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McDonald's Globalization Franchising Strategy
By Past Excellent Student
December X, 201X
Introduction: McDonald’s Origin and Background
“The success of McDonald's is the business equivalent of the American Dream” (Home, 1). Richard and Maurice McDonald, the founding brothers of McDonald’s, had a vision in their mind from the beginning. At first in 1940, they came up with the idea to completely move their father’s food stand into a completely new building and renamed it from “The Airdrome” to “McDonald’s Bar-B-Que” with twenty-five items listed on the menu. In October of 1948, after running their restaurant for a few years, they realized that most of their profits were from the hamburgers compared to their other menu items, therefore, they closed down this restaurant to open a more streamline restaurant with a simple menu of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, potato chips, coffee, soft drinks, and apple pie. After a year, they swapped the apple pie and potato chips with milkshakes and French fries. Eventually after continual improvement, they joined up with Ray Kroc, a seller of Prince Castle brand Multimixer Milkshake Machines, where the McDonald brothers were using eight of his machines, so Kroc went to check out their restaurant.
After visiting, Kroc believed in them and gave them the idea franchise their restaurants throughout the country. They were skeptical at first but eventually agreed with it and McDonald’s first franchise opened in Illinois in 1955. Eventually, Kroc bought out the McDonald brother for 2.7 million dollars and then the fast food restaurant really began to take off. Kroc realized he needed to create an image for the restaurant that would make it stand out compared to others. The main two aspects that McDonald’s adopted early on that made the chain restaurant stand out is the famous double arch “M” was created along with assigning Ronald McDonald to be the face for the restaurant. Nowadays, it does not matter where you are visiting a McDonalds because it will be a very similar experience regardless of the location. With that being said, that highlights the vision of Ray Kroc, which helps with their strategic approach and their global franchising for continuous success and growth within their fast food chain.
McDonald’s Growth
There are thousands of McDonald restaurants around the world, and they are still continuing to grow, which makes them one of the top franchising companies in the world. When Kr ...
Reference Hitt, M. A., Miller, C. C., & Colella, A. (2015). O.docxlorent8
Reference:
Hitt, M. A., Miller, C. C., & Colella, A. (2015). Organizational behavior. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.
· Read Chapter 3 below, "Organizational Behavior in a Global Context," pages 72–101.
Organizational Behavior in a Global Context
Knowledge Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Define globalization and discuss the forces that influence this phenomenon.
2. Discuss three types of international involvement by associates and managers and describe problems that can arise with each.
3. Explain how international involvement by associates and managers varies across firms.
4. Describe high-involvement management in the international arena, emphasizing the adaptation of this management approach to different cultures.
5. Identify and explain the key ethical issues in international business.
Exploring Behavior in Action
McDonald's Thinks Globally and Acts Locally
In 1948, brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California. Over the next decade, hundreds of McDonald's restaurants were built alongside the new interstate highway systems in the United States. McDonald's was one of the first restaurants to make fast food available to the newly mobile American population. In 1967, McDonald's decided to go international and opened its first restaurant outside the United States in Richmond, British Columbia. Today there are more than 34,000 McDonald's restaurants in 119 countries. And, its international operations have become highly important to McDonald's financial performance. For example, its restaurants in Europe now produce more revenues than its restaurants in the United States, despite the fact that McDonald's has more units in the United States. McDonald's success in international operations is partially because it has adapted to the unique cultural norms in each of its various foreign locations.
Trying to maintain a global brand is difficult because of the different cultural expectations experienced across different countries. It is important to ensure a positive reputation for the company and also maintain the quality of its products. So, McDonald's had to build and sustain a reputation for quality products and efficient service globally while simultaneously meeting consumer expectations across different cultures. McDonald's developed a competitive advantage because the company has taken steps to know, understand, and service customers' needs without compromising its core strengths (fast, easy, clean meals for families to enjoy). McDonald's has developed global packaging that promotes its brand but also provides nutritional information, and does so in the local language showing sensitivity to the local culture. And, the colors of the packaging and promotions are different across countries. For example, the familiar McDonald's red background was changed to green in Europe communicating an environment friendly image to communicate effectively with the envir.
1. Primary sources2. Secondary sources3. La Malinche4. Bacon’s.docxvannagoforth
1. Primary sources
2. Secondary sources
3. La Malinche
4. Bacon’s rebellion
5. Robert Carter III
6. Mesoamerica
7. Middle Passage
8. Indentured servitude
9. The Jefferson-Hemings Controversy
10. Triangular trade
11. Saint Dominique Revolt
12. Syncretism
13. Olaudah Equiano
14. Christopher Columbus
15. Columbian Moment
16. Hernan Cortes
17. Florentine Codex
18. Master Narrative of American History
19. Reconquista
20. The Paradox of Slavery
21. Indian Removal Act 1830
22. Trail of Tears
23. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
24. Niños Heroes (Heroic Children)
25. Antonio López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón
26. The Royal Africa Company
27. John Locke
28. St. Patrick’s Battalion
29. Chilam Balam
30. Popol Vuh
31. El requerimiento (The Requirement)
32. Manifest Destiny
33. Moses and Stephen F. Austin
34. Colonialism
35. Colonial Legacy
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· Read Chapter 3 below, "Organizational Behavior in a Global Context," pages 72–101.
