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Introduction Although Natureview has made a significant progress since its inception for its revenues have grown from $100 thousand in 1989 to $13 million in 2000, increasing competition hinders it from making consistent and sustainable revenues. The chief executive officer of Natureview analyzed the market stance and tasked his team to develop strategic plan to ensure that the revenue growth increase by over 50% at the end of the year 2001. Thus, this case analysis examines how Natureview succeeded in the natural foods channel, describes advantages and risks associated with the three strategic plans, and recommends an appropriate strategic plan. Natureview’s Success Natureview succeeded in the natural foods channel because it manufactured yogurt using natural ingredients. Unlike other brands of yogurt, Natrureview’s yogurt lacks thickeners and artificial growth hormone used to increase milk production. Natureview penetrated competitive markets of the natural foods because it focused on natural ingredients and manufactured tasty and quality yogurt. Moreover, Natureview’s yogurt penetrated the natural food channel because its shelf life (50 days) is longer than that of its competitors (30 days). With the help of low-cost guerrilla marketing strategies, Natureview successful boosted its market share in the natural foods channel. In the organic market, Natureview associated with market leaders such as Wild Oats and Whole Foods. Given that consumers became interested in natural and organic foods, companies that sell their products in the natural foods stores thrive. As shoppers in the natural foods market are educated, rich, and experienced, they enabled Natureview to gain substantial market share. Most shoppers of organic foods purchased organic dairy yogurt, including Natureview’s brand. Strategic Advantages and Risks The first strategic plan involved the expansion of six stock keeping units of 8-oz yogurt into the supermarket channel in selected regions. This plan is advantageous because it provides enough yogurt for shelf presence and minimizes slotting fee. The supermarket channel offers a profitable opportunity for marketing and sales for other companies, such as Amy’s Organic Foods and Silk Soymilk, managed to raise their revenues by 200% in two years. In addition, increasing competition could compel supermarkets to choose a dominant brand, which would enjoy the first-mover advantage. A major risk with this strategy is that increasing competition and the need to dominate the market would persuade supermarkets to allocate diverse brands of yogurt in their shelves, resulting in reduced sales and revenues. Another risk is that brokers could increase their fees and fail to market products effectively despite demanding extensive resources for promotion. Hence, Natureview would incur considerable costs in paying brokers and advertising its products constantly as demanded by supermarkets. The second strategic plan entailed the expansion of stock keeping units of 32-oz yogurt. The advantage of this strategic plan is that the 32-oz package of yogurt generates more profits (43.6%) than the 8-oz package
Chrome OS is a relatively young product of the world-famous company, which has managed to gain interest and popularity among users of computer equipment. This operating system is based on cloud-based technology. In fact, it is a Chrome browser developed on the basis of Linux, which has additional features and native applications. The announcement of the project took place in the not-so-distant 2009 year. And already in December 2010, a trial version was launched. With the announcement of the operating system, its creators promised their users speed, simplicity, security, and these became the key points (Silberschatz et al. 67). The program should run in a few seconds, the convenient Chrome OS interface must carry out a large number of requests without user intervention, and a user can forget about malware, viruses, and that’s what the developers of this system say. We’ll check to see if the reality is as promised in the Chrome OS review. With the help of the Linux kernel, California experts introduced the world to the long-awaited project – Chromium. Its most outstanding feature and difference from others is the predominance of web applications over the usual functions of the OS. Do not compare Chrome OS review with other familiar operating systems. There are no traditional desktops, icons, or folders. The only thing suggested is the Chrome browser, which plays a major role. In general, the approach is understandable and understandable (Silberschatz et al. 81). Google Chrome boasts both high speed and stability and one-third of all users of the World Wide Web use this browser and such successes have been achieved in six years of its existence. Chrome OS’s primary security feature is built-in error protection. If a user adjusts a little with the system settings in the familiar OS, then he or she can enter the cycle of endless reboots, issuing a lot of errors, and so on. Chrome works differently. None of the applications a user install will affect the kernel, so there is no way to disrupt its stable operation. Since the system update occurs at each reboot, all sorts of bugs and errors are fixed quickly. Works Cited Silberschatz, Abraham, et al. Operating System Concepts. 9th ed., Wiley, 2014.
