STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 4: OUTLINE Functional – Level Strategies: 1. Efficiency 2. Quality 3. Innovation 4. Customer Responsiveness Economies of Scale are unit cost reductions associated with a large scale of output. Fixed Costs are costs that must be incurred to produce a product whatever the level of output; examples are the cots of purchasing machinery‚ setting up machinery for individual production runs‚ building facilities‚ advertising‚ and R&D. Diseconomies of Scale are
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1. Solve S = 4v2 for v s = 4v² √s = 2v (√s)/2 = v 2. Solve M = 2x + 3y for y. -2x m-2x=3y /3y (m-2x)/3=3 3. Solve t = p+3r/6 for r. /6 6t=p+3r -p 6t-p=3r /3 (6t-p)/3=r 4. Solve V = π r2h for h. /pir^2 H=v/πr^2 5. Solve P = 2(l + w) for l. What are the missing values in the table? P w l 14 2 5 22 8 3 6. Create your own unique literal equation and solve for one of the variables. Show your work. Then‚ using complete sentences‚ explain how you solved for
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www.hbrreprints.org Some companies have built their very businesses on their ability to collect‚ analyze‚ and act on data. Every company can learn from what these firms do. Competing on Analytics by Thomas H. Davenport Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Competing on Analytics 11 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of
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What do you mean by capital structure? Explain its features and determinants. capital structure refers to the way a corporation finances its assets through some combination of equity‚ debt‚ or hybrid securities. A firm’s capital structure is then the composition or ’structure’ of its liabilities. For example‚ a firm that sells $20 billion in equity and $80 billion in debt is said to be 20% equity-financed and 80% debt-financed. The firm’s ratio of debt to total financing‚ 80% in this example‚ is
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Test 04 Question 1 5 out of 5 points If the subcontractor to whom a struck company has contracted work is unionized‚ its employees legally can refuse to perform the work. Such refusals are allowed under the Selected Answer: ally doctrine. Question 2 5 out of 5 points Which strike occurs when one union strikes to support another union ’s strike? Selected Answer: Sympathy Question 3 5 out of 5 points All of the following observations are true of fact-finding except
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B2B E-Commerce Learning Objectives 1. Describe the B2B field. 2. Describe the major types of B2B models. 3. Discuss the models and characteristics of 4. 5. 6. 7. the sell-side marketplace‚ including auctions. Describe the sell-side intermediaries. Describe the characteristics of the buy-side marketplace and e-procurement. Explain how reverse auctions work in B2B. Describe B2B aggregation and group purchasing models. Copyright © 2012 Pearson Education‚ Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 4-2 Learning
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IDENTIFICATION OF TRAINING NEEDS/TNA The first step in training is to determine that a need for training actually exists. An organization should commit its resources to a training activity only if the training can be expected to achieve some organizational goal. Identifying training needs is then‚ a process that involves establishing areas where individuals (employees) lack skill‚ knowledge‚ and ability in effectively performing the job and also identifying organizational constraints that are creating
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TMA 04 - Supporting children’s learning through the curriculum For the purpose of this assignment I have observed a child in my setting. Ethical Guidelines have been met and all names have been changed. Part I In this assignment I have focused on James’s development in the area of Communication and Language. James is 14 months old and both of his parents are English speaking. The observations I made can be found as an appendix. I have made exclusively spontaneous observations‚ as it is James’s
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AC0518415 Catherine Miller EN130 Assignment 4 A big question people ask these days‚ “Will I shop online or in the store today?” Naturally‚ there are pros and cons to both approaches. Have you ordered something on-line and it’s not what you thought it was? We are going to look at shopping for clothes. The size (fit)‚ price‚ and the use of a credit/debit card. For online shoppers‚ there is the comfort of shopping in your pajamas‚ the convenience of doing it any time. The privilege of avoiding
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Working Paper No. 09-04 A 21st Century Solution to Skill Shortages in Australia Victor Quirk November 2009 Centre of Full Employment and Equity The University of Newcastle‚ Callaghan NSW 2308‚ Australia Home Page: http://e1.newcastle.edu.au/coffee Email: coffee@newcastle.edu.au Abstract and outline. This paper argues for specific‚ major‚ institutional reforms capable of building a highskilled internationally competitive labour force in Australia. It argues for replacing the current
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