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Industry and Competitor Analysis | Five Competitive Forces | Five Primary Industry Types | What Is Industry | Competitor Analysis | Studying Industry Trends |
Industry and Competitor Analysis | Five Competitive Forces | Five Primary Ind...FaHaD .H. NooR
Industry and Competitor Analysis | Five Competitive Forces | Five Primary Industry Types | What Is Industry | Competitor Analysis | Studying Industry Trends |
Competitive Intelligence for Market Researchers: an Exercise-Driven, Interact...Arik Johnson
Introduction to Competitive Intelligence Principles Workshop, Designed for a Market Research Audience and Delivered at the 2006 Institute for International Research (IIR) Market Research Event in Los Angeles, California October 22
ISR interviewed 14 highly experienced decision-makers to better understand the Market Access function. These professionals shared their perspectives on a range of topics related to the Market Access function, including the role of Market Access within their organizations, the structure of the Market Access function, and the key challenges faced by Market Access. Where possible, ISR also collected information on departmental headcounts, budgets, and outsourcing volume.
this slide is about types of industry and the competition, firms and industry level, types of opportunities and competitor analysis.
also includes porter`s five force model, competitor intelligence and analysis grid.
Is your company reaping ecosystem advantages??Browne & Mohan
Companies are increasing realizing there is a limit to which internal investments and resources can contribute to their sustainable competitive advantage and innovation. Companies need to build capabilities, systems and process not only to generate ideas and paths from internal sources, they also need approaches to identify, integrate and exploit their ecosystem partners. In this paper, Browne & Mohan consultants share what values can each of the player in the ecosystem bring to the company and how they can be systematically harnessed.
Using established business models as investigative tools and linking them together to enhance their analytical value is proposed in this paper as a method of progressing from strategic situation analysis to competitive advantage. Moreover, internal analyses that result in the identification of distinctive competencies and external investigations that uncover industry key success factors give strategists the means to develop strategies that may achieve competitive advantage.
Competition is getting more intense. Globalisation has finally arrived in every country of the world. It is crucial to know your own strengths
and weaknesses as well as these of your „enemies.“
Companies that want to be “ahead of the competition“ must have a
well-performing radar system in order to analyse their competitors and market developments, and to be able to identify relevant opportunities or threats on time .
Competitive Intelligence is the art of always staying one step ahead of
the competition.
industry, Industry Analysis, Why is Industry Analysis Important? How Industry and Firm-Level Factors Affect Performance, Techniques Available to Assess Industry Attractiveness, Studying Industry Trends
Running Head FIVE PORTER FORCES IN MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY1FIVE .docxcharisellington63520
Running Head: FIVE PORTER FORCES IN MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY 1
FIVE PORTER FORCES IN MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY 6
Five Porter Forces in Motorcycle Industry
Student Name
Institution
Five Porter Forces in Motorcycle industry
The porter’s five forces analysis represents the competitive environment of the motorcycle industry. The five forces provide strategic foresight plan of a motorcycle firm to avoid putting the competitive edge at risk and ensure a long-term profitability of the firm’s product(Kung-Sung, 2005). This vision is very important for the motorcycle production companies as they are able to direct there innovations in terms of choice of investments and strategies. The five forces provides a perspective for analyzing and assessing the competitive strength and position of a business organization or corporation. The Porter’s five forces shape the competition of various products from different companies in the motorcycle market. The following five processes therefore will shape the competition of the available products and goods in the motorcycle market: Competitive rivalry within the industry, the threat of now entrants in the economy, the threat of substitutes, the bargaining power of suppliers, and the bargaining power of the customers (Porter, 2008).
Competitive rivalry within the industry
The competition between different firms producing same kind of product will determine the attractiveness of the industry sector. There are many motorcycle-manufacturing companies today. These companies are fighting to maintain relevance and power in the market. The competition will change based on the sector development, diversity and the existence of barriers to firms to enter. It also provides an analysis of the number of products, competitors, brands, strategies, strengths and weaknesses, and market shares. The factors that will determine how well a firm competes with other firms include the number of competitors in the market, the quality differences of the products and other differences, the switching costs, customer loyalty to a particular firm and the cost of leaving the market(Kung-Sung, 2005).
The Threat of new entrants
The new era of technological advancement has seen many new motorcycle firms entering the motorcycle industry. New firms have begun manufacturing motorcycles of various types, which brings a great threat to the existing companies. The need for more vehicles due to the increasing population has been the motivation behind the increase of new entrants in the market. New entrants will result to competition for the market of their products, which may result to lower profits if the company is beaten in the competition. Therefore, it is the interest of every company to create barriers to prevent its competitors from entering the market. New entrants may be new companies or companies that intent to diversify. The barriers may be industrial (products or single brands) or legal (patent regulations). The arrival of new entrants .
· Complete the Assignment, Personal Application Paper· After r.docxLynellBull52
· Complete the Assignment, "Personal Application Paper"
· After reviewing what you have written for the Personal Application Conferences each week and your interaction with your fellow students about this, write a final paper incorporating all of the topics covered weekly in the PA and how what you have learned in this course applies to the organization you work for. It should be more than just a simple cut and paste from your earlier PA postings.
Papers should be approximately 5-7 pages in length. This page limit is forces you to think hard of what are the key points you want to make and avoid generalities.
The following is the past 8 weeks discussion questions in yellow and the answers to help you with the paper.
What kinds of industries tend to be better performers in the medium to long term? Why? What kinds of industries tend to do poorly in the medium to long term? Why?
Can you make the claim that some industries are inherently more profitable than others? Provide arguments and examples to justify your response.
Generally speaking, for companies in the same industry, what factors would explain differences in company performance over the long term?
Your thoughts about the fundamental strategic issues facing the industry in which your organization exists. Compare the performance of your company against the industry within which it operates, for 1 year and 5 years, using the Morningstar database or any other source of information that is appropriate
1. The kind of industries which tend to perform better in the medium to long term include railroad, insurance service providers, and resorts & casinos. This is because of the management practices used in the industries and the pattern of cash flow that the industries have. The revenue flow in the resorts and casinos may be volatile during the short term but when viewed in the medium to long term it is stable. The management practices used in the industries such as the sale of time shares smoothen the volatilities that commonly experienced in the industries. Industries such as savings & cooperative banks and independent power production tend to perform poorly in the medium to long term period. This is because the savings and cooperative banks are affected by both the economy and customer demands hence the varying year returns. Savings and cooperative banks avail various substitutes to customers in the long term. These substitutes determine the competition in the industry. Independent power production industry performs poorly because it is privately owned .
2. Some industries are inherently profitable than others because some of the industries perform better in the medium to long term compared to others. For example the returns in resorts and casinos may be volatile in the short run but stable in the long term while industries such as the coal and gold industries have low returns in the short run because of their nature of getting depleted with time and hence depreciating value. This, there.
Competitive Intelligence for Market Researchers: an Exercise-Driven, Interact...Arik Johnson
Introduction to Competitive Intelligence Principles Workshop, Designed for a Market Research Audience and Delivered at the 2006 Institute for International Research (IIR) Market Research Event in Los Angeles, California October 22
ISR interviewed 14 highly experienced decision-makers to better understand the Market Access function. These professionals shared their perspectives on a range of topics related to the Market Access function, including the role of Market Access within their organizations, the structure of the Market Access function, and the key challenges faced by Market Access. Where possible, ISR also collected information on departmental headcounts, budgets, and outsourcing volume.
this slide is about types of industry and the competition, firms and industry level, types of opportunities and competitor analysis.
also includes porter`s five force model, competitor intelligence and analysis grid.
Is your company reaping ecosystem advantages??Browne & Mohan
Companies are increasing realizing there is a limit to which internal investments and resources can contribute to their sustainable competitive advantage and innovation. Companies need to build capabilities, systems and process not only to generate ideas and paths from internal sources, they also need approaches to identify, integrate and exploit their ecosystem partners. In this paper, Browne & Mohan consultants share what values can each of the player in the ecosystem bring to the company and how they can be systematically harnessed.
Using established business models as investigative tools and linking them together to enhance their analytical value is proposed in this paper as a method of progressing from strategic situation analysis to competitive advantage. Moreover, internal analyses that result in the identification of distinctive competencies and external investigations that uncover industry key success factors give strategists the means to develop strategies that may achieve competitive advantage.
Competition is getting more intense. Globalisation has finally arrived in every country of the world. It is crucial to know your own strengths
and weaknesses as well as these of your „enemies.“
Companies that want to be “ahead of the competition“ must have a
well-performing radar system in order to analyse their competitors and market developments, and to be able to identify relevant opportunities or threats on time .
