competence activity if it can out-perform most competitors on a competitive factor that customer’s value” As outlined in the case study Amazon.com became an online superstore outperforming other businesses during major macro economical events like the Bubble Burst (2000) and the Global Recession (2008). It was growing constantly from the start up‚ up to today. Bezos had great ability understanding the company’s competitive advantages and applying them wisely‚ therefore creating core strengths that is
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Debt is Good for You (01/25/2001) Franco Modigliani and Merton Miller published their famous theory about the optimal balance on debt and equity of the corporate finance. In the Modigliani –Miller theory they stated that the value of the firm is independent of firm’s capital structure. As the portion of debt goes up‚ the firm will be riskier‚ and the expected return will increase. In an efficient market‚ the business risk does not vary with leverage. But later‚ Modigliani –Miller theory modified
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the internet to high-end (rich) customers. It has become one of the top two organizations in its line of business. In the dotcom crash of 2000‚ iPremier was one of the few companies that survived because of the cash flush due to the recent public offering in 1999. The reason of maintain the company stable In the year 2009 iPremier faced its second biggest crisis since the dotcom crash of 2000 as it suffered from an online denial of service attack. The iPremier website was not available for access
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emphasis shift to traditional project justification approaches? (Or has the shift already occurred?) It was appropriate until 1999. The shift should happen when data for analysis is available. For dotcoms or internet-based business the awakening came in March 2000 when the stock market of the dotcoms crashed. 3. What are the risks of going into projects that have not received a thorough financial analysis? How can organizations reduce these risks? The risk of no payback is big for that kind
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„The Triple Convergence” I. Summary/Synopsis Thomas L.Friedman‚ The World is Flat: a brief history of the twenty-first century. Published by Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux‚ 2007. Friedman discusses the "triple convergence." The convergence of the ten flatteners had created a whole new platform. It is a global‚ Web-enabled platform for multiple forms of collaboration. This platform enables individuals‚ groups‚ companies‚ and universities anywhere in the world to collaborate - for the purposes of innovation
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Programme des Nations Unies pour les établissements humains • Programa de las Naciones Unidas para los Asentamientos Humanos United Nations Human Settlements Programme Concept Note on Affordable Housing and Housing Finance in the Face of the Global Financial Crisis for the Luncheon Meeting‚ New York‚ 25 June 2009 Introduction In its resolution A/RES/63/221 entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II) and strengthening of the United
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Corporate Strategy Growth as a process: An interview with Jeffrey R. Immelt May 21st‚ 2015 Henry Bösken-Diebels‚ Veronika Larina & Philipp Vinzenz 1 Agenda 1 2 3 4 Changes in GE’s corporate strategy brought by Jeffrey Immelt and the reasons behind them New set of management tools to pursue ambitious organic growth goals Key lessons and managerial implications Q&A May 21st‚ 2015 Henry Bösken-Diebels‚ Veronika Larina & Philipp Vinzenz 2 Agenda 1 2 3 4 Changes in GE’s corporate
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I. Statement of Problem Akamai’s edge servers completely revolutionize the way internet content is delivered to the end user. However‚ “because of the diverse programming methods used by websites‚ transferring the data to Akamai’s edge servers will add complexity to both set-up and maintenance.” (Xanedu Courspack‚ PG 88). Two of the strategic questions that Akamai faces are as follows. First‚ should it keep the status quo of working with all web server platforms‚ or should it align with one partner
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Come 1999‚ the international mobile data services market was ever so expanding and changing rapidly. Jorge Mata was able to hop on the bandwagon early enough to profit from this business venture as this industry was just at the beginning of a new era that would revolutionize how consumers and businesses communicated with each other. More simply stated‚ MyAlert was a great business idea‚ developing a more personalized mobile industry. Mata could not actually believe that such a business model had
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technology‚ Health informatics‚ Electric motors‚ Locomotives‚ Wind turbines‚ TV motion pictures Jack Welch Jeffrey Immelt Jeff Immelt took over from Welch on September 7‚ 2001‚ four days before 9/11. The resulting uncertainty coupled with the dotcom bubble burst led to GE losing $80 billion in market cap just within a week of Immelt taking charge. He further stood in the shadow of Welch who in two decades had built GE into one of the biggest companies of the world. Immelt decided that GE had to look
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