Essays on Savvy

The Proposal

The purpose of this document is to present a business idea for the development of the Virtual Learning Space (VLS) for the online streaming industry. More specifically, this media product will present an interface and the category of short interactive videos, targeted at the development of specific skills, knowledge, and awareness among targeted population group. That said the product will consist of several twenty to thirty minutes’ videos, supported by the opportunity of interactive test and Q&A blog sessions. Importantly, the VLS will be licensed to only one online streaming provider, but “fed” by a variety of developers from ...

EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON THE MARKETING STRATEGIES IN SMALL AND MEDIUM FIRMS. THE CASE OF GUERRILLA MARKETING APPROACH.

I: Introduction

The changes in the contemporary business landscape are driven by a variety of factors. External environment places more and more challenges for the companies, as they grow international, internationalize their chains and adopt new technology in thi relashionships with suppliers and customers globally. The external environment of a company is comprised of political, economic, social, technological, environmental and legal factors. Each of them has the significant impact on the ways modern companies conduct their business and build their ...

Fashion and food

1. Executive summary The clothing and the foot ware market in Saudi Arabia performs quite well due to the thriving economy and the high levels of the disposable incomes in the country. The unemployment rates are quite low, a fact which has contributed to the growth of the fashion and food markets. Available information at the end of 2015 indicates that the leading fashion brands in the country increased the number of the fashion brands in their portfolio as the customers raised to demand quality and more luxurious brands. As a result, the retailers have expanded the outlets across ...

Q1: How can health care bridge the gap between those who are internet savvy and those who are not? The access gap between the internet savvy patients and those who are not is an information journey that begins with an online search activity, often using a commercial search engine, such as Google. As early as this stage, a gap already exists between the savvy and the non-savvy internet users, such as the digital divide and search strategy problems. The first gap involves the access to computer or the internet itself. It is particularly existent among elderly adults, disabled, or ...

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Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Discussion 4 Conclusion 7

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Executive Summary Quality education is not always equals to a higher budget. This kind of education can be achieved by maximizing the readily available resources and optimizing human resource skills, and using modern technology at human advantage. When environment and human resources, and modern technology are properly used, an excellent quality of education is possible without the fear of workers’ strike and student protests. This study wants to present a possibility of a cost less quality education among the leaders and administrators of St. Vincent Community College. It is a ...

Chapter 1

The main idea of “The Matthew Effect” is that people frequently attribute success to individual characteristics that they consider to be rare, such as genius or talent. However, oftentimes the real explanation for that success has to do with advantages that are not accessible to the public. The analogy that he provides has to do with the factors that create the tallest tree in a particular forest. It is true that the tree came from a quality seed, but that seed (and sapling) did not have any other trees blocking its sunlight, and the seed was planted in fertile ...

Communication Techniques

Abstract Communication is considered as an effective means to support the flow of information within and across the departments in an organization. The prevalence of globalization has intrigued the organizations to operate in different geographical regions due to which it has become critical for the organizations to maintain the adequate flow of information to support the work processes. Communication is also considered as a building block of the organization because it supports the managerial functions related to the planning, organizing and leading in an effective manner. The current paper enlightens the scholarly literature in which the techniques of communication ...

Introduction

The acceleration of information technology in the past decade resulted in the notion that Computers might replace humans in the workplace. However, the current employment settings reveal that the internet and other information technology devices have penetrated almost every workplace, and has played a considerable role in the transformation of many jobs. For the majority of workers in the office, their employment means that they spend a great number of their working hours online. An online survey conducted by Pew Research in 2013 revealed that about 94% of people who were employed use the internet (Purcell & Rainie, n.p). Employment ...

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Actual Word Count: Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) programs in classrooms call for students bringing various convenient mobile devices such as laptops, tablets and smart phones for educational purpose. Working with the devices they are more attached to enhances the interest of children to learn. As applying digital technologies in classrooms in the US is showing promising results with regard to promoting a student-centered learning atmosphere, introducing the same in Australia would fetch similar results. More importantly, as students are encouraged to come to the class with their cherished mobile devices, the BYOD approach is sure to keep students ...

Executive summary

Tesla is an example of a company that is able to disrupt an industry. Before Tesla, the fully electric car was an idea in the research and development laboratories of gasoline-powered cars. After Tesla, the fully electric car is almost synonymous with the name of the company. The technologies behind the car are still expensive and this means that it is still a niche product. However, Tesla is working towards making it a more mainstream car. This paper looks at the efforts of Tesla to get its Model S into the Singaporean market. This paper begins with an introduction ...

