DE2-106-I DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGY Original written by professors David Allen and Arnaud Gorgeon at IE Business School. Original version‚ 21 May 2002. Last revised‚ 20 December 2007. (R.L.) Published by IE Publishing Department. María de Molina 13‚ 28006 – Madrid‚ Spain. ©2002 IE. Total or partial publication of this document without the express‚ written consent of IE is prohibited. INTRODUCTION We are all familiar with the concept of diversification in finance. In this context‚ diversification
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experience includes relaxing beaches and invigorating sport and exploration opportunities | Luxuries might appeal too small a segment | Safe environment | | | | Opportunities | Threats | Increasing oil price | Strong competitors: within the region: Abu Dhabi‚ Qatar; outside of region: Singapore‚ Hong Kong | Increase job opportunities for immigrants and natives | Oil running out in 30 years | Growing luxury market | Terrorism and war could further negative image of Middle
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become complacent to risk allowing the risk to further pervade their lives due to. In the film‚ The Matrix film technology produces risk through its revolt against its creators which led to the enslavement of man and use of their "bioelectricity" to power machines. This risk is unknown to many who like Neo believe they are living in the year 1999 which is when the war initially begins. Within the matrix‚ the illusion created by machines‚ there is no consciousness of risk and although the general population
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Efficient Information Exchange One of the advantages of implementing the matrix organizational structure in a business is that it can lead to an efficient exchange of information. Departments work closely together and communicate with each other frequently to solve issues. Efficient lines of communication enhance productivity and allow for quick decision-making. For example‚ in a matrix structure‚ individuals from the marketing‚ finance and product departments may confer with one another to formulate
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interview was an open ended discussion. Some of the data and information was found on the official website of Square Pharmaceutical Ltd. Bangladesh. 1.2 Scope of the report Industrial relations are the relationships between employees and employers within the organizational settings. The field of industrial relations looks at the relationship between management and workers‚ particularly groups of workers represented by a union. Industrial relations are basically the interactions between employers‚
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Neo: A Struggle of Identity "The Matrix...the war between man and machine‚ and the possibility that reality is a hoax."(Clover 10) The Matrix in a sense is a constant struggle of identity and the real. The struggle of identity and the real in the Matrix is based around the character of Neo. Neo throughout the film is engulfed in a constant struggle of finding himself‚ his purpose‚ and also what reality actually is. In our world today humans are faced with the same identity and reality struggles
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PRODUCT-PROCESS MATRIX The product-process matrix is a tool for analyzing the relationship between the product life cycle and the technological life cycle. It was introduced by Robert H. Hayes and Steven C. Wheelwright in two classic management articles published in Harvard Business Review in 1979‚ entitled "Link Manufacturing Process and Product Life Cycles" and "The Dynamics of Process-Product Life Cycles." The authors used this matrix to examine market-manufacturing congruence issues and to facilitate
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Melissa A. Reeves Plato‚ Descartes‚ and The Matrix Essay 02/14/2014 Phil 201-B15 Liberty University Professor Ronald Kuykendall In comparing the movie The Matrix and the readings from Plato and Descartes‚ the major similarity found among the three is deception. It is the deception of the mind that these excerpts deal with. The idea of being in an illusion or reality is addressed. All three take into account sense perceptions. Also‚ all three have an outside influence that is controlling the
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Allegory of the Cave and seminal science-fiction film The Matrix at first glance seem to have nothing in common. The first is written and set in the ancient times‚ revolving around Socrates telling his follower Glaucon about chained prisoners in a primitive cave watching shadow puppets lighted by a fire burning at the cave’s opening. The latter is a futuristic story set in a world controlled by artificial-intelligent computers that created the Matrix‚ a virtual world programmed for the humans to live in
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experienced was an artificially created belief. This is the idea that the movie Matrix‚ with its main character Neo‚ and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave‚ with the slaves‚ try to present as they question our perception of reality. In both publications‚ human beings live their lives experiencing what for them is reality until some of them are able to see reality and realize that all their lives were based on illusions. The Matrix and Plato’s Allegory of the Cave are very similar for both involve men who live
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