...OPEN-SOURCE MOVEMENT AND THE FUTURE ITSU1003 INTRODUCTION TO OPEN-SOURCE Generally computer software sources (the human readable version of the software) are of two kinds; closed and open. Open-source programming has been prominently growing in the past ten years. In this model, programmers share their codes freely in order to be modified and used by others. They are allowed to alter and change the original software as much as they like. This in turn will produce higher quality software with improved features. For the open-source programs to be reliable, some sort of licenses has been approved by Open Source Initiative (OSI) which is a “non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the open-source definition for the good of the community, especially through the OSI Certified Open-source software certification mark and program.” HISTORY OF OPEN-SOURCE Open-source began to form in the hacker’s society of the United States computer science laboratories such as Stanford and MIT in the late 1960’s. Programmers were members of societies in which each member was expected to share his or her code among the society members. This would apply improvements on different codes by members of the society. In addition, programmers were able to use each other’s knowledge in their own interest mutually. By the early 1980’s the university hacker societies began to collapse, and the hackers were hired by commercial companies producing proprietary systems (systems that required...
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...Decision Making Rosalyn Blanco Kerly Olivares Carlos Rojas Jose Blas Gomes Juan Carrillo Millennia Atlantic University What is Strategy? By Michael Porter Nowadays in this globalized world and evaluate as advance the transformation of business in the world. Operational effectiveness is no longer enough for companies, analyzing the view of Michael Porter; the strategy is the heart for positioning and competitive advantage in these very dynamic markets with rapidly changing technology. Many managers or leaders do not understand the strategy; many prefer short-term results by focusing on operational effectiveness. Well make things better than rivals now is not enough. The only result is companies of imitation and homogeneity. Superior performance is achieved with the strategy. A manager should evaluate the big picture and not lose focus and not just use tools such as benchmarking, outsourcing, best practices, etc. A manager must be able to create competitive advantages for positioning the company against its rivals and provide high profitability. Working together operational effectiveness and strategy are mutually constructive. The essence of strategy lays on to perform chosen or designed activities different than competitors do. Porter emphasize that competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value. Strategic also could be related...
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...software makes the computer work for example operating systems, such as Windows XP and Norton Antivirus. Applications software is the software that you install onto the operating system, for example processing programs, spread sheets, web browser and games. Some of the legal issues involved in acquiring and using software in most business and organizations include software licensing. That is, copying software is illegal and individuals must stop people from copying software and distributing them, others are are infringement, piracy and ownership. Discussion Question #2 · What are some of the criteria used for evaluating software when planning a purchase? · What is open source software and what are its advantages and disadvantages? · Research and give a short summary of an open source application. How would you use...
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...Couture Events Marketing Plan Table of Contents Page 1. Background 1 2. Strategic Focus and Plan 1 Mission Statement 1 Goals 1 Competitive Advantage 2 3. Situation Analysis 2 SWOT Analysis 2 Competitor Analysis 2 Company Analysis 3 Customer Analysis 3 Industry Analysis 3 4. Market-Product Focus 4 Marketing and Product Objectives 4 Market-Product Grid 5 Target Markets 6 Points of Difference 6 Positioning 6 5. Marketing Program 7 Product Strategy 7 Price Strategy 7 Promotion Strategy 8 Place Strategy 8 6. Organization 9 7. Implementation Plan 9 8. Evaluation and Control 10 Possible Deviations 10 Possible Solutions 10 9. Bibliography 1. Background Couture Events is a hall located in San Diego area that also services Orange County and Los Angeles. We also like to travel and do all kinds of events. We are designed to custom fit every style and personality with our creativity and expertise. San Diego is a multi cultural city and we offer a variety of options to create a unique moment. We take pride in our work and our staff is trained to offer the best service to our customers. 15% of our profit goes towards the breast cancer foundation. Not only are we creating a special moment for our customers but also for others. We believe in making the world...
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...is part of a larger company.” It is a local operation completely owned and operated by a foreign firm. These organizations can be acquired by another but can also be built from the ground up. Of course, though, with every business decision comes risk; advantages and disadvantages of subsidiaries are deeply weighed when this becomes an option for expansion. There are many advantages to having subsidiaries in other countries. One major advantage is the amount of control the parent company gains over the subsidiary. The parent company becomes the boss. They now gain control of operational means and strategic moves. This means that the parent company can now have the subsidiary function by means that the parent company sees fit. Another advantage to having foreign subsidiaries is the expansion of brand recognition. By taking the parent companies name to the foreign countries, the name is being spread and the brand is well recognized throughout the world. This opens up opportunities into new marketplaces, which broadens the company name and spreads the chance of success in new areas of business. Along with many other advantages, a parent company also controls the assets of its subsidiaries and can invest these assets as it sees fit....
