words) outlining your research topic. Research Topic The research topic I have selected as a basis for a PhD thesis is social entrepreneurship, which can be viewed as a particular aspect in the multidisciplinary discourse of social enterprise. Social enterprise is being expressed in UK government policy literature as a progressive means to tackle social exclusion and social entrepreneurship is being articulated as a driving force for success. However there is still no meaningful consensus on a
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services while controlling costs and preparing IT to meet the future needs of the business. Amidst increasing globalization and the ever-evolving and complex business and technology landscapes, organizations expect their IT leaders to make strategic investments that will support business growth and agility, capitalize on new and existing technologies to gain competitive advantage, and align IT priorities with business needs. Accenture’s ongoing High Performance IT research reveals that while CIOs want
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involves building new and innovating business models using these solution sets. These models must be able to function as a viable business and also solve the identified need. The next stage is the prototype and iterate stage where the business must now be set up. A prototype is made and refined through iteration until a self-sustaining business is obtained. This stage is usually the longest of the stages as there can be a lot of refining involved before a business is up and running. Once this occurs
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Project Plan and Timelines 27 References 28 Appendix 1: Competency Matrix 4 Capstone Proposal Summary Internet of Everything (IoE) and “Big Data” equates to competitive advantages to the modern business landscape. Numerous white papers are circulating on the Internet highlighting the business case supporting the IoE initiative. For instance, in a white paper conducted by Cisco Inc. on the Value Index of IoE in 2013 reported the following: In February 2013, Cisco released a study predicting
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concept of a “Global” enterprise as modeled by the authors B. Kogut in “What Makes a Company Global?” a Review of The Myth of the Global Corporation, M. Mangelsdorf in "Building a Transnational Company", INC. Magazine 1993, Bartlett and Ghoshal in "Managing across boarders New Strategic Requirements", Sloan Management Review, Summer 1987 and Johan Lembke in “Global competition in the information and communication technology Industry...", Business and Politics, v
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MBAC 6101 Summer 2016 MBAD CED 6101 Business and Community Development II Capitalist development creates winners and losers, both socially and geographically. The fundamental process of capitalism is the transfer of wealth created by particular people in particular places into the hands of other people in other places. Communities that are unable to Jorge Sousa, Ph.D Contact sousa@ualberta.ca capture the wealth that they create tend to decline
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International Business Machines Corporation, Lenovo Group Limited, Microsoft Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Corporation and many others. Main Competitors SWOT HP SWOT analysis 2013 Strengths 1. Strong presence in China 2. Brand reputation 3. Diversified product portfolio Weaknesses 1. Poor competency in acquisitions 2. 29% of income comes from personal systems division 3. Poor presence in tablet market Opportunities 1. Expand services and enterprise solutions
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growth and job creation: it creates new companies and jobs, opens up new markets, improves productivity and creates wealth. An entrepreneurial mindset enhances a young person's employability. Entrepreneurship and in particular Small and Medium Sized enterprises (SMEs) are the backbone of the EU economy and represent the most important source of new employment.1 5. Cultures that value
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therefore many possible issues. An extreme advance in information technology is enabling business to have many opportunities. The advancement has brought about many challenges from obsolete hardware and software issues such as when to upgrade and how to ever increasing need for storage space. Energy consumption to support the new technology is expensive and therefore affects the bottom line of any business. The challenge to consume less energy and save money is an important concern, especially
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MobileCord Business Proposal Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Company Description 5 Financials 13 Management 15 Investment Highlights 16 Executive Summary Company Description Overview MobileCord provides enterprises with a software platform for unified mobile delivery of email, voice mail and messaging. Our software enables the enterprise to deliver an employee’s most important communication channels on any Palm, Windows
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