Competitive Intelligence is the art of always staying one step ahead of
the competition.
industry, Industry Analysis, Why is Industry Analysis Important? How Industry and Firm-Level Factors Affect Performance, Techniques Available to Assess Industry Attractiveness, Studying Industry Trends
Running Head FIVE PORTER FORCES IN MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY1FIVE .docxcharisellington63520
Running Head: FIVE PORTER FORCES IN MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY 1
FIVE PORTER FORCES IN MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY 6
Five Porter Forces in Motorcycle Industry
Student Name
Institution
Five Porter Forces in Motorcycle industry
The porter’s five forces analysis represents the competitive environment of the motorcycle industry. The five forces provide strategic foresight plan of a motorcycle firm to avoid putting the competitive edge at risk and ensure a long-term profitability of the firm’s product(Kung-Sung, 2005). This vision is very important for the motorcycle production companies as they are able to direct there innovations in terms of choice of investments and strategies. The five forces provides a perspective for analyzing and assessing the competitive strength and position of a business organization or corporation. The Porter’s five forces shape the competition of various products from different companies in the motorcycle market. The following five processes therefore will shape the competition of the available products and goods in the motorcycle market: Competitive rivalry within the industry, the threat of now entrants in the economy, the threat of substitutes, the bargaining power of suppliers, and the bargaining power of the customers (Porter, 2008).
Competitive rivalry within the industry
The competition between different firms producing same kind of product will determine the attractiveness of the industry sector. There are many motorcycle-manufacturing companies today. These companies are fighting to maintain relevance and power in the market. The competition will change based on the sector development, diversity and the existence of barriers to firms to enter. It also provides an analysis of the number of products, competitors, brands, strategies, strengths and weaknesses, and market shares. The factors that will determine how well a firm competes with other firms include the number of competitors in the market, the quality differences of the products and other differences, the switching costs, customer loyalty to a particular firm and the cost of leaving the market(Kung-Sung, 2005).
The Threat of new entrants
The new era of technological advancement has seen many new motorcycle firms entering the motorcycle industry. New firms have begun manufacturing motorcycles of various types, which brings a great threat to the existing companies. The need for more vehicles due to the increasing population has been the motivation behind the increase of new entrants in the market. New entrants will result to competition for the market of their products, which may result to lower profits if the company is beaten in the competition. Therefore, it is the interest of every company to create barriers to prevent its competitors from entering the market. New entrants may be new companies or companies that intent to diversify. The barriers may be industrial (products or single brands) or legal (patent regulations). The arrival of new entrants .
· Complete the Assignment, Personal Application Paper· After r.docxLynellBull52
· Complete the Assignment, "Personal Application Paper"
· After reviewing what you have written for the Personal Application Conferences each week and your interaction with your fellow students about this, write a final paper incorporating all of the topics covered weekly in the PA and how what you have learned in this course applies to the organization you work for. It should be more than just a simple cut and paste from your earlier PA postings.
Papers should be approximately 5-7 pages in length. This page limit is forces you to think hard of what are the key points you want to make and avoid generalities.
The following is the past 8 weeks discussion questions in yellow and the answers to help you with the paper.
What kinds of industries tend to be better performers in the medium to long term? Why? What kinds of industries tend to do poorly in the medium to long term? Why?
Can you make the claim that some industries are inherently more profitable than others? Provide arguments and examples to justify your response.
Generally speaking, for companies in the same industry, what factors would explain differences in company performance over the long term?
Your thoughts about the fundamental strategic issues facing the industry in which your organization exists. Compare the performance of your company against the industry within which it operates, for 1 year and 5 years, using the Morningstar database or any other source of information that is appropriate
1. The kind of industries which tend to perform better in the medium to long term include railroad, insurance service providers, and resorts & casinos. This is because of the management practices used in the industries and the pattern of cash flow that the industries have. The revenue flow in the resorts and casinos may be volatile during the short term but when viewed in the medium to long term it is stable. The management practices used in the industries such as the sale of time shares smoothen the volatilities that commonly experienced in the industries. Industries such as savings & cooperative banks and independent power production tend to perform poorly in the medium to long term period. This is because the savings and cooperative banks are affected by both the economy and customer demands hence the varying year returns. Savings and cooperative banks avail various substitutes to customers in the long term. These substitutes determine the competition in the industry. Independent power production industry performs poorly because it is privately owned .
2. Some industries are inherently profitable than others because some of the industries perform better in the medium to long term compared to others. For example the returns in resorts and casinos may be volatile in the short run but stable in the long term while industries such as the coal and gold industries have low returns in the short run because of their nature of getting depleted with time and hence depreciating value. This, there.
Feedback from peersThanks so much for your response. Very welChereCheek752
Feedback from peers
“Thanks so much for your response. Very well done!
I like the competitive forces model and the broad factor analysis which are models that other students have not really discussed.
All of these models can add value. The important thing if the company has the resources in an ideal world is perhaps use both models or multiple models.
If you know anything about research if you do different types of research focused on the same topic and come up with the same answers then you know you've done a good job!”
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“Great post, I enjoyed reading about the competitive forces model and the broad factors analysis. I agree with you that this is a great tool to use to include the internal and external factors. Politics should certainly be understood before entering into a foreign country and setting up camp. Learning about the macro-environmental factors would indeed need to be known to understand the impact of the environmental surroundings of where you would intend to expand globally (Corporate Finance Institute, 2021).
The competitive forces model is also extremely pertinent as you mention. Knowing the competition and the current market is crucial to the success of the organization. I appreciate that you talk about how difficult entry gives you a competitive advantage. I don't know if I understood that before, but you make a very good point in that regard. So with the difficult entry the contract agreement, is longer and there are better benefits offered? “
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PEER Discussion post
After reviewing the response of Deborah, I also collaborate with her opinion that there are still more positive ideas that can lead to improvements in the global market planning strategies. The adoption of technology can lead to various promotions in conjunction with the local production at the international business. Different decisions made by the stakeholders are mostly triggered by the level of competition that exists on the organization's premises. Moreover, the present-day global competition entails some aspects which evaluate the market share. On most occasions, several organization strategies, including the multinational rivals, do not differ looking at the approaches, productivity, and experience.
Following the previous meeting with Deborah, I learned various aspects which as a team, we should all bear in mind, and these aspects entail the most suitable approaches concerning the movement in connection with more formal analysis (Harrison, Freitas, Drinnan, Campos, Masci, di Maria & Whitaker, 2019). With the traditional analysis approaches, one can better understand because the visual elements pictorial are always running in one's mind. Although the formal analysis aspect takes much or longer time to express certain information, it provides evaluations and definitions which don't require clerical explanations (Turkmen, den Hartog, Ranise, & Zannone, 2017).
Following the Tiffany and mike suggestion ...
I will present visually engaging slides that outline Porter's-5, PESTLE, Ansoff, BCG & SWOT analysis as powerful tools for strategic decision-making. Whether you're a seasoned entrepreneur, a budding startup founder, or a curious professional looking to enhance your business acumen.
Media Management 2011-Strategy Module - Jan 21_2Robin Teigland
Slides from my second lecture in the Strategy module in the 2011 Media Management Course at Stockholm School of Economics and the Royal Institute of Technology. here is more information on the course: http://nordicworlds.net/2011/01/21/strategy-course-focuses-on-virtual-worlds-and-gaming-industries/
Movement of Share Prices and Sectoral Analysis: A Reflection Through Interact...Waqas Tariq
Interaction in graphs gives the user with an advantage to analyze the data in greater depth. With the help of interactive graphics users can get better insight of the data in comparison to the static graphical tools. This paper introduces an interactive graphical tool consisting of two graphs, a line diagram complemented by a boxplot. The line diagram helps to understand how successive values of a variable are related to time and box plot can help the visual comparison of several such variables. Here the line diagram is used to visualize share prices of a company corresponding to a number of days and the boxplot displays the position of the Share price of all companies in a particular sector. An investor in share market needs to consider a number of factors before making any decision about investment. Some of the factors influencing the decision are the performance of the particular security in recent past, its position in terms of share price in its own sector. The graphical technique used in this software tool shall be helpful while making investment decision.
· The 4 to 5-page limit refers to your analysis. The page limit do.docxalinainglis
· The 4 to 5-page limit refers to your analysis. The page limit does not include the reference page, the 5-forces diagram, nor a title page. If you prepare any supporting analysis that can be shown in an appendix page. So, you have 4 to 5 pages available for your written analysis.
· Introducing and describing the company (what it does, key products, markets, distribution) and the industry (key competitors, market size) should be succinct, no more than a half a page. Dedicate approximately 1/2 page introducing the company and it's industry. Beyond that don't spend much time or space describing basic info about the company. For example, providing the history of the company is not relevant to the model.
· The bulk of your writing should be specific to the model as it applies to your company, evaluating each of the five forces thoroughly. Assume the reader is a business person who has a basic knowledge of the company/industry.
· Your analysis should inform the reader of those aspects of the business and industry relevant to each of the five forces. For example, if sales figures are needed to establish the company's position in their industry, use that information in the industry competitors (rivalry) force.
