-1- Beyond Porter – A Critique of the Critique of Porter The writings of the American managementguru and Harvard-Professor Michael E-Porter are considered to be among the most influential of their subject – and among the most critiqued ones. Porter had a lasting influence on strategic management with his books about competitive advantages on industry level and on global level‚ which were written in the eighties. Porter’s models like the Five Competitive Forces‚ the Value Chain or Porters Diamond
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I must admit‚ when I started reading the first chapter of the ebook To Infinity and Beyond: Journeys of the Mind and Spirit‚ by Dr. Kent A. Bessey‚ I immediately thought of the Pixar movie‚ Toy Story. This is the catch phrase of Buzz Lightyear‚ a main character from the movie. Being a line repeatedly quoted‚ I’m sure most haven’t tried to understand its true meaning. While I have often pondered the idea of infinity‚ I have never given the thought to infinity being mathematically computed. I have
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Case: Alibaba Competing in China and Beyond Electric commerce (e-commerce) is the buying and selling of products or services over an electronic medium like the internet. The advantages of e-commerce are speedy transactions‚ less travel‚ low operational costs‚ ability to reach a large customer base‚ and round the clock buying and selling. Some of the disadvantages of e-commerce are the minimum amounts of customer to company interactions which leads to trust issues‚ e-commerce is prone to fraud and
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The video that I watched was called Beyond Perfection: Female Body Dimorphic Disorder. The video featured a woman named Jennifer who strives to be perfect in her looks. It takes her about 3 hours to get ready in the morning because she never fully loves how she looks with or without make-up. So far‚ Jennifer has had a nose job and a procedure to slightly sand down the top layer of her skin. Though she has had these procedures‚ she feels like she looks disfigured. Jennifer claims that if she were
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Beyond the Mirror: How Progressive Social Movements Influenced the Style of the 70s Written by: Carley Deibler AT 430‚ Fall 2016 Kansas State University Introduction Individuality was a key aspect of the 70s‚ and fashion had this style as its vocal point. In the early 1970s‚ Vogue magazine stated‚ “There are no rules in the fashion game now.” The decade known as the “Me” decade is known as one of the most complex periods in the fashion world. With key events happening‚ such as‚ women’s emancipation
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Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond Individual Report Intercultural Management Professor: Dr. Jacobo Ramirez Aalto University School of Economics Bachelor´s Degree Program in International Business Mikkeli Campus September 3‚ 2012 Matti Uusivirta Introduction In this report I will examine the case “Alibaba: Competing in China and Beyond.” Alibaba under the leadership of Jack Ma‚ its founder has transformed into one of the most successful e-commerce companies in China. In
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Here There Be…Dragons A dragon is a reptilian creature that is usually represented as an extremely large scaly creature‚ complete with claws‚ leather wings‚ fire-breathing capacities‚ and a rather long neck. The Merriam-Webster dictionary claims the word comes from the Anglo-French word dragun‚ which comes from Latin dracon-‚ which stems from the Greek word kimono (just kidding). No‚ the word stems from drakōn‚ which translates as serpent. There are many divisions and classifications
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Beyond Denotations If used skillfully‚ the language in poetry can capture the essence of words. It draws power from both the writings of the poet and the intellect and imagination of the reader‚ storing many layers of meaning in ordinary words. A poet does this by harnessing the connotations of words‚ meanings associated with them. While denotations are dictionary definitions‚ and may not change for a long time‚ connotations are ever-changing and gain new meanings as time passes. For example‚ in
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punish them.” (C Sulivan‚ 2009)‚ as they re-enter society‚ they face countless of struggles that their title of being ex-convicts carry. The primary authors of this study are Jeffrey I. Ross and Stephen C. Richards. They are the authors of the book “Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society after prison” in the year 2009. Their claims are not based on any research-based methodologies but rather with first hand experiences and personal observations. After being released from prison‚ most of the re-entries suffer
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that is funding for hospitals in rural areas of countries in South America‚ especially Haiti and Peru‚ where deadly diseases like Tuberculosis and HIV/AID was raging. Farmer and his organization are the two main subjects of the biographical “Mountain Beyond Mountain”‚ written by Tracy Kidder. Farmer and Kidder meet when the author was in Haiti‚ interviewing the American activity
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