discuss why a certain microculture would be interested in purchasing the Van's brand products.  

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Analyze the business-level strategies for Walmart to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.

Analyze the corporate-level strategies for Walmart to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.

In your opinion, what systems are affected due to the challenge you have identified in the shifting in the rules and regulations in the market of business.

You have a sum of $10,000 available for investments. You are offered two options:

Deposit the sum in a bank for 3 years, with an interest rate of 10% compounded annually. The bank is also prepared to take on any additional investments at the same rate at any time for the next 3 years.

Invest the $10,000 in a project with an annual return of $4200. The project life is 3 years.

Which is the preferred option? Explain your answer.

Note: This question highlights one of the basic assumptions used in economic evaluation techniques.

Big Bang Disruption is affecting the fields of Education, Healthcare, Transportation (Taxi Services) and Travel -Lodging (Hotels). Explain with examples of new businesses (or new ventures).? Existing companies will enjoy an advantage in new-business creation only if they build on their strengths. Why so? Explain this with the case of Intel Corp

You are a project team manager, and your team members report each day to you to receive their primary assignments.   Not every team member is as efficient as another with particular kinds of tasks.   

		Time required (hours) to complete tasks
Task	Task complexity	Team member 1 - Jones	Team member 2 - Nguyen	Team member 3 - Walpita	Team member 4 - Manderas
Task A	Very high	3	5	4	3
Task A	High	2	1	3	2
Task A	Medium	3	4	2	2
Task A	Low	4	3	3	4

a. Given the task roster, complexity levels, and time estimates, assign team members to tasks to optimize efficiency.   Also, determine how long it will take for the team to complete their routine tasks.

b.You want to focus on efficiency, so you assign ratings to each team member’s performance of each task.   Reassign the tasks to obtain the highest efficiency possible (a perfect score is 100).

c. Compare the results with those from the first question for this problem. What is the average rating of the assignment?   What other criteria could be used to assign tasks to team members?

	Rating
Task	Team member 1 Jones	Team member 2 Nguyen	Team member 3 Walpita	Team member 4 Manderas
Task A	89	95	83	84
Task A	88	80	96	85
Task A	87	92	82	84
Task A	93	82	36	94

Write a- 2-page literary analysis about Tartuffe which includes a thesis statement. The paper should emphasize themes and major points discussed as well as the Christian-Worldview.

{PLEASE NO PLAGIARISM}

IRAC: Ariel, Sebastian, Flounder and Eric each own 20% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of Ocean, Inc., a profitable retailer of sea-life themed hair accessories,and they are the corporation’s four directors. Ariel and Sebastian are Ocean’s officers. The remaining 20% of the outstanding shares are divided among 10 individuals, including Guppy, who is a 5 % shareholder. Ocean, Inc., has only one class of shares.At a board meeting six months ago, Ariel announced that she had negotiated a contract to have Ocean’s stores cleaned nightly by Triton Cleaning Services, a partnership owned by Ariel and Sebastian. Ariel disclosed that she and Sebastian owned Triton Cleaning, but neither she nor Sebastian disclosed that the price Triton Cleaning would charge Ocean under the contract would be double the market rate. The board approved the contract by unanimous vote of all directors. Triton Cleaning began cleaning services and has been receiving payment under the contract. After recently finding out about the Triton Cleaning contract, Guppy has brought a shareholder derivative lawsuit against all four directors, individually, seeking a judgment rescinding the Triton Cleaning contract and for damages to Ocean, Inc., arising from the approval of the contract by the directors. What should be the result? Discuss.

What are the important relationships among Caterpillar’s value-chain activities? What are the important interdependencies? For each activity, identify the relationships and interdependencies.

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A personal robot could be purchased for your own use to reduce your individual costs. It could do all your gardening, cooking, cleaning, home repairs and so on. Explain why your personal income needs might change with an automated worker in your home.

Can your personal robot meet all your needs?

once an organization determines that some aspect of its operations needs to change, they must translate what they want to change to how they want to change it. At the point where the plan is implemented, inevitably problems arise. Rarely is a strategy or plan implemented perfectly, mainly because it’s impossible to foresee every problem and accurately assess how employees with react in a given situation. Discuss two strategies, tools, or control systems which an organization could utilize to determine whether or not a plan is working as intended (e.g., customer surveys, profits/losses, etc.). Also include information about who is responsible for managing these control systems. Finally, incorporate factors specific to the saudi arabia which would positively or negatively impact these strategies. PS please provide an answer different from the ones already presented on this website

Total Product Offer

One of the American Marketing Association's definitions of marketing says it's "a set of processes for creating, communicating, and delivering value to customers." When consumers calculate the value of a product, they look at the benefits and then subtract the price to see whether the benefits exceed the costs, including the cost of driving to the store or shipping fees if they buy the product online. Whether consumers perceive a product as the best value depends on many factors, including the benefits they seek and the service they receive. To satisfy consumers, marketers must learn to listen better and constantly adapt to changing market demands. From a strategic marketing viewpoint, a product is more than just the physical good or service. A total product offer consists of everything consumers evaluate when deciding whether to buy something. The basic product or service may be a cell phone or a hotel room, but the total product offer includes other aspects of the good or service.