· Use outside references. Key analysis points are to be referenced. As master’s-level business students it is expected that you will utilize sources beyond the company website, the Porter article itself, and sites like yahoo finance. You can use these sites but are strongly advised to not limit yourself to them.
· Thoroughly analyze each of the five forces. The Porter article gives you criteria and examples for each force that can be investigated as you prepare your analysis. Pick two or three for each force and use these to guide your paper.
· The 1-page model should be prepared after you complete your paper. It is nothing more than a visual, concise representation of your analysis. It does not have to be fancy. It does have to be clear and represent your analysis. Use exhibit 2.7 or the model in the Porter paper as your guide. Label each force as high or low, based on your analysis. Insert three to four (max) key bullet points related to each force into the five boxes in the model.
· Proofread your paper. Spelling, grammar, and APA.
BBA 4951, Business Policy and Strategy 1
Course Learning Outcomes for Unit III
Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:
3. Analyze external and internal audit processes.
9. Assess the strategy evaluation process.
Reading Assignment
Chapter 3: The External Assessment
Chapter 4: The Internal Assessment
Unit Lesson
External Assessments
During this unit, we will explore the factors that impact an internal and external assessment. Let us begin with
the external assessment. To effectively develop a successful strategic plan, the organization must be aware
and adapt to the external environments. These environments include identifying and incorporating .
ECO/561 Week 6 Assignment Rubric
Individual Assignment: Challenges of Expansion to a Foreign LocationPurpose of Assignment
This week students will review and revise their Week 3 Research Analysis for Business assignment based on economic analysis and the feedback provided by their facilitator. Students will also expand their Week 3 analyses to evaluate the challenges of expanding their chosen company's production to a foreign market.
Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products.
Grading Guide
Content
Met
Partially Met
Not Met
Comments:
Evaluated current global economic conditions and their effects on macroeconomic indicators in your selected country. Provided forecasts for population growth, gross domestic product (GDP) growth, GDP per capita growth, export growth, and sales growth.14 points
Evaluated any competitors' existing production in the chosen country. 11 points
Assessed sales forecasts in the selected country. 11 points
Categorized the type of economy that exists in your selected country as closed, mixed, or market. Explained the difference between these types of economies and how might this affect your expansion. 11 points
Assessed how the chosen country's current credit market conditions, especially interest rates and the availability of financing, affect demand for your product or service and your planning or operating decision for your production in that country. 11 points
Analyzed the role of the selected country's central bank on that country's economy. 11 points
Compared the availability, education, and job skills of the work force in the selected country. Discussed any additional challenges of international production, such as political stability, availability of government financing or other incentives, threat of capital controls, and exchange rate risks. 11 points
Explained any additional supply chain challenges you anticipate if attempting to make your product in your chosen country and selling the product in other countries. 11 points
Conclusion:
Created business strategies, including price and non-price strategies, based on your market structure to ensure the market share and potential market expansions and explore global opportunities for your business in a dynamic business environment and provide recommendations. 4 points
Develop a recommendation for how the firm can manage its future production by synthesizing the macroeconomic and microeconomic data presented. 4 points
Proposed how the firm's position within the market and among its competitors will allow it to take your recommended action. 4 points
Recommended strategies for the firm to sustain its success going forward by evaluating the findings from demand trends, price elasticity, current stage of the business cycle, and government. 4 points
Recommended any comparative adv ...
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategyby Michael E..docxcherry686017
The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy
by Michael E. Porter
Editor’s Note: In 1979, Harvard Business Review published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” by a young economist
and associate professor, Michael E. Porter. It was his first HBR article, and it started a revolution in the strategy field. In
subsequent decades, Porter has brought his signature economic rigor to the study of competitive strategy for corporations,
regions, nations, and, more recently, health care and philanthropy. “Porter’s five forces” have shaped a generation of academic
research and business practice. With prodding and assistance from Harvard Business School Professor Jan Rivkin and
longtime colleague Joan Magretta, Porter here reaffirms, updates, and extends the classic work. He also addresses common
misunderstandings, provides practical guidance for users of the framework, and offers a deeper view of its implications for
strategy today.
In essence, the job of the strategist is to understand and cope with competition. Often, however, managers define competition
too narrowly, as if it occurred only among today’s direct competitors. Yet competition for profits goes beyond established
industry rivals to include four other competitive forces as well: customers, suppliers, potential entrants, and substitute products.
The extended rivalry that results from all five forces defines an industry’s structure and shapes the nature of competitive
interaction within an industry.
As different from one another as industries might appear on the surface, the underlying drivers of profitability are the same. The
global auto industry, for instance, appears to have nothing in common with the worldwide market for art masterpieces or the
heavily regulated health-care delivery industry in Europe. But to understand industry competition and profitability in each of
those three cases, one must analyze the industry’s underlying structure in terms of the five forces. (See the exhibit “The Five
Forces That Shape Industry Competition.”)
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If the forces are intense, as they are in such industries as airlines, textiles, and hotels, almost no company earns attractive
returns on investment. If the forces are benign, as they are in industries such as software, soft drinks, and toiletries, many
companies are profitable. Industry structure drives competition and profitability, not whether an industry produces a product or
service, is emerging or mature, high tech or low tech, regulated or unregulated. While a myriad of factors can affect industry
profitability in the short run—including the weather and the business cycle—industry structure, manifested in the competitive
forces, sets industry profitability in the medium and long run. (See the exhibit “Differences in Industry Profitability.”)
Differences in Ind ...
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Global Business Strategy
Level 7 - Unit 7.2
International Business
Environment Analysis.
Report – Activity 1
Revised 18 Sept 2015
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Contents
Section Details Page
Activity 1
Introduction Company profile 4
1a International business environment Analysis Techniques 4 – 7
1b Analysis of the micro and macro of Marks & Spencer‟s PLC 7 – 8
1c The impact of international business environment on Marks & Spencer‟s 8 – 9
1d What does globalization mean for Marks & Spencer‟s? 9 – 10
1a (2) What is the extent of globalization on organizations? 10
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1b (2) Operating structures different organizations in international markets. 10 – 11
References 12
Introduction
Marks & Spencer PLC was founded in 1884.It has grown from a single market stall to an
international multi-channel retailer. They sell stylish, high quality value clothing and home
products as well as food, responsibly sourced from around 3,000 suppliers globally. Their
portfolio covers general merchandise, food, international and multi-channel across 54
international territories with nearly 86,000 employees.(Marks and Spencer, 2014).
International business environment Analysis Techniques
Business environment is the combination of internal and external factors that influence a
company‟s operating situation and the overall business. It is both Micro and Macro in nature.
Micro or internal factors are controllable and could include management style, organizational
culture, mission and value statement. Whereas Macro or external factors are uncontrollable these
http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/combination.html
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factors are often both dynamic & complex. Business environment factors can include new
policies, procedures, government changes, improvements in technology, social and economic
trends(Nonaka, I., and Takeuchi, H, 1995).The reason for analyzing the business environment is
to highlight opportunities and threats. Knowing the opportunities and threats to the business
allows the company to set a strong business strategy and understand better where to invest,
expand, diversify and downscale. There are a number of different tools we can use to analyse
both the Micro & Marco factors within a business.
Micro can be analysed with Porters 5 forces model.Porter identified that there are 5 key
forces that influence business that needed to be analysed in order to develop a competitive
advantage (Porter, 1985). These forces are supplier power, buyer power, competitive rivalry,
threat of substitution &threat of new entryand are used for strategic industry analysis. The
positives of using this technique to analyze is that it looks at a wider range of competitors and it
forces the business to look externally. However this is a relatively old model that may not be
suitable ...
Management plays important role within the organisations to determine goals and objectives. It includes performing, planning and controlling functions in the enterprise which is related with goals and objectives.
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Internationalisation of Business
Individual essay assignment
You need to select a multinational corporation from Fortune’s GLOBAL 500 MNCs list (http://fortune.com/global500/). We suggest you to think of your future career and industry that you are interested in while selecting a company from the list.
Step 1
Insert a map of your country.
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Although it is not mandatory, we encourage you to select an MNC from an emerging country (such as Brazil, Russia, India, China, Indonesia, South Africa, UAE, Vietnam, Malaysia, South Korea, members of AEC or Mercosur)
Step 1
Insert a map of your country.
3
2.1 The Analysis of your Multinational Corporation
In this section you will need to present and analyse key data supporting the status of your company as a multinational corporation.
You can include the following : year established, business or industry involved in, Fortune 500 ranking in 2015, recent years sales and profit performance/figures, global sales/profits, key competitive advantage, markets or countries served,( milestones in appendix) if relevant to show its internationalisation trends
It is highly recommended that you use key academic sources to illustrate and explain the concept of MNC in this section.
Which country and which industry will this essay focus on.
Select one country where your company has invested in (in any foreign direct investment forms). Then, you need to analyse the internationalisation of the company. In doing this you can follow the following points:
STEP 2:
Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.
