...i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l o f h y d r o g e n e n e r g y 4 0 ( 2 0 1 5 ) 1 6 2 5 e1 6 3 8 Available online at www.sciencedirect.com ScienceDirect journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/he Changing the fate of Fuel Cell Vehicles: Can lessons be learnt from Tesla Motors? Scott Hardman a,*, Eric Shiu b, Robert Steinberger-Wilckens a Centre for Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK b Birmingham Business School, University House, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK a article info Article history: Received 15 September 2014 Received in revised form 24 November 2014 Accepted 29 November 2014 Available online 24 December 2014 Keywords: Fuel cell Market entry Tesla Electric vehicle marketing abstract Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs) are a disruptive innovation and are currently looking towards niche market entry. However, commercialisation has been unsuccessful thus far and there is a limited amount of literature that can guide their market entry. In this paper a historical case study is undertaken which looks at Tesla Motors high-end encroachment market entry strategy. FCVs have been compared to Tesla vehicles due to their similarities; both are disruptive innovations, both are high cost and both are zero emission vehicles. Therefore this paper looks at what can be learned form Tesla Motors successful market entry strategy and proposes a market entry strategy for...
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...THE ZERO MARGINAL COST SOCIETY "To live well, we must work well" - folk wisdom. The capitalist model is practically not working. The collapse does not occur in one day, but it happens on a daily basis with local and some periodically stepped collapse. The standard of living of citizens' continuously and steadily getting worse, this is the social significance of the global crisis. Why the number of dissatisfied with the life is growing? The authorities are accusing the people: “you are guilty and don’t work well”. People are accusing authorities: “all of you are stealing our national wealth”. Both sides are right. Why do people and authorities -"do not want" to change and what will stimulate them to start “wanting"? We are living in a dangerous time, when: • Outdated socio-economic norms and government institutions are losing legitimacy (dying), informal (including illegal ones) rules are accepted; • Authorities are stealing and squandering, lives with outdated economic dogmas, protects outdated socio-economic rules and loses trust "the people" (for example, the latest scandal with excessive tax benefits in Luxembourg for international corporations) • Implemented ideology of distracting entertainment and consumption; • Dissatisfaction with the level of people’s life and authority actions are turning people into apathy, "universal" values are washed out, the quality of labor is falling; • Strengthens sprouts (beginnings)...
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...FAMILY NAME: LEON FIRST NAME: ALEXEI REG NO: 1102810 ESSEX BUSINESS SCHOOL COVER SHEET BE431 BUSINESS STRATEGY Based on your own research, analyse the current strategic position of Tesla Motors both in terms of their competitive environment and their capabilities. You must draw on relevant frameworks discussed on the module. Your comments in this section should include a discussion of the extent to which the frameworks you used were helpful for your analysis. Critically evaluate the concept of ‘disruption’ in the context of business strategy. Your analysis in this section should make specific reference to Sillince (2006). Lecturers: Dr. Christina Volkmann, Dr. Marina Michalski and Dr. Danielle Tucker Date: 2nd March 2015 Word Count: 2553 Introduction The literature in the field of business and technology has covered the analysis of the term disruptive innovation in respect to the concept of competitive advantage. Scholars such as Christensen (1997) and Johnson (2008) have developed the theory of disruptive innovation and focused on stressing the difference between the disruptive innovations which are sustainable and the ones which are not. Furthermore, the research conducted by Sillince (2006) as well as Penrose (1959), Balogun (2014) has been essential to critically evaluate the methods used by the companies to construct their competitive advantage. The persuasion often used by the companies to differentiate themselves from the competitors and gain competitive...
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...Buildings 2013, 3, 506-531; doi:10.3390/buildings3030506 OPEN ACCESS buildings ISSN 2075-5309 www.mdpi.com/journal/buildings/ Review Construction Delay Analysis Techniques—A Review of Application Issues and Improvement Needs Nuhu Braimah Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, UK; E-Mail: nuhu.braimah@brunel.ac.uk; Tel.: +44-0-1895-265-919; Fax: +44-0-1895-269-782 Received: 8 May 2013; in revised form: 1 July 2013 / Accepted: 18 July 2013 / Published: 23 July 2013 Abstract: The time for performance of a project is usually of the essence to the employer and the contractor. This has made it quite imperative for contracting parties to analyse project delays for purposes of making right decisions on potential time and/or cost compensation claims. Over the years, existing delay analysis techniques (DATs) for aiding this decision-making have been helpful but have not succeeded in curbing the high incidence of disputes associated with delay claims resolutions. A major source of the disputes lies with the limitations and capabilities of the techniques in their practical use. Developing a good knowledge of these aspects of the techniques is of paramount importance in understanding the real problematic issues involved and their improvement needs. This paper seeks to develop such knowledge and understanding (as part of a wider research work) via: an evaluation of the most common DATs based on a case study...
