The internal environment: * Strategic competitiveness and above – Average returns result when Internal organization (What a firm can do : function of resources‚ capabilities‚ and core competencies) matches External environment ( What a firm might do : function of opportunities in the firm’s external environment → Competitive Advantage * Competitive advantage key points: * No competitive advantage lasts forever. * Over time‚ rival use their own unique resources‚ capabilities‚ and
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practice in accounting as well as business. This company is a perfect example on how unethical behavior of a few people can affect millions of individuals. This also affected these individuals for many years after. Enron was the first business to have nationwide gas pipeline networks. On November 8‚ 2001 Enron made an announcement in a SEC filing that they were restating its earnings since 1997‚ and this would reflect a $586 million dollar reeducation. They reported this only a couple months after
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any managers‚ therefore‚ would be inevitably revolved around increasing the profit margins of the organization. However‚ while profits making is important for the survival of the business‚ the business organisation operate within the societies‚ and have the obligation to conform to the rules and regulations of the societies to become a good corporate citizen. This give rise to the subscription of managerial ethics by managers. Ethics are ideas that are about what is right and what is wrong‚ that set
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Could King Louis XVI have prevented or halted the process of the revolution? [20] The Ancien Regime is a term used to describe the French system of rule before the 1789 revolution. Problems such as finance‚ politics‚ the inequality of the 3 estates‚ the taxation system and King Louis’ overall decision making during the run up to the revolution all led to the downfall of the Ancien Regime‚ which Louis could have prevented entirely‚ or at least halted it especially in the events of the August Decrees
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Analysis of an AA Recovery Story: IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE. “Nothing truly valuable arises from ambition or from a mere sense of duty; it stems rather from love and devotion towards men.” (Albert Einstein) THEMES Social Influence: High parental expectations: were put on him: “the ambition to succeed was instilled in me.” Having idealised his family (a “fine” one)‚ he followed what they told and showed him‚ and from early age‚ worked in all his spare time‚ after school and during vacations
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Theft At 19:05 hrs‚ on Thursday 1oth April 2014 Inspector Jacob and Inspector Rudolph form Theft Squad under the Jurisdiction of Abidjan Police Station were on routine patrol in their respected location. During the patrol‚ the Police Control radioed them and informed that the theft of a blue Mercedes Benz Car registration # 493DN 173 where parked in parking lot at Smiley Super Market grid reference 369-318. Both officers reached the scene at 19:15 hrs and met a black female‚ named Dorothy Palmer
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investigation on the effectiveness of the internal Controls and accounting system of Cookridge Carpets Company. It also has some additional contents such as recommendations that helps the company to improve its strengths and weaknesses to protect the company’s reputation. 1.2. The researcher also investigated on the stakeholders of the Cookridge Carpets company‚ both internal and external. The stakeholders play a very
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Birth Control Movement in the 1920s In the 1920s‚ life was more conservative than it is today. People did not openly talk about sex‚ planned parenthood‚ and they definitely did not agree on the use of contraceptives. Many people in the United States thought that birth control was morally wrong; however‚ a woman named Margaret Sanger would fight to make major changes in this generation that would change our outlook and our opinions about contraceptives forever. Margaret Sanger was passionate about
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books that feature the following conflicts. Briefly describe the conflict. (Identify two for each type of conflict) a. External conflict The Matrix External – The human race are slaves to Artificial Intelligence. Speechless External – Protagonists are working as speech writers for opposing political parties - Heroine has a fiancé b. Internal conflict Pretty woman Internal – She wants the fairytale and he doesn’t know if he can provide it. Titanic Internal – Rose fights with herself to get the courage
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lives were not to fulfill their own dreams but to be a care giver to not only their children and husband but to the household as well. In the 1960 women had little to no independence‚ if they had any money of their own the husband’s had complete control over the earnings. If the husband had a paying job the wives would receive none of their husband’s money or benefits. (INSERT HERE) The feminist movement fought to get women the rights they thought they deserved. For example‚ the rights to their own
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