For thousands of years, people have always had a need to exchange and gather information accurately and efficiently. As time went by, technology took on many changes and greatly improved the way information is produced and gathered in today's business environment. Some of the first major devices w...

The Survival of the E-BusinessStarting out as a government and research network, the Internet became available to the public in the early 1990's attracting millions of users. Since then, the Internet has become the largest and most important network. In 1998, the Internet had 100 million users; tha...

In order to compete with the ongoing competition and cope with the present trend in the hotel industry, Marriott has integrated internet technology into their value chains. For instance, more and more people are making travel arrangements over the net; therefore Marriot needs to have a website to ca...

Summary: SR&J bookstore is now exploring the possibility into expanding into the e-commerce world. Currently we have a small side business that produces gift baskets for special occasions. Although this store is doing quite well at its current location, we fell that the opportunity to expand nationa...

Introduction Four Seasons enjoyed a reputation as the world's leading operator of luxury class hotels and resorts, being particularly known for its ability to deliver highly personalized service. Isadore Sharp the chairman, CEO, founder and major shareholder, had an ambition of making Four Se...

1) Driving forces tend to occur within the macro-environment within which a specific business functions. These are the changes and evolutions taking place within the industry around the business. Driving force analysis is therefore a tool to provide businesses with predictions regarding the futu...

What is the most important issue and why? Amazon.com has a leading edge in the e-commerce world. It has a strong customer base, name recognition, quality assurance, and immense inventory. However, as with many online retailers, there are certain aspects of conducting business over the web tha...

Before one starts a battle, the first thing he does is to sketch out a strategic plan, as well as the tactical means that will make this plan possible. Similarly, before starting the actual audit engagement, an auditor must plan it accordingly. Indeed, a good auditor will develop...

As we progress in our revolution of technology, the internet, has become a uncomparable source to knowledge than any other. This knowledge has led to unbelievable discoveries and gives us ways to prepare for the future with almost without a doubt of what could possibly happen. The quantity of kn...

In its 23-year lifetime, Microsoft has had three distinct phases. The first, from 1975 to 1989, was characterized by both bold thrusts into new businesses. Among their many successes were MS-DOS, Word, Excel, Macintosh software and Windows. The company relied on the success of Windows, banki...

Introduction In the mid 1990's, Cisco Systems was the dominant player in the US router market and its "leadership was undisputed" . However, this position was altered with the entry of several new competitors into the high performance segment of this market. In particular, Juni...

Ever since the computer became ubiquitous and evolved into what is known today as information systems and information technology, businesses have been dependent on them to improve productivity and streamline operations. Automated and productivity tools also facilitated faster processing of business ...

Comments on article "One trait rises clearly above the rest for those who are successful leaders." I chose this article on the Internet because it gave me insight on what is required to be a leader, no matter a leader of a basketball team, a small business manager or the leader of a na...

The evolution of the market trends, together with the development of technology and the globalization tendency has left an important mark upon how businesses must be conducted in order to become, and more importantly, to remain successful. Under the circumstances in which companies use a maximum spe...

e-Business Strategies Successful firms will integrate the e-Business into their Company strategy. Cisco, Dell, Amazon, Charles Schwab-the names that consistently appear on any list of leading e-businesses-are not successful because they use cool technology. Rather, they are successful because t...

E-mails Impact on Communication Corporate offices, and the managers who run them, exist in a whirlwind of technology. In this last ten years alone, there has been the complete integration of computers in nearly every business across the country, making business, for the most part, flow more s...

My assessment is that Amazon has long-term viable business model but needs to fine tune model. Amazon.com has multiple core assets that enable it to merchandise goods such as books, music etc. Amazon's strategy is based upon selling consumer products at competitive prices. Amazon as well ...

WEBSTER UNIVERSITY KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS? TIMOTHY W. HYDE COMP 5910 31 Mar 98 TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT ii INTRODUCTION 1 WHAT IS A KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 1 Technologies 2 WHY...

Small businesses benefit both the economy, by creating new jobs and industries, and consumers, by providing innovative specialized goods and services to fill specialized market niches. Over 90 percent of businesses are considered small businesses, which create vast new industries, encourage entrepre...

Small businesses benefit both the economy, by creating new jobs and industries, and consumers, by providing innovative specialized goods and services to fill specialized market niches. Over 90 percent of businesses are considered small businesses, which create vast new industries, encourage entrep...

Rapid change Rapid change is always a challenge for a technology company; it is the nature of the industry. One of the most significant changes that have occurred in the technology industry is the decreased interests in personal computers. Much of the lost interest in personal computers ...

AT&T Breakup Our book talks about managing strategy and strategic planning. I chose to write my paper on AT&T's recent breakup into four satellite companies. I intend to show how their past planning was not well-suited for their rapidly changing industry, and how they are now adjusting...

Porter's Five Forces of Competition Model The understanding of Michael E. Porter's five competitive forces illustrated in his book; bargaining power of suppliers, bargaining power of customers, threat of new entrant, threat of substitutes and competitive rivalry between existing players...

Changes in the American workplace have occurred more frequently in the past two decades. Many factors have played a role in this trend. For example, the United States has gone through a recession, a period of high inflation, a "dot com" boom and subsequent bust, recovery, and then a rece...

Benchmarking, as it is known today, was developed in the USA in the Seventies. In recent years, organizations such as government agencies, hospitals and universities have also discovered the value of benchmarking and are applying it to improve their processes and systems. In addition, industry assoc...