Essays on Analytics

Analysis and Recommendation of Nimble Storage

Analysis and Recommendation of Nimble Storage

Political Nimble Storage is a registered in the U.S., and it is directly affected by the political factors in the country. The U.S. has a strong democratic system, and it is governed by the rule of law with elections being considered as fair and transparent. The USA has massive political influence in international affairs and is regarded as a superpower because of its leadership in the economy, military, and technology (PESTLE Analysi, 2014). Nonetheless, other countries criticize it for its approach to the “War on Terror,” and this has affected its relations with ...

In order to get the commission for each employ we first have to generate a database and its tables. CREATE TABLE Employee( EmpNumber int not null, EmpFirstName varchar(100) not null, EmpLastName varchar(100) not null, CommissionRate decimal(3,2) not null, YrlySalary int not null, DepartmentID int, JobID int, PRIMARY KEY (EmpNumber), FOREIGN KEY (DepartmentID) references Department(DepartmentID), FOREIGN KEY (JobID) references Job(JobID) ).

CREATE TABLE Job( JobID int not null, JobDescription varchar(400) not null, PRIMARY KEY (JobID) )

CREATE TABLE Department( DepartmentID int not null, DepartmentDescription varchar(400) not null, PRIMARY KEY(DepartmentID) ) CREATE TABLE Invoice (InvNumber int not null, InvDate date, EmpNumber int, InvAmount int not null, PRIMARY KEY (InvNumber), FOREIGN ...

Business Intelligence and Analytics in Higher Education Institutions

Business Intelligence and Analytics

Business Intelligence and Analytics refers to the process of collecting and analyzing data from internal and external systems to produce actionable information to help in making decisions. The process of business intelligence and analytics is driven by information technology and in modern business; there are countless software for this purpose. The users of the simplified actionable information could be management or the people in operations. The current economy is information-driven; producing what has come to be known as the knowledge economy. Modern business is generally driven by having the right information at the right time ...

Two distinct set of financial reports are used in managing a company, one made by Financial Accountants and the other by Managerial Accountants. These reports are aimed at the company’s external stakeholders such as investors and creditors and are prepared for each quarter and at the end of the financial year and. The format and content of these reports are laid down in laws such as the SOX (Sarbanes- Oxley) Act and in accounting regulations such as the GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) and the IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). Financial reports become comparable across companies. Managerial accounting ...

Samsung Company is one of the best company selling phones and other technology items. It has been operational for several years thus serving a large number of consumers worldwide. Recently, I happened to meet with the head of the marketing department, sales representative, marketing representative and agents as I was taking the consultation task. The aim was to understand the challenges facing the marketing department as they market their products across the country. The consultation was necessary to help point out the gaps facing marketing department and implement strategies to address the gaps for better performance in the market. ...

Introduction

Earnings or Net Income is the single most important figure in a company’s financial statement for the average investor. Even a small fall in the reported earnings can result in the loss of millions of dollars in stock value and subjects company managements to scrutiny by investors and financial analysts. Corporate executives are under therefore under pressure to meet market expectations resulting in “earnings management”. Earnings manipulations can range from minor adjustments within the law and the accounting standards to the outright fraud of showing non-existing profits (Carruth, 2011). The Sarbanes- Oxley (SOX) Act of 2002 was enacted ...

Introduction:

The main purpose of writing this report is to determine the marketing metrics and marketing effectiveness of Apple. Marketing metrics are the performance indicators, which permits the business to perform overall marketing performance. The marketing metrics help to attain greater accuracy in the business activities. Marketing plays an active role in the business and the success lies in the marketing abilities. The marketing metrics are categorized into various types’ namely behavioral, financial, physical availability and consumer profile etc. In this report, these metrics with respect to Apple Inc. will be discussed. As a marketing consultant, I will provide the ...

IT Department

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Introduction

Organization Details:

Type: Multinational Corporation - Private Limited Company Vision Statement “Lead from the front, prepare for the future and create solutions from data.” -DataStackArray Systems Pvt. Ltd. DataStackArray Systems (DSAS) Private Limited is an organization that has a mission to provide a comprehensive and valuable platform for individuals and organizations seeking solutions from their big data. DSAS has a vision towards the big data industry to become a platform that provides viable solutions for all kinds of big data and makes the life of solution seekers ...

