Q. The low birth rates in Singapore are due mainly to the high costs of living. To what extent is it true? Introduction: Singapore is experiencing a low birth rate that is currently at ~1.29 TFR. This is below the replacement level of 2.1 and has been so for more than three decades (Singapore ’s Total Fertility Rate (TFR) increased from 1.20 in 2011 to 1.29 in 2012. This is according to the Population in Brief Report 2013 released by the National Population and Talent Division in the Prime Minister
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APPLE DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGY Post Published: 17 January 2011 Author: Nellie Amirah Lim Found in section: MWS Articles We can describe Apple’s strategy in terms of product differentiation and strategic alliances Product Differentiation. Apple prides itself on its innovation. When reviewing the history of Apple‚ it is evident that this attitude permeated the company during its peaks of success. For instance‚ Apple pioneered the PDA market by introducing the Newton in 1993. Later‚ Apple introduced
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Hilton Hotels: Brand Differentiation through Customer Relationship Management Background Hilton Hotels is one of the biggest players in the US lodging industry. It contributes to about 9% of the total rooms in US lodging market. It has presence in over 78 countries with more than 2500 hotels. Lodging industry is highly capital intensive industry‚ so to reduce capital expenditure Hilton Hotels opted for self-owned Hotels as well as franchising model with the real estate owners. One of the key features
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to reduced demand for travel d. Airline reduced the passenger and cargo capacity however majority of their costs pertains to fixed costs (84%) which will still be incurred despite the reduction in capacity. 2. Faced with: - a. Increasing operation costs such as fuel (due to the rising oil prices) and labor (taken care by union). 3. Exposed to: - a. Exchange rate risk as certain costs (i.e. oil prices) are denominated in foreign currencies such as USD. Though exchange rate risk can be managed
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Differentiation strategies are not about pursuing uniqueness for the sake of being different. Differentiation is about understanding customers and how GM ’s product can meet their needs. To this extent‚ the quest for differentiation advantage takes us to the heart of business strategy. The fundamental issues of differentiation are also the fundamental issues of business strategy: Who are GM ’s customers? How does GM create value for them? And how does GM do it more effectively and efficiently
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Low Calorie Diet Versus Low Carbohydrate‚ What is the Difference? Comm/155 05/12/13 Sandra Davis Being overweight and obese has become an increasingly alarming problem in this country. In 2007 the Center for Disease Control stated that between 1980 and 2004 obesity prevalence doubled among adults‚ and over 34 percent of all American adults were overweight or obese in 2006. Obesity is known to cause an increased risk of many diseases‚ such as heart disease‚ high blood pressure‚ diabetes‚ and
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How Dell.com uses Information technology and Information systems to support its Operation efficiency and Differentiation strategies? Dell.com is an American multinational computer technology company and one of the largest technological corporations in the world. The company is well known for its innovations in supply chain management‚ particularly its approach of delivering individual computers configured to customer wants and specifications‚ and by selling directly to the customers without going
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DIFFERENTIATION – WHAT and HOW? A few decades ago the world of education was very exercised by the forerunner of differentiation which was called ‘mixed ability teaching’. Then people began to realise it was not just ability that could be “mixed’’ and that teachers had to cope with a plethora of differences: learning style‚ age‚ motivation‚ prior learning and experience‚ gender‚ specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia‚ and so on. Consequently the term ‘mixed ability’ began to be replaced
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A Low-Cost Inverter for Domestic Fuel Cell Applications A. M. Tuckey J. N. Krase Powercorp Pty. Ltd. University of Wisconsin—Madison Darwin‚ N.T. Australia Madison‚ WI U.S.A. tuckey@ieee.org Abstract— The utilization of fuel cells for distributed power genera- tion requires the development of an inexpensive inverter that converts a fuel cell’s variable dc output into useful ac. To encourage this develop- ment the US Department of Energy and the IEEE setup and sponsored a national US student competition
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Key Success Factors in the Low Cost Airline Business: Low cost airlines strive to meet the basic demand of airline customers - a safe air transport from one location to another location - at a relatively low price. In order to be successful‚ they have to carry out their business from a certain value-based perspective - “less for much less” – and concentrate their attention on the following Key Success Factors of their industry: - Overall low costs: Overall low costs are essential to be able
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