eco-friendly cars . 2. GM: General Motors is the U.S based firm and included in the largest car manufacturers in the competitive market. In the competitive market, there is an opportunity for the firm that the firm to pay attention on innovation and technological development to increase its customer . 3. Pontiac: Pontiac is the U.S based firm that also works in auto sector. The firm should pay attention on acquiring more customers for expanding its market. It is an opportunity for the firm to expand its
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when you could work on your car”. Ceruzzi (2005) stated in article two of Technologies, Social Media and Society, “There was a time when you could work on your car”; is a metaphor explaining how this current era has dramatically changed due to advancements in technologies, information, and mass media. Ceruzzi (2005) explained in his journal how software such as Microsoft (PowerPoint), Adobe and AOL provides more convenience and assists us in our presentation of information by just a few clicks of
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his work. Levy explores the vast impacts of technological advancement in our today’s society. In this article levy maintains that technological devices has affected our capacity to think intuitively, capacity to tap our vast realm of consciousness and reflections. The writer targets the entire society but mostly scholars, educator and students through his entire work. The abstract work clearly introduces the disadvantages of technological devices/advancement and how it has affected our thinking and
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Although many people blame technology for destroying nature and causing pollution, and say that it is the worst evil in the world , I still believe that it has greatly changed our lives for the better as we hardly imagine what would happen if we went for a day without technology. Technology is very popular in our daily life thanks to its advantages. As we know, firstly, technology in household helps people do the housework. For example, housewives do not need to wash manually, but they can use
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EXPLOITING TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE NIGERIA’S INDUSTRIAL PROCESS: ISSUES, STRATEGIES AND POLICY DIRECTION M. G. Ukpabio; Y.O. Akinwale and W.O Siyanbola National Centre for Technology Management, an Agency of the Federal Ministry of Science & Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Correspondence email: mimi4christ148@yahoo.com ABSTRACT Knowledge has remained a vital force in this era of technological advancement and dynamism. Organizations or businesses seeking to remain
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In today’s economy the technological advancements and market shifts have taken a toll on big businesses all over. Blockbuster, one of the well known movie stores suffered because it couldn’t keep up with the fast moving market shift in using new technology to rent movies on demand and now they are closed. The purpose of this report is to inform readers about market failures that happen when new technological advancements take over. Next this report discusses how adjusting
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Automation and Computerization in the Developing World Name Institution Contents Introduction 3 A review of the impacts of technological changes in the labor market 3 Demand for enhanced skills 5 Effects of computing and automated services on the job market 6 The rise of white collar jobs 6 Elimination of low-skilled workforce 6 New skills to match the new requirements 7 Alterations in the worker's relation to the job 8 Changes in the office workplace 9
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Technological progress plays a big role in society, for example Mac computers, Facebook, Instagram, sexting, bullying, and many more. Social and Technological progress has helped society but it also hinders it. These examples don’t always present bad things some are good. Like the new iPhone 6s with a heart rate monitor and state of the art touch screen ability but as this new software comes out the people who aren’t up to date or can’t adapt fast enough they will be lost in what we call the future
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Principles of Globalization Globalization is a process of collaboration and amalgamation among different cultural groups, a process driven by trade, investment and the advancement of technology. It creates a world where everyone is united and there is a single culture flowing through many different lifestyles, effecting environment, political systems, economic development and prosperity, and the physical well-being of individuals (www.globalization101.org). The concept of globalization has been
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convenience we are accustomed to today were non- existent, and where they do people were engaged in providing them; be it banking automatic teller machine, lift operating, telephony, etc. Personal development has taken on a whole new meaning due to advancement in technology and today’s employees are in jobs created mostly due to technology. No one would have visualised decades ago that there would be applications to do everything we need to and communicate and we can have most of them on our cell phones
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