A Character Analysis of Kerima Polotan Tuvera’s The Virgin Kerima Polotan-Tuvera’s “The Virgin” is a short story that is centered on two characters namely Miss Mijares and The Carpenter. The title “The Virgin” reflects the subject virginity which is an important and cherished value for Filipinos. A Filipina should be proud to have maintained her virginity but in the case of the thirty-four-year-old Miss Mijares‚ she is ashamed of it. In her thirty-four years of existence‚ she had never been
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conditions in coffee producing countries‚ also affect Starbucks’ operations. Decline consumption of young adults. The 20-30 year-old age group of coffee consumption is decreasing now‚ and this group prefers other drinks‚ such as soft drinks. These young adults will be the key potential group for Starbucks’ future market. The declining consumption of this group will bring further problems to the company’s future development (The market for hot drinks‚ 2004). Rising dairy costs. According to Starbucks’
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The Virgin by Kerima Polotan The title of Kerima Polotan’s "The Virgin" gives us the subject-virginity‚ female virginity‚ a cherished value of Filipino Male culture. By presenting its protagonist as "victim" rather than heroine of this value system‚ the text subverts it. Reflecting on her virginal state‚ Miss Mijares does so "with a mixture of shame and bitterness and guilt" The story’s eroticism is heightened by the lyrical‚ almost cadenced language. (The eroticism is quite explicit for it’s
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“An internal capacity for leveraging resources and competences is a prerequisite for creating competitive advantage. Discuss‚ with references to theory and real world organization of your choice”. Strategic management is a multi faced and vast area of study with many theorists presenting differing views as to what is crucial to the successful formulation of strategy. This essay will present an explanation of the internal capacity of leveraging resources and competences and show how they are creating
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http://www.virgin-atlantic.com/en/gb/allaboutus/ourstory/history.jsp why virgin atlantic start http://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/bransons-flights-of-fancy-the-highs-and-lows-of-virgin-atlantic-1697795.html Try to remember what travel was like 25 years ago; it was the reason I went into the airline business. You would sit on a British Airways plane – or a TWA or a Pan Am plane – and you would get dreadful food‚ you would have to deal with staff who never smiled‚ you
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Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 21: 1105–1121 (2000) DYNAMIC CAPABILITIES: WHAT ARE THEY? KATHLEEN M. EISENHARDT* and JEFFREY A. MARTIN Department of Management Science and Engineering‚ Stanford University‚ Stanford‚ California‚ U.S.A. This paper focuses on dynamic capabilities and‚ more generally‚ the resource-based view of the firm. We argue that dynamic capabilities are a set of specific and identifiable processes such as product development‚ strategic decision making‚ and
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AJNRR Consulting Virgin Blue Holdings A Strategic Analysis Prepared by: Andy Ley Joachim Brastein Nathan Westgarth Rishi Dave Ron Stanley * * Contents 1. Executive Summary 2 2. Virgin Blue Now 3 2.1 Introduction 3 2.2 Virgin Blue Overview 3 2.3 Virgin Blue’s Current Strategy 3 3. Outside Virgin Blue 4 3.1 Macroenvironment 4 3.2 Industry Analysis 4 4. Inside Virgin Blue 6 4.1 Resources 6 4.1 Capabilities‚ Distinct Competencies
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do you identify as Sony’s resources‚ capabilities and core competencies? Does Sony have a sustainable competitive advantage? Sony Corporation is considered one of the world’s most successful companies‚ operating in the “electronics‚ games‚ music‚ films and financial services” industry (Hanson et al‚ 2001). Sony is known for creating “products that stimulate the senses and refresh the spirit” (Sony‚ 2007). Effectively managing a combination of its resources‚ capabilities and core competencies‚ has
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Strategic Capabilities 2011 Introduction Strategy is all about planning the next moves‚ making decisions - how and where to move forward from the current position. In the past‚ strategy was associated mainly with the military sector‚ the top chiefs of command were making tactical choices in order to defeat their rivals and achieve victory. In the business sector the purpose of strategy is in principle the same‚ planning and building a road or path that will lead us to where ever it is
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How do businesses grow? The objectives‚ which a company wants to achieve‚ can be varied. They can range from sales revenue maximization‚ increasing market share to growth. Growth is one of the most common and sought after corporate objectives because of its relative advantages. This is so because many perks come with the expansion of a business‚ which appease almost everyone. When a company grows it achieves economies of scale‚ it increases its market shares and thus wipes out competition
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