Statistics show that in the year 2010 more than two-thirds of hospitals in the US applied a document management solution. Almost half of all the hospitals used electronic forms for these solutions. There was an increase of 6% and 8% respectively from the previous year. This shows that more hospitals are moving towards the electronic forms management. Those hospitals that are not automated have plans to purchase the software. Those that already have the electronic system are engaged in replacing and updating current software. First time buyers of the technology are however more than those who have already installed ...

1. Introduction Cutting cost has become a priority for many oil companies in recent years. The discussion covers the reason why oil companies are cutting cost and the means that management in oil companies are employing to cut cost. 2. Why oil companies are cutting cost? Oil companies are cutting cost in response to the radical drop in oil prices in the last two years. From 2011 to 2013, the price of crude oil was above $100 per barrel. In 2014, prices dropped to below $100 per barrel but above $90 per barrel. By 2015, crude oil price fell ...

Impact of globalization on human resource management practices

INTRODUCTION Globalization is the process of integration of several economies with the goal of increasing economic interdependence and mobility of factors of production across the world economies (Lechner, 2009). Globalization has caused an increase in the number of multinational corporations across the globe. Globalisation has had implications on the operations of multinational corporations including especially in human resource management. Some corporations have been forced to review their human resource practices to adapt to the challenges associated with globalisation. Companies have several motives to go global.

Companies globalise for different economic, social and cultural reasons. These motives vary from one ...

The business evolution has taken different era of analytics data development. The development of analytics has taken three stages characterized by distinguishing characters in a particular era. These stages comprise of different era characters that have contributed in business evolutions and more particularly to data analysis and performance in customer, products, and services. Analytics 1.0 indicates the business intelligence as it shows beginning of the ability to use and utilize data in firms’ operations. These data sets were in small volumes and their velocity segregated in a manner of analyzing the businesses performances (Davenport, 2013). The era also comprised ...

Analytics 3.0 discussion

The business environment is characterized by wide range of activities that necessitate the use of complex analytical techniques to analyze data. The globalization of business operations and emerging competition also require business organizations to continuously adopt analytical techniques that place them in ideal competitive positions. Tom Davenport characterized various stages of data analytics with different features to show the need for business organizations to understand the necessity for advancing their analytical techniques to keep pace with ever -changing the role of data in their organizations. The first stage in the development of analytics is analytics 1.0, which characterizes the ...

Introduction

Contemporary business environment makes companies compete in new, creative and more innovative ways, which enable sustainable competitive advantage through intangible assets. While some time ago, radical and breakthrough innovation could guarantee the leading position of the company, the reality of today’s business illustrates the ease of imitability of physical assets and tangible resources. Recognizing the need to differentiate itself through human capital, transition knowledge and unique proposition to the clients, companies more and more focus on flexibility and adaptability to the external market requirements and constantly changing customer expectations. With the above in mind, the investment I technology ...

Executive Summary

Our IT based company has annual revenue of more than $10 million dollars per year. The company has planned to adopt the latest software technologies to enhance the level of production. At present, the IT Company prefers to use relational databases operational systems but it plans to expand the business into data warehousing. The IT Company is going to incorporate innovative technologies from special solution providers and integrate industry’s most excellent features in association with the expansion of technological system in the company. According to Marr (2010), the IT-based industry is a developing field with most corporations having ...

IT Technology Implementation

IT Technology Implementation Verizon is a leading provider of telecommunication services including wireless services and equipment and wire line services tapping the mass market, global enterprise, and global wholesales (Verizon, 2016). The company’s wireless services include retail connections and retail postpaid connections. Such include Verizon LTE, 4G LTE, fiber broadband services, FiOS, internet, and cable, and video telematics. Verizon also offers technology such as cloud and security products and interactive products such as video, music, and commerce (Verizon, 2016). The company exhibited a growing revenue and net income in the last five years in all of its business ...

In any type of company, one of the significant challenges for leadership is connecting industry knowledge and business analytics. Bartlett (2013) observes that these two components serve as the primary sources of information for decision makers. Managers generally hold much insight and wisdom in their accumulated experience, but unfortunately, any gaps in the facts are commonly filled with opinions (Bartlett, 2013). Instead of relying on subjective sources, leaders can utilize business analytics to validate new ideas and test industry beliefs (Bartlett, 2013). A starting point for effective business analytics is to recognize that data and information are not ends ...

