have called into question the sustainability of competitive advantage. Under pressure to improve productivity‚ quality‚ and speed‚ managers have embraced tools such as TQM‚ benchmarking‚ and reengineering. Dramatic operational improvements have resulted‚ but rarely have these gains translated into sustainable profitability. And gradually‚ the tools have taken the place of strategy. As managers push to improve on all fronts‚ they move further
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Gender expectation generally means sets of behavior that society decide how female or males should think‚ act or feel. Many people get confuse about thinking that sex and gender are the same; however‚ Ashley Crossman‚ sociologist‚ explains “sex is biologically assigned while gender is socially constructed‚ socially created”.(Crossman) Therefore‚ gender is influenced by cultural‚ family‚ environmental‚ religious‚ educational‚ socioeconomic and geographical setting; in other words‚ it is more nurture
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How Has Photography Changed the World? ‘A picture can say a thousand words’ might seem a bit of a cliché‚ but it shouldn’t. Photography has truly revolutionised our world and it continues to do so. We’ve not only changed our own behaviours and thoughts as a result but also witnessed technological revolution with the help of photography. Let’s examine how the change has occurred. It has changer our understanding of the past Photography has provided humans with another form of recording past events
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more than a decade ago‚ it faced a daunting marketing challenge: P&G didn’t just have to persuade parents that its diapers were the best. It had to persuade many of them that they needed diapers at all. The disposable diaper — a throwaway commodity in the West — just wasn’t part of the cultural norm in the Chinese nursery. Babies wore cloth diapers‚ or in many cases‚ no diaper at all. And that‚ says Bruce Brown‚ who’s in charge of P&G’s $2 billion R&D budget‚ is why China presented — and still presents
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falls under a differentiation strategy‚ “Differentiation is the ability of the firm to provide unique and superior value to the buyer in terms of product quality‚ special features‚ or after-sale services” (Porter 1990‚ 1998). This encompasses the Apple philosophy‚ in an Apple Report they state that they are “committed to bringing the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware‚ software‚ peripherals‚ and services. The Company’s business strategy leverages its unique ability
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To what extent has children’s development been viewed as a social process? “Childhood is not just about personal experiences. Childhood is an important social category which defines children’s activities and experiences.” (Woodhead‚ Chapter 1‚ p.15) Childhood has been viewed in many different ways throughout Western history. Due to the introduction and influence of the United Nation Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC‚ 1989)‚ social attitudes towards childhood have dramatically
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A discussion on the pricing strategy for foreign corporations in China ---taking an example of IKEA Name: Juyan Wang (Joyce) Class: PS 06-01 Tutor: Stephen Ashworth Date: 2014-8-25 A discussion on the pricing strategy for foreign corporations in China---taking an example of IKEA Abstract IKEA‚ as one of the most valuable brands in the world remained far ahead of its competitors because of its particular business management in European and American market.
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Strategy is creating fit among organization’s activities. As a whole‚ organization finds its competitive value by positioning and integrating Fit into all its activities. Operation effectiveness and strategy works differently but co-relate with one another to work towards the same company goal – profitability. Yet many organizations are caught up in improving their operational effectiveness or seeking fast and easy growth; that they have forgotten the "value" that they can offer to their
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To what extent has the importance of the Tet Offensive of 1968 been overrated? On January 30th 1968 over 80‚000 Vietcong soldiers launched a surprise attack on over 100 towns and cities in South Vietnam. This is known as the Tet Offensive. The US army and South Vietnamese Army (ARVN) launched a counter-attack which regained all lost territory and crippled the military capabilities of the Vietcong. Some historians argue Tet was not as important as it appears to be. However‚ it is widely considered
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READING: P&G JAPAN: THE SK-II GLOBALIZATION PROJECT CASE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS 1. I believe it is extremely beneficial for DeCesare to do the necessary research to determine why the expansion idea would fail and why it would succeed and discuss the associated risks. I would see how past companies have done in the area and pay close attention to companies currently doing well in the area. The order of 5 forces model would provide a clear understanding of how lucrative it would be to go into another
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