“The Five Forces That Shape Strategy” Article Review by Caroline Doan Porter‚ Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86‚ no. 1 (January 2008). Introduction Michael E. Porter’s article‚ “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy”‚ is an extension of his first work‚ “Porter’s Five Forces”. This article addresses forces beyond the existing competition and creates a framework that helps strategists understand
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The social network where no one knows your name It’s a new social network called Social Number‚ lists users by a number‚ not by name. It’s the latest and greatest thing in an ongoing debate about being online and anonymous. The CEO of the company sees it as a complement to open social networking. Users say they appreciate being able to talk freely without fear of being judged. You can discuss anything and everything. You have a message board that you post questions and other people on that
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We learned from chapter 1 that a pandemic is defined as “an epidemic occurring worldwide or crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”. The 1918 influenza is a classical example. I was assigned to watch the hunt for the killer flu. This documentary attempts to trace the legacy of the 1918 influenza outbreak that destroyed over 40 million people. It describes the virus and its potential deadly effects. The video examines the expeditions of scientists who are
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Essay on Vendor Managed Inventories Date of submitting: 30th of October 2012 Length of essay: Not more than 10 pages. So you may use a bit more space‚ as compared to Assignment 1. You can write either alone or together with ONE other student Write an essay on Vendor Managed Inventories (VMI). Remember to enclose a list of references that you have used. Remember to write your name(s) and student number (s) on a front page saying: Essay on the VMI. Vendor Managed Inventories LOG 711 Supply
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At the time of this article‚ Dr. Brenda B. Benda‚ author of this article‚ was a Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Current bibliography information could not be located. Objective of Article: This article examined gender differences in predictors of readmission to inpatient drug treatment among homeless veterans because Veteran Affairs (V.A.) medical centers currently do not have services that are designed specifically for women and that there
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for Corporate Social Responsibility: A Review of Concepts‚ Research and Practice. International Journal of Management Reviews‚ Blackwell Publishing Ltd and British Academy of Management‚ pp. 88-105 In “The Pyramid of Corporate Social Responsibility: toward the Moral Management of Organizational Stakeholders”‚ Archie B. Carroll focuses on studying the nature of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and explains its component parts. He structures his article by first creating “a pyramid of the corporate
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PROPSECTS AND CHALLENGES OF INTEGRATED ELECTONIC HEALTH RECORDS FOR MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS by Peter Oluseyi Okebukola MPH/MBA Intended audience This is a public policy memo directed to the Office of the National Coordinator of Health Information Technology (ONCHIT) within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). CONTENTS Executive Summary Background Definitions stakeholders Options and implications for managed care Individual practice association (IPA) or network
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After researching a few reasons why health care is rising‚ it all came down to the industry exploring new medical technologies. It occurred to me that this should be a good thing because better technology means more people can be treated with better care. However‚ an increase in medical technology will become more expensive. It can tend to cost more than older versions of treatment. Nevertheless‚ the total cost is still a function of the amount of people that are receiving treatment for a condition
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Unit II Article Review Duon Ladner Columbia Southern University Unit II Article Review In today’s world we are faced with many types of disasters. Disasters can be broken down into two types or causes; Natural and Technical/Man-made. Natural disasters are considered events such as a flood‚ earthquake‚ or hurricane that causes a great deal of destruction and fatalities. Technical/Man-made disasters are the ones caused by humans. This type of disaster comes from our negligence
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21st January 2015 How successful were Wolsey’s domestic policies? During his fourteen years of chancellorship Wolsey exercised considerable influence over Henry VIII’s domestic policy during the years 1515 to 1529‚ involving himself in economic‚ legal and church affairs. Wolsey was either loved or hated for his wealth‚ position and manner particularly by the nobility. Some of his domestic policies were relatively successful with some failures‚ but some such as Finances had an almost equal amount
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