Read the case below and answer the questions that follow.

At the time the new iPhone 3GS was introduced, it was described on Apple's website in the following way:

Priced from $199 to $299, Apple promises that its new iPhone 3GS is the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet. The new version features video recording, Voice Control, and up to 32GB of storage. iPhone is more than just a phone. It combines three devices in one:

a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device. All that and more makes it the best phone you'll ever use. The Apple iPhone is a revolutionary phone. With the Multi-Touch interface on iPhone, you can make a call simply by tapping a name or number in your contacts or favorites list, your call log, or just about anywhere. Visual Voicemail lets you select and listen to messages in whatever order you want—just like email. The Apple iPhone shows off your content—music, movies, TV shows, and more—on a beautiful 3.5-inch display. Add to your collection by downloading music and video wirelessly from the iTunes Store. Scroll through songs and playlists with the touch of a finger. Even browse your album artwork using Cover Flow. The Apple iPhone uses fast 3G and Wi-Fi wireless connections to deliver rich HTML email, Maps with GPS, and Safari—the most advanced web browser on a mobile device. It has Google and Yahoo! search built in. And since iPhone multitasks, you can make a phone call while emailing a photo or surfing the web over a Wi-Fi or 3G connection.

The Apple iPhone comes with some amazing applications. And you can choose from thousands more on the App Store and download them with a tap. Your iPhone gets even better with every new app. Play games. Be more productive. Keep yourself entertained. No matter what you want to do on iPhone, there's an app for that. With iPhone, Apple combined innovative hardware features with the world's most advanced mobile operating system to redefine what a mobile phone can do. Applications work together seamlessly and they sync with your computer—whether you're on a Mac or a PC. From its revolutionary Multi-Touch display to its intelligent keyboard to its smart sensors, iPhone is years ahead of any other mobile phone.

What is the total product offer for the Apple iPhone?

FOR BUSINESS POLICY:

(Two questions from Chapter 11)

1. What skills should a person have for managing a business unit following a differentiation strategy? Why? What should a company do if no one is available internally and the company has a policy of promotion from within?

2. When should someone from outside a company be hired to manage the company or one of its business units?

Identify a problem at a company that you feel can be improved by implementing a new process or technology. Note: This must be a real company and a real process that you feel needs improvement but the focus should NOT be on the company but rather on the process to be improved.

Note: You may want to start with either a problem that you have identified at a company OR a technology advancement or tool that you feel could help with a problem at a company, rather than starting with the company itself.

LO 1: STATEMENT OF PROBLEM

Identify an operations problem that could negatively affect the efficiency and/ or productivity of the organization. This problem must be one that can be resolved by implementing a new technology.

Clearly define the current process (“current state”), including the problem, in detail, and provide supporting flowcharts and diagrams. *You may have to create these.

Break up large problems into smaller sub-problems.

Clearly state the impact and the extent of the problem on the organization and/or customer

Clearly state the purpose of the paper as an attempt to solve the problem you have identified.

LO 2: PROBLEM ANALYSIS

Identify relevant factors leading to the problem (e.g. social, political, economic, and legal). One example of a factor would be an OSHA Safety Regulation.

Clearly state possible causes of the problem

Be sure to identify the difference between a symptom and a problem

Clearly state all issues (reasons why the problem is important to resolve), including any secondary or ‘non-obvious’ issues

Prioritize issues

LO 3: PROBLEM SOLUTIONS

Research emerging technology or process innovations that could be an opportunity for the company and this process.

Identify and describe a minimum of two possible solutions to the problem through the implementation of researched technology innovations.

Describe fully the possible solutions, including supporting flowcharts and diagrams

Discuss merits of both solutions, including all relevant factors necessary to make a decision between the two. Be sure not to neglect cost factors (you may need to provide estimated costs)

LO 4: SOLUTION JUSTIFICATION

Clearly state your proposed solution (one of the two options proposed in LO3: Problem Solutions)

Explain in detail why you are recommending this solution and how you feel it will specifically solve or alleviate the problem(s) and issues you identified (Justify solution)

Describe solution benefit(s)

Discuss the feasibility of the solution

Present an implementation plan for your proposed solution

OVERALL ASSESSMENT

Correctly defined terminology used

Used analytical tools and technology in paper

Performed appropriate calculations

Used analysis to find and justify decisions

Paper well organized and sections clearly defined

APA format

Correct grammar and spelling

The theory of cost shifting is often used as the basis for public policy proposals. Some believe that the increase in increase premiums is due to cost shifting. This will be the topic of this week’s paper. Briefly discuss what cost-shifting is. Discuss the 4 points associated with determining the profit-maximizing price. Why do private purchasers claim that they are being charged more to make up for lower prices paid by the government? What are some of the conditions under which cost shifting can occur? Based on your research, do you feel that cost-shifting is occurring?