3) Core competence / sustainable competitive advantage Online Services Division: Microsoft’s search‚ portal‚ advertising and personal communications services‚ including online information offerings such as Bing and the MSN portals and channels. Server and Tools Business: Microsoft infrastructure software‚ developer tools and cloud platform‚ including products such as Windows Server‚ SQL Server‚ Visual Studio‚ System Center and the Windows Azure Platform. Microsoft Business Solutions: A portfolio
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Apple Inc.‚ 2008 1. What were Apple’s competitive advantages in the computer business? There are mainly two kinds of competitive advantages‚ which are cost advantage and differentiation advantage. Apparently‚ Apple adopted the latter one. On one hand‚ Apple enjoys high-end technology and innovation and keeps offering unique features. Apple put a high premium on creating machines that offered a cutting-edge‚ tightly integrated user experience. In marketing its Mac products‚ Apple highlighted
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Circuit City developed world-class capabilities in logistics that enabled it to track trends and have inventory in its geographically dispersed stores. Additionally‚ Circuit City developed a core of motivated and knowledgeable sales staff. Circuit City employed a big-box strategy with stores that had a large footprint that stocked a variety of products (selection) and service that relied on economies of scale to achieve high sales volumes. High sales volume enabled competitive pricing‚ but it also
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Clean Harbors Inc. External Analysis Clean Harbors was founded in 1980 and is the largest hazardous waste disposal company in North America. They have four business segments: technical services‚ field services‚ industrial services‚ and exploratory services. Field services provide environmental cleanup services and emergency response environmental assistance. Its services involve the cleanup and restoration of buildings‚ equipment‚ and sites that have been contaminated by exposure to hazardous
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who is the Burger “King”. In looking for new countries to enter‚ Burger King looks most favourably at those with large populations (especially of young people)‚ high consumption of beef‚ availability of capital to franchisees for growth‚ a safe pro-business environment and availability of a potential franchisee with experience and resources. Outside of burger King’s America’s group (United states and Canada)‚ 37.o percent of the countries and 24.6 percent of the restautants are in Latin American and
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● Developed and led customers relationships department ● Continuously built. developed‚ and executed on deepening clients relationships ● Worked directly with staff and customers in compliance and business development while offering quality service ● Designed and conducted training programs for teams ● Partnered with other departments on projects to set high standards and gained competitive advantage in the industry ● Demostrated a precise alignment commitment to performance and awareness to customers
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Core Competencies of a Clinical Nurse Practitioner and a Non-Clinical Nurse Administrator Susan Brown South University Dr. Donna Falsetti Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse – NSG5000 October 7‚ 2012 Although both the non-clinical nursing administrator and the clinical nurse practitioner are both advanced positions in the field of nursing‚ they are not the same position that requires the same core competencies across the board. Nursing is a challenging field of study that allows for similarities
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Executive Summary In order to identify Verizon’s core competencies‚ a SWOT and Five Forces analysis was performed. The SWOT analysis showed internal strengths in technology diversification‚ a large and talented employee resource pool‚ and an expansive network footprint. Internal weaknesses were revealed that centered on post merger issues such as corporate culture issues‚ impending workforce retirements‚ and a lack of systems or process consolidation. External opportunities include the potential
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competitive advantage and concentrate their resources where they could attain competitive strength‚ so as to focus on improving productivity and increased efficiency. The concept of competitive advantage has taken centre stage in discussions of business strategy. Statements about competitive advantage abound‚ but a precise definition is elusive. In reviewing the use of the term competitive advantage in the strategy literature‚ the common theme is value creation. Various School of Thought: Competitive
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terms e-business‚ electronic commerce‚ and mobile electronic commerce and describe how they differ from one another. e-Business: In general terms e-business means buying and selling of goods and services through internet and also collaborating with business partners‚ knowing about e-learning and managing electronic transactions. We study in this chapter that‚ e-business refers to as the usage of electronic methods to conduct organizations business internally or externally. Internal e-business activities
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