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Executive Summary

Tesla Motors was developed in the year 2003 and has been the pioneer of producing the environment friendly vehicles ever since. The company has been widely known for its high performance sports cars that are equipped with the latest technology features and hinder the carbon emission, which eventually makes its vehicles environment friendly. The company is aimed towards reducing its inventory, production and distribution cost and provide high-end vehicles at low cost. The company is focused on enhancing the customer experience by means of providing them with the innovative features and design while keeping the cost low ...

Abstract

Introduction Mobile Commerce as a Business Driven Technology Strengths of Wi-Fi Connectivity for Oliver Bonus Weaknesses of Wi-Fi Connectivity Opportunities for Oliver Bonus Threats Facing Oliver Bonus Conclusion Abstract Business-driven technologies have become very instrumental in the 21st-century corporate environment. Mobile commerce, in particular, has emerged as a powerful trading platform, where businesses engage and interact with their customer bases. The emergence of mobile commerce as a profound platform for business has been primarily driven by the advent of the Internet as well as the explosion of mobile phone technology. Today’s consumers are technologically savvy with most of ...

At the point when settling on financing choices under obliged spending plans, it is enticing for leaders and chosen authorities to think in the short-term. With an end goal to build ventures inside constrained capital spending plans, a high significance is set on the immediate expenses, with little understanding regarding costs later on. With a specific end goal to enhance long-term basic leadership, organizers and arrangement creators need to start considering how we keep up and work the infrastructure and deal with its advantages. With the center of subsidizing moving toward framework protection, more prominent utilization of investigation that ...

Overview

Successful development of products is an important cornerstone for the success of any firm. Thus, there exist significant incentives for the firms to introduce new and viable products to markets. Also, the payoff regarding financial success can help enhance a firm’s profitability and growth that is not achievable with existing services and products that could be nearing the maturity stage in their cycle. Finally, development of new products can be a source of important economies of scale for a firm (Rajiv and Naresh, 2008). In that view, Apple considers extending its product line and seeks to conduct a ...

Instagram Marketing Case Study: Starbucks

Introduction The internet has entered people’s lives in tremendous numbers. More people use the internet today than even a decade ago. It has become the way to engage with friends, family, community and even businesses. As internet has become ubiquitous, so have its applications. Business to business e-commerce and business to customer e-commerce have steadily grown and is expected to become $20 trillion industry by 2020 . Increasingly social media has become the new avenue for marketing efforts by both traditional companies and e-commerce companies . From the biggest brands to the smallest companies are all onboard social media to ...

Choosing a Product

The chosen product for the consumer market in South Africa is smartphones, which have a high demand in this consumer market based on the technological advancements experienced in different parts of the world. The selection of this product focuses on two aspects that would help towards defining success for the company involved in the export process. Firstly, the selection of product focused on the growing consumer markets for smartphones within the South African consumer market with the majority of these products coming in from Asian countries (Parker, 2014). Consequently, this means that providing consumers with quality smartphones would help ...

Consequences of Utilizing Many Forms of Technology on the Patient-Doctor Relationship

Technology is no doubt the in-thing and advancements in this field are mind-boggling. It has encompassed and now spans across virtually all fields. The health care field has been on the frontline of benefitting from advancements in technology. The application of advanced technology in the field of health care has yielded results which have been nothing short of miraculous (Greenes, 2007). As the advancement in technology has resulted in changes in the methods of treatments, it has also changed the relationship between the patients and the physicians. These changes have been as varied in their effects as in their ...

Situation Analysis

Company Trip advisor is a US Based Company the offers guide and review services to travelers seeking information on various travel destinations. The advice and reviews are on a wide range of services including flights, hotels, resorts and travel packages among others. The business’ key operations are online based and entail an interactive platform (TripAdvisor, 2016a).

Goals

The major goals of the Company are to offer trusted service as well as a variety of choices for travelers across the globe (TripAdvisor, 2016c).

Resources

The key resources of the Trip advisor are its online platform and skilled personnel that determine its ability ...

A project manager’s task is to induce right people, at the right time to address the right issues and to make the right decision. In a nutshell he is required to plan, monitor and control the project. Broadly, a project manager’s basic skills can be divided into Personal Skills, Technical Skills to understand complexity of the project and apply PM tools knowledge, Management Skills and Coping/interpersonal Skills. We all are aware of the importance of personal, interpersonal and management skills of a project manager. But what about Technical Skills? There are primarily two school of thoughts: Authors ...

Introduction

Technology advance and innovation paved way for the introduction of the Apple’s iPhone. However, Steve Jobs had the view that targeting only 1 percent share of the market, they could sell over ten million phones. That was considering that the brand was going into a highly competitive market with more players and the view that the product was the best in the world. However, the iPhone was subject to various market forces that determined its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as well as the strategies that Apple could apply. In that respect, this analysis presents a summary of ...

