Introduction to IB Tutorial 1 exercise questions Questions: 1. What is a firm specific advantage? An unique strength a firm has that distinguishes him from his rivals‚ and creates a competitive advantage. 2. What is Honda’s FSA? Honda has a very wide range of motorized machines‚ its assortment covers a large group of consumers. 3. What basic but important distinction does Verbeke make? Non-location-bound FSAs versus Location bound FSAs. 4. Why are some FSAs location bound? These FSAs
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In the sixth stanza‚ Keats completely overthrows rationality by having the speaker claim‚ “for a many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death” (Lines 51-52). If rationality is all about self-preservation‚ and if many philosophers looked down on suicide as a desire rather than any real need‚ Keats has created a speaker that is seemingly entranced by death‚ thinking it “rich to die‚ / To cease upon the midnight with no pain” (Lines 55-56). The transcendence of death from a physical plane
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man has virtue as a guitarist‚ for instance‚ if he plays the guitar well‚ since playing the guitar is the distinctive activity of a guitarist. Similarly‚ the virtuous person is someone who performs the distinctive activity of being human well. Rationality is our distinctive activity – that is‚ the activity
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without having to get a supervisor. These criticisms led to Korczynski proposing the innovative idea of the COB. The idea of this theory being that it is infused with two logics‚ these being that of the customer orientation‚ alongside that of rationality and efficiency. In effect these logics do contradict each other e.g. in terms of management‚ in the retail sector their will be variability and unpredictability‚ i.e. a customer at a supermarket wanting to have something ordered specially yet an
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Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Jr. was a submarine commander and son of Chester Nimitz Sr.‚ a naval hero of the World War II. Nimitz Jr. and his wife‚ at the age of 86 and 89 respectively‚ made the tragic news of committing a double suicide with an overdose of sleeping pills. In their suicide note‚ they stated‚ “We have consciously‚ rationally‚ deliberately and of our own free will taken measures to end of lives today because of the physical limitations on our quality of life placed upon us by age‚ failing
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Relationships between Entrepreneurship and Economics Oyvin Kyvik1 - 16.06.2009 The following is written as an introduction to the role as co-chair for the track on Entrepreneurship and Economics at the ICSB World Congress‚ Seoul‚ Korea – 2009. 1. Entrepreneurship and Economics – An Economic Perspective This is written based on the conviction that both entrepreneurship and economics are important phenomena‚ both in theory and in practice. It is further deduced that less entrepreneurship has as
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Strategic Decision Making Decision making is the most important function of any manager. Strategic decision making is the prominent task of the senior management. Both kinds of decision making are essentially the same. The difference lies in the levels at which they operate. While decision- making pertains to all managerial functions‚ strategic decision making largely relates to the responsibilities if the senior management. Conventional Decision - Making Most people agree that decision
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are weaker than men and thus it is mostly the minor crimes they commit so they can get away with it. There are certain characteristics that were found in women who were in prison. These characteristics are age‚ marital status‚ ethnic group and rationality and education. According to research‚ majority of female offenders were under the age of 35 and following up were those under the age of 25. In the investigation it found that many of the older females had committed more serious crime than those
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In this paperwork of BSHS 325 Week 1 DQ 1 you will find the answers on the next questions: Should a pregnant woman who consumes illegal drugs that damage her child be punished as a criminal? Explain your reasoning with references to support your thoughts and ideas. Deadline: ( )‚ General Questions - General General Questions 1. What medium did Andrew Wyeth use to paint Christina’s World? A. Oils B. Watercolors C. Ink D. Tempera paint 2. Why are paintings from medieval
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by formal rationality: an emphasis is placed on efficiency‚ predictability‚ calculability‚ and control. Coca Cola produces a product that is predictable (a Coke produced in Congo tastes similar to a Coke in Iceland) and efficiently produced. In the addition‚ the corporation has gone to great lengths to control costs and streamline operations. Ritzer‚ however‚ also argues that there is a negative element to this type of organizational culture. As organizations strive for more rationality‚ they also
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