Corporate Strategy "Sources of competitive advantage rarely yield added value that can be sustained over time." The following essay is going to attempt to assess the above proposition and try to find if it is possible to add value continually over a period of time. I will first discuss what competitive advantage is and what it means to a firm. Then I will explain the sources of competitive advantage and how the distinctive capabilities of a firm allow it to sustain added value. The discussion
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Danforth believed that he was purifying the town of evil. Reverend Hale‚ an honest and strong-willed man stands up to Danforth with his well-recognised reputation‚ and attempts to divert this ‘delusion’ as the townspeople slowly fall away from God’s grasp. Lastly‚ and most importantly one’s reputation was‚ and still is heavily cherished. When one’s reputation and security is threatened by an envious neighbour or even a total stranger‚ the individual will go to the ends of the Earth to protect their family
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of three factors: social responsibility‚ product image‚ and corporate reputation. In an estimated model‚ the green marketing has a direct effect on the social responsibility and product image. In particular‚ the factor of social responsibility plays an important role as mediator in the effect of green marketing on product or corporate reputation. Of the three factors of corporate image‚ product image and corporate reputation have a direct effect on purchase intentions‚ whereas social responsibility
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‚ Cox‚ C. and Buultjens‚ J. (2009)‚ “User-generated content (UGC) in tourism: benefits and concerns of online consumers”‚ 17th European Conference on Information Casalo‚ L.‚ Flavian‚ C. and Guinaliu‚ M. (2008)‚ “The role of perceived usability‚ reputation‚ satisfaction and consumer familiarity on the website loyalty formation process”‚ Chau‚ P.Y.K.‚ Hu‚ P.J.H.‚ Lee‚ B.L.P. and Au‚ A.K.K. (2007)‚ “Examining customers’ trust in online vendors and their dropout decisions: an empirical study”‚ Electronic
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an important function. A properly planned risk management program will give an organization peace of mind. The aim of this paper is to define the following corporate risk terms:•Organizational risk•Business risk•Financial risk•Competitive risk•Reputation/Damage Risk•Statistic riskOrganizational RiskOrganizational risks include threats‚ harmful effects or tribulations which can occur in an organization. These risks can result from one of the two sources:•outside of the company‚ which are external
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the gaze of a pair of eyes on a poster.” (How being watched changes you - without you knowing‚ Paragraph 11) This shows that people change themselves in the presence of others. They do that because they care about their reputations. Serial killers also care about their reputations‚ but they care about them for a different reason. Serial killers want to be known as very ordinary people. “From behind this veneer of ordinariness their Mr. Hyde personality‚
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2.1 Accounting Fraud: Mark-to-market technique: This technique of accounting introduced by Skilling (Giroux‚ 2008) revealed Enron successful in escaping losses which were associated with volatile prices of gas and inaccurate predictions. In this way‚ Enron valued long-term trading contracts at market value instead of the traditional historical cost. Mark-to-market is an accounting technique applied where developed markets for financial instruments exist and where there are obvious closing prices
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unfolded. Othello is a man very conscious and in some ways obsessed with reputation. He himself is aware of this‚ as shown in the preceding lines: "I pray you‚ in your letters‚ / When you shall these unlucky deeds relate‚ / Speak of me as I am". Aware of the importance of opinion‚ which is inevitably affected by one’s reputation‚ he quickly jumps to tell people of how he would like to be remembered. With this obsession with reputation‚ it is already clear that Othello has a strong motive to put a positive
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their life.Throughout the novel the greasers are described as a class that represents the bottom of the food chain‚ leading them to struggle more than the Socs and live a miserable life in poverty‚ unappreciative parents‚ and posses an indigent reputation as hoodlums. The Greasers‚ compared to the Socs‚ have many frequent
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The importance of pride‚ reputation‚ and masculinity is immense to a man. Things Fall Apart with Connections sets in Umuofia‚ Nigeria as every man in the country seeks reputations as masculine and rankings by titles. “There were only four titles in the clan‚ and only one or two men in any generation ever achieved the fourth and highest. When they did‚ they became the lords of the land” (88). Titles proved how hard they worked for the size of their yam harvest‚ skills in wrestling‚ and bravery in
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