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Are Smartphones taking over people’s lives? In todays age most everyone has some sort of smart phone at his or her fingertips on a daily basis. How did this revolution start and how has it influenced an entire generation of people? Many people believe these smartphones are no harm and should be used as much as possible due to the amount of information at your fingertips while others believe it should be limited as it causes people to have less of an attention span. Whichever side you are on we…

I. THEORY OF THE BUSINESS To better address an organization’s theory of the business, we need to make three assumptions: environments in which the organization is operating, the specific mission of the organization and its core competencies in which the organization must excel to maintain leadership (Drucker, 1994). They are discussed in the following subsections. EXTERNAL MACRO TRENDS While analyzing Whirlpool’s business environments, we are mainly concerning external macro trends from three…

Should screen time for young children be limited? Today’s generation of young children are growing up submerged in the media, including program and social media. A young child is a human being younger than 12 years old. In other word, young children spend too much time staring at the screen of an electronic device. Should screen time for young children be limited? Many parents are under the belief that technology, and electronic devices are essential for a child’s development. They want their…

Qingdao Haier is the main part of the Haier Group. The Haier Group, founded in 1984 and is currently headquartered in Qingdao, China (Marketline, 2015). Haier is the leading brand of white appliances globally and is the world’s fourth largest home appliance manufacturer. In China, it is the most valuable brand. Additionally, it is an international business with 5 R&D centers, 21 industrial parks, 66 trading companies, and customers across 100 countries and regions (Haier, 2016). As for Qingdao…

Barriers TrackIt has shown interest into expanding into the global market. Russia is a country that has caught the attention of the company. Russia is a promising country, but there are barriers that will have to be discussed first. First, the weather in Russia is known to be cold. The sticker has not been tested at the extreme colds of Russia. The sticker is made to be weather-proof, but this does not protect the electronics on inside from the temperature. Batteries, chips, and other circuitry…

Also, besides the security concerns, another most significant factor is the IT support concerns. Many IT professional cannot manage all their employees’ devices. Also, they cannot control everything the employees doing while they are on the company’s network. It is crucial to weight both the positive and negative before deciding to adopt the BYOD. One critical point is the security policy. The BYOD policy should be implemented into a company’s IT policy. It should set a limit on how employees…

To represent the constraints on the host level (and implicitly on the level of feature packs), and uses a dependency matrix. Figure represents an example of a dependency matrix that shows the dependencies between the different hosts, as well as restrictions on these dependencies. The first column and the first row represent a file (database). Each cell contains a set of pairs (C, H), where C indicates the constraint and H indicates the type of dependency. A value of 2 means a strong dependency…

merchandise that distinguish each retailer apart from one another. All retailers some have better benefits than others such as Sherman’s assistances their customers in selecting the appropriate appliances based on the consumer's needs. Sherman’s staff are very knowledgeable in each category of appliances, whereas at Sears you won’t expect the same kind of customer service. At Lowe’s you’ll find great customer service and knowledge within each individual department in which they operate.…

Sears, started with selling watches through catalogs in 1886, later the company became known for its Craftsman tools and Kenmore appliances. Sears struggled with the sale of clothing and other soft line products, which lead to Kmart Holding Corporation acquiring Sears Roebuck Company for 11.5 billion dollars in 2005 (Merrick, Berman, 2004). After acquisition in 2005, Kmart Holding Corporation combined with Sears Roebuck Company to create Sears Holdings, which at the time was the largest…

from a department store to an appliance store. Along with selling two of their best-known assets, Sears should also sell all of their automotive centers which would generate another source of income in the short term. Automotive centers don’t fit well with the future direction of Sears and they would not integrate well with appliance based stores. The main goal is to get Sears to focus on what they do best which is sell household appliances. In addition, Sears appliances have only seen a slight…