...An In Depth Analysis of Amazon Inc. In Relation to Information Technology Systems Table of Contents History page 3 Management page 4 Competitive Advantage page 5 Five Forces Model page 6 IT Strategy page 8 Value Chain page 9 E-Business page 13 Operating Systems page 15 Risk Assessment page 16 SWOT Analysis page 17 Supply Chain Management page 19 Customer Relationship Management page 19 Current Issues page 21 Recommendations and Conclusion page 22 Exhibits page 24 History Amazon.com, Inc. is a multicultural electronic commerce company founded in America by Jeffrey P. Bezos in 1994. It was originally named Cadabra, but was renamed after the Amazon River to bring into the picture a more powerful meaning (mashable). Amazon, since its release in 1995, has since become one of the Fortune 500 e-commerce company. In the business world, Amazon is currently the largest online retailer in the world. It manufactures consumer electronics, most widely known is the Amazon Kindle e-book reader, and has an extensive cloud computing service. Amazon’s start-up was initially only an online bookstore, giving Amazon an advantage of having more and readily available books than any long-established brick-and-mortar book store. By the last 1990’s, Amazon’s success had enabled an expansion from an online bookstore to a wide variety of other products...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY After years and years of pursuing Sainsbury as the United Kingdom’s largest retailer, Tesco PLC broke through in 1995 and has become not only the largest retailer in the UK, but also the world’s 4th largest retailer, trailing only Wal-Mart, Carrefour and Germany’s Metro AG. Originally, Tesco’s soul focus was the retail grocery market. As of February 2010, the grocery market continues to be Tesco’s largest source of revenue and it has accounted for more than 50% of Tesco’s £ 59.4 billion of sales. Further, Tesco does not limit its operation strictly to the United Kingdom. Currently, Tesco resides in 13 countries worldwide and operates 1,911 stores across Europe and Asia. The company has also expanded in the United States and has plans for an additional 320 stores in 2010 across the world. Australia’s economic and political stability and skilled labour force, provides a welcoming environment for foreign investors. With respect to the retail industry, consumer goods expenditure of 183 billion US $ in 2009 and an expected 212 billion US $ in 2010 presents significant opportunity to foreign retailers. However, risk exists as there is a limited presence of related and supporting industries for non-food products. As well, domestic rivalry remains strong in both grocery and non-food segments. The objective is to implement Tesco’s hypermarket store format in Australia while increasing the company’s global market share. Tesco’s main competitors include domestic retailers...
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...International Journal of Business and Management Vol. 4, No. 11 In-Depth Analysis of PC Industry in China Xiaojun Cui Department of Business Administration, Guangdong Radio and TV University Guangzhou 510091, China E-mail: xjcui@gdrtvu.edu.cn Abstract Personal Computer (PC) industry in China has experienced a rapid growth in China in recent years, and has played a more and more important role in the national economy. This motivates us to analyze the business environment and strategic situation of the PC industry in depth. A PEST analysis is carried on to analyze the business environment of the PC industry, and Porter's five forces analysis is used to analyze the competitive nature of PC industry in China. Keywords: China’s PC industry, PEST Analysis, Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 1. Introduction The aim of this paper is to analyze the business environment and strategic situation of personal computer (PC) industry in China. The motivation of an in-depth analysis of PC industry in China stems from the fact that PC industry has played a more and more important role in national economy of China, and has an important effect on the society. Since the emergence, PC has become a necessary tool in daily life in the society. Moreover, with the advances of technology, PC carries more and more functions and attracts more and more users. Now the PC market is mature and close to saturation in the developed countries, while the development of PC industry is still experiencing...
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...An In Depth Analysis of October Baby October Baby, made in 2012, stars Rachel Hendrix who plays the main character Hannah. As a child Hannah was diagnosed with epilepsy which resulted in seizures, asthma, and emotional troubles. During a college play that she stars in she collapses and has a seizure in front of many people. She goes to the doctor and finds out that she is adopted and all the problems she has faced as a child were due to her being a failed abortion. This tears her up emotionally, and leads to her asking questions about who she is and where she belongs while hurting her relationship with her father. This sparks her to going on a spring break trip with her childhood friend Jason. This trip leads her to finding Mary Rutledge,...
