Case study on Innovation and competition in the knowledge economy

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Paper details:
The case study must be no longer than 3000 words (+/- 10%) excluding tables, graphs and bibliography.
This assignment requires you to write a case study on business innovation and competition: focusing on a company of your choice, write a case study articulating the company’s approach to innovation and how innovation helps the company to remain competitive. Use some of the theories and models that we have studied in the module in order to interpret the evidence from your case study. Discuss what you have learned from applying these theories and models to the understanding of the company’s approach to innovation and of how it uses innovation in order to compete. The case can be supported by evidence collected from secondary sources: academic literature, company reports, market intelligence, databases (such as patent databases, company databases etc.)
Select a company for which reliable information is