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...This is page 57 Printer: Opaque this 3 Time Series Concepts 3.1 Introduction This chapter provides background material on time series concepts that are used throughout the book. These concepts are presented in an informal way, and extensive examples using S-PLUS are used to build intuition. Section 3.2 discusses time series concepts for stationary and ergodic univariate time series. Topics include testing for white noise, linear and autoregressive moving average (ARMA) process, estimation and forecasting from ARMA models, and long-run variance estimation. Section 3.3 introduces univariate nonstationary time series and defines the important concepts of I(0) and I(1) time series. Section 3.4 explains univariate long memory time series. Section 3.5 covers concepts for stationary and ergodic multivariate time series, introduces the class of vector autoregression models, and discusses long-run variance estimation. Rigorous treatments of the time series concepts presented in this chapter can be found in Fuller (1996) and Hamilton (1994). Applications of these concepts to financial time series are provided by Campbell, Lo and MacKinlay (1997), Mills (1999), Gourieroux and Jasiak (2001), Tsay (2001), Alexander (2001) and Chan (2002). 58 3. Time Series Concepts 3.2 Univariate Time Series 3.2.1 Stationary and Ergodic Time Series Let {yt } = {. . . yt−1 , yt , yt+1 , . . .} denote a sequence of random variables indexed by some time subscript t. Call such...
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...Cost Control Conte nts Pref ace to the New Edition The Cost Manager’s Toolkit – PDA-size Summary 1 GOOD COST MANAGEMENT The Unsung Hero Cheaper and Better Managing and Cutting Costs – Intelligently 2 COST LEADERSHIP A Challenging Base Case Indiv idual Accountability Persistence A Continuous Improv ement Culture Short Timef rames Feedback Loops Strategic Skepticism Top Team: Finance Top Team: Human Resources Role Models Toolkit – Cost Leadership 3 TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS Understanding Cost Dy namics Management Accounts and Metrics Bang f or Buck Slice and Dice Understanding Natural Cost Trends Cash Cost Not P&L Cost Best Practice (and Lev el Play ing Fields) Competitiv e Analy sis Toolkit – Techniques and Tactics 4 PEOPLE Why Is People Cost So Problematic? Hiring Pay ing Technology and Productiv ity Firing Managing the Av erage Perf ormer Minimizing the Core Organization Toolkit – People 5 SUPPLIERS Who Manages Supplier Costs? Understand the Balance of Power Consolidate to Fewer Better Suppliers Negotiate Intelligently Don’t Get Locked In Manage Total Cost of Ownership Get Tough on the Costs of Serv ices Toolkit – Suppliers 6 COST CUTTING CASE STUDY Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 7 WIRED AND GLOBAL The Internet Globalization Toolkit – Wired and Global 8 LATERAL THINKING Indirect Cost Generators Let the Customers Do the Work Cost into Rev enue Toolkit – Lateral Thinking ...
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...Strength. Performance. Passion. Sustainable Development Report 2007 Company Profile ACC – India’s first name in cement ACC Limited, or ACC as it is popularly known, is India’s foremost manufacturer of cement. Formerly called The Associated Cement Companies Limited, ACC’s corporate office is located in Mumbai. Its operations are spread throughout the country with 14 modern cement factories having a total installed capacity of 22.4 million tones of cement per annum, a string of 20 sales offices and a countrywide distribution network of over 9,000 dealers. It has a workforce of more than 10,000 persons. A subsidiary company, ACC Concrete Limited, is a leading manufacturer of ready mix concrete that has 30 plants across the country. Established in 1936 as a merger of ten cement companies, ACC is today closely associated with the Holcim Group of Switzerland. Since inception, the company has been a pioneer and trendsetter in cement and concrete, with a unique track record of innovative research and product development. It is an important benchmark for the cement industry in respect of its production, marketing human resource management and other processes. ACC has achieved spectacular results in the utilization of two industrial wastes – namely slag from steel plants and fly ash from thermal power stations – to make blended cements that offer unique advantages to concrete. Today ACC offers total solutions for waste management including testing, suggestions for reuse, recycling...
