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    Amazon and Value Chain

    Q1 Describe Amazon's position in terms of Porter's Value Chain. Q1 Explain what Porter means by competitive advantage and competitive success.

    Strategic Competition: Porters Terms and Perspective

    Q1: There is competition and there is strategic competition. In Porter's terms, what is strategic competition all about? Q2: Based upon Magretta's "Epilogue: A Short List of Implications," discuss the insights that you believe best capture the value of Porter's perspectives.

    Core values: vision

    Q1: What is the role of core values in developing things like vision, mission, and goals? Q2: Differentiate core ideology from envisioned future.

    Regional for profit business

    Please select a regional for-profit business, that is moderate in size, that is, not too large. Identify the business and explain why you chose it for this assignment. List what you believe are the key points in the complete customer journey for this business. Identify the emerging media "micro-moments." What would be some

    Globalization: Diverse Cultures, Foreign Markets, Cyber Security

    Discuss the following questions separately: 1. Entering foreign markets, by definition, means making investments that are not in a firm's home country. For example, Nissan closed factories in Japan and added a new factory in the United States. GM shut down factories at home but kept them open in Europe. What are the ethical dil

    Creativity and Strategy

    1. Describe what Rumelt means by design. Why is this idea important to our understanding of strategy? 2. It is evident that organizations must take advantage of opportunities, but in the context of a 20 Mile March, why is it important to hold back or employ self-imposed constraints when conditions might be good? 3. How do

    Cost and Differentiation: Hotel Example

    Highways Motel - COMPANY A Budget Beds - COMPANY B Road Warrior Rooms - COMPANY C Royal Resorts - COMPANY D 1. Use the Cost and Differentiation Handout to describe your competitive "drivers" of cost and differentiation. 2. Describe your target market. 3. Is your strategy based on cost, differentiation, or focu

    Trading the US Dollar in different locations

    Suppose US$1 = €0.7809 in New York and US$1 = €0.7793 in Paris. How can foreign exchange traders profit from these exchange rates? What actions can they take that may result in the same dollar/euro exchange rate in both New York and Paris?

    Case Study: Brazil's Industries, Agriculture and Manufacturing

    1. Why is Brazil's agriculture so competitive? 2. Why have Brazil's governments in both the 20th and 21st centuries been eager to develop world-class manufacturing? 3. How can Brazil shift some of its resources from uncompetitive industries to competitive industries? 4. ON ETHICS: While President Rousseff's critics accuse he

    Case Study: Electric Vehicle reverse innovation in China

    1. Watch the video "Michael Porter , Innovation & Competitiveness ( 1of 2), GCF 2011 - 01 -25." ( https://youtu.be/NZt6kUKE-88) Consider what you learned from this video when you answer the questions below. Indigenous Reverse Innovation from the Base of the Pyramid 1. From a resource-based view, what are some of the outsta

    Globalization: Darker Side

    What are some of the darker sides (in other words, costs) associated with globalization? How can business leaders make sure that the benefits of their various actions outweigh their costs? How is the middle class affected by globalization?

    Project management can reduce supply chain risk

    The following link leads to a blog. https://www.liquidplanner.com/blog/manage-supply-chain-complexity-using-project-management/ Please provide your answer to the following questions: 1. Provide and discuss a two key points that you think are the most important from the article. Articulate your discussion with concrete exam

    Best Buy and Improvement of Inventory Management

    The following link leads to an article from The Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/retailers-rethink-inventory-strategies-1467062280 1. Inventory Management represents the backbone of Retailer. What is Home Depot Strategy to grow sales while maintaining the same level of inventory? 2. What's the role of Tec

    Frederick W Taylor's Scientific Management Theory

    As manufacturing firms became larger and more complex in the late 1800s, not all managers could continue to be directly involved with production. Many began to spend more of their time administratively in planning, scheduling and staffing activities. Frederick W Taylor particularly made contributions in this regard. Summaris

    Am I a Delegator?

    Summarize the three most important items that you learned from What is a Manager's Role in Creating a Positive Work Environment and Dealing with Workplace Toxicity? Also Dealing with Difficult People. Explain why they stood out to you and how you will apply what you have learned into your work as a manager. Be specific and provi

    How Do I Seek to Understand?

    Summarize three important items learned from emotional intelligence and Cultural Competency. Explain why they stood out to you and how you will apply what you have learned into your work as a manager. Be specific and provide examples. Summarize observations from a conversation that you observed. Explain what you observed

    Management Communication Skills and Asynchronous Communication

    Summarize three most important items about Management Communication Skills and Asynchronous Communication. Anything that may been surprise about communication. How will different communications be integrated into the future communications and why. As a manager, specify what you will do to avoid miscommunications in email,

    Sensemaking and the Structural Frame

    The Walt Disney Company. (2014). Retrieved on May 8, 2014 from http://thewaltdisneycompany.com/ Using the following assumptions of the Structural Frame, complete an in-depth assessment of the Walt Disney Company: 1. Organizations exist to achieve established goals and objectives. 2. Organizations increase efficiency and e

    Application of Structural Framework

    Apply the Structural Frame to the organization in which you are currently employed (or in which you have worked previously) in which you address the following: After you briefly describe the organization in which you presently work - or in which you have previously worked - apply the Structural Frame to the organization, analy

    Partial Productivity

    A construction supervisor for a large homebuilder is interested in seeing whether there are ways of improving the profitability of the company by making better use of the people and equipment that are used to construct homes. Research the construction industry to learn what the inputs are that are used by such a homebuilder t

    Global Geographical Structure versus Global Product Structure

    1. Under what conditions should a company consider adopting a global geographical structure as opposed to a global product structure? Why? Is it logical for a transnational organization to have multiple headquarters, each responsible for different things? Why or why not? 2. Why would a company want to join a global strategic al

    Business management: organization structures

    1. There are a variety of organizational types each with merit in certain situations. In what instances, if any, are mechanistic structures preferable to organic structures? Explain. Are both hierarchical and adaptive structures effective organization structures for particular situations? Why or why not? How does a leader determ

    Stakeholder importance in a corporation

    1 Which two types of stakeholders would you argue to be the most important for the modern corporation and why? How do these types of stakeholders influence corporate finance decisions? Is this an appropriate level of influence for these stakeholder types? Why or why not? 2 In a small, Start-up Company is it more appropriate to

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    1-The following table give an inventory of people's locations and purchases of type of lenses at EYE-WEAR: # of people Cities West Burbs. East Burs High-Index 700 500 400 Plastic 800 700 300 Glass 300 800 400 What is the probability that if a particular pair of glasses is selected at random that it will be.... a) Hig

    Causes, Solutions, and Research

    Describe the phenomenon of social loafing and three main causes of free riding. Identify strategies which can lessen the effect of social loafing.

    Benefits/Drawbacks of Long Selection Process

    Some organizations set up a selection process that is long and complex. In some people's opinion, this kind of selection process is not only more valid but also has symbolic value. In your post, address the following questions: What can the use of a long complex selection process symbolize to job seekers? How do you think