internal‚ value-creating activity that is central to the company’s ability to achieve a competitive advantage. • Distinctive Competency – An internal‚ value-creating activity that is unique and allows a company to achieve a competitive advantage. • Capability – A company’s ability to put its resources and competencies to productive use. Core competencies are rarely reliant on a single department – they are more likely to owe their existence to a strong collaboration between two or more departments.
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION The 1988 local election paved the way to the creation and establishment of Colegio de San Lorenzo Ruiz de Manila. Dr. Gilda Figueroa-Carpio ran in 1988 for Mayor in the Municipality of Catarman‚ Northern Samar. Unfortunately‚ her efforts and charm was not enough in order to win the mayoralty position.. Nonetheless‚ it was also the time that she saw the sufferings and sad plight of her fellow Catarmananons‚ especially in the delivery of basic health services in the far-flung
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the success organisation due to its Mac computers and other products are profitable. But there is only temporary issues for Apple to claim its market lead position in the PC industry. Apple success analysis with Porter’s strategies and Core Capabilities Goal and structure of this report In this report‚ a review of the current situation of personal computer industry and Apple’s PC Business and discuss: Review the of Apple by giving a brief introduction of the organisation and history of the
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Statistical quality control refers to using statistical techniques for measuring and improving the quality of processes and includes SPC in addition to other techniques‚ such as sampling plans‚ experimental design‚ variation reduction‚ process capability analysis‚ and
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Gender equity is involved in numerous factors of Martha Nussbaum’s human capability framework. First‚ bodily health is impacted from gender inequity. For example‚ Aboriginal women in Canada are experiencing alarming HIV/AIDS rates as they account for nearly 50% of all HIV-positive test reports among Aboriginal people‚ compared with only 16% of their non-Aboriginal counterparts. The Canadian government does not provide Aboriginal communities with access to adequate health care services and this unfair
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Chapter 2: Competing with Information Technology Contributors: John Richardson‚ Kim Wandersee‚ Les Pang‚ Marlene Wilcox Chapter 2 introduces fundamental concepts of competitive advantage through information technology and illustrates major strategic applications of information systems. Information Technology (IT) professionals must understand how to use IT systems and technology to deliver a competitive advantage to the organization. Information systems and technology should provide more than
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Information Systems Architecture and Technology | Feedback Loops and Information Systems Feedback loops are a part of the systems we examine in systems thinking. Our first text book Thinking in Systems tells us we can see the existence of a feedback loop when “the consistent behavior pattern over a long period of time” is observed. My own interpretation is that feedback loops provide information in real time (or something close to real time) to provide the opportunity to make adjustments
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Research in Organizational Behavior 28 (2008) 185–206 Ambidexterity as a dynamic capability: Resolving the innovator’s dilemma Charles A. O’Reilly IIIa‚*‚ Michael L. Tushman b a Graduate School of Business‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ CA 94305‚ USA b Harvard Business School‚ Soldiers Field Road‚ Boston‚ MA 02163‚ USA Abstract How do organizations survive in the face of change? Underlying this question is a rich debate about whether organizations
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COMPETING THEORIES OF BUSINESS: PROFITABILITY AND OTHER MOTIVES INTRODUCTION Competition has always been part of human nature‚ therefore business as well‚ as a human creation. The tendency to be better and more successful has been transferred to business in idea of making profit and being successful. This enabled economy‚ as a whole‚ to evolve and provide civilization with higher quality and lower prices. In addition‚ it resulted in technological improvement. Competition led to creating competing
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Q1) Compare the strategy of FedEx and UPS‚ highlighting why one is scoring over the other. About China Courier Service Postal services were available in China more than 2‚500 years ago‚ modern postal services were offered in the country only since 1877. Known as the China Post‚ the postal services in China for a long time operated with obsolete equipment and few outlets. However‚ during the First World War‚ China Post was completely destroyed by the Japanese invasion. In 1946‚ the Ministry of Communication
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