What is Blue Ocean Strategy? by Nattida Sae-Iw MBA Student What is Blue Ocean Strategy? Let’s start with the metaphors To understand the term of Blue Ocean‚ imagine a market universe composed of two sorts of oceans: Red Oceans and Blue Oceans. Red Oceans represent the existing market space which is known market. Companies in red oceans are competitive-base; they are fighting each other and aim to get a bigger market share
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It is known as Mac PCs. Based on the article‚ it is written that no doubt the sales of iPod music players together with iTunes music downloads and sales of the iPhones had generated a lot of profit for the company‚ but the Mac PCs still managed to regain their title as the company’s highest revenue source in June 2007 even though Mac PCs had to struggle their way to break through the worldwide market. The Apple’s Mac sales have indeed increased at triple the rate of other PC industry which made
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Workplace Organisation 5 S’s WHAT IS 5S? • Developed by the Japanese • Workplace Organisation and Housekeeping System • Helps Create a Better Working Environment and a Consistently High Quality Process THE 5S PRINCIPLES • SEIRI – Organisation • SEITON – Orderliness • SEISO – The Act of Cleaning • SEIKETSU – The State of Cleanliness • SHITSUKE - The Practice of Discipline WHY DO IT? QUALITY EFFICIENCY 5S SAFETY ELIMINATING BREAKDOWNS EFFICIENCY • Time is wasted looking for tools‚ equipment
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economic performance off the back of sustained economic reform begun in the 1980s and rapid economic growth in emerging Asian economies (most notably China). The minerals industry has been both a beneficiary of reforms that have made the economy more open and flexible and a driver of Australia’s improved economic performance. The Millennium Mining Boom represents a decade-long structural adjustment with mining now a permanently larger part of Australia’s economy. • • The resources industry
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Gentrification is the process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste Although others may think gentrification is negative in certain given area’s‚ gentrification is positive ‚ because it attracts newcomers‚ and it improves neighborhoods. According to various sources gentrification is positive when it comes to certain areas/neighborhoods. Gentrification causes increase in population‚ attracts new businesses‚ and makes neighborhoods safer. Chicago
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studies show that I.Q scores keep going down year by year? The under thirty generation is the dumbest generation because materials we are given are misused as a distraction instead of a learning device which shows how our minds are less developed than the older generations. Today many people might argue the point that “we are the dumbest generation” because we can handle all of these complex technological advances They don’t see that it is preventing our brain from obtaining the information we
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Introduction In 2001‚ Dell Computer became the world’s largest personal computer vendor‚ continuing to gain market share and post profits in an industry struggling with slumping sales and billions of dollars in losses. Dell sells 90% of its PCs directly to the final customer‚ largely bypassing there seller channel that accounts for most of the world’s PC sales. This direct customer relationship is the key to Dell’s business model‚ and provides distinct advantages over the indirect sales model. Dell’s
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B. Generic and specific strategies After Verizon’s current position in the industry‚ they have taken many strategic approaches to compete in their environment. Generic Strategies Verizon Wireless has been successful in achieving cost leadership and product differentiation at the same time. Verizon has interpreted cost leadership by owning their own cell phone towers‚ causing them to set a market price and avoiding price wars. However‚ they have taken a differentiation approach with their network
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Strategy as Simple Rules by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Donald N. Sull Reprint r0101g When the business landscape was simple‚ companies could afford to have complex strategies. But now that business is so complex‚ they need to simplify. Smart companies have done just that with a new approach: a few straightforward‚ hard-and-fast rules that define direction without confining it. as Simple Rules ILLUSTRATION BY MIN JAE HONG S by Kathleen M. Eisenhardt and Donald N. Sull ince its founding
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“sustainability”‚ I found the definition to be much different from mines. The actual meaning of the word sustainability in the dictionary is; the ability to be sustained‚ supported‚ upheld‚ or confirmed‚ which would relate to the topic of Hydraulic Fracturing. What is Hydraulic Fracturing you may say? According to Propublica.org‚ Hydraulic Fracturing is the process used in 9 out of 10 natural gas wells in the United States‚ Where millions of water‚ sand and chemicals are pumped underground to break apart the
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