Mulan And Possible Competitive Advantage

How would you characterize both players in terms of (1) HI LO context, (2) Linear active versus reactive or multi-active, (3) Hi power distance versus low power distance? Provide an example that illustrates each of the 3 characteristics.

MGM Grand Resorts International owns and operates luxury casino resorts through two basic segments, Wholly Owned Domestic Resorts and MGM China. MGM Grand Hotel offers an assortment of games, fine dining, conventions, extravagance skyline rooms, and entertainment. As for its casino operations it includes retail, resort amenities, slots, table games, and race book wagering. MGM Grand serves premium individual gamers, leisure travel customers, business and lastly grouped customers who need a common and entertaining locations for either a convention, trade or small meetings. By holding 50% of the market share, MGM Grand competitive advantage is its qualified diversity to business opportunities that promotes strategic objectives of quality and

One major flaw built within the business model of Alibaba is its ability on controlling the merchants and their quality of goods. Since both Taobao and Tmall relied on third party sellers to provide goods and services, it lacks the ability to enforce strong quality control and eliminate counterfeit goods. In fact, consumers were well aware of it and this issue had already been damaging Alibaba’s reputation in online retailing markets. However, its major competitor, JD.com would be having much stronger abilities and incentives to eliminate these

Men should be swift, forceful, strong, muscular, and tenacious. Mulan adds knowledge and resourcefulness to the blend when climbing the pole to recover the general's arrow, utilizing the weights of "control and strength”. In the scene when the army was singing “A girl worth fighting for” the man explained the qualities of what a men want in women, what a “girl worth fighting for” is like. Desirable qualities include beauty, appreciation for strength, and the ability to cook. But, when it was Mulan turn to sing her part she stated, “Who’s got a brain, who always speaks her mind” which was dismissed by the boys. Although Mulan was quickly dismissed by saying that, she strengthened herself by leveling up to a man standard, as a result was the first person to climb the wooden pole and retrieve the arrow. Although the guilt of transcendence still exists in her, she broke the rule to spare her father from joining the

While many accounts depict the Chinese forces led by Koxinga as destined for victory over the Dutch led by Coyet, the situation was far more evenly matched. In fact, Andrade argues that the Dutch may have been in an objectively better position for victory. He believes that, if not for a mixture of natural disasters and misguided battle strategies, the Dutch could have remained in control of Taiwan.

Sun Tzu’s work is the most powerful as it requires one to evaluate a plethora of conditions in warfare. I will first discuss the antithesis, between Machiavelli and Sun Tzu’s arguments, followed by the changes that have influenced warfare. I believe the controversies between the different political views of power as well as the technological changes are important as they change and affect the way in which security has played out. San Tzu’s

Because Navistar is a major trucking company, they are constantly striving to keep their lead by innovating new technologies within their industry. One of Navistar’s main strengths is the ability to gain strategic alliances with other firms in the industry, not only national, but also international. A strategic alliance is an alliance where two or more firms create a legally independent company to share their resources and capabilities to develop a competitive advantage. These advantages enhance a firm’s marketplace success.

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Ralan knew that his biggest strategic asset was his biggest tactical weakness—his yellow tunic. It would make him a clear target for every knight in the Tower. It would distract them all from his friends’ escape, but it also made him stand out in the sea of white, making him much easier to catch. He didn’t think much about it until he made it through the front gate of the Tower.

1. What is competitive advantage, and how does it relate to a company’s business model?

Competitive lead should be focus of organization in the global world. Companies should look at the social, cultural, political conditions and strategic decision making when conducting business in the global market. According to Jessop (2014), a society where knowledge is essential in the global world where innovation is a must for economic growth. This paper will examine the cultural, political trends, social, and evaluate business structures to keep a competitive lead in order to make the best possible decisions in the company.

How does Alibaba group create corporate advantage? (Why are the businesses under one roof?) Is this corporate advantage sustainable?

Omantel is an organization which is pioneer of the telecommunication industry in the Oman. It is the main internet provider in the Oman and it has market leadership position in the market. The government of the country has 51% share in the company. The company has formed itself a major global hub through presently 10 submarine cables landing in the country such as PLAG, EPEG, Mena, POI, OMRAN, BBG, GBI, Falcon, EIG, and TWA etc. The company designed a project in the 2015 for the application of the FTTH type of technology in the Oman and for this the company won award for the best maintenance of the quality for the HR in the company (Omantel, 2017).

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