Organizational Behavior in a Global Context
Knowledge Objectives
After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1. Define globalization and discuss the forces that influence this phenomenon.
2. Discuss three types of international involvement by associates and managers and describe problems that can arise with each.
3. Explain how international involvement by associates and managers varies across firms.
4. Describe high-involvement management in the international arena, emphasizing the adaptation of this management approach to different cultures.
5. Identify and explain the key ethical issues in international business.
Exploring Behavior in Action
McDonald's Thinks Globally and Acts Locally
In 1948, brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald opened the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California. Over the next decade, hundreds of McDonald's restaurants were built alongside the new interstate highway systems in the United States. McDonald's was one of the first restaurants to make fast food available to the newly mobile American population. In 1967, McDonald's decided to go international and opened its first restaurant outside the United States in Richmond, British Columbia. Today there are more than 34,000 McDonald's restaurants in 119 countries. And, its international operations have become highly important to McDonald's financial performance. For example, its restaurants in Europe now produce more revenues than its restaurants in the United States, despite the fact that McDonald's has more units in the United States. McDonald's success in international operations is partially because it has adapted to the unique cultural norms in each of its various foreign locations.
Trying to maintain a global brand is difficult because of the different cultural expectations experienced across different countries. It is important to ensure a positive reputation for the company and also maintain the quality of its products. So, McDonald's had to build and sustain a reputation for quality products and efficient service globally while simultaneously meeting consumer expectations across different cultures. McDonald's developed a competitive advantage because the company has taken steps to know, understand, and service customers' needs without compromising its core strengths (fast, easy, clean meals for families to enjoy). McDonald's has developed global packaging that promotes its brand but also provides nutritional information, and does so in the local language showing sensitivity to the local culture. And, the colors of the packaging and promotions are different across countries. For example, the familiar McDonald's red background was changed to green in Europe communicating an environment friendly image to communicate effectively with the envir.
1. Primary sources2. Secondary sources3. La Malinche4. Bacon’s.docxvannagoforth
1. Primary sources
2. Secondary sources
3. La Malinche
4. Bacon’s rebellion
5. Robert Carter III
6. Mesoamerica
7. Middle Passage
8. Indentured servitude
9. The Jefferson-Hemings Controversy
10. Triangular trade
11. Saint Dominique Revolt
12. Syncretism
13. Olaudah Equiano
14. Christopher Columbus
15. Columbian Moment
16. Hernan Cortes
17. Florentine Codex
18. Master Narrative of American History
19. Reconquista
20. The Paradox of Slavery
21. Indian Removal Act 1830
22. Trail of Tears
23. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
24. Niños Heroes (Heroic Children)
25. Antonio López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón
26. The Royal Africa Company
27. John Locke
28. St. Patrick’s Battalion
29. Chilam Balam
30. Popol Vuh
31. El requerimiento (The Requirement)
32. Manifest Destiny
33. Moses and Stephen F. Austin
34. Colonialism
35. Colonial Legacy
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1. Prepare
an outline
,
an introduction
, and
a summary
on the article selected. It s
hould be
a report of at least 4 page
double spaced.
2. Prepare a 4
PowerPoint slides
from the report.
NOTE
: See the attachment below to review the article.
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1. Normative moral philosophy typically focuses on the determining the right action for a person to perform in a given situation. First, how specifically is Aristotle’s virtue ethics focused slightly differently? Next, Aristotle thought that virtues are traits of character that manifest themselves through habitual activity and that are good for anyone to have. What are some of the virtuous traits to have according to Aristotle and how does acting in accordance with them over time bring about “correct” moral action? What does it mean to act in a morally correct way according to Aristotle?
Directions:
Please provide detailed and elaborate responses to the following questions. Your responses should include examples from the reading assignments. Each response should be at least one half of one page in length and utilize APA format.
1. According to virtue ethicists, how are virtues acquired?
2. What is situationist psychology?
3. List and briefly describe one of the criticisms of virtue ethics.
4. What is "The Golden Mean?"
5. Why is virtue ethics particularly well-suited to the medical profession?
PART I:
Directions:
The following problems ask you to evaluate hypothetical situations and/or concepts related to the reading in this module. While there are no "correct answers" for these problems, you must demonstrate a strong understanding of the concepts and lessons from this module's reading assignment. Please provide detailed and elaborate responses to the following problems. Your responses should include examples from the reading assignments and should utilize APA guidelines. Responses that fall short of the assigned minimum page length will not earn any points.