Innovative Ways of Using Emerging Information Technologies

There are several ways by which users can evaluate and gage the performance of cloud providers. Usually, they are assessed based on costs of the utility model, though there are several variations to further gauged each provider’s desirability such as the location, reliability and security factors. There are organizations that offer certification to providers that comply with specific standards; for instance, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) developed the Trusted Cloud Initiative Program that help cloud providers comply with standards and practices (Cloud, 2011). In addition to relying on certifications, users must take considerable steps in evaluating the performance ...

Operational Plan for NAB Company

Key Aspects of Operations Initiating the operational activities of the company, Non-Alcoholic Beverages Company (NAB Co.) would require approximately 200 employees in single shift. The company would be regulating two shifts in a day. The organogram of 200 employees each shift would include production workers, monitoring teams, shift managers, and Melinda Cates in the morning shift. The evening shift would comprise with the similar pattern of labor utilization but Stephen Job would be regulating in order to cross check the morning activity. The company would need a 5,000 sq ft. space initially to place equipment and conduct the ...

Business Requirements

At first, I will recommend my company’s executive to adopt cloud computing which is a technology based on the Internet. Cloud services will allow the company to share the data easily through applications. Implementation of cloud technology in ABC Limited is essential as it helps the employees in communication and allocation of data. The technique in which the corporation performs its data analysis can have a momentous impact on the business (Furht & Escalante, 2010). Advanced data analytics is an extensive class of analysis that can be used to assist drive changes and development in businesses. I will recommend ...

Data Warehousing

The field of information system has evolved at a rapid pace because of which data warehousing has emerged. The main function of data warehousing is analysis and dealing with a query. It is a time-variant, subject oriented, integrated, and un-updatable collection of a company’s data. It is mainly used for the decision-making process, management, and business intelligence. The data warehouse of the company is the place where its data can be stored physically. Some of the components of the data warehouse are software, interactive, and directory. Software is an important element where the original data is stored. It ...

Health systems are often on the lookout for the best strategies that would help to strategize and improve the quality of service delivery. However, research, including (Mayberry, Nicewander, Qin, and Ballard, 2006) reveal that a huge percentage of their strategies become a failure. Such evidence depicts the challenging nature of successful improvements in healthcare. Nonetheless, there are numerous practices that have become increasingly efficient as health practitioners learn from each other’s successes and failures. This paper discusses such effective strategies ideal in the improvement of healthcare and the nursing practice environment as follows. The first strategic move is ...

Question 1

The Verizon’s IT-project approval process is being done under the Capital Program Planning section of the telecommunication company. It is the main component responsible of the planning process, in which it includes the company’s strategic initiatives in order to create a long-term plan for the maintenance of the resources and other important things which are needed by the information system. Generally, the Capital Program Planning is divided into three sections: the project identification, approval, and funding (Capital and Maintenance Planning, n.d). Though it seems that the second part covers the approval part, the other two sections are ...

Influenza Vaccine on the Elderly

Introduction Based on current evidence, there is an overwhelming response with respect to the clinical efficacy, safety, and feasibility of influenza vaccine in the elderly. The impact of the vaccine is observed in elderly patients with chronic diseases with an influence on reduced mortality and hospital admissions. Based on a recent publication, the influence of the vaccine is also observed among health elderly population around the globe. Researchers and healthcare providers state that the declining age is associated with poor antibody response coupled with various confounding factors. However, these factors have not been clearly stated in literature. On the ...

Abstract

Living in the era of nano and hi-tech technologies the humanity faced the issue of the impact of social nets on the society. A special focus is made on the attraction of the opinion leaders ¬ people who are the most respectful among the visitors of social nets. As a result, such people have a very active position in life and, therefore, cannot stay apart from any world situation. They fancy being the active participants of the discussions, debates and other forms that let them express what they think. Not only they reveal the world their vision, but also make ...

Business Analytics is defined as the tools and strategies that are utilized in order to measure past organizational performance, set future goals and devise action plans to achieve them. The process that uses Business Analytics for organisational goal-setting and achievement is that of Business Diagnostic Review or Organizational Diagnosis. This is an iterative model that relies on statistical analysis of historical data to determine businesses’ future needs, or identifies potential problem areas before they emerge as a point of concern . While there are several diagnostic approaches that can be used, one of the most comprehensive one is the Force ...

