Porter’s Value Chain Model The Value Chain Model was first evangelized by Michael Porter in the 1980’s and focuses on a company’s ability to create greater value, increase profitability and gain competitive advantage by evaluating the organization as a whole through a linear series of activities performed by the organization to deliver a product and/or service to its customers. This model links functions across an organization and the impacts they have on one another to better identify potential
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Online Shopping vs. Traditional Shopping It seems more and more people are shopping solely online, the accessibility and convenience is just too hard to deny. More and more formerly bustling malls are becoming deserted ghost towns. There are advantages and disadvantages to both types of shopping, it really depends on which aspects are more important to you and what works best for your lifestyle. I personally prefer shopping online for its convenience and the wider ability to price compare.
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Week One’s objectives were as follows: describe the functions of computer hardware; differentiate between types of software; and use Microsoft Office to accomplish business objectives. Our first assignment related to the bookstore project was to identify the hardware and software as well as the databases and data communications. We were tasked with how the bookstores use the different databases, such as what information is stored, and what are possible issues. Our team identified several databases
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Introduction I have been tasked with researching the totality of creating an online presence for our company and figuring out how to drive marketing and advertising in a way that compliments our offline presence while creating a atmosphere online for selling our products. Over the past year a survey was done with small businesses and the outcomes were amazing: of businesses that sell online, 64 percent said the internet has increased their revenues or sales; 48 percent felt the internet
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found to enhance the retail experience in online shopping in general [25]. Insley and Nunan propose to adjust the way of integrating game elements into the shopping experience depending on the customers’ shopping task (e.g., recreational vs. functional shopping). In addition they found that gamification is able to influence consumer behavior, e.g. reducing undesirable actions as the misuse of postage policies. An example for gamification in brick and mortar comes from Starbucks [7]. They managed to
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Abstract This paper presents comparative study, current trends, and success or failure of different industries in terms of strategies used by them for incorporating e-commerce in their Omni-channel success. The industries selected are Apparels, Electronics, Automobile, Groceries and Home Décor. We selected two companies in each of above industry in order to conduct research, analyze and draw conclusions for that industry as whole. Businesses which integrate e-commerce into their Omni-channel strategies
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it was not heralded as a hero. Rather, it has been credited with the dissolution of power held by the Catholic Church. (Dewar, 2000) Similar to how the printing press revolutionized the dissemination of information, online education is revolutionizing the way people learn. K-12 online learning began in the 1990s. A decade later, at least 14 states had planned or
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TRANDITIONAL VS ONLINE RETAILER MGMT310-1205B-01 Pamela Kruse January 13, 2013 Abstract: As we all know the internet has created many ways for companies to do business online. In this paper I will discuss the differences between traditional and online retailers. I will also discuss what advice I would give a traditional retailer to switch to an online retail organization. Traditional Retailer is called a building that is of brick and mortar store. This means that the customer will walk
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page no. 1.0 Acknowledgment ……………………………………………………………..3 2.0 Abstract ……………………………………………………………………….3 3.0 Introduction ……………………………………………………………….......3 4.0 Virtual Organization …………………………………………………………..4 5.0 Traditional vs. Virtual Office …………………………………………………4 5.1 Location ……………………………………………………………….4 5.2 Instantly Operational …………………………………………………..5 5.3 Time Management/Prioritize …………………………………………..5 6.0 Evolution of Modern Office ……………………………………………………5 6.1 Collaborative
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a new way of doing business. They have become the leader in their industry online and continue to lead the way in innovation and technology. To understand a bit more about the workings of this company and to discuss some key facts about why Amazon is where they are today, this paper will emphasize four key topics: Growth and Diversification; To Split or Not to Split; Can Barnes & Noble or Borders Keep Up; and Online Only. After review of the topics, one will be able to clearly see why Amazon
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