1.
Think of a profession you are considering as a career: engineering, or perhaps law or accounting or teaching. Could you develop a distinctive set of virtues for that profession? That is, are there some virtues that would be particularly important for members of that profession? Your response should be at least one page in length.
2. An important distinction for virtue theorists is between people who are happy and people who are flourishing. Do you know anyone (a public figure or an acquaintance) whom you would count as happy but not flourishing?
Your response should be at least one half of one page in length.
3. I have lived a dissolute life for many years: a life devoted to excessive eating, heavy drinking, laziness, deceitfulness, and pettiness. At age 45, I awaken one morning in the gutter, painfully sober after a three-day binge, and I resolve to change my ways and pursue virtue. In your opinion, how long would it make me to become a virtuous person? Could I become virtuous in an hour? A week? A month? Ever?
Your response should be at least one page in length.
4. Suppose Dan is dying from an unknown disease. He is wealthy and will give half of his money to anyone who can save his life. Joe, not know.
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1. Paper should be 5-pages min. + 1 page works cited
2. Should have at least 10 annotated sources (copy article onto word, highlight main point, write a few sentences about how it'll help you in writing the paper at the bottom of page)
3
. Should have an INTRO, NARRATION, ARGUMENTS, REFUTATION, CONCUSION
4. Use in-text citations and have organized mla format works cited page
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Research Paper Outline
Title: Rebellious Libya
Thesis: The United States should not get involved with Libya’s conflicts.
I.
Introduction:
A.
Start with the question, what is war? Explain briefly.
B.
Talk about the wars of the United States.
C.
What were the outcomes of some of those wars?
II.
Narration:
A.
Give some background on Libya.
B.
Explain how Col. Muammar Gaddafi became the leader of Libya
C.
Talk about why the citizens of Libya want to overthrow Gaddafi.
D.
Explain why the people feel that the United States should get involved in Libya’s conflicts.
III.
Partition:
A.
Thesis: I believe that the United States should not get involve with Libya’s conflicts.
B.
Essay Map.
1.
Cost of war.
2.
Using money in other Departments other defense.
3.
Killing innocent civilians and soldiers.
4.
Helping unknown rebels
5.
Involvement of foreign wars
IV.
Arguments:
A.
The cost of war is rising by the minute. The Obama Administration proposed a budget of $553 billion dollars for the department.
B.
Instead of spending all that money on war, we should be investing that money on health care and education.
C.
This conflict has caused the lives of many innocent civilians. NATO openly admitted to have killed innocent civilians, due to misguidance.
D.
The rebels fighting against Gaddafi are in need of military supplies. I don’t think that it is a good idea to help unknown rebels. We helped the Afghanistan rebels when they were fighting Russia. After they were victorious, they later became the “Taliban” and used those weapons to attack the US.
E.
Getting involved in foreign wars is not a good idea. The US has been involved in many foreign wars lately. These wars have been in foreign countries where Islam is the prominent religion. Libya is one of these countries. The involvement of the US in these places, builds a bad reputation worldwide and among the Muslim community.
V.
Refutation:
A.
Gaddafi’s actions against the civilians of Libya are totally wrong. Killing your own people is bad and therefore, we should help the rebels overthrow him.
B.
Gaddafi has been in power for many years. In fact, he holds the record for most years in power in a single country. This type of power can potentially lead to corruption and mistreatment of civilians.
C.
The people of Libya deserve to have democracy. They should have the right to elect their own leader.
D.
If Al Qaeda is threatening NATO and Libyan mercenaries then we should help them fight terrorism.
VI.
Conclusion:
A.
Summarize my arguments.
B.
State why we should not get involve with Libya’s conf.
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1. Name and describe the three steps of the 'looking-glass self'.
2. List and describe the three stages in George Mead's model of human development.
3. Piaget developed a four-stage process to explain how children develop reasoning skills. List each and give an example of one of the stages.
4. Briefly summarize the three elements of Freud's theory of personality and explain why sociologist have negative reactions to his analysis.
5. How does the mass media reinforce society's expectations of gender?
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1. Mexico and Guatemala. Research the political and economic situati.docxvannagoforth
1. Mexico and Guatemala. Research the political and economic situation of these countries and write about their peculiar circumstances.
2. Honduras, El Salvador and Panama. Research the political and economic situation of these countries and write about their peculiar circumstances.
3. Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Research the ecological and political situation of these countries and write about their peculiar circumstances.
4. Colombia and Ecuador. Research about the truths and myths about this two countries and write about your impressions on these stereotypes.
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1. Many scholars have set some standards to judge a system for taxat.docxvannagoforth
1. Many scholars have set some standards to judge a system for taxation for its validity. How can you decide if a tax is good or bad?
