Companies Essays (Examples)
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Competitive Advantage And Operations Management
… products, a massive ecosystem, tens of millions of loyal customers, and beyond that, years of success have made it one of the largest companies in the world by revenue and with a massive cash stockpile that it can use to invest in any project it deems worthy. ……
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Deshmukh, G. & Das, R. (2012) Consumer buying behaviour for high involvement products. Asian Journal of Management. Vol. 3 (3) 153-157.
Halton, C. (2019) Credence good. Investopedia. Retrieved March 26, 2020 from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/credence-good.asp
Interbrand (2019) Best global brands. Interbrand Retrieved March 26, 2020 from https://www.interbrand.com/best-brands/best-global-brands/2019/ranking/
QSR (2017) The QSR Top 50. QSR Magazine. Retrieved March 26, 2020 from https://www.qsrmagazine.com/content/qsr-50
QuickMBA (2010) The value chain. QuickMBA.com. Retrieved March 26, 2020 from http://www.quickmba.com/strategy/value-chain/
Zhang, B. (2018) The 10 best airlines to fly in North America. Business Insider. Retrieved March 26, 2020 from https://www.businessinsider.com/best-airlines-in-north-america-for-2018-skytrax-2018-10
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Brazilian Market Entry Pricing Strategy
… is especially true because one of the market impacts of penetration pricing is that it increases the barrier to entry for other foreign companies, as they would have to compete with the same pricing strategy in order to match what Peak is doing.
Cost-plus in this situation ……
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Chappelow, J. (2019) Monopolistic competition. Investopedia. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/monopolisticmarket.asp
CIA World Factbook. (2020) Brazil. Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/br.html
Decker, A. (2020) The ultimate guide to pricing strategies HubSpot. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/pricing-strategy
Dourado, A., Canabrava, L, Spadano, L, Alvarenga, P., Salles, R., Advogados, F., Lourencao, M. & Trung, T. (2019) Doing business in Brazil: An overview. Thomson Reuters Practical Law. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/0-503-8385?__lrTS=20180603124715781&transitionType=Default&contextData= (sc.Default)&firstPage=true&bhcp=1#co_anchor_a102539
Downey, L. (2019) Brazilian real. Investopedia. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://www.investopedia.com/terms/forex/a/brl-brazilian-real.asp
Furgison, L. (2019) SWOT analysis, step 5: developing actionable strategies. BPlans.com. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://articles.bplans.com/swot-analysis-challenge-day-5-turning-swot-analysis-actionable-strategies/
Kokemuller, N. (2020) Entry pricing strategy. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://smallbusiness.chron.com/entry-pricing-strategy-61428.html
Riley, C. (2019) Jair Bolsinaro says Brazil is open for business. CNN Business. Retrieved March 28, 2020 from https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/business/bolsonaro-brazil-davos-foreign-investment/index.html
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Nike S Colin Kaepernick Ad Campaign
...Companies Nike
Executive Summary
Nike’s decision to tap into “woke culture” and turn the out of work former NFL quarter Colin Kaepernick into a brand ambassador has been a controversial one since the sportswear company launched its Colin ad campaign in 2018. This paper discusses the strategic issue underlying Nike’s controversial campaign and shows how it was intended to leverage “woke culture” and gain competitive advantage in an industry that had largely stayed quiet on socio-political issues. This paper provides an external analysis, internal analysis, and financial analysis before addressing the strategic issue. Alternatives are also discussed along with a recommendation and an implementation plan. Before beginning, background information on Nike is provided here below.
Company Vision/Mission
Nike’s Vision is to “to bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete in the world.” Its mission is to create “groundbreaking sport innovations, by making our products more sustainably, by building a creative and diverse global……
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About Nike. (2020). Retrieved from https://about.nike.com/
Bartash, J. (2020). Apple’s Covid-19 warning. Retrieved from https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-much-will-covid-19-hurt-the-us-economy-its-anyones-guess-right-now-2020-02-12
Delventhal, S. (2019). Nike facing challenging dynamics. Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/news/nike-facing-challenging-dynamics-goldman-sachs/
Freberg, K., Graham, K., McGaughey, K., & Freberg, L. A. (2011). Who are the social media influencers? A study of public perceptions of personality. Public Relations Review, 37(1), 90-92.
