...Abstract The paper aims at reviewing the organization and business approaches of Reed Elsevier, which is among the FTSE 100 firms with a noticeable global reach. By and large, this is a publishing entity dealing in technological innovations and legal issues, risks and mitigations, healthcare and commercial sectors. By developing a strong brand, the organization has earned the loyalty and trust of a wider clientele base, an aspect that guarantees economic growth. This has been attained by investing heavily in current content that distinguish and enhance the goods and services offered, hence venturing into new market environs. Moreover, the paper evaluates some of the problems the company grapples with, such as slow global financial growth and new entrants into the market. Additionally, the document presents proposals on the areas of company approaches that should be enhanced. Introduction Reed Elsevier is touted as the best functioning international organization. It is listed at position 64 in the league of FTSE 100 organizations and has a market capital of 6.34b. Reed Elsevier is predominantly a research and publishing entity that deals with technological advancement, legal issues, risks and mitigations, healthcare and commercial areas. It consists of Reed Elsevier NV as well as Reed Elsevier PLC, forming a twofold listed entity. With its international presence, the company’s main goal is to offer information, research, and data analysis...
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...Sony Music Entertainment and the Evolution of the Music Industry Table of Contents Table of Contents…………………………………………………………………………………............................2 Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..3 Appendix 1………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 5 Appendix 2………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 11 Appendix 3…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13 Appendix 4………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 15 Appendix 5………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 16 Appendix 6………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 17 Appendix 7………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 17 Appendix 8………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 18 Appendix 9………………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………. 20 Appendix 10……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………..21 Appendix 11……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………..21 2 Recommendations 1. I recommend Sony continues to fight for market share in the digital media segment by investing in improvements to address the low, 3 star rating of its streaming service to allow it to compete with the large competitors, Spotify and Pandora. In 2014, The three main methods of digital music distribution included digital download, Internet radio, and interactive streaming. (Appendix 1) Sony’s operating income increased for the first time in 4 years due mainly to lowering costs and growth in digital revenue. As revenue from digital increases, Sony should...
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............................................................ 10 Conclusion ............................................................................................................... 12 References ............................................................................................................... 13 1 Executive Summary The objective of this paper is to offer an in-depth analysis the economic situation of the newspaper publishing industry in Australia within the microeconomic scope. The paper analyses transformations of the industry brought by digitisation and the fast paced technology development. It discusses how digitisation and technology affects the demand and supply of printed newspapers. It also looks at the elasticity and efficiency and equity of newspaper in the current market. This paper is divided into four section. Following an introduction (Section 1.0), then Section 2 .0 introduces the economic concept which will be used through the paper. Section 3.0 analyses the economic state of the newspaper publishing industry using...
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...a strategy plan that will give directions on how to build strengths, weaknesses, opportunities before the company comes out into the market world. If there is an understanding of the business SWOTT , it will help a lot the understanding and development of any strategy plan and it will Gide them to prepare for unforeseen problems that will come out with any internal and external environment. What the SWOTT analysis will do, will be to enable Jean's rare find books, to audit plan and focus on any key issues that will come out in the near business future. External Trends The external analysis of Jean's rare find books has pick external forces and trends, this trends will mainly consider the economy forces, the competitive forces and technological forces. Competitive analysis The purpose of the competitive analysis has been focusing on companies such as jean's rare find foods, competitors ray's books, and Blake's wholesales books warehouse and how the market has decreased in the past year. Ray's books has control 10% of the market and Blake 20%, Jean's rare is the one holding the competitive advantage over the others. This is because the company has programs set for high schools and colleges students, where they will be able to rent out any available books with different school codes and with the use of their IDs and not to mention good prices. Strength: They are offering books that are rare to find, and are available without any wait. Also books that people have forgotten that...
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...Reed Elsevier is one of the world leading providers of medical, scientific, legal, technological and business solutions, consulting and providing expertise advice and business solutions for all kinds of businesses. Reed Elsevier was established in 1993 when two companies, Reed Elsevier plc and Reed Elsevier NV combined to form two jointly owned companies (parent companies). First, a UK’s based, Reed Elsevier Group PLC which is equally shared and consists of publishing and information businesses. Second, Elsevier Reed Finance BV which manages the financing activities and is owned 61% by Reed Elsevier NV and 39% by Reed Elsevier PLC. Both of the parent companies have attained their separate identity and are listed separately in the stock market. The company started as two separate organisations, Reed Elsevier plc was started as Reed International and was laid down by Albert E Reed in 1894 in Kent as a newsprint manufacturer. The company underwent several acquisitions to diversify in its operation to finally reorganizing its portfolios and becoming the most recognized company in the publishing industry. On the other hand, Reed Elsevier NV started off as Elsevier NV was formed by Jacobus George Robbers in 1880 as a Dutch publisher which gained support from well known Dutch booksellers and newspapers, later concentrating on business publishing activities and disposing the commercial and book publishing activity. In 1993, both these companies contributed their expertise to form a two...