You can consider these five following principles for your Discussion. What do these issues mean? How do you think they matter?
Adequacy Equity Exportability Neutrality Simplicity
What other tax revenue systems could you consider? How do you think they would be better or worse?
2. What role do taxes play in political issues?
3. What is your opinion of a flat tax as some politicians have proposed?
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1. List and (in 1-2 sentences) describe the 4 interlocking factors t.docxvannagoforth
1. List and (in 1-2 sentences) describe the 4 interlocking factors that led to the ourbreak of world war 1
2. Explain the difference between and authoritarian regime and a totalitarian regime.
3. List and (in 1-2 sentences) describe the 5 factors that led to the ourbreak of world war 2.
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1. Please explain how the Constitution provides for a system of sepa.docxvannagoforth
1. Please explain how the Constitution provides for a system of separation of powers and checks and balances. Provide a fully developed essay of at least 500 words, and cite sources used.
2. Describe how a bill becomes a law at the national level, in a fully developed essay of at least 500 words. Support your work with cited sources, references to Lecture Notes, or URLs where you obtained your information.
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1. Please watch the following The Diving Bell & The Butterfly, Amel.docxvannagoforth
1. Please watch the following: The Diving Bell & The Butterfly, Amelie, The Lookout, A Single Man, Her, Little Children, and An Education and
Please respond to the films. In particular, respond to how the film develops the identity of a single character for an audience, and which you responded to (either the characters themselves or the way the film constructed the character) the most, or the least please , 10 sentence min and no plagiariasm also it has to be
followowed exactly whats written here.
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2. What is the difference between basic sociology and applied sociology?
3. List and describe the eight steps of the scientific research model.
4. Discuss the importance of ethics in social research. Define what is meant by ethics.
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1. Members of one species cannot successfully interbreed and produc.docxvannagoforth
1. Members of one species cannot successfully interbreed and produce fertile offspring with members of other species. This idea is known as
a. reproductive success.
b. punctuated evolution.
c. adaptive radiation.
d. the biological species concept.
e. geographic isolation.
2. The origin of new species, the extinction of species, and the evolution of major new features of living things are all changes that result from
a. macroevolution.
b. fitness.
c. speciation.
d. the biological species concept.
e. convergent evolution.
3. Which is a barrier that can contribute to reproductive isolation?
a. timing
b. behavior
c. habitat
d. incompatible reproductive structures
e. all of the above
4. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Horses and donkeys are separate species.
b. Two mules can mate and produce fertile offspring.
c. A horse and a donkey can mate and produce offspring.
d. Two donkeys can mate and produce fertile offspring.
e. Two horses can mate and produce fertile offspring.
5. The evolution of the penguin’s wing from a wing suited for flying to a “flipper-wing” used for swimming is an example of
a. refinement of existing adaptations.
b. reproductive isolation.
c. adaptation of existing structures to new functions.
d. inheritance of acquired characteristics.
e. the biological species concept.
6. Which of the following have been preserved as fossils?
a. dinosaur footprints
b. insects preserved in amber
c. petrified plant remains
d. animal bones
e. all of the above
7. The mass extinctions that included the dinosaurs took place during which period?
a. Cambrian (543–510 million years ago)
b. Devonian (409–363 million years ago)
c. Carboniferous (363–290 million years ago)
d. Jurassic (206–144 million years ago)
e. Cretaceous (144–65 million years ago)
8. The development of the complex, camera-like eye of a mammal is an example of
a. refinement of existing adaptations.
b. reproductive isolation.
c. adaptation of existing structures to new functions.
d. inheritance of acquired characteristics.
e. the biological species concept.
9. Which of the following statements is true?
a. Carbon-14 dating is useful for studying the age of early dinosaur fossils.
b. Carbon-14 has a half-life of 5,730 years.
c. Uranium-238 has a very short half-life.
d. Uranium-238 is present in all organisms.
e. Carbon-12 is not found in living plants.
10. Which of the following provides the best explanation for why Australia has so many organisms unique to that continent?
a. punctuated equilibrium
b. the biological species concept
c. convergent evolution
d. continental drift
e. cladistics
11. Scientists think that a meteor that fell in ____________________ may have led to the extinction of the dinosaurs.
a. Australia
b. the Yucatán peninsula
c. The Galápagos Islands
d. Pangaea
e. India
12. The great diversit.
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2.Carbohydrates are very important sources of energy for life. Plants and arthropods also use carbohydrates as components of structures that are very important for their existence. Provide the names of the two most important carbohydrate based structures (one for plants and one for arthropods) and the carbohydrate components that are used to form them.
3._____________ _____________ are joined by ______________ bonds to form proteins.
4.Proteins can be used for several functions. Provide examples of structural and metabolic functions of proteins.
5.Describe the phosholipid bilayer of the plasma membrane. Why is this bilayer important for the formation of cells and the sequestration of chemical reactions within the cell?