Introduction

The hospitals that make to the Top 100 Hospitals have some things in common. In particular, these hospitals are acknowledged for providing the patients with excellent care in the most effective manner, having a robust innovation history, holding a unique spot in the communities, eliciting the top patient perception of care, sustaining high financial stability, among other things. In particular, the performance measures that Truven Health Analytics focuses on in determining the top 100 hospitals in the country are financial health, extended patient outcome, clinical outcomes, efficiency, clinical process, and consumer evaluation of care (Truven Health Analytics, 2016). One ...

The goal of any business is to increase its sale and hence the profit. Increase in sales can be achieved by attracting more and more customers and retaining as many of them as possible. This is possible only when the customers feel satisfied by the product or service offered by the business. Previously managements relied on customer feedback to improve their services. This is not a foolproof method as the feedback is not always accurate. The best way is to track the behaviour of individual customer and customize the service according to his or her needs. Big data offers ...

Introduction

The Alfa Bank is a medium sized bank, which has branches in Russia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Nederland, and Kazakhstan. The bank is a universal financial institute and provides all types of financial services to individuals, small and medium-sized businesses. Now the bank already has developed hardware and software infrastructure. The operating system for workstations as well as for servers is Windows. It uses Colvir software as ABS, Compass as card system, CRM (customer relationships management) software and different kinds of distance banking solutions for more efficient customer service.

Problem description

For years of bank operating a huge data amounts were collected (hundreds ...

INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTING

Abstract The computing is the study of the fundamentals of the data and information that is processed by computers. The input and output of the computing are the information, necessary for businesses to operate and grow. The business data is a concept used in the marketing world to refer to solutions for businesses to use the data in a successful way to improve their business . The most important business data applications are Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Resource Management (CRM) and Supply Chain Management (SCM). One of the most important relations in the computing discipline is between hardware and ...

Abstract

There are several heart illnesses which cause a large number of deaths from stroke, coronary artery disease, aortic and peripheral illnesses. The treatment of the illnesses requires a huge amount of funds and time. Therefore, there is the need to improvise or innovate new ways to prevent or detect it on earlier. The sophisticated mechanism needs to be put in place to analyze medical data to give signs of the illness through the application of analytic algorithms to provide definite signs. Technology is evolving bringing about significant changes in the medical industry, especially in electronic health records. It has ...

Marchant (2013) wrote the article Management Accounting in the 21st Century: A Profession for Which the Time Has Come, about the growing importance of management accountants in the new century. The author indicates that the twenty-first century has witnessed the emergence of an economy based on the information age, in which knowledge is a primary source of competitiveness. As the boundaries of traditional industries become a blur, there is a new level of demand for the skills of today`s accountants (Marchant, 2013). Marchant (2013) underline the importance of developing an analytical ability, by assembling a team of professionals ...

As a newly appointed Chief Information Officer of a $25 million dollar data collection and analysis organization which has been under operation for past two years. It is a newly established organization, and head of the company has given me the responsibility to make this organization more progressive and successful.

Section A

There is a variety of specific data examination method which is used in the company, including data mining, content analytics, business aptitude, and data apparition. The company has 20 employees, out of which 4 of them are working in the IT department. The company is using web analytics to ...

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION

1.0 Introduction The phrasal word ‘Big Data’ means literally an enormously huge volume of data. In the present information era, terabytes of data are generated and petabytes of data are processed everyday with the outreach of ubiquitous social media, online shopping and many other mobile and internet based applications. The traditional methodologies became inadequate to process, analyze and extract information from these huge data volumes from diverse sources and of new and different data types. So, new ‘Big Data’ methodologies have been developed in dealing with this barrage of data and to help governments, businesses and industries in taking ...

Microsoft Dynamics represents a system that encompasses some popular enterprise resource planning (EPR) devices. The whole system is perfectly geared to the needs of middle-sized corporations and in itself is backed up Microsoft a division of which it is, or to be more precise the EPR software being part of Microsoft Dynamics is included in the broader Microsoft Corporation. Lately the EPR software has been embraced by many organizations, even those of a larger size and their subdivisions. This fact testifies to flexibility of the EPR techniques. Naturally enough there are a number of EPR software systems which are ...

