1. Explain the difference between a proprietary technology and an infrastructural technology. a. Proprietary technology is confidential information that is taken and used to gain a competitive advantage. Small businesses can own proprietary technologies and can be used to maintain a long term advantage; gaining higher profits than rival companies. Infrastructure technology is computer hardware‚ software‚ data‚ storage technology‚ and networks providing a portfolio of shared IT resources for the
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into: name grabber‚ attend and associate‚ memory storage‚ and exercise. The advantage of knowing this theory is that you won’t have to go through the awkward task of re-asking someone what their name is‚ and your peers will all wonder how you have such a great memory! I also read about conversations always dying‚ because personally‚ I just don’t know how to hold a conversation with people that I am not as close with. The advantage of knowing this theory is that you can easily hold a conversation with
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantage of using expatriates rather than host country nationals to staff foreign subsidiaries. The success of an international business operation depends largely on the people in charge and the decisions they make (Bartlett & Ghoshal‚ 1992; Black & Gregersen‚ 1999; Hiltrop‚ 2002)‚ and the human resource function is a critical part of that success (Jaw & Liu‚ 2004; Rodriguez & dePablos‚ 2002; Rowden‚ 2002; Tung‚ 1998). Unless the staffing practices that select those
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I. Point of View This case is analyzed thru the point of view of the Management of Supreme Corporation. II. Problem Mrs. Liza Nakpil’s unprofessional manner in dealing with office conflicts and differences. III. Objectives To create a healthy‚ good‚ and open-minded working environment that will provide the opportunity for continued professional growth. . IV. Areas of Consideration * Even if Mrs. Liza Nakpil is the youngest senior officer in the company (Supreme Corporation)
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several reasons which included that this book is about detective which was his favorite and he has already bought a new Yoga mat. So it was no harm that he traded his used Yoga ma with other goods. Finally we made the deal. And I think clarifying the advantage of trading helped. At the end‚ I traded the Yoga mat for a
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didn’t know one person while everyone else had their click of friends. Everyone acted like they didn’t even notice I was there because I was just a freshman and a newbie to the team. Scared to even speak a word to anyone I began to be amazed on the advantage of height‚ weight‚ and muscle each upperclassman had over me. I felt like a mouse and they were all lions. All I could think about was when this tryout would end! Despite my fear of every upperclassman‚ I tried to become mentally focused for the
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rights issues. TNS ranks Primark as Great Britain’s second largest clothing retailer by Volume in terms of market share. Weakness Primark has little in terms of expression and communication as it does not advertise which is an advantage to its competitor’s. Other issues were with poor working conditions and disvaluing workers rights. S.W.O.T Analysis Contd… Opportunities To provide high quality clothes to fashion conscious people. They now have an opportunity
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business arena? Four objectives of business-level strategy Generate sustainable competitive advantages Develop and nurture (potentially) valuable capabilities Respond to environmental changes Approval of functional level strategies Business-Level Strategy The primary objective of business-level strategy is to create “sources of sustainable competitive advantage”. What is sustainable competitive advantage? There are many definitions‚ used by different people in different ways. What follows
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cable and taken corrective action on their prototypes‚ the head designer of the photocopier manufacturer told Tyler that he had check out the designer error and that omega was right. To the photocopier manufacturer‚ a good relationship was also an advantage to win the contract. In this case‚ Omega had delivery on time‚ it seems Omega was so much more effective than Acme. However‚ there were problems existed in omega. Organizational structure and work allocation was not clear. Organizational chart
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vehicles maintenance and interior cleaning to cars owned by individuals hopefully for less price‚ but with equal quality service provided by other mayor competitors. Minit-Lube provides a competitive advantage in comparison to other businesses because they offer maintenance to cars‚ but with de advantage of better prices and faster services than other mayor car’s dealerships that can be much more expensive. Mini-Lube is able to provide and be successful with this service by implementing the ten Operation
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