This document provides a comparative analysis report of two hair salon businesses located in different geographical locations: Tenze Hair Studio and Stella hair salon. The report includes a brief description of each business' history and founding, competitive traits analysis comparing the two businesses, and recommendations to improve competitiveness. Tenze Hair Studio is a larger commercial business with 6 branches, while Stella is a smaller home-based salon in Banting. Both face competition from other local salons and are considered monopolistically competitive. The report finds Tenze Hair Studio has stronger competitive advantages through product differentiation, advertising, and more systematic management. Recommendations include increasing prices and online marketing for Stella, while Tenze could benefit
This document outlines a group presentation on a comparative analysis of two automotive workshop businesses - E.H Auto Care Service Centre in Klang Valley and Hock Tyre Services in Melaka. It includes descriptions of the businesses and their histories, a comparative analysis of their competitive traits and strategies, challenges faced by new businesses, and recommendations. The group conducted interviews with the business owners to gather information for the analysis and presentation.
This report compares two automotive workshop businesses, E.H Auto Care Service Centre in Klang Valley and Hock Tyre Services and Battery in Melaka. Both businesses have been operating for over 20 years and provide tyre, battery, and automotive repair services. The report analyzes the history, operations, customers, finances, and strategies of each business. It finds that E.H Auto Care has more locations, employees, and annual revenue than Hock Tyre Services but both have strong customer loyalty through quality service and maintaining good customer relationships.
This report compares two automotive workshop businesses in Malaysia - E.H Auto Care Service Centre in Klang Valley and Hock Tyre Services & Batteries in Melaka. It provides a brief history and description of each business, analyzes their competitive traits and challenges, and compares their similarities and differences. Interviews were conducted with the owners to gather information. The report finds that while both businesses have been successful in their respective regions, Hock Tyre Services & Batteries has expanded to more locations, demonstrating more success in monopolizing the local tire industry.
This report compares two automotive workshop businesses, E.H Auto Care Service Centre in Bandar Sunway, Selangor and Hock Tyre Services and Batteries in Melaka. It provides a brief description of each business's history, operations, competitors, strategies to compete, and challenges. Both businesses operate in oligopolistic markets and have been family-run for over 20 years. While they face some similar obstacles, the report finds differences in their locations, staff sizes, years in operation, and competitive environments.
This report compares two automotive workshop businesses in Malaysia - E.H. Auto Care Service Centre in Bandar Sunway and Hock Tyre Services & Battery in Melaka. Both are family-run businesses that have operated for over 20 years. The report provides background on the businesses, analyzes their competitive strategies and markets, and identifies some similarities and differences between the two.
This document is a report comparing two hair salon businesses located in different areas. It provides background on the history of hair salons. It then describes two salons being analyzed: Stella, a home-based salon in Banting, and Tenze Hair Studio, a commercial salon with 6 branches. Both salons have been in business for over 10 years. The report analyzes and compares the competitive traits of the businesses, finding that they both operate in a monopolistically competitive industry with differentiated products and weak pricing power. It recommends that Stella improve its operations to be more systematic like Tenze Hair Studio.
This document compares and analyzes two hair salon businesses - Royce Hair Salon in Seremban and ReStyle Hair Salon in Klang Valley. Both salons offer similar hair services but ReStyle is assessed to be more commercially successful due to being established earlier, having a strategic location, and being part of an award-winning group. Recommendations provided for each include Royce selecting a busier location and adding services, and ReStyle implementing a rebooking system and social media promotion.
Chong Hao Foong
Researchers:
Law Zhi Chang
Harris Aziz
Teoh Zhe Khai
Yew Wing Kee
Tey Cheng Fern
Alison Tang
Special Thanks:
Owners of Vision Art and Saujana Stationeries
This document outlines a group presentation on a comparative analysis of two automotive workshop businesses - E.H Auto Care Service Centre in Klang Valley and Hock Tyre Services in Melaka. It includes descriptions of the businesses and their histories, a comparative analysis of their competitive traits and strategies, challenges faced by new businesses, and recommendations. The group conducted interviews with the business owners to gather information for the analysis and presentation.
This report compares two automotive workshop businesses, E.H Auto Care Service Centre in Klang Valley and Hock Tyre Services and Battery in Melaka. Both businesses have been operating for over 20 years and provide tyre, battery, and automotive repair services. The report analyzes the history, operations, customers, finances, and strategies of each business. It finds that E.H Auto Care has more locations, employees, and annual revenue than Hock Tyre Services but both have strong customer loyalty through quality service and maintaining good customer relationships.
This report compares two automotive workshop businesses in Malaysia - E.H Auto Care Service Centre in Klang Valley and Hock Tyre Services & Batteries in Melaka. It provides a brief history and description of each business, analyzes their competitive traits and challenges, and compares their similarities and differences. Interviews were conducted with the owners to gather information. The report finds that while both businesses have been successful in their respective regions, Hock Tyre Services & Batteries has expanded to more locations, demonstrating more success in monopolizing the local tire industry.
This report compares two automotive workshop businesses, E.H Auto Care Service Centre in Bandar Sunway, Selangor and Hock Tyre Services and Batteries in Melaka. It provides a brief description of each business's history, operations, competitors, strategies to compete, and challenges. Both businesses operate in oligopolistic markets and have been family-run for over 20 years. While they face some similar obstacles, the report finds differences in their locations, staff sizes, years in operation, and competitive environments.
This report compares two automotive workshop businesses in Malaysia - E.H. Auto Care Service Centre in Bandar Sunway and Hock Tyre Services & Battery in Melaka. Both are family-run businesses that have operated for over 20 years. The report provides background on the businesses, analyzes their competitive strategies and markets, and identifies some similarities and differences between the two.