Business Analytics and Decision Making

Business Analytics and Decision Making

Introduction

Business analysis refers to the process of effecting changes in an organizational operation. This is done through a series of activities that are designed to identify an organizational business needs, and reaching a solution that will bring value to the organization. It includes process development and improvement and as well changes in the organizational culture and management practice. This research paper will explore the relationship between the number of website hits and sales in an attempt to make sales forecast based on the number of hits. The client is involved in the sale of ...

IBM Projected Financial Statements

Income Statement IBM has five reporting segments namely: Technology services and cloud platform, Global Business Services, Cognitive Solutions, Systems hardware and Global financing (IBM). The assumptions of the projected income statement are as follows: Technology services and cloud platform that accounts for 44.92% of all revenue is projected to grow at 14% as more businesses sign up for the service, and an increase in the services through partners such as VMware and GitHub Global Business Services that accounts for 22.46% of all revenue is projected to grow at 8% as the business shifts its focus to cloud, analytics, security, ...

Executive Summary . 3-4

History .. 4-5

Strategic Elements 5-6

Critical Events .. 6-7

Leadership 7-8

Mission and Vision Statement . 8-9 External Assessment 9-13 Analysis of Competitive Position 13 Internal Assessment . 13-17 Current Strategy 18 SWOT Analysis 18-21 BCG Matrix . 21-23 IE Matrix .. 24-25

Possible Strategic Alternatives 25-26

Evaluation of Current Organizational Structure .. 25 Recommendation Changes .. 25-26

Situational Analysis . 26-29

New Turnaround Objective .. 29

Proposed Measures . 29-31

Funding this Turnaround Effort 32-33 Financial Projections 33-34 Conclusion 34

References 35-36

Sears Holdings Corporation Executive Summary Sears Holdings is a major brick-and-mortar retailer in both the United States and Canada. As such, it sells a wide variety of products, including appliances, consumer electronics, apparel, tools, sporting equipment and ...

Abstract

Eye movement tracking and analysis has gained popularity as a critical tool for evaluating interfaces and visual display. Existing tools and methods that are used in analyzing scan paths and eye movements are to a greater extent limited in the nature of tasks that they support. In particular, the tools used have been found ineffective in tracking large amounts of data that has high variations. Eye movement analysis has been used in psychology, medical research, advertising, and cognitive science. Today, using CCTV cameras, human eye gaze, and eye movement and blinking is relatively recorded with ease and with high ...

[Finance] [Why debt security yields vary] There are numerous circumstances that influence the earnings on debt securities and make them alter. The most important of them are:

Variances in term to maturity.

The factor of liquidity. An impact of taxation. Credit risk impacts the earnings on debt securities in the next way: the higher is the credit risk, the higher are yields accordingly. It is essential to take into account that credit rating organizations charge with a certain amount of fee for estimating credit risk. Moreover, the accuracy and oversight of such rating agencies are also to be considered as an important factor. How ...

Business Analysis

Business Analysis

Business involves lot of data and facts to be processed that forms the basis of a sound decision making. This involves analytical method to solve any kind of problem arising in a business. Analytical method is a standard process that combines the power of scientific method with utilization of formal process of problem solving. Business analytics is a much specific process and is defined as the practice of methodical and iterative exploration of data and facts of an organization with prominence on statistical study (Trkman 2010). This forms the basis of data driven decision making.

Data and Techniques

Some of ...

Complement and conflict of corporate social responsibilities

Application of corporate social responsibility in Airbnb will generate benefits and also attract conflicts on profit maximization goal in several ways. Firstly, application of educational and operational measures in efforts to limit product choice based on race and color will maximize profits. Potentially, this will increase demand for Airbnb accommodation services by black clients. Additionally, holding specific meetings to sort out reported cases on racial profiling will improve client satisfaction and cut the possibility of lawsuits prompted by reporting clients. Besides, installation of in-house data analytics applications will be essential in capturing cases on racial profiling. Consequently, the attractiveness ...

Bill Beane on Evaluation of Players

Bill Bean introduced sabermetrics in baseball, an approach that used data to capture players' performance, like hits, catchers and getting bases. He incorporated data from the industry, software developers, and the New York Exchange, over a long time, and generated relationships that guided his approach to signing players. He did not consider speed and strength (though he did not decant them), rather, he was looking at the qualities that made the player different. All major scouts went around the country, looking at high school players and stars, but Bill had noticed that players assigned straight out of high school ...