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Global sales/profits trends,
%of sales or profits from overseas business
Ranking in Fortune 500.
No of countries and total workforce
Overview of the company as an MNC
What are its internationalisation objectives, industrial products and countries (key markets if operating in many countries) in which it operates
:
You will need to focus on ONE factor from the host country that influences the internationalisation process of the firm. As we focus on political economy and socio-cultural factors in the first part of this course, we recommend you to answer the following questions in this section:
What is the key factor (refer the above factor – is it political economy or is it socio-cultural factor)from the host country that promotes the internationalisation process of your firm? Why?
Please use one theory from the course to support your argument(s). The application of some theories from this course such as Uppsala Internationalisation theory, Eclectic paradigm, and Porter’s diamond theory can also be useful at this point.
STEP 2: Host Country Analysis
Insert a picture of one of the geographic features of your country.
6
Using Samsung’s entry into India market as example
Analyse one relevant factor in depth to support your argument why that particular factor has positive or negative impact on India’s mobile phone industry and Samsung’s choice of entry m.
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American History paper on Explain what transcendentalism is and how you have seen it displayed in the writings of Thoreau and/or Emerson. Why is transcendentalism important to the story of America and its history? What influence did transcendentalists like Thoreau and Emerson have on later movements in American culture
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Mobile devices have become the de facto standard for communication. Almost all adults in first world countries use one or more mobile devices for work, entertainment, and communication. This means that there are many more devices on a given network and the Internet as a whole, further establishing the fact that there are many more opportunities for hackers to gain access to personal and private information. Mobile devices come with their own ways of protecting personal resources. Describe at least four different types of network security defenses that mobile operating systems provide in order to keep personal data safeguarded. Also, answer the question of who is ultimately responsible for securing personal data: the operating system vendor, or those who own the device hosting the operating system?
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With mobile operating system attacks on the rise, it is going to be necessary to develop new solutions to mitigate cybersecurity threats. Most solutions that exist take on the form of pre-existing solutions that were meant to be used with desktop and server type operating systems. Thus, embedded operating systems are only just now starting to see their own utilities and solutions being born out of necessity. Describe some of the tools used to protect embedded operating system assets, and add your own personal opinion of how you feel embedded operating system security should be handled in the future.
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Amy Tan is an American writer whose novels examine family rela.docxADDY50
Amy Tan is an American writer whose novels examine family relationships, especially those of mothers and
daughters. She has written several bestselling novels, such as The Joy Luck Club and The Kitchen God’s Wife.
Tan has a BA and MA from San Jose State University.
Mother Tongue
by Amy Tan
I am not a scholar of English or literature. I cannot give you much more than personal
opinions on the English language and its variations in this country or others. I am a writer. And
by that definition, I am someone who has always loved language. I am fascinated by
language in daily life. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the
way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the
tool of my trade. And I use them all—all the Englishes I grew up with.
Recently, I was made keenly aware of the different Englishes I do use. I was giving a talk
to a large group of people, the same talk I had already given to half a dozen other groups. The
nature of the talk was about my writing, my life, and my book, The Joy Luck Club. The talk was
going along well enough, until I remembered one major difference that made the whole talk
sound wrong. My mother was in the room. And it was perhaps the first time she had heard me
give a lengthy speech, using the kind of English I have never used with her. I was saying things
like, “The intersection of memory upon imagination” and “There is an aspect of my fiction that
relates to thus-and-thus”—a speech filled with carefully wrought grammatical phrases, burdened,
it suddenly seemed to me, with nominalized forms, past perfect tenses, conditional phrases, all
the forms of standard English that I had learned in school and through books, the forms of
English I did not use at home with my mother.
Just last week, I was walking down the street with my mother, and I again found myself
conscious of the English I was using, the English I do use with her. We were talking about the
price of new and used furniture and I heard myself saying this: “Not waste money that way.” My
husband was with us as well, and he didn't notice any switch in my English. And then I realized
why. It’s because over the twenty years we’ve been together, I’ve often used that same kind of
English with him, and sometimes he even uses it with me. It has become our language of
intimacy, a different sort of English that relates to family talk, the language I grew up with.
So you'll have some idea of what this family talk I heard sounds like, I’ll quote what my
mother said during a recent conversation which I videotaped and then transcribed. During this
conversation, my mother was talking about a political gangster in Shanghai who had the same
last name as her family's, Du, and how the gangster in his early years wanted to be adopted by
her family, which was rich by comparison. Later, the gangster became more powerful, far richer.
America” by Claude McKay and We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence D.docxADDY50
“America” by Claude McKay and “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Analyze the writers’ use of extended metaphors to discuss racial prejudice and the struggle for equality in each poem. Compare/contrast their views on the topic.
1. Your essay must cover the topic you are writing about.
2. Your essay must have a central idea (stated in your thesis) that governs its development.
3. Your essay must be organized so that every part contributes something to the reader’s understanding of the central idea.
4. Your essay must be between 1000 - 1250 words in MLA format.
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American Police Departments have evolved through several eras in whi.docxADDY50
American Police Departments have evolved through several eras in which the police had different orientations or emphasized different aspects of their overall mission. The 9/11 terrorist attacks have substantially changed policing. However it has been several years since the attacks and the United States has not experienced another significant attack.
In what direction do you this the American police should proceed? How much emphasis should the police place on homeland security given that citizens and communities have numerous expectations that must be met?
Sources.
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American Greed AnalysisPrepare both a presentation (PowerPoint).docxADDY50
American Greed Analysis:
Prepare both a presentation (PowerPoint) and a written 3-page paper, based on an episode of
American Greed
. Both the presentation and the paper are to be posted on Canvas.
The following information is required:
1. Date episode was originally aired
2. Name of the episode
3. Name of the business, product, or service that was being sold
4. Problems the business was having? Or how was the scam be operated? Detailed
explanation required.
5. How could the public have known that fraud was being perpetrated?
6. How did the business hide the fraud from its clients/the public?
7. What were the reactions from the owner/owners?
8. How much was invested/lost by the clients? Were there any special conditions?
9. Where did the business start to unfold/unravel?
10. How was the fraud eventually discovered?
11. What were the legal results?
12. What is the Christian World View surrounding this business/fraud? What is the
biblical justification for either the business or its clients?
13. Conclusions: Include any theory or principles learned in the course.
Your paper should be written using complete paragraphs in response to the above questions.
You may include photos or graphics from the show. It should be written in the APA Style.
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American Management Association • www.amanet.org
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as this ever happened to you? You are embroiled in an argument
about a matter that is important to you and also to an employ-
ee. After several back-and-forth exchanges, you finally say,
“Okay, then, we’ll do it your way.” You do what you can to give that
employee exactly what he is asking for, only to find out later that he is
still ticked off. You are left wondering, “What is his problem? Isn’t he
ever satisfied?”
On the other hand, you may have had another experience as well. An
employee storms into your office, upset about a policy that, as far as she
is concerned, just isn’t working. You listen. She continues talking; you
continue to listen. In the back of your mind, though, you are thinking, “I
don’t know what we can do to fix that. It is what it is … nobody else has
complained.” She keeps talking and you keep listening. Finally she looks
at you with relief and says, “Thanks for listening. I feel better. I’ll talk to
you later.” You didn’t do anything, and somehow the situation is now
okay. You are left wondering what happened.
Usually in a conflict or disagreement, as we look for an acceptable
solution, we focus on the substance of the outcome. Everyone wants
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What We Need:The
Satisfaction Triangle
C H A P T E R 3
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40 UNDERSTANDING THE DYNAMICS OF CONFLICT
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something. The conventional wisdom tells us that getting that something
means that the conflict is dissolved. Did you get what you asked for?
If so, then you are happy. If you did not get what you wanted, then
you are not happy. In the first scenario, your expectation is that, when
you finally decide on a solution, the employee will be satisfied. In the
second scenario, you do not expect the employee to leave your office
satisfied unless you take some action that is acceptable to her. But the
reality is often more complex than that. Just as important—sometimes
more important—are the other two sides of the satisfaction triangle,
shown in Figure 3-1: process satisfaction and emotional satisfaction.
Understanding all three sides of the satisfaction triangle can provide
managers with a more extensive set of tools for resolving conflicts.
Figure 3-1. Satisfaction triangle.
The head of the Finance Office sent an urgent e-mail to therest of the members of the executive leadership team. With
only three months left in the fiscal year, the agency was facing a
serious budget crisis, a $9 million shortfall. First, the team need-
ed to understand where the money had gone; then, they would
have to make hard decisions about how to reallocate funds to
cover critical needs. For three weeks, they were in and out of
meetings, gathering numbers, analyzing reports, looking for solu-
tions. The meetings were long and the tensions ran high as each
person protected his or her own department’s priorities and
looked for ways to cut back on expenditures. Keeping the goals of
the age.
