Please provide summary of attached paper and answer following questions:
– How do firms in the supermarket industry make money?
– What are the key sources of Trader Joes competitive advantage?
– What are the main threats to Trader Joes competitive advantage? Is their advantage sustainable?
– How would you modify Trader Joes strategy going forward?
Ghemawat, Pankjaj and Jan Rivkin. 2010. Choosing Corporate Scope, Strategy and the Business Landscape (3rd ed.), Ch. 6, pp. 123 147.
Case: The Walt Disney Company: The Entertainment King, 9-701-035
Please read the book chapter by Ghemawat and Rivkin. Make sure you understand the two tests they are describing.
When reading the Disney case, please have the following questions in mind:
Why has Disney been successful for so long?
What did Michael Eisner do to rejuvenate Disney? Specifically, how did he increase net income in his first four years?
Has Disney diversified too far in recent years?
Case: Philips Compact Disc Introduction (B), 9-792-036
In solving the Philips case, be aware of what assumptions you are making, and whether your results are robust to (small) changes in these assumptions.
Compare and contrast the frameworks for competitor analysis proposed in the readings from Porter and from Dixit and Nalebuff.
Should Philips establish a U.S. plant at the beginning of 1983 or wait a year before deciding? Why or why not? (You need to crunch numbers here!) Do not try to draw a game tree! In this case, solving the problem without a tree is much easier.
Gavetti, Giovanni, and Jan Rivkin. The Use and Abuse of Analogies (9-703-429)
Gavetti, Giovanni, and Jan Rivkin. Analogical reasoning at Lycos
What are the pitfalls of analogical reasoning?
Read the Lycos mini-case. Do you buy the analogy to traditional media Lycoss management team used to arrive at their decision? Does this analogy provide Lycoss managers with valid guidance?
Describe the characteristics of a Good Leader in a three-page paper. Use of third person as much as possible.
Format:
APA Cover page
Abstract
Introduction
Good Leader Characteristics
Problem
Describe as leaders why we sometimes dont follow our values and beliefs and we compromise the above good characteristics which can cause problems at work.
Recommendations
Describe how you would instruct and guide a staff member to apply the above Good Leader characteristics
Conclusion
Make sure your introduction and conclusion match up
References
Text book and one to two outside references
Below is the text book reference to be used for one of the three references:
Nahavandi, Afsaneh; The Art and Science of Leadership; 6th edition (2012); Pearson Prentice Hall
For this week\’s discussion you need to read Glaukon\’s Challenge (referred to as the Ring of Gyges) from The Republic. The question you must answer is:
Glaucon (Ring of Gyges) says that we obey the laws only from fear of punishment. Provide four reasons for obeying the law or ethical principles that do not involve punishment or reward. Is there a difference between people who obey the law out of fear and those who obey the law out of a sense of duty or character? What are those differences? When is it acceptable not to obey the laws? What types of laws ought we obey and which ought we disregard?
The Source is here:
Plato. (2010). Glaukons Challenge (Republic 2). (C. Woods, Trans.). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1661519
In this excerpt, from Platos Republic (sometimes referred to as the Ring of Gyges passage),Glaukon and Socrates are having a dialogue about whether justice (morality) is something good and valuable in itself. Socrates maintains that it is, and to challenge him Glaukon offers the story of the Ring of Gyges, which is supposed to show that no one would continue to act justly if they had the power to freely do otherwise. Glaukon thinks that this can show that injustice is by nature better than justice.
A literature review is a critical analysis of published sources, or literature, on a particular topic. It is an assessment of the literature and provides a summary, classification, comparison and evaluation. The literature review is generally in the format of a standard essay made up of three components: an introduction, a body and a conclusion. It is not a list like an annotated bibliography in which a summary of each source is listed one by one.
Your introduction should give an outline of why you are writing a review, and why the topic is important and the scope of the review what aspects of the topic will be discussed
Each body paragraph should deal with a different theme that is relevant to your topic and show a clear connection between the various sources.
Your conclusion should give a summary of the main agreements and disagreements in the literature, any gaps or areas for further research, and your overall perspective on the topic.
Please make appropriate revisions in your Final Draft. See attached example paper with sample literature review beginning on page 3.
APA Paper with Lit Review ex. pg 3.pdf
Formal Essay: 3 pages (double-spaced, MLA format, 12-point type size, standard margins). Write a Literary Analysis on The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe.