Core Business Strategy: Models, Advantage, and Frameworks
Business Model Fundamentals
Characteristics of a Good Business Model
Three characteristics contribute to a business model’s competitive advantage:
- Alignment with company goals
- Self-reinforcing nature
- Robustness
Definitions: Strategy, Tactics, Business Model
Strategy: A plan to create a unique and valuable position involving a distinctive set of activities.
Tactics: The residual choices open to a company by virtue of the business model it employs.
Business Model: Refers to the logic of the company—how it
Read MoreAristotle’s Core Philosophical Concepts
Aristotle’s Method: Logic and Syllogism
Aristotle was a methodical thinker. He argued that most philosophical problems arise from the absence of method. This includes a method for designating everything with its proper name and a method for correctly using these names in arguments. Aristotle identified four basic types of judgments:
- Affirmative
- Negative
- Universal
- Particular
A combination of judgments sharing a common term (middle term) can often lead to a conclusion connecting the terms of the initial
Read MoreVictim Classification and Secondary Victimization Issues
Victim Classifications and System Interactions
Types of Victims
Non-Participating Victims
These victims are often considered ideal (consumable, replaceable, or substitutable) and are not involved in the genesis of the crime.
- Accidental: Randomly encountered by the criminal (e.g., a victim during a bank robbery).
- Indiscriminate: No connection with the aggressor (e.g., a victim of a terrorist attack).
Participating Victims
These victims are often considered irreplaceable and are voluntarily involved, to
British Culture: London Landmarks & York’s Rich History
Why ‘Britain’?
It’s called Britain for a reason: it includes the Scots and the Welsh as well.
British Pub Culture
Most pubs in Britain close relatively early, often around 11:00 PM. In contrast, some bars in Spain don’t even open until 11:00 PM. Perhaps this contributes to the perception that British people drink quickly!
The British Tearoom Tradition
A typical British tearoom might be full of people sitting at tables, drinking tea, and talking quietly. Common accompaniments include small cucumber
Read MoreLiterary and Philosophical Concepts: Kant to Modernism
Kant on Enlightenment and Immaturity
“What is Enlightenment?” – Immanuel Kant
Enlightenment is man’s emergence from his self-incurred immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one’s own understanding without the guidance of another. This immaturity is self-incurred if its cause is not lack of understanding, but lack of resolution and courage to use it without the guidance of another. The motto of enlightenment is therefore: Sapere aude! Have courage to use your own understanding!
Laziness and
Read MoreHuman Dignity as the Foundation of Ethics and Rights
Human Dignity
According to Kant, what characterizes a human being from a moral perspective is their dignity. It undermines those who use a human being merely as a means or a tool. A person must always be treated as an end in themselves. They have value but are priceless; therefore, they cannot be bought. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 states: “freedom, justice, and peace are universally desirable values, which depend on recognition of the inherent dignity… of all members of the
Read MoreCore Marketing Concepts: Needs, Value, and Markets
All successful companies are strongly focused on marketing. These companies make an effort to understand and satisfy customer needs. They motivate workers to help build strong customer relationships based on creating value.
What is Marketing?
It is the set of adaptive processes by which organizations collaborate with customers and partners to create, communicate, deliver, and share value.
Marketing Defined
Marketing must be understood in terms of satisfying customer needs. If customer needs are understood,
Read MoreFreud’s Economic Theory of Instinctual Drives
Freud’s Economic Hypothesis of Psychic Energy
The economic perspective in Freudian theory postulates the existence of a psychic energy. This energy can increase, decrease, move, or be released, distributing itself throughout the structures that constitute the human psyche and activating its various processes. An example Freud observed is the sharp changes in the intensity of impulses and experiences related to instinctual drives, particularly in neurotics.
Freud used the term instinct (or later, drive)
Read MoreJava Code Examples: OOP Concepts and File I/O
Circle Class Usage Example (Chap13Part6)
public class Chap13Part6 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Assuming a Circle class exists with constructor Circle(x, y, radius)
Circle c1 = new Circle(50, 50, 10);
System.out.println(c1.getX());
System.out.println(c1.getY());
System.out.println(c1.getRadius());
}
}Employee and Manager Info Display (Chap13Part2)
public class Chap13Part2 {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Assuming Queen Victoria’s Era: Domestic Ideals and Global Empire
Victorian Women: Angel or Pioneer?
The Ideal: Angel in the House
In 1854, the English poet Coventry Patmore published The Angel in the House, a narrative poem describing an idealised courtship. During the 19th century, the woman was idealized as the ‘angel of the house’, whose duties were to provide moral support to her husband, keep the house tidy, and educate the children. The husband maintained his role as the head of the family, and his duty was to keep his wife out of the workplace. The emblematic
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