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Ambush Predation of Stingless Bees (Tetragonisca
angustula) by the Solitary-Foraging Ant
Ectatomma tuberculatum
Madeleine M. Ostwald1 & Selina A. Ruzi2 & Kaitlin M. Baudier1
Received: 30 June 2018 /Revised: 12 August 2018 /Accepted: 15 August 2018 /
Published online: 29 August 2018
# Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 2018
Abstract
Social insect colonies are high-value foraging targets for insectivores, prompting the
evolution of complex colony defensive adaptations as well as specialized foraging
tactics in social insect predators. Predatory ants that forage on other social insects
employ a diverse range of behaviors targeted at specific prey species. Here, we describe
a solitary foraging strategy of the ant Ectatomma tuberculatum, on nest guards of the
stingless bee Tetragonisca angustula. We observed multiple instances of
E. tuberculatum ambushing and successfully capturing the hovering and standing
guards of T. angustula near nest entrances. The unique hovering behavior of the guard
caste of this bee species, an adaptation to frequent cleptoparasitism by other stingless
bees, may make these guards particularly vulnerable to ground-based, ambush attacks
by E. tuberculatum. Likewise, the behavior of the foraging ants appears to adaptively
exploit the defensive formations and activity patterns of these bees. These observations
suggest an adaptive and targeted predatory strategy aimed at gathering external guard
bees as prey from these heavily fortified nests.
Keywords Sit-and-wait . bee eating . selva ant . jataí . abejas angelitas
Introduction
Predatory foraging strategies can broadly be placed into two categories based on the
energy expended while looking for food: sit-and-wait versus active foraging (Schoener
1971). Social insects further vary in active foraging strategies by either foraging
Journal of Insect Behavior (2018) 31:503–509
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10905-018-9694-9
* Kaitlin M. Baudier
[email protected]
1 School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
2 Program in Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA
http://crossmark.crossref.org/dialog/?doi=10.1007/s10905-018-9694-9&domain=pdf
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8450-3788
mailto:[email protected]
solitarily or using mass recruitment to overcome either large or numerous prey
(Gotwald Jr 1995; Matsuura and Sakagami 1973; O'Donnell et al. 2005). However,
such group-foraging behaviors often preclude these species from successfully preying
upon a vigilant and well-defended target. Many social insects that rely on solitary
stealth maneuvers have evolved behavioral strategies for overcoming this challenge
(Matsuko 1984; Gronenberg 1996; Jackson and Pollard 1996; Murphy and Patek
2012). For example, Ectatomma ruidum are facultatively solitary foragers, enabling
the use of a prolonged stealth approach to capture food items from heavily defended
colonies of other social.
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Amazon HQ2 Research Project, BUS 163
Professor Cuadra, Tacoma Community CollegeResearch Assignment, Part 2:
Be sure to read through all of the questions, completely, before beginning your research. You don’t want to have to keep going back to the same subject. However, you may have to do that to some degree – that is one of things about research. That is why it is critical to keep track of your source.
Please research the following questions/areas for your assigned city. BE SURE TO KEEP TRACK OF YOUR SOURCES. You will have to provide a list of references, and in-text citations, in submitted research. Every fact or piece of information you provide must have a citation and the full reference for that source included at the end in a reference list.
This set of research is the briefest one and should not take you too much time.
Be sure to check out the BUS 163 Library Guide on the left side of your Canvas screen and use the resources listed there to help you with your research.Income/Wages (50 points)
1. Try to find the average area salaries for:
a. Executives (this one will vary widely, and you may get a huge range. If so, just put in the range)
b. Software development engineers/software engineers
c. Accountants – you may find pay rates for a wide variety of accounting jobs. You might find information for some of these:
i. Accounts payable
ii. Accounts receivable
iii. Payroll specialists
iv. Controller
d. Human resource specialists (sometimes listed as HR managers)
e. Non-executive management positions (project managers, program managers, supervisors)
f. Administrative assistants
2. Area minimum wage (you may be surprised how low it is in some areas).
3. Overall prevailing wage – this may be hard to find. What it means is what the labor department and/or unions require to be paid. For instance, if you are doing construction work on a highway, your company has to pay you and your employees the “prevailing wage” for that work. In this area, people who pour concrete and do paving get $52/hour because that is the prevailing wage.
a. Try looking at several sources, but if you cannot find the information, just list where you looked and say you could not find it.
4. Find out the median income for your city/area.
5. Find out the average household size. It is good to check out the US Census Bureau site for this kind of information.
6. Look and see if you can find out if your city/area has required sick leave, like we do in Washington now. If so, what are the details?
7. What is the average home price in the area? What is the range of home prices?
Your information can just be bullet points for this.
Be sure to use AT LEAST three different sources. You might want to see what different information you get for any one category. If you get different information, please note that. A good practice is to look into the source for your source – where did THEY get this information. Also, check the dates and you will likely want to use the most recent informatio.
Always Fresh allows external users, such as vendors and business par.docxADDY50
Always Fresh allows external users, such as vendors and business partners, to access the Always Fresh Windows environment. You have noticed a marked increase in malware activity in the test environment that seems to originate from external users. After researching the likely source of new malware, you conclude that allowing external users to connect to your environment using compromised computers exposes Always Fresh to malware vulnerabilities.
(please see attachment and and follow all requirements)
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Alvin Ailey "Revelations" Analysis
The purpose of this assignment is to view Alvin Ailey's iconic choreography "Revelations" and identify themes expressed in the work that reflect life events/emotions. Dance comes from life, as we have been exploring in class, and this piece illustrates how themes in pre-history continue to be relevant throughout time.
Please watch the entire video that we started viewing in class:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrPJ4kt3a64&t=1647s
Revelations is a 3 part suite. Each of the three sections contains various scenes. You may use this listing of the musical pieces to guide you in identifying the scenes.
Music
PILGRIM OF SORROW
I Been 'Buked - Music arranged by Hall Johnson*
Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel - Music arranged by James Miller+
Fix Me, Jesus - Music arranged by Hall Johnson*
TAKE ME TO THE WATER
Processional/Honor, Honor - Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts
Wade in the Water - Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts
"Wade in the Water" sequence by Ella Jenkins / "A Man Went Down to the River" is an original composition by Ella Jenkins
I Wanna Be Ready - Music arranged by James Miller+
MOVE, MEMBERS, MOVE
Sinner Man - Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts
The Day is Past and Gone - Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers
You May Run On - Music arranged by Howard A. Roberts and Brother John Sellers
Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham - Music adapted and arranged by Howard A. Roberts
For this assignment, please identify the themes expressed in each of the three sections, 1)Pilgrim of Sorrow, 2)Take me to the Water, 3)Move, Members, Move
Describe how these themes are developed in the scenes that comprise each section. Include descriptions of costuming, lighting, music, and composition (solo, duet, trio, ensemble, etc) that help create these themes.
Use the listing above as a guide to organize your paper. Create a document in Word, 12pt font, 1"margins, no more than two pages, double spaced. Separate title page, please.
Please view the video and begin your assignment. You can bring any questions regarding this assignment to our next class.
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AMMS company they have an issue with closing petty cash every month .docxADDY50
AMMS company they have an issue with closing petty cash every month
some petty cash its take a long time to git bill
Example :
AMMS company they have a metro project, the budget is 10,000$ per month maximum
the budget report must send a monthly update
Q1- need a plan to how to spend petty cash, close monthly budget, explain than on excel sheet
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An American psychologistRobert V. Guthrie, one of the most inf.docxADDY50
An 'American psychologist'
Robert V. Guthrie, one of the most influential and multifaceted African-American scholars of the century, wants to be remembered only as 'an American psychologist.' In an interview with the Monitor, he recollects the barriers he overcame to claim that title.
By EILEEN M. O'CONNOR
Monitor
Staff
November 2001, Vol 32, No. 10
In 1955, when Robert Guthrie, PhD, enrolled in a master's program at the University of Kentucky, he was a singular dark face against a backdrop of white.
"I remember one of my white professors eyeing me as if I were an anthropological specimen and remarking, 'You are from one of our Negro schools,'" Guthrie recalls.
His fellow white students didn't offer much support, either, he says, though he once attended a football game after a white student begged him. But when the band played "My Ol' Kentucky Home," a song that at the time included favorable portrayals of slavery, Guthrie knew he had to "get my education, then get the hell off campus."
Despite the discomfort and frustration he felt, however, Guthrie always knew he had a right to be there. That sense of confidence is what propelled him to pursue a degree in psychology when few blacks could, to go on to teach at the University of Pittsburgh, to study multicultural issues as a senior research psychologist in Washington, D.C., and to pen the now-classic tome, "Even the Rat Was White: A Historical View of Psychology."
Last spring, the National Archives of American Psychology honored Guthrie as the first African-American psychologist to deposit his papers there. Asking Guthrie to contribute was a natural choice for the archives because he has worn almost every one of psychology's hats, from research to teaching to government service, says director David Baker, PhD.