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2. Look at your diagrams for fluorine and chlorine. What do they have in common?
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1. Name the following molecules2. Sketch the following molecules.docxvannagoforth
1. Name the following molecules:
2. Sketch the following molecules:
3-cyclohexenone
4-ethyl 2,2,5-trimethyl 3-hexanone
ethyl butyrate
pentanoic acid
2-chloro 4-methyl 2,5-heptadienal
3,4-dichloro 4-ethyl octanal
p-chloro phenol
3-bromo 2-chloro 4-methyl hexane
3-cyclopropyl 1,2-cyclopentanediol
methyl phenyl ether
3,5-dimethyl 2-heptene-4,5-diol
3. Give two different uses for ethanol.
4. Name two categories of organic compounds (alkanes, aldehydes…) that have very strong characteristic odours.
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1. List the horizontal and vertical levels of systems that exist in .docxvannagoforth
1. List the horizontal and vertical levels of systems that exist in organizations.
2.
Describe at least five steps involved in systems integration
3.
What is the role of ERP systems in system integration?
4. Why do you think functional silos are not appropriate for today's organization? Discuss your answer from organizational and technical perspectives.
5. Pick an organization that you know of or where you are/were working and provide examples of logical and physical integration issues that were faced by the organization when they broke the functional silos and moved to integrated systems.
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1. Kemal Ataturk carried out policies that distanced the new Turkish.docxvannagoforth
1. Kemal Ataturk carried out policies that distanced the new Turkish republic of the 1920s from the Ottoman past. Why? What specific policies did Ataturk pursue? 2. Why many Arabs felt betrayed by the British (and the French) after the First World War? 3. Discuss at least three features of patrimonial leadership. List three or more Middle Eastern states where such type of political leadership persists 4. Describe the key processes (both internal and external) that initiated political and economic disintegration of the Ottoman Empire in the nineteenth century. 5. European military superiority in the late eighteenth century prompted Ottoman rulers to respond with what specific political measures? 6. The Zionist political movement originated in Europe rather than in the Middle East. Explain why and how. 7. After the Second World War, several Arab countries went through the process of transition from constitutional monarchies to republics. Identify three such countries and describe the course of events that brought about this transition. 8. How is religious Zionism different from secular Zionism? What is the relevance of this difference for the creation of the state of Israel? Has the relative influence of the two remained stable since the creation of the Israeli state? 9. What was the principle source of political legitimacy of the Ottoman Empire? 10. While most Ottoman European provinces, riding the tide of the nineteenth century nationalism, sought and won independence from Istanbul, Ottoman Arab provinces maintained their political loyalty to the Ottomans. What explains this difference between Arab and European provinces? 11. Social and political forces in favor of a constitutional reform in Iran (1905-1911) were markedly different from the groups that promoted constitutional limitations on executive powers of the sultan in the Ottoman Empire prior to the First World War? Explain this difference. 12. What are some of the key features of Arab socialisms? Which Arab leaders adopted socialist ideology? Which Arab leaders were opposed to it? 13. After the First World War, the new Middle Eastern protectorates (e.g., Syria, Lebanon, Iraq) were expected to develop into modern secular states. What specific policies did France and Britain try to implement? How successful have theses policies been? 14. The 1967 war was a watershed event for all major actors in the Middle East. Explain the consequences of the war for domestic politics in Israel and Egypt respectively.
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1. If we consider a gallon of gas as having 100 units of energy, and.docxvannagoforth
1. If we consider a gallon of gas as having 100 units of energy, and 25 of those units are used to move the car, what law of thermodynamics accounts for the other 75 units of energy? (Points : 2)
the first law
the second law
2. Which of these is not a component of a molecule of adenosine triphosphate (ATP)? (Points : 3)
adenosine
phosphate
deoxyribose sugar
ribose sugar
3. Glycolysis is a sequence of ______ chemical reactions. (Points : 3)
nine
six
five
ten
4. Exergonic reactions produce products with a ___ energy level than that of the initial reactants. (Points : 3)
lower
higher
the same
5. When chemical X is reduced, which of these expressions would be an accurate representation of its reduced state? (Points : 3)
XO
XH
X
HX
6. Most enzymes are which kind of organic compound? (Points : 3)
carbohydrates
lipids
proteins
none of the above
7. The area on an enzyme where the substrate attaches is called the: (Points : 3)
active site
allosteric site
anabolic site
inactive site
8. Which of the following creatures would not be an autotroph? (Points : 3)
cactus
cyanobacteria
fish
palm tree
9. The process by which most of the world's autotrophs make their food is known as: (Points : 3)
glycolysis
photosynthesis
chemosynthesis
herbivory
10. Plants are the only organisms that use ATP for the transfer and storage of energy. (Points : 2)
True
False
