...Four Corner Analysis The preliminary research for the four corner analysis of our competitor will be based on collecting the following information: both primary and secondary 1. Identifying my competitors- It will range from Universities like Texas A&M, Rice University and also Stanford, Caltech etc. It will also include online courses given by the Universities. 2. Knowing short history of my competitors, their student base, the interdisciplinary fields offered by them, the professors and the infrastructure available, their management, their research strength and industry tie ups, tie ups with other universities, government and private funds they get, their marketing strategies for this course etc. 3. How many of my competitors have started this course, what are their strategies and how many of my competitor are about to start the course in near future. What are the different types of programs offered by them on this Data Analytics course? Based on the collected data we do the analysis. Corner 1- What drives the competitor? As Data analytics is a prospective emerging field of study, the scope of research and patients in the field, large scale industrial and government projects, funds from government and private, student tuition fees, building hardware and software related to the field etc. Corner 2- What is the competitor doing and what are they capable of doing? Our competitors can already form tie ups with universities that we are planning to do or they...
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...Mystery of the Anasazi Who were the Anasazi? Why did they live on the side of cliff faces? Where did they go? And what drove them to leave? These are the questions asked on “Mystery of the Anasazi” by the history channel. I will answer these questions as best as they can be answered with the information that is available to us today, as the Anasazi left absolutely no written documents other than some drawings on their cliff faces. Discovered in the late 19th century, the Anasazi lived in what we now know as the “Four corners” of Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and surrounding areas and believed to have been in this area from as early as 1 A.D. until around 1150 A.D... Approximately 40-50 thousand people lived in this area. They grew corn, squash, and beans. At the center of this large area lies the great city of Chaco. Over 1,000 people were believed to have lived inside the city walls in the greatest prehistoric apartment complex. Crops did not grow well in this area so to feed the people smaller villages would travel many miles to trade crops for Turquoise, or shell jewelry, pottery, and other small prizes. These items were believed to have Godly powers to help their crop grow or to make it rain. They were very highly regarded and desired throughout the Anasazi Territory. The Anasazi lived like this in peace for hundreds of years to just one day vanish from the cities and smaller surrounding Kivas. The cities are carved from the rock of the canyons on the side...
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...CS #2 Never Marry a “Neat –Freak” 1. Early symptoms of Hantavirus include fatigue, fever and muscle aches, headaches, dizziness, chills, abdominal problems, and fatigue. Later symptoms are coughing, and shortness of breath. This disease is carried by rodents, especially deer mice and is found in their urine and feces, but it does not make the animal sick. It is believed that humans can get sick with this virus if they come in contact with contaminated dust from mice nests or droppings. Someone may come in contact with such dust when cleaning homes, sheds, or other enclosed areas that have been empty for a long time. There is no specific treatment of Hantavirus, but patients are usually treated in an intensive-care facility and often require respiratory support (intubation). Experimentally, physicians have administered the antiviral medication called ribavirin, but there are no clear data currently that verify that the drug is effective against the disease. The earlier the patient is brought in to intensive care, the better. If a patient is experiencing full distress, it is less likely the treatment will be effective. 2. The chance of being exposed to Hantavirus is greatest when people enter enclosed spaces where rodents are actively living. The virus can become airborne through stirring up virus-contaminated particles, such as by sweeping. The mice or rodents must have been living in the unused cabin, and when the patient and his “ultimate neat-freak” girlfriend started cleaning...
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...[pic]Porter's Four Corners Model Porter’s four corners model is a predictive tool designed by Michael Porter that helps in determining a competitor’s course of action. Unlike other predictive models which predominantly rely on a firm’s current strategy and capabilities to determine future strategy, Porter’s model additionally calls for an understanding of what motivates the competitor. This added dimension of understanding a competitor's internal culture, value system, mindset and assumptions help in determining a much more accurate and realistic reading of a competitor’s possible reactions in a given situation. The Four Corners Motivation – drivers This helps in determining competitor's action by understanding their goals (both strategic and tactical) and their current position vis-à-vis their goals. A wide gap between the two could mean the competitor is highly likely to react to any external threat that comes in its way, whereas a narrower gap is likely to produce a defensive strategy. Question to be answered here is: What is it that drives the competitor? These drivers can be at various levels and dimensions and can provide insights into future goals. Motivation – Management Assumptions The perceptions and assumptions the competitor has about itself and its industry would shape strategy. This corner includes determining the competitor's perception of its strengths and weaknesses, organization culture and their beliefs about competitor's goals. If the competitor thinks...
