Otman Javier Gordillo To what extent game theory is a helpful approach to the financial markets Game theory is the science that mathematically captures the behaviour of agents (humans‚ nations or animals) in strategic situations (when the individual success depends on the choices of others players). Before it‚ election choice was framed in the idea of individual election without interaction among agents‚ situation that biased social sciences’ analysis because in many cases‚ one agents’ response
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1.0 Case Study : Microsoft in India 1. Why does Microsoft’s traditional strategy of one size fits all not work well in emerging markets such as India? There are four main marketing strategies. It can be categorized as Globalization strategy‚ transnational strategy‚ internationalization strategy and localization strategy. As shown in diagram 1.0. Emphasis on local responsiveness high low low
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|Microsoft Zune | |Proposal | Background The market for portable music players has been an industry that continues to be innovative and in current years has been dominated by Apple products. Apple has been in the portable music industry since 2001 and the world has been forever changed due to their ever-popular iPod
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http://www.ifad.org/media/press/2010/brazil/2.htm Jackson‚ A 2007‚ ‘New approaches to drug therapy’‚ Psychology Today and Tomorrow‚ vol. 27‚ no. 1‚ pp. 54-9. Smith‚ A 2010. ‘The competitive advantage of nations: is Porter’s Diamond Framework a new theory that explains the international competitiveness of countries?’‚ Southern African Business Review ‚ 14(1) Sterns‚ J. & Speen‚ H. 2010. ‘Evaluating Sustainable Competitive Advantages in Brazilian and U.S. Processed Citrus Supply Chains: An Application
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The Microsoft Revival After struggling through the majority of the last decade‚ Microsoft seems to have got its mojo back in the last 3-4 years. Microsoft’s troubles were as much a result of its internal inadequacies as the growth of its competitors such as Google and Apple. As Microsoft struggled with innovation‚ products such as the iPad‚ iPhone and the iPod‚ charmed customers around the world. Microsoft not only failed to keep pace with these new innovations‚ it also failed to protect its dominance
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instrument that we all have become so dependent upon. Even though it can be used for helpful but positive interactions then again it can mislead us to a negative reinforcement. We put our trust in the media as an expert witness to give us a summary of what all is deemed to be important. Criminal justice has had a major impact on the media with known television shows such as C.S.I. or First 48 that targets murderers or even the fictional high-tech machines that is used to solve a case. However‚ the
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Socially‚ economically and‚ politically‚ the 1950’s were the "happy days." The 1950’s were marked with many historical events‚ positive and negative. The decade had its downfalls‚ but they were nothing compared to the improvement of life in all aspects. The economy was booming‚ making families feel more financially stable than they had in years. There was an "explosion of science and technology"(Brinkley 803). Medical advances‚ at this time‚ included the polio vaccination. Unemployment was down‚
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Case Study 1 – McDonald’s External Analysis (mODULE 2) Industry – global fast-food retailer‚ US based Product segment – burgers‚ French fries‚ nuggets‚ beverages and coffees and cakes in McCafe Current life cycle position in the industry – mature stage TEMPLES Technology (+) – adding technology to make drive-thru‚ ordering and payment processes easier Economic (-) – GFC during 2008-2009 affected US and the rest of the world which led to the declines in consumer wealth and purchasing power‚ and a
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The Underlying Causes of WWI WWI--the battle of the world: Bulgaria‚ Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ Germany‚ Russia‚ Belgium‚ Great Britain‚ Japan‚ Romania‚ China‚ and the United States. The nations were categorized as either Central Powers or Allies--the Central Powers included Bulgaria‚ the Ottoman Empire‚ Austria-Hungary‚ and Germany‚ while the Allies involved the other stated regions above. The war was caused by numerous underlying reasons: the fight for more land and security over each other
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2010 Ninth International Conference on Mobile Business / 2010 Ninth Global Mobility Roundtable What factors contributed to the success of Apple’s iPhone? John Laugesen Yufei Yuan McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA laugesjd@mcmaster.ca McMaster University‚ DeGroote School of Business Hamilton‚ Ontario CANADA yuanyuf@mcmaster.ca Abstract — Unknown to most North American consumers‚ a mobile data and Internet service in Japan called i-mode has been highly successful
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