Abstract

The privacy and confidentiality of information is a crucial factor for any organization dealing with large volumes of information. On the other hand, the development in technology, increase in the cases of cybercrimes, and the web-security issues that are common in almost every online platform, makes the need for database security concern for organizations that handle date. Currently, DBMS is one of the best tools for ensuring the safety of data, and this paper will review its use in database security. It will give a cognitive outline of how a company can use it, with the sole focus on ...

Business

Business Intelligence Analyst for Google Major responsibilities: Use knowledge of predictive analytics, statistics and modeling techniques to develop and improve sophistication of Business Intelligence solutions (2016); Own and drive agenda to upskill colleagues in the Finance Business Intelligence team on predictive methodologies (2016); Work closely with senior finance management and their teams to understand their information needs, ensuring that Business Intelligence (BI) strategy and agreed solutions are an excellent fit to their evolving needs (2016);

Product Marketing Manager for Yahoo.

Major responsibilities:

Develop marketing strategies and campaigns that deliver on adoption and usage goals of Yahoo Membership products;

Be a subject matter expert about your product, competition, and industry and contribute to strategy and plans for growth; become a trusted ...

Introduction

GAP Inc. is US based clothing and accessories retail company. It has headquarters in San Francisco, California. The company was founded in 1969 by two partners. The motivation behind the formation of the company was making sure the availability of the pair of jeans at affordable prices. Now the company has expanded its business to different regions as well as divisions. The divisions of the company operating under GAP Inc. are Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, Intermix, and Banner. GAP is the largest specialty retailer in the US. The company is operating in a tight, competitive landscape and faces ...

Project Description

The current project aims to compare discussion forum models that are used for social activity to determine which can be used and are more preferred for learning management systems. Hashemyolia, Asmuni, Ayub & Daud (2015) have noted the increasing significance of web-based applications in learning management systems, especially in higher education. The emphasis on learning management systems is because it exploits autonomy and self-motivation in self-regulated learning. Learning management systems can be used for both course administration and pedagogical purposes (Pătruț, Pătruț & Cmeciu, 2013). This is possible because of the synchronous and asynchronous communication that is enabled by ...

1. Introduction 1.1 Background Information The exponential growth of data sources, as well as the need to obtain valuable information from huge volumes, paved the advent of the business analytics. Keim et al. (2008) defined business analytics (BA) as an application of multiple analytic methods that address the big data diversity (structured and unstructured) to generate estimative results and to yield actionable descriptive and predictive results. It uses the technique of data visualization as well as predictive modelling tools to produce analysis and algorithms that enable businesses to make an informed decision (Van, Arnold and Campbell, 2012). In general, ...

In Class Assignment

When Health Care Gets a Healthy Dose of Data Intermountain’s supply chain Intermountain has started application of the value-based model which is aimed at providing its patients with high-quality services, making the access to the former easier and more available. Among the recent steps which have been made in this direction ProComp deserves our attention as a system designed to reduce costs by presenting all the available services as well as the information to surgeons on their supply options in real time. The system has led to the cost reduction of $ 25 million. The Intermountain Healthcare has involved ...

1. Company oversight The company Relx Group is a provider of analytics and information for business, professional and academics to customers from different industries. The company has customers in 180 countries with offices in 40 countries. The company has 30 thousand employees; a half of the payroll is located in the United States of America. The company operates in the following market segments: ■ Scientific: The Company stores more than 16% of the scientific articles of the world that were published in the last ten years with peer-reviewed conditions with strategic associations with scientific magazines and universities. ■ Technical and Medical: ...

Executive Summary

The paper discusses current graduate labour market on Information Technology sector in Singapore. Singapore is considered IT hub hosting firms from across the services, software, spanning the internet, as well as Infocomm service space. These firms pursue comprehensive business activities within Singapore, ranging from research or development, offering of solutions to international markets to headquarter functions. The country continues to attract international IT firms and encourages companies to accept cloud computing as the market is anticipated to advance. Singapore has launched Smart Nation policy to steer its IT agenda. The country has many opportunities to offer graduates because of ...

