How can a company measure its competitive advantage? Warren Buffett‚ one of the world’s greatest investors‚ says that the trick is to look for firms that already have competitive strengths and that operate in areas that are not susceptible to big changes: |"You will see that we favor businesses and industries unlikely to experience major change. The reason for that is | |simple: We are searching for operations that we believe are virtually certain to possess enormous competitive |
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this was their choice when my siblings and I were out of line. It would usually start with a series of threats. When threats were not taken seriously‚ it would be followed by immediate punishment. Dr. Christiansen in his HBR article‚ “How Will You Measure Your Life?” explains that these tools shaped a culture with some significant traits. The three traits developed from my home culture is dependability‚ integrity‚ and perseverance. Being dependable is a great trait for my work life culture
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teaching – learning process in the 21st century” in Adesomowo‚ P.O [5] Akintayo‚ M.O. (1996) “Upgrading the teachers status through in-services training by Distant Learning System" (DLS) Unpublished [6] Arikewuyo‚ M.O. (1999)‚ Improving teachers’ productivity in Nigeria‚ in Adesemowo‚ P.O. [7] Chris Obisi (1996) “Personnel Management” Jackbod Enterprises. Ojokondo Layout Agbowo‚ Ibadan. [8] Daft‚ R. L. (1983) Organization Theory and Design‚ Minnesota‚ West Publishing Company. [9] Encyclopaedia Britannica
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Equipment Division (HED) of the Wriston Manufacturing Corporation is a large axle and brake manufacturer‚ which accounted for approximately 11.2% of the Wriston’s total revenues. There are 9 on-stream plants in the division and a new one is still under construction. The Detroit plant‚ the first plant of the division‚ was facing finance and productivity problems for several years. To address this problem‚ we are trying to review the situation to assess the feasibility of whether the plant should be closed
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poverty is the conditions of people who have very low incomes. As a single measure to help reduce structural unemployment and alleviate poverty we would recommend empowering the low income sector of the population with ‘free’ basic education and training. Free basic education and training is a supply side based measure to empower the less privileged with skills that meet requirements of jobs being offered by firms. This measure calls for the government to drastically reduce the barriers to accessing
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PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS- A CASE STUDY OF RAJSHAHI SUGAR MILLS. LTD. A Research (Thesis) report submitted to the University of Rajshahi for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Accounting and Information Systems |Supervisor |Submitted By: | |Professor DR. MADAN MOHAN DEY |TANMAY BISWAS
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Standardized Tests Really Measure Intelligence? Some may beg to differ when people say the SAT or ACT are not fair to everyone. Not everyone may test well‚ so these tests are not an accurate assessment of someone’s intelligence. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ the SAT first stood for the Scholastic Aptitude Test‚ then the Scholastic Assessment Test; now it does not stand for anything. The SAT is a college entrance exam for high school students‚ and it measures strictly mathematical and
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Journal of Small Business Management 2006 44(3)‚ pp. 407–425 Entrepreneurs Use a Balanced Scorecard to Translate Strategy into Performance Measures by Andra Gumbus and Robert N. Lussier Although 50 percent of Fortune 1000 companies currently use a balanced scorecard (BSC)‚ few small businesses are using a BSC. A review of the literature finds no BSC papers in leading small business/entrepreneurship journals. This article begins with a discussion of the BSC and why a small business should
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Synopsis: Star Trek Episode “The Measure of a Man” [1] Most of us are aware that the television series Star Trek was about a starship‚ the Enterprise‚ whose mission was to explore the galaxy. This ship was part of a larger organization known as Starfleet. Serving as a Lt. Commander on board the ship was an android named Data. Data was an extremely advanced and unique android even by the standards of 24th century science. He had a special processor known as a “positronic brain” that allowed him
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C. Passenger Oriented Measure Of Reliability The approach in this study is to directly deduce service reliability from observed passenger trajectories. The two proposed reliability indicators of this paper target passenger-oriented predictability (day to day variation) and punctuality (deviation from the schedule). The former considers day-to-day variations in travel experience‚ whilst the latter refers to the discrepancy from scheduled travel times. The measures are calculated at origin-destination
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