Regression Analysis and Forecasting Models A forecast is merely a prediction about the future values of data. However‚ most extrapolative model forecasts assume that the past is a proxy for the future. That is‚ the economic data for the 2012–2020 period will be driven by the same variables as was the case for the 2000–2011 period‚ or the 2007–2011 period. There are many traditional models for forecasting: exponential smoothing‚ regression‚ time series‚ and composite model forecasts‚ often involving
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Innovative Business Model Inditex‚ the company that owns Zara has an innovative business model that serves as the foundation of its strategic capability. The business model of Zara gives utmost importance to customer and continuous innovation. The organization considers the customer as the beginning and end of its business. However‚ Zara has pushed forward by giving the customer an active role from the start of the chain and turned it into the principal drive for its entire business model. The requests
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fast-fashion fans. The Spanish retailer‚ Zara‚ owned by parent company Inditex‚ finally launched its ecommerce site. What on earth took them so long? When I saw the first announcement of their ecommerce launch I ran home and dug through my undergrad course work and quickly produced a case study I’d read in 2003. “Zara: IT for Fast Fashion” a Harvard Business School case study that examined Zara’s IT infrastructure and how it supported their unique business model. Two important caveats from this
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A Zara - What did we learn? The case examines Zara‚ or its parent Inditex‚ that has established a super quick response value chain system. Traditional apparel value chains take months before a fashion season begins‚ but Zara is able to observe what is hot (and what is not selling) and responds quickly on the up-to-date fashion trends. As a result of Zara’s outstanding results‚ Inditex has expanded into 40 countries by 2001. • A quick comparison (see Class PowerPoints for financial
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Scientist Practitioner Model Science the word itself is dominant around the world as almost all the theories and concepts in many subject areas are based on facts which are scientifically evident based. Psychology on the other hand presented as science in oxford dictionary definition. Reber (as cited in Henriques 2004) says that psychology cannot be defined but it is created by scientist to understand the human mind and behaviour. According to Henrique (2004) it is justifiable to define Psychology
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Zara owns and manages numerous resources that can be categorized as tangible‚ intangible or organizational capabilities. The interactions between tangible and intangible resources help create organizational capabilities that provide value to the end consumer. Zara has a large variety of tangible resources due to its international expansion and vertical integration. Zara has 507 stores around the world with a total selling area of 488‚400 m² and 1‚050 million of Inditex ’s capital invested
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Zara IT for Fast Fashion Case Notes Identify decision issue‚ and your role as a decision maker Salgado and Sanchez need to decide if it is the right time to update Zara’s information technology. The key concern is the outdated operating system they use for their point of sale (POS) terminals. Should they purchase the current POS machines from their vendors so that they can support their needs in case the vendor changes their machines to new technology? Or should they move to using new operating
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the heuristics and biases approach) and the ecological approach advanced by Gigerenzer and others. We make a proposal of how to integrate Simon‟s approach with the main current approaches to decision making. We argue that this would lead to better models of decision making that are more generalizable‚ have higher ecological validity‚ include specification of cognitive processes‚ and provide a better understanding of the interaction between the characteristics of the cognitive system and the contingencies
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3 e-Business Models Objectives Objectives • To understand the different business models being implemented on the Internet. • To explore the transition of brick-and-mortar businesses to e-Businesses. • To understand Internet business models as they are used among the leading online industries. • To learn the terminology and basic principles behind e-commerce. • To learn about the many options open to Web entrepreneurs. The Road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick. Lyman
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and discussion As complete as possible‚ sketch the supply chain for Zara from raw materials to consumer purchase. Raw material – High tech automated cutting facilities – Small workshops – Ware houses – Stores – customers – Stores – Commercial managers Raw material Zara makes 40 percent of its own fabrics and produces more than half of its own clothes (maximize time efficiency) Cuts fabric in-house As it completes designs‚ Zara cuts fabric in-house. The cutting is done in Zara’s own high-tech
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