Instruction:

Heath share of Oregon ACOs The phrase ACO is an acronym for Accountable Care Organization. This term refers to groupings of hospitals, doctors, and other healthcare providers. The involved parties voluntarily come together to give high quality coordinated care to Medicare patients. Essentially, ACOs came up as a result of the poor service delivery in public hospitals. It is worth noting that patients have for a long time complained about the high cost of Medicare. Furthermore, they also experience reduced healthcare delivery that is not flexible to their needs. The legacy system adopts a “one size fits all healthcare ...

Indeed the primary factor which has been known and proved to affect a considerable percentage of the purchasing decision is the ‘word of mouth’. Moreover, it has greater influence when buyers are purchasing an item for the first-ever time, or if such products are considered to be expensive (“A new way to Measure”). These two factors naturally compel customers to conduct some research, seek for varied opinions, and engage for long periods than they would have otherwise done. The influence of “word-of-mouth” has certainly proved to continue growing. The digital revolution has accelerated and amplified its coverage to the ...

1. Use of Analytics in Accounting Understanding data is seen as important in the areas of strategizing and decision-making for finance and business in general. This is developed in accounting using the field of analytics accounting. According to Cao, Roman and Stewart (425), accounting analytics describes the manner in which financial statements and non-financial metrics are attached to interpret financial and accounting performance of a business. The interest that this will be having is one of forecasting that the accounting analytics will be presenting for the future performance of the company or the business. Notably, Chan and Kogan (13) ...

Reciprocity of Marketing & Culture

INTRODUCTION The growing interdependence of global markets has made a more compelling case for culture as an increasingly significant variable in marketing efforts. For one, products and services produced at a global scale find more diverse platforms, particularly across virtual media. The pace, scale and content of products and/or services are, moreover, making an increasing case for more standardized offerings across different marketing contexts. Typically, consumer behavior metrics – including, most notably, conventional market research and more innovative approaches as data analytics platforms and applications – are adopted in order to identify consumer behaviors and needs. This approach to consumer behavior ...

Target Corporation: Internal and External Environments

Introduction Target Corporation is one of the leading retail companies in the United States. With a nationwide footprint that includes 1,790 stores, the company has been recognized as one of the top ten global retail brands (MarketLine, 2016). Although the company recognized an increase in sales for the 2015 fiscal year, Target did experience a decline in operating and net profits (MarketLine, 2016). In the past, Target has been able to differentiate itself by offering product lines that emphasize value. Target’s product lines have offered its consumers products that are slightly upscale for a discount chain, but ...

Introduction

In financial management, the finance managers primarily make several kinds of decisions including investment decisions, financing decisions, routine decisions and dividend decisions. For this case, the paper focusses on dividend decisions. The paper shall evaluate the theoretical framework and empirical evidence that examines the relationship between the firm’s dividend policy and its market share price. Quantitative business analytics refers to application of mathematics and statistics to solve business problem. From the definition, it means that one to define the business problem to solve first then apply the relevant techniques. In this case, the paper hopes to understand the ...

The operational impact that Macy has created with their innovative and pioneer Omni channel strategy with a key focus on the E-Commerce and M-Commerce, the company has a central online fulfillment center, and the primary premise of Macy’s is to create a brand experience for the customers that is personalized and localized (Rijmenam). Customer needs are the at the center of all the operational decision making at Macy’s and in this age of technological advanced customers the insights generated by the company through Big Data has helped Macy’s carve a leading niche, by combining all data ...

INTRODUCTION

Fatal car accidents are going to disappear in a few years because the zero-death car may be invented. In the article ”Volvo Works to Scale ‘Death-Proof’ Car Effort Using IT,” writer by Kim S. Nash indicates that the future plan of Volvo is to make sure that all of their vehicles that travel on the road never cause fatal accidents, and what efforts Volvo is making to reach that goal. Nash shows why this innovation is important and describes in detail just what Volvo is doing. Nash tries to tell the readers about this death-proof car by just giving ...

INTRODUCTION

Fatal car accidents are going to disappear in few years because the zero-death car may be invented. In the article ”Volvo Works to Scale ‘Death-Proof’ Car Effort Using IT,” writer Bykim S. Nash indicates that the future plan of Volvo is making their all products that runs on the road never cause fatal car accidents, and how Volvo makes an effort to reach to the goal. Nash shows why this innovation is important and details of what Volvo is doing. Nash tries to tell the readers about a death-proof car with just giving some informations. He uses logos and ...