Part. 1 Concept introduction and analysis

Introduction This report presents a proposal for a restaurant establishment in Clarke Quay in Singapore. The report provides an overview of the proposed location and the market trends identifying the suitability of the proposed concept. To achieve that, the proposal involves analysis of the target market and the financial prospects of the business deciding on whether the model is viable.

Restaurant concept

Generic strategy The restaurant will have a premium pricing given the target customers it will be serving in Clarke Quay. The customers are mainly professionals and visitors with substantial income to afford the premium price for the food items ...

Abstract

This study used Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait to complete research on the effects of the global economic crisis on the financial performance of conventional banks in Kuwait over the period from 2000-2015. The study results show that the global economic crisis does not have a statistically significant impact on the financial performance of conventional banks in Kuwait. However, the study finds out that some macroeconomic conditions such as equity and bank size are very crucial to traditional banks’ profitability. Increasing the owner's equity was found to decrease the impact of the financial crisis on the conventional banks in ...

Executive summary

Addressing problems and issues requires effective identification of the most relevant factors that shouldbe addressed. With that, a comprehensive analysis involving a study on key factors that would affect the occupation level of the Lyric apartment is crucial in designing strategies to ensure full occupation. Thus, this report provides a study of the factors that are relevant to the occupation issue and recommends strategies that effectively address the identified needs and preferences. In that respect, it is identified that the apartments’ proximity to the University makes it more attractive to the students who are mainly youthful and seeking convenience. ...

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Executive Summary The current research evaluates the option of online education in the community colleges. It is believed that the online programs may benefit the students and the educational facilities in terms of cost-efficiency and effectiveness. The main goal of the research is to reveal if online courses in community colleges have the potential to reduce costs for education and become an effective substitute for the conventional programs. In order to reach the goals, the study implemented a qualitative research design by using literature review as the tool for collecting the data, where the analytical and deductive methods served ...

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In the given case study, Fiserv is a payment and electronic billing company, which is encountering a challenge of coming up with fruitful recommendations that it may present in front of its e-billing partners to increases the adoptions of electronic payment methods for paying bills i.e. e-billing. In order to overcome the challenge, Fiserv has hired a marketing research team, which aims at studying and segmenting the e-billing consumer market. Therefore, this paper focuses on analyzing the finding of the market research team by using the customer value targeting and segmentation strategy in order to ...

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Executive summary

Addressing problems and issues requires effective identification of the most relevant factors that should be addressed. With that, a comprehensive analysis involving a study on key factors that would affect the occupation level of the Lyric apartment is crucial in designing strategies to ensure full occupation. Thus, this report provides a study of the factors that are relevant to the occupation issue and recommends strategies that effectively address the identified needs and preferences. In that respect, it is identified that the apartments’ proximity to the University makes it more attractive to the students who ...

“A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region of supernatural wonder: fabulous forces are there encountered and a decisive victory is won: the hero comes back from this mysterious adventure with the power to bestow boons on his fellow man (Campbell, 23).” The central character in Yann Martel’s, Life of Pi, is not a hero in the traditional sense although he goes through the process or a monomyth quest as defined by Joseph Campbell. Given the anthropomorphism evident throughout Pi’s first story and the realistic, toned down version of the same events ...

Established in 1938 by Lee-Bying-chul, Samsung is a multinational company that manufactures electronics. The company initially started as a trading company, but expanded its portfolio into electronics by the 1960's, and has since become one of the most well-known and recognized brands globally. The company is noted for its viability and its powerful influence in its headquartered city, Seoul, South Korea, but is a cultural icon around the world in that it seeks to powerfully make the world better through business diversity. This objective includes creating high-tech electronics, digital media, semiconductors, skyscraper and plant construction and medicine to name ...

In August Wilson’s Fences, we follow Troy Maxon, a disillusioned, bitter middle-aged man who used to play baseball in his prime – however, since he played before the color barrier was broken in major league baseball, there was no chance for him to shine. This has left him a broken shell of a man who clings to what mild successes he had in the past and participates in an extramarital affair which tears his family apart.

This failure in baseball and other life pursuits is contrasted strongly with Jackie Robinson, the person who ended up actually breaking the color barrier years after ...

Introduction

The current business world is undergoing major transformation as a result of several factors related to the globalization of the economy, increased scrutiny by regulatory authorities and the critical role being played by talented workforce. All these are having a huge impact on the human resource profession. HR has transformed immensely over the past decades from doing functions that are mainly maintenance to position itself as a strategic department paying a key role in promoting an organization’s competitive advantage. Management has started to realize the critical role the HR department plays when it comes to the success of an organization. The changing ...