Neikirk, T. (2019). Nike sales are again way up. Retrieved from https://hillreporter.com/nike-sales-are-again-way-up-following-conservative-boycott-40033
Nusser, S., Mahle, I., & Pätzmann, J. U. (2015). How Social Commerce Communication can support Brand Loyalty: An Analysis of Nike‘s Efforts in Facebook Community Management. Markenbrand, (4/2015), 48-57.
Oyedele, A. (2018). Nike surges. Retrieved from https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/nike-earnings-q4-2018-2018-6-1027328545
Storey, G. (2019). Nike and the importance of meaningful brand values. Retrieved from https://polpeo.com/nike-and-the-importance-of-meaningful-brand-values/
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Walmart Total Rewards Program
… to overall business outcomes, human resources departments have been challenged with expanding their scope, and looking at the total rewards experiences of their companies’ employees. When the links between business strategy, people strategy and total rewards are mapped out, it becomes apparent that getting the right workers … rewards program for Walmart, focused on the front line workers who work in the retail stores and make up the majority of the companies 2 million workforce. The distinction here has to be made between the front line retail workers and workers in other parts of the … achieve the same effect that total rewards can achieve.
Conclusions
Total rewards programs have the benefit of making the company more attractive than companies that offer similar wages, and at a lower total cost to the company. Walmart can improve its total rewards program by focusing on ……
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Group Dentistry Now (2019) Walmart introduces first-ever health center, which includes a comprehensive dental clinic. Group Dentistry Now. Retrieved May 7, 2020 from https://groupdentistrynow.com/dso-group-blog/walmart-introduces-first-ever-health-center-which-includes-a-comprehensive-dental-clinic/
Hiles, A. (2009) Tough times demand focus – total rewards strategy. Benefits Quarterly. Vol. 25 (4) 44-47.
Kaplan, S. (2005) Total rewards in action: Developing a total rewards strategy. Benefits & Compensation Digest. Retrieved May 7, 2020 from http://staceykaplan.com/pdf/Stacey_Kaplan_Total_Rewards.pdf
Kaplan, S. (2007) Business strategy, people strategy and total rewards. Benefits & Compensation Digest. Retrieved May 7, 2020 from http://www.staceykaplan.com/pdf/Stacey_Kaplan_Total_Rewards_And_Business_Strategy.pdf
Meyersohn, N. (2019) Walmart will recruit high school students with free SAT prep and $1 a day college tuition. CNN Business. Retrieved May 7, 2020 from https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/04/business/walmart-college-tuition-benefit-high-school-students/index.html
Rumpel, S. & Medcof, J. (2006) Total rewards: Good fit for tech workers. Research Technology Management. Retrieved May 7, 2020 from https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Medcof/publication/233718407_Total_Rewards_Good_Fit_for_Tech_Workers/links/5b214c87458515270fc6cfdb/Total-Rewards-Good-Fit-for-Tech-Workers.pdf
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Digital Era And Taxation
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Research Topic
Taxation in the digital era is an excellent topic for a dissertation because there is an ongoing debate on whether digital companies are paying their fair share of taxes. Some tax experts believe that digital companies enjoy tax levels close to zero compared to traditional companies, yet they earn huge profits. The underlying principle of corporate taxation is that \"profit should be taxed where value is created\" (Sestakova, 2018). … taxed where value is created\" (Sestakova, 2018). However, digitalization challenges this principle because of it difficult to pin down how and where digital companies create value. Also, digital companies rely heavily on intangible assets, big data, and which is hard to value (Sand- Zantman, 2018). Given this fact, there is a need … of digital businesses that makes taxation of digital profits difficult. First, it is not easy to track digital activities that generate profits. Digital companies……
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Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters. (2019). Tax Issues related to the Digitalization of the Economy: Report (E/C.18/2019/CRP.12). https://www.un.org/esa/ffd/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/18STM_CRP12-Work-on-taxation-issues-digitalization.pdf
Katz, R. (2015). THE IMPACT OF TAXATION ON THE DIGITAL ECONOMY. https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/GSR/Documents/GSR2015/Discussion_papers_and_Presentations/GSR16_Discussion-Paper_Taxation_Latest_web.pdf
Pemerathna, A. (2016). Economic impact of digital taxation: A case on information communication technology industry Sri Lanka. SSRN Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2910328
Sand-Zantman, W. (2018). Taxation in the Digital Economy. https://www.orange.com/fr/content/download/47110/1371114/version/1/file/Rapport%20TAXATION-VF-Mai2018.pdf
Sestakova, M. (2018, February). Tax Challenges of the Digital Economy [Paper presentation]. Management Challenges in the 21st Century, Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Cyber Crime IT Security Auditing
Abstract
Cybercrime, data breaches, and fraud represent evils that significantly threaten businesses. Companies have, in the past, lost much to these crimes and, hence, must come up with plans to prevent such future occurrences. In this … system is attacked, in case of an overly permissive setup. The above finding underscores the need for internal IT security auditing in all companies.
