Essays on Successfulness

Introduction and Problem Statement

The research demonstrates that cyber vulnerability is one the most critical aspects on the today’s business agenda. While hostile takeovers, price dumping and other methods of unfair competition were widely prevalent in the business community, nowadays the key of corporate successfulness is information. Specifically, a popular academic opinion in this regard is that a company’s successfulness is mainly determined by its intangible assets, such as patents, customers, reputation, suppliers and business processes. Therefore, in order to keep afloat and develop the business further, keeping such information protected becomes the task of supreme importance. Furthermore, in some cases ...

Doing a market analysis. PESTLE and TOWS analytical frameworks

Launching a successful business in any industry requires doing a market analysis. The latter refers to the process of studying the dynamics, attractiveness and trends of a particular industry of economy. Market analysis is an integral component of an industry analysis. In practice, the majority of all market analyses facilitate in strategic planning and tactical execution of the strategy, supply chain management, designing and implementing marketing strategies and identifying the most appropriate targeting and positioning schemes. This entry analyzes the most essential components of a market analysis and provides basic insights into how to carry out them in tourism ...

Introduction

Environmental analysis is one of the most essential strategic tools, which is used in contemporary strategic and operational management. Among other issues, its primary purpose is identification of the internal and external components, which may potentially affect business performance of a company. One of the key ideas behind this analysis is assessment of different threats and opportunities looming on the company horizon. The data, which is collected with help of environmental scanning, is subsequently turned into the basis for decision-making. The practice shows that the today’s markets are dynamically evolving (Nag, Hambrick & Chen, 2007) . Every day brings a ...

Introduction

The Bank of America is one of the largest financial institutions in the United States of America. In accordance with 2015 reports, the company was the twenty-third biggest company in the United States in terms of gross revenue. When the company acquired Merill Lynch in 2009, it became one of the most significant wealth and investment management corporations in the world, demonstrating 10-12% increase of its assets and portfolio annually (Bank of America, 2016). Holding more than 14% of all banking deposits in the United States, the firm has presence in all regions of the United States and in ...

CONTENTS

A. Introduction 3

B. Part I - Analysis of Strategic Capabilities of Wikipedia under RBV Model 4 Resource Based View Model in Wikipedia Perspective 6 Heterogeneity and immobility of Wikipedia resources 7 VRIO Nature of Wikipedia Resources 8 C. Part II - Wikipedia in Blue Ocean Dimension 9

Elimination Aspect 10

Performance Raise Aspect 11 Reduction Aspect 12 Creative Aspect 12 Complexity Theory: The Wikipedia Case 13 D. Conclusions 15

Bibliography 17

Introduction Wikipedia is the largest international online encyclopedia with free access and free content (Ling, 2011) . It is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization registered and operating in the United States (The ...