Q1. Evaluate 7-Eleven’s competitive advantage using the Michael Potter’s Five Forces model. 7-Eleven‚ the largest convenience retailer store in the world has been operating in more than 15 countries and well known as franchise business that operated by independent business operators running local neighborhood stores. Despite the intense competition in the market‚ 7-Eleven has struggled to maintain their leader position in the market. In order to sustain their competitive
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factors. BMW and its emphasis on brand development incrementally with the changes in the environment when it outsmarted competition. However the path way dependency paved way for the acquisition of Rover an English brand. This could be due to the companies need for huge production and the consideration happened during that time. This would be the strategic drift. The company beaded with the English brand when it was in the flux phase of the strategic drift. But when the new CEO was appointed BMW went
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report on the time-series analysis of continuously compounded returns for Ford and GM for the periods January 2002 till April 2007 using monthly stock prices. This analysis is aimed at estimating the ARIMA model that provides the best forecast for the series. This paper will be divided into 2 sections; the first section showing the Ford analysis and the second the GM analysis. Section 1: Ford Figure 1: Time series plot for raw Ford data. Figure 1 shows a time series plot of the raw
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The ad I have chosen to analyze is a BMW ad. It shows a naked man on top of a naked woman‚ obviously there’s an assumption of sex. The girls body is very nice and sexy. But when you look at her face‚ it is covered. Atop her face is a two page spread in a magazine that displays a shiny‚ sleek‚ red BMW. The only caption on this ad is‚ ‘ The Ultimate Attraction.’ This ad may be controversial to some but it uses ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos to lure their main audience; males. The way this ad uses ethos
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.2.3 Time series models Time series is an ordered sequence of values of a variable at equally spaced time intervals. Time series occur frequently when looking at industrial data. The essential difference between modeling data via time series methods and the other methods is that Time series analysis accounts for the fact that data points taken over time may have an internal structure such as autocorrelation‚ trend or seasonal variation that should be accounted for. A Time-series model explains
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to participate in collective bargaining‚ from representatives of their own choosing (Connolly‚ 1974). Both parties in this case did claim that it was too cold and drafty at the workstations which were near the opening of the overhead door. The supervisor did refuse to close this overhead door because the other employees wanted to leave this open. Both parties in this case did act weak manner by walking off their job for the rest of the day. This was both employees way of protesting that their workstation
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Royal Caribbean Cruises‚ LTD: A Case Study 1. Using the Information Systems Triangle as a framework‚ evaluate the alignment of RCCL’s business strategy‚ organizational strategy‚ and information systems strategy before Tom Murphy became CIO and then after Tom Murphy took over as CIO (up to 9/11/2001). Prior to Tom Murphy’s tenure as CIO‚ Royal Caribbean Cruises Line’s (RCCL’s) business strategies were not fully aligned with the organizational and IT strategies. Tom Murphy was instrumental in bringing
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E cient neighbor searching in nonlinear time series analysis Thomas Schreiber Department of Theoretical Physics‚ University of Wuppertal‚ D{42097 Wuppertal July 18‚ 1996 We want to encourage the use of fast algorithms to nd nearest neighbors in k{dimensional space. We review methods which are particularly useful for the study of time series data from chaotic systems. As an example‚ a simple box{assisted method and possible re nements are described in some detail. The e ciency of the method is compared
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The problem is asking me to pick the best plan for my friend who pre-order the Iphone 7. The first plan is Verizon‚ the plan is $.10 per text with a $70 activation fee. The second plan is AT&T‚ it offers a different plan of $.20 per text with a $15 activation fee. I need to determine which plan I think would best suit my friend and I need to have evidence on which plan I think is the best. AT&T’s plan will be a better plan if you send more than 125 text but Verizon’s plan will be a better offer
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Chemistry Practical: Activity Series of Metals Introduction: The chemical activity of a metal is directly related to its practical use. In this investigation you will investigate the chemical activity of metals with oxygen‚ water‚ acid and alkali‚ to rank metals in order of their activity. Aim: To observe the reactivity of metals in order to determine the activity series of metals. Risk Assessment: In this investigation‚ hydrochloric acid solution is used which is toxic by all routes of
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