FIRST-MOVER ADVANTAGE TECHNOLOGICAL LEADERSHIP Experience curve Patents R+D‚ product development‚ process Ec. Scale production‚ distribution PREEMPTION SCARCE RESOURCES Patents‚ Physical – natural resources‚ products Channel space Lower prices Superior position - geográphical space - technological space - clients perceptual space - attractive niches FIRST – MOVER ADVANTAGE (2) GENERATES SWITCHING COSTS Attract clients Accept suppliers Quality uncertainty Brand loyalty Net effect
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1- Describe Adam Smith’s concept of absolute advantage and David Ricardo’s concept of Comparative Advantages. Are those concepts still useful in the 21st century’s Business environment? The concept of absolute advantage is the ability of a country to use less resources (inputs) to produce goods/products than any other country. For Smith‚ a country should specialize in the production of the product for which it has an absolute advantage and should buy at lower price others goods from other countries
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Case Study-5 Late mover advantage Though a late mover‚ Toyota‚ the Japanese auto major wants to dispel the notion that the first mover enjoys an edge over the rivals who arrive late into a market. Toyota entered the Indian market through the JV route; the partner being the Bangalore based Kirlosker Electric Co.‚ known as Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM)‚ in the year 1998 at Bidadi‚ near Bangalore. To start with‚ TKM released its maiden offer-Qualis. Qualis virtually had no competition. Telco’s Sumo
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(a) Discuss the absolute advantage theory and its relevance to international trade. John Solman and Mark Sutcliffe‚ Economics of Business‚ states that “that the reasons for international trade are just extensions of the reasons for trade within a nation and that instead of people or countries being self-sufficient it makes more sense to specialize in different trades’. Solman and Sutcliff advised that ‘firms or companies usually specialize in certain types of goods or services which allow them
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(1577 million dollars)‚ Germany (1268‚8 million dollars)‚ and USA (1278‚1 million dollars). So it means that Japan is really attractive to be investigated in our work. [2] So high indexes of export are also affected by following factors: 1) Advantages of Japan’s geographical location – it is relative close to main international trade partners. Such partners in 2009 were: China – 18‚88% of export share; USA – 16‚42%; Korea – 8‚13%; Taiwan – 6‚27%; Hong Kong – 5‚49%. In 2010 the total equivalent
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technology that it has in maximizing its profits and growth. However‚ the experience and the advantages that the advanced MNEs have are faced with another opportunity for local companies. Local companies are more familiar with the market needs‚ conditions and capabilities which give them an absolute advantage in responding faster to wider range of consumers. Furthermore‚ local companies have the advantage of maintaining lower levels of cost that meets the great segment of the market. The opportunities
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you have the technology right beneath your hands‚ why not take advantage of it? Even though the technology’s is much more expensive than the old fashion routine‚ not only is it worth it‚ but it’s also much more enjoyable. I prefer to take full advantage and use modern day technology rather then go back into time and try to accumulate what they did hundreds of years ago. Why shovel the snow in your driveway when you have the advantage to use a big‚ powerful snow blower. Dig inch by inch‚ by inch‚
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teams‚ can communicate effectively with other‚ and concerned in participate management. The effective team need a high cooperation among the member in the team and a good leadership to control‚ manage‚ and bring his or her team to the goal. The advantage of team is generates more idea because there are more than one person gives idea in any discussion. When more people give their own idea‚ the discussion can be evaluate and develop. Then‚ the information and knowledge among the members in the team
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mutual interest”. These are all important attributes that can improve competitive advantage and provide value for a company. Secondly‚ by utilizing Second Life a company can conduct meetings online thereby decreasing travel expenses and building expenses. Third‚ a firm can increase or improve their brand image by advertising through goods that residents can buy or by creating their own storefront. The advantage of this is that the firm can create an online presence where they can reach viewers
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what alternatives CJ Industries will use to meet the demand of Great Lakes Pleasure Boats and what the possible risks of each of these alternatives are. The first option CJ Industries has is to keep Heavey Pumps as the bilge pump supplier. The advantage of this option is that CJ Industries and Heavey Pumps have an already established relationship. Heavey has been supplying CJ Industries with bilge pumps for a number of years already and although there are no performance records‚ the quality of
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