Character creation

The structure-performance paradigm of industrial economy has been one of the most popular conceptual framework models in analyzing competitive advantages of firms. Porter’s Five Forces epitomize these frameworks, which only focus on analyzing suppliers, customers and the threats of a new entry in the market. While these theoretical frameworks have been helpful in providing insightful information, they hardly reveal the prevailing logic of value creation. As a result, new bases of competitive advantage are rapidly gaining popularity due to technological changes that have transformed the global business landscape. The emergence of new models has given a different view of competitive advantage arguing that firms should possess dynamic capabilities to topple others in the industry. According to Teece, Pisano, and Shuen (1997), dynamic capabilities is “the firm 's ability to integrate, build, and reconfigure internal and external competences to address rapidly changing environments,” (p. 516). The Dynamic Capabilities Framework provides a “comprehensive” and “multidisciplinary” approach which is essential in managerial decision-Making. It is the aim of this paper to identify and demonstrate how the dynamic capabilities help to achieve a firm’s competitive…

Creation myths can tell us a lot about the way humans picture their place in their place in the universe. In each story, humans associate themselves with a defined set of characteristics –sometimes positive ones, sometimes negative ones. Many creation myths also attempt to explain the origin and purpose of human beings on earth, in addition to defining the power dynamics underlining the relationships humans have with nature and with each other. In many creation myths humans seem to be depicted…

Although creation myths were based on the beliefs of many different tribes, most of these myths share many moral similarities. In particular, the tribes of the Iroquois and the Hopi shared myths about the creation of the world which included many similar and different morals and beliefs. The creation myths “The World on the Turtle’s Back” from the Iroquois tribe and “The Four Creations” from the Hopi people share values such as the view of animals being very intelligent and the patriarchy that…

A Comparison of Native Creation Stories “Turtle Island” and “The One About Coyote Going West” are native creation stories that reflect the culture and beliefs of the people. The stories attempt to explain the unexplainable with aspects of magic and other worldly powers. These stories come from different time periods, use different names for divine creators and have different animals to tell the story. However, the similarities between the two stories’ creation method, setting and portrayal of…

The Japanese creation myth and the Greek creation myth are not only very similar to each other, but they have many differences as well. These similarities are often portrayed through parallels between the two myths. These parallels are illustrated through the unity of heaven and earth, the rules of the Underworld and the state of many characters and deities throughout the myths. One very important difference between the two myths is in their origin. To elaborate on this, the Japanese creation…

that they could grow enough crops to feed everyone and have an excess. Creation stories were created by humans to explain how their world came to be. These stories show how different cultures feared different things. Frankenstein and Blade Runner show the fear of a superhuman creation that is devastating to the humans who created it. The creation stories humans create show that humans fear themselves more than anything else. In the Ugandan creation story the world is created by an all powerful…

Throughout history, creation stories describe the way people have thought Earth has been made. After reading the creation story from the Native American tribe, Iroquois, and reading the creation story from Christian Bible, one could make some comparisons between the two. (Throughout the rest of the essay the Christian creation story will be referred to as “Genesis” although the source material doesn't include all of book of Genesis written in the Bible, and the Iroquois creation story will be…

people believed God created the “heaven and the earth.” However, there is not one but two accounts of creation. These two accounts exemplify two unique questions that the Hebrew people sought an answer to; why did they exist and why was there death and suffering? Although both myths are classified as stories of creation, the two narratives target different aspects of the beginning of Earth, the heavens, and mankind. There are several aspects of these myths that highlight their differences. …

understanding of Creation from a Biblical perspective. Without the belief of God as creator, the entire purpose of creation, much less the Bible and the redemption story is negated. The belief in God as the sole creator of the universe is indispensable for this world view. As the story of creation progresses, there becomes much conflict within the itself as different classes of though are created to help try explain creation in terms of their own understanding of what is the best way to…

The Two Creation Stories Typically, when two stories conflict in detail, one tends to question the authenticity of either or both accounts; however, in stories such as the creation stories and in particular, Judaism, the differences only helps one better understand the duality of God or Yahweh. The creation stories are meant to charter fundamental values of society and the two stories differ in the sense that the first one depicts a more perfect, idealistic, world, whereas the second story is…