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...Jesus A Balanced Scorecard is, “A set of four measures directly linked to a company’s strategy: financial performance, customer knowledge, internal business processes, and learning and growth” (Pearce & Robinson, 2009, p. 202). The Serenity Corner needs to develop a balanced scorecard in order to assist in defining the company’s mission, values, vision, and SWOTT analysis. Herein, the four perspectives, financial performance, customer knowledge, internal business processes, and learning and growth will be discussed as they relate to The Serenity Corner’s mission, values, vision, and SWOTT analysis. Shareholder Value/Financial Perspective “If we succeed how we will look to our stakeholders” (BSI 2009, ¶5). The Serenity Corner will need to look at its asset utilization, customer satisfaction, increased net revenues, minimizing store production, and achieving financial stability. One way to measure these items is to monitor Earnings per share, Operating cost, revenue growth, Return on interest, and Return on capital. Implementing the objectives and performance measuring tools into the company’s daily routing, The Serenity Corner will be able to achieve the company’s goals that were defined in the mission and vision statement. Customer Value Perspective “To achieve our mission, how must we appear to our customers” (BSI 2009, ¶5). The Serenity Corner is a new company to the downtown area. Our customers at The Serenity Corner will be the ones determining the success of the...
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...Impact of different window types in regulating natural ventilation of residential buildings of Dhaka, Bangladesh |Md. Nymul Haque¹ |Jinia Sharmeen² | |haque.nymul@gmail.com |jinia_lima@hotmail.com | Abstract Natural ventilation is most desirable for cooling and providing fresh air in residential buildings for better indoor air quality and thermal comfort. The natural ventilation performance is affected by a combination of internal and external factors. External factors include the location, the orientation, the prevailing wind speeds and the building forms of the residential development, which are subject to constraints beyond the control of site planners and architects. Whilst for internal factors like the openings configurations and window types, site planners and architects are always given free hand for a proper design. Dhaka, a city in the Tropics, has become such a city where with rapid urbanization users are moving towards mechanically ventilated buildings putting ever increasing demand on the dwindling energy resources. This paper focuses on the influences of window types on the natural ventilation of residential units in Dhaka in order to improve quality of indoor living environment. Primary objective of the study is an attempt to investigate...
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...is large and ubiquitous. Providing a range of products and services, it touches nearly every household in one way or another. 2. Company Analysis 3. Industry Analysis Restaurant companies are essentially retailers of prepared foods, and their operating performance is influenced by many of the same factors that affect traditional retail stores. Competition between restaurants is intense, since dining options abound. And, while there are certainly dominant players in this industry (especially among restaurants offering Cypriot food) no company has the market cornered. Indeed, virtually every restaurant location must compete not only against other publicly traded chains, but also a wide array of small, local establishments. Competitors include everything from delis and pizzerias to fine-dining restaurants, and of course, it is relatively easy to forgo prepared foods, altogether, in favor of home cooking, which is usually a less expensive option. Thus, restaurant meals are discretionary purchases, and the industry tends to be highly cyclical. Edesma’s target group is divided between tourists, restaurant seekers in general with money to spend as well as other adults from other towns of Cyprus who were in the area looking for good Cypriot cuisine. According to research by C&R Research for the National Restaurant Association, there are four broad food attitude segments among today’s restaurant patrons: • Adventurous diners are consumers who are most enthusiastic about trying new...
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...es Analysing pictures 1. Four-step analysis All kinds of pictures, from oil paintings to pencil sketches, can be analysed using the following four steps. They will help you to deal with a picture systematically, so that no important aspect is left out. Step 1: Introduction – basic information • Your introduction should answer the following questions: • Where is the image from? Who made it and when? • What type of image is it? • What does the image (roughly) show? • Why was it drawn/taken? Step 2: Description Look at the picture carefully, then describe it systematically, e. g.: • from the centre to the corners • from the foreground to the background • from the left to the right (or the other way round) • from the top to the bottom (or the other way round) Don’t forget to look at details: • the setting (place and time) and/or the situation • the quality of the picture (clear or blurred, realistic or abstract, etc.) • the striking features of the objects • the characters, e. g. their appearance and body language (facial expressions, gestures, postures) Step 3: Analysis • Does the image transport a message/have an intended effect? • Which pictorial elements are used to get the message across/to produce the effect? • How do the different elements interact? Step 4: Evaluation • Do you think that the image is effective in getting the message to the target group? • Does it...