Summary This article is aimed at discussing the way in which U.S. healthcare organizations can respond to the threat of Ebola epidemic in the country. It should be noted that one case of this disease has already been registered in America, and this event has attracted the reaction of many medical workers, public administrators, and journalists. Apart from that, this patient contacted several people before being quarantined (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2014b). Moreover, medical workers were not able to identify the symptoms of this disease as quickly as possible. Additionally, they could learn that the person came from a country affected by Ebola. Nevertheless, they did not do it immediately (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2014b). This delayed response prompted many people to speak about the possible outbreak of this disease in the country. Nevertheless, public administrators argue that these concerns are largely exaggerated (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2014b). Overall, this event has highlighted the potential inefficiency of the healthcare system. Moreover, it is vital to develop effective precautions against potential threats. These are some of the main details that can be distinguished. Relevance to global health policy This article illustrates the need for improving screening procedures that can be applied by healthcare professionals working in various countries. These people should be able to identify at-risk individuals and quarantine them if it is necessary. This precaution is vital for limiting the spread of Ebola and other contagious diseases throughout the world. Additionally, these professionals should bear in mind that in the globalized world, healthcare problems affecting one country may soon manifest themselves in other regions. These issues should be taken into account by people designing global health policy. They should pay more attention to the training of people who are responsible for identifying people affected by contagious diseases such as Ebola. Additionally, they should raise people’s awareness about the dangers of such viruses. They need to keep this issue in mind when travelling to other countries especially those ones which are located in West Africa. These are the main arguments that can be put forward. Reference Kaiser Family Foundation. (2014a). Ebola Outbreak Disrupting Exxon Mobile Corp. Operations In West Africa . Retrieved from https://www.kff.org/news-summary/ebola-outbreak-disrupting-exxon-mobile-corp-operations-in-w-africa/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+kff%2Fkdghpr+(Kaiser+Daily+Global+Health+Policy+Report) Kaiser Family Foundation. (2014b). Health Officials’ Handling Of First U.S. Ebola Case Raises Questions . Retrieved from h
The 9/11 terror attack that occurred in America remains memorable to many people in the world. Terrorism is termed an act of attack by a group of individuals to a particular society, with the main aim of threatening or rather causing a sense of fear to the target community. The forms of attacks always have very great impacts to the targeted community, thus distorting every ongoing activity. Moreover, whenever a terrorist event occurs, it acts as an alert to the target community, as well as others, about their preparedness to counteract a disaster. Hence, one or more lessons can easily be drawn from a former attack and it would be crucial to help counteract a future occurrence of another attack, or even assist in preparedness of the community for action during similar future attacks. This discussion is aimed at investigating the 9/11 attacks’ occurrence. Additionally, it will help to establish some of the lessons that were learned from the terror attacks. It is also essential to note that the intelligence community that learned the lessons has taken and applied such lessons in other recent attacks, as well as other attempted attacks. Therefore, it will be crucial to find out how the community has applied these lessons, to either prevent or counteract any other similar attacks and whether they have learned to relate well with one another, as well as whether they have succeeded in their endeavors (Wysong, 2007). The 9/11 terror attacks The great and massive attacks by terrorists who targeted the world trade center occurred in the morning of September 11 in the year 2001. The attack not only affected the Americans, but also, the whole world, causing a lot of fear. It was suspected to have taken the form of Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks in the sense that the Al-Qaeda group had not always been in good terms with the Americans. The report of the investigations conducted by the Newborn research personnel (Griffin, 2009) indicated that there had been prior plans by the terrorist group on the procedure of attacking the United States, including her capital city. The terrorists hijacked four passenger Jet airliners that were meant for commercial services and crashed them at various destinations; the first and second jets crashed on the north and south towers of the world trade center respectively, thee third crashed on pentagon house, and the fourth jet targeted the White House (Griffin, 2009). According to Bodden (2007), the attacks remain fresh in the minds of many people, more so due to the fact that man
