One of the mechanisms by which these ideologies are perpetuated is the Sorting and the Sorting Hat. At the beginning of a student’s journey at Hogwarts‚ the Sorting Hat sorts and depicts each student into a house. Before beginning the Sortings‚ the hat sings a song to acquaint those being sorted with what to expect. "There’s nothing hidden in your head’ it sings in Sorcerer’s Stone‚ "The Sorting Hat can’t see‚ / So try me on and I will tell you / Where you ought to be." (117-118). This song‚ creates
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You’re holding a handbook for visionaries‚ game changers‚ and challengers striving to defy outmoded business models and design tomorrow’s enterprises. It’s a book for the… written by Alexander Osterwalder & Yves Pigneur co-created by designed by Alan Smith‚ The Movement An amazing crowd of 470 practitioners from 45 countries Business Model Generation A Handbook for Visionaries‚ Game Changers‚ and Challengers Written by Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur Design Alan Smith‚ The
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Amazon.com’s E-Business Model Amazon.com was founded in 1994 as an online book retailer. Now‚ the largest retailer of books has also become the largest online retailer with a customer base of over 30 million people. Amazon competes in a vast array of markets including: books‚ movies‚ digital readers‚ computers‚ consumer electronics‚ pet needs‚ groceries‚ health and beauty aids‚ toys‚ clothing‚ jewelry‚ shoes‚ sporting goods‚ tools‚ automotive‚ hardware‚ building supply‚ and more. Despite their
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alone by increasing the number of patients at each of its facilities‚ but HealthSouth still took an 86% blow to net income in 1998. In years 1999-2001‚ sales grew by 5%‚ which is decent considering the reevaluation they had to undergo in their business model due to the Medicare cuts. However‚ HealthSouth’s net income miraculously increased by about 500%‚ despite the small increase in sales. The earnings reported for HealthSouth from 1999-2003 were completely fictitious‚ despite Scrushy’s claim that
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Six Hats Thinking Assignment Components For the Student: Background… In this assignment you will use the format described below to examine/compare a number of [theories‚ articles/blogs/pieces of literature or art/studies/approaches/developments] that reflect specific content dealt with in this course. This template is intended to support you in using several kinds of thinking • Informational - consider what you already know about the subject‚ bring new information to the question‚ and decide
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Business Model of Amazon.com Amazon.com is the pioneering bookstore on the Internet that first opened in July 1995 by Jeff Bezos. The firm offers online shopping services and partnership opportunities such as online search for books‚ music and video items. The products that they sell include an array of audio‚ video and book titles. Amazon has one of the widest selections and employs international shipping to virtually every corner of the globe in just a few days. Amazon’s focus is having the
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Microsoft and Others: Developing software for How Companies Do Business Since Microsoft was established‚ their primary focus was on operating system and software for inside the computer‚ but in recent years Microsoft started to shift its strategy in order to gain ground and dominate the desktop software market. The new strategy is to write software for several industries‚ and expending the number of industries as it succeeds‚ Microsoft first step was hire business technology professionals who
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BUSINESS MODEL GENERATION EXERCISE RQ1 What is a Business Model? At least 2 paragraphs. The first step in implementing an effective business model is to adequately understand the definition. Osterwalder and Pigneur (2010) define a business model as “the rationale of how an organization creates‚ delivers‚ and captures value.” (14) In simple terms‚ a business model is an outline or a blueprint an organization uses to constract effective processes‚ structure‚ and systems. While business
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Microsoft opens the gates: patents‚ piracy‚ and political challenges inChina 1) Microsoft has faced significant challenges‚ such as the widespread piracy of its products‚Chinese government to transfer its technology‚ host government promotion of competitorproducts‚ discriminatory procurement practices by subnational authorities in China‚ andstrong encouragement to enter into joint ventures with local firms. The risk of piracy hasbeen diminishing as China joined the World Trade Organisation and
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Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond‚ Washington‚ that develops‚ manufactures‚ licenses‚ supports and sells computer software‚ consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems‚ Microsoft Office office-suite and Internet Explorer web browser. Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen on April 4‚ 1975. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker
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