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...Take Home Exam International Business RSM5007 This Exam is due on March 5, 2012 This Exam is to be done individually Question 1. You are asked to write a 1,000 word brief to be submitted to the European Commission on the Rise of China. There is a debate as to whether the EU commission should move to limit (to the extent it can) the rise of China. You are asked to write a brief that would highlight the opportunities created for the European economies by the rise of the China, and the challenges. You must conclude with your opinion on a way forward for the EU Commission as it relates to its China Policy. Include a Word Count. Question 2. Suppose you are approached by RIM to help them develop a strategy to enhance their penetration of the China and India markets (ie. to access the market itself, and not simply as an export platform). As noted in class, there are several alternative entry strategies: Don’t do it Sell to a home country exporting agent or a foreign country importing agent Contract with a foreign country importing agent Establish a foreign subsidiary that imports and distributes License production to a foreign manufacturer who distributes Establish a foreign subsidiary, either via acquisition or greenfield investment, that manufactures and distributes How would you advise RIM? It must be noted that the Chinese government forces foreign firms to share technology with local partners. Refer to the following two papers in your response: Distance Still Matters by...
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...Forbes.com: How LinkedIn Has Turned Your Resume Into A Cash Machine Table of Contents | | | |Page Number | | | | |Terms of Reference |2 | | | | | | |Introduction |3 | | | | | | |Section 1: | | | | |Creating Mission, Vision and Values |4 | | | | | | |Section 2: | | | | |Implementing Mission, Vision and Values ...
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...for driving continuous improvement throughout the organization and to gain advantage over competitors such as reducing costs, increasing productivity and better aligning product (Fleisher amd Bensoussan, 2007). Benchmarking began in the late 1950s as a natural development of early Japanese practices focusing on a clear desire to improve. Then, Xeros Corportation in America adopted a similar vigorous approach in 1979 which start the term “Benchmarking” by investigating the practices of Fuji Xerox in Japan. The improvement opportunities that were identified and put into place resulted in Xerox’s benefits and let to Best Practice Benchmarking (Bendell et al., 1993). Table: Advantages and disadvantages of benchmarking ADVANTAGES | DISADVANTAGES | Powerful Competitive Analysis Tool | Copycat syndrome | Objective stretch goal setting & performance measurement | High rate of failure | Flexibility | What works well in one organization might not work in another | Removal of blind spots | Benchmarking is resource intensive | Improves cost efficiencies & quality | No firm does everything the best | Not reinventing the wheel but redesigning it | Low-performing firms have a disadvantage | Media recognition | Some high-performing companies may not be willing to share information | Requirement for other certifications | Process for applying the technique | Creates an innovative culture open to new ideas | | Table: Example of a Benchmark Evaluation Performance...
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...addressed are the type of software desired, either open-source or propriety, and what characteristics of the database meets the company’s needs. There are two basic types of database programs people can choose from when deciding what they want for their small business, an open-source database or a propriety one. While both of these are similar, they still have their advantages and disadvantages. First, consider what an open-source program is. The term open-source means exactly what it sounds like; the source code for the software is completely open and free to the public. Some advantages that come with this are the fact there is no upfront costs when it comes to obtaining the database program. While this sounds great, one needs to consider the tools the business has at its disposal. If you do not have the people to manage the databases and run them, then more employees must be hired in order to support the system. This can lead to more cost in the long run. So the fact that it’s free can also be a disadvantage. Another advantage to open-source database systems is a lot of them have a huge following such as MYSQL. MYSQL is database that is designed to use Standard Query Language (SQL) and it is compatible with most popular platforms. Last, there are a lot of third party tools or add-ons that can come with using open-source databases. This is because everything made for the program is free too. A couple of disadvantages to open-source databases are that since the software is...
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...HTC corporation, a company founded in Taiwan, and originally started as a firm that made personal digital assistants for other companies. HTC then transitioned into the fast growing Smartphone category and had emerged as the world’s fourth largest Smartphone manufacturer by 2009. But HTC is now facing big name players such as Nokia, Apple and Samsung Electronics and the competition for high-end sophisticated mobile devices has became more intensifying. CEO Peter Chou is now facing several decisions in order to move his company forward. In this first part, the performance of HTC will be evaluated, looking at the competitive advantages and vulnerabilities. In the second part the operating system strategy will be analysed. Finally, many companies are now offering their own application store, in this part we will analyse whether HTC should build its own app store or do something else. Performance of HTC and the competitive advantages and vulnerabilities. Based on the vision of Cher Wang to develop a small, hand-held computer like device, HTC developed its first PDA in 2000. HTC was commissioned to be an original design manufacturer (ODM). In the ODM business HTC manufactured smartphones for branded handset companies. The consequences were that HTC only had little responsibility for sales, marketing, or inventory management. Besides HTC designed phones for service providers such as t-mobile and Vodafone. HTC supported operators by helping them build unique value propositions and...