11. The colors of light in the visible range (from longest wavelength to shortest) are: (Points : 3)
ROYGBIV
VIBGYOR
GRBIYV
ROYROGERS
12. Chlorophyll is a green pigment because it absorbs only the green part of the visible light spectrum. (Points : 2)
True
False
13. The photosynthetic pigment that is essential for the process to occur is: (Points : 3)
chlorophyll a
chlorophyll b
beta carotene
xanthocyanin
14. A photosystem is: (Points : 3)
a collection of hydrogen-pumping proteins
a series of electron-accepting proteins arranged in the thylakoid membrane
a collection of photosynthetic pigments arranged in a thylakoid membrane
found only in prokaryotic organisms
15. Which of these molecules is NOT a product of the Electron Transport System? (Points : 3)
ATP
Water
Pyruvate
NAD+
16. The dark reactions require all of these chemicals to proceed except: (Points : 3)
ATP
NADPH
carbon dioxide
oxygen
17. The structural unit of photosynthesis, where the photosystems are located, are called: (Points : 3)
chlorophylls
eukaryotes
stroma
thylakoids
18. Which of the following does NOT occur during the light independent process? (Points : 3)
CO2 is used to form carbohydrates
NADPH converts to NADP
ADP converts to ATP
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McDonald's Globalization Franchising Strategy
By Past Excellent Student
December X, 201X
Introduction: McDonald’s Origin and Background
“The success of McDonald's is the business equivalent of the
American Dream” (Home, 1). Richard and Maurice McDonald,
the founding brothers of McDonald’s, had a vision in their mind
from the beginning. At first in 1940, they came up with the
idea to completely move their father’s food stand into a
completely new building and renamed it from “The Airdrome”
to “McDonald’s Bar-B-Que” with twenty-five items listed on
the menu. In October of 1948, after running their restaurant for
a few years, they realized that most of their profits were from
the hamburgers compared to their other menu items, therefore,
2. they closed down this restaurant to open a more streamline
restaurant with a simple menu of hamburgers, cheeseburgers,
potato chips, coffee, soft drinks, and apple pie. After a year,
they swapped the apple pie and potato chips with milkshakes
and French fries. Eventually after continual improvement, they
joined up with Ray Kroc, a seller of Prince Castle brand
Multimixer Milkshake Machines, where the McDonald brothers
were using eight of his machines, so Kroc went to check out
their restaurant.
After visiting, Kroc believed in them and gave them the idea
franchise their restaurants throughout the country. They were
skeptical at first but eventually agreed with it and McDonald’s
first franchise opened in Illinois in 1955. Eventually, Kroc
bought out the McDonald brother for 2.7 million dollars and
then the fast food restaurant really began to take off. Kroc
realized he needed to create an image for the restaurant that
would make it stand out compared to others. The main two
aspects that McDonald’s adopted early on that made the chain
restaurant stand out is the famous double arch “M” was created
along with assigning Ronald McDonald to be the face for the
restaurant. Nowadays, it does not matter where you are visiting
a McDonalds because it will be a very similar experience
regardless of the location. With that being said, that highlights
the vision of Ray Kroc, which helps with their strategic
approach and their global franchising for continuous success
and growth within their fast food chain.
McDonald’s Growth
There are thousands of McDonald restaurants around the world,
and they are still continuing to grow, which makes them one of
the top franchising companies in the world. When Kroc
purchased McDonalds, he had a real vision of how he wanted it
to succeed and he set out to do so. According to the McDonald’s
website, Kroc wanted to open 1,000 locations in the United
3. States, and in 1967, he successfully did so. McDonald’s first
went global by opening restaurants in Canada and Puerto Rico.
According to McDonald’s corporate website, they have more
than 36,000 restaurants in over 100 countries. Also from the
website, the most recent opening was in Kazakhstan in
2016McDonald’s continual improvements and innovation will
help them to continue to grow and branch out to new locations.
One of the main reasons that they are successful at expanding to
new locations and cultures is how they focus on local
entrepreneurs around the world. By doing this, it helps them to
determine how they want to set up each McDonald’s that will
best fit that culture but to still keep it similar to the rest of the
restaurants around the globe. The entrepreneur of each franchise
is responsible for adapting and adjusting the improvements
whether it be the menu, appearance, price, and operations to
make sure that restaurant will be successful in that location.
“We know the most meaningful way to grow the business and
create value for all of our stakeholders is by serving more
customers more often. That’s why we’re focused on giving
customers what they really want: hot, delicious food served
quickly – with an overall experience and value for their money
that meets their rising expectations” (Our Growth Strategy, 2).
They have three key pillars that they focus on to continue to
grow which are, retain, regain, and convert. McDonald’s will
continue to grow with their velocity growth plan to make their
chain more up to date with their customer’s requests and needs.
McDonald’s Globalization Strategy and Franchising
Moving an organization to a global market is a big step
with many strategic considerations and decision-making skills.
