Research in Motion: The Mobile OS Platform War; and Netflix The company you work for has just woken up‚ smelled the coffee‚ and realized the potential impact of disruptive innovation on its strategy and its ultimate survival. In particular‚ your company wishes to avoid Research in Motion (RIM)’s fate in the smartphone devices and mobile operating software systems markets. As part of your company’s reassessment of its current situation‚ you have been tasked with providing an overview and summary analysis
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CASE: Research in Motion (RIM) Introduction Research In Motion (RIM) is the company behind BlackBerry‚ one of the best-selling smartphone brands in the US. RIM first went public in 1997 and introduced BlackBerry as a paging device that allowed user to read emails. Soon‚ BlackBerry evolved into a full blown smartphone: a call‚ text‚ email capable organizer. It first gained ground in the business community and government‚ with its high-se curity and essential business features. BlackBerry was
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Strategies 30 Recommendations 32 Appendix A: Porters 5 forces 35 Appendix B: PESTLE 39 Appendix C: SWOT 41 Appendix D: Trends and Drivers 42 Bibliography 43 Executive Summary This report provides a comprehensive strategic analysis on Research in Motion (RIM) and its Blackberry products‚ and provides strategic recommendations for the firm for its business. The goal of this report was to understand the industry in which RIM is competing and analyze the firm for investment opportunities. The
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fixed costs. Differentiation but also brand recognition is required to sell on this market because buyers have high power. Supplier power of bargaining is moderate. There is limited number of supplier because most of the companies like Research in Motion are designing‚ manufacturing and programming all the devices themselves. However there are numerous hardware and software suppliers. Competitors have a high power. There are many equally balanced competitors. Moreover‚ there is a limited
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of a process called motion capture. Motion capture has been around since the late 1970s‚ where it was then called rotoscoping and was used by Walt Disney in the film Snow White (Sturman). To begin with‚ the term “motion capture” actually has many different names‚ such as mocap‚ performance animation‚ performance capture‚ virtual theater‚ digital puppetry‚ real-time animation‚ and the favorite among traditional key frame animators is “The Devil’s Rotoscope” (Furniss). Motion capture‚ in its most
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Content 1 Introduction Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM) was founded in 1984‚ at the first‚ RIM provided IR LED display board for General Motors‚ but now‚ is a world leader in the mobile communications market and has office in North American‚ Europe and Asia Pacific. It is known primarily as the maker and provider of BlackBerry wireless devices and e-mail services. The major products of RIM are Blackberry devices‚ e-mail services‚ related software and services.The company is divided into two
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RESEARCH IN MOTION MANAGING EXPLOSIVE GROWTH In the January of 2008‚ Research in Motion (RIM) is standing at the strategic juncture where important decisions need to be taken regarding global expansions. The biggest strategic issue it faces is to carry over yesteryears’ growth to next level through sustainable innovation at global level. Although its R&D expenditure has grown 6 times in the last four years‚ the ratio of R&D expenditure to sales has been halved. This ratio shows RIM is
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the poker table of the casino of world mobile technology. The loyal customers of the company waited for more than two years to witness the launch of a revolutionary operating system and new range of mobile phones. Blackberry (formerly known as Research in Motion) has seen itself go from top to bottom in the smartphone market. It decided to refine its products and present the best of the best in front of the world after a long break‚ instead of coming out with latest technology and bouncing back in
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FORCE AND MOTION Ronald Steven DuBois 5th Grade St. Michael’s Catholic School 2009 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Abstract 2. Introduction 3. Background Information 4. Procedure 6. Data and Observations 7. Results 8. Conclusion 9. Bibliography ABSTRACT I thought it would be fun to fling things like raw eggs and rocks with a catapult. Guess what‚ it was! By flinging these items I tried to find out if heavier things would travel farther than lighter
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Formal motion and time study‚ however‚ goes somewhat beyond the concept of work simplification and streamlining of processes. One author lists four distinct parts to the process‚ namely‚ (1)finding the most economical way of doing the job‚ (2) standardizing the methods‚ materials‚ and equipment‚ (3) determining accurately the time re- quired by a qualified person working at a normal pace to do the task‚ and (4) assisting in training the worker in the new method. The differ- ent parts may be considered
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