This document is a report comparing two hair salon businesses located in different areas. It provides background on the history of hair salons. It then describes two salons being analyzed: Stella, a home-based salon in Banting, and Tenze Hair Studio, a commercial salon with 6 branches. Both salons have been in business for over 10 years. The report analyzes and compares the competitive traits of the businesses, finding that they both operate in a monopolistically competitive industry with differentiated products and weak pricing power. It recommends that Stella improve its operations to be more systematic like Tenze Hair Studio.
This document compares and analyzes two hair salon businesses - Royce Hair Salon in Seremban and ReStyle Hair Salon in Klang Valley. Both salons offer similar hair services but ReStyle is assessed to be more commercially successful due to being established earlier, having a strategic location, and being part of an award-winning group. Recommendations provided for each include Royce selecting a busier location and adding services, and ReStyle implementing a rebooking system and social media promotion.
Chong Hao Foong
Researchers:
Law Zhi Chang
Harris Aziz
Teoh Zhe Khai
Yew Wing Kee
Tey Cheng Fern
Alison Tang
Special Thanks:
Owners of Vision Art and Saujana Stationeries
This document is a report comparing two hair salons located in different geographical areas of Malaysia. It summarizes the key details of Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon located in Subang Jaya, Selangor and Clairol Unisex Hair Style Beauty Salon located in Senawang, Negeri Sembilan. The report finds that Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon is more commercially successful as it has more branches, a more strategic location, and attracts more customers, while Clairol Unisex Hair Style Beauty Salon is located in a more rural area and faces stronger competition. The document includes interviews with representatives from each salon, comparative analyses of services, products, pricing
GRAPHYT - (ENT530 - Social Media Portfolio)HarithDaniel9
GRAPHYT Design Service provides graphic design and video editing services. They created a Facebook page in October 2019 to promote their business online. They posted various types of content on their page including teaser posts to generate interest, soft sell posts to build brand awareness, and hard sell posts promoting their service packages and prices. In total they posted 3 times in October, 6 times in November, and 4 times in December to attract customers and generate sales on Facebook.
This document outlines an assignment for students to create a business plan in multiple parts over several weeks. It will guide students through writing an executive summary, mission statement, product/service description, self-analysis, market research, competition analysis, target customer identification, location analysis, ownership structure, and personnel plan. The goal is for students to understand the full process of developing a business plan and creating a professional final product. Sections will focus on different aspects of starting a business and developing the written documentation.
1) The document discusses the background and entrepreneurship journey of several Malaysian entrepreneurs from different ethnicities including Mr. Wan Mahadi Bin Hj. Wan Muntil, the owner of JJCR Construction and Services Sdn. Bhd.
2) It describes Mr. Wan Mahadi's experience working as a consultant for Petronas before starting his own construction business in 2002 which has now expanded to several projects.
3) The document analyzes whether Mr. Wan Mahadi uses a causal or effectual process in his business, concluding that he utilizes both concepts to take advantage of opportunities and leverage his expertise and reputation to expand his business.
Ket Lun Lim is a 33 year old Branch Manager at Hitachi Sales Malaysia SDN BHD in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. He has 13 years of experience and holds a Diploma in Business/Management from Institut Prima Bestari. Lim is seeking a salary of MYR 11,000 and has strong skills in MS Office and proficiency in Chinese, Malay, and English.
The document provides a comparative analysis of two stationery businesses - Vision Art & Stationery Suppliers located in Bandar Sunway, Klang Valley and Pustaka Chiew Sdn Bhd located in Bidor, Perak. Vision Art & Stationery Suppliers has been in business for over 20 years and has one outlet targeting students from nearby universities. Pustaka Chiew Sdn Bhd has 15 outlets across West Malaysia and was founded more recently in 1997. While both businesses face competition, Vision Art & Stationery Suppliers has maintained popularity among art students in Klang Valley and has more diversified products.
In performing our assignment, we had to take help and guideline of some respected persons, who deserve our greatest gratitude. We would like to show our gratitude to our supportive lecturer, Sir Firdaus for giving us a good guideline throughout a numerous consultations. We would also like to expand our deepest gratitude to all those who have directly and indirectly guided us in writing this assignment.
Many people, especially our classmates and team members itself, have made a valuable comment and suggestions on this proposal which give us an inspiration to improve our assignment. We thank all the people for their help directly and indirectly to complete our assignment.
Shoaib Ahmed has over 6 years of experience working in IT and administrative roles for pharmaceutical distribution companies in Karachi, Pakistan. He is currently an IT Officer at Ali Gohar & Company, a leading distributor of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and consumer products. In this role, he handles company correspondence, maintains filing systems, prepares reports, trains new employees, and coordinates with principals, customers, and vendors. Previously, he worked as an Administrative Officer at Grace Group of Companies. Shoaib holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Karachi University and is proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
This document provides a comparative analysis of two hair dressing businesses located in different geographical areas - Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon in Subang Jaya, Selangor and Clairol Unisex Hair Style Beauty Saloon in Senawang, Negeri Sembilan. It finds that Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon is more commercially successful, having more branches, a more strategic location attracting higher customer volumes, and offering a narrower range of basic haircutting and shaving services at lower prices compared to Clairol Unisex which provides a wider variety of hair treatments from dyeing to perming at higher prices from a rural location with fewer customers.
The document provides details about two hair salons located in different geographical areas: Clairol Unisex Hair Style Beauty Saloon in Senawang, Negeri Sembilan, and Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon with 7 branches in the Klang Valley region. It includes brief descriptions of the businesses, interviews with staff members at each salon regarding services offered, pricing, customer base, and competitors. A comparative analysis table is presented, along with recommendations for each business.
This document proposes a music lounge to improve interpersonal relationships. The lounge would include several areas: an art gallery corridor, band studios with instruments, a music store, a lounge bar overlooking a performance stage, and a Mediterranean garden. These areas are designed for socializing over music through activities like playing instruments, performances, drinking at the bar, and walking in the garden. The goal is to using shared music interests and experiences to facilitate conversation and strengthen bonds between visitors.
