INTRODUCTION Competitive advantage(CA) is an advantage competitors gain by providing or offering customers or consumers greater value for their money through product and service differentiation or through lower prices. Maintaining competitive advantage is crucial to many businesses or organizations’ success in order to survive in the market. Competitive advantage is characterized by superior performance which could be an attribute to outperform the competitors whether current or potential; or gaining
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1. Competitive advantage A distinctive competence is a unique firm-specific strength that allows a company to better differentiate its products and/or achieve substantially lower costs than its rivals and thus gain a competitive advantage. Resources are financial‚ physical‚ social or human‚ technological‚ and organizational factors that allow a company to create value for its customers. Company resources can be divided into two types: tangible and intangible resources. Tangible resources are something
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law… abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press.” (“Gora”) Each state’s constitutions contain promises of free expression like to those in the U.S. Constitution. Although the Constitution gives a person these rights‚ there should limits‚ in politics‚ education‚ or everyday life. The current limits‚ such as a person’s inability to cause a public panic‚ while a good start‚ are simply not enough; restrictions must be more extensive. In 1791‚ the first Amendment was written to serve as a replacement
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Federalists Advantages Federalists had several advantages in promoting the Constitution over the anti-federalists. The Federalists were for the Constitution because they wanted a more conservative government‚ where as the anti-federalists were against it because they didn’t want the government to be in control of everything. George Washington‚ the first president of the United States‚ was one of many of the advantages the Federalists had over the Anti-Federalists. For starters‚ he was
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Advantages of the Smart Phone Blythe Oade Baker College Smart phones combine the versatility of cell phones‚ gaming consoles‚ PDAs‚ and personal computers into one handheld device. Whether people need them for personal or business use‚ they can find a smart phone to customize that meets their liking. “It seems America is getting hooked on the smart phone. We depend on these modern Swiss Army knives for everything from planning our schedules to checking the news‚ finding entertainment and managing
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Residential Schools in Canada Research Paper Residential schools were seen by the Canadian government as a way to civilize the native population and keep their children from continuing in their native traditions. In 1895 Rev Fr A.M Carion stated in a report from a residential school in Kamloops‚ British Columbia that the purpose of the residential school is to civilize the Indian and to make them good‚ useful and law abiding members of society with strict punishments for any wrong doings. 1 Richard
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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations 1-Introduction Every country has its own sovereignty‚ independent‚ culture‚ traditional‚ religion language‚ and so on. Therefore‚ we have many differences basic interests according to each state preferable. However‚ each country can’t be isolated or occupied by one country. Many conflict either domestic or international happed because the cause of different interested. Recently‚ the United States strongly concern with the masses destruction weapons
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I have chosen the Comparative Advantage Theory for my key term to discuss. I chose this term because it has a great importance on world trade clearly help shape the pattern of world trade‚ and also to get a better understanding of the concept. Comparative Advantage is the benefit or advantage of an economy to be able to produce a commodity at a lesser opportunity cost. According to Satterlee (2009)‚ opportunity cost is the value of what had to be given up‚ or forgone‚ to consume or achieve the object
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The Vietnam War There was a connection between the students and the Vietnam War and it affected them as well. Before the Vietnam War began the American population held Congressmen‚ Universities‚ and all other official institutions in high regard. In the 1960s the views began to change‚ there were two simple view points between students. One side felt as though the U.S. didn’t need to get involved in the War at all‚ they felt as though it was a losing battle which continued to put burdens on both
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