"We know almost nothing about the development of psychology at historically black colleges and universities, and only Bob Guthrie's work examines this in detail," Baker explains. "African Americans have much to be proud about their struggle against adversity, like the fact that in my lifetime they were not allowed to attend many grad schools simply because of their race. There are stories of inspiration, courage and strength, and also of anger, frustration and hurt."
First chapters
Guthrie and his twin brother were born in Chicago on Feb. 14, 1932. Weeks later, his father, a school principal, picked up the family and moved to Richmond, Ky., then to Lexington, Ky., towns in great need of teachers for African-American schools.
Growing up in the segregated South left an indelible mark on Guthrie's career outlook. "I did not think I would have an outstanding career," he says. "I was simply growing up in segregated Kentucky, and as at that time black colleges were training teachers to operate primarily in the Southern schools, I figured I might be a public school teacher. I did not know much about psychology. No one did."
He was able to attend Florida A&M University in 1948 by.
Amazon is one of the worlds most popular online retailers. The co.docxADDY50
Amazon is one of the world's most popular online retailers. The corporation provides its services on an online platform that enables many users in many parts of the world to have access to these services. Amazone company has undertaken massive investments in technology innovations. Amazone has a large base of customers who access the online service offered by the corporation. A large number of online users require that the company adopts the use of cloud computing and ERP systems in its operations.
Modern business organizations heavily rely on cloud computing technology in their operations. Cloud computing refers to the process of delivering computer services, which are on-demand from storage applications. Cloud computing happens both over the internet and also on a pay as you go basis. Companies in the modern world prefer not to have their computing infrastructure. They opt to rent access to anything from the use of applications to the storage capacity from a cloud service provider. It is costly for companies to own their cloud computing services. The Maintenace of the infrastructure is expensive too. Companies save operational expenses by renting the infrastructure.
Cloud computing enables companies to incur expenses of the only service they use, and they can pay for it only at the instance of use. The companies which engage in the provision of cloud computing services, in turn, make profits from the sale of the services to many users. (Yang et al, 2017). Cloud computing offers a wide range of services today. Through computer networking, companies can get storage space for their information and data. Cloud computing also enables networking and enhances processing power through the use of computer languages and artificial intelligence. Cloud computing also offers ideal office applications. The services do not require the users to be at the computer hardware physically. Individuals today make use of cloud computing technology.
Cloud is a term that could, in other words, mean the internet. The information stored in the cloud is information stored on the internet. There are three main models of cloud computing. The first model is the Infrastructure-as-a-service. This term refers to the units that build up the computer service that is possible to lend, such as the storage service, networking service, virtual, or even physical servers. The second model is Platform-as-a-service. The building blocks that makeup Cloud computing are in layers. The next layer up and the layer underlying is what is referred to as platform-as-a-service.
Amazon uses Enterprise resource technologies. Enterprise resource planning allows Amazon to integrate various business practices. ERP provides ideal solutions to various organizations. It will enable Amazon Corporation to optimize the use of resources with more significant innovation. Regardless of the size of the organization, ERP helps to reduce the waste of time. ERP heavily makes use of modern technology in enhan.
American Academy of Political and Social Science Woun.docxADDY50
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Wounded: Life after the Shooting
Author(s): JOOYOUNG LEE
Source: The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 642,
Bringing Fieldwork Back In: Contemporary Urban Ethnographic Research (July 2012), pp.
244-257
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Wounded: Life
after the
Shooting
By
JOOYOUNG LEE
Most gunshot victims do not die. In some estimates, 80
percent live to see another day. Yet social scientists
continue to focus on gun homicide. What happens to
individuals who get shot and survive? How do they
experience life after the shooting? This article examines
how gunshot injuries transform the lives of victims. In
practical ways, gunshot injuries complicate sleeping,
eating, working, and other previously taken-for-granted
activities. These disruptions also have much larger exis
tential significance to victims. Indeed, daily experiences
with a wounded body become subjective reminders that
individuals are no longer who they used to be. Ironically,
in some interactions, being wounded becomes attrac
tive and advantageous to victims. Together, these
themes illustrate the need for more sustained ethno
graphic work on the foreground of violent crime vic
timization.
Keywords: gun violence; health; identity; injury; crime
Jooyoung Lee is an assistant professor of sociologi) at
the University of Toronto. He conducted this research
as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health 6
Society Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania. He is
currently writing two books. The first is an ethno
graphic study on the careers of aspiring rappers from
Los Angeles. The second is an ethnographic study on
the individual- and community-health effects of gun
shot victimization in Philadelphia.
NOTE: This research was funded by the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation when I was a Health & Society
Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania; the project
received a grant from die Research & Education Fund. I
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American Apparel Submit your completed strategy and change ma.docxADDY50
American Apparel:
Submit your completed strategy and change management plan. It should include all critical elements of the final project, incorporating all feedback and knowledge gained in the course.
1 Assignment:Economic Environment
In 2018 I worked in a soft drinks company where they adopted the recent technology in the production to increase the production rates and the accuracy of the quality of the products. After the introduction of the technology in the company, a large number of people lost their jobs since the tech replaced the labour and was cheaper than the manual production that involved individuals directly. The technological factors are one of the external factors that are increasingly affecting the business organization. The business changes relate to the presence and the development of technology.
The technology increases the supply of the products. The increase in the supply enables the company to keep up with the demand for the soft drinks. The technology enables the company to increase the productivity and the communication between the suppliers and the consumers. The company can cut down the waste as well as keep up with the demands due to technological advancement. The technology also increased the accuracy in production due to the machinery that was more accurate than the human labour and the company was able to cut down the waste again. The company reduced its expenditure in terms of the losses incurred due to poor production.
It is important to consider the environment while thinking about the strategy change. The supply and demand within the business affect organizational ability. The demand and the supply stimulate each other impacting the prices of the goods and services in the budget. The customer's interest in specific products exhausts the supply available and increases demand. The demand and supply of goods and services have a high influence in determining the prices of goods and services. The prices of the product are likely to fall if the supply keeps on growing and if the supply keeps on decreasing the prices are likely to keep on growing (Becker, 2017). However, with the market economy, the interest consumers, as well as the companies, produce limits product that matches the demand and the supply and it is used in determining the product development and production.
References
Becker, G. S. (2017).
Economic theory
. Routledge.
Introduction to Economics; Market Equilibrium and Market Forces
Macroeconomics: Crash Course Economics #5
2 Assignment: American Apparel
American Apparel Company is a clothing Manufactures Company. The company designs its clothing distributes and markets its products. It is situated in North America. It is one of the largest marketing companies situated in Northern America. The mission declaration of American Apparel Firm declares that the company is dedicated to high-quality yields, underling care, confines in the business and art, project and tech. The missi.
American Government Policy PaperThis project is an opportuni.docxADDY50
American Government Policy Paper
This project is an opportunity to carefully examine a contemporary foreign policy issue between the United States government and one other foreign government.
Completing this activity is a mandatory component of this course. It serves as the standard course assessment for all GOVT 2305 students and is a college requirement. Failure to submit and complete this project in its entirety will result in a failing grade for the course.
There are four steps to completing this project:
Step 1 – Identifying the Issue
The policy paper will address a US foreign policy concern toward a country or specific topic.
Only
one of the topics listed below may be selected. Pick one and begin your research immediately:
• The future of the NATO alliance
• Deforestation of the Amazon
• Political development in Afghanistan
• The use of sanctions as an effective tool of diplomacy
• Political development in Venezuela
• The threat of nuclear proliferation
• The status of Palestinian refugees
• Nigerian political instability
• Economic development in El Salvador
• Support for Saudi Arabia in light of human rights concerns
• Military aid to Egypt
• Military aid to Ukraine
• Turkey’s membership in NATO
Step 2 - Gathering Sources
Conduct research to locate
three academic journal articles
(aka: peer-reviewed or scholarly sources) that specifically address issues within the foreign policy relationship you selected and meet the following criteria:
•
The articles must be no more than ten (10) years old
.
•
The article must have more than five (5) pages of actual content (without graphs, charts, footnotes, citations, etc.).
•
Books will not count toward the scholarly source minimum requirements.
• Carefully choose sources that provide a variety of perspectives on your selected topic.
• In addition to the minimum research requirements, you should use high quality sources for essential current events information relevant to your topic. These may include academic sources that are not peer-reviewed (position papers), newspaper articles, magazine articles, and other quality or reputable sources.
• The course textbook, encyclopedias (including Wikipedia), and almanacs, are reference materials and are
not to be listed as sources on the collegiate level
.
Step 3 – The Proposal
Submit a one to two page proposal to the appropriate dropbox by the date specified in the course calendar. The proposal must:
• Identify the topic in one or two paragraphs:
Summarize the foreign policy topic you will be addressing
Describe the current status of the policy or topic
Describe why this policy is important to the United States
Cite each of your academic journal articles at least once in the paragraph using correct MLA in-text citations.