According to a Security Administrator and System Auditor having nearly two decades of experience, it is imperative to routinely monitor the following computer ……
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Almatari, O. and Helal, I., and Mazen, S., and El Hennawy, S. (2018). \\\\\\"Cybersecurity Tools for IS Auditing.\\\\\\" The 6th International Conference on Enterprise Systems, At Limassol, Cyprus 10.1109/ES.2018.00040.
Davis, W. S., & Yen, D. C. (Eds.). (2019). The information system consultant\\\\\\'s handbook: Systems analysis and design. CRC press.
Diamantopoulou, V., Tsohou, A., & Karyda, M. (2019). From ISO/IEC 27002: 2013 Information Security Controls to Personal Data Protection Controls: Guidelines for GDPR Compliance. In Computer Security (pp. 238-257). Springer, Cham.
Khan, M. (2017). Computer security in the human life. International Journal of Computer Science and Engineering (IJCSE), 6(1), 35-42.
Lenghel, R. D., & Vlad, M. P. (2017). INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITING. Quaestus, (11), 178.
Manaseer, S., & Alawneh, A. (2019). ON CYBERSECURITY AUDITING AWARENESS: CASE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SECTOR. International Journal of Computer Science and Information Security (IJCSIS), 17(7).
Suduc, A. M., Bîzoi, M., & Filip, F. G. (2010). Audit for information systems security. Informatica Economica, 14(1), 43.
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Advantages And Disadvantages Of Interrelationships Between Organizational
… (Cichoki and Irwin, 2014). The…[break]…kind of decision making that is done:
Source: Shellar (2018)
As aforementioned, Air India Ltd. was established under the Companies Act 1956 on 30 March 2007 and the Government of India has ownership of the organization. The Corporation was generated to enable and ……
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Air India. (2019). Board of Directors. Retrieved from: http://www.airindia.in/board-of-directors.htm
Aquinas, P. G. (2008). Organization structure and design. India: Excel Books India.
Burns, T., & Stalker, G. M. (2005). Mechanistic and organic systems. Organizational Behavior, 2, 214-25.
Choo, S., & Bowley, C. (2007). Emerald Article: Using training and development to affect job satisfaction. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, 14(2),339 - 352.
Cichocki, P., & Irwin, C. (2014). Organization design: A guide to building effective organizations. Kogan Page Publishers.
Civil Aviation. (2019). About Us: Organizational Setup. Retrieved from: http://www.civilaviation.gov.in/en/aboutus/orgsetup
Cunliffe, A. L. (2008). Organization theory. New York: Sage.
Cunliffe, A. L., & Luhman, J. T. (2012). Key concepts in organization theory. New York: Sage.
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Operations Management And Business Strategy
… saw a growth rate of 7.9% (Morder Intelligence, 2017). The market is highly competitive and highly stratified, but the growth provides opportunity for companies to grow, and to find specialized niche markets.
The Challenge
Fiyeli faces a long-term challenge to ensure a stable supply chain of high … individual coffee farmers. Paying a premium can ensure a stronger relationship with the supplier. Fiyeli needs to start building relationships is critical target companies – Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kenya, Rwanda, Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia and others – in order to gain access to a diverse range of beans. … ensure that it has a sufficient access to the best quality beans, but it competes for these beans with many other smaller roasting companies. While most competitors at the supply level end up selling via the retail café market, Fiyeli has focused on hotels and restaurants. While ……
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Aburto, L. & Weber, R. (2005) Improved supply chain management based on hybrid demand forecasts. Applied Soft Computing. Retrieved June 13, 2019 from https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/30284637/demand_forecast_in_a_supermarket_using_a_hybrid_intelligent_system.pdf
CT Magazine (2012) Coffee packaging freshness. Coffee Talk Magazine. Retrieved June 13, 2019 from https://coffeetalk.com/ctmagazine/10-2012/3926/
Del Valle, G. (2019) Wholesale coffee is cheaper than it has been in years. That’s not good news. Vox. Retrieved June 13, 2019 from https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2019/4/25/18512680/coffee-futures-price-dropping-brazil-currency
Garza, E. & Hoffman, M. (2019) How climate change is killing coffee. Knowledge @ Wharton. Retrieved June 13, 2019 from https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/coffee-climate-change/
Khan, O. & Creazza, A. (2005) The impact of product design on the supply chain. Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport Retrieved June 13, 2019 from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265492088_The_Impact_of_Product_Design_on_the_Supply_Chain_The_Impact_of_Product_Design_on_the_Supply_Chain
Manetti, G. & Becatti, L. (2009). Assurance services for sustainability reports: Standards and empirical evidence. Journal of Business Ethics. Vol. 87 (2009) 289-298.
