Essays on Wharton

With the new invention of technology, marketing is taking another way that might be a threat or beneficial in the marketing industry. The imperative of digital engagement and innovation have emerged in the business and mostly the marketing sector. The businesses now realize the need to use the digital platform to engage with their customers, key stakeholders so as to maintain the relevance and the drive for conversations (Kittaneh, 2014). However, few people in the market realize how fast the change should take place, or how fast the transformational the process should be. Therefore, the business needs to embrace ...

The paper presents a review of the book known as “Wharton on Dynamic Competitive Strategy." The book is divided into four parts and 17 chapters. Part one addresses understanding the advantage in changing competitive environment, part two addresses anticipating competitor’s actions, part 3 addresses formulating dynamic competitive strategy and the last part addresses choosing among alternative competitive strategies. This paper reviews part one of the book that covers chapters one to nine. The review involves a critical evaluation of the chapters and presentation of personal views on over the content of each chapter. The book brings together an ...

A powerful 8.8 magnitude earthquake ripped through central Chile on the fateful morning of 27th February 2010. The epicenter was 100 kilometers north-northwest of Chile. The devastation was massive and economic and ecological impacts were debilitating. This paper attempts to present a detailed report on the aftershocks of the earthquake. A comprehensive discussion is expected to impart a holistic understanding of various consequences of this natural disaster. Chilean earthquake, marked as the 5th strongest earthquake since 1900, significantly altered geographical boundaries. The city of Concepcion shifted around three meters to the west, and the capital Santiago moved eleven inches ...

How does context influence employment relations issues for HR practitioners in local government?

Human resource management is managing people as they work in organizations. The Human Resource Department plays a very significant role in an organization. This is so because it caters to the most important resource – people. The department is responsible for the selection and retention of employees who will help achieve the goals of an organization. This selection is crucial as this would predict the kind of workforce an organization would have. Once potentials are seen as congruent to what the organization needs, employees are considered potential assets and are retained in the organization. The role of the Human Resource ...

Business

Zara is the flagship brand of textile empire Inditex. The company wants to improve the management of its stores and increase the speed of their garments replacement by installing an identification chip on clothing, an initiative that has already tried other competitors. The chips of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) have more than ten years in the market, but several retail chains in the past as Wal-Mart or JC Penney, they discovered both that the advantages and disadvantages of the RFID (BJORK). In the case of JC Penney, the company found that the new chip caused interference with existing anti-theft ...

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Chinese people started visiting Australia in as early as 1800 with most of them been business people dealing with gold trade. With diminishing of gold, most of them settled to work as market gardeners or farm hands in the developed Australian firms. This led to their population growing in major towns in Australia leading to their cultural and religion been established in Australia. With the lifting of policy restricting the migration of non-European in 1970 the population of Chinese has increased (Bagnall, 2011). With many students and professional like doctors and nurse seeking citizenship, with free movement the Chinese ...

Introduction

In late 2007, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed at a record low. Stock markets around the world nose-dived alongside the DJIA. Turbulence in the sub-prime segment of the US housing market, paralysis of the credit markets, excessive lay-offs in organizations, steep decline in investments etc. were all some of the indicators that the world was heading for a massive credit crunch. In the words of Mr. Strauss-Kahn, head of IMF, “Intensifying solvency concerns about a number of the largest U.S.-based and European financial institutions have pushed the global financial system to the brink of systemic meltdown” (BBC ...

Abstract

Timely and successful change represents a crucial aspect of an organization’s evolution, given continuous changes in external environment and ever intensifying competition at the market. This paper focuses on the scope of change, required for Simmons company, and its implementation. It is envisaged that the change would increase the company’s revenues, leading to an enhancement of its competitive advantage. The rationale for change is justified by the references to empirical research, undertaken within the organizational settings. The paper starts with the problem statement that diagnoses the current state of Simmons corporation. The analysis of the case study ...

Introduction

Summer is a novel by the esteemed writer Edith Wharton, who is mostly known for her books such as Ethan Frome. Summer is seen as a continuation of the theme that Edith delved in her previous book Ethan Frome. The plot similarities can be seen as both protagonists of the two books were ambitious and tired of living an average life. The story revolves around Charity, an eighteen-year-old, who craves for adventure from the bleakness of her situation. She is soon entangled in a love affair with the visiting Lucius Harney. The story is about the sexual awakening, naivety, ...

Summary measures of the key ratios for the companies operating in the oil and gas industry, 2013

Source: Wharton Research Data Services. North America – Annual updates. Fundamentals annual. Web. Results of the research are shown in the Table 1. Analysis of this data gives an opportunity to determine the general tendencies across the industry and see whether performance of a company is better or worse than average. It also allows to determine the weaknesses that the company should take care of. It is necessary that the ratios are compared across the industry to obtain relevant result, as there might be specific features of the industry that can lead to deviations from common normal value of a ...

Introduction

Africa has been and remains the subject of debate and controversy of large countries. Over the years, the composition of the global players and their methods change, but the price of “African cake” only increases. The last 15 years for many African countries have been marked by the strengthening of trade relations with China, which has today become a major investor. Unlike European countries, which, guided by a complex of guilt for a colonial past of the continent, has long been focused on humanitarian aid and the reduction of African debt, China immediately made an emphasis on trade and ...

Analysis of the Case Between FBI and Apple

Description of the public policy IN contemporary society Apple plays the role of the major giant of the production of the mobile phones in the United States and in the world. Regardless the fact that Apple is a sustainable company, its status and performance were challenged by the dispute with FBI regarding the confidentiality. This problem was initiated in 2015 when FBI submitted the request to Apple with purpose to provide the secured information about the users of iPhones. The management of the company has dismissed this proposal based on the fact that Apple stands for the protection of ...

I. (1). How NAFTA is doing economically really depends on who you ask (Wharton). On the one hand, NAFTA has definitely been a helpful in liberalizing trade between the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It has also been helpful in increasing the amount of goods and services that the North American public has access to as well as lowering the prices, generally, for those same goods and services. This has also created jobs in all three countries to satisfy the increased demand. On the other hand, NAFTA has also increased the trade surplus that Mexico has with the U.S. ...

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Interview and Profile of Deloitte CEO Punit Reenjan

Introduction Punjit Renjen is the global CEO of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, on the four largest accounting and consultancy firms in the world. The following material is an interview and an executive profile that will provide a description on his competencies and thoughts as CEO.

Interview

Based on what you know about Deloitte and the industry it operates in, how would you characterize Deloitte’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)?“Our main strengths are our size, reputation and singular focus on customer satisfaction and implementation of ideas (“Punit Renjen, Deloitte Global CEO”). We have six areas ...