In 1975‚ Laura Mulvey‚ a British feminist film theorist‚ introduced the idea of the male gaze in her paper on visual pleasure and narrative cinema. She pinpoints the man as the active pro-tagonist in mainstream Hollywood movies (838). Mulvey believes that the audience‚ regard-less of sex or gender‚ identifies with the “active male figure” (838) due to the means of cine-matography and the rooted patriarchy in Western cultures. Thus‚ women in film become sub-ject to the gaze of the active – the male
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Strategic Marketing Exam one Study Guide Chapter 2 • Explain the 3 V framework of managing value. o Company value o Consumer value o Collaborator value ▪ The intersection of all three is the optimal value proposition. o Developing a value proposition involves defining the value that the offering creates for its target customers‚ the company‚ and its collaborators. Because value creation is the ultimate goal of marketing‚ the selection
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Federal laws Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII prohibits discrimination because of race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ and national original. Title VII applies to all private employers‚ state and local governments‚ and education institutions that employ 15 or more individuals. Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This law essentially applies the standards of Title VII to the federal government as an employer. Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. The Fair Pay Act changes when the statute of limitations
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Question #1: How do the standards set by Fred Smith for Federal Express teams improve organization performance? FedEx establish a standard of commitment to total quality service and also the company was ranked consistently as Worlds Most Admired Companies‚ 100 Best Companies to Work For and other such awards. So from the beginning high standards were set and now in the increasing adjustable and competitive business environment FedEx has to set new standards in order to maintain all those achievements
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The purpose of this case study is to analyse the strategic capabilities of Dyson. We can find out the reasons make Dyson successful. By analysing those conditions we will know Dyson’s threshold capabilities and strategic capabilities. It is meaningful for Dyson to develop the strategic capabilities to be competitive in the future. Threshold capabilities are those needed for an organisation to meet the necessary requirements to compete in a given market and achieve parity with competitors in that
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Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) Name: Oscar Ramirez Pantoja ID: A01062945 February 10th‚ 2014 International Strategic Management Professor: Dr. Mohammad Ayub Ayub Khan ASSIGNMENT -1 Introduction The Case called “Making Strategy: Learning by doing” by Clayton M. Christensen presents an easy method of how to develop an strategy with your company whenever it needs it or how to solve issues that seems
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Murder on the Orient Express Thematic Essay. Justice; A fundamental theme of the American government comes into play in Murder on the Orient Express written by Agatha Christie. This crucial theme revels itself through the books interruption of trial by jury‚ capital punishment‚ and evidence contamination and corruption. The passengers interpretation of justice is present through out this book and is most prevalent in the end when the murder is revealed. The concept of justice is brought up when
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Q1. If the News-Express had dropped its To Let 3 as of January‚ what effect would that action have had on the profit? Total Sales (including To Let 3) £11134 Total Cost (including To Let 3) £10974 Profit (including To Let 3) £160 V.C. of To Let 3 £1790 New Cost without To Let 3 £9184 Sales without To Let 3 £8424 Profit/Loss without To Let 3 £-760 If To Let 3 is dropped‚ the revenue and variable cost of To Let 3 is reduced but the fixed cost still remains. Hence after calculation
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HBS- Airborne Express Background Information Seattle based Airborne Express was the third largest express mail business in the 1990s. The product of two specialist airfreight carriers‚ Airborne Express began operations in 1968 and targeted businesses requiring regular‚ high-volume shipments of urgent items. Airborne maintained low cost operations by focusing on efficiency. We discuss how the express mail industry evolved throughout the 1990s and what Airborne did to remain competitive. How and
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bottler’s expected profits. However‚ when the costs of buying shares is too high ( i.e. Deltex)‚ then he has to reconsider. B) Organization and Financing • The producer would prefer to name the CEO of the venture. As we saw in the text for the Deltex case‚ Suarez needs to address Sanchez’s desire to expand into new territory. This if seen as dangerous for the company‚ makes it easier to be shut down when holding the CEO position. • Continuing with
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