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...Length of central crack Side length of wedge Number of axial splits Current crushing load Mean post-crushing load Peak load Adhesive energy per unit area of layers Radius of curvature of the frond Displacement Wall thickness of square frustum Crush speed Energy absorbed Total energy dissipated Energy required for the crush zone formation Angle of wedge Strain Semi-apical angle of square frustum Static friction coefficient Dynamic friction coefficient Tensile fracture stress Normal stress INTRODUCTION Components made of composite materials have been recognised to possess significant crashworthy characteristics accompanied by weight and cost effectiveness, l The influence of various parameters on the crashworthy ability of composite thin-walled structures was examined in detail, but conflicting results were produced. 2~ In Ref. 5 a simple theoretical approach is proposed, based on an equation similar to the buckling load equation for a column on an elastic foundation, which can be used to predict whether a change in energy absorption of a composite tube occurs as a result of changes in geometry or material properties. Over the last decade, the authors have been extensively dealing, both experimentally and theoretically, with the crashworthy behaviour of fibreglass composite components in the form of shells of various geometries i.e. circular tubes and frusta, square tubes and frusta, hourglass cross sections, etc., subjected to axial collapse and/or bending. 6-13 The main purpose...
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...Strategic Management Analysis Tools BUSI/600 – Business Research Methods October 14th, 2011 Abstract In this paper the author has decided to conduct an in-depth analysis on the strategic management analysis tools. In this paper the author will speak on several types of analysis tools and distinguish how each has a distinguishing role in the organizations planning process. In this literature review, the author will cover the SWOT Analysis, the PEST Analysis, the Value Chain Analysis, Porter’ Five Model, Four Corner’s Analysis, Boston Consulting Group Growth-Share Matrix, General Electric Matrix, and the Strategic Early Warning Systems. Hopefully, after the completion of this review the readers will have a clear understanding of how each of the analysis operate and can be applied to any organization or group. SWOT Analysis The SWOT Analysis is a technique that was developed by Albert Humphrey, who was in charge of a research project in the 1960’s and 1970’s at Stanford University using data from many organizations over the world. The ultimate goal of the study was to reveal why corporate planning was failing. After the results were formulated, Humphrey could identify many areas of concern and the tools Humphrey needed to investigate each of these areas were called a SOFT analysis (Ghazinoory, Zadeh & Memariani, 2007). Humphrey and the team used the categories “What is good in the present is Satisfactory, good in the future is...
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...long-range perspective.’ Model of Strategic Analysis Tools Typology ‘…the process of conducting research on the business environment within which an organization operates and on the organization itself, in order to formulate strategy.’ BNET Business Dictionary ‘… a theoretical informed understanding of the environment in which an organization is operating, together with an understanding of the organization’s interaction with its environment in order to improve organizational efficiency and effectiveness by increasing the organization’s capacity to deploy and redeploy its resources intelligently.’ Professor Les Worrall, Wolverhampton Business School Definition of strategic analysis often differ, but the following attributes are commonly associated with it: 1. Identification and evaluation of data relevant to strategy formulation. 2. Definition of the external and internal environment to be analyzed. 3. A range of analytical methods (strategic analysis tools) that can be employed in the analysis. Example of analytical methods used in strategic analysis which will be discussed in this paper includes but not limited to the following: 1. SWOT analysis 2. PEST analysis 3. Porter’s five forces analysis 4. Four corner’s analysis 5. Value chain analysis 6. Early warning scans 7. War gaming An overview of these strategic analysis tools will be provided. Strategic Analysis Tools Definition Analytical methods and tools are...
