A core competency is a concept in management theory originally advocated by C. K. Prahalad‚ and Gary Hamel‚ two business book writers. In their view a core competency is a specific factor that a business sees as being central to the way it‚ or its employees‚ works. It fulfills three key criteria: 1. It is not easy for competitors to imitate. 2. It can be re-used widely for many products and markets. 3. It must contribute to the end consumer’s experienced benefits. The importance of the
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Few factors have as much impact on an athlete’s performance as what they put into their body; their diet. While the human body is surprisingly tolerant to an unfavorable diet‚ which explains how we are surviving the mass availability of toxic foods‚ an athlete’s requirement is far different. The same concept applies to automobiles: the higher performance the engine‚ the higher quality fuel‚ or more octane‚ the car needs. Use lower quality gasoline‚ and the car will experience lower gas mileage‚ reduced
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color‚ or even a Mr. T fan that although loves the actor‚ he is still disappointed by the picture drawn of African Americans. Knowing the speaker is important in this poem because it shows the public against this sort of racism. 2) What complaints does the speaker have about Mr. T? Analyzing this poem‚ it demonstrates the speakers feeling toward Mr. T as he described him for his work as an actor on the A team with a strong and powerful
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1. Does Apple have a good founding team? Please‚ assess the team in terms their skills‚ networks‚ goals and values. Apple’s founding team started with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak‚ later joined by Mike Markkula. Does Apple have a good founding team? Yes. They have Steve Jobs for creating and promoting the ideas. In addition‚ Steve Jobs was able to establish the network‚ he helped Apple getting their first computer order. He also had a clear goal‚ establish their own company. Steve Jobs had some
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Case Study on ICICI Bank How companies can use technology as core competence INTRODUCTION In the 1990s‚ Indian industry was liberated from ‘licence raj’ with the introduction of new measures and policies. The financial reforms introduced at the time ushered in globalization‚ and a completely new environment was seen in the banking sector. Whereas earlier the banks had been operating in a protected environment‚ they were now competing against each other with private players jumping into the fight
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Information Systems Research Vol. 21‚ No. 2‚ June 2010‚ pp. 249–270 issn 1047-7047 eissn 1526-5536 10 2102 0249 informs ® doi 10.1287/isre.1080.0220 © 2010 INFORMS Technological Frames‚ Organizational Capabilities‚ and IT Use: An Empirical Investigation of Electronic Procurement J. Mack Robinson College of Business‚ Georgia State University‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia 30303‚ amishra@gsu.edu Robert H. Smith School of Business‚ University of Maryland‚ College Park‚ Maryland 20742‚ ragarwal@rhsmith
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father. Okonkwo is the main character who struggles balancing personal beliefs and maintain the status within his society. Okonkwo loses his self-trying to go behind what he believes is right but ends
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Assessing one’s position on the cultural competence continuum is a task of ironic proportions. Because it is a fluid process‚ it is difficult to precisely place one’s self on a continuum that is not quite linear. It seems that as soon as one feels that they are becoming competent and embodying the characteristics of one who completely respects and accepts another culture‚ there is yet another dimension of this competence that requires assessment and adaptation. For the time being and that being
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What is Religion and what does it do? Whether religion is the basis for the noblest events in human history‚ or a negative force responsible for the worst atrocities in history it plays a significant role in human existence‚ it also provides order and structure goals for humanity. According to Oxford Dictionary religion could be defined as “a belief in superhuman controlling power in a personal God or gods entitled to obedience and worship”. Through scriptural quotations‚ human experience
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can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety‚" says Benjamin Franklin in Historical Review of 1759. Others tend to say just the opposite of what Ben Franklin quoted. With that being said‚ a key question comes up for discussion: Does the government have the Constitutional power to suspend the Constitution during a time of crisis? Certain documents were brought up for discussion that deal with certain articles from the Constitution and some acts/laws
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