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...the individual contributions contained in it are protected under copyright by the Publisher (other than as may be noted herein). Notices Knowledge and best practice in this field are constantly changing. As new research and experience broaden our understanding, changes in research methods, professional practices, or medical treatment may become necessary. Practitioners and researchers must always rely on their own experience and knowledge in evaluating and using any information, methods, compounds, or experiments described herein. In using such information or methods they should be mindful of their own safety and the safety of others, including parties for whom they have a professional responsibility. To the fullest extent of the law, neither the Publisher nor the authors, contributors, or editors, assume any...
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...THE IMPACT OF MOBILE MONEY SERVICES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN AN URBAN TOWN IN KENYA BY KENNETH M. NYAGA A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (CORPORATE MANAGEMENT) IN THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT AT KCA UNIVERSITY NOVEMBER, 2013 DECLARATION I declare that this dissertation is my original work and has not been previously published or submitted anywhere for award of a degree. I also declare that this contains no material written or published by other people except where due reference is made and author duly acknowledged. Student Name: ______________________ Sign: __________________________ Registration Number: ________________ Date: ___________________ I do hereby confirm that I have examined the master’s dissertation of: Kenneth Miriti Nyaga And have certified that all revisions that the dissertation panel and examiners recommended have been adequately addressed. Signed _______________________________ Date ___________________ Dr. Okonga-Wabuyabo, Brigitte M. Dissertation Supervisor ii ABSTRACT Since the launch of mobile money services in Kenya in 2007, the number of subscriptions has grown to approximately 48% of entire the Kenyan population. This overwhelming uptake has been attributed to the affordability and accessibility of the service, especially among low income earners. The main challenges of mobile money...
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...4. 4.1 Big Data Introduction In 2004, Wal-Mart claimed to have the largest data warehouse with 500 terabytes storage (equivalent to 50 printed collections of the US Library of Congress). In 2009, eBay storage amounted to eight petabytes (think of 104 years of HD-TV video). Two years later, the Yahoo warehouse totalled 170 petabytes1 (8.5 times of all hard disk drives created in 1995)2. Since the rise of digitisation, enterprises from various verticals have amassed burgeoning amounts of digital data, capturing trillions of bytes of information about their customers, suppliers and operations. Data volume is also growing exponentially due to the explosion of machine-generated data (data records, web-log files, sensor data) and from growing human engagement within the social networks. The growth of data will never stop. According to the 2011 IDC Digital Universe Study, 130 exabytes of data were created and stored in 2005. The amount grew to 1,227 exabytes in 2010 and is projected to grow at 45.2% to 7,910 exabytes in 2015.3 The growth of data constitutes the “Big Data” phenomenon – a technological phenomenon brought about by the rapid rate of data growth and parallel advancements in technology that have given rise to an ecosystem of software and hardware products that are enabling users to analyse this data to produce new and more granular levels of insight. Figure 1: A decade of Digital Universe Growth: Storage in Exabytes Error! Reference source not found.3 1 ...
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...Critical information exchange in supplier involvement product development Master of Science Thesis in Quality and Operations Management ALEXANDER ARVIDSON DEIVITE SILVA Department of Technology Management and Economics Division of Quality Sciences CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012 Report No. E2012:026 Critical information exchange in supplier involvement product development Master of Science Thesis in Quality and Operations Management Alexander Arvidson Deivite Silva Department of Technology Management and Economics Division of Quality Sciences Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012 Report no. E2012:026 Critical information exchange in supplier involvement product development Master of Science Thesis in Quality and Operations Management © Alexander Arvidson and Deivite Silva Department of Technology Management and Economics Division of Quality Sciences Chalmers University of Technology Gothenburg, Sweden, 2012 Report no. E2012:026 Printed by Reproservice, Gothenburg, Sweden Abstract The purpose of this thesis has been to review Volvo’s information exchange in supplier involvement product development (SIPD) and to identify important information required to perform effective and efficient product development projects when suppliers are involved. The project was carried out at the Volvo Group which is a leading global supplier of commercial vehicles. Volvo Group is from here referred to as Volvo...
