enough for users to carry with hands or conveniently kept in a pocket. They are also location independent. In other words their functionality is not confined to a specific geographical location. Nokia, LG, Motorola Mobility, BlackBerry, Samsung, and Apple are just a few examples of the many manufacturers producing these types of devices. A handheld computing device has an operating system (OS), and can run various types of application software, mostly called apps. Most handheld devices are also equipped
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The Chinese Music Industry’s Plight and Future At first thought, some people, including myself, would not include the music industry as part of the grand macroeconomic development blueprint. Yet music not only represents an essential part of our modern lifestyle, but also exists as a key stimulus to economic growth. Nevertheless, following the advent of the internet, rampant piracy and lack of copyright protection led the Chinese music industry into the darkest period it has ever seen. Song Ke,
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Best Global Brands 2013 Table of Contents JEZ Leadership is evolving. It must now be shared. CEOs, CMOs, and consumers all have the power to drive brand value. Brands are where business strategy meets reality. GINNI The New Rules of Brand Leadership 2 From Information to Intelligence 82 Sector Leadership Best Global Brands 2013 10 86 BISH Methodology Creative Leadership 70 120 Contributors China’s New Brand Leaders 74 126 Corporate Citizenship 2.0 78 MARK
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Market Analysis The Consumer Market Cultural and Social factors influencing consumer purchasing. Cultural and social environments can be attributed to many of the decisions people make such as what clothes to wear, what music to listen to, how competitive we are, and even how environmentally conservative we are. Kotler and Keller (2014) define cultural influences to consumer behavior as “key institutions… [governing the way] a child grows up” in one country compared to a child in another (pp
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40% use their phones to study before exams (Alexander, 2011). Furthermore, an increasing amount of students take notes, record lectures and so on, all through the use of smartphones (Mayudia Mothar, Musa Abu Hassan, Salleh Hassan and Nizam Osman, 2013). In the present paper, the factors associated with mobile phone purchases amongst university students in Malaysia, such as, innovative features, aesthetic appeal (image), price, longevity, influence of the media,
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7 Responding the suicide case in China in economic aspect 7 Current economic issue in Foxconn 7 Future opportunities and risk in Asia region 8 Opportunities 8 Risk 9 Recommendation 10 Political 10 Current Issue 10 Suicide case on political aspect 11 The relationship with China and Taiwan 11 Future forecast 12 Opportunity 12 Risk 13 Recommendation 13 Social 14 Current Issue 14
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| Strategic Analysis of JB Hi-Fi | | Yunyi FENG - 3133785; Junxi MAI - 3138621; Hon Sze CHAN - 3121268 2012-10-25 | Executive Summary JB Hi-Fi Limited provides a large range of consumer electronics and CDs and DVDs. In order to capture the value from its customers, JB is focus on three basic strategies: expansion of online sales, expansion of stores and development of its digital market. To achieve the primary objective of creating the best value for its shareholders, JB maintains
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faced with challenges to sustain a competitive advantage. Not more than a decade ago customers who were seeking entertainment media had to walk into high street stores to purchase or rent a CD or DVD. The shift to digital content was fuelled by the Apple iPod and other digital media devices. Illegal P2P (peer-to-peer) sharing also made the shift to digital content fast and tremendous. The main threat to the physical stores is that customers can download media, from a whole album to a movie,
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era of servers and personal computers. More than 200 companies have produced HDD units, though most current units are manufactured by Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital. Worldwide revenues for HDD shipments are expected to reach US $33 billion in 2013, a decrease of approximately 12% from US $37.8 billion in 2012. The primary characteristics of an HDD are its capacity and performance. Capacity is specified in unit prefixes corresponding to powers of 1000: a 1-terabyte (TB) drive has a capacity of
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Assignment 3 CS682 Spring Session 1 – 2014 Author: Date: Larry Monuteaux February 4, 2014 Abstract In this assignment for Module 03, the student is asked to generate various requirements documents, such as those for functional requirements, use-cases, and state transitions, for the RightApps application development project scenario. Larry Monuteaux MET CS682 OL Assignment 3 Contents 1. 2. Overview .................................................................................
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