CSAC05 1/13/07 9:21 Page 123 5 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities Analysts have tended to define assets too narrowly‚ identifying only those that can be measured‚ such as plant and equipment. Yet the intangible assets‚ such as a particular technology‚ accumulated consumer information‚ brand name‚ reputation‚ and corporate culture‚ are invaluable to the firm’s competitive power. In fact‚ these invisible assets are often the only real source of competitive edge that can be sustained over time
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3.0 Resources and capabilities This paragraph begins by laying out the theoretical dimensions: Resources and capabilities Definition of resources In order to get a deeper understanding of the concept resources‚ a definition can shed some light on this matter. While a variety of definitions of the term resources have been suggested in the literature of resources‚ this paper introduces the definition first suggested by Teece et al. (1997) who determined resources as ‘firm – specific assets that
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As our requirement for our DBMS subject‚ we interviewed Mr. Charleton Lopez‚ one of the database administrators hired by Accenture‚ last Saturday at SM Mall of Asia. During the interview‚ there are some key points from what Mr. Lopez said that caught my attention. There’s this one line that talks about the law of supply and demand. He applied it when he was just starting out in the corporate world. According to him‚ he didn’t focus on getting the kind of job that a lot of people are competing for;
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Week 2 Question 2 Collapse Top of Form Given the business rule “an employee may have many degrees‚” discuss its effect on attributes‚ entities‚ and relationships. (Hint: Remember what a multivalued attribute is and how it might be implemented.) Reply Quote Email Author Bottom of Form Message Unread Mark as Unread Message Not Flagged Set Flag 1 year ago Sorayuth Chiewchansuwan RE: Week 2 Question 2 Collapse Top of Form An employee may have many degree means that each employee may have more
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Excel is not actually a DBMS ( MS-Access is ) and MS Word is not also a DBMS . DBMS stands for Database Management system which implies that information is stored in a Database with tables and records consisting of fields .Excel can do some of these functions but is not a DBMS and MS Word stores data in flat files as such and is therfore not a DBMS. One of many Excel’s talents is its data storage; we can store a lot of data in Excel workbook. Excel 2010 64 bit can create a workbook with a size of
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Describe the main strengths and weaknesses of Utilitarianism. Utilitarianism was originally formulated by Jeremy Bentham in the 18th century‚ and fully developed by John Stewart Mill in the 19th. It states that we should always act so as to produce the greatest ratio of good to evil for everyone concerned with our decision. As with all moral theories‚ utilitarianism has many strengths and weaknesses. The main strength for this theory is that it is always looking for the greatest good for the greatest
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“The Notebook” Describe the main event of the book The Notebook is a 1996 romantic novel by American novelist Nicholas Sparks‚ based on a true story. A man with a faded‚ well-worn notebook open in his lap. A woman experiencing a morning ritual she doesn’t understand. Until he begins to read to her. The Notebook is an achingly tender story about the enduring power of love‚ a story of miracles that will stay with you forever. The story begins with Noah‚ an 80-year-old man‚ reading to a woman in
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relational databases‚ which are sets of related information stored in tables. The basic structure of a SQL expression consists of three clauses: Select From Where SELECT:- The select clause is used to list the attributes desired in the result of a query. It corresponds to the projection operation of the relational algebra. FROM:- The from clause lists the relation to be scanned in the evaluation of the expression. It correspond to the Cartesian product operation of the relational algebra
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Perspectives: an Analysis on the Three Main Sociological Theories Abstract: When taking into consideration all social sciences‚ numerous behavioral and cognitive theories have been developed and revised over the years. Although this is true‚ some of the more influential and accurate theories have remained almost completely unchanged yet they still envelope modern day perspectives. Symbolic interactionism‚ functional analysis‚ and the conflict theory are among these main theories; they have been used
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A Database Management System (DBMS) is a group of programs that allows consumers to store‚ edit or delete information from a database so that they can ask questions about the data so that they can access information needed faster‚ programs that will be able to do such are; Microsoft Access‚ Oracle or SQL Server. A database is similar to a storage unit for data. DBMS offers programs for consumers to be able to manage and organize data. In the company that I work at handles many employee but none
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