1) TiVo holds several competitive advantages: - Innovation: TiVo has innovated its product to provide premium service applications like HMO and unique opportunities for advertisers and networks to air "showcases" four-six minute long commercials. - Patents: TiVo was early to the market‚ and therefore holds several significant patents that keep competitors from copying key functions of the product like optimization of disk space and scheduling. - Licenses: TiVo has a number of prominent licensees
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Standpoint Theory Paper Racism is defined as the systematic subordination of certain racial groups by those groups in power . As a society‚ we must first eradicate ignorance in order to defeat racism. We must acknowledge that people have different ways of viewing the world and that even though someone may have a different opinion than you‚ it is not necessarily wrong. The idea that people have different ways of viewing the world stems from standpoint theory. Standpoint theory is based on the
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Appendix Standpoint Theory Standpoint Theory: Based on the research of Nancy C.M. Hartsock‚ this theory states that experience‚ knowledge and communication behaviors are shaped by the social groups to which they belong. The theory argues that all standpoints are subjective and as such all statements‚ theories‚ and assertions can only be viewed as a representation of a social location. This critical theory was first illuminated in 1807 by the German philosopher Georg Hegel who discussed the
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2006 Harvard Business School article—“Strategic Inflection: TiVo in 2005” highlights the challenges TiVo faces as financial instability and leadership upheaval are encountered and a new strategic direction must be decided upon. TiVo risks losing the market-leading position that founder Mike Ramsay secured with their first-mover advantage if they do not act quickly to counter the increase in competitive challenges. The two main problems TiVo faces are‚ in the short term—successfully delivering a solution
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632 TIVO – CASE STUDY 1. Is TiVo a disruptive or a sustaining technology Base on the fact coming from the article‚ TiVo is a disruptive technology * TiVo did not seek to become a media portal or a content aggregator. Instead‚ it would act primarily as a “facilitator” to third party content distributors. At the core of these offerings was TiVoCast‚ a feature that let users access video contents feeds through main TiVo menu * TiVo push into broadband content distribution. TiVo could
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Tivo case TiVo in 2002: Consumer Behavior Before reading the case‚ go to www.tivo.com‚ and watch the TiVo demo. it more important then all other appliances besides their microwave and cell phone. I really enjoyed the consumer response of their reaction to attempt to fast forwad through non-TiVo shows. Or the guy listening to the radio‚ wishing he had TiVo to catch all they were saying. Interesting. 2. Describe the propotypical TiVo consumer. How do they differ from you? The early
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1. Explain the consumer’s post purchase evaluation process. After using a product or service the consumer compares the level of performance with expectations. Satisfaction occurs when the consumer’s expectations are either met or exceeded‚ while dissatisfaction results when performance is below expectations. Another possible outcome of purchase is cognitive dissonance which refers to a feeling of psychological tension or post-purchase doubt a consumer may experience after making a difficult purchase
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Standpoint epistemology developed from the recognition of the lack of women in major political roles. Feminists argued that politics and international relations is conducted largely from male perspectives and male interests. In order to make the worth of women’s lives more visible‚ it is necessary to evaluate it from their point of view. Standpoint feminism claims that feminist politics should be practiced from the standpoint of women or particular groups of women[1] . Some scholars for example Dorothy
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Standpoint theory maintains that all claims to knowledge are situated in the experience and understandings of a person‚ and reflect the distinct set of relations in which they stand to it. In this sense‚ knowledge is shaped by a person’s cultural perspective and “social location” (Wylie‚ 2003‚ p.31). Situated knowledge not only shapes but also limits is one knows‚ while one’s social location is structurally defined in a hierarchical system of power relations (Wylie‚ 2003‚ p.31). Due to all claims
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