Competitive Forces, The Five, That Shape Strategy - Harvard Review
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Michael E. Porter's article “How Competitive Forces Shape [Business] Strategy” was first published by Harvard Review in 1979 and the economist and associate professor's article revolutionized the strategy field. The article explains how the five main competitive forces which include:...
The city of Houston Texas; Neighborhood "Memorial"
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Memorial neighborhood is located in Houston, Texas, the United States of America (Memorial City District, 2008). The neighborhood took shape in the 1960's following development in the nearby neighborhoods of Buffalo Bayou. It was an area previously characterized by empty land and farms with...
Information Security Program - Security Risk Assessment and Audit
Case study - 12 pages - Educational studies
An information security program is one of the fundamental aspects of security management that must be properly implemented to ensure that information within the computer systems are appropriately protected (Krause & Tipton, 2007). Threats to information systems include unauthorized access and...
Gender Stereotypes- Gender status and its effect on work dominated by different sex
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Over the years, various generalizations have been made about the roles that each gender plays in society. Such ideas have been introduced into children's lives from the point in time they are born, they also passed them down over the generations (Chodorow, 2004). Such generalizations have...
Capital Chemist Diagnostic and Sales System - Information Systems and the performance of firms
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Most studies have tried to explain the relationships between firm performance, competitive advantage and investments made in information systems. Literature on information systems offers useful insights on the relationship competitive strategy and information systems; however, it is still not...
Public opinion & responding to crisis
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
A crisis is an unstable condition or situation or a stage in a series of events at which the inclination of future events, in most cases for the worst, is determined. How issues are handles at this stage, is very vital in determining the extent to which the future events may be favorable or...
Role of Interventions Programs - Public Health Theory
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The social cognitive theory can be effectively used in the curbing of the excessive alcohol use that has been noted amongst the students of Indiana University College. The social cognitive theory, according to scholars in the social and behavioral sciences, is conceptualized by understanding only...
World Cup 2007 - Rugby
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
The sixth edition of the Rugby World Cup was held in France from September 7 to October 30, 2007 in twelve different stages. The competition was won by South African team that beat the England team in the finals. Rugby World Cup was the biggest sporting event of 2007 worldwide. Since its creation...
Sport Eye Tracking tool
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Sport Eye Tracking is a tool developed by the agencies Havas Sports and Havas Media Innovation, which measures the effectiveness of the visibility of the sponsors during broadcasts of sporting events on television. During major sporting events, during which audiences are high, there is an...
International Relations - The New Population Bomb
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Population: The article certainly addresses population, in the sense of human resource, as a key component for industrialization and sustainability unto the future. Demographic elements in the population of a country influence a country's predisposition to domestic production, political...
Leadership Case: "How did Georges Plassat get Carrefour Group back on its feet in less than 3 years?"
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Carrefour is one of the first employer in France with 115 000 employees (475 000 worldwide) and millions of clients. But in 2011, Carrefour Group was in a very bad shape and was sinking under too much administrative paperwork, inadequate processes and way too many reporting. Its profit went down...
LexisNexis Legal Research
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Given the number of the different states from which the bulk of the clients of Hickey-Marco & Associates comes from, it is of great significance to understand the statutes of limitation for the various causes of action in those states. The states in question include Wisconsin state, Michigan...
Bullying in Professional Kitchens - Chefs
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
Food has been seen as individual of the very fundamental needs for humans; the importance of which is the sustenance of life itself. Indeed the need to feed has over the centuries evolved from just the mere fulfillment of basic hunger pangs to into something that can at best be described as art....
Artificial intelligence in multimedia production
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Artificial intelligence an approach used to design intelligent agents. Intelligent agents are systems that are able to perceive their environments and use the perception results to maximize on its chances of success. Multimedia is an approach that combines sound, visuals, animations, text, and...
Plato Theories
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
According to Socrates, the two horses, one whose appearance is noble while the other is of opposite stock, and the charioteer each representing dissimilar soul's parts have a tripartite nature for the human psyche. The metaphor represents an innate conflict between the three different parts. The...
