final exam 1. How can IT be used as a key driver of business value? The fascination with IT-enabled business innovation comes at a time of significant uncertainty and change as entrenched players and new entrants struggle to define a sustainable proprietary position for success in the turbulent twenty-first century. While most agree that Internet-based technologies have progressed at lightning speed since they were introduced to the business world in the early to mid-1990s‚ developing common s
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and big airlines may also slash their prices to compete with the budget airlines. The higher fuel price‚ terrorist threat and restrictive govt policies regarding open air travel right are some of the challenges in this industry. Use Porter’s five forces model to critically analyse the budget airline industry. (100 marks) Introduction of airlines AirAsia is one of the businesses that have successfully adopted cost leadership through
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1. Business strategy analysis Strategy analysis enables the analyst to understand the underlying economics of the firm and the industry in which the firm competes. Involves 3 key steps: 1. Industry analysis What economic factors drive the industry choice? Impact on profitability? 2. Competitive strategy How has the company positioned itself in the industry? 3. Corporate strategy Can the company create value across the range of its business? (Ability to exploit synergies‚ minimisation
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An advertising strategy is a campaign developed to communicate ideas about products and services to potential consumers in the hopes of convincing them to buy those products and services. This strategy‚ when built in a rational and intelligent manner‚ will reflect other business considerations (overall budget‚ brand recognition efforts) and objectives (public image enhancement‚ market share growth) as well. As Portable MBA in Marketing authors Alexander Hiam and Charles D. Schewe stated‚ a business’s
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New Venture Porter five forces – the pure competition model implies that the risk adjusted rate of return should be constant across firms and industries. However‚ there is number of economic studies have affirmed that different industry could sustain different levels of profitability. Part of the difference is explained by industry structure. Michael Porter has provided a framework to identify an industry as being influenced by five forces (Anon‚ 2010). Barriers to entry It can be complicated
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- How Competitive Forces Shape Strategy* The essence of strategy formulation is coping with competition. Yet it is easy to view competition too narrowly and too pessimistically. While one sometimes hears execu-tives complaining to the contrary‚ intense competition in an industry is neither coinci-dence nor bad luck. Moreover‚ in the fight for market share‚ competition is not manifested only in
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I am going to analyze my personality using the Big-5 Personality Model‚ a personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions and pick a job which fit my personality. Emotional stability is the opposite of neuroticism. People with emotional stability are not easily upset and are less emotionally reactive. They tend to be calm‚ emotionally stable‚ and free from persistent negative feelings. I think I score high in emotional stability since my emotion is not easily influenced by external factor
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Five Forces Model Rivalry Among Firms: Currently in the fast food industry‚ there is intense competition for growth in the market. The market growth is rising because of the convenience factor and busy consumers not having enough time to cook a meal. The restaurant industry is also growing rapidly due to opportunities in other global markets. In McDonald’s case‚ they actually have a competitive advantage because they have already entered many different countries and are succeeding in these countries
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amounts to standard competition (David and Greenstein‚ 1990). The second factor is the appropriability- this hinges mainly on the nature of the technology and the accessible legal mechanism to protect an innovator. It clearly deals with the firm’s strategy and organization as a means to appropriate value from innovation (winter‚ 2006). The third is the complementarity‚ for many electronic products‚ widespread acceptance depends on the availability of related goods that enable or enhance their functionality
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variable‚ but studies have been done to investigate possible risk factors with a sitting lifestyle. In order to understand health behaviors‚ several models were developed. This study used a Stages of Change model which focused on the process of change to provide structure for intervention of specific health behaviors such as physical activity. This model has five stages of change: precontemplation; contemplation; preparation; action and maintenance. In the precontemplation stage‚ a person has no desire
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