rare tangible assets or proprietary intangible ones. Now‚ in the article “Deep Smarts” by Leonard and Swap (2004)‚ we will have the chance to explore one special kind of these competitive advantage sources‚ which is hard to sustain‚ deep smarts. “Deep smarts” could be defined as the ability to make brilliant decisions surprisingly quickly based on experts’ extensive experiences and gut intuition. Both technical and managerial deep smarts will be lost easily if the experts leave the company. This sort
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CASE APPLICATION: FOUNDATIONS OF CONTROL Deepwater in Deep Trouble When all is said and done‚ which may not be for many years‚ it’s likely to be one of the worst environmental disasters‚ if not the worst‚ in U.S. history.61 When British Petroleum’s (BP) Deepwater Horizon off-shore rig in the Gulf of Mexico exploded in a ball of flames on April 20‚ 2010‚ killing 11 employees‚ it set in motion frantic efforts to stop the flow of oil and to initiate the long and arduous cleanup process. Although
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Industrial Visit to Karnataka Soaps and Detergents Ltd.‚ Bangalore Date : 19-07-2012 Sreerag V S Batch 18‚ Section C Organised by : Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship‚ Bangalore The students of Batch 18‚ Section C visited KARNATAKA SOAPS AND DETERGENTS LIMITED‚ BANGALORE as a part of our Industrial visit on July 19th 2012. KARNATAKA SOAPS AND DETRERGENTS LIMITED (KSDL) ‚BANGALORE is a company owned by Government of India in Karnataka. The Government sandalwood oil factory
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LEFT REALISM. Left Realism developed in the 1980s and is particularly identified with John Lea and Jock Young (1984). Left Realists are interested to find out why crime was increasing so significantly Left Realism is critical of the perspectives which sees longer prison sentences as the solution to crime‚ (Right Realists) but also oppose the views of left idealists. Therefore it developed as a response to traditional Marxist and neo-Marxist approaches (Left idealists)‚ which
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How Being a Military Brat Has Shaped Me As a child‚ my parents tried to shield me as much as they could. Like every sound parent‚ mine wanted me to maintain a young and innocent mindset for as long as possible. However‚ when it would come time for my dad to be deployed time and time again‚ my mother and father had no choice but to explain why he was leaving. Knowing my father willingly would leave his family behind to defend our freedom made me recognize there must be bad in the world. I realized
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Dawn M. Ernst Ms. Bernard ENG 101-05 02-05-13 My First impressions… When I was thirteen years old‚ and it was summer time I would go to McMoran dances that’s where I saw this boy. He was so cute dark hair‚ tan skin‚ tall and thin‚ he also had a very nice smile. He didn’t notice me because I stayed hidden. I kept seeing him there every week but I was so shy I said nothing‚ of course summer was almost over and I went to the last dance just to see him and he was not there. So I started High school
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then what about conjugal visits? The term has an old-fashioned ring to it‚ evoking images of prisoners ’ wives sneaking into the big house while the guards turn a blind eye. But conjugal visits actually do take place in a handful of states as a means to preserve family relationships during the period of incarceration. In our society there are many who agree that conjugal visits are good for prisoners and his or her significant other(s). It is believed that conjugal visits leads to strong family
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A Visit to the Dentist I slowly and very reluctantly push the door open. The bell tinkles‚ with a soft but shrill ring. The smell of the rubber gloves and disinfectant which was attempted to hide through a cheap air freshener washes over me. Chairs are cluttered in the tiny waiting room of the dentists. Piles of magazines lie all over the scratched wood of the coffee tables‚ shiny bright plastic screaming out different logos and slogans. A little way forward from where I stand is a desk. A smiling
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most prestigious soccer championship. The equivalent of the World Cup is ice hockey in the Olympics. Players play on their regular league teams‚ then during the Olympics or World Cup; players may be chosen to represent their country. The World Cup has thirty-two teams. Teams all over the world compete in qualification matches. The thirty-two teams that qualify are randomly divided into eight divisions with four teams in each division. Each team will face every team in their division once‚ for a total
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(Robert) Curtis Lambert English 102 Professor Bolton 26 September 2012 “Dinner Guest: Me”: The Problem has a Problem The speaker in Langston Hughes’s “Dinner Guest: Me” finds himself the center of attention at a dinner party on Park Avenue. The speaker deceptively sets the reader up in the first few lines of stanza one by using a rhyme scheme that suggests a slightly cavalier outlook on the evening ahead; he says‚ “I know I am / The Negro Problem / Being wined and dined” (lines 1-3). By
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