Case Study: Aquascutum Introduction Marketing has evolved through a change in production and consumption due to the advent of new technology (Ranchhod, 2004). The development of technology has also driven the globalisation of communication. During this period, consumers are facing a variety of choices (Jackson and Shaw, 2009). Thus, companies need to actively embrace these changing factors to grow their business and succeed in the marketplace. The marketplace has been dynamic and competition between companies in the same industry has been increasingly intense (Ranchhod, 2004). Having dynamic capabilities contributes to a company’s “long-term survival or competitive advantage” (Johnson et al., 2008: 84). This is especially essential …show more content…
The company stated due to the challenging UK conditions, it had been unable to reserve the situation. Section II. External Environment The environment is like a double-edged sword, providing companies opportunities but threats as well. Therefore, in an increasingly hostile marketplace, a systematic and careful environmental analysis is supposed to be considered by companies (Johnson et al, 2011). The macro-environment of a company can be analysed by the framework of PESTEL, which includes six categories: political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal (Johnson et al, 2011, Appendix A ). Economic Factors According to Elliott (2012), ‘Britain has had two successive quarters of negative growth and so is in a double-dip recession’, and this has influenced most UK’s companies. Aquascutum was one of them (Felsted, 2009). Due to the shortage of demands, Aquascutum has been suffering a tough period. As it shown by BBC news (2010), the UK Consumer Prices Index (CPI) annual inflation rate raised to 3.3% in November, 2010, increased by 0.1% from October, 2012. ‘Clothing prices also rose by a record amount - of 2% - between the two months, with the biggest price rises found in men's outerwear’ (UK inflation rate rises to 3.3% in November, 2010). Retail Prices Index (RPI) inflation rose by 0.2% to 4.7%, which includes mortgage
Another economical factor which is able to influence the operational activities of the Eden Project is the unemployment rates in England. The unemployment rates in England are increasing. A survey conducted by Recruitment and Employment Confederation suggest a continued weakening in the UK jobs market. (Bbc.co.uk., 2010)
Macro environment comprises external forces that organisation cannot directly control, instead organisation need to manage their macro environment in a way that benefits them ("The Macro Environment & Pest Analysis", 2016). The PESTLE analysis is the most widely recognized approach for considering the external business environment (Gupta, 2013). PESTLE analysis stands for Political, Economic, Social, and Technological, Legal and environmental analysis and describe a framework of macro environmental factors utilized as a part of the environmental scanning component of strategic management. Generally, all the PESTLE factors might not important for all types of industry its depends up industry nature or size. This PESTLE analysis is based on Accor Hotels in Australia which is a famous and globally recognise hospitality brand.
Trends are always changing in the marketing world. It is important for companies to stay up to date on new trends in the marketing world. To stay up to date on these trends integrated marketing must take place and that allows for
With this in mind, the PESTEL model was developed to give researchers and practitioners a framework in which to consider the broader business environment. PESTEL stands for Political, Economic, Social, Technological, Environmental and Legal. Furthermore, a PESTEL analysis is a technique that evaluates the potential impact of political, economic, social, technological, environmental, legal factors on an organization. This set of factors represents a broad set of industry and environmental considerations that any organization should make when designing strategic goals
The plumbing system in the United Kingdom is very inconsistent due to the varying age of the buildings making shower temperature and pressure challenging to control. Aqualisa designed the Quartz system to address these issues by integrating an electronic controller into the plumbing of the shower unit. After development and field testing, most believed this would take over the market and propel Aqualisa into a powerful position in the shower industry. Unfortunately, sales struggled and many believed the Quartz system would become a niche product selling only to the technological elite. The quick answer would be to more aggressively market the product with hopes that increased exposure
Teece, Pisano, and Shuen (1997) argued that dynamic capabilities permit firms to reconfigure, create, and integrate internal and external resources capabilities to maintain a strategic performance. The successful of strategic performance is by adequately use the company’s recourses to challenge the rapid changing of business competitive environments. A successful firm adopts dynamic capabilities to enable renew of the operational resources to gain the position of competitive advantages. The dynamic capabilities enhance the business of competitive advantages by enabling the creation and modification of firm’s recourse. By the dynamic capabilities, the firm analysis the external opportunities toward achieving the competitive position. Dynamic capabilities utilized organizational resources to enhance growth and adoption of environmental change (Teece et al., 1997). Some company use dynamic capabilities by modifying the current recourse to match the needs of the business competition. As stated by Lin & Wu (2014) the primary goal of the resource-based approach is on is on leveraging current organizational capabilities for gaining and sustaining competitive advantage.
To my consideration, I’d advice Pamphilius the following. First of all, I’d recognize that when field C was sold to Pamphilius it should have been established what benefits the field had. However, this data is not given to me.
2 Abstract In the past 15 years, the IBM Company has undergone a remarkable transformation from a struggling seller of hardware to a successful broad range solutions provider. Underlying this change is a story of foresighted strategy and disciplined execution—of connecting knowing to doing. In strategic terms, the IBM transformation illustrates the ideas behind dynamic capabilities, showing how the
External analysis of general environment will be done using PESTEL which refers to how the political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal environment affects an organization. Below will be a diagram of PESTEL, followed by a brief explanation of each factor and their examples.
Recently, marketing strategies have been changed drastically, the way sales forces promote the products and sell them; the communication with the clients, suppliers and staffs, the way organization reach target market share and the way they distribute goods. The basic reason for all this to happen is massive evolution of technology and matching opening of global markets.
In this view, dynamic capabilities are embedded in organizational processes or routines around coordination, learning, and transformation and allow a firm to sense opportunities and then to seize them by successfully allocating resources, often by adjusting existing competencies or developing new ones. These capabilities underpin the organization’s ability to maintain ecological fitness and, when necessary, to reconfigure existing assets and develop the new skills needed to address emerging threats and opportunities
“The U.K. 's vote to leave the European Union has buffeted companies in Britain and beyond. Some have warned of earnings hits, possible headquarters moves, or cost cuts linked to the referendum, while others have put deals on hold.”
Although the current economic situation has proved disastrous for many of the companies, there is though a prosperous segment that not only managed to survive the crisis but had the opposite tendency to
Helfat’s (1997) article is written to examine the theory of dynamic capability. Helfat cites Teece and Pisano’s (1994: 541) definition as “the subset of the competences/capabilities which allow the firm to create new products and processes and respond to changing market circumstances” (Helfat, 1997 : 339). Helfat examines how complimentary assets in a firm can influence their dynamic capabilities. Specifically, how a firm is able to use current assets, such as economies of scope, to respond to a dynamic market.
Many organizations are adopting the dynamic capability concept especially in the management department in the aspect of strategic management. Teece, Pisano and shuen., (1997) defines this concept as the ability of an organization to build, reconfigure and integrate external and internal competencies in order to manage the rapidly changing environment. This concept is an extension of the Resource Base View in the context of its ability to adapt to change in technology. The ability of an organization to attain competitive advantage in the market is subject to innovation. Dynamic capability is unique because of competitive market position and path dependency.