Ensuring your site is usable by any user, anywhere in the world, on their device, with their network speed by focusing on uptime, speed and performance, critical content, accessibility, and usability.
This document is a 616-word draft essay on the process of sketching. It begins with an introduction that defines sketching and notes why people sketch. The body then outlines the four main steps to producing an attractive sketch: 1) preparing tools and materials, 2) choosing a subject, 3) elaborating the sketch through shading, shadow, and blending, and 4) cleaning up the sketch. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of focus and attention in sketching and encouraging readers not to give up if their sketches fail initially.
The document discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. It notes that a diverse workforce leads to better problem solving and decision making by bringing in a variety of perspectives. The document encourages organizations to promote diversity and inclusion through their policies and culture to gain competitive advantages and help all employees feel valued.
The Perdana Botanical Garden was established in 1975 as the Perdana Lake Gardens near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was expanded in 2011 under Prime Minister Dato' Sri Mohd Najib to become the Perdana Botanical Garden. The garden features paths, bowers, and various activities for visitors.
The document summarizes a group assignment to analyze the construction of Paradigm Mall in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It includes an introduction to the mall and objectives of the assignment. Key areas analyzed include the flat roof, roof shade, skylights, ventilation, and fixed windows using aluminum frames. The group recommends replacing the flat roof with a pitched roof for better drainage and longer lifespan.
The document is a report comparing two hair salon businesses - Stella, a home-based salon in Banting, and Tenze Hair Studio, a commercial salon with 6 branches. Stella was founded in 1989 and started as a shop called Leaves before the owner, Stella Lim, took over and renamed it. Tenze was founded in 2002 by Avier Ng and has expanded steadily over the years. Both salons face competition from other local salons. While Stella focuses on loyal customers through good service, Tenze differentiates itself through fashion show work and new monthly packages. As monopolistically competitive firms, they have weak pricing power and must compete intensely on product differentiation.
This document is a comparison essay about the James Bond films "Die Another Day" (2002) and "Casino Royale" (2006). The essay discusses differences in technology used, the Bond girls, and performances of Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig as James Bond. It analyzes how "Die Another Day" featured more advanced tech while "Casino Royale" focused more on action. It also compares Halle Berry and Vesper Lynd's Bond girls roles, and finds Brosnan captured Bond's soul while Craig was better at fighting scenes. Overall, the essay argues both films are good in their own ways and that the James Bond series has excellent production teams.
The document summarizes the results of a survey on understanding of breast cancer among Malaysian women aged 21-25 and 26-30. It finds that the average understanding level is 60% for those aged 21-25 and 61% for those aged 26-30, showing similar levels of understanding. Most respondents incorrectly answered the question on the percentage of women diagnosed after age 55. Over 80% correctly identified that breast cancer can cause death and the pink ribbon as the main symbol of breast cancer awareness.
The document provides a brief history of Barcelona, Spain including its origins as a Roman settlement called "Barcino" and later rule by the Visigoths and Moors. It then discusses the Sagrada Familia church located in Barcelona, focusing on its Gothic architectural structure and materials used in construction.
The Swatch Group is a multinational luxury watch company formed in 1983 through the merging of Swiss watchmakers. It owns famous brands like Omega, Tissot, and Swatch. Recent achievements include Omega introducing an anti-magnetic watch and Harry Winston purchasing a large blue diamond. A ratio analysis of 2012-2013 shows profitability and expenses improving but debt increasing and slower inventory turnover. An appendix discusses the company's price-earnings ratio of 13.8 and recommends against investing due to instability risks.
This document discusses game polish and how to improve the feeling of a game. It defines game polish as any enhancement that improves a game's experience. Game feel refers to the tactile sense of controlling objects in a game and knowing what feels good. Geometry Wars is used as an example of a polished game due to its music, particle effects, neon glow, explosions, controls, pace and transitions. Mario 64 is cited for having superb controls that made movement and exploration fun. The document recommends adding feeling through music, aesthetics, words, controls, transitions, context, and polish while avoiding adding too much feeling. It emphasizes that game feel enhances core mechanics without changing them.
This document is a report comparing two hair salons located in different geographical areas of Malaysia. It summarizes the key details of Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon located in Subang Jaya, Selangor and Clairol Unisex Hair Style Beauty Salon located in Senawang, Negeri Sembilan. The report finds that Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon is more commercially successful as it has more branches, a more strategic location, and attracts more customers, while Clairol Unisex Hair Style Beauty Salon is located in a more rural area and faces stronger competition. The document includes interviews with representatives from each salon, comparative analyses of services, products, pricing
GRAPHYT - (ENT530 - Social Media Portfolio)HarithDaniel9
GRAPHYT Design Service provides graphic design and video editing services. They created a Facebook page in October 2019 to promote their business online. They posted various types of content on their page including teaser posts to generate interest, soft sell posts to build brand awareness, and hard sell posts promoting their service packages and prices. In total they posted 3 times in October, 6 times in November, and 4 times in December to attract customers and generate sales on Facebook.
This document outlines an assignment for students to create a business plan in multiple parts over several weeks. It will guide students through writing an executive summary, mission statement, product/service description, self-analysis, market research, competition analysis, target customer identification, location analysis, ownership structure, and personnel plan. The goal is for students to understand the full process of developing a business plan and creating a professional final product. Sections will focus on different aspects of starting a business and developing the written documentation.
1) The document discusses the background and entrepreneurship journey of several Malaysian entrepreneurs from different ethnicities including Mr. Wan Mahadi Bin Hj. Wan Muntil, the owner of JJCR Construction and Services Sdn. Bhd.
2) It describes Mr. Wan Mahadi's experience working as a consultant for Petronas before starting his own construction business in 2002 which has now expanded to several projects.