When it comes to making a franchise successful, it comes with
big ups and downs with trial and error. One has to be willing to
take risks to figure out what really works the best for a business
and Ray Kroc ended up figuring out just what to do with
McDonald’s. “To achieve this, he chose a unique path:
4. persuading both franchisees and suppliers to buy into his vision,
working not for McDonald’s but for themselves, together with
McDonald’s. He promoted the slogan, “In business for yourself,
but not by yourself” (Our History, 4). Kroc based his
philosophy off of the simple principle known as the three-
legged barstool. The first leg of the barstool is the franchisees
for McDonald’s, the second leg represents McDonald’s
suppliers, and lastly, the third makes up the McDonald’s
employees.
“One of the main reasons McDonald’s is able to globalize so
well is with a franchise business
model that allows its franchisee-members, management and
shareholders to share the risks and rewards from the discovery
and exploitation of new business opportunities—McDonald’s
model has become the norm for other franchise organizations”
(Mourdoukoutas, 2). The next way they were able to achieve
globalization and continue to do so successfully was due to
their ability to adapt and innovate to the new locations. The
franchisee managers are able to come up with new and fresh
products along with services to address the needs of a
widespread and diverse
consumer markets, which are shaped by the demographic region,
economy, and the local factors that are focused on in that area.
Globalization for McDonald’s means that they embrace and
engage the different cultures while at the same time holding on
to a strong enough brand to be immediately identifiable. As
mentioned above, when McDonald’s chose to begin franchising,
it really opened up a lot of doors for them to pursue, this has
allowed them to globalize so well. To become a franchisee of
McDonalds, you must require certain qualities needed before
you can apply to become an owner of a franchise.
McDonald’s Globalization Effect on Menus
5. As one would expect when it comes to globalizing a restaurant,
it comes with adaptation to different cultures to make it
successful there. Since McDonald’s serves food, when it comes
to opening a new franchise in a foreign country, they must
research into the culture to see what some of the well-known
foods are so in return they can come up with a menu that will be
enjoyed by that community, but at the same time have some of
their signature items on the menu as well. By doing this, that
chain restaurant can continue to thrive and succeed. They not
only do this to keep that franchise afloat, but they also must
look into the cultures to keep respect to their cultural traditions.
For example, in India, the Hindu country, they do not believe in
eating pork, therefore, no franchise in that country will serve
pork due to wanting to respect them and their beliefs. This can
greatly impact McDonald’s business strategy because if
managers do not do appropriate research for certain local
traditions, they could make a disrespectful image and in return
would negatively impact McDonald’s reputation.
As mentioned above, although they must change the menu
for certain countries, they still try to stay true and represent
their famous image of a fast food chain, which is to sell food
like the popular burgers and fries. After researching
international menus, they were definitely able to customize
different burgers for different countries and cultures and keep
that “fast food image”. There were many that seemed to really
fit each culture but still maintain the burger image which I
found really interesting. In Japan they came up with the “Ebi
Filet-O Shrimp Burger”, with the name coming from a famous
Japanese model who helped promote the release of the new
burger, which later became McDonald’s Japan popular burger of
choice.
Next in Germany, they created the McNürnburger with the
infamous German food which is a bratwurst, they named this
burger after a former German soccer star. McDonald’s Cost
6. Rica offers the McPinto Deluxe burger, which includes rice,
beans, eggs, plantains, and sour cream to accommodate to the
Spanish style of food that is eaten there. After listing some
popular burgers in certain areas it is fairly obvious that they
keep their name tied into the popular items. It is a very smart
strategy to start the name of popular menu items with the “Mc”.
It is a cheap way to advertise their food brand and an easy way
for customers to remember where they can go to get it with the
simple added prefix.
McDonald’s Global Appearances
McDonald’s does like to stick with tradition and consistency
when it comes to opening up new stores around the world.
There are a few main aspects that they try to keep the same for
each franchise to advertise their popular brand name to be
easily recognized. The most easily recognizable symbol that
represents McDonald’s is there use of the golden arches and
that is one that they definitely try to keep with each franchise.
They do this because when driving and you look up at different
signs that symbol definitely sticks out the most and grabs
customer’s attention. Next, they really like their traditional and
symbolic color scheme of yellow and red. They do this because
Ray Kroc’s vision of keeping each franchise to keep the
traditional experience of the original McDonald’s so that they
can continue to build their brand name/image. “It doesn't
matter if you're visiting a McDonald's in California or
Connecticut, America or Australia – you're going to have a
similar experience wherever you are” (Home, 3).
This quote really hits the nail on the head with how consistent
Ray Kroc wanted all the franchises to be the same, reiterating
the consistency factor that they keep within their chain. By
keeping this consistency, it helps the customer’s able to know
what to expect from the McDonald’s and it helps with their
advertising by keeping similar looks between the McDonald
7. restaurants. One of McDonald’s main goals is to keep their
strong brand name and they do this by keeping a distinct
appearance for their image along with the obvious fast food
service at a cheap price.
