Date: 02/05/2013 Article: Harvard‚ Blue ocean strategy “Competing in high overcrowded industries is no way to sustain high performance. The real opportunity is to create blue oceans of uncontested market place.” This quote that is on the top of the first page just about sums up the article‚ but I will go further in depth in what the article says. What is the best way to drive profitable growth in an industry? Or company? According to the article it is to enter into the market place that
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Question 1. What are some key factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? All the companies involved in the diamond market want to have a big share of that market. And‚ the bigger the share‚ the company makes bigger revenue. It is very interesting that all three companies (even though they are in the same ‘business’) have different approaches in ‘taking market share’. An important fact is that the companies have a different clientele. The
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The spreadsheet I did presents a summary of Blue Nile financial results from 2005 to 2009. From 2005 to 2007 revenues and net income both increased. The deep recession which began in late 2007 seriously affected the revenue in 2008. And then in 2009 the revenue recovered and increased slightly. I am going to analysis the financial performance in three parts. First‚ profitability ratios. Blue Nile had steady return on asset ratios around .1. The company utilized its assets very efficiently and
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Common Name- Blue Whale Scientific Name- Balaenoptera musculus Family- Balaenopteridae- derived from the French‚ rorqual meaning whale Related Species- Sei Whale‚ Humback Whale‚ Fin Whale‚ Bryde’s Whale‚ Eden’s Whale‚ Common Minke Whale‚ Antarctic Minke Whale‚ and Omura’s Whale. Family Traits- Members of the Family Balaenopteridae have a narrow elongated flipper‚ feed on crustaceans by gulping water and pushing it out through baleen plates‚ have a dorsal fin and gestation last from 11-12 months
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The Scarlet Ibis Argument Essay In life‚ many people make very selfish decisions. This is also true for characters in literature. In the story‚ “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst‚ the narrator‚ Brother‚ had to make many decisions regarding his brother‚ Doodle. Many of them were selfish. Whenever Brother was being selfish‚ it was towards Doodle. For example‚ “When Doodle was five years old; I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn’t walk‚ so I set out to teach him.” Brother
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BLUE BRAIN Paper Presentation ADVANTAGES AND LIMITATION Advantages: 1. We can remember things without any effort. 2. Decision can be made without the presence of a person. 3. Even after the death of a man his intelligence can be used. 4. The activity of different animals can be understood. That means by interpretation of the electric impulses from the brain of the animals‚ their thinking can be understood easily. 5. It would allow the deaf to hear via direct nerve stimulation
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Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant http://www.blueoceanstrategy.com/ W. Chan Kim Renee Mauborgne Chapter One: The blue ocean strategy is best illustrated by the performance of Cirque du Soleil. Created in 1984 by a group of street performers‚ Cirque productions have been seen by almost 40 million people in 90 cities around the world. In less than 20 years‚ Cirque du Soleil has achieved revenue levels that took Ringling and Barnham
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Green economy 1. What is bad for you and the environment is cheap 2. What is good for you and good for the environment is expensive 3. Most people cant afford it 4. Not only is it expensive it isn’t any better for the environment Blue economy 1. Open your eyes to see what we have 2. Using what you thought was waste to create food energy and jobs 3. Poverty into development 4. Scarcity into abundance 5. Make a bigger cake to share 6. Starts with entrepreneurs
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3 Blue Ridge Mountain Biking Trails Every year the Ridge springs into life with complete strangers‚ and not just tourists. As suspected during ’the season’ our community becomes the mecca for wide eyed nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts from all over. Yesterday morning a party bus full of mountain bikers arrived from Waynesboro. They had gathered from all parts of the country to train on the trails in the area around Humpback Hollow. The terrain for mountain biking is perfect and more
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Essay One David Gomez June 12‚ 2013 I find there are two major themes that Baldwin is trying to convey‚ suffering and irony. The first theme that he brings out and tries to get the reader to understand is the theme of suffering. The second theme that the author illustrates is the theme of irony. James Baldwin writes about two African-American brothers growing up in Harlem‚ a black ghetto in New York‚ during the 1950’s. During this time black people were forced to live in a world of discrimination
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