Midterm Exam Doc

In my social psychology class, there was a recent examination given to the class. It was the mid-term examination. For the mid-term examination, the class was instructed to read chapter's 1-6 in the text book. The class was also instructed to study for the exam by reviewing the lecture notes. In this paper I will focus on a few questions I answered incorrectly on my mid-term examination.

Para: Dominance longevity is explained in extant literature as technological cycles and technological discontinuities using factors exogenous to capabilities and attributes of the component (Anderson & Tushman, 1990a) and hence do little in terms informing sponsors and adopters of a technology about future of a

The pizza industry is the number-one meal choice for Americans. In fact, it is consumed so frequently, that in the United States people, on average, consume 100 acres of pizza every day. The Industry is mainly classified into two different sections, pizza chains and independent pizzerias. The top four businesses in this industry are Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Papa John’s, and Little Casers, respectively. In fact they account for 32 percent of the industry sales (Thompson, C-42). The pizza owners not only compete with each other, but there is a new entrant to the industry, the frozen pizza. Furthermore, the industry typically has four options of service for their customers. These include the dine-in option, delivery option, carry out option, and take n’ bake option. Most pizzerias position their stores in convenient areas for their customers. The customer segment that holds 46.3 percent of the pizza industry is people that are 25 to 44 years of age. It is believe that this is due to a majority of these customers having children and needing quick meal options for their family. The overall performance of the industry is strong, however each company varies in their internal strengths and weakness. Also external forces play a role in the growth of the pizza industry. When the economy was week this affected customers and forced them to spend less money. People would cut their spending on eating out. If they did chose to eat out then families chose to purchase pizza that was less

A significant challenge that Eagle Boys pizza management has faced prior to 2011 is responding to the growing amount of different pizza businesses, in competition with Eagle Boys, and the need to introduce new ranges and varieties of products to satisfy the needs of consumers. They had been challenged to introduce new products such as gourmet pizzas, desserts, and sides such as pastas, chicken wings, garlic bread etc. This challenge was experienced during the growth stage of the business cycle.

Jeff and Margaret have entered into negotiations to purchase this pizza restaurant business because of its great location in the Mountain Glen Shopping Centre with the highest number of passing shoppers which is supported by a large and growing local population. There are a limited number of restaurants within the centre and with both Jeff and Margaret’s experience with having successfully operated and owned a number of pizza restaurants in Australia and overseas they will be able to increase their market share from 35% to 40% in 12 months.

How to calculate PV and FV for different kinds of cash flows? (apply different formulae)

b. a nation’s competitiveness in an industry depends on the capacity of the industry to innovate and upgrade.

The only constant thing about technology is that it is never constant. The advances that we’ve witnessed in

1. Evolution of technology: I believe we are in the golden era of technical advancement; technology is advancing at a level where we cannot apprehend what changes it might bring upon our daily lives, our generation is entirely dependent on technology , & yet we are not able to keep up with such advance developments, today’s latest tech cannot promise us being best for another year at this rate. It impacts our daily lives and challenges our way of working and living constantly.

20. If a company is able to lock in its technology as the dominant design of the market, it

The product is technology dependent. The technology availability and its infrastructure can directly influence the business, its quality, operation, and success.

14. Technology ____ is a process by which several different technologies with distinct functionality evolve to

3. The Information Technology trends offered new ways for competition and new ways of working- Explain that?

Most new technologies follow a similar technology maturity lifecycle describing the technological maturity of a product. This is not similar to

Technologies have a bright future and they are going to have growth in most aspects. According