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TASK 1. Evaluate the following 2 countries to identify which represents the most potentially attractive target market for Lidl's future international...
TASK 1.
Evaluate the following 2 countries to identify which represents the most potentially attractive target market for Lidl's future international expansion strategy:
- Mexico
- Norway
In order to evaluate which of these 2 countries represents the most potentially attractive target market, you are required to undertake a comparative PESTEL analysis of those macro-environmental factors of the 2 countries that are relevant to Lidl.
- Worth 20% of the overall mark
- Not included in the word count
- This background analysis must be included as an appendix, presented in table format and must be no more than 5 pages in length.
- Data should be recent, primarily quantitative and obtained from appropriate sources (e.g. the most recently published World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness report).
- A scoring system should be used for each macro-environmental factor / sub-factor for each country to show whether each factor / sub-factor is more or less attractive for your company. These scores should then be totalled for each country in order to arrive at an overall scoring of attractiveness for each country.
- Further guidance on undertaking the comparative analysis of the 2 countries is available in the Assignment Briefing slides on Blackboard.
TASK 2.
Discuss the rationale for the selection of your chosen market. Your rationale should be justified with a more detailed discussion of your PESTEL analysis of the macro-environmental factors of your chosen market that you have presented in the appendix for Task 1. This discussion should explicitly consider the implications of the macro-environmental factors of your chosen market for Lidl.
- Worth 20% of the overall mark; 825 words.
- This task must be presented in the first section of the main body of your report.
TASK 3.
Apply the 5-Forces model to critically analyse the competitive intensity of the industrial environment of Lidlin your chosen market. A SWOT analysis isnot acceptable.
- Worth 20% of the overall mark; 825 words.
- This task must be presented in the second section of the main body of your report.
TASK 4.
Analyse the firm's internal environment in order to
