Dell’s comparative advantage is in pricing, customization and rapid order fulfillment, all advantages gained through supply chain management and logistics. By outsourcing, Dell does not carry risks connected to inventory such as obsolescence, Dell can maintain flexibility in its manufacturing, and Dell has lower coordination costs than if it were vertically integrated, producing its own parts. Outsourcing allows Dell to focus on what it does best. Dell Case: Question 3 :: What are the consequences
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The purpose of this essay is to review Kimberle Crenshaw’s 1991 article about the marginalisation of women of colour. The article focuses on how feminism ignores black women’s ethnicity and how antiracist campaigns ignore black women’s gender. This is where the term ‘intersectionality’ arose from. Intersectionality is used to give people experiencing more than one form of oppression the opportunity to identify as both minorities at once instead of each one separately. For example instead of identifying
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3 Entrepreneurial Strategy: Generating and Exploiting New Entries I. NEW ENTRY A. New entry is one of the essential acts of entrepreneurship. B. Newness can be both positive and negative. 1. Newness can help differentiate a firm from its competitors. 2. However, newness creates a number of challenges for entrepreneurs. C. Entrepreneurial strategy maximizes the benefits of newness and minimizes its costs. D. The
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This self-reflection is about a circumstance that occurred between me and a lorry driver where there was a language barrier between us. Throughout this reflection, I will be referring to the Gibbs (1988) reflective model to underpin and reinforce my discussion and reflection on this occasion. Description: This incident occurred on a Saturday morning at a food store of a large intentional business. I was the only warehouse operative on until that afternoon. After unloading the lorry, I noticed the
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I have attended Hargrave Military Academy, an all-male military boarding school in southern Virginia. Throughout these three years, I have grown and matured in both my actions and my beliefs. Many of these beliefs influence my worldview, and guide how I act in my day-to-day life. There is one particular area that I did not consider before attending Hargrave, but it is now something I am passionate about. I am resolved to change the negative treatment of women in our society. It has become apparent
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include how the size and new structure of the department could affect the organization as well as the individuals, groups, teams, and the future of the company. There are three complex goals the COO must achieve in nine months as stated earlier. Therefore, the Goal-Setting Theory is recommended for restructuring the department. Edwin Locke proposed that intentions to work toward a goal are a major source of work motivation. That is, goals tell an employee what needs to be done and how much effort
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assume for any future problems that occur in a business. This helps companies to make future plans and gives them time to gather money to sort out any financial problems. Consistency also has an advantage in helping in accounting by users of accounts can make more meaningful comparisons of financial performance. Prudence helps investors sort out financial performance such as future problems and cost of the business before recognising any signs of profits. Accruals also help financial data to be useful
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for the writer. He also had a lot of good memories and laughter that always seemed possible for him while he had a drink in his hand. He needed alcohol because that is when he found a world to cling to and a way of belonging. 2. He finds it difficult to go to parties because when he is around everybody who is drinking, he feels awkward, and he starts to feel sorry for himself. 3. He stopped drinking when he started to realize his drunk weekends started happening during the week and his years
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stigmatized by some methods, and teachers who cannot handle a class in the target language (TL) feel frustrated by the overuse of the students’ first language. However, as the writer claims, by taking into account the type of tasks we give to our students we can analize which are the ones that imply a positive effect on the second language acquisition and the ones that imply negative effects. Thus, teachers will be able to handle a task-based class with both languages in interaction. Firstly, Carless argues
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expatriate is a manager from a company who is sent abroad for a mission. The mission varies depending on the need of the multinationals in the host country, it can be the control of quality or establishing the MNE’s procedures in a subsidiary. Multinationals need to form it managers to go overseas because the international environment is very difficult. Thus, managers are evaluated on their mission to have a feedback from the experience and then analyze where they succeeded and where they failed and
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