ACADEMIC ENGLISH II CD WILL BE LOST By Ibnu Dian – 1401089592 For more than two decades‚ most Indonesian people buy CD to listen into their favorite music. People still like to collect the physical artifact of the artist‚ until the Internet‚ MP3s‚ piracy‚ iTunes‚ Napster‚ YouTube and Melon.co.id kicked in over the past 10 years. The problem lies on CD sales has devastated by Digital music‚ leaving an industry in decline. Is CD too expensive? Does people prefer to get music illegally more rather
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CRC Press LLC‚ 535 Fifth Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10017. All rights reserved. SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES Jim Ayers By thinking in terms of supply chains instead of individual operations or departments‚ CIOs can improve their competitive strategies. These strategies‚ in turn‚ change organizational operations‚ roles‚ and information systems. This article shows how such “supply chain thinking” works. upply chains are a hot management topic. Eyes are opening to a more global view of end-to-end material
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THE VALUE CHAIN In addition to studying the external environment characterized by threats and opportunities‚ it is also essential to analyze the internal environment of the company‚ to identified the types of activities that form the production process. An analysis tool that helps identify what are the key activities of the production process of Ryanair and which are auxiliary or complementary is the analysis of the value chain (value chain). The value chain‚ in fact‚ lets to consider the enterprise
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Time Value of Money The time value of money (TVM) or‚ discounted present value‚ is one of the basic concepts of finance and was developed by Leonardo Fibonacci in 1202. The time value of money (TVM) is based on the premise that one will prefer to receive a certain amount of money today than the same amount in the future‚ all else equal. As a result‚ when one deposits money in a bank account‚ one demands (and earns) interest. Money received today is more valuable than money received in the future
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Contents A. The Time Value of Money Concept B. Different Investment Instruments ¥ Return Versus Risk ¥ Money Market Instruments 1- Treasury Bills 2- Bank Deposits 3- Commercial Paper ¥ Capital Market Instruments 1- Bonds 2- Preferred Stock 3- Common Stock C. Methods Used by Firms to Raise Funds ¥ Short Term Debt ¥ Long Term Debt ¥ Bond Funding ¥ Equity Funding D. Price Fluctuations: Why Prices Move? E. Invest Directly in The Stock Market Or Indirectly in Mutual Funds Or Make Use of Portfolio Management
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Value Chain Analysis The diagram above shows us a chain of activities for a company that operates in a specific industry. It suggests that organisations that go through this chain of activities will add more value to their product/services‚ so that the company will gain marginal value for their products/services. If the activity runs efficiently‚ this specific company can gain advantage over other competitors. The Porter Value Chain classifies into different groups as product and support activities
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Group Project Question – Choose a retail organisation (of retail goods e.g. a supermarket) has approached your group with a brief to research and analyse their retail marketing strategy and to prepare a report based on your analysis. You are required to select a retailer from the list of retailers given in this document and conduct a strategic review of the retail offering‚ making recommendations for improvements. You may focus on a particular aspect of their strategy rather than a broad overview
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The evolving value chain of the car industry The automotive industry is one of the most progressive and forward-thinking industries. It confronts a number of trends that create new challenges while also providing opportunities for growth. One of the major trends is the demands of operating in a “connected” world. For more than 100 years the automotive industry has created competitive advantage mainly through engineering excellence. Moving forward‚ this will no longer be sufficient. Automotive manufacturers
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Apple Stores Name: Institution: The Secrets of Apple Stores: Retail Experience V.s Design Architect Any successful company has a set of factors that get it to a level that other companies aim to be at. This company has not only flourished in designing the best mobile smartphone handsets‚ but other hand held and personal computer devices that have changed the world. The company’s success is also associated with its management and leadership which has promoted its public image
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BRICJ A Brick is a block‚ or a single unit of a ceramic material used in masonry construction. Typically bricks are stacked together‚ or laid as brickwork using various kinds ofmortar to hold the bricks together and make a permanent structure. Bricks are typically produced in common or standard sizes in bulk quantities. They have been regarded as one of the longest lasting and strongest building materials used throughout history. In the general sense‚ a "brick" is a standard-sized weight-bearing
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