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Competitive Advantage and Southwest Airlines

the U.S. Department of Transportation gave a name to the phenomenon - the Southwest Effect (Southwest, 2003). It refers to the con...

Art Gallery Program Development

the public in 1900 (Victoria Art Gallery, 2003). The Gallery houses a range of oil painting dating from the fifteenth century, fea...

Burger King and British Drinks Diageo Company

be created. As the purchase of Burger King was in the food and drink related sector, this may be classes as a related diversificat...

Global Growth and Financial Structure Strategies

The capital structure is one of these. The way that a company is funded is seen as important by some. Capital will come from one o...

Business Consideration of Digital Content Delivery Through DVD

and commonplace. The introduction or more channels that was made possible as a result of the digital age made these practices even...

Questions on Marketing Answered

or endorsement from a well known personality. The brand awareness will then create a desire to purchase or an image that may be re...

Acquisition and Merger Strategies

It can be argued it is due to the search for cost advantage by way of economies of scale and scope as well as market share that le...

General Motors and Outback Steakhouse Lessons on Value Building

have spurred the manufacturer to bring them all back in for additional - factory paid - work. The problem with this particular re...

Brazilian Culture and it's Influence on Business

ended than the monchronic and not tied to a set timetable, many task as seen as being able to be completed and it is the completi...

Assessing the Value of an Information Technology Risk Assessment

value would then be assessed as a result of the savings that were created less the costs of putting those savings in place. Increa...

Information Systems Case Studies

weaknesses at a number of major retailers resulted in the theft of some 41 million credit card numbers, at a potential cost of $1 ...

Health and Business Statistics

the business. Otherwise, it could impact sales margins. For example, if a statistician attempts to conduct a statistical analysis ...

Proposal for a New Assessment Model Aimed at Analysis of Information Technology Use within a Firm

which an organisation competes. Porter (1985, p13) has designed two differing categories of competitive advantage; cost advantage ...

Strategic Analysis of BHP Billiton

The writer examines the business strategies, competitive advantages and sources of value within this large diversified natural res...

The Characteristics and Supply Chain of Proctor and Gamble

a global leader and indicates the way that the firm creates strong brands to appeal to the consumers. Likewise Gillette, a firm ac...

Managing Business Processes

and Business Process Reengineering (BPR). Deming said that process management was one of seven core concepts in his theory. Even...

Net Present Value and Internal Rate of Return As Investment Assessment Tools

that can be used compared to other potential investments. The internal rate of return takes a similar approach, in seeking to cre...

Applying The Vroom-Yetton Contingency Model for Decision Making In Developing Countries

making model. It is a model that is deductive in nature with seven rules to be applied. The model takes the form of a decision tre...

Business and Marketing Practices

decisions on these types of core values (Krell, 2006, 58). Donald & Goldsby (2004, 13) remark that in resolving ethical issues, a ...

Business Franchise Selection

ownership in recent years (Franchising Basics), and previously unresponsive companies (i.e., McDonalds) have come to understand th...

Auditors' Value

Changes that were required as a result of audit findings were found to have "an overwhelmingly negative effect on preaudit net ear...

Present Value and Discounting

In this case we have two accounts A and B, A is for one year and B is for two years. The first stage is to calculate the discount...

Harley-Davidson Organizational Strategy

Harley did not change that attitude but they did take necessary strategic steps to gain a competitive advantage in todays market. ...

Porters Five Forces; Theoretical Application in the UK

that are made can be planned to minimise the negative influence and reduce their impact as well as taking advantage of any positiv...

Starbucks; Core Competences and Value Chain Analysis

out the new format of a coffee bar. He gains a site in the down town area and the first modern format Starbucks opens. The experim...

Overview of Intellectual Capital

part in collecting, correlating and helping analysis the data to transform data or raw knowledge into useable knowledge. T...

Investment Choices Assessed

2.38 year payback period and an internal rate of return in excess of 9%, this means that this meets the criteria of the company a...

Technology’s Impact in the Business World; Cause and Effect

with thee increased control that is given over the inventory. In many industries tools such as just in time inventory control are ...

Adding E-Commerce To An Existing Business

and a map that shows where the business is located and the products they offer. Many of todays consumers do their comparison shopp...

Questions Raised by "Putting Leadership Back into Strategy"

forming and implementing strategy; and the successful examination of the question of what business the company is in. Effect of Co...