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...organization leverages technology to support their overall strategy. Different organizations are using technology to a various extent. By using technology, organizations have become more efficient than organizations before them. Technology allows the organization to achieve their goals. Technological developments enable productivity allowing reorganization of organizational structure, activities and culture. In return, it greatly improves the effectiveness of the organization. However, for this to last and stay a reality, the use of technology should be leveraged at its fullest extent to maximize results. Indeed, the rise in productivity could be a result of organizations having the ability to grasp, appreciate and absorb current technological advances into their structure, creation and culture. Efficient business processes enable business ventures to save money and time. To hold market share, organizations also try to incorporate the latest technologies as much as possible. Organizations should continue to strive to use modern systems that are concurrent with the latest technological advancement. Therefore, regulating modern systems confirms that organizations consistently use up-to-date technological systems to improve business procedures, as well as ensures that those systems and procedures are consistent within the entire organization. If productivity increases, it will be a result of an increase in the efficiency of the business process and decrease in expense which is the indication...
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...Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-1 6. Describe the drivers of EC as they relate to business pressures and organizational responses. 7. Describe some EC business models. 8. Describe the benefits and limitations of EC to organizations, consumers, and society. Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-2 • electronic commerce (EC) The process of buying, selling, or exchanging products, services, or information via computer • e-business A broader definition of EC that includes not just the buying and selling of goods and services, but also servicing customers, collaborating with business partners, and conducting electronic transactions within an organization Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-3 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-4 • OTHER EC CONCEPTS – Pure Versus Partial EC – EC Organizations • brick-and-mortar (old economy) organizations Old-economy organizations (corporations) that perform their primary business off-line, selling physical products by means of physical agents • virtual (pure-play) organizations Organizations that conduct their business activities solely online • click-and-mortar (click-and-brick) organizations Organizations that conduct some e-commerce activities, usually as an additional marketing channel Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Publishing as Prentice Hall 1-5 ...
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...Caesar's body and discovered that of his 23 stab wounds, only one was fatal. The 1100 A.D., crime scene investigation had improved to such a degree that Roman attorney Quintilian proved that blood-covered palm prints were left at a crime scene to frame a blind man for the murder of his mother. Nearly 150 years later, in 1248 AD, the first documentation of medical knowledge aimed at solving crimes was recorded in the book "Hsi Duan Yu" (the Washing Away of Wrong). It detailed the process of distinguishing drowning from strangulation. Over the next 500 years, advancements in crime scene investigation focused on the many aspects of fingerprint detail and chemical elements like poisons. In 1813, Mathieu Bonaventure Orfila, who is considered the father of modern toxicology, published "Traite des Poisons," and in the mid-1800s, investigators at Scotland Yard began to conduct bullet comparisons. Following these advancements, investigators developed successful tissue tests that identified arsenic as a means of murder....
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...Electronic and Digital Media Industry Paper Com/225 September 23, 2013 Role of Electronic and Digital Media In this paper I will discuss the role of technology in electronic and digital media. . I will give historical and contemporary roles of media in society and describe how the chemical and electronic technology of photography, recording, and transmission has advanced from the initial discovery to the present day. I will also describe how mass media uses these technological innovations, analyze how the development of digital technology has affected the content, distribution, and style of electronic media and finally discuss how it has evolved overtime and made each and every one of us dependent on them. Historical and contemporary roles of media in society Technology plays a very important role in electronic and digital media and it is forever evolving. Digital and electronic media today is readily available with the invention of the Internet. The introduction of the Internet into the society’s everyday lives have brought about a convenience that has simplify the process in which we retrieve answers to questions. Society has grown dependent on electronic products, spending less time with people and more time on the Internet. Prior to the introduction of Internet; people would have to go to the local library to research to retrieve the answer to questions. People would also participate in face-to-face...
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...Small Business: Bookstore Competing Business: Online Bookstore An online bookstore has numerous competitive advantages compared to a traditional bookstore for the following reasons. Consumer habits have changed as a result of technological advancement. Today more consumers spend a great deal of time either looking for commodities to buy or make online purchases. It is imperative that local bookstores embraces this shift in consumer behavior and in addition to having a physical presence also have an online bookstore. An online bookstore also allows consumers flexibility in their purchasing habits. To begin with, purchase books online takes shorter duration of time and therefore is time saving in way. Secondly, it also allows consumers the convenience of shopping anytime they want. This is because an online bookstore does not have the same time restrictions as a local bookstore and hence can operate 24hours a day, seven days a week. This therefore implies that there’s no fixed time to buy books. This consequently results to an increased number of books sold per unit time as a result of the extended working hours. An online bookstore also allows for greater market penetration as compared to a physical one. Whilst a physical bookstore only commands its immediate surrounding market, an online one has traverses boundaries and borders and hence forth can tap into markets far and wide. This is simply because of the convenience it provides customers of making purchases from remote...
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...E-Commerce of Online Book Publishing Company E- Books are such types of books which can be read by digital means without having printed copy. According to the study of Armstrong (2008), e-book can be any text that is readable by electronically without printed form regardless its size and origin or composition. Day by day, the numbers of e-books as well as e- book publishing companies are increasing because of technological advancement, pointed out by Li (2010). However, success of e-book publishing business mostly depends on establishing a successful business model. According to the finding of Vasileiou et al. (2009), establishing e-books related business model is now very complex and there are many incompetents between the producers and the products. Though there are significant advancements have achieved in e-book technology, there are still various incompetents exist in the industry of e-book business. Tonkin (2010) pointed out that, the reader of e-books are becoming easy to Use but, still there are various types of e-books reader and e-books which are not made according to standard format and creating problems. Today people can not think a world without e-book. Hillesund (2010) opined that, today’s world can thinkable without printed books but can not without e- books. It is clearly indicating the popularity of e-books among the people across the world. In this assignment it is elaborately discussed about building a new e- book publishing company named Books r Us. It...
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...across various settings and geographic locations. The impetus for evidence-based practice comes from payer and healthcare facility pressures for cost containment, greater availability of information, and greater consumer savvy about treatment and care options. Evidence-based practice demands changes in education of students, more practice-relevant research, and closer working relationships between clinicians and researchers. Evidence-based practice also provides opportunities for nursing care to be more individualized, more effective, streamlined, and dynamic, and to maximize effects of clinical judgment. When evidence is used to define best practices rather than to support existing practices, nursing care keeps pace with the latest technological advances and takes advantage of new knowledge developments.” (Youngblut & Brooten, 2001). Evidence-based practice is used to close the gap between the research being conducted and the actual practice of nursing. Research is a key component of evidence-based practice. It examines a study and determines its strengths and limitations. A nurse must be able to analyze and recognize the strengths and limitations of the study in order to use evidence-based practice. This is not always an easy task. “By understanding how to apply the results of a study into practice, the nurse can decide which studies to be used to sustain best...
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...Journal of Management Studies ••:•• 2012 doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2012.01044.x Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Base of the Pyramid: A Recipe for Inclusive Growth or Social Exclusion? joms_1044 1..28 Jeremy Hall, Stelvia Matos, Lorn Sheehan and Bruno Silvestre Simon Fraser University; Simon Fraser University; Dalhousie University; University of Winnipeg abstract Policy makers often see entrepreneurship as a panacea for inclusive growth in underdeveloped ‘Base of the Pyramid’ (BOP) regions, but it may also lead to unanticipated negative outcomes such as crime and social exclusion. Our objective is to improve the understanding of how entrepreneurship policies can lead to socially inclusive growth at the BOP. Drawing on data collected from Brazilian tourism destinations with varying entrepreneurship, innovation, and social inclusion policies, we argue that weak institutions coupled with alert entrepreneurs encourage destructive outcomes, especially if entrepreneurship policies are based solely on economic indicators. Policies addressing both economic and social perspectives may foster more productive entrepreneurial outcomes, albeit at a more constrained economic pace. The study extends the related BOP, entrepreneurship, global value chain, and sustainable tourism literatures by examining the poor as entrepreneurs, the role of local innovation, and how entrepreneurship policies generate different social impacts within poor communities. Keywords:...
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...for animals, and this process has been done on a regular basis. There has never been a human being cloned to date, except for the form of natural cloning of identical twins. Genetic redesigning for human beings pertains to the option for parents to create a child in their perception. The parent can also choose to eliminate genetic problems such as Alzheimer’s. The problem with these aspects lies within the crossing of ethical boundaries, and how it will eliminate bio diversity for humankind. Advancements in genetic technology have become part of our lives in many unexpected ways. Genetic technology is used for prenatal screening to help determine if the fetus will be born with abnormalities. There is even a proposed benefit for eliminating disabilities in the future. Genetic technology is also used to help modify agriculture. Most of the food we eat has been genetically modified unless it is organic. Individuals, who criticize these genetic technological advancements, believe there is not enough time to fully evaluate how it will affect the human race and the ecosystem in the future. The topic of DNA Structure and Function relates to genetic technology. When developing new genetic technologies, it is important for scientist to understand the DNA structure of the organism. Each living organism has a unique DNA sequence that differs among species. “A strand of DNA is a polymer of nucleotides that have been linked into a chain. Only four types of nucleotides...
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...of which are accessing the internet. This essay will argue that through the rise of the internet, people have changed their old ways of thinking, shopping, and communicating, which has changed the future of books, television, and computers. Kenneth Jost stated, “The book-publishing industry is all abuzz over electronic books”. The new way students and people who love to read are learning is through electronic books. Some people like the old way of reading books, but now everything has changed. This has changed the future of books, which are now on the downfall. With the rise of the internet, new devises are created almost daily, leading to a new way to enjoy reading and other leisure activities such as looking at maps or pictures. This occurred due to the “cool factor” of possessing a computerized device and the quickness of accessibility. Furthermore, once someone gets a new device, their surrounding family and friends must also have one. They are portable and allow people to access useful computerized information or any book they would like to read at any time. People nowadays are using the internet so much, they don’t have the time to read conventional books anymore. The new technological advancements that have been made in recent times have caused books to fade out of our life and the new electronic book start to take over the market. This is leading to a population of internet ready people who have changed their thinking,...
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