• Include the Works Cited or Reference section with the three (at a minimum) peer-reviewed academic journal articles that will .
Although ADHD is often associated with children, this disorder is di.docxADDY50
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1. Market Analysis Report: Name of Market
Industry Name
Your Name
Class Number
Date
(NOTE: The title page will be included with each section of
your paper to identify the author to the instructor.)
Market Analysis Report: Name of Market
Executive Summary
(Note: this appears first but is written last in workshop 6; 300
words)
Positioning and Differentiation
Definition of Positioning (100 words)
Brief (one paragraph) description of the market (100-150 words)
Analysis of Current Positioning in the Market
· Current annual sales volume in dollars and/or units sold in the
market
· Current competitors and their offerings, including points of
2. differentiation for each offering indicating how they are
positioned to each other in the market
· Current price points of competitors
Projections for the Market
· Projected overall market growth rate for the next five years
· Projected changes to overall pricing in the market for the next
five years
Recommended Position for JGJ Inc.
· Recommended position and points of differentiation for the
JGJ Inc. offering
· Complete buyer profile of the target customer
References
Product Development and Market Demand
Product Development
· Key differentiating characteristics of the offering
· Analysis of demand in the market
Market Segment Demand
· Quantitative data used to determine projected demand
· Methodology used to determine demand
References
Internal and External Marketing Environments
Analysis of Key External Factors in the Market
· Porter’s five forces model
· Other macroenvironmental external factors
Required Internal Resources and Competencies to Compete in
the Market
Required Licenses, Patents, and Rulings or Legal Requirements
to Compete in the Market
References
3. Pricing, Promotion, and Distribution Channels
Analysis of Current Pricing Models in the Market
Analysis of Current Promotional Models in the Market
Analysis of Current Distribution Models in the Market
Recommended Pricing Strategy for JGJ Inc.
Recommended Promotional Strategy for JGJ Inc.
Recommended Distribution Strategy for JGJ Inc.
References
2
USE THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED REVIEW TO UPDATE
THE ONES HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE
Required Licenses, Patents, and Rulings or Legal Requirements
to Compete in the Market
For JGJ, Inc. owners to not be at risk when opening
their doors from lawsuits, it is recommended that JGJ, Inc.
complete the process for licensing as an LLC (“How to Start,”
2020). Once this is complete, JGJ, Inc. also needs to register the
company to pay taxes, obtain an employer identification
number, and register for unemployment and workers’
compensation (“Do I need,” 2020). JGJ, Inc. should also
consider applying for a resale certificate for purchasing the raw
materials for their products (“How to get,” 2020). Along with
licenses, JGJ, Inc. must look into patents.
JGJ, Inc. is highly encouraged to submit patents for
every product that is invented. Patents are designed to protect
the investment of research and development for each product
4. (Kenton, 2020). Without the patent, JGJ, Inc. puts itself at a
greater risk for threats of substitutes than the company is
already projected to be. JGJ, Inc.’s top rival Amazon has 2,504
patents (Coppola, 2020). Given that Amazon has so many
patents, JGJ, Inc. must perform additional research of their soon
to be rivals to avoid any copyright infringement lawsuits.
Copyright infringement laws are not the only lawsuits JGJ, Inc.
should be concerned with, JGJ, Inc. must also follow legal
requirements per various states and countries.
Currently South Korea is the only country that has legal
requirements when producing robots (Regulatory Institute,
2017). However, there are a few ISO standards that have been
created that cover the topics of safety and vocabulary for
various robot types (Regulatory Institute, 2017). JGJ, Inc. needs
to be aware of new legal requirements year after year, which is
one of the other reasons why a legal department is necessary.
JGJ, Inc. needs to be a frontrunner in terms of robotic safety to
avoid any major issues in the future as new laws and regulations
are created.
References
Coppola, D. (26 Nov. 2020). Number of U.S. patents registered
by Amazon 2019. Statista, 26. Retrieved from
www.statista.com/statistics/897773/amazon-patents-usa-
registered/.
Do I need a business license? (24 Dec. 2020).
StartingYourBusiness.com. Retrieved from
startingyourbusiness.com/do-i-need-a-business-license/.
How to get a resale certificate. (30 Oct. 2020).
StartingYourBusiness.com. Retrieved from
startingyourbusiness.com/how-to-get-a-resale-certificate/.
How to start a robotics company. (11 Aug. 2020). TRUiC.
Retrieved form howtostartanllc.com/business-ideas/robotics.
Kenton, W. (22 Apr. 2020). How patents work and notable
patents that changed how we live. Investopedia. Retrieved
from www.investopedia.com/terms/p/patent.asp.
Regulatory Institute. (17 Apr. 2017). Robots: No regulatory race
5. against the machine yet. How to Regulate? Retrieved from
www.howtoregulate.org/robots-regulators-active/.
BEFORE YOU WORK ON THIS ONES THAT IS
HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE- PLEASE READ AND
UNDERSTAND THE PEER REVIWED THAT IS
HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ABOVE. YOU WILL USE IT TO
ANSWER THIS ONE BELOW
Internal and External Marketing Environments
Introduction
This paper examines theinternal andexternal marketing
environments that JGJ Inc. will encounter if it decides to enter
the market.Therefore, the paper analyzes the market's
significant aspects through Porter's five forces and examines the
major external factors. Lastly, the paper examines the aspect
of Licenses as well as legal requirements.
Analysis of Key External Factors in the Market
· Porter’s five forces model
This refers to the provision of the account of the competitive
rivalry. It is essential to help the organization comprehend the
various competitive forces, enabling JGJ Inc to maximize its
profitability. The five forces this paper is considering include:
The intensity of rivalry:
There is robust competition in this industry. Because this
industry is considered futuristic, they will likely gain the right
margin because many individuals and other companies have
invested in the company. Additionally, the amount of money
that is invested in the also contribute and strengthen the rivalry.
This paper recommends that JGJ Inc. should focus on producing
quality goods and services with different new features. This
paper recognizes that the price point should be considered
6. essential (Miller, Vandome, & John, 2011).
Threats of new entrants
This is a force in this industry; however, this force in the
industry is medium. There is high capital invasiveness in the
industry; this calls for intensive innovations, which will help
achieve a competitive advantage in the market to be on top of
the already existing companies. It is essential to understand that
the higher the barriers to entry, the less the beginners or the
startup will likely venture into the industry, as they will be
discouraged by the barriers. This is precisely what happens in
this industry; there are many barriers to new entrants.
Moreover, according to analysis, for instance, distribution cost,
among others, also play a significant role as far as barriers to
new entry are concerned (Miller, Vandome, & John, 2011).
Threat of substitutes
The analysis indicates a very high risk of the alternatives for
the f JGJ Inc's. In this case, the business has to substitute a
robot to make human life more comfortable, and human
resources can most certainly replace it. Various machines are
already in place, and this offers a significant barrier towards
raising risks.
Bargaining power of the buyer
Generally, as far as the business is concerned, the customer's
bargaining power is high considering that the industry is niche.
This means that customers can define the sales' scope.
Customers have very high bargaining power in this industry.
Bargaining power of suppliers
The suppliers' bargaining power is not very significant in the
business, considering that most of the products are hardware.
However, other aspects may also play a part in regulating the
forces' part (Walder, 2017). The summary of Porter's five rules
is provided below:
· Other macroenvironmental external factors
They refer to the external factors that JGJ Inc. cannot control.
Even though the company is not in control of the factors, the
7. company needs to strategize itself so that these external factors
may favor its operations. These external factors include:
Political factor
This considers various changes in the industry's policy, trade
policy, for instance, the current steel tariffs. Moreover, the
various regulations incorporating safety are among the political
factors (Cordell & Thompson, 2018).
Economic factors
Various economic factors have to be put into consideration
when JGJ Inc. when deciding to enter this market. Such factors
may include the Market boom, the inflation period, the rate of
unemployment, recession, the interest rate, and the foreign
exchange rate, among others (Cordell & Thompson, 2018).
Social Factors
The various social factors that JGJ Inc. will face if it decides to
enter this market include the population's demographics, which
constitute age, level of income, preference, etc.
Technological Factors
This considers the various advances in technology that might
directly influence the Machinery, software, and computers used
to ease business operations (Cordell & Thompson, 2018).
