Marketing research is "the planned and systematic gathering and collation of data and the analysis of information relating to all aspects of marketing and the final consumption of goods or services" -Leader & Krystis. Sometimes a company may want information about its customers‚ and so will carry out research. The marketing environment is constantly changing and as marketers we need to monitor these changes through research. The research is not used to make decisions but to reduce the risk of making
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Can information systems provide businesses with a competitive edge? Are such IT related competitive advantages sustainable in the long run? Why or why not? In recent years‚ many businesses have faced an increasingly uncertain future. As a result‚ there is an "economic imperative" to gain advantage over their competitors (Bakos & Treacy‚ 1986). A competitive advantage is attained when "a firm reaches its comparative efficiency or bargaining power (Bakos and Treacy‚ 1986). There has been a need for
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Results and Analysis 1. Why were pulleys used in the experiment? Why were the strings not simply run over the edge of the force table? Pulleys were used in this experiment to allow the center ring to hover over the middle and thus allowing a more accurate of what angles and weights would be needed to determine equilibrium. If the strings had simply been run over the edge of the force table‚ it would have been hard to determine whether or not the center ring was balanced or if it was stuck on the
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Have you ever been in the middle of an amazing dream in your warm‚ snug bed‚ when all the sudden you are startled by a loud constant “Beep‚ Beep‚ Beep!” from your alarm clock? Maybe you have heard your mom calling from downstairs saying‚ “Honey get ready for school; you don’t want to miss the bus!” Does this sound familiar? School should start later because it is scientifically proven that teens need their sleep. First of all‚ kids having to get up between 6:30 and 7:00 five out of seven days of
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Competitive Advantage: Question 1/2: A competitive advantage is a position that a firm occupies in its competitive landscape. Cost advantage Cost advantage A firm possesses a sustainable competitive advantage when it has value-creating processes and positions that cannot be duplicated or imitated by others‚ that lead to the production of above normal rents‚ in that it provides a long-term advantage that is not easily replicated. Sources of competitive advantage: Competitive advantage Competitive
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reasonable? Why or why not? Repetitive stops are necessary for many reason‚ it helps to disrupt the flow of drugs in transit to the suppliers. The highway patrol must cover a vast area in the war against drugs‚ therefore with repetitive traffic stops‚ as mentioned before will disrupt the flow and will get many more officers involved in the process of suppressing drug activity‚ therefore if the drug are stopped and impounded no drug can be sold on the streets(Murgado‚ 2012). What would be the reasoning
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English courses should be a trouble-free course. With any course‚ there will be things a student is good at and things the student are not good at. English courses are not exempt. Which‚ is why it is good to know ones strengths and weaknesses. In an English course the student‚ can be great at writing an essay but not at punctuation rules. Writing an essay is a fairly easy task to complete. There are two things that goes into writing that will make writing an essay easy. Having a topic
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factors that brought on the stock market crash of 1929. This is a very important issue to me and i believe the three main reasons as to what cause the stock market to crash. One reason is buying on margin. The second reason is the gov’t creating easy money. The last reason the stock market crashed was stocks being priced hired than actual value. I hope you will consider my position on the issue and as well as the rest of my essay. The first reason I believe the stock market crashed was buying on margin
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Explain why the Philippines and California are affected by disasters in different ways California is a state on the west coast of the USA and the Philippines is an island country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. They are both considered hazard hotspots and frequently experience natural disasters. A natural disaster is the realisation of a hazard. California is an MEDC‚ the 6th largest economy in the world with a GDP of US$65000 per capita. However‚ despite the high risk of hazards
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IS DESCARTES ’ EVIL DEMON THOUGHT EXPERIMENT A STRONGER ARGUMENT FOR GLOBAL SCEPTICISM THAN HIS DREAMING ARGUMENT? IF YES‚ EXPLAIN WHY; IF NO‚ EXPLAIN WHY NOT. Descartes defined global skepticism as all of our experiences‚ thoughts and everything we know to be true as dubious and deceptive. Therefore we are constantly being deceived and what we perceive to be true may not be true at all. In this essay I will attempt to show how Descartes ’s dreaming argument and evil demon argument justifies global
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