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...Tourism Marketing Management Tourism Marketing Management Submitted by: Mayur Peswani (A-38) Rahul Purswani (A-39) Shivangi Agarawal (B-01) Tania Patel (B-41) In-Depth Analysis Of Major Tour Operators in India Submitted to: Prof. Bijal Mehta Submitted by: Mayur Peswani (A-38) Rahul Purswani (A-39) Shivangi Agarawal (B-01) Tania Patel (B-41) In-Depth Analysis Of Major Tour Operators in India Submitted to: Prof. Bijal Mehta Table Of Contents Tourism Marketing Management 0 0 Tourism Marketing Management 2 Latest facts and figures of tourism sector (till Jan,2015) 4 Direct contribution of tourism and hospitality to GDP 4 Foreign tourists arriving in India 5 Foreign exchange earnings from tourism in India 5 Expected share of tourists by expenditure 5 Visa on Arrival and Earnings 7 Background Literature 13 Methodology 20 Analysis 22 (Of Tour Operator Industry) 22 Analysis & Interpretation 24 (Of Our Survey) 24 Findings of Study 37 Tourism Marketing Management * Tourism Sector in India (Overview) Introduction Tourism and hospitality, a key sector of the Indian economy, plays a key role in the growth of Brand India and accounts for around 12.4 per cent of the total employment in India. Globally, tourism ranks fifth as an export category after fuels, chemicals, food and automotive products. The tourism and hospitality sector in India is highly optimistic with a large number of hotel chains having lied...
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...Torts are civil wrongs recognized by law as grounds for a lawsuit. These wrongs result in an injury or harm constituting the basis for a claim by the injured party. While some torts are also crimes punishable with imprisonment, the primary aim of tort law is to provide relief for the damages incurred and deter others from committing the same harms. The injured person may sue for an injunction to prevent the continuation of the tortious conduct or for monetary damages.(See Damages) Among the types of damages the injured party may recover are: loss of earnings capacity, pain and suffering, and reasonable medical expenses. They include both present and future expected losses. There are numerous specific torts including trespass, assault, battery, negligence, products liability, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Torts fall into three general categories: intentional torts (e.g., intentionally hitting a person); negligent torts (e.g., causing an accident by failing to obey traffic rules); and strict liability torts(e.g., liability for making and selling defective products - See Products Liability). Intentional torts are those wrongs which the defendant knew or should have known would occur through their actions or inactions. Negligent torts occur when the defendant's actions were unreasonably unsafe. Strict liability wrongs do not depend on the degree of carefulness by the defendant, but are established when a particular action causes damage. There are also...
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...other leaders, leaders of nonprofit organizations must help individuals and groupscreate a mission and value, set goals, and create a strategy for achieving them. However there arealso unique challenges for leaders of nonprofits. According to the text The Art and Science of Leadership , “The public -good mission of nonprofits, along with the voluntary participation of many of their employees, contributors, and other stakeholders create a particular burden onleaders of such organizations to lead through a collaborative and trust- based style,” (Nahavandi, Understanding Strategic Forces 6 2009. pg. 250). Challenges like this, as well as many others, demand that nonprofit leaders trulyhave a calling for the mission of the organization and that elements such as integrity,trustworthiness, and self-sacrifice are a part of who they are as leaders. Because the monetary profit motive is not nearly as great for nonprofit leaders, these leaders need to possess a callingfor civic duty to help keep them remain motivated and committed to the cause.One of the main challenges nonprofit leaders face is how to attract, retain, motivate andreward their employees, many of whom are volunteers, without having access to large funds touse as reward. This is why these leaders must possess an expertise in skills such as inspiring andmotivating their followers. Also, because nonprofits tend to have fewer resources, leaders arechallenged by learning how to utilize effective leadership skills...