Middle Eastern Studies
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The last century, particularly after World War 2, has witnessed high levels of conflict and warfare within the Middle East(Richards and Waterbury 345). The most predominant and extended conflict is that of the Arab-Israeli conflict which has born five major wars and is still at play even unto...
Colon Free Trade Zone
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
In recent years, numerous governments about the globe have sought to provide financial incentives to investors. These incentives are tailored to attract investment and the growth of trade and thus benefit the local people. One of the methods they are currently applied to attract investment is the...
Conservation Plan for the Javan Rhino
Case study - 1 pages - Educational studies
The Javan Rhino, scientific name Rhinoceros Sondaicus, is one of the most threatened species in the world today. Today, there are less than 50 individual members of the Javan Rhino species in the world. There is a trend of change that have threatened all species of the Rhinoceroses in the world...
Is Madness prior to the enlightenment understood in principally religious terms?
Case study - 5 pages - Educational studies
Way back before Enlightenment God was like sunrise. Choosing the path of God was seen as a way of having all human questions answered and accompanied problems solved amicably. Christianity had its feet on the Bible as a way of knowing God. Bibles were Holy books from which people got the relevant...
Video Observation and Reflection task
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Different community groupings have been used in the lesson as is evidenced by the black kid, others having Chinese backgrounds while others western. A total of thirty learners took part in the learning. Different students have been used in the lesson. This is necessary in ensuring that the...
Personal Trainer - Research
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
This paper aims at pointing out the importance of a personal trainer as he or she is an acknowledged individual in the lives of many. A personal trainer plays a major role in the daily lives of many people. The study also points out the advancement levels of a personal trainer, which are the...
Utilizing Database Performance Using DB column storage
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
This paper seeks to discuss how databases can perform with DB column storage techniques. Over the past few years, databases systems running on column stores have been discussed and so much attention paid to them. In retrospect, column stores are used to store each and every database table column...
Traits common to mankind throughout the world
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
One trait common to humankind is speech. The voice box or the larynx sits lower within the throat in people than in chimps. This factor enables human speech. The ancestors of human evolved roughly 350, 000 years ago with a descended larynx (Jolly, 2001). We have a descended hyoid bone that is not...
Verna Kirkness
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Kirkness has received varied and numerous awards for her contribution and impact to Aboriginal education for the past four decades (Castellano & Lahache, 2000). Verna Jane Kirkness was born in 1935 in Manitoba's Fisher Reserved attended the Manitoba Normal School. She graduated in 1957 with a...
The Effects of M&A on SMEs Lending
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Most of the mergers and acquisitions that we have had are an outcome of various economic factors that proved favorable such as escalating in the GDP, fiscal policies, macroeconomic setting and higher interest rates (Wang, 2007). The factors do not only affect the M & A process but also have a...
Problems in the Way Poor People Talk about Education
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
The phrase “Education is the key to success” is a common theme in many schools in the developing countries. The theme illustrates important things about the perception of people in the developing country towards education. While the relevance of the theme is directing efforts towards...
Problems in How the African American Community Talk About Themselves
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Racial discrimination has been among the biggest problems to the American society. After the civil rights movement, the law provided a platform for racial equality in the country. However, almost fifty years later, the society is characterized by big differences between the racial groups. The...
Public Administration - Possibility of good regulatory government
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Public administration follows the bureaucratic model. The implication is that there are hierarchies that influence the decision making process in public administration. Therefore, the decision makers in public administration are at the top of the bureaucratic models (Croley, 2008). However, there...
Good Bye, Columbus'-Brenda's Development
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
One of the themes of social life in the contemporary times is family. Family is held in such high regard that in most songs and movies, the people who turn their backs on their families are considered villains. There is also an emphasis on love over money and freedom of expression. At the end of...
Security and Risk Management - IT Database security
Case study - 2 pages - Educational studies
The IT infrastructure of the organization makes it susceptible to external intrusions. For example, there are more than 1000 access points with no security awareness programs and no deployed security software programs or reporting to protect the access points. In addition, there is need for...
