changes in demand conditions). You should also determine if sales are cyclical and/or seasonal. To determine if sales are cyclical, examine the pattern of company sales over the business cycle. To determine if sales are seasonal, plot quarterly sales data. 4. Recall that price elasticity is a function of (i) the number of available substitutes, (ii) the price level relative to customers’ budgets, (iii) and the durability of the product. Describe these factors for the firm’s primary product. Based
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Format for Strategic Analysis Report Strategic analysis of: _______________________________________ (case or company) EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT MACRO ENVIRONMENT Political: • Regulation • Trade barriers • Change in tax laws/incentives • Other… Summary Legal: • Anti-trust • Equal pay/employment • Environmental protection • Health & Safety • Other… Summary Economic: • Interest Rate • Recession (aggregate demand) • Energy prices
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to become mainstream in India; Indian subscripbers will adopt to 4G considering the affordability of prices and need for high speed data. This is even complemented by the growth in smart phone purchases | Public Wifi gaining traction in metropolitan cities as a part of Digital India | Smart Phone becoming integrated part of life, thus increase in the usage of data over voice | Intense competition foreseen in the telecom industry due to delayed M&A activities | Ease in regulatory mandates;
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1 General controls: 1 Application controls: 1 Data Input: 1 Data Entry Procedures: 1 Authorized staff: 2 Documentation: 3 Satisfaction by end users and end user management: 3 End-user documentation: 4 Conclusion: 4 Introduction: In today’s business sector there are many threats that face business information systems such as malicious intent, both from internal and external sources, and this can be either intent to disrupt data entry or hacking into a system to create chaos. Disasters
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The South African Competition Act of 1998, implemented on 1 September 1999, establishes a range of criteria for evaluating mergers and company practices that are deemed to harm economic efficiency, among other objectives. In particular, the Act prohibits a range of practices if the firm is ‘dominant’, including charging an ‘excessive price’, engaging in an ‘exclusionary act’, or price discrimination (Sections 8 and 9). ‘Dominance’ is defined as having at
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Developing countries The Competition Assessment Framework Background Content How to select sectors and markets for assessment 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 9 9 Identify the relevant markets and the competitors Examine the market structure Look for barriers to entry Ascertain if government policies or institutions limit competition Consider vested interests Look for signs of anti-competitive practices actions by firms Draw conclusions Conclusions References 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 11 12 Department for International
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arrow for displaying sort and filter commands is added to each column label in a table. b) In a table that contains a company’s employee data, a filter could be used to display only the employees in a specific department. c) It may be necessary in order to sort or filter the data by last name. 3. One way to avoid data entry errors is to specify data entry criteria for a cell or range of cells. 4. It would be useful to use a PivotTable if a states school’s performance scores were in a table
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retail customers Newell aims at a solid reputation for its high service quality (e.g. use of EDI and POS data along with reliability of JIT delivery), commanding a price premium. This quality level is also established in the acquired companies. Moreover, by consolidating industry capacity at high and low price points Newell reduces price pressure in the market, creates economies of scale and entry barriers based on “critical mass”. Newell also capitalizes on economies of scope by leveraging relationships
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Strategy & Technology Pg 69-77 Major sources of competitive advantage Brand Scale Switching Costs & Data Differentiation Network Effects Distribution Channels Brand A firm’s brand is the symbolic embodiment of all the information connected with a product or service. A strong brand proxies quality and inspires trust Viral Marketing (consumer promotes product or service if a firm performs well) Brands Amazon eBay Google Viral Marketing Google Hotmail Skype eBay Facebook YouTube Scale
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searching engines servers. It have high brand loyalty of users and it is famous that one of the strongest brand recognitions in the world. However, the switching cost is low. For users, other search engines were literally one click away. The barrier of entry is high so that if a new entrant would like to earner internet industry and would get successfully, it needs to have Sufficient of capital and technology that provide a better searching engine, and also must overcome the brand loyalty. Threats of
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