* External and Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage In this lecture‚ we focus * Company’s present strategy * Internal strength and weakness and external opportunity and threat * Five generic competitive strategy * Competitive advantage and strategy for Diversification * External and Internal Analysis and Competitive Advantage Considerations for Present Strategy: * Cost (low cost?) * Quality (superior quality?) * Customer based (broad or narrow segment) * Product-distribution
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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS There are 7 external environmental factors. They are political‚ economic‚ sociocultural‚ technology‚ customers‚ competitors and suppliers. Each of these factors have a great impact to an organization. They offer both opportunities and treats to organization. POLITICAL factors refer to the relationship between a business and a government. Every organization must spend a great time and money to meet with governmental regulation. ECONOMIC factors refer to the conditions
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will be able to: * Define the purpose and objectives of an IT risk assessment * Align identified risks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities to an IT risk assessment that encompasses the seven domains of a typical IT infrastructure * Classify identified risks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities according to a qualitative risk assessment template * Prioritize classified risks‚ threats‚ and vulnerabilities according to the defined qualitative risk assessment scale * Craft an executive summary
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storing information‚ which is available to a computer program‚ which can also sometimes make the information‚ stored inside readable by humans. * Multipartite * The term means to split into components. * This virus may contain several types of infections‚ which makes it almost impossible to totally remove the virus. * Macro * A number or set of commands‚ which is saved in a macro file. This can be useful for completing tasks which require the same repetitive action with different
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Risk and Threat Assessment Risk and Threat Assessment There is strengths and weaknesses; threats and vulnerabilities of every organization’s security system. These issues tend to be those of the same at national and global levels; crime and criminology tend to have an impact on it. Denny’s is a worldwide corporation that has franchises that have rented their names to continue to run the establishments as well as acquiring three different corporate level restaurants located in South
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1. Enumerate and discuss the direct and indirect threats to Philippine biodiversity. Direct Threats • Illegal logging • Mining • Pollution • Oils spill • Introduction of invasive species • Overexploitation Indirect Threats • Infrastructure development • Rapidly increasing human population against a limited land base ➢ Indiscriminate logging literally changes the forest landscape. Although there has been a
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small business‚ but you were concerned about security. Well when it comes to installing a wireless LAN‚ there are several security threats that you should be aware of beforehand. There are four common security threats‚ which are drive-by hackers‚ war drivers‚ unprotected access points‚ and rogue access points. Drive-by hackers‚ which are the most serious threats of them all‚ are people that sit outside a company’s premises and intercept the firm’s data transmissions. They can also mount denial-of-service
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Threat of New Entrants: Barriers to Entry Economies of scale Product differentiation Capital requirements Switching costs Access to distribution channels Cost disadvantages independent of scale Government policy Expected retaliation Barriers to Entry Economies of Scale Marginal improvements in efficiency that a firm experiences as it incrementally increases its size Factors (advantages and disadvantages) related to large- and small-scale entry Flexibility
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The threat of entry into an industry depends on the barriers of entry that are present with the reaction from existing competitors that the entrant can expect. Next hold a strong piece of the market share even though it’s not a large amount. It would be difficult for a new competitor to enter the retail clothing industry in Dublin as there are already a number of key players such as Next‚ River Island‚ Topman‚ Penneys and Dunne’s Stores. There are six major sources of barriers to entry‚ looking at
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information like bank account information‚ social security numbers and other sensitive information. The biggest fear is using the mobile banking applications. I believe that they are very safe and are constantly being updated so that it can block the threats. Many consumers are afraid of security issues that come along with mobile applications mainly the banking ones that are being accessed from phones and or tablets. With Apple and Samsung‚ the two biggest mobile giants‚ teaming up with major financial
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