McDonald’s likes to keep their name brand looks, but as a
company globalizes there will be customization of the
appearance to help shape the culture and stand out due to the
looks being much different than the rest. One main place that a
McDonald’s adapted its looks to fit more into the culture was in
Rome. This is perhaps one of their most upgraded restaurants
that is filled with marble and mosaics becoming a tourist
attraction in of itself. “Located next to the Spanish Steps and
entered through a Perugina Baci chocolate shop, the restaurant
tries to blend into its very European surroundings, and
succeeds” (Pantaleo, 4). Rome is a very elegant country and the
design for this McDonald’s as genius along with the location.
This way it is in a central spot to attract a lot of tourists and
they also created it as a tourist location by designing it
completely different from their typical design. Although
McDonald’s typically likes to keep the restaurants consistent
and similar in looks, it can be beneficial to have a few locations
with a stand out design to attract more customers due to how
different it is that what most customers expect it to be, making
people more curious.
McDonald’s global franchise strategy helps their popular brand
image hold strong against its competitors with the help of this
consistent approach. Even through some of these minor
adjustments that they make in these unique restaurants, it only
helps their image due to the different design in few places
making it more attractive. Many other globalized companies
will significantly alter their looks to fit into each culture
perfectly and not preserving any consistency making it hard for
customers to distinguish a legitimate brand image and that is
definitely a big advantage for McDonald’s because the similar
appearance builds their brand image and allows them to be
8. successful globally.
McDonald’s Global Operations
The operational aspect for McDonald’s as they went global
really did not change. They still wanted to focus on the main
goal of McDonald’s and that is fast service with cheap prices.
It all started from the beginning with the McDonald brother
deciding that the food assembly line would be the fastest and
most efficient way to serve customers and that is still what is
being used today. This is one factor that does not need to be
changed with culture to allow it to be successful. This assembly
line service is also a big contributing factor to what allowed
them to grow as rapidly as they did because it created their fast
service. This really helps with their globalization because there
is no need for research and development on a new service
system. They can keep this and still be just as successful
globally because one of the main concerns for customers is fast
service.
The most recent technological development that aided in their
fast customer service is the kiosk. This allows the customer to
skip the middle man of the cashier and simply type their own
order in on the kiosk and is sent directly to the order board
through the computer system. As mentioned above, fast service
is their main goal to maintain, their system of operation does
not need adjusted to be able to continue to globalize due to the
simplicity and success of their original and current approach.
McDonald’s Global Pricing
As a company begins to globalize, you can expect the prices to
vary between each country due to different availability to
certain products. Which relates to McDonald’s because their
pricing strategy is based on what is available on the menu and
what ingredients are needed for each item listed. They tend to
9. go by their specific strategy called the Big Mac Index to
compare their prices. This pricing method is used because the
Big Mac is listed on all menus across the world because this is
their famous item that helps to maintain their brand recognition.
This is helpful mostly, except in the fact that some of the
ingredients are altered in the Big Mac due to different cultures
and their beliefs. Every economy in the world is at a different
point, the prices will tend to vary and be inconsistent.
The cheapest Big Mac out there today is in Ukraine being priced
at $1.67 US dollars. This exemplifies how the Ukraine economy
undervalues their currency. The most expensive Big Mac is in
Switzerland and it is priced at a whopping $6.82 US dollars.
Switzerland has relatively a higher standard of living which
makes their economy superior and everything there will seem to
be more expensive. The main reason for carrying prices mostly
relates to the availability and access of each ingredient. If the
ingredients are scarce or hard to access in a certain country,
then as one can assume that Big Mac will be priced much higher
than a country that has an abundance of the certain ingredients
and can be accessed very easily. This affects McDonald’s
global franchising strategy because they need to consider these
different factors to allow them to understand what the average
price would be at certain locations around the world. The Big
Mac index will never be universal due to the constant changing
prices making this a big factor when deciding where to consider
a new franchise to pop up.
Conclusion
After researching McDonald’s can start up a new franchise
in other countries due to globalization and their different
strategies that they go by to globalize. It is safe to say that they
will continue to be very successful and will continue to grow
and expand to new locations. For them to be successful in a
globalized world requires proper planning and decision-making
10. to overcome all the potential negative impacts that they could
face. They are able to come up with the best strategies for each
location through their initial strategy, menu, operation system,
and pricing as their main factors. Also, with such a strong
foundation and success that they have gained from branching
out to new foreign areas, they will only continue to learn and
improve to reach new areas where they thought they could never
make it. The globalization of McDonald’s has impacted them
positively by being able to successfully overcome all the
obstacles which in return increases their reputation all over the
world.
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