Discuss the main reasons for an organization to choose diversification as a strategic direction. When defining strategic directions‚ an organisation needs to analyze the context in which future operations will take place. The decision of entering a new market or to develop new products and services in an existing market needs to be though through focusing on increasing market share and increasing power over suppliers and buyers. Diversification‚ sometimes described as Horizontal intergration‚ involves
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Antibiotics in Animals Antibiotics in feed animals are administered at nontherapeutic levels in feed and water to promote growth and improve feed efficiency. This practice has been shown to select for antibiotic resistance in the animals themselves‚ subsequent animal-based food products‚ and in water‚ soil‚ air samples collected around animal feeding operations. It is estimated that 60-80% of antibiotics produced in the U.S. are administered in feed to healthy livestock at nontherapeutic levels
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what computers receive the frame? *only computer D only computer A and computer D only computer B‚ computer C‚ and computer D all computers When connectionless protocols are implemented at the lower layers of the OSI model‚ what is usually used to acknowledge that the data was received and to request the retransmission of missing data? IP UDP Ethernet a connectionless acknowledgement *an upperlayer‚ connectionoriented protocol or service Refer to the exhibit. Host A is unable to
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McCombs School of Business MAN 374 (04458) University of Texas at Austin Fall 2007 GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY COURSE OVERVIEW Joe Giordano jagintx@austin.rr.com Office: CBA 3.246 Text: Porter‚ Michael E. Competitive Strategy. (New York: Free Press‚ 1998). Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday by Appointment. Contact in class or through e-mail to arrange time. Course Description Perspective and Themes This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term
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Amazon.com’s internal strategic capabilities explained as ‘resources’ & secondly ‘competencies’ (which will be aimed to summarise the manner in which the identified resources are deployed to effective use). 2.1 The ‘Resource Based View’ will be used as the strategic tool to hence sum up the firm’s internal strategic capability. Strategic capabilities of a firm would be defined as its resources & competencies to survive and prosper in the business environment. We will first begin by identifying
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information is not greater than the cost of generating the information. 15. Discuss the three major benefits of marketing research to managers Marketing research is the process of planning‚ collecting and analyzing data relevant to a marketing strategy Marketing research can help managers improve the quality of decision making. Managers can sharpen their decision making by using marketing research to explore the desirability of various marketing alternatives Trace the problems. Managers also
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The tools which were used by hunter-gatherers to survive are more primitive than those of the farmers. The hunter-gatherers lived in a period when technology and industrialization were not yet present. They managed to make their tools from the materials they found and gathered nearby. These tools undeniably helped them to adapt to their harsh environment and survive. The hunter-gatherers had to rely on a very basic toolkit. It was often made of wooden trunks‚ sticks and bones which they were
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Despite HP- CISCO top management intentions and senior and middle management commitment to renewed alliance stalemate has reached‚ due to lack of clearly defined ground rules‚ absence of detailed plan of action‚ cultural disconnect in decision making and non availability explicit financial integration plan. Summary of the problem: Despite being convinced and committed for the alliance‚ HP‚ the largest and CISCO the third largest Silicon Valley IT Company‚ their alliance organization could not reach
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Identify the appropriate place and promotional strategy that should be used in developing the strategic marketing plan. Consumers rely on having a product in the right place and the right time and it needs to convenient. Time and details goes into finding out what is needed and wanted‚ in addition to what is desired when shopping is needed. Determining the promotional strategy that should be used in the developing the strategic market plan is very important especially how it deals with who the
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Introduction Wal-Mart the world’s largest retailer in 2006‚ next to only Exxon Mobil‚ with an 8.9% retail store market share in the US and a global turnover of $312 billion‚ is the most famous example of a successful retail strategy. However‚ Wal-Mart’s international operations spread across 14 markets outside US‚ has been a mixed bag of experiences for the company. Despite Wal-Mart’s impressive track record and strength‚ the question is‚ "How can it stay ahead?" given the rapidly changing retail
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