Required Internal Resources and Competencies to Compete in
the Market
JGJ Inc. has vast capital, and this is advantageous because it
will enable to invest in a manner that will follow the standard
industry methods; this could also enable the company to set up
different business departments across the company, for instance,
· Management department
· Finance department
· Sales department
· Operations department
· Legal department
· Development department
The departments will be able to work effectively once they
8. process-specific resources such as:
· Infrastructure
· Technology
· Service
· Operations
· Sales
· Logistics
· Reputation
· Financial
· Wellness
· Workforce
· Consistency
· Reliability
Required Licenses, Patents, and Rulings or Legal Requirements
to Compete in the Market
Regulations refer to the deliberate attempt of influencing
people's behavior. It's clear from the company's analysis that
robots are not the target for regulating the regulatory
intervention I am concerned about. However, they may be
incorporated in the process of design, building, and various
work. In this case, the 'robotics regulation' shows that the
regulation is meant to influence people's behavior as far as
developments in the robotics field is concerned (Godbey, 2014).
People's behavior may be influenced by the law as well as other
intentional mechanisms. Generally, the law, market, social
norms, and architecture are the behavior influencing factors in
this case. Therefore, it is essential to delve into different
regulatory dilemmas which the company may probably face if it
decides to enter the market; these dilemmas ought to be
addressed as far as consideration of different types of regulatory
intervention is concerned and that which is demonstrated by
various issues which are as a result of the robotics regulation as
well as applications.
The first regulatory dilemma related to technology regulation is
the strategy of keeping up with advances in technology. The
9. advances in technology might result in gaps, resulting in
undesirable conflicts and demand for the changes. Therefore,
the actual dilemma, in this case, involves "technology-neutrality
versus legal certainty." This constitutes the negative impacts of
technology, which ought to be regulated.
The emerging technologies also lead to another technological
related-dilemma. Premature and obtrusive legislation may
hinder scientific advancement while preventing the possible
advantages, which might result in various economic
inefficiencies. On the same note, when there is no reliable and
secure legal environment, technological innovation is likely to
be hindered (Godbey, 2014).
References
Cordell, A., & Thompson, I. (2018). Macroenvironmental
analysis (Steeple). The Category Management Handbook, 69-71.
doi:10.4324/9781351239585-19
Godbey, W. (2014). Patents and licenses. An Introduction to
Biotechnology, 393-402. doi:10.1016/b978-1-907568-28-
2.00019-8
Miller, F. P., Vandome, A. F., & John, M. (2011). Porter five
forces analysis. Alphascript Publishing.
Walder, J. (2017). A critical evaluation of Michael Porter's Five
Forces framework. Createspace Independent Publishing
Platform.
10. PLEASE PEER REVIEW THIS
Pricing, Promotion, and Distribution Channels
Analysis of Current Pricing Models in the Market
Lyft
According to Table 1.1 below, Lyft charges a service
fee, a fee per minute, a fee per mile, and a minimum fare
(Helling, 2020). Although Lyft charges all these fees, customers
should tip their drivers as well. The average tip to a Lyft driver
is 20% (Helling, 2018). When referencing a trip of 20 miles at
40 miles per hour, the total time would be 18.5 minutes. Taking
all the fees and tip into account, the total cost of the trip via a
standard Lyft vehicle would be $.9 base fare + ($1.90*18.5
minutes) + ($.09 * 20 miles) + 20% tip = $45.42. Lyft's fare
rates are fairly constant. However, Lyft also utilizes the
dynamic pricing model (Didur, 2018).
Table 1.1 – Average Lyft fare
Initial Cost
Service Fee
Per Minute
11. Per Mile
Minimum Fare
Lyft
$0.90
$1.90
$0.09
$0.90
$3.50
Lyft Plus
$1.50
$1.90
$0.18
$1.50
$3.50
Lyft Lux
$3.50
$1.90
$0.30
$2.05
$10.00
During Prime Time, Lyft increases ride prices by 200% and
reduces ride prices by up to 50% during Happy Hour (Didur,
2018). This dynamic pricing ensures that Lyft has the right
number of drivers at the right time. Another company that
practices the dynamic pricing model is another top direct
competitor: Uber (Jensen, 2013).
Uber
Unlike Lyft, Uber does not have a broad average base
fare for its ridesharing services. According to Table 1.2 below,
Uber offers its services at different prices across the United
States ("How much,” 2016). Along with the base fare, fare per
minute, and fare per mile, Uber also charges a $1 fee for its
drivers' background check (Hetting et al., 2020). A scenario
used to compare Lyft and Uber's rates will use a trip in Austin,
Texas ("How much," 2016). The trip will be 20 miles at 40
12. miles per hour, and the total time will be 18.5 minutes. Taking
all the fees into account, the total cost of the trip via a standard
Uber vehicle would be $1 base fare + ($.18*18.5 minutes) +
($1.10*20 miles) + $1 background check + 20% tip = $32.796.
This trip would be less than the Lyft trip, but the same trip in
NYC would cost $65.28.
Table 1.2 – Average Uber fare per city
Along with Uber's dynamic pricing approach per city,
Uber also increases prices during significant events, Friday and
Saturday nights, and after-work rush hour (Netherlands, 2019).
Uber is usually less expensive than traditional taxis. However,
due to the surge pricing model, Uber can be more costly than its
competitor: Taxicab ("How much," 2016).
Taxicab
Like its competitor Uber, taxicab also uses a dynamic
pricing approach per city (Howmuchisit.org Staff, 2018).
However, the taxicabs pricing structure is a bit different from
Lyft and Uber. Some towns charge per minute, whereas some
cities charge per mile (Howmuchisit.org Staff, 2018). Taxicab's
rates are much higher than Lyft and Uber's at .5-$3 per minute
and $1-$3 per mile. Taxicab can also charge various fees such
as $15 to $40 to wait per hour, $5-15 for pick-up from specific
locations, a premium surcharge of 20-40% for various hours of
the day, and fuel surcharge of $2-$5 (Howmuchisit.org Staff,
2020). To compare, a 20-mile at $2 per mile with a $10 pickup
fee, $3 fuel surcharge, and a 15% tip, the trip's cost would be
$60.95.
Analysis of Current Promotional Models in the Market
Lyft
Lyft promotes its business primarily through Google
Display and large job boards and has roughly spent $914,000 in
six months (Nickel, n.d.). Lyft appeals to its audience by
creating ads that focus directly on specific geographic regions
with various income potentials (Nickel, n.d.). After clicking on
Lyft's links, viewers are routed to Lyft's homepage to apply
13. online to be a driver (Nickel, n.d.). Although Lyft is doing a
great job at advertising and gaining market share, Uber remains
one step above Lyft.
Uber
Uber promotes its business on various sites such as
Google Display, MediaMath, and Advertising.com (Nickel,
n.d.). Uber is also more aggressive than Lyft by spending
roughly $1.3 million in the past three months on advertising
(Nickel, n.d.). Uber is like Lyft by posting its ads to job boards;
however, Uber also publishes to other sites (Nickel, n.d.).
Uber's links take viewers to three different sites to test various
advertising phrases (Nickel, n.d).
Neither Uber nor Lyft spends much on advertising to
the public. However, taxicab advertises directly to the public
and gets paid to do so.
Taxicab
Taxicab not only drives customers to and from
destinations but also makes money advertising in the process.
Cabs help businesses display their products and services
directly to the public in real-time by displaying decals (“How
does,” 2020).
Analysis of Current Distribution Models in the Market
Lyft currently operates in 321 cities between the United States
and Canada (“Lyft Cities,” n.d.). Uber currently operates in
10,000 + cities between 70 countries (“Uber cities,” n.d.). Taxis
operate in most major cities in the United States. All three
competitors of JGJ, Inc. have vastly different distribution
models.
Recommended Pricing Strategy for JGJ, Inc.
The recommended pricing strategy for JGJ, Inc. is to
charge slightly lower base fare rates and fees than our rivals.
The average rate for JGJ, Inc. is below in Table 1.3. A 20-mile
trip at 18.5 minutes without a waiting fee would cost $0.75 base
fare + ($.15*20) + ($1.25*18.5) + 20% tip = $32.25.
Table 1.3 – JGJ, Inc. average rate
14. JGJ, Inc. is not priced drastically lower than its
competitors due to the partnership with Medicare. However,
JGJ, Inc. needs to be positioned just below its competitor's
pricing due to pursuing additional market share besides the
Medicare population.
Recommended Promotional Strategy for JGJ Inc.
AARP and the Medicare website will be JGJ, Inc.'s
home sites for advertising. This is where the elderly population
goes for important information. Along with this, JGJ, Inc., and
Medicare can work on including the partnership in Medicare's
newsletter and fliers that are sent out to Medicare's clients to
promote the new ride-share service specifically tailored to suit
their needs.
JGJ, Inc. will also use Indeed, Monster, and other job
boards to find drivers. JGJ, Inc. will offer drivers $500 sign-on
bonuses after being a driver for one year with their company.
JGJ, Inc. should also pursue a partnership with TikTok and
Facebook to advertise hiring events.
Recommended Distribution Strategy for JGJ Inc.
The recommended distribution strategy for JGJ, Inc. is
to operate in cities larger than 35,000 citizens in the Uni ted
States. If drivers are interested in working in a city with a
smaller population size, special job assignments can made.
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