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...In-depth analysis of the business model and marketing strategy used by Jetstar Asia Business model of Jetstar Asia Upon its official launch in December 2004, Jetstar Asia launched an all-out aggressive expansion plan to operate numerous flights connecting Singapore to the major cities of the South-East Asia region like Jakarta, Pattaya, Surabaya, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, Manila and a few other cities in India. Jetstar’s targeted market would be a 'combination of business and leisure travellers' according to the company. Jetstar believed that their success would wholly be dependent on its ability to cultivate the targeted market and also have the advantage of serving highly populated major areas and cities by being the first Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) to do so by the addition of new routes to the destinations that are frequented by its targeted market. Unlike any conventional LCC which aims to only make air travel more accessible and more affordable to their target market by taking away all of the frills & entertainment on board to cut cost. Jetstar Asia employs a modified Low-Cost Carrier model which not only offered low fares by cutting away as much frills & entertainment costs as possible. While the same time offering some services and comfort typical of Full-Service Carriers (FSC) such a ‘Business class’ on-board its long-haul flights which offers meals and beverages, in-flight entertainment and seats covered in premium leather. Therefore it can be seen from their operations...
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...Datamonitor's South Africa Country Analysis Report analyzes the political, economic, social, technological, legal and environmental (PESTLE) structure of South Africa. The report provides a holistic view of the country from historical, current and future perspectives. Insightful analysis on critical current and future issues is presented through detailed SCPT (strengths, challenges, prospects and threats/risks) analysis for each of the PESTLE segments. In addition, the PESTLE segments are supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis. Uses of Country Analysis Reports: Understanding gained from country profiles can be used to plan business investment or market entry in a particular country. The insights provide ideas about key business opportunities. The profiles also provide an overview of the legal and regulatory framework to start or operate a business in the country. Typical uses of each PESTLE segment are: •Political section provides understanding about the political system and key figures relevant to business in the country and governance indicators. •Economic section deals with the economic story of a country that provides a balanced assessment of significant macro-economic issues. •Social section enables understanding of customer demographics through income distribution, rural-urban segmentation and centres of affluence, healthcare and educational scenario. •Technological section provides strategic information on technology and telecom...
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...Documents The Research Paper Factory JoinSearchBrowseSaved Papers Home Page » Business and Management Discuss How the Following Organizations Would Be Arranged in Terms of the Depth and Breadth of Their Product Lines: In: Business and Management Discuss How the Following Organizations Would Be Arranged in Terms of the Depth and Breadth of Their Product Lines: Discuss how the following organizations would be arranged in terms of the depth and breadth of their product lines: A solo-practice family practitioner who does not deliver babies A multi-specialty group practice that provides primary care at five (5) satellite locations An academic medical center Shouldice Hospital in Toronto, which specializes in short-stay surgery for hernia repair According to our text, breadth "refers to the number of different product lines in the mix." (Berkowitz, 2011, pg 263) and depth "refers to the nimber of product items within each product line." (Berkowitz, 2011, pg 263) For a solo-practice family practitioner who does not deliver babies, the breadth of this organization is very narrow. The practitioner only has one practice and they have excluded themselves from delivering babies, which may be something wanted from a growing family. On the other hand, the depth of this organization can possibly still be great. They can offer family counseling services, perscription services on site, and other services that may fill other needs of the family. A...
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...us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM MGT 505 WK 4 ASSIGNMENT 2 MGT 505 WK 4 Assignment 2 - In Depth Audience Analysis of Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Locate your local Chamber of Commerce’s community profile either online or in printed material that describes your local community. Write a three to four (3-4) pages paper on the following: Illustrate the message’s view of the audience and stakeholders based on the written profile. Create your own analysis of the community stakeholders and audience using the demographics, geographics, psychographics, sociographics, usergraphics, and webographics described in this chapter...... More Details hidden... Activity Mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of MGT 505 WK 4 Assignment 2 in order to ace their studies. MGT 505 WK 4 ASSIGNMENT 2 To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/mgt-505-wk-4-assignment-2/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM MGT 505 WK 4 ASSIGNMENT 2 MGT 505 WK 4 Assignment 2 - In Depth Audience Analysis of Manhattan Chamber of Commerce Locate your local Chamber of Commerce’s community profile either online or in printed material that describes your local community. Write a three to four (3-4) pages paper on the following: Illustrate the message’s view of the audience and stakeholders based on the written profile. Create your own analysis of the community stakeholders and audience using the demographics, geographics, psychographics...