Principles Google followed in developing Google.cn There was a need for increased market share in the society; therefore, Google change its website to google.cn in an attempt to suite the demands for Chinese. Initially, Google entered the Chinese market as google.com that was maintained in Chinese language. The website was based in United States; as such, it was not based on censorship from Chinese government. This ensured that the Chinese government filtered information that was received in the country. Some of the keywords were blocked, thus, giving a competitive advantage to the rival site Baidu. Google incorporated google.cn to the Chinese economy by differentiating its product from that of the competitors. The main principles that enhanced its superiority included privacy, disclosure of filtered information to the users, and use of Chinese language when searching for information. Personal information was not revealed to a third party outside Chinese territory. Yahoo, Gmail, and Blogger were used by Chinese as it enhanced their privacy (Boatright, 2009). As the Chinese government ensured that some of the information was filtered, Google provided the users with the information of sites that were filtered. As such, the users were guaranteed of convenient and reliable information. Finally, Chinese appreciated the use of Chinese-language when accessing information from the internet. It was, therefore, vital for Google to use Chinese language when accessing google.cn. Measures undertaken to protect Chinese Rights Each person has a right to privacy. Google has undertaken measures to ensure that Chinese rights are upheld. When it maintains Blogger and Gmail outside China, it minimizes the government’s retrieval of personal information of the Chinese. Most of the information available in Gmail accounts are confidential and should be accorded with the highest degree of privacy. The Chinese have the right to understand why the information they are searching for cannot be displayed. Google.cn provides a statement below the search results informing the user that the search is restricted. Indeed, the government needs to filter information and material that may be harmful to the Chinese economy (Boatright, 2009). However, the measures have been criticized citing that the blocked information could not be revealed by the new google.cn. The system hides the censor’s hand, and one cannot have access to the information that is blocked. In my opinion, the measures taken were not adequate. Although Google provided the exact nature of information that is filtered, Chinese rights were not fully catered for by the website. For them to be effective, the critics and users’ complain need to be considered, and individuals need to access the nature of information that is blocked. Censorship on Internet Imposing Great Firewall in the site ensured that Google was effective in enabling censorship on the internet. This was undertaken by Google, Microsoft, Cisco, and other companies. Initially, Chinese were able to access delicate information from the internet, which compromised the security of the region (Cross et al., 2011). Following this, the website operators dec
Introduction Nowadays, more and more people around the world begin regarding animals as having rights just as humans do. Various organizations fight against practices that hurt different species, including hunting, medicine and cosmetics testing, and others. Moreover, vegan culture is growing more popular, especially in Western countries. Nevertheless, such industries as meat production are not losing their positions, as many people continue to view animals as resources. Carl Cohen is among those individuals, who share similar ideas. He offers a sound perspective that animals do not have rights and thus can be treated as required by people. The idea of Cohen is better than that of his opponents because its grounding is not controversial. His viewpoint is based on the accurate understanding of rights and morals, which can be found in the works of philosophers from different epochs. This paper aims to give an overview of his theory, as well as to discuss opposing ideas that exist regarding such position. Speciesism of Cohen Speciesism is viewed by many as something equal to racism, sexism, and other forms of discrimination. Nevertheless, Carl Cohen calls himself a speciesist and claims that it is essential for making accurate judgments (487). He explains it by the fact that it is not possible to pretend that animals and humans are equal. There are two alternatives in such a case, both of which are false and unrealistic. It would either mean that animals have identical rights as humans do, or neither of these two groups have any. This grounding seems logical, as it proves that equality of such kind cannot exist. There is also a perception of living creatures suffering pain and distress from their use. Consequently, animals have rights to not be treated in a way that would cause such conditions. Cohen argues against this position, saying that if speciesism is wrong and everyone must be treated equally, then the suffering of people caused by the absence of tested medicine must not be overlooked (488). Thus, it is practically impossible to support the well-being of one group without hurting the other one. Why Animals Have no Rights Cohen believes that, unlike humans, animals cannot have any rights. His idea is based on the perception that it is essential to view them as a potential claim (Cohen 486). It can be exercised against an individual or a group, meaning it has a target. There are various sources of rights like legal documents or moral laws. Finally, there are numerous contents depending on the situation, describing what should or should not be done. It is important that the bearer of rights understands the consequences of his or her actions. Cohen says that, for instance, a criminal case always includes a guilty deed and mind (486). It is unthinkable to bring an
