introduction of accessories. These accessories add value of the product along with improving the products image. The accessories provide even more ways of playing with the doll and therefore add value to the whole company. This ability to adapt to change and time‚ has been a key factor of success for Barbie. Without this Ability to adapt a company will no longer succeed over an extended period. 2. Barbie is hardly a high-tech product‚ but has Mattel been innovative in how they have developed the
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Creativity and Innovation Everyone has the problem that how they will learn more in the content of a question or/and problem that they are working on. Simple answer for that is by creativity and innovation‚ but then the question is what is creativity and innovation means. In simple words‚ creativity refers to the invention or origination of any new thing that has value. "New" may refer to the individual creator or the society or domain within which novelty occurs. In the same manner‚
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Production management: Innovation and Research & Development: PHILIPS History of the company The company was founded in 1891 by Gerard Philips in Eindhoven‚ the Netherlands.Its first products were light bulbs ’and other electrotechnical equipment’. Its first factory remains as a museum. In 1914 it opened a research lab to improve its light bulbs and venture into new technologies. Thus‚ its research and innovation journey began. In the 1920s‚ the company started to manufacture other
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low-cost laptop market. OLPC was undoubtedly the innovator in this category of low-cost laptops with their “$100 laptop” concept. However‚ now that for-profit companies have entered the market and released a slew of similar products‚ OLPC must find ways to maintain its competitive advantage. OLPC was facing some marketing challenges and some the non-marketing challenges. The $100 price for the laptops is to be achieved by operating with no profit‚ cutting all unnecessary frills including marketing
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Submission Approval | | Number of pages including this one: (Please number your pages like this: page 1 of 7‚ page 2 of 7‚ etc) | 9 | Word Count: (Main Content) | 1732 | I. Introduction Entrepreneurship is now valuable for growth‚ innovation and development within national economies. However‚ there are many differing opinions about what entrepreneurship is and what makes someone an entrepreneur. In Vietnamese society‚ people often define an entrepreneur as an innovator who accepts some
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decade ago‚ mobile phone was rarely used by people but now everyone has a smartphone with all the possible gadgets in it like camera‚ video player‚ internet and more. Talking about disruptive technology which almost replaced any other company in new innovation was Apple. Apple launched iPhone which was one of the major successes in disruptive technology because it provided every bit of comfort to its user while using it. When apple launched ipad in 2010 there was a huge marketing and hype about its new
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Why is diffusion of innovation and technology important? When I think of diffusion of innovation and technology‚ I think of evolution or how a product‚ idea or theory goes from a thought in someone’s mind to an actual working process and then through time develops into better products to meet society’s needs and wants. Many times certain societies have a special trait‚ characteristic or ability that enables them to be great at certain types of technology or maybe they produce certain products that
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Operation management assignment A. Innovation- the process of translating an idea or invention into a good or service that creates value for the customers Innovation is the development of new customers value through solutions that meet new needs‚ inarticulate needs‚ or old customer and market needs in value adding new ways. PURPOSEFUL INNOVATION - Purposeful innovation comes from invention and in turn invention is driven by research and a vision. Today‚ the development of new fuel technologies
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above example you will see that Company A has a earning yield of 6.6% where as Company B has a yield of 12.5%‚ hence Company B certainly becomes a better buy. | PAT | No of Shares Outstanding | EPS | Market Price | Earning Yield | Company A | $100 | 10 Nos | $10 | $150 | 6.6% | Company B | $150 | 10 Nos | $15 | $120 | 12.5% | The significance of using Earning Yield to evaluate a share is that it helps investors to know whether a share is over valued or are available at a bargain price. In
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Given the ever-rising cost of gasoline‚ many people have turned to alternative fuels to power their vehicles‚ one of which is diesel. Due to this change‚ more and more diesel-powered vehicles are being bought and sold every day. Diesel engines are very efficient‚ in fact‚ much more efficient than gasoline engines. They are the backbone of the transportation throughout the United States‚ and the world. They power everything from compact cars to locomotives to massive sea barges. Diesel power figuratively
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