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... Research Methodology: * The methodology used for the research will be mixed, quantitative and qualitative. * The quantitative research will be used for the analysis of questionnaires responses. * The qualitative research will be used for analysis for the depth interviews responses. Database: * The primary data collection will be done by the questionnaires and the depth interviews. * The secondary data collection will be done by the different sources like internet, text books and reports. Sample Size and Sampling Method: * The sample size for questionnaires is 150. The judgmental sampling method will be used for questionnaires responses. * The sample size for depth interviews will be 10. The stratified sampling method will be used for depth interviews. Research Tools: * The tools used to analyze the quantitative research data will be SPSS for factor analysis. * The tools used to analyze the qualitative research data will be Microsoft Excel to make narrative summary. Status of Progress: During the research process and implementation of previous stated research methodology, I faced some problems and to solve these problems, I have made some changes. To find the factors which affect to make purchase from multi brand cosmetic stores, factor analysis in which factors will be compared to each other. I have visited the multi brand cosmetic stores, namely Sephora on 6th September, 2013, NewU and Lifestyle on 8th...
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...INTRODUCTION DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF DEEP FOUNDATIONS Have been used since prehistoric times Wooden poles/piles to support the home near the lake in Switzerland 12,000 years ago Pile-supported huts in lagoons around the shores of lake in R. Ayothiraman R A thi Department of Civil Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Delhi New Delhi – 110 016. E-mail: araman@civil.iitd.ac.in Venezuela V l In early years, primarily used to bye-pass the water depth and soft soil layer even for lightly-loaded buildings Commonest Function: To transfer the load that cannot be adequately supported at shallow depths to a depth where adequate support becomes available. FUNCTIONS OF PILES • • • • • • • To carry the superstructure loads (both vertical and lateral) into/ through a soil stratum. To resist large uplift force and/or overturning moments To compact loose, cohesionless deposits -- a combination of pile volume displacement and driving vibrations (piles is withdrawn later) To control settlements when spread footing/mat is on a marginal soil/highly compressible soil To stiffen the soil beneath the machine foundations – to control both amplitudes and natural frequency of the system Provides additional safety factor beneath bridge abutments/piers, if scour is a potential problem Piles in offshore – load transfer thro’ water into underlying soil – partially embedded pile -- to vertical (buckling) and lateral load) Use of piles Effect of relation between foundation width and pile length...
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...1 MBA 610: Final Paper Description and Grading Guide Overview In a well-crafted, comprehensive paper, use specific cases, statutes, course resources, and course concepts to demonstrate your competency with regard to all of the following three points: 1. Areas of the law that you feel most affect business decisions (Law and Business Decisions) 2. Major underlying principles of the law that you feel are most impactful (Impactful Law Principles) 3. Common sources of fear and distrust of the law and how these misconceptions can be alleviated (Distrust of the Law and Misconceptions) Main Elements A. Choose a topic of interest from this course. B. Conduct research related to the topic of choice. C. In your paper, draft responses to the following three points (listed above): • Law and Business Decisions • Impactful Law Principles • Distrust of Law and Misconceptions D. Select specific cases that support your topic. E. Include the applicable laws and regulations that support your topic and why you chose them. F. Apply course concepts and course resources in your paper. In 10-3 Final Paper, you will submit your Final Paper. This milestone will be graded using the Final Paper Rubric. MBA 610: Final Paper Rubric Requirements of submission: Written components of projects must follow these formatting guidelines when applicable: double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font...
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