Chapter 3—The Internal Organization: Resources‚ Capabilities‚ Core Competencies‚ and Competitive Advantages TRUE/FALSE 1. According to the Opening Case‚ Apple’s strong financial performance in poor economic times is largely credited to its innovation capabilities. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: 71 OBJ: 03-01 TYPE: comprehension NOT: AACSB: Business Knowledge & Analytical Skills | Management: Creation of Value | Dierdorff & Rubin: Managing strategy and innovation 2. People are a critical resource
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What is vertical coordination? Vertical coordination is the process of implementing all the stages such as production line‚ marketing and selling the final output. The other important thing about the vertical coordination is that there should be an efficient communication between consumers and producers in that how much should produce the producer and also what quality should have the product. One of the main characteristic of the communist world was the state property‚ meaning that
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Michael Dell is the founder and the chairman of one of the most successful computer companies in the world. He led the company on its way to high growth and profitability. The company was always in the forefront of the direct selling concept and currently dominates the personal computer business. Business the Dell Way‚ by Rebecca Saunders studies the leadership and entrepreneurial skills of Michael Dell and his influence over his organization ’s success. The Book brings into light an array of
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Matching Dell 1. Perform an Industry analysis on the personal computer industry Substitutes Buyers • Compaq • IBM • HP • Hacer • GateWay • Apple • Large and midsize Business • Government • Small Business • Individual Customers • Educational • Most of them have a strong purchasing power and a easy way to change of supplier in commodity PC product Suppliers Barriers to entry in this Industry • Intel • Microsoft • Others • They have a strong Power • Intel and Microsoft
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supply chains and in the fast developing world of e-business and B2B electronic exchanges. Dell Computer’s success in reducing inefficiencies establishes it as a model for many other companies. The Dell Model Dell’s success is based on realizing the strategic power of the supply chain. The core of the Dell model is to deal directly with and sell directly to the customer‚ and build products to order. Dell collapses the value chain and eliminates two significant cost components: the retailer’s mark-up
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Horizontal Curves Introduction Most types of transportation routes‚ such as highways‚ railroads‚ and pipelines‚ are connected by curves in both horizontal and vertical planes. Horizontal Curves: Curves used in horizontal planes to connect two straight tangent sections. Two types of horizontal cures: Circular arcs‚ and Spirals Elementary Surveying‚ 11e © 2006 Prentice-Hall‚ Inc.. 1/30 Horizontal Curves Introduction Simple Curve: A circular arc connecting two tangents. Compound Curve:
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future. Lastly‚ the threat of substitutes was low but growing. Consumers were becoming reliant on PC’s as they became commodities but new technologies such as laptops‚ PDA’s‚ and smartphones among others were slowly emerging. Business Model Although Dell sold to a diverse range of customer segments‚ they generally targeted the
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Dell is also one of the in the market setting the tone for horizontal structure communication. It has adopted Hofstede’s low power distance dimension. In the Retention‚ Acquisition‚ and Development account‚ communication involves much horizontal communication with lean hierarchy. The organization has been able to run much like an entrepreneur startup even though it has reached gargantuan size. The lean hierarchy is one of Dell’s key success factors because it creates more efficiency in the workplace
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Real world situation – Dell Inc. Dell Inc. was founded in 1984 by Michael S. Dell‚ who developed the supply chain formula‚ which would end up making Dell one of the world leaders in PC sales. When applying the resource-based view and the VRIN-framework to Dell‚ it becomes clear that Dell has a definite competitive advantage. Dell’s success-formula combines several resources which are “unique‚ valuable to customers‚ and difficult to imitate”. What makes Dell so special‚ is the fact that it does
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Vertical farming is cultivating plant or animal life within skyscrapers or on vertically inclined surfaces. The idea of a vertical farm has existed at least since the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. A vertical farm would be a large‚ independently operating structure centrally located in a major city. It would feature two multi-storey‚ skyscraper-like buildings working together- one to manage food production with nutrient film techniques‚ and another to manage waste through living machines and generate
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