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...RA G PC+ E IN E RM TH FO OR NS O F RA OV T N LE ual Ann 3 2 /1 2 2 01 Code 99 ck Sto o nov t Le or Rep ited Lim up Gro ov rso NV L e n R : L ion pe any – to l ( A D 34 bil comp o PC ted $ dica siness g y p t w and e US nolo to bu s. D ld h ng t e c o f t h e he wor P l u s untrie novo’s d stro e o n M t o n e ers in n g P C 160 c vices, L chain a rmer IB d i mak m e r g re than rnet de supply f the fo ures an s e t o ct te lobal o an ufac odu ition ile in nm rs i d mob ficient g acquis s, man logy pr ercial e ’s tom an mm no -ef op s, cus d PCs highly Group devel e tech ed co tation d s o ng ere a y s i n, Lenov an -to-u -bran work serv gine mp atio y k , er – ally en t innov ed by the Co nd eas ry Thin ervers a lead ption oduc Form ion, da l as s en r ure e . exc ilt on p cution g Divis ty, sec ude leg as wel e l e l u in quali inc obi Cs, is b egic ex mput ho t ig ct lines mer P y o f m ding stra onal C able, h odu u mil inclu s. i ons r s Per ets rel . Its p ded c d a f a evices, phone e s k n rt n a n net d mar service ea-bra ortu sma r Id inte ts and lobal F major d an and g e tabl vo, a ny, has mato, PCs eno ompa rs in Ya ghai L c te an 500 rch cen ng, Sh a; and in ea Beiji . res n; lina , Ch pa enzhen h Caro Ja Sh ort and igh, N e Ral O NOV 2 ) LE 9 OUT K S E : 9 i s a B A ) H o ( nal GY N ENT REHE P EM TAT COM E S OF T OM ITY INC EMEN HEET QU TED STAT CE S ENT S IN E DA D LI AN TEM NGE SO IDATE BAL STA A ON D OW OF CH NTS 2 C NSOL IDATE T FL 11 CO E OL...
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...RA G PC+ E IN E RM TH FO OR NS O F RA OV T N LE ual Ann 3 2 /1 2 2 01 Code 99 ck Sto o nov t Le or Rep ited Lim up Gro ov rso NV L e n R : L ion pe any – to l ( A D 34 bil comp o PC ted $ dica siness g y p t w and e US nolo to bu s. D ld h ng t e c o f t h e he wor P l u s untrie novo’s d stro e o n M t o n e ers in n g P C 160 c vices, L chain a rmer IB d i mak m e r g re than rnet de supply f the fo ures an s e t o ct te lobal o an ufac odu ition ile in nm rs i d mob ficient g acquis s, man logy pr ercial e ’s tom an mm no -ef op s, cus d PCs highly Group devel e tech ed co tation d s o ng ere a y s i n, Lenov an -to-u -bran work serv gine mp atio y k , er – ally en t innov ed by the Co nd eas ry Thin ervers a lead ption oduc Form ion, da l as s en r ure e . exc ilt on p cution g Divis ty, sec ude leg as wel e l e l u in quali inc obi Cs, is b egic ex mput ho t ig ct lines mer P y o f m ding stra onal C able, h odu u mil inclu s. i ons r s Per ets rel . Its p ded c d a f a evices, phone e s k n rt n a n net d mar service ea-bra ortu sma r Id inte ts and lobal F major d an and g e tabl vo, a ny, has mato, PCs eno ompa rs in Ya ghai L c te an 500 rch cen ng, Sh a; and in ea Beiji . res n; lina , Ch pa enzhen h Caro Ja Sh ort and igh, N e Ral O NOV 2 ) LE 9 OUT K S E : 9 i s a B A ) H o ( nal GY N ENT REHE P EM TAT COM E S OF T OM ITY INC EMEN HEET QU TED STAT CE S ENT S IN E DA D LI AN TEM NGE SO IDATE BAL STA A ON D OW OF CH NTS 2 C NSOL IDATE T FL 11 CO E OL...
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...Sector Report No. 8 / 2006 ICT and e-Business in the Tourism Industry ICT adoption and e-business activity in 2006 European Commission Tourism About e-Business W@tch and this report The European Commission, Enterprise & Industry Directorate General, launched the e-Business W@tch to monitor the growing maturity of electronic business across different sectors of the economy in the enlarged European Union, EEA and Accession countries. Since January 2002, the e-Business W@tch has analysed e-business developments and impacts in manufacturing, construction, financial and service sectors. All results are available on the internet and can be accessed or ordered via the Europa server or directly at the e-Business W@tch website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/enterprise/ict/policy/watch/index.htm, www.ebusiness-watch.org). This document is a sector study by e-Business W@tch, focusing on the tourism industry. Its objective is to describe how companies in this industry use ICT for conducting business, to assess the impact of this development for firms and for the industry as a whole, and to indicate possible implications for policy. Analysis is based on literature, interviews, case studies and a survey among decision-makers in European enterprises from the tourism industry about the ICT use of their company. Disclaimer Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission is responsible for the use which might be made of the following information...
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