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http://www.chinaretailnews.com/2011/01/31/4170-mcdonalds-launches-24-hour-delivery-service-in-dalian/ (This is more likely to be an internal factor than external factor, but I can’t find any external factors for technology) A few months ago, McDonalds decides to open the shops 24 hours and offer delivery services. In a customer’s perspective, it…[Read more]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42306211/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/ This is an indirect article that relates to McDonalds. It is an article that listed different ways to eat healthier. From this article, it shows how the society is moving toward healthy eating, so their interest to eat unhealthy food decreases. In the long term, more and more…[Read more]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-10/mcdonald-s-wage-for-nuclear-job-shows-some-japan-towns-may-fade.html Recently, the earthquake that occurred in Japan has caused damage to the buildings and roads This affected the transportion in Japan because some of the transportation system closed down. This is a disadvantage to McDonald. Since the…[Read more]

!– p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 18.0px ‘Marker Felt’} –http://www.newser.com/story/115968/the-us-companies-adding-the-most-employees.html McDonald decides to expand it’s market in U.S, so they are planning to hire 5,000 employees. (This is an internal growth) In most cases, it would be a challenge for a company to hire 5,000…[Read more]

http://www.newser.com/story/110704/mcdonalds-university-more-exclusive-than-harvard.htmleconomic/social McDonald has created it’s own corporate training program in China. It attracted a lot of Chinese teenagers to get in because 26% of China’s college graduates are unemployed .  The young, active teenagers will learn McDonald’s management…[Read more]

!– p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 15.0px ‘Marker Felt’} –http://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/news/expressnews/20110408/news_20110408_55_746982.htm (This is a chinese article) This is more likely toward an environmental factor. The earthquake has caused the sales to drop by 7.3% and 264 shops were shut down (recent: only 88 shops were shut…[Read more]

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E4DB143AF932A25751C0A9679D8B63&ref=mcdonaldscorporation&pagewanted=2 Recently Shanghai has passed Japan and became the world’s second largest economy. China is looking forward to become the first largest economy and making renminbi a global currency. How does this affect McDonald and other global…[Read more]

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/world/asia/28hong-kong-mcdonalds-mcweddings.html?_r=2&ref=mcdonaldscorporation In 2006, the Hong Kong government changed a law to allow the weddings to be held outside of places of worship or City Hall. This allows McDonald to expand it’s market to offer wedding ceremonies in McDonald. According to the article,…[Read more]

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Article: http://www.foodanddrinkdigital.com/sectors/food-manufacturing/humane-society-urges-mcdonald-s-improve-food-safety-egg-supply Recently, the Human Society in America urges McDonald to improve food safety in their egg supply. In this case, McDonald is pressured to improve their supply chain. If McDonald didn’t take any actions to improve the…[Read more]

Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/20/opinion/20mon4.html?ref=mcdonaldscorporation According to a recent customer survey, McDonald is the most favorable fast food restaurant. As the top first fast food restaurant, McDonald has to be aware of their responsibility and impact on the society. In average, a McDonald meal has about half of the…[Read more]

Article: http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/media_center/recent_news/media_press_releases/Response_to_CSPI_Lawsuit.html Recently, America fails to pass the the bill to ban McDonald’s giveaway toys. It is a good news to McDonald because it is able to keep it’s brand and tradition. Yet, McDonald has to be aware of the social trend for healthier food.…[Read more]

http://www.cnngo.com/hong-kong/life/mcdonalds-hong-kong-offers-weddings-494226 (This is a reliable source because it is from a neutral article) Starting this month, McDonalds in Hong Kong start to provide wedding banquet. The banquet bans alcohol to prevent guest to be drunk and act inappropriately.  The cost for the banquet is about a few…[Read more]

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