Currently, Riordan Manufacturing has to improve its use of information systems in order to enhance its organizational performance and meet the needs of clients. This paper is aimed at discussing the project that should enable the company to raise its efficiency. It is vital to look at such aspects as the execution of this project, the management of the team, empowerment of employees, and evaluation. These are the main elements that should be considered, and they are vital for the achievement of the organizational goals. The formation and management of the team requires several steps. First of all, it is necessary to include people with different skills because they can better evaluate various risks and identify the most optimal strategies that the company can adopt (Larson & Gray, 2011). For example, some professionals should be competent in information technologies and software development. They should know what software solutions are most suitable for the needs of Riordan Manufacturing. Furthermore, the team should include supply chain managers who know how different divisions of this company interact with one another. These people can tell how information should improve the operations and inventory management. Moreover, this group should include HR managers because these people should represent the interest of employees who will be the main users of new information systems. This approach is based on the assumption that organizations should form multi-disciplinary teams that can better identify various opportunities (Housley, 2003, p. 10). Additionally, it is necessary to involve every member of the team into decision-making. Furthermore, they should participate in every discussion so that the team can look at the same task from different perspectives. This strategy can reduce the risk of groupthink or the situation an individual does not want to express an opinion that contradicts the views of the majority (Flannes & Levin, 2005, p. 6). These are the main steps that should be taken by the project leader. While executing this project, I would rely on such a method as feedback loops. This means that every step will be discussed by the team; moreover, corrections will be taken provided some of the strategies do not succeed. The most important decisions taken in the course of the project will be evaluated by employees who should provide an assessment of various strategies. This technique is important for uncovering possible limitations of different initiatives or decisions. The main advantage of feedback loops is that this method helps to avoid delays and extra costs (Berkun, 2008, p. 252). Such an approach to the execution of the project can make the work of the team more fruitful. Additionally, it is vital to discuss the importance of sponsorship and leadership for the implementation of this project. A person, who guides the team, should enable his/her colleagues to take initiatives and make steps that might not have been discussed before. Certainly, the manager should monitor the performance of team. However, he shoul
Alibaba Group is a large private internet-based electronic business unit located in Hangzhou, China. The firm has online web portals, search engine for shoppers, cloud computing services, online retail, and an electronic system of payment for its users. In this study, the analysis will be based on the website shown in the appendix 1 of this paper. It is always important to understand that the nature of a business website is always different from that of a personal website. The website in this study is for the business purposes and, therefore, it is expected to have functionalities that are user-friendly. According to Mack and Casey (2001, p. 89), a good website should enable the consumer to develop a feeling that he or she is in a physical store doing some window-shopping before making the actual purchase. It means that the website should use a combination of both visual and textual strategy that would help answer any question that the customer might have. The website of this company has some features that may make it be classified as a good website because of a number of reasons. It has enough visual images of the products in the store taken from the shelves. In each category of a given product, there are varieties offered for the customers (Shuen 2008, p. 45). The two images show different types of bicycles taken from this website. Online Store for Bicycles at Alibaba Bicycles at Alibaba. It is clear from the diagrams above that this firm is serious when it comes to offering varieties to the customers. The researcher only takes two samples, but there are numerous types of bicycles, each is with its own price, a detailed description including the brand, and the mode of delivery. The visual image helps the consumer visualize the product he or she is purchasing, while the description helps him or her understand some of the features that make the product special. This makes the shopping experience enjoyable. According to Jones and Silverstein (2009, p. 68), one of the most important factors that a business website should not ignore is the fair pricing of the product. It is likely that a customer may view a number of products before making a decision on where to make a purchase. Customers will ignore a website that does not price its products. The Alibaba website has priced all its products, making it easy for the buyer to make the relevant decision. The Alibaba website has a number of icons that make it easy for the website user to navigate, especially because the products have been classified into categories and these categories are arranged alphabetically on the extreme left of the web page. The customer only needs to identify the category of the desired product, click on the category, identify the product and this will offer a variety of brands, types, and prices of the products that are available. This shortens the period of shopping whenever one wants to make a pu