Jonow.lau@gmail.com Wednesday 12pm THE DIGITAL PEN Question 1: Technology Evolution Is it an incremental or radical innovation? The innovation of the digital pen that we see today has been incremental over time. Using existing concepts from the traditional pen and combining it with the modern computing platform we use on a day to day basis. Some may argue that the innovation of the digital pen was radical because it provides a fundamentally new concept of being able
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System Importance of ethics among the IT professional Abstract: In work environment‚ ethics is the common rules or approach for all professionals need to obey in order to achieve a great environment in an organization. Most of people think that ethics and morals is something that share the same meaning but actually they are not. The morals are towards the personal character‚ while ethics stress a social system in which those morals are applied. In other words‚ ethics point to standards or codes
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The retail giant Wal-Mart is based in Bentonville‚ Arkansas and it was founded by the late Sam Walton (1918 – 1992). In the mid 60s Sam Walton was looking at technology to use IBM mainframes to store inventory data (Wallgum‚ p.1‚ 2010). “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. built an inventory and supply chain management system that changed the face of business” (Helen‚ p. 38‚ 2002). Beginning his career in the mid 40s Sam Walton knew the importance of meeting customer’s needs and this ideology remains today. According
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A patent is a twenty year exclusive monopoly on the right to make‚ use and sell a qualifying invention. This legal authority is considered a reward for the time and effort spent in creating the invention. In return‚ the invention must be defined in detail to the Patent Office‚ which publishes the information increasing the amount of technological knowledge available to the public. Since patent rights are exclusive‚ anyone making‚ using or selling the patented invention without the patent owner’s
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Advancements in technology have fundamentally changed our personal‚ professional and digital lives over the past decade. It has changed how we share information and how we communicate. True enough‚ technology is strongly linked with innovation; but what is the main difference between innovation and technology? Innovation is mainly the action or process of creating something from the unknown meanwhile‚ technology is the application of the known with the help of machinery and devices. Now‚ we have
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Ethics and Information Technology In today’s information age‚ the issue of ethics has risen to the forefront of the business agenda. Constant innovation and advancement of Information technology‚ and the widespread use of information systems‚ has posed many challenges to the business world‚ and raised many ethical issues that also affect society as a whole. Ethics is a fundamental concern of every human being‚ and everyone should have the freedom of choice‚ but when this choice is taken out
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Thesis The first year of operation for Wal-Mart was 1962. At this time‚ Sam Walton ’s stores in Arkansas and Kansas were already facing competition from regional discount chains‚ such as K-Mart and Target. Sam traveled the country to study this radical‚ new retailing concept and was convinced it was the wave of the future. Today‚ Sam Walton has a global company with more than 1.8 million associates worldwide and nearly 6‚500 stores and wholesale clubs across 14 countries. This kind of success
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leadership example would be Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart strategy is to provide a higher quality of products and services to its customers at a lower cost. Wal-Mart supply chain management is to engage with its suppliers to match products at the best affordable and lowest cost to meet the needs of its customers. Wal-Mart recognized
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Compare the business model for ET Wal-Mart and Amazon Compare walmart.com and amazon.com. What characteristics are shared? That are unique to walmart.com and amazon.com for that? Going to both websites at first glance I noticed many similarities between walmart.com and amazon.com. Both sites are online merchants that have been made by an identical model‚ where the menu of product categories on the left page margin. Amazon.com has 13 product categories or departments‚ as they call it on the
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Vs. Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc Problem: Don Edwards‚ a recent MBA graduate has been asked to analyze the financial performance of Sears and Wal-Mart. Although Wal-Mart is the industry powerhouse‚ its 20% return on equity (ROE) lags behind that of Sears’ 22%. Analysis: Wal-Mart operates fewer stores than Sears but is ahead in terms of total selling area by a ratio of 3.4:1. Between 1995 and 1997‚ Sears’ retail store revenue per selling square foot was not only lower than that of Wal-Mart
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