rivalry: use a note to indicate the source when you applied the number (e.g.‚ 25% of the market presence) to support your analysis. 4. Threat of substitutes: Generic brands are more likely to be considered as “competitive” products. Yes‚ CAM and alternative medicine are substitutes. However‚ there are many ways to prevent sickness (e.g.‚ a healthy lifestyle). I think there is no “perfect” substitute to treat disease and sickness in most cases. 5. A good discussion on how the five competitive forces
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affluent‚ single professionals and students seeking different opinions from those offered by mainstream media. WFNX was a first mover in the “new wave” or “alternative rock” music genre – they offered something different and had a firm commitment to the local music scene‚ and quickly became a leader in Boston’s “new music” radio niche. As alternative rock caught on and WFNX’s competitors began to pounce on the station’s previously unique market positioning‚ their struggles focused around a particular
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PASSAGE: Alternative Energy Sources Passage Alternative Sources of Energy Leisa Pichard For six years‚ I lived with my family in a solar-powered home. We met all of our electrical needs with an eight-panel solar array‚ a battery system for storing the electricity‚ and a gas-powered‚ back-up generator. For us‚ solar power was a practical solution to a real problem. For what it would have cost us to have the power company run lines to our remote home‚ we could buy a complete power system
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salary in order for the American consumer to afford the alternative. This idea would be very tough to accomplish. My proposal is for politicians‚ who have the necessary power‚ to begin a national campaign on helping to increase research funds for alternative fuel sources. The national increase in research funds could greatly benefit this countries oil dependency. There are several companies that are in the process of developing alternative
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Kaori Sawada Professor MacDonald English 1C March 15‚ 2015 Evaluating the Two Opposing Views on Acupuncture Acupuncture is a ’pseudoscience ’ and a treatment in alternative medicine in which sterilized needles penetrate the skin. It was developed in China more than 2‚000 years ago and according to traditional Chinese medicine‚ "there are special ’meridian points ’ on the body connected to the internal organs and that ’vital energy ’ (qi) flows along the meridian lines" (Acupuncture). Stimulating
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attractive source of energy because they are accessible and cheap. Describe two different energy alternatives to fossil fuels in detail. Discuss how they work‚ how they compare with fossil fuels‚ and their relative advantages and disadvantages: Alternative energy sources are those that are different from the typical sources we use today such as fossil fuels‚ nuclear and falling water; Alternatives can be solar‚ geothermal‚ hydrogen‚ gas‚ fusion‚ or any other energy source that a new technology
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represented in Easy Rider. In the movie Easy Rider Jack Nicholoson’s character George Hanson comes in contact with two long-haired social misfits Wyatt and Billy. Wyatt and Billy are different from George and are accustomed to an alternative lifestyle. This alternative lifestyle is appealing to George and he decides to travel with his new friends as they journey to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Along the way the trio run in to trouble. They travel through a small American town and the local townspeople
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EARTH’S DEPENDENCE ON FOSSIL FUELS CINDY MOYER AXIA COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX In today’s world‚ more and more people are becoming aware of the problems that are caused by the use of fossil fuel and are looking for earth-friendly and economical energy to use as a source to heat and cool their homes‚ drive their vehicles‚ use electric or whatever they do to use energy. Scientists are busy thinking up a variety of ways of producing renewable energy to replace the use of non-renewable
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January 16‚ 2009 Global Oil Crisis – Word Count: 1‚823 Global Oil Crisis: The depleting oil supply and the need for alternatives Oil is the single most important energy source that drives our economy and makes civilized life as we know it today possible. It is so vital to our life that if the earth’s oil supply were to run out within the next 20 years‚ it would completely cripple the United States and its economy. We use oil and other fossil fuels for transportation (of goods‚
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Palsch 1 Don Palsch Professor Sundvall ENC1101 28 of September 2013 Alternative Energy vs. Fossil Fuels There are many alternatives that can effectively replace fossil fuels. Even though the United States is still dependent on fossil fuels; we have been working vigorously toward alternative energy. In the future the goal is to be completely independent from fossil fuels. Alternative energy has many different kinds of sources such as biofuels‚ hydrogen‚ solar‚ geothermal‚ and nuclear
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