3) The document analyzes whether Mr. Wan Mahadi uses a causal or effectual process in his business, concluding that he utilizes both concepts to take advantage of opportunities and leverage his expertise and reputation to expand his business.
Ket Lun Lim is a 33 year old Branch Manager at Hitachi Sales Malaysia SDN BHD in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. He has 13 years of experience and holds a Diploma in Business/Management from Institut Prima Bestari. Lim is seeking a salary of MYR 11,000 and has strong skills in MS Office and proficiency in Chinese, Malay, and English.
The document provides a comparative analysis of two stationery businesses - Vision Art & Stationery Suppliers located in Bandar Sunway, Klang Valley and Pustaka Chiew Sdn Bhd located in Bidor, Perak. Vision Art & Stationery Suppliers has been in business for over 20 years and has one outlet targeting students from nearby universities. Pustaka Chiew Sdn Bhd has 15 outlets across West Malaysia and was founded more recently in 1997. While both businesses face competition, Vision Art & Stationery Suppliers has maintained popularity among art students in Klang Valley and has more diversified products.
In performing our assignment, we had to take help and guideline of some respected persons, who deserve our greatest gratitude. We would like to show our gratitude to our supportive lecturer, Sir Firdaus for giving us a good guideline throughout a numerous consultations. We would also like to expand our deepest gratitude to all those who have directly and indirectly guided us in writing this assignment.
Many people, especially our classmates and team members itself, have made a valuable comment and suggestions on this proposal which give us an inspiration to improve our assignment. We thank all the people for their help directly and indirectly to complete our assignment.
Shoaib Ahmed has over 6 years of experience working in IT and administrative roles for pharmaceutical distribution companies in Karachi, Pakistan. He is currently an IT Officer at Ali Gohar & Company, a leading distributor of pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and consumer products. In this role, he handles company correspondence, maintains filing systems, prepares reports, trains new employees, and coordinates with principals, customers, and vendors. Previously, he worked as an Administrative Officer at Grace Group of Companies. Shoaib holds a Bachelor's degree in Commerce from Karachi University and is proficient in Microsoft Office programs.
This document provides a comparative analysis of two hair dressing businesses located in different geographical areas - Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon in Subang Jaya, Selangor and Clairol Unisex Hair Style Beauty Saloon in Senawang, Negeri Sembilan. It finds that Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon is more commercially successful, having more branches, a more strategic location attracting higher customer volumes, and offering a narrower range of basic haircutting and shaving services at lower prices compared to Clairol Unisex which provides a wider variety of hair treatments from dyeing to perming at higher prices from a rural location with fewer customers.
The document provides details about two hair salons located in different geographical areas: Clairol Unisex Hair Style Beauty Saloon in Senawang, Negeri Sembilan, and Jasmen Hair Dressing Salon with 7 branches in the Klang Valley region. It includes brief descriptions of the businesses, interviews with staff members at each salon regarding services offered, pricing, customer base, and competitors. A comparative analysis table is presented, along with recommendations for each business.
This document proposes a music lounge to improve interpersonal relationships. The lounge would include several areas: an art gallery corridor, band studios with instruments, a music store, a lounge bar overlooking a performance stage, and a Mediterranean garden. These areas are designed for socializing over music through activities like playing instruments, performances, drinking at the bar, and walking in the garden. The goal is to using shared music interests and experiences to facilitate conversation and strengthen bonds between visitors.
Ensuring your site is usable by any user, anywhere in the world, on their device, with their network speed by focusing on uptime, speed and performance, critical content, accessibility, and usability.
This document is a 616-word draft essay on the process of sketching. It begins with an introduction that defines sketching and notes why people sketch. The body then outlines the four main steps to producing an attractive sketch: 1) preparing tools and materials, 2) choosing a subject, 3) elaborating the sketch through shading, shadow, and blending, and 4) cleaning up the sketch. It concludes by emphasizing the importance of focus and attention in sketching and encouraging readers not to give up if their sketches fail initially.
The document discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. It notes that a diverse workforce leads to better problem solving and decision making by bringing in a variety of perspectives. The document encourages organizations to promote diversity and inclusion through their policies and culture to gain competitive advantages and help all employees feel valued.
The Perdana Botanical Garden was established in 1975 as the Perdana Lake Gardens near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was expanded in 2011 under Prime Minister Dato' Sri Mohd Najib to become the Perdana Botanical Garden. The garden features paths, bowers, and various activities for visitors.
The document summarizes a group assignment to analyze the construction of Paradigm Mall in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. It includes an introduction to the mall and objectives of the assignment. Key areas analyzed include the flat roof, roof shade, skylights, ventilation, and fixed windows using aluminum frames. The group recommends replacing the flat roof with a pitched roof for better drainage and longer lifespan.
The document is a report comparing two hair salon businesses - Stella, a home-based salon in Banting, and Tenze Hair Studio, a commercial salon with 6 branches. Stella was founded in 1989 and started as a shop called Leaves before the owner, Stella Lim, took over and renamed it. Tenze was founded in 2002 by Avier Ng and has expanded steadily over the years. Both salons face competition from other local salons. While Stella focuses on loyal customers through good service, Tenze differentiates itself through fashion show work and new monthly packages. As monopolistically competitive firms, they have weak pricing power and must compete intensely on product differentiation.
This document is a comparison essay about the James Bond films "Die Another Day" (2002) and "Casino Royale" (2006). The essay discusses differences in technology used, the Bond girls, and performances of Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig as James Bond. It analyzes how "Die Another Day" featured more advanced tech while "Casino Royale" focused more on action. It also compares Halle Berry and Vesper Lynd's Bond girls roles, and finds Brosnan captured Bond's soul while Craig was better at fighting scenes. Overall, the essay argues both films are good in their own ways and that the James Bond series has excellent production teams.
