Worked directly with staff and customers in compliance and business development while offering quality service ● Designed and conducted training programs for teams ● Partnered with other departments on projects to set high standards and gained competitive advantage in the industry ● Demostrated a precise alignment commitment to performance and awareness to customers as directed by JPMorgan Chase ● Team player inspired confidence with innate personal ability to succeed in the organization ● Managed
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Introduction Since its publication in 1990‚ Michael Porter’s book The Competitive Advantage of Nations has attracted much consideration. The main analytical tool of the book is the diamond of competitive advantage (figure 1). This model is based on four country specific "determinants" and two external variables. Porter’s four determinants and two outside forces interact in a "diamond" of competitive advantage‚ with the nature of a country’s international competitiveness depending upon the type and
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Clean Harbors Inc. External Analysis Clean Harbors was founded in 1980 and is the largest hazardous waste disposal company in North America. They have four business segments: technical services‚ field services‚ industrial services‚ and exploratory services. Field services provide environmental cleanup services and emergency response environmental assistance. Its services involve the cleanup and restoration of buildings‚ equipment‚ and sites that have been contaminated by exposure to hazardous
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UPS’S Competitive Advantage Instructor Cretson Dalmadge MIS 3360-W1 February 3‚ 2010 In order for an organization to be more competitive‚ it’s imperative for them to stay abreast of the latest technology. “The early 1990’s marked the start of another era of change at UPS (United Parcel Service of America inc‚ 1994).” Technological Change was necessary to accommodate the increased volume of packages. This paper will explore the challenges faced by the business along with the network functionalities
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there cannot be progress without competition. We have reached a level where it seems to be taken for granted- individuals have to be competitive‚ companies have to be competitive and even countries have to be competitive. Every organized activity even outside the domain of business and commerce is also highly competitive. Interestingly even religions are getting competitive to prove the superiority of one over the other. Nonprofit enterprises such as colleges‚ churches and charities‚ for example‚ generally
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The Competitive Advantage Haley Johnson Axia College of University of Phoenix I choose to talk about the Sandals Beach Resort and the Mont Rest Bed and Breakfast Inn located in Bellevue‚ Iowa. The bed and breakfast is independently owned‚ while the Sandals resort is a branch resort. I think the Bed and Breakfast connects the best with the customers on a personal level. When you first walk in you are welcomed by the owners of the Inn and they make you feel as if you’re their only guests
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Future of Competitive Advantage By Clayton Christensen The author introduces to us that the concept of competitive advantage has inspired strategists in imitating the strategies of successful companies. However‚ the success of strategies is relative to the conditions of a particular place at a particular time— that not all strategies used by successful companies will work for others. Some companies that have economies of scale‚ integration and nonintegration‚ and process-based core competencies gain
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But as consumers look for phones that offer a wide selection of applications‚ some developers have complained that stringent security makes it difficult to develop software for Blackberry But the company is trying to use that perception to its advantage. In a recent conference call‚ RIM executives noted that increased security makes the BlackBerry a more desirable device for tasks such as
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1.) What historically have been apple’s competitive advantages? Apple has been in the news since its inception in 1976 for various reasons from its second computer APPLE ll which ran on the legendary Mcintosh operating system to Apple’s co-founder and ‘soul’ Steve Job’s ouster in 1985 to its dramatic turn around in the new millennium To compete in the oversaturated PC industry Apple had to come up with ground breaking innovations in its devices from time to time.while most players in the industry
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COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE OF BUSINESS STRATEGY World trade is growing faster than world GDP – this is a key consequence of globalization. Trade barriers are being reduced and protectionist policies are no longer acceptable to the many countries that believe in the free-trade concept. This means that companies must compete not only with domestic rivals but with competitors from across the globe. Many of these competitors will have either: lower costs or differentiated products. According to Michael
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