STERN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FROM OPERATIONS DRAFT SYLLABUS This syllabus is tentative and subject to change. MEETINGS: ROOM: INSTRUCTOR: Josh Reed‚ Room KMC 8-79‚ (212) 998-0584 jreed@stern.nyu.edu OFFICE HOURS: TEACHING ASSISTANT: OFFICE HOURS: REQUIRED COURSE MATERIALS: CUSTOM TEXT: Competitive Advantage from Operations (Sixth Edition) a customized text created for Stern students including
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The Advantages of being multilingual The world we live in is rapidly growing into an enormous melting pot and most of us are very aware of the fact that the ability to speak a foreign language has never been as vital as it has been in the 21st century. Learning a new language offers many new career opportunities as well as other advantages which are often ignored. Among the less obvious benefits is the change in perspective one will gain from seeing the world through different eyes. Every language
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Being yourself‚ being who you are. When you hear those two lines you may think they mean the same thing but do they? Think about it‚ you were born into this world a tiny little baby with no ideas‚ or preferences‚ but as you grew you developed a personal identity‚ but did it really develop or was it in you to begin with. If you believe you were born already with a personality‚ then you take the side of nature. on the other hand if you believe that your personality developed based on influences in
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In the novel Being There‚ by Jerzy Kosinski the character of Chance Gardner makes the distinction between human behavior and comes from a past that one he encounters would ever know. Chance Gardner is arguably a brilliant character and is arguably considered to be a complex person. I personally think that Chance is not complex what so ever. He doesn’t think into things too much and is actually very blunt. Usually people become smart or brilliant by studying‚ researching‚ and being extremely disciplined
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Sabrina Duran 18 February‚ 2013 Assignment 1: Memoir Family Feud It was a beautiful‚ bright and sunny Friday afternoon in mid-August. The winds were calm and the weather was great‚ nice and cool‚ not your typical scorching hot August weather. It was about a quarter till two when my cell phone rang‚ and upon checking it I noticed that it was my boyfriend’s little sister‚ Nana. I already knew what she was going
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The Advantages of Recycling English 090 The Advantages of Recycling There are many reasons in which an individual should recycle items in order to reduce waste and help the natural environment from pollution. Recycling plastic‚ paper‚ and glass helps extend the life and usefulness of items that has already served its initial purpose by producing something that is useable. Different materials require different techniques when recycled. Recycling has a lot of benefits and
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SThe Perception on the Advantages and Disadvantages of Selected Bus Drivers and Commuters on the Bus Management and Dispatch System of Metropolitan Manila Development Authority Statement of the Problem: The purpose of this study is to identify the perception on the advantages and disadvantages of selected bus drivers and commuters on the Bus Management and Dispatch System. Specifically‚ the study sought answers to the following questions: 1. What are the respondent’s perception on the
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the principle of comparative advantage‚ and modern trade theory? Explain. The article shows us how India diversified its economy by creating new avenues of trade when its manufacturing market took a dive nose. India saw there was a need in the international market for outsourcing‚ call centers and engineering talents and it took advantage of it by harnessing its labor abundance to provide them with a competitive advantage.. A country has the comparative advantage of producing a good if the opportunity
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Ancient China: In China’s history‚ Ancient China was ruled by powerful families called dynasties. The first dynasty was the Shang and the last was the Qing. Most of the people that lived under the dynasties rule were very poor peasants. They farmed wheat‚ millet‚ and rice. Peasants were paying too much money for taxes and they should pay for the rent as well to their landlord. It was not weird when a father sells his child into slavery to pay the rent. The dynasty change when the leader shows poor
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Competitive Advantage: Question 1/2: A competitive advantage is a position that a firm occupies in its competitive landscape. Cost advantage Cost advantage A firm possesses a sustainable competitive advantage when it has value-creating processes and positions that cannot be duplicated or imitated by others‚ that lead to the production of above normal rents‚ in that it provides a long-term advantage that is not easily replicated. Sources of competitive advantage: Competitive advantage Competitive
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