The document summarizes the results of a survey on understanding of breast cancer among Malaysian women aged 21-25 and 26-30. It finds that the average understanding level is 60% for those aged 21-25 and 61% for those aged 26-30, showing similar levels of understanding. Most respondents incorrectly answered the question on the percentage of women diagnosed after age 55. Over 80% correctly identified that breast cancer can cause death and the pink ribbon as the main symbol of breast cancer awareness.
The document provides a brief history of Barcelona, Spain including its origins as a Roman settlement called "Barcino" and later rule by the Visigoths and Moors. It then discusses the Sagrada Familia church located in Barcelona, focusing on its Gothic architectural structure and materials used in construction.
The Swatch Group is a multinational luxury watch company formed in 1983 through the merging of Swiss watchmakers. It owns famous brands like Omega, Tissot, and Swatch. Recent achievements include Omega introducing an anti-magnetic watch and Harry Winston purchasing a large blue diamond. A ratio analysis of 2012-2013 shows profitability and expenses improving but debt increasing and slower inventory turnover. An appendix discusses the company's price-earnings ratio of 13.8 and recommends against investing due to instability risks.
This document discusses game polish and how to improve the feeling of a game. It defines game polish as any enhancement that improves a game's experience. Game feel refers to the tactile sense of controlling objects in a game and knowing what feels good. Geometry Wars is used as an example of a polished game due to its music, particle effects, neon glow, explosions, controls, pace and transitions. Mario 64 is cited for having superb controls that made movement and exploration fun. The document recommends adding feeling through music, aesthetics, words, controls, transitions, context, and polish while avoiding adding too much feeling. It emphasizes that game feel enhances core mechanics without changing them.
Some common AngularJS anti-patterns include:
- Using jQuery to manipulate the DOM instead of directives
- Checking $scope.$$phase instead of moving $apply calls appropriately
- Not making ng-model bindings objects which can break child scopes
- Creating bloated controllers that do too much like DOM manipulation instead of focusing on data
- Not programming in an "Angular way" by manipulating views instead of models
- Failing to encapsulate third party libraries in Angular services
The document discusses geometric shapes related to circles such as spheres, hemispheres, and sectors. It provides formulas for calculating the surface area and volume of spheres and hemispheres. Formulas are given for finding the circumference, area, and radii of circles. The document also discusses converting between degrees and radians and formulas for calculating arc length, area of sectors, and area of segments of circles.
To collaborate effectively on a team project, everyone needs to be on the same page. They must share a common vision for the project, understand their individual roles and responsibilities, and know how to access and store the project files. A game design document (GDD) helps align all collaborators by detailing key aspects of the game like gameplay mechanics, narrative, art style, and technical requirements. A well-written GDD introduces the core concept, summarizes gameplay and progression, and outlines sections for art, sound, and game-specific details to teach readers how the game works.
1. The document summarizes a site visit report to a construction site called The Andes located in Puchong, Malaysia. The objectives of the site visit were to understand construction techniques in practice and observe building materials, construction equipment, and safety practices.
2. At the site, the students observed the bored pile foundation, reinforced concrete columns and beams of grades 35 and 40, formwork, reinforcement bars, and excavation equipment. The report describes the key aspects of piled foundations.
3. In conclusion, the site visit helped the student better understand construction processes, communication and teamwork on sites, and the importance of safety. It provided practical experience to complement theoretical classroom learning.
This document provides details of a student group project to design a small construction project on unused land within their campus. The group chose a 30m x 16m site next to the theater to propose a dining area project. They analyzed the site, researched ideas, and designed a floor plan including a dining area, lounge, balcony, kitchen and toilets. The group divided roles and provided materials, costs and authority approval details for their proposed campus dining area construction project.
The document presents a vision for how New York City could develop sustainably in the future. It describes plans for green buildings that use material and energy efficiency techniques like solar water heating. It also proposes increasing bike lanes, using flying CCTVs and invisible fencing to reduce crime, and renovating Penn Station to better accommodate large crowds. Finally, it imagines a technological coffee shop that can control its temperature and an indoor garden mimicking an ancient castle.
The document is a report comparing two hair salon businesses - Stella, a home-based salon in Banting, and Tenze Hair Studio, a commercial salon with 6 branches. Stella was founded in 1989 and started as a shop called Leaves before the owner, Stella Lim, took over and renamed it. Tenze was founded in 2002 by Avier Ng and has expanded steadily over the years. Both salons face competition from other local salons. While Stella focuses on loyal customers through good service, Tenze differentiates itself through fashion show work and new monthly packages. As monopolistically competitive firms, they have weak pricing power and must compete intensely on product differentiation.
The document provides information about two hair salons that were interviewed - Hairitage Salon located in Petaling Jaya, Selangor and Benny Salon located in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. It summarizes the history and founding of each salon, services offered, prices, number of employees, target customer demographics and annual revenues. Hairitage Salon was founded in 1994 by siblings Daniel and Linda Mah and has 6 employees, serving a primarily middle-aged, middle-to-upper class female clientele. Benny Salon was started in 1990 by Elisa Tam Yit Peng and currently has one permanent employee, targeting younger customers aged 18-30 with lower average prices.
The document outlines a research report comparing two hair salons - 77 Unisex Saloon, a home-based business, and GC Hair Studio and Academy, a commercial business. It includes sections on the history, description, pricing, and comparative analysis of the two salons. 77 Unisex Saloon was founded 30 years ago in Sungai Way and offers traditional hairdressing methods at affordable prices. GC Hair Studio and Academy was founded 15 years ago in Cheras and Puchong and is a renowned hair studio offering various hair services and an academy for training hair stylists.
The document outlines a research report comparing two hair salons - 77 Unisex Saloon, a home-based business founded 30 years ago in Sungai Way, and GC Hair Studio and Academy, a commercial business with locations in Cheras and Puchong founded 15 years ago. It provides details on the history, services offered, pricing, competitors, and strategies of each business. It then analyzes the differences between the two salons, including their founders, locations, workers, future plans, and strategies for competing in the market.
