Expanze Budějovického Budvaru n. p. na trhy vybraných zemí subsaharské Afriky

The thesis concerns with appraisal of the potential of sub-Saharan Africa region as the new attractive region for international breweries, among others also for Budějovický Budvar n. c. In order to determine whether the sub-Saharan region is suitable for the expansion of this company, the initial chapters of this work deal with company Budějovický Budvar n. c., its overall strategy and marketing concept chosen for its flagship Budweiser Budvar brand. The following part of this thesis has been devoted to characterize the region of sub-Saharan Africa and using of PEST analysis method it evaluates African markets in terms of their political, economic , socio- cultural and technological environment. In the next chapter of this thesis I analyse specific environment of the African beer market. This analysis shows that the potential of this region is very significant also in this branch. In conclusion of this work, there is the comparison of selected indicators in individual African countries. On the basis of this comparisons top 10 countries from sub-Saharan region were selected, that have the greatest potential to become the new export territories of company Budějovický Budvar n. c.