Interaction of micro elements The interaction between 5 competitive forces‚ create environment for Apple very competitive and hard to survive. Low entry barrier‚ rapid innovation of supplier and changing demand of consumer create the product life-cycle shorten. A lot of competitors with very similar product specification let product easy to imitate and alter PC become near to commodity product. Thus this leads to low market share industry. In addition‚ strong power of suppliers‚ a lot of competitors
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com/public-schools National Education Association NCES. (2010). Cited in Education.com. (2012). Oklahoma City School District. Retrieved November 11th‚ 2012 from http://www.education.com/schoolfinder/us/oklahoma/district/oklahoma-city-school-district/. Johnson‚ S. (2012). Analysis of the shortage of school social workers: Oklahoma City public schools. Swain County‚ D. N. (2005). School Social Work. Retrieved November 8‚ 2012‚ from Swain County Department of Social Services: http://www.swaincountydss.org/children/school
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labor‚ land‚ etc.‚ would need to equally increase and decrease based on the economy. Taking a look at wages specifically‚ we know that our society is on top of it when it comes to raising wages‚ but very cautious when it comes to lowering. Looking at Say ’s Law‚ ‘supply creates its own demand’. “The Say ’s law suggests that the aggregate production of an economy must generate an income enough to purchase all of the economy ’s output" (Kates). Essentially‚ generating supply would cause its own demand;
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1.0 Introduction AirAsia (AA) is a renowned low cost carrier that offers short and long haul flights based in Malaysia. AA has expanded rapidly since 2001 and has been awarded as the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline in 2008‚ 2009‚ and 2010. One of the reasons for their success is by their strategy formulation‚ implementation‚ and control over the macroenvironment‚ discussed in this report‚ in terms of political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ and natural forces‚ by turning risks into opportunities
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Factors Affecting Business Performance Internal Innovation in the technology and the response of employees is considered of the most important factor affecting the business environment. In the case of this firm‚ which is in a way part of the growing IT industry it is necessary to give response to every change in the technology. The employees or the software engineers are not that much trained as the new technology comes and their expertise becomes outdated. External The political environment and
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corn on the horizontal axis and poultry on the vertical axis illustrating these options and showing points 1–7. 2. Can St. Atanagio produce 650 pounds of poultry and 650 pounds of corn? Explain. Where would this point lie relative to the production possibility frontier? St. Atanagio would not be able to produce 650 pounds of poultry and corn. These amounts lie outside of the production possibility frontier. 3. What is the opportunity cost of increasing the annual output of corn
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FICUS - Risk Factors and Assessment When assessing family members for likelihood of developing FICUS in the LTACH‚ risk factors are noted to be characteristic of the family member themselves‚ or acquired as a result of the stressors of having an ill family member. Although not much research exists in the development of FICUS in the LTACH‚ many of the risk factors that lead to FICUS in the ICU can be extrapolated to the LTACH environment. Demographic risk factors include female gender‚ patient age
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Summer Reading Macroeconomics Guided Reading Questions Directions: After reading the book‚ please complete the following questions for discussion. Your responses must be typed‚ and they will be collected on the first day of class. Chapter 1: The Power of Markets 1. What are the two basic assumptions that economists make about individuals and firms? 2. What is the role and significance of prices in the market economy? 3. What’s so great about a market economy anyway? Chapter
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The Macro Environment Analysis is traditionally the first step of a strategic analysis; it is sometimes referred to as an external analysis‚ a pest analysis or a pestle analysis. The purpose of the Macro Environment Analysis is to identify possible opportunities and threats to your industry as a whole that are outside the control of your industry. There are many factors in the macro-environment that will affect the decisions of the organisation. Tax changes‚ new laws‚ trade barriers‚ demographic
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sporting center‚ or the inability to use the land for a parking lot‚ or the money that could have been made from selling the land‚ or the loss of any of the various other possible uses — but not all of these in aggregate. The true opportunity cost would be the forgone profit of the most lucrative of those listed. One question that arises here is how to determine a money value for each alternative to facilitate comparison and assess opportunity cost‚ which may be more or less difficult depending on
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