The document outlines a research report comparing two hair salons - 77 Unisex Saloon, a home-based business, and GC Hair Studio and Academy, a commercial business. It includes sections on the history, description, pricing, and comparative analysis of the two salons. 77 Unisex Saloon was founded 30 years ago in Sungai Way and offers traditional hairdressing methods at affordable prices. GC Hair Studio and Academy was founded 15 years ago in Cheras and Puchong and is a renowned hair studio offering various hair services and an academy for training hair stylists.
The document outlines a research report comparing two hair salons - 77 Unisex Saloon, a home-based business, and GC Hair Studio and Academy, a commercial business. It includes sections on the history, description, comparative analysis and differences of the two businesses. 77 Unisex Saloon was founded 30 years ago in Sungai Way and operates out of the founder's backyard, while GC Hair Studio was established 15 years ago and has two locations in Selangor. The report finds that while 77 Unisex Saloon benefits from low overhead costs, GC Hair Studio thrives due to its professional services and use of high-quality branded products.
The document outlines a research report comparing two hair salons - 77 Unisex Saloon, a home-based business, and GC Hair Studio and Academy, a commercial business. It includes sections on the history, description, comparative analysis and differences of the two businesses. 77 Unisex Saloon was founded 30 years ago in Sungai Way and operates out of the founder's backyard, while GC Hair Studio was established 15 years ago and has two locations in Selangor. The report finds that while 77 Unisex Saloon benefits from low overhead costs, GC Hair Studio thrives due to its professional services and use of high-quality branded products.
English 2 - Project 2 - Research Assignment Report WritingRyan Kerry Jy
The document outlines a research report comparing two hair salons - 77 Unisex Saloon, a home-based business founded 30 years ago in Sungai Way, and GC Hair Studio and Academy, a commercial business with locations in Cheras and Puchong founded 15 years ago. It includes sections on the history, services offered, competitors, pricing, and a comparative analysis of the businesses. The analysis finds that while 77 Unisex Saloon offers affordable traditional services in a vintage setting, GC Hair Studio provides modern facilities, professional staff, and a hair academy in addition to its services.
The document outlines a research report comparing two hair salons - 77 Unisex Saloon, a home-based business, and GC Hair Studio and Academy, a commercial business. It includes sections on the history, description, pricing, and comparative analysis of the two salons. 77 Unisex Saloon was founded 30 years ago in Sungai Way and offers traditional hairdressing methods at affordable prices. GC Hair Studio and Academy was founded 15 years ago in Cheras and Puchong and is a renowned hair studio offering various hair services and an academy for training hair stylists.
The document provides information about the history of hair salons and barber shops, as well as details about three hair salon businesses - Stella Salon, Tenze Hair Studio, and their competitors. It discusses how ancient Egyptians were the first to cut human hair for religious purposes. It then outlines the origins and evolution of barber shops from ancient Greece to modern unisex shops. The document also provides ownership histories, services offered, revenues and start-up costs for Stella Salon and Tenze Hair Studio, and compares their strategies for competing with local salons.
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1. Business industry selected: Hair salon
2. Royce Hair Salon Located in Oakland Commercial Centre, Seremban. Founded in 2012 by Mr. Royce. Name: Royce Hair Saloon Only one branch as of today.
3. SERVICES OFFERED BY ROYCE HAIR SALON: Haircut Hairwash Hair treatment Highlighting Coloring
4. Daily number of customers 8-20 Number of employees: 2
5. Basic Information About the Owner: Royce is an Indian orphan who is raised by a Chinese family. Jalan Haruan of the Oakland Commercial Centre in the new town of Seremban, which is called Seremban 2 He only speaks Mandarin and Cantonese. His dream was to become a professional hairstylist and start up his own hair salon one day.
6. ReStyle Hair Salon Located in Syopz Mall in Taylor’s University Lakeside Campus. Part of the A Cut Above Group. Founded by Winnie Loo, award-winning hairstylist and chairwoman of A Cut Above Group. Established in 2009. There are three other branches that are located in 1 Mont’Kiara, Tesco Mutiara Damansara and Sunway Pyramid.
7. Services Provided by ReStyle Hair Salon Haircut Hairwash Hair treatment Perming Highlighting Coloring Brazilian Keratin Treatment Shampooing and Blowdry
8. Motive of Opening The Hair Salon To target students and hostel residents to buy the hairstyling services because of its convenience.
9. Daily Number of Customers: 15 (On Average) Number of Employees: 2
10. Comparative Analysis of the Businesses’ Competitive Traits
11. 10 Main Competitors: - Impress Hair Salon - Kenji Hair Salon - Domnik Hair Salon 8 Main competitors: - Spazio Hair Salon - Hair Fonts - APT Hair Salon Number of Competitors
12. Brief Bios of Top 3 Competitors 1. Impress Hair Salon • Located in Kemayan Square. • Established much earlier than Royce Hair Salon. 1. Spazio Hair Salon • Located in SS15, Subang Jaya • Established in 2010. 2. Kenji Hair Salon • Located in Biz Avenue. • Relatively reputable because of its location. • Offers promotion of their services in Groupon MY. 2. Hair Fonts • Located in Sunway Pyramid. • Groupon has many deals with Hair Fonts in which customers can purchase them at a cheaper price. 3. Domnik Hair Salon • Located inside of Terminal One Shopping Centre. • It is one of the few hair salons inside the mall. • Offers quick haircut. 3. APT Hair Salon • Located in Sunway Pyramid • Consists of well-trained hairstylist. • Provides professional hairstyling courses.
