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Introduction Timbuk2 is a San Francisco-based corporation that has been creating messenger bags for over 20 years. Timbuck2 was founded by Rob Honeycutt in 1989. Originally named Scumbags‚ this corporation started out as a simple messenger bag for work and has now become a full-fledged business of various customized bags. The popularized and successful corporation has recently began making laptop bags in China. There are many factors that may affect the corporation’s decision to begin its expansion
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1 .Consider the two categories of products that Timbuk2 makes and sells. For the custom messenger bag‚ what are the key competitive dimensions that are driving sales? Is its competitive priorities different for the new laptop bags sourced in China? For the custom messenger bags‚ I think the key competitive dimensions are producing high-quality custom and classic messenger bags direct to customer order. First of all‚ in most situation‚ consumers always just can buy the products that have already
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Consider the 2 categories of products that Timbuk2 makes and sells. For the custom messenger bag‚ what are the key competitive dimensions that are driving sales? Are their competitive priorities different for the new laptop bag sourced in China? For the custom bag produced in San Francisco – certainly quality is a competitive dimension. They have a great reputation for both design quality and process quality. The bags are custom designed with input from the customer‚ assembled and sewn in
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bags is the volume of production. In China‚ the volume of production is more than San Francisco. They can deliver with lower price because of the wage rate is low and it is more efficient. The production rate cannot be so different for both because Timbuk2 has the system to make these production lines efficient as they can in every business. Moreover‚ the worker quality has to be same as possible because they do not want to lose their reliable customers. In China‚ the products are not handmade so maybe
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December 1‚ 2011 The Ways of The Way ( Tao) On Earth we are pushed almost simultaneously in some sort of direction‚ opportunity‚ decision‚ etc. and when these situations present themselves we face dilemmas of how and why we should approach them in a certain manner according to moral precepts‚ short and long term goals‚ and societal constraints. The teachings of Taoism are an excellent if not perfect life guide for these dealings‚ because the Tao‚ or “the way”‚ can be thought in terms of
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Some of the similarities can be seen clearly when examining the three meaning of Tao. <br><br>The first definition of Tao is "the way of ultimate reality." This means that Tao cannot be perceived ‚ defined‚ talked about‚ or thought of. It is too big a concept for humans to comprehend. As in the first line of the Tao Te Ching (the Taoist text meaning The Way and Its Power): "The Tao that can be spoken is not the true Tao." This is very similar to the Buddhist idea of Nirvana or Enlightenment. Nirvana
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A Growing Bond Eliza and Tao Chi’en have a growing bond throughout the novel. In the beginning they ignore this bond. However‚ towards the end of the book‚ they begin to reconnect again. Eliza and Tao share a strong bond that they hadn’t realized until the end of the book. Eliza and Tao Chi’en meet in the bottom of the ship going to San Francisco. Tao was asked by Eliza to help her stay healthy‚ as she was pregnant. He saw her undress many times and‚ eventually‚ started to feel a connection with
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or reverence‚ or our contempt”(15). He believes that the nature of man comes from the universal law of nature‚ or what he refers to as the “Tao”‚ an education that enforces knowing what is right and wrong through educating what are true and just sentiments of moral objectivity. The only way to understand right from wrong is to be educated within the Tao and it is the only way for a society to flourish. He argues that past generations passed on this education but the today’s educators have abandoned
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He specifically described this social state in The Tao Te Ching‚ he said “If a country is governed wisely‚ its inhabitants will be content. They enjoy the labor of their hands and don’t waste time inventing labor-saving machines. Since they dearly love their homes‚ they aren’t interested in travel. They
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