Horizontal Differentiation in the UK Coffee Shop Market “In the presence of horizontal product differentiation‚ there is a tension between the desire to weaken price competition and the desire for increased market share.” Explain this statement. Critically evaluate its implications for corporate decision-making regarding the specification of products by analysing‚ in the context of real-world industry of your choice‚ the product specification chosen to serve the same market by each of two or more
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Differentiation is a strategy that creates product that is unique among firms in the same industry in an important way. A differentiator achieved competitive advantage easily upon the ability in providing distinctive products to its customers that satisfy their needs in a way that is different from its competitors (Hill and Jones‚ 2004‚ p160.).This allows the differentiator to charge on premium price for its products. Unlike cost leaders performing cost reduction‚ differentiators manage to increase
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differentiation 1. The similarity of the turning points and the points of inflexion is both of them can be stationary point‚ but not all the stationary points are turning points or points of inflexion. A turning point is a point which is the point of the sign of the derivative changes. And the turning points are the local maximum and minimum where the derivative of the function changes from positive to negative or from negative to positive. When the shape of the function is smooth‚ the turning
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You are the secretary of the Environment Club in school. You have been asked to write an article on the effects of air pollution and suggest ways of solving the problem for your school bulletin. Use the notes given below to write your article. Effects of the air pollution: • deteriorating air quality • health hazards – lung diseases and skin irritations • acid rain – affects agriculture and wildlife Measures to overcome air pollution:
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al. (1991)‚ “product differentiation is one of the pervasive features of modern economies” and “most of the real world markets are characterised by product differentiation”. Goods‚ even if they satisfy identical needs‚ are not always identical‚ homogenous. At the same time‚ consumers are not identical either: they can have different willingness to pay (or income) and different preferences regarding some product characteristics. The literature distinguishes between horizontal and vertical product
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Leadership Through Professional Learning Communities Professional Learning Communities are collaborative teams whose teachers work interdependently to achieve common goals linked to the purpose of learning. The steps that I would you use to implement‚ manage‚ and support the development of a professional learning community at my school is to first determine and define the objective or goal. Next‚ with the team of teachers‚ identify learning targets for the students and establish standards based
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Abstract Horizontal violence is a negative phenomenon that is increasing significantly in the hospital setting. It is defined as bullying‚ verbal and physical aggression that occurs to employees in the workforce. Horizontal violence has harmful effects on nurses as it lowers their self- esteem‚ and makes them feel as if they have no power in their career. This phenomenon also negatively impacts patient centered care and safety as nurses are more vulnerable to making medication errors and careless
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| Horizontal Violence | | 6-11-2013 | What is violence? Violence is great force‚ either physical or emotional‚ usually exerted in order to damage or otherwise abuse something or someone. Horizontal violence is violence directed towards one’s peers. All acts of unkindness‚ discourtesy‚ sabotage‚ divisiveness‚ infighting‚ lack of cohesiveness‚ scapegoating and criticism includes horizontal violence. For example Verbal abuse including name calling‚ threatening‚ intimidating‚ dismissing
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Horizontal Analysis Horizontal analysis is a procedure in fundamental analysis in which compares ratios or line items in a company’s financial statements over a certain period of time. The horizontal analysis of Marriott International is shown below. | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Increase/(Decrease)Amount Percent | Revenue | $11‚691 | $10‚908 | $12‚879 | $(1‚188) | 9.2% | Expenses | $10‚996 | $11‚060 | $12‚114 | $(1‚118) | 9.2% | Operating income | $695 | $(152) | $765 | $(70) | 9.1% | Net
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C2 differentiation Maximum points‚ minimum points and points of inflection All 3 types of point are easy enough to spot on a graph: • Maximum points are the tops of ‘peaks’ • Minimum points are bottoms of ‘troughs’ • Points of inflection are where a curve stops turning ‘left’ and starts turning ‘right’ (or vice versa). An example is the point (0‚1) on the curve [pic]+1 Notes (i) Any point on a curve where the gradient is zero can be
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