13. Strategies Used to Compete With Competitors Strategy 1: Pricing • Cheap pricing - Only RM 20 for a standard haircut for both male and female. • Affordable pricing. • Student pricing. • Various packages at a cheaper price as compared to buying the service sseparately
14. Strategies Used to Compete With Competitors Strategy 2: Service and Product Variety • Offers all services that a standard hair salon has. • Have various hair care prod
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School of Architecture, Building and Design
Foundation of
Natural Built and Environments
Economics (Ecn30205)
ReportTitle:
A Comparative Analysis of 2 Businesses of Similar Industry in Different
Geographical Locations
GroupMembers:
Lu Siau Vay 0318567
Siong Jia Yii 0318239
Wah Yun Chen 0319115
Aaron Ngu Nguok Soon 0319396
Lecturer: Mr Chang Jau Ho
WordCount: 2155 words
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TableofContent
No. Content Page number
1. Key summary 3
2. Brief description of the businesses 4-5
3. Comparative Analysis of the Businesses’ Competitive
Traits
6-7
4. Recommendation 8
5. Appendices 9-10
6. References 11
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Key Summary
According to the brief of the assignment, we need to find a group with six members at
first. After that, we are required to do a comparative research about two same business industry
located in Klang Valley.
Our group has decided to choose hair styled salon as our target of research report. A
comparative research report had been done by conducting through primary and secondary
sources, such as asking permission to interview, organizing questionnaires, arranging the date
of interviewing, site observation and so on. Therefore, we have visited and interviewed two
hair salons which are ‘Tenze Hair Studio’ and ‘Stella’ to collect information and photos.
While we were doing the research about the hair studios, we found that ‘Tenze Hair
Studio’ is a commercialized hair studio that having 6 branches at different area while Stella is
a home-based hair salon that placed in Banting. Both of the salons are considered as famous
hair salons at their own area and have been operating for 10 years and above.
These two salons had been analysed, synthesized, compared and contrasted in several
aspects in terms of brief description, competitive traits, and recommendation to improve and
develop better in the same industry.
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Brief Description of the Businesses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJMgRDKiD0s&list=
Salon Name: STELLA
PLO0bO4HBqbYikj7jld65aYe7ERTOuiwJZ
HISTORY
In the early years, she owned a salon, named ‘Leaves’. ‘Leaves’ were actually belong
to another owner and Stella was working with the owner. Few years later, the owner sold the
shop to Stella Lim. Ms. Stella Lim mentioned that when she owned the shop during the early
years, the business was running very well because it was located at the main street of the town
and most of the residences of the town love her hair styling skills.
After a few years, she moved her shop location to another area but it was still in the
same town and she named it as ‘Stella’ because she wanted the salon to represent as her. The
business of ‘Stella’ was not as good as ‘Leaves’ because the location was not in the uptown,
but the old customers still came to her salon as they could not find a second best hair stylist
like her.
Founded Year 1989 (25 years)
Founder Stella Lim
Current Location Banting, Selangor
Motive for Starting Business To learn a technique, Interest
Main Services Hair cutting, perming
Estimated Number of Customers About 50 per day
Annual Revenue About 72K
Capital Needed for Starting the Business ‘Leaves’ – about RM 15,000
‘Stella’ – about RM 50,000
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During the year of 2013, she closed her shop and moved the business to her house
because she found that the competition nowadays is too strong but she want to maintain her
passion and interest. In addition, to take care of her family, so she still continue engaging her
business at her house.
Salon Name: Tenze Hair Studio Sdn. Bhd.
HISTORY
2002
Mr. Avier Ng started his first business in 2002, when the time was still not so competitive.
So he started the salon which more focus in hairdo services and make up for fashion show,
magazine and advertisement shooting and artist concert with his dream and passion
successfully during the time.
2004
After two years, he opened the second branch store in 2004.
2007
His third branch store has been started in 2007, it was three years after his second branch
store.
2007-2012
In 2007, he realized that the system of management was terrible. So he stopped opening
Founded Year 2002
Founder Mr. Avier Ng
Current Location Tenze Hair Studio Setia Alam
No.18-1-2, Jalan Setia Prima Q U13/Q, Setia Alam
Sek U13, 40170 Shah Alam.
Motive for Starting the Business Passion
Dream
Main
Services
1. Hairdo services and Make up for Fashion
Show
2. Magazine and Advertisement shooting
3. Artist Concerts
Estimated Customers About 60 per day
Annual Revenue About RM 2.5 million
Number of Branch Stores 6 branches.
Capital to Start his Business RM50k to RM1.5 million
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branches for that time and try to focus in setting up the system. After few years keeping
the system in a stable situation, finally in 2012 he decided to start training his team and
build branding of his stores so that his businesses will run more successfully in the future.
2013
He continued opened his fourth and fifth branch stores in 2013 after his businesses were
stabled.
2014
Since the system and the branding of his studio had stabled, so he continued his sixth
branch store in 2014. And he said that he believes it would not be difficult to continue
opening branches in the future.
Comparative analysis of the Businesses’ competitive traits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y5opPT4n4&list=PLO0bO4HBqbYikj7jld65aYe7ERTOuiwJZ
As already been stated, we interviewed two type of business. The first one, Tenze Hair
Studio Sdn. Bhd. It is a commercialized business. In this business, they face a lot of competitors
in their market. So, we found that they have a least three competitors. The first competitor is
‘AX Hair Style Salon’, it is located at Jalan Prima C, Setia Alam, and it is just right beside
‘Tenze Hair Studio’. The shop is specialized in hair stylist, hair care and so on. The second
competitor is located in the same area, called ‘1986 Hair Studio’. This hair studio is different
because it provides a café, so that the customers can enjoy while waiting for their turn. The
third competitor ‘De Hair Salon’ also located in the same row with the Tenze Hair Studio.
“In 2015, what business does not face any competition?” Mr Avier Ng mentioned it.