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...Introduction To Open Source – Open source media means media software with no restrictions There are open source forms of media and closed source forms of media. Open source has been growing more and more rapidly in the past decade as most forms of media we have discussed in class on Friday mornings. With an open source form of media software, programmers share their codes freely in order to be modified and used by others. They are allowed to alter and change software with improved features. For open source programs to be reliable, licensing has to be approved by Open Source Initiative, which is a corporation that certifies shares and promotes open source software. Where Open Source Came From Open Source began with the Hacker’s society of the United States computer science lab in Stanford MIT in the late 1960’s. It was a collective were members shared their code with other members. This would allow members to use each other’s knowledge to improve their own interest. In the 1980’s the Hackers Society began to fall apart after the members were hired by commercial companies to produce systems that required users to purchase a license in order to use them. Later they left those commercial companies and recreated the hackers’ society. One of the first open source systems was a Unix compatible operating system named GNU by Richard Stallman. What The Open Source Is Open source is similar to “free software”, but the open-source users are generally able...
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...DISCUSS THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF GLOBALIZATION The world as we know it has evolved over the years. From times when communities thought they were alone through periods when they depended on one another through trade to today when it is considered to be a global village. Over time the interdependent nature of countries across the world has gained prominence, hence the coinage of the term Globalization. Globalization is defined as the tendency for the world economy to work as one unit, led by large international companies doing business all over the world (Longman Business English Dictionary 2000). There has been many views concerning globalization. Whereas some people are of the opinion that it is good and are in favour of promoting and supporting it, others see globalization as detrimental to the world in general. This essays will discuss the advantages and disadvantages of globalization. The idea of globalization is an old one and can be traced back to the days when nations fought to create empires. The Babylonians and Romans through the conquest of weaker nations to formed huge empires thereby setting large single economies. These however did not extend to the global level as is happening now. As Ellwood (2001, p.21) noted, globalization is a new word which describes an old process: the integration of the global economy that began in earnest with the launch of the colonial era five centuries ago. The aim of colonization was to establish new sources of raw materials...
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...pts) A: Dell pursues the cost leadership strategy and differentiation strategy. Dell has driven costs out of company’s supply chain and kept inventory to a minimum. At that time, the low cost per PC in Dell and the high profit per PC form a poignant contrast. Dell has delivered the customer’s a series of unique and innovative combination of services at that time which not only set itself apart from other competitor but also perfectly matches the level of expectation at a cost that also assures an adequate level of profitability. 2. How well did the key elements fit together for Dell to gain competitive advantages over its competitors? What were the competitive advantages? Sustainable? (4 pts) A: During these years, the key elements fit very well for Dell. The first advantage gained is efficiency of order based on its Direct Model. The second advantage gained is a solid supply chain and lower inventory based on its low-cost strategy. However, I don’t think this will be sustainable because its strategies are easy to copy by other competitors. Moreover, Dell has not paid enough attention to technology innovation for a long time. 3. What caused Dell to lose its No.1 spot in PC industry in 2007? Internal factors and external factors? Anything to do with its strategy and implementation? (4 pts) A: The most important internal factor in Dell is lack of enough innovation which is the best advantage of Apple. And the reduction of profit of the IT industry is another internal factor...
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...the advantages and disadvantages of different Trade Barriers • what the trade barriers are Trade barriers are government regulations that put restrictions on types of international trade. Most countries have trade barriers that are set up to best fit the needs of their respective government, These restrictions may increase costs to goods and services, producers, businesses, and customers, and may include taxes and tariffs, as well as other non-tariff barriers, such as regulatory legislation and quotas. This has some advantage & disadvantage for each county according to the econmony and market stability in the country • Advantage o Business that can go to any countries with the cheapest work force and cost to produce their items to eliminate the production cost and maintain products prices which easy to sell country around the world. Example ( moving companies to China & India) o Its helps companies to become a international and open new market to them o Increased National Security, each country able to import form any country instead of depending neighbor country to supply critical natural resources. o Protect domestic new industry from foreign competitors. This allows companies to grow o Creates jobs for domestic workers. As domestic companies are protected by tariffs, quotas or subsidies, they will hire locally o Enable organization to offer product with competitive price o Reduce monopoly in the market, closed market is no longer exist, market become open for...
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...of an entrepreneurial strategy are: 1. The generation of a new entry opportunity, the result of knowledge, and other resources into a bundle that will be valuable, rare, and difficult for others to imitate. 2. The exploitation of a new entry opportunity. 3. A feedback loop. E. If the new entry warrants exploitation, then firm performance depends on: 1. The entry strategy; the risk reduction strategy. 2. The way the firm is organized. 3. The competence of the entrepreneur and the management team. F. Long-run performance is dependent upon the ability to generate and exploit numerous new entries. II. GENERATION OF A NEW ENTRY OPPORTUNITY A. Resources as a Source of Competitive Advantage 1. Resources are the basic building blocks to a firm’s functioning and performance. These can be combined in different ways to achieve superior performance. 2. These resources need to be considered as a bundle rather than just the resources that make up the bundle. 3. A bundle of resources is: a. Valuable when it enables the firm to pursue opportunities, neutralize threats, and to offer products and services that are valued by customers. b. Rare when few or no competitors have it. c. Inimitable when replication of this combination of resources would be difficult and/or costly for competitors. 4....
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