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Porter’s position on strategy is that firms should strive to achieve a competitive advantage that allows them to outperform their competitors. Porter positions that to sustain the firm’s competitive advantage (Porter, Competitive Advantage, The Free Press, 1980), firms should choose a strategy amongst three generic strategies being cost leadership, differentiation or focus (IMAGE). The cost leadership strategy involves the firm winning market share by having the lowest overall price (or the best…

Forum 6 Responsible Party Government The Responsible Party Government theory and Santa Claus have one thing in common; everyone wishes them to be real. The Responsible Party Government theory is an unrealistic idea, but a super ideal that should be considered in government. The Responsible Party Government is a party centered concept of running a government in a sensible way. Political parties that have a clear, coherent policy, that is carryout when in power. Political campaigns with a clear…

In the late 18th century the Colonists reached the precipice of frustration resulting from the tyrannical abuse of the British monarchy, causing them to want to abandon the motherland and be their own independent country. While some taxes were imposed such as the Navigation Acts and Plantation Duty Act, the Sugar Act of 1764 was a main catalyst, followed by the Stamp Act (1765), Townshend Acts (1767) and the Tea Act (1773). The progression of the taxation and lack of representation in England…

There are real and palpable benefits to developing, instituting and constant evaluation of a corporate culture of safety. By mandating a safe work place an employer can keep employees working, and working for their company because they feel safer and valued. The company can keep schedules and projected and required deadlines because accidents and injuries will produce work time lost or slowed. The company can use a culture of safety to recruit new employees and build their reputation by being a…

In an interview with PBS’s Frontline in 1997, the activist Angela Davis discusses at length the issues affecting African-Americans in the United States and the efficacy of black protest as a means of challenging oppressive circumstances. Central to her thesis is the notion that “the black community” is far from as homogenous as the term implies, and that it is therefore inappropriate to universalise the African-American experience. To illustrate this, Davis references the growing divide between…

Us government Ms.Crouse Victoria Liu 5/8/2017 Supreme Court case The case Nixon, Attorney General of Missouri, et al. V. Shrink Missouri Government PAC et al. was argued on the 5th of October, 1999. The respondents, Shrink Missouri PAC as a political action committee and Zev David Fredman who was a candidate for Missouri state auditor eyeing the 1998 Republican Party nominations alleged in a suit they filed that a statute in Missouri…

Valdez (2011) examined political participation outcomes among different Latino groups that compared Latinos who identify themselves panethnically and those who identify themselves racially. According to Valdez (2011), The U.S. government defined panethnic groups for Latinos that consisted of Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, Central or South Americans or other Spanish culture regardless of race. The data was gathered from the 2007 Latino National Survey that had explored Latinos’ group identity…

The election of 1912 exposed the necessity of change in America where principles of progressive reform dominated the political agendas for all four candidates. Incumbent republican president William Howard Taft battled with his former comrade Theodore Roosevelt, whilst democratic candidate Woodrow Wilson wooed the country with his plan for “New Freedom”. Meanwhile, socialist Eugene Debs fought to earn support from the working class of America with his experience as a union leader. The most…

On 1 April, the JCS approved operation SANDCRAB. After obtaining the needed shipping, work began to recapture the Attu and further on the Kiska. An imposing armada pulled together to support the invasion. The attack force consisted of three battleships, a small aircraft carrier, and seven destroyers for escorting and providing supporting fire for the Army landing force, there were two covering groups, composed of several cruisers, destroyers. Submarines were positioned, for early detection of a…

American musician and songwriter Bruce Springsteen is considered to be one of America’s most talented rock artists. Much of his music consists of working class values and American culture. He rose to fame with his 1975 album Born to Run and became an even bigger sensation nine years later with his seventh album, Born in the USA. The album featured seven top 10 hits such including “Dancing in the Dark”, “Glory Days”, and “Born in the USA”. The album would go on to reach up to fifteen times…