Company: Accor Hotel UK  Analysis of the firm in detail  Use an appropriate technique to evaluate the firm’s key capabilities and competitive resources identify any resources or capabilities which might be the basis of competitive advantage list-making and assertions are not appropriate; this section should show an ability to apply a suitable technique of analysis Recent firm performance should cover the past four to five years financial performance could include profitability, productivity or efficiency ratios (as appropriate for your firm) identify trends and explain anomalies (can you link them to other sections of the report?) contextualise firm financial performance (compare to industry average or key competitors) marketing performance could include an evaluation of the brand(s) and other marketing metrics available, such as customer loyalty/customer churn rate, return on advertising spend, customer acquisition costs, average lifetime value of customer, amongst others base marketing and financial analysis on publicly available information (it is understood that you might not have the information to calculate/analyse all marketing and financial metrics)

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Company: Accor Hotel UK 

Analysis of the firm in detail 

  • Use an appropriate technique to evaluate the firm’s key capabilities and competitive resources
    • identify any resources or capabilities which might be the basis of competitive advantage
    • list-making and assertions are not appropriate; this section should show an ability to apply a suitable technique of analysis
  • Recent firm performance should cover the past four to five years
    • financial performance could include profitability, productivity or efficiency ratios (as appropriate for your firm)
    • identify trends and explain anomalies (can you link them to other sections of the report?)
    • contextualise firm financial performance (compare to industry average or key competitors)
    • marketing performance could include an evaluation of the brand(s) and other marketing metrics available, such as customer loyalty/customer churn rate, return on advertising spend, customer acquisition costs, average lifetime value of customer, amongst others
    • base marketing and financial analysis on publicly available information (it is understood that you might not have the information to calculate/analyse all marketing and financial metrics).
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