J.K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone How has J.K. Rowling taken the elements of the traditional school story and adapted them so as to create a work of popular modern appeal? The typical school story is “Tom Brown’s Schooldays” by Thomas Hughes‚ which was published in 1857. The novel is set in a real life boarding school‚ Rugby‚ and the headmaster is a real historical figure‚ Dr. Thomas Arnold‚ who is famous for introducing the concept of “muscular Christianity”. The hero
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4.4. Opportunities 4.5. Threats 5. BP Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 5.1. What is Porter’s Five Forces Analysis? 5.2. Threat of New Entrants 5.3. Buyer Bargaining Power 5.4. Supplier Bargaining Power 5.5. Threat of Substitutes 5.6. Rivalry 6. Key Success Factors 7. Conclusion 8. Referencing 9. Meetings Log and Reflections 1. Terms of reference This report has been produced by Mariya Barbudeva‚ Davide Mariani and Mohammed Alsuhaimi upon the request of Dominic Laffy‚ course leader of BUS101 International
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Michael Porters Strategy Michael Porter is the University Professor (the highest honor in Harvard University) in Harvard Business School. He is acknowledged as the father of competitive strategy. He has two main theoretical perspectives; one is “the five forces model of competition”‚ and the other one is just the “three competition strategies” (Michael Porters Strategy). The three competition strategies are cost leadership strategy‚ differentiation strategy and segmentation strategy. These strategies
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Hendina Riyadi Blood Diamond Research For thousands of years‚ diamonds have been highly regarded by everyone from kings and queens to ordinary people. Diamonds are a symbol for wealth‚ elegance‚ love‚ and power. Centuries ago‚ they were also a symbol of courage‚ invincibility and strength. What is less commonly known is that these stones are also a symbol of terror and death. Conflicts arise from the mining of these gems; many people have died and many are perhaps still dying because of the mining
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Nokia has been one of the brands that are in the last 20 years been synonymous with high-quality phones. Till 2007‚ Nokia had a market share of 80% in the smartphone market‚ and the most important reason for losing ground during the digital age‚ actually smartphone age was due to the weak position of Nokia in the technological system or ecosystem. “Nokia failed in connection to people!!” One of the reasons for Nokia failure is on one side that Apple redefined smartphones with touch screen and
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I. Rivalry: In the traditional economic model‚ competition among rival firms drives profits to zero. But competition is not perfect and firms are not unsophisticated passive price takers. Rather‚ firms strive for a competitive advantage over their rivals. The intensity of rivalry among firms is very large in case of jewelry business. There are a lot of big brands and even small small jewelers are present in the market. II. Threat Of Substitutes In Porter’s model‚ substitute products refer
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First Book Critique: Collapse by Jared Diamond Collapse‚ written by Jared Diamond‚ shows how environmental problems in today are connected with many of the same environmental reasons of collapse in ancient civilizations. Diamond wrote this book to show that if people don’t take care of the land while there is time‚ the whole world could end up collapsing just like many other ancient civilizations. Instead of starting in the past‚ Diamond goes to the present time to show people that there are
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis for the Pharmaceutical Industry Degree of rivalry among existing firms (HIGH) Pharmaceutical industry is one of the most competitive industries in the country with as many as 10‚000 different players fighting for the same pie. The rivalry in the industry can be gauged from the fact that the top player in the country has only 6% market share‚ and the top five players together have about 20% market share. Thus‚ the concentration ratio for this industry is very low. High
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MHR 705 Problem Set 4 Top Dollar Sales (TDS) is a national firm that sells automobile and life insurance. TDS employs 500 insurance agents. Each agent works somewhat independently to contact and service clients. However‚ TDS is organized into 100 different geographically regions. The average sales for a region is $1‚000‚000‚ with a standard deviation of $100‚000. The manager of each geographical region has the autonomy to establish a compensation plan. The average annual compensation
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The following discussion includes facts about Sabal palmetto and how to identify one. Sabal palmetto‚ also known as sabal palm or cabbage palm‚ falls into the family‚ Arecaceae. In order to identify a Sabal palmetto (grass on steroids)‚ you must know its composition and it topography. It is known to be a monocot‚ meaning that it has parallel veins. Also‚ it is an angiosperm‚ implecating that it blooms flowers and it’s fruit is a drupe. The leave composition is simple and its shape is palmate. An
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