He has never treated anyone as his competitors. It is because he thinks that he treats them as a
friend and share everything with them such as skill, technique and style. Moreover, he also
think that he has already won them by attitude. In his point, attitude is very important. In the
interview, he mentioned that a very important thing, “Divert the customer away from the
competitors to him will build up only enemies, instead of profit.” He thinks that they will use
another way to let him lose all the customers if he does so. Therefore, having more friend are
always better than having more enemies.
Another hair salon that we are doing is a salon located in Banting which is ‘Stella’.
‘Stella’ is a home based salon. We found that there are three competitors they are facing in the
town. One of the competitors is a salon that managed by a young people. His customers is
surrounded with young people as well because he knows the most trending hair style. His
salon’s name is ‘Pro’. The second competitor, named ‘Mei Hua’ is using the same strategies as
‘Stella’. Their hair styling skills are equally competitive as each other. In addition, they also
have a low price and good customer services. The third competitor, Kozo is located at the
uptown of Banting. They are competitive because they are more systematic among all of the
salons.
Even though she is facing those competitors but she would not want to compete with
her competitors because she trusts her customers’ loyalty. “People have their choices in
choosing which kind of salon they want”, Stella said. She provides good customer service, such
as good hair styling skills and comfortable hair washing. This is what we called ‘differentiated
products’ in economics. But what we heard from the founder, Stella, most of her customers
still coming to her for hair services even though she kept moving her shop. Up to here, we can
know that Stella is a kind and friendly person.
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Besides that, every businesses face obstacles while entering the market because
nowadays those businesses in the same industry has become more and more. So, there will be
a lot of competitors to fight with them. Secondly, they will probably be lack of customers
because customers have too much choices. In addition, lack of funding and insufficient cash
flow are one of the obstacles. It is very normal when a new business just started and did not
work in systematic. Other than that, businesses nowadays are also facing a human resources
problem. It is hard for them to recruit talented staffs and manage people. Nowadays, many
teenagers did not finish their degree program, some of them went to find a job after getting a
SPM certificate. What skills do they still have?
Pricing decision is also the one of the obstacles faced by new businesses who wish to
enter their markets nowadays. Why? It is because if they raise its price, they will lose significant
demand for their products because customers will choose their competitors instead. Therefore,
due to the intense competition and weak pricing power, most of the monopolistic competitive
firms make minimal profits over time in the market. It is difficult to overcome because there
are a lot of similar shops in this market even they can retain their customers by differentiating
their products.
‘Tenze Hair Studio’ and ‘Stella’ are both monopolistic competitive firms.
Monopolistic competitive firms have five characteristics. Firstly, the market is represented by
a fairly large number of firms, such as perfume industry and restaurant industry. The second
characteristic is the market is protected by weak barriers to entry, this also explain why new
firm can enter and exit the market easily. Since there are so many firms in the market, the
competition is very intense. Monopolistic competitive firms cannot charge any price they like
or the customers will choose their competitors. Therefore, monopolistic competitive firms have
weak pricing power, also known as ‘price taker’ in economics. To increase their pricing power
and protect their profit from competitors, those monopolistic competitive firms will strive to
differentiate their product or different package. Product differentiation results in customers
developing attachment for their products. When a firm has strong attachment, then it is harder
for competitors to divert away its customers. Furthermore, constantly advertising is necessary
because without advertisement, customers would not be aware of the firm’s product
differentiation.
Competitive Traits Stella Tenze Hair Studio
1. Number of Competitors 2- 10
2. Barrier to Entry Weak. Weak barrier to entry means that many competitors
can enter and exit the market easily.
3. Differentiated or
Standardized Products
Differentiated Products. For
example, good customer
service, convenient location.
Differentiated products.
They provide new package
every months and they
usually work in fashion
show and artist concert.
4. Pricing Power Price Taker. That means they have weak pricing power
because their competition is intense. So that they cannot
charge any price it likes.
5. Other Characteristics There many sellers in the market, but no more than 100
firms.
Firms are constantly advertising their differentiate
products.
6. Verdict Monopolistic Competitive Firm
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Based on the analysis above, ‘Tenze Hair Studio’ is more commercially successful
because they are more systematic. They have a well-managed business compared to ‘Stella’.
In addition, launching new package every months and working for other industry, like fashion
show and artist’s concert shows that they have differentiated their products. By differentiating
their products, consumers have more choices to spend what they prefer. Plus, ‘Tenze Hair
Studio’ advertise their products frequently. This enables to beat their competitors because new
customers get to know the information of their hair studio from advertisement. That is why
advertisement could attract customers to come over their salon.
Recommendation
Based on the analysis of the previous section, I am going to provide a few
recommendations on improving the competitiveness of each business with proper
justifications.
STELLA:
From the analysis of Stella’s salon, we can see that they use good customer service and
good hair styling skills with cheaper price to keep their customers. In our opinion, since they
have good hair styling skills, why not they higher their price a little bit? We think that they can
increase their price same as the normal market price in the town. For example, if their
competitors collect RM20 for a haircut, they could increase their price to RM20 as well.
Other than that, Stella does not have a well-managed salon. To improve the
competitiveness of their business, we think that they should manage their salon’s business in
systematically. They could consider about creating a website to advertise their company or sell
products like shampoo, conditioner, and hair mask online. Creating a web page is very easy
nowadays, you can create a web page on Facebook as well.
TENZE HAIR STUDIO:
To improve their business’s system, setting up a goal every months or every few months
will be a good idea. Write down the goal that is possible to achieve and think about strategies
to achieve the goal. We think that this hair studio can try to get a tutor to help you on developing
their business skills and achieve success earlier than they may have on their own.
Admittedly, improving their customer service can totally help them to earn more from
their existing customers and find new customers. Happy customers will refer their business to
others and providing you with free, favourable word-of-mouth advertising.
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StellaLim 0123092373(Founder)
Diff Ng 0169088358 (Hair stylist)
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