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...explained, together with the rules that apply to them. Flow diagrams in general are usually designed using simple symbols such as a rectangle, an oval or a circle depicting a processes, data stored or an external entity, and arrows are generally used to depict the data flow from one step to another. A DFD usually comprises of four components. These four components can be represented by four simple symbols. These symbols can be explained in detail as follows: External entities (source/destination of data) are represented by squares; Processes (input-processing-output) are represented by rectangles with rounded corners; Data Flows (physical or electronic data) are referred to by arrows; and finally, Data Stores (physical or electronic like XML files) are presented by open-ended rectangles. Data flow diagrams present the logical flow of information through a system in graphical or pictorial form. Data flow diagrams have only four symbols, which makes it useful for communication between analysts and users. Data flow diagrams (DFDs) show the data used and provided by processes within a system. DFDs make use of four basic symbols. Create structured analysis, information flow, process-oriented, data-oriented, and data process diagrams as well as data flowcharts. External Entity An external entity is a source or destination of a data flow which is outside the area of study. Only those entities which originate or receive data are represented on a business process diagram. The symbol...
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...Zulenka Mills Dorsey Writing 107-C December 14, 2015 Toyota Prius Ad Analysis Advertisements attempt to sell products by sending messages through either visual or written messages. To sell a product the advertiser also paints a scenario in the back of the reader’s mind. According to Jib Fowles, this method of psychological manipulation used to link the product to the appeal the advertiser wishes. I analyzed an advertisement found in the Real Simple magazine for the Toyota Prius to see how uses two of the fifteen appeals by Jib Fowles. The two specific focus appeals are “Need for autonomy” and “need to escape”. Based on my research of the magazine Real Simple media kit, the magazine’s mission statement is to empower woman’s guide. This magazine is dedicated almost to all woman but with a 20% men readers (“The quality consumer”). So far this ad for me it has been a success. The ad targets exactly the magazine’s audience, all the way from a single woman to married woman with family and at the end of the ad it leaves room for the twenty percent of men that this magazine targets (“the quality consumer”). One big advantage for persuasion that this ad has is that they gave the reader the choice of many types of Prius and not only one, again targeting the magazine’s specific audience, also the magazine is for people who make between 75K and 100K of income and that type of car is with in this limits to be affordable and appealing to autonomy. The opportunity to have fun and escape...
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...has been identified (De Vos, 2005:100). In this document the researcher reported the realities of street hawkers on street corners. According to Lund, Nicholson and Skinner (2000:10) “people who work in the informal economy are those who earn an income outside the formal economy. The researcher chooses to investigate this topic because so little is known. The researcher noticed that poverty is one of the causes that lead people to be street hawker. She also discovers that working as a street hawker is challenging unstable for example sometimes street hawkers experience harassment or abuse. She also discovers that the term “street vendors” in English is typically used interchangeably with “street trader” “hawker” and “Peddler” (Inclusive cities.2012). The researcher also noticed that street hawkers contribute to the economy of the country. For example they alleviate poverty by treating their own jobs. The researcher used qualitative research approach to investigate the topic. Qualitative research approach is when the researcher attempt to study human action from perspective of the social actors themselves, the goal of the research is to describe and understand rather than explaining human behaviour (Babbie, 2001:270). The researcher engaged in face to face interviews so that she could understand and explore the realities of street hawkers on street corners. After the finding she got she make some recommendations related to the study she have done. 1.2 Research question In...
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...recommended for 2 hours of Continuing Professional Education. In order to receive credit, you will need to pass a multiple-choice exam which you can take over the internet at www.exinfm.com/training/course12-2 Chapter 1 Critical Concepts Before we get into Part 2 of this short course, let’s touch on the fundamentals behind competitive intelligence. From Part 1 of this course, we learned that competitive intelligence relies on a very analytical process to transform data and information into intelligence. We also understand that competitive intelligence is not just about studying the competition, but studying the entire external landscape - customers, suppliers, regulators, and all forces that impact the organization. Therefore, our analysis must be very broad in scope. The primary output from competitive intelligence is the ability to make forward-looking decisions. For example, Jack Welch, former CEO of General Electric determined strategy based on key intelligence questions: What is the detailed global position of your business and that of your competitors: market shares, strengths by product line, and by region today? What actions have your competitors taken in the past two years that have changed the competitive landscape? What are you most afraid your competitors might do in the next two years to change the landscape? “If the defining goal of modern day business can be isolated to just one item, it would be the search for competitive advantage. And, as everyone in business...
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