LECTURE 4 TOOLS OF STRATEGY ANALYSIS ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 1 Analysing resources and capabilities: the interface between strategy and the firm 2 Mario Calderini‚ Alessandra Colombelli TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY AND MARKETING 2 Resource-based view of the firm Firm is a pool of resources and capabilities that are the primary determinants of its strategy Capabilities are the “roots of competitiveness‚” source of new products‚ and foundation for strategy The greater
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The Vagina Monologues is a compilation of monologues written by Eve Ensler in which all the monologues deal with the vagina. It includes everything women around the world deal with whether it is humorous‚ tragic or disturbing. Including sex‚ rape‚ menstruation‚ masturbation‚ orgasm‚ even the comfort level women have with their own body. Some have stated that The Vagina Monologues has been celebrated as the bible for a new generation of women. I would have to agree with such a statement. Yes‚ in part
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Quality Management Tools Brainstorming Brainstorming is a very powerful creative thinking and idea generating technique. It is a decision-making process used by groups to help generate a large number of ideas through an interactive process. The main goals of this technique are to help break out of habit-bound thinking and to produce a set of ideas where there is more than one choice when making a decision. Guidelines Brainstorming is useful for attacking specific rather than general problems
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I. Cutting jobs at General Motors is a case that explains the issues taking place‚ and have been taking place with General Motors (GM). GM is at a place where the only money being dealt with is the money they have to pay their workers. This includes hourly pay‚ benefits‚ and pay to their retirees. Since the 1970s‚ GM sales has been declining. To better the company‚ and get them back on track‚ the CEO of GM‚ Rick Wagoner‚ announced a restructuring of the company. He explained how he wanted to
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W7000 – WRITING SKILLS My research topic is on Female Circumcision‚ otherwise known as Female Genital Mutilation (FMG). Female Genital Mutilation is a procedure that involves intentional alteration or cutting of female genital organs for non- medical reasons‚ from age infant to 10 years and older depending on the community. Studies have shown that this practice does not have any health benefit to any female‚ but rather it causes damages. FGM practice is recognized as a violation of human rights
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clitoris and the labia minora‚ with or without excision of the labia majora (the labia are "the lips" that surround the vagina). 3. Infibulation: narrowing of the vaginal opening through the creation of a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and repositioning the inner‚ or outer‚ labia‚ with or without removal of the clitoris. 4. Other: all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes‚ e.g. pricking‚ piercing‚ incising‚ scraping and cauterizing the genital
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FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS IN THE GAMBIA INTRODUCTION Origin: it is not known when the tradition of female genital mutilation/cutting originated. Some people believe the practice started in ancient Egypt while some believe it began during the slave trade when black slave women entered ancient Arab societies. It is believed in some quarters that FGM/C initiated with the arrival of Islam in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa. Yet still others believe it started independently in
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§ Note: § This presentation focuses on dispatchers using Apache Web Server. © 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All Rights Reserved. Adobe Confidential. 3 What is the Dispatcher? § A web caching proxy and load balancing tool that works as a layer in front of your CQ instances. It can either be used as a load balancer or you can put it behind your hardware load balancer. Works as a module installed to a web server such as Apache. Works with these web servers: § § §
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12/15/2010 Final Research Paper Abstract “ ¹ The traditional custom of ritual cutting and alteration of the genitalia of female infants‚ girls‚ and adolescents‚ referred to as female genital mutilation (FGM)‚ persists primarily in Africa and among certain communities in the Middle East and Asia. Immigrants in the United States from
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Cited: Female Genital Cutting Education and Networking Project. Nigeria: First Ladies and Female Genital Mutilation. 12 November 2009. 14 November 2009 <http://www.fgmnetwork.org/index.php>. Oxford University Press. The Oxford Color Dictionary & Thesaurus. New York:
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