Mersie, A. (2019) Coffee prices seen rising 25% by year end. Reuters Retrieved June 13, 2019 from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-coffee-poll/coffee-prices-seen-rising-nearly-25-percent-by-year-end-reuters-poll-idUSKCN1Q11JD
Mordor Intelligence (2017) United States coffee market – growth, trends and forecasts. Mordor Intelligence Retrieved June 13, 2019 from https://www.mordorintelligence.com/industry-reports/united-states-coffee-market
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Strategies To Improve Retention Rates At A Consulting Firm
… a discussion concerning the timing of the implementation and evaluation of these recommendations is followed by a description of comparable practices in other companies. Finally, a summary of this proposal and the key findings that emerged from the research are provided in the conclusion
Recommendations
Based on … and administration of the three above-listed recommendations using the existing 32.5% turnover rate as a benchmark is provided in Table 2 below.
Other companies’ practices:
Other companies in different industries have recognized the counter-productivity using sign-on bonuses to attract qualified candidates, even during periods of labor shortages (Hansen, 2009). Likewise, … recognized the counter-productivity using sign-on bonuses to attract qualified candidates, even during periods of labor shortages (Hansen, 2009). Likewise, a growing number of companies of all sizes and types are using exit interviews as a strategy to reduce their unplanned turnover rates (Christie, 2014). In addition, a … and types……
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Christie, J. (2014, September). Cochrane review brief: Exit interviews to reduce turnover amongst healthcare professionals. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing. 19(3), 7-11.
Dobbs, K. (2009, April). Knowing how to keep your best and brightest. Workforce, 80(4), 56-60.
Hansen, F. (2009, March 27). Refining signing bonuses. Workforce Management, 85(6), 1-3.
Johns, R. & Gorrick, J. (2016, April). Exploring the behavioral options of exit and voice in the exit interview process. International Journal of Employment Studies, 24(1), 25-29.
Ohunakin, F. & Adeniji, A. (2018, March). Perception of frontline employees towards career growth opportunities: Implications on turnover untention. Business: Theory and Practice, 19(1), 278-283.
Tatham, P. (2008, Spring). At my desk. Australian Journal of Career Development, 17(3), 6-9.
Turnover rates by industry. (2019). Compensation Force. Retrieved from https://www.compensationforce.com/2017/04/2016-turnover-rates-by-industry.html .
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Nantucket Nectars Exit Study
...Companies The company, Nantucket Nectars has a variety of options available that will help determine their future. The information in the case study directs focus on the decision to either sell, go public, or remain independent. The managers appear comfortable with any option listed. Still, in order to make the best decision, pros and cons for each must be made.
Should the company go public, they must go through the process of having an initial public hearing. This could lead to numerous benefits. One of which is a new source of capital that can be used to invest in the company. Instant capital funding allows Nantucket Nectars to grow and settle some past and future debts. If the company plans to grow, they will need more liquid capital to do so.
An IPO by going public would allow the current management to remain (Acharya & Xu, 2017). Scott for example, would……
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Acharya, V., & Xu, Z. (2017). Financial dependence and innovation: The case of public versus private firms. Journal of Financial Economics, 124(2). doi:10.3386/w19708
Ang, S., & Oliva, A. (2004). Superior Customer Value in the New Economy: Concepts and Cases, Second Edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Lassiter III, J. B., Sahlman, W. A., & Wasserman, N. (2014, February). Nantucket Nectars: The Exit - Case. Retrieved from https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/pages/item.aspx?num=37865
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