Article review :What is Strategy?(Michael E. Porter) We know ‚ Operational effectiveness means performing the activities required for producing a product or delivering a service better—that is‚ faster‚ or with fewer inputs and defects—than rivals. Companies can reap enormous advantages from operational effectiveness (as illustrated by the example of Japanese firms). But from a competitive standpoint‚ the problem with operational effectiveness is that best practices are easily emulated. Such
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2a) War drivers are people who drive around a city looking for working access points that are unprotected. Drive-by hackers park just outside a company’s premises and intercept the firm’s data transmissions. b) A rogue access point is an access point that could be set up by a company’s department or an individual employee. This access point usually have no security which makes it easy for hackers to get into the system. 5a) 802.11i b) WPA2 c) AES-CCMP d) Because it is expensive and there is
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Graded Homework #8 1. A candy bar manufacturer is interested in trying to estimate how sales are influenced by the price of their product. To do so‚ the company randomly chooses 6 small cities and offers the candy bar at different prices. Using the candy bar sales as the dependent variable‚ the company will conduct a simple linear regression on the data below: Prics ($) | Sales | 1.30 | 100 | 1.60 | 90 | 1.80 | 90 | 2.00 | 40 | 2.40 | 38 | 2.90 | 32 | | | What is the estimated
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Week 1 : Business and its Role in Society - Homework ES Week 1 Homework ES 1. No one can predict a natural disaster or world crisis. When a hurricane or flood or a pandemic strikes a country‚ who is most likely to respond first? Which economic system is the best solution to handling a crisis of epic proportion? (Points : 13) When a hurricane‚ flood‚ or a pandemic strikes a country‚ it is questioned who is most likely to respond first. The government
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26. Passage one and passage two describe work as a stress-free obligation to complete. Both passages send a message that gratification and satisfaction is attained by the effort put into their life duty. In passage one‚ the author’s feelings towards his grandfather were admiring. “And when I was done‚ I stood leaning my shovel for a moment‚ looking with satisfaction down the long path that stretched to the corner.” His grandfather inspired him to get his work done voluntarily with pleasure.
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1. Would Henry Hazlitt more likely: a. Say we are already suffering the long-run consequences of the policies of the remote or recent past. b. Advocate public or collective ownership and administration of the means of production and distribution of goods. c. Argue for more governmental stimulus to help the economy. 2. Would Henry Hazlitt more likely say: a. That government should fund public works to maintain full employment. b. The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the
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TESTING YOUR COMPREHENSION 1) Why are fossil fuels our most prevalent source of energy today? Why are they considered nonrenewable sources of energy? Today‚ the three main fossil fuels that are in demand are oil‚ coal and natural gas. These fossil fuels are prevalent because they are efficient to burn‚ ship‚ and store based on high energy content. Fossil fuels also provide for our daily needs such as transportation‚ heating‚ cooking and electricity. Based on our current rates of consumption‚ we
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13. True or False? a. Financing for public corporations must flow through financial markets. False b. Financing for private corporations must flow through financial intermediaries. False c. The sale of policies is a source of financing for insurance companies. True d. Almost all foreign exchange trading occurs on the floors of the FOREX exchanges in New York and London. False e. The opportunity cost of capital is the capital outlay required to undertake a real investment opportunity. True f. The
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HOLIDAY HOMEWORK CLASS IX English Holiday Homework for class 9 2015- 2016 1. Book Review of the novel “Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift In your own words write the chapter wise summary in about 75 words for each chapter. Answer the following value based questions: Q1.The best way to thank an illiterate person is to make him/her literate. Give your views on this opinion and justify them with reference to How I Taught My Grandmother
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Cheryl Morris Walder MGT 361 NOV 2012 Week One Questions Chapter 1 Short-Answers Questions (Pg. 33) What four steps should an organization follow in determining which technologies to use? 1) Assess the competition and Industry-wide pressures that affect the organization 2) Determine business strategies critical to successfully address those competitive and industry pressures 3) Identify important business processes that support your chosen business strategies 4) Align technology
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