Holt Manufacturing Company

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themselves a mixture of Eastern and Western values, cultures and practices. This might be because most of the business leaders have been educated abroad or have graduated from local business schools which emphasize lot on Western business theories (Holt and Mailer, 1992). Such uniqueness makes culture-driven analysis worthy to Hong Kong people. PESTLE Analysis for Hong Kong Business Environment PESTLE Analysis is a new version of “PEST Analysis”. This external, strategic analysis gives overview of

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Station, TX 77843-4217, USA Received 20 March 2000; accepted 4 May 2000 Abstract A survey of forecasting practices was carried out to provide a better understanding of Canadian business practices, and when possible, compare them with US practices. Companies in the US and Canada have the same use for forecasting information. Forecasts are generated and used mostly by marketing/sales. Judgmental procedures are used more

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