shortly defines the overall goal and clarifies why the company exists (Griffin,1990). A mission statement should indicate some core points..
Burger King is the second largest fast food chain in the world, following behind the mighty McDonalds. Burger King was founded in a Miami, Florida, suburb in 1954 by James McLamore and David Edgerton, following a visit to the original McDonalds in San Bernadino, California. Sensing that Dick and Mac McDonald were on to something big, the partners created their own version of the fast food genre and named it Burger King.
Burger King was originally a strong competitor for McDonalds, but that has changed. Perhaps the reason is that Burger King has changed hands many times since its inception and has been on and off the stock exchanges, whereas McDonald’s has not undergone all of these changes. It is not as if Burger King is not a competitor, however, as this organization still has $4.5 billion in sales as an organization, with 4,743 restaurants (BK.com, 2014). The total restaurant count includes 402 international restaurants in 25 countries (BK.com,
Future- oriented: Strategic management encompasses forecasts, what is anticipated by the managers. In such decisions, emphasis is placed on the development of projections that will enable the firm to select the most promising strategic options. In the turbulent environment, a firm will succeed only if it takes a proactive stance towards change.