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Business and Information Technology

In five pages this paper explores the many business uses of information technology in a consideration of competitive advantage and...

Internet and Music Sales

In twelve pages the business of selling music on the Internet is examined in a consideration of competitive advantage and a compar...

A SWOT Analysis of the American Express Company

In five pages this paper explores where American Express retains its competitive advantage through internal and external factors a...

Amazon.com, the Internet, and IT

In eight pages this paper examines the information technology uses of Amazon as a way of creating competitive advantage and also c...

XYZ Plumbing in the Future and Competitive Advantage

In eight pages this paper examines XYZ Plumbing's future challenges in a consideration of IT, small company downsizing, globalizai...

Moving forward at SWA

In five pages this paper examines how Southwest Airlines can be finely tweaked for the future while retaining its competitive ad...

Strategic Information Management; The Case of Tesco

groups and targeting the customers who would spend the most. The current loyalty scheme may be seen as the latest strategy to incr...

Business Plan; Groovy Rags

Groovy Rags has the aim of filling the gap with a highly differentiated, but fashionable, range of clothes and accessories for me...

Creating Operational Efficiency While Sustaining Competitive Advantages

was bought out by a competitor, due to the inefficient operations failing to create a profit (Anonymous, 2007). Other companies, s...

Apple; Loosing and Regaining Competitive Advantages

vision. The vision was simple and idealistic, and it may be argued was copied later by Bill Gates and Microsoft. Steve Jobs, who f...

Uniform and Adaptive Strategies in International Business; Which is Best?

a company has made the decision to globalise there are many consideration, the decisions not enough. George S Yip outlines a pract...

NetFlix Case Study

less to produce, the company will have an advantage afforded by superior profits. To compete in the long term Porter has argued th...

Marketing Communications and the Selling of Financial Services

or something better is seen to come along that the customer may lapse the product. As there are not the sales of an actual physi...

Four Seasons' Environment and Strategy

has no legal obligation to make its financial records public. Heinrich (2007), however, lists the companys one-year total return ...

Starbucks; Challenges in 2002

sales and created loyalty in the customers (Kotler, 2003). Question 2 The problem Starbucks were facing in declining customer s...

Applying Concepts for Future Benefit

price down again. The key for a business is to benefit from a time where there is the access of demand over supply is to be one of...

Technology Ideas

in the US in 2005 there was a record year, a total of 409,532 patent applications were filed and 165,485 patents were issued, this...

American Express - Brief Analysis

most important in todays changing global marketplace These are integrity, courage, being a team player, the ability to execute pla...

Competitive Advantage and the Supply Chain

for 2000. Boston-based AMR Research predicted that the supply chain management market would grow by 42 percent in 2000 to a total...

Competitive Advantage and Strategic HRM

functions, which inherently includes setting goals and objectives and developing action plans that fit within the companys larger ...

Research and 'Voice of the Market'

learning about the customers of competitors and what competitors are doing to gain market share. The voice of the customer simpl...

Company Recommendations for Biomet

companies are able to spend more dollars on their different research methods. Because of the increasing resources at hand, biotec...

Business and Data Mining

that have already occurred (Nash, 1998). The purpose can be to determine which websites generate the most traffic and where that ...

Business Basics - Competitive Advantages and Challenges of International Trade

of cost advantage... [and] ... sell a standards no frills product" (Porter, 1985; 13). This means that the cost to the firm of pro...

Business in a Niche Market - The Competitive Advantages

loyalty in consumers. Therefore, finding a niche to fill is a great way for a business to not just survive, but to thrive....

The Strengths and Future of Betfair

technological development and procurement (Porter, 1985). These support activities may relate to more than only one section of the...

The CostCo Business Model and Performance

places it in stiff competition with firms such as Sams Club, owned by Wal-Mart. In addition to this there are also Costco Business...

BT GROUP, SALES PROCESS AND ENVIRONMENT

Discusses BT Group plc (British Telecommunications), its history and how it is using sales process to develop and retain a competi...

Strategies of Ericsson

The firm targets the higher end of the market, as seen with the smart phone models; Xperia X10 and Vivaz, using the Symbian operat...

The Differentiation of Emirates Airlines

various characteristics such as the range and variety, the quality of the product, the features such as the use of brand names as ...