AI & Soc (2014) 29:11–21 DOI 10.1007/s00146-012-0435-x ORIGINAL ARTICLE Authentic virtual others? The promise of post-modern technologies Taylor Dotson Received: 17 May 2012 / Accepted: 18 September 2012 / Published online: 30 September 2012 Ó Springer-Verlag London 2012 Abstract While modern technological development has promised the liberation of humanity from the constraints of the natural world: disease‚ toil‚ hunger and so on‚ postmodern technological developments promise a
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Case study The contents of this case study should be used to illustrate the answers to all five assessments that make up this Unit. Candidates are expected to use additional resources and research in order to answer the questions. ZK Industrial Company Limited are a toy manufacturer based in Shantou‚ Guangdong Province‚ People’s Republic of China. They were established in 1995 and produce a range of toys and gifts‚ undertaking the entire production process from design
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Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions Brand Analysis Motorola Mobility‚ once known as the Mobile Division of Motorola‚ is one of the leading manufacturers of smart phones. Pioneers of the flip phone known as Star Tac in the mid 1990’s‚ Motorola was slow to embrace digital technology. (1) This caused them get bypassed by their global rivals and incur losses in the billions of dollars. In 2009 Motorola shifted its operating system from their proprietary system to Google’s Android operating
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has created a very powerful image in the minds of consumers in America. Nike wanted consumers to see it as an innovative brand that produces top of the line performance gear that was associated with very powerful and important athletes (mostly males). Their profile users are represented as famous athletes such as Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods. The athletes reflected the brand personalities such as competitive‚ winners‚ strong‚ and better than the rest. This also is a way for Nike to obtain credibility
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STARBUCKS Company Background Howard Schultz is the Chairman‚ and Chief Global Strategist in Control of the Starbucks Company. In 1971‚ a small coffee shop which specialized in selling whole Arabica beans was opened in Seattle’s Pike Place Market by Gerald Baldwin‚ Gordon Bowker and Ziev Siegl. In 1982‚ Schultz joined the Starbucks marketing team and he was inspired by the Milan’s coffee culture to set up an espresso bar in the corner of its only downtown Seattle shop. At that time‚ he stated‚ “The
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a. Competition situation Product Length Competitor Product width TV/audio/video Television Sharp‚ LG‚ Philips‚ Panasonic‚ Sony Blu-ray Home theater Camera/camcorder Camera Canon‚ SONY‚ NIKON‚ Panasonic‚ Kodak‚ Fuji‚ Olympus Camcorder Home appliance Refrigerator‚ LG‚ SONY‚ Whirlpool‚ Electrolux Washing Machine‚ air conditioner Mobile device Mobile Phone & Smartphone Nokia‚ RIM‚ Apple‚ LG‚ Sony‚ HTC‚ Huawei Tablet Apple Computer/printer
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Brand Audit: Nokia... What’s Next? Introduction Click on the Nokia Philippines website and you will get the image above. This pretty much sums up Nokia at the end of 2014. A long history of dominance in mobile communication has succumbed to the pressures of innovation (and lack thereof). Nokia will go down in history as a case of “What not to do!”. Beset with declining sales‚ Nokia merged with Microsoft and licensed its Lumia and Asha line to the software giant. By the end of 2014‚ Microsoft dropped
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Common Characteristics of an Organization COMM/350 July 9‚ 2012 David Sarnowski Common Characteristics of an Organization Zappos.com has moved through the trenches as they have built their business. Their company is an online shoe retailer that focuses on building a strong brand. By doing so Zappos.com profits were shown to be successful since they have been founded. With their success thee secret was very simple. The founder Nick Swinmurn started this business along with Tony Hsieh in 1999
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The emergence of global communications and culture has both pros and cons. I do believe many of the cons may be due to where one lives in the world. Communications/ media are a very powerful tool that can be underestimated. There is a huge disparity between the global North and South when it comes to global communications. Media can have a profund influence on societies and help them become more competitive with the rest of the world. Information and the media is a very powerful tool
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Summary: Brand Management 2012-2013 (328032) Material included: * Constructs‚ findings & implications from each week’s papers * Lecture Notes & slides summary Table of Contents: page: Week 1: Brand Management 2 Articles 2 Lecture summary 4 Red Bul Case findings 6 Week 2: Brand Positioning 7 Articles 7 Lecture summary 10 Week 3: Special Branding Strategies 13 Articles 13 Lecture summary 17 Week 4:
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