...Question 1. How successful is HP’s disk drive business (DMD) at the start of the case (1990-1991)? How important is the disc drive business to HP? Is it getting more important or less important? The DMD business is not a successful unit in the eyes of Hewlett Packard, which prides itself on being the market leader for every product it enters. The revenue for this department, at the time of the case had been declining year over year, from a high of $533 million in 1989 to $280 million. The business is not important to HP revenue-wise, as it is a niche player in a very crowded field. On the other hand, the unit does allow for some level of halo effect as the leader in high-capacity, fast access drives which are used for high end engineering workstations and network servers. The unit provided high profits for the division. The division is getting more important, at least from the case readings, as the company wishes to gain traction in the Hard Drive market, where competitors have 10x more revenue. HP was looking at the unit’s profitability and technical expertise that would allow it to compete with Seagate and IBM, wondering why “don’t we have 20% market share.” The organization believed in innovation fueling growth, as it was able to do with RISC based processors in the UNIX market while other companies preferred the status quo. Despite overall rising corporate and DMD revenues, DMD represented a decreasing percentage of HP sales (see linear trend line). [please ...
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...individual's life. The more readily an innovative product can be integrated by the general population, the more likely it is to be adopted. Another factor is complexity or simplicity; this is the innovation easy to use and understand or very complex. If the product offers great advantages, but is incredibly complex to use, it is unlikely to be utilized. For example, most experts would argue that Linux is a more powerful, stable Operating System than Windows. However, Windows is easier for the layman to use and thus more widely adopted. The last two are triability having the innovation available for a trial or test drive, and observability the innovation readily visible to others. (Rogers, 2003) Some methods that are available for forecasting technology include the Delphi method, forecast by analogy, growth curves and extrapolation. The Delphi Method utilizes experts who answer questionnaires in one or more rounds. At the end of each round will summarize each experts forecast anonymously. In the following rounds the experts will be encouraged to revise their predictions based the predictions of other members of the panel. The concept is that the group as a whole will tend towards one common, "right" prediction. (Kaufman, 2003) The Delphi Method is very subjective and is useful when there is insufficient...
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...for a certain genre on the internet as everything is digital. This makes less popular books to sell better as most readers of a genre don't mind reading anything off the shelf of their favourite genre, as long it is relatively cheap. There are writing forums available on the internet, allowing writers to publish their work and seek feedback from more people compared to writing it personally. This has pros and cons in terms of work being criticised or praised before the book is even published. Also, this allows the name of the writer to be well-known on the internet before publishing your actual work. 2. Is the Kindle a disruptive innovation? Justify your answer. Disruptive innovation means a product created to destroy the existing market of another product that serves as a replacement of the earlier technology. Kindle is yet to be a disruptive innovation to traditional books because it is still a new innovation. People of older generations who are used to reading traditional books will never change to Kindle however people of generations who love to keep up with technology will adopt to this change easily. So if Kindle sustains...
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...Ezboard: Making customers pay Q1 Deciding who and how to charge?? Ans- Ezboard is a B2C model it must act on following points before deciding on subscription model. Things to ponder upon * They must establish the ‘Competencies, in other words must understand what will drive customers to subscribe and pay for the ezboard services... * Ezboard must describe how it plans to meet its break even and ROI. * Management must address the potential of the market and the overall potential financial opportunities available to the firm in the market space. In other words, management must define the revenue potential in each large, medium and small sized discussion board and determine its VIRO. * Management must analyze the competitive environment, must look as per PESTLE way . And check on the new entrants, and rivalry as biggest threat Revenue model Ezboard must adopt a hybid revenue structure .Board subscription models(few only subscribed)(30 to 50 per board) brought very low revenues in 2001 and 2002 and user subscriptions only brought in $5 or $10 per user. Software problems arose at the end of 2002, users subscriptions actually doubled when management increased the gap between the pleasure experienced by subscribers and the pain encountered unregistered or free customers. Ezboard must continue to offer more features to paid users. Gold Community plan (paid boards) as it accounted for 75% of total subscription. Gold boards represented 65% of page views on the...
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...and their customers, and between customers, supported by communication technologies and, in particular, the Internet. Internet and World Wide Web Capabilities Information Dissemination means that products and services can be marketed over vast distances Integration–web sites can be linked to corporate databases to provide real-time access to personalized information. No longer must customers rely on old information from printed catalogues or account statements that arrive in the mail once a month. Mass Customization means firms can tailor their products and services to meet a customer’s particular needs on a large scale Interactive Communities means companies can communicate with customers, improving their image of responsiveness Collaboration refers to different departments of a company can use the Web to collaborate Transaction Support–clients and businesses can conduct business online without human support EC Business Strategies Brick-and-mortar Business Strategy refers to the strategies that firms operating solely in the traditional physical markets. Click-only Business Strategy (virtual companies/pure play companies) means that the business is conducted electronically in cyberspace only. These firms usually compete on price alone. Pros: compete more effectively on price; tend to be highly adept with technology and can innovate very rapidly as new technologies become available; Cons: difficult for customers to return a product; Individuals may be leery...
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...proprietorship is the most inexpensive way to start a business with a group of members. This is one of the easiest ways to obtain the business name and certificate. The con to having a sole proprietorship is that you are liable for what happens with the firm. A Partnership is co-ownership. Either you have a written agreement or only limit the investor to only what the investor invests into this business. However trusting your partner is the biggest task to maintain. Making sure that your partner knows its responsibility and roles. Corporations have three subdivisions which include: General, Subchapter and Limited Liability Corporations. General Corporations * Separate Legal Entity * Owned by stockholders * Unlimited number of stockholders * Shareholders are protected from business creditors (ie business debt). Want to make sure that you have an attorney for paperwork. Corporations are harder to start and have more steps. If the company plans to get bigger, the organization can have their assets protected more Subchapter S Corporation * Special IRS Tax Status * Mostly used by small business * Provides tax advantages PROS of Subchapter S – Tax Savings, Business Tax credits – independent life (if the shareholder leaves the corporation the business isn’t disruptive much). CONS of Subchapter S– Stricter operation process, Shareholders compensation requirements Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) – The...
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...1. What are the overall pros and cons for the three funds? Pros Cons Emergence Capital Partners Knowledgeable and experienced GPs Less investment from GPs – Less skin in the game Less VC competition for target companies 1 million minimum More crowded investor pool Less personalized Early hit in the form of Salesforce.com Proof of concept of investment thesis Narrow focus Technology enabled services Uncertain GP dynamics None of the them have worked together before as GPs Valhalla Capital Partners $10 million minimum Fewer institutional investors More personalized Uncertainty around management fees Extensive VC and Entrepreneurial network Potentially limited number of target companies to go after 20 million investment by GPs More skin in the game More LPs committed to the fund More institutional buyin Less VC competition Underserved region focus More data available on GPs Easier to vet Orchid Partners Could have more influence as one of the first institutional investors They need us. Only seed round investment Higher failure risk 8% preferred dividend if the firm returns < 1.5X No experience in managing a VC fund Too many portfolio companies Uncertain GP dynamics None of the them have worked together before as GPs High probability of not raising the entire fund 5 GPs high expense proportion to fund 2. If you were O'Malley, which fund or combination of funds would you invest in. What is your rationale...
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...http://homeworkgallery.com/index.php/product/cja-304-entire-course/ CJA 304 Learning Team Assignment Technical Communication Methods and Practices Presentation This archive file contains CJA 363 aka CJA 304 Learning Team Assignment Technical Communication Methods and Practices Presentation. CJA 304 Learning Team Assignment Technical Communication Methods and Practices Paper This document will explain the whole process of how an officer must get in touch with another officer and the department or dispatch center before or after an event. This task will also determine the technology devices as well as resources which may be utilized in the communication process. This document will also tackle how technology can be employed to communicate more efficiently within the different areas of criminal justice. Additionally these authors will explore as well as describe the future of technologies not the presently in existence for assistance in the interview procedures and also the interrogation process too. CJA 304 Press Release A plan has been lately allotted the City of New York’s School Safety Agents who perform an integral part in the safety of the students at public schools. New York City’s Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly joined with the Kings County District Lawyer Charles J. Hynes as well as Local 237 Teamsters President Gregory Floyd introducing to the general public the latest program called “Assault on School Safety Officers Program” which is among...
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...are less interruptions, speedy feedback, and higher productivity. Seeing that Appleby Consulting has 35 employees to become users of this platform, it will involve more expenses, but these expenses will be balanced out by the increased productivity that will take place due instant messaging’s capabilities in the office. The options include HipChat, Campfire, and Brosix. The company will be looking into costs associated, the amount of user-friendly content, and the compatibility with company-used internet domains. There are numerous pros and also numerous cons that are accompanied with instant messaging. However, the pros far outweigh the cons. Should Appleby Consulting Take Part in Instant Messaging? Appleby Consulting has always used email to communicate through the office among colleagues. This form of internal communication has proved to work well with our needs. Our ever-changing society is demanding of businesses in terms of technology. Our office needs to be able to communicate in a more time efficient manner that...
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...Introduction Instant Messaging (IM) is a technology that allows instant communication between employees and customers in the workplace. It can be utilized to improve the efficiency of communication in the workplace to promote employee collaboration especially in businesses where employees work remotely from each other. In addition, IM and other social networking tools are increasingly required to create a friendly workplace for newer generations who expect to be connected both at home and at work. According to the Second Annual AP-AOL Instant Messaging Trends Survey, 27 percent or one in every four adults, use IM at work. Once viewed primarily as a communication medium primarily used by teenagers, IM has matured into a viable communication tool for all businesses, small to large as part of a social networking and collaboration strategy. In addition, many IM technologies include both video conferencing and voice over IP communication. However, although IM offers many benefits, it also introduces the potential for a number of negatives and risks which must be addressed with employees in order to provide an efficient and effective communication system. All implications must be considered before instituting a company wide IM system. The following are some of the pros and cons associated with IM in addition to some of the IM services that a business should consider: Pros • More Efficient Communication IM is more efficient because workers can communicate instantly...
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...Intel. Intel is now a giant name in the industry, which deals with enormous customers running the PC market such as Dell and Hewlett Packard. Intel’s road to success is ferocious around the spectrum given its fast paced disruptive innovation technique that has helped it to back off the competition. Intel is the largest semiconductor manufacturer as of 2005 around the globe, supplies 80% of the CPU’s used in PCs, servers and workstations which accumulate almost 90% of the company’s profits. With competitors like AMD whose fabrication plants were spread around the globe, further it relied on the third party for foundry arrangements in the United Sates unlike Intel who had its Assembly Testing Lines abroad due to which it had to bear high freight costs too. Furthermore, the AT plants used less capital intensive and advanced technology than one used in production of chips. Intel was expanding its wafer by 100mm more that is from 200mm to a 300mm wafer to improve efficiency and allow more chips per wafer. This required the company to increase labor, as wafer manufacturing was a semi-labor intensive. And it needed the labor that was highly skilled. For that, the company needed a plant for which there were four alternatives to consider with each having its own pros and cons. As the company wasn’t allowed to have more than 40% revenues from one facility the company plans to construct a new facility, keeping in mind the footprint they want and the transportation costs they would incur. Pertinent...
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...Mike Rondesko, KaChun Fung, Daniel Lozano, Jose Romero Professor Pe’er Final Essay 18 December 2012 Market for Trading R&D failures Advancing ones knowledge based on past failures is vital towards furthering intellectual development. Without understanding as to why something doesn’t work, it would be very unlikely that an efficient goal can be reached. This same concept applies to research and development projects in the modern day industry. Using the knowledge of recent failures is what drives progress and technological advancements. However, discovering failures is insensitive to time, resources, and capital in an ever changing world of product innovation. If knowledge of research and development failures were known to firms prior towards their attempt, product growth would be quicker, less risky and more profitable. A market that traded intellectual failures would be beneficial towards the firm and its stakeholders while improving market efficiency. Since understanding failures is so important towards the progression and advancement of a product, there should be a market in which firms can trade R&D failures. However, this market does not exist. Yet, if we can argue that there are advantages for firms to possess more intellectual knowledge, than this market can have hypothetical value. One of the main reasons why there is currently no market for R&D trading is because it can be advantageous towards a firm’s competition even at a cost. If competitors...
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...The first thing that usually pops into someone’s mind when they hear the word cloning is a human replication such as the army of clones in the movie Star Wars. What most people don't know is that there is so much more to cloning than creating a living being identical to the original. There are multiple ways to utilize the technology of cloning whether they be beneficial or not. Cloning is a good idea as long as it upholds life and is not allowed to limit the diversity of genetic traits. Cloning is “the asexual production of an exact copy of an original” (“What is cloning”). It is from one parent and results in identical cells. Scientifically speaking, one cell could be cloned, as well as organs, plants, even animals and perhaps humans. Just as varied, are the reasons to clone in the first place. The possibilities of cloning range from medical uses, personal uses, agricultural and livestock improvement to saving endangered species and more. The medical advantages cloning provides extend life, treat illnesses, and produce medications. Research into cell growth and genetics adds understanding into diseases such as cancer and how to avoid hereditary defects. In addition, cloning can improve food sources whether crops or livestock. Cloning also takes part in choosing desirable traits for people, animals, and plant, crops. Once they genetically engineer the plants, they can clone those seeds so that they have multiple identical copies of that same plant. Same with animals or livestock...
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...know what’s going on with BYOD, regardless of whether they’re on a team supporting such a program, considering adding such a program, already a part of a BYOD program or simply just interested out of personal curiosity. This paper will explore a few of the pros and cons of a BYOD program. Cisco sponsored a survey of 600 IT and business leaders. The results of this survey showed that 95% of their businesses permit corporate network access by employee-owned devices. Out of the 600 surveyed, 48% support a select list of devices, while 36% allow all devices. Additionally, 11% of those businesses allow employee-owned devices access to enterprise networks but do not offer any type of IT support. It’s clear that businesses have a drive to implement BYOD programs. It’s also clear that these programs are highly popular with both company and employee. Mobile devices, powerful yet inexpensive and easy-to-use tools, help employees to be productive regardless of their location. Collaborative efforts and information exchange can increase, allowing a business to step up their reaction to market changes and/or customer needs. Another plus is that virtually every employee owns some sort of personal mobile device. While mobile technologies use does have the potential to transform business, it can also disrupt IT. Today’s employee expects complete freedom to use mobile devices, whether company- owned or employee-owned. Defining and implementing a BYOD strategy is a major struggle for most IT...
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...IWhat is International Marketing? Marketing a product or service across national boundaries in order to satisfy the needs of customers and the objectives of the organization. Different Terms: Multidomestic marketing: adapting product and marketing programs to each foreign market independently. Global marketing: marketing activities in multiple country markets are coordinated and integrated. Foreign marketing: loosely refers to marketing a product in a market outside the home market. International Marketing Environments Global Economic Environment Cultural Environment International Marketing Global Competitive Environment Political/Regulatory Environment Systems Global Systems Global Financial Systems International Monetary Systems and Foreign Exchange Market Global/regional Trading Systems (WTO, EU, NAFTA, ASEAN,...) Importance of International Marketing • • • • World trade has risen from $2 trillion to $18 trillion in last three decades. International trade grows twice as fast as domestic trade. Global marketing is a “must” for firms to achieve sustained growth. Marketing success will be defined on a global scale. Domestic and International Trade Growth Percentage of Growth 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0% Year International Trade Domestic Trade Financial Statistics Yearbook Source: International 2011, International Monetary Fund, Washington D. C. Uniqueness...
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