Review | January 2008 | hbr.org STRATEGY STRATEGY by Michael E. Porter Peter Crowther SHAPE THE FIVE COMPETITIVE FORCES THAT Editor’s Note: In 1979‚ Harvard Business Review published “How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy” by a young economist and associate professor‚ Michael E. Porter. It was his first HBR article‚ and it started a revolution in the strategy field. In subsequent decades‚ Porter has brought his signature economic rigor to the study of competitive strategy for
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vanished in Singapore‚ and the current trades that are on the verge of vanishing completely‚ becoming trades of yester-years. Literature relating to these will be critically analyzed and used to project various possible vanishing trades that our team could write on. This would depend on the viability/ suitability‚ as News Values such as ‘Currency’ (since we are writing for a publication‚ The Straits Times‚ and we have to provide an updated account for vanishing trades of Singapore in retrospect)
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Table of Contents 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………….. 1 2. Employment Relations in Singapore ………………………………………………………… 1 3.1 Gender Wage Gap …………………………………………………………………… 1 3.2 Existence of Gender Wage Gap ……………………………………………………… 2 3.3.1 Compensation Differential …………………………………………..……… 2 3.3.2 Family Role Constraints ……………………………………………………. 2 3. Employment Relations Worldwide ………………………………………………………….. 3 4. Equity in Employment Relations
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Leading through uncertainty Singapore Budget Commentary 2013 Foreword Greetings from your tax team at Deloitte. The Minister for Finance presented the 2013 Budget Statement on 25 February 2013 and we are pleased to provide our commentary on the tax and certain other changes proposed therein. Overall‚ Budget 2013 offers various tax measures and sets out the strategies to achieve quality growth and build an inclusive society for Singapore. The tax measures are further explored in our commentary
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Nanyang institute of management | Singapore Airlines’ Marketing Issues | BSMAN BSHSP 3008 Marketing for Managers | | Stacie Huynh Bao Tran | 06-Aug-12 | | Executive Summary Singapore Airlines is one of the world’s top ranked carriers. They have been constantly a successful organization for the factual understanding of the needs and wants of its target market. They provide products and services in excellence standard to meet its demand‚ implement an active marketing orientation
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Slimming is increasingly seen as one of the panaceas for Singapore’s societal ills‚ many young women feel that being slimmer can change the way they feel about themselves. The obesity rate among young Chinese women in Singapore is only 4.2 percent. However‚ Singapore is ranked fifth in per capita consumption of diet pills in the world. Even the women who are not obese are taking diet pills to be slimmer. This has led to a whole host of products claiming to reduce weight with little effort
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The Fall of Singapore 1 INTRODUCTION Singapore‚ the impregnable fortress‚ the “Gibraltar of the East”. It stood this way since long ago‚ with Australians using it since 1920. It was the British symbol of Eastern power and on February 15th‚ it fell control the control of the Japanese empire. In a fresh new battle front‚ a war had begun. A war of the pacific that was only ten weeks old. Britain’s foothold into the Pacific had been taken‚ and it took only seven days. Painfully undefended‚ it stood no
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Porter five forces. Potential new entrants. The home furnishing market is a big market with many players. IKEA is one of the biggest players in the market especially in Europe. The threats of new entrants is reduced by the tremendous amount of money needed to start up a home furnishing shop. IKEA has a big advantage to other home furnishing shops‚ they don’t just sell furnish but also kitchen and home accessories. But IKEA doesn’t reach small town and villages‚ here is a change for new entrants
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“Miss Porter” (2006)‚ directed by an Australian director Chris Noonan‚ is a biopic film of Beatrix Potter (Renée Zellweger)‚ the English best-selling children’s author and illustrator. In addition to providing glimpses of realistic highlighted stories of Beatrix’s life‚ the movie represents successfully panoramic views of the stunning British topography‚ notably the idyllic rural area. The movie opens with magnificent shots of the panorama of the renowned Lake District in North-western England. This
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roles as a citizen in Singapore is to help to make Singapore a better place. As what one person can do is only so small‚ but it will always make a difference nonetheless. I would help to stay strong and vigilance to help Singapore be a crime free place as much as possible. I would also help Singapore to upkeep her reputation as a green and clean city. I would have social responsibility and not to litter and also tell others to do the same. I also find that as a citizen in Singapore I could also spread
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