J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone How has J.K. Rowling taken the elements of the traditional school story and adapted them so as to create a work of popular modern appeal? The typical school story is “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” by Thomas Hughes‚ which was published in 1857. The novel is set in a real life boarding school‚ Rugby‚ and the headmaster is a real historical figure‚ Dr. Thomas Arnold‚ who is famous for introducing the concept of “muscular Christianity”. The hero
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Porter Analysis “Starbucks Case” I. Threats of Competitors Now a day‚ Starbucks is very well known in the market‚ so with this competitors are arising rampantly. Small coffee retail outlets are growing rapidly in America and it seems to be multiplying. Based on the study of the Ivey Management‚ there are more than 3485 competitors in the market. All are coffee retailing or even café or with carts. In US‚ they have low barrier to entry in the retail specialty coffee market. This has resulted
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Decreases Cost of Switching Suppliers High Increases Decreases Threat of Forward Integration High Increases Decreases Supplier Concentration High Increases Decreases Difference of Inputs Product differentiation within inputs in the tech industry is largely dependent on how recently the input has been developed (the extent of which it is considered cutting edge). In cases where component innovations are the property of the supplier prices increase to compensate. However‚ in cases where products
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Porter analysis of Zara Zara fashion chain‚ with 546 stores in 30 countries today from which 340 are outside Spain- and 2914‚3 millions of total sales in 2002‚ is undoubtedly the group’s locomotive (Inditex‚ 2003). In 2002 it represented 33% of the group’s total stores‚ accounted for 72% of the group’s total sales and contributed to the holding’s total profits for 540.4 millions (Inditex FY2002 Results Presentation‚ 2003). Moreover‚ Zara with 75-90 new stores within 2003 takes the lion’s share
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What is it? Framework/theory Porter’s Five Forces of Competitive Position Analysis were developed in 1979 by Michael E Porter of Harvard Business School as a simple framework for assessing and evaluating the competitive strength and position of a business organisation. This theory is based on the concept that there are five forces that determine the competitive intensity and attractiveness of a market. Porter’s five forces help to identify where power lies in a business situation. This is useful
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company understand the structure of its industry and stake out a position that is more profitable and less vulnerable to attack. 78 Harvard Business Review | January 2008 | hbr.org STRATEGY STRATEGY by Michael E. Porter Peter Crowther SHAPE THE FIVE COMPETITIVE FORCES THAT Editor’s Note: In 1979‚ Harvard Business Review published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” by a young economist and associate professor‚ Michael E. Porter. It was his first HBR article‚ and it started
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Threats of potential entrants The threats of new entrants in the computer hardware industry‚ which is dominated by PC’s‚ are currently low in the U.S. domestic markets but are capable of achieving market share in foreign markets. In the fourth quarter of the PC market in 2006‚ the U.S. domestic industry recorded 3% unit growth. Although the industry is providing positive numbers‚ it is controlled by 5 key manufacturers that construct a barrier to entry for smaller computer manufacturers. Each
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Revision Q1) Porter`s Five Forces Strategies for overcoming the influencers. * Threat of new entrants * A way of trying to eliminate threat of new entrants would be to create economies of scale. This approach would make it harder for new entrants to reach high scale production‚ as they would have higher costs. This is what Samsung and Apple are trying to do at the moment‚ by building large economies of scale. But at the same time‚ ZTE a Chinese company‚ started selling the cheapest Android
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This busy scene begins with a moment of light comedy‚ which serves to heighten the suspense. The porter of Macbeth’s castle‚ drunk from the previous night’s revels‚ complains that his job is worse than that of the porter of hell. In a private game with the audience‚ he engages in a piece of stand-up comedy in which he imagines himself as that beleaguered servant‚ opening and closing the gate on the demand. The first two examples he uses (that of a farmer and an equivocator) have specific religious
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Perform a detailed Porter’s Five Forces analysis for The Broadway Cafe. Be sure to highlight entry barriers‚ switching costs‚ and substitute products. Determine which of Porter’s Three Generic strategies you will use as you rebuild The Broadway Cafe for the 21st century Competitive Advantage To survive and thrive‚ an organization must create a competitive advantage. A competitive advantage is a product or service that an organization’s customers place a greater value on
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