First-move advantage in chess

In consumer countries such as China and India price elasticity of demand is high due to low per capita income and the emergence of low cost substitutes. Nokia seeks to gain competitive advantage by offering tailored products at cheaper prices as expensive and highly innovative models will not sell. Developed customer countries such as the UK & US have a lower price elasticity of demand paired with a high elasticity of substitution and expectation, therefore Nokia makes innovation and first to market a blueprint of its success. The culture in more economically stable customer countries is for the best and most innovative products therefore Nokia combines both cost effective and cutting edge technology to reach all consumer natures…

using various models and to assess some of the opportunities and risks that associated with Sainsbury’s decision. Opportunities and Risks of Investing in Egypt While investing in foreign markets, companies are faced with several challenges that influence the company’s return on investment. One of analysing the challenges is by using the PESTEL analysis. According to Bowhill (2008), the PESTEL analysis is a tool that evaluates an organisation’s external environmental factors such as the…

the role of a general over a battlefield and to combat the opposing general; this is the essence of Chess. Chess is a noble two player strategy game with a reasonable skill floor yet an infinitely high skill cap. This depth leads to a highly captivating game, one where ”An outsider looking on casually might find the intensity incomprehensible. But anyone who has played the game a few times understands how it be engrossing in the extreme”(Shenk 6). The goal of Chess is to maneuver the pieces so…

strategies like this requires much practice and is exceptionally advanced. I personally strive to discover and attain these strategical and tactical superior positions in my own chess games, however they are not only difficult to discover, they’re also risky for if you do not calculate a certain possibility or logical move from your opponent when you’re thinking 3 to 4 moves ahead, you make a brash sacrifice and end up in a losing position both materially, and strategically. Keeping this in mind…

trees. The trunk is the first generation. From the trunk grows the branches then after there are twigs and from those twigs there are leaves and the cycle continues growing. The characters build up characteristics as they grow up through the influence of their families, especially their parents, or through the things they learned throughout their life and apply those key ideas into their life.The mother, Lindo Jong, in the novel The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan, talks about her life when she was…

The cultural difference between first and second generation is a common problem in immigration family and many people don 't know how to solve it. Many second generation feel that they don 't have connection with their own culture and they also think that their parent don 't understand them. Amy Tan 's The Joy Luck Club is a novel focuses on Chinese American Immigration families. It describes the cultural difference between first and second generations and talks about the family relationship…

Medieval Boardgames Humans have created and passed on games since the beginning of time, and learning about these games can teach us about past cultures. (Wilkins 2) The highly developed cultures have more complex games, which is why intellectual boardgames were abundant in medieval societies. Some of these board games are still seen today, while others have disappeared. Nine Men’s Morris is supposedly one of the oldest games in history. Morris comes from the latin word merellus which means…

Whether it is a Bar Mitzvah or being able to vote for the first time, various occasions and rituals are recognized in today’s society to specifically represent the growth from a child to adulthood. Growing up is an essential part in life because it allows the child to make mistakes and to learn from the experience. Several authors such as J.K Rowling have used to their stories to demonstrate the development of a hero, from an innocent and naïve child to a brave and responsible being. In a coming…

gave me Regina (who had psychological issues), and sent three men to attack me (outside of my job at Colonial Penn Insurance Computer Department--5 Penn Center/16th Market Street). Hugh was one of the first people who introduced me to the meaning of the word—KARMA. Guess what? His no-good and no-count self (as some old Black Folks would say) was incarcerated for thinking that he could swindle nearly a million dollars from White banking institutions that loaned money for the development and…

First line managers are also called supervisors and their job is to be responsible for the supervision of the employee who does the tasks that they are asked to such as produce goods and services. Middle managers are responsible for supervising the first-line managers. They also help the first line managers and the employees to use the resources wisely and efficiently or improve the customer service. Top managers are responsible for the entire department’s action in the workplace. They also…