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Information Technology Case Prepared By William V. Rapp Co-Principal Investigator The College of International Relations Ritsumeikan University Kyoto, Japan 914-945-0630 (Fax: 914-923-1416; 011-81-75-466-1214) E-mail: william.rapp@aya.yale.edu April 2000 SOFTWARE AS A TOOL OF COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY 1 2 3 4 5 Introduction: Objectives of this Benchmarking Study……………………….…….3 Approach: Methodology and Questions…………………………………………....9 Introduction to Case……………………………………………………………
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Apache Hadoop YARN: Yet Another Resource Negotiator Vinod Kumar Vavilapallih Mahadev Konarh Siddharth Sethh h: Arun C Murthyh Carlo Curinom Chris Douglasm Jason Lowey Owen O’Malleyh f: Sharad Agarwali Hitesh Shahh Sanjay Radiah facebook.com Robert Evansy Bikas Sahah m: Thomas Gravesy Benjamin Reed f hortonworks.com, Eric Baldeschwielerh microsoft.com, i : inmobi.com, y : yahoo-inc.com, Abstract The initial design of Apache Hadoop [1] was tightly focused on running
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9-798-062 REV: FEBRUARY 25, 2006 PANKAJ GHEMAWAT JAN W. RIVKIN Creating Competitive Advantage Some companies generate far greater profits than others. The pharmaceutical maker ScheringPlough produced an economic profit of more than $10 billion during the period 1984-2002. That is, the accounting profit it generated exceeded its cost of equity capital by that amount. Over the same period, U.S. Steel produced an economic loss of nearly $500 million; its cost of capital exceeded its accounting
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thomas a . meyer How Great companies Get Started in terrible times Innovate! Innovate! How Great Companies Get Started in Terrible Times THOMAS A. MEYER John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Copyright © 2010 by Thomas A. Meyer. All rights reserved. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey. Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical
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