Strategy and non-technological innovation Assignment for part-time MBA Competitive Strategies, week 6 October 4, 2012 This paper describes the consequences of a non-technical innovation for the strategy of a firm that operates in cultural industry. The example chosen is that of the company Stage Entertainment. In the first part of this paper we will provide a brief history of Stage Entertainment, single out two non-technological innovations and discuss how these innovations have affected
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Capitalism is regarded as one of the most permissive forms of social setups that exist around the globe today. Capitalism is the economic system based on private or corporate ownership of, production and distribution of goods, according to the definition Google gives. Capitalism has existed to some extent in all civilizations, such as the Mayans or the Yucatan. The economic system that is argued to be better than capitalism is Socialism. Socialism first arose in the late eighteenth century in response
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THE RISE OF IBM 1900-1970 To meet the needs of measuring population the US Census Bureau sponsored a contest to find the most efficient means of tabulating census data. The contest was won by German immigrant and Census Bureau statistician, Herman Hollerith. Hollerith formed the Punch Card Tabulating Machine Co. in 1896. In 1911 Hollerith’s company merged with Computing Scale Co. of America and International Time Recording Co. to form Computing-Tabulating-Recording Co. During the period between
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Coca-Cola and the Olympic Games History THE BEGINNINGS The Coca-Cola Company and the modern Olympic Games have enjoyed a mutual growth and common historical bonds. In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist John S. Pemberton invented the secret formula for Coca-Cola. Six years later, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, of France, conceived the idea for a new Olympic Games. In 1896, the first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece, with 311 athletes from 13 nations. At the same time, Coca-Cola was becoming available
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Microsoft attorneys have also helped dozens of refugees make a fresh start by providing pro bono legal counsel in hearings before U.S. immigration courts. In 2007, Microsoft launched Unlimited Potential, which brings together the company’s corporate citizenship efforts and many of
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in the O-Zell jelly factory in Chicago and moved his family back to the city, where in the fall Disney began his freshman year at McKinley High School and took night courses at the Chicago Art Institute. • He became the cartoonist for the school newspaper, drawing patriotic topics and focusing on World War I. Despite dropping out of high school at the age of sixteen to join the army, Disney was rejected for being underage. • After his rejection by the army, Walt and a friend decided to join
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Canada, A Cultural Analysis Abstract Canada is a beautiful country that is adjacent to the United States of America. There are many resemblances between Canadian culture and American culture. It is also common for Canadians to expect great communications in the workplace and friendliness. It is valued to be respectful of others ethical background as well. It is also standard to see similarities in basic hand shake as a cultural behavior to mean many things. In a business environment in Canada
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IBM International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. Operating through five segments: Global Technology Services, Global Business Services, Systems and Technology Group, Software, and Global Financing, IBM is the world's largest computer company and systems integrator. After selling its PC company division to Lenovo in 2005, IBM concentrated its business operations on providing infrastructure
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Ethics Case Halliburton Plc. & Washington Inc.: The Power of Politics in Corporate Business Success As a general rule, correcting market failures is best left to the government. Businesses cannot be trusted to get it right, partly because they lack the wherewithal to frame intelligent policy in these areas.[i] Free-market economist Adam Smith (1723-1790) states that if self-interested people are left alone to seek their own economic advantage, the result, unintended by any one
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1930s, new crazes had developed in many of these areas, while other areas remained in continuity. From the 1920s to the 1930, there were several factors that contributed to the changes in American society. The 1920s began shortly after in World War I when the United States and the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918. Many Americans were fed up with Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president from 1913 to 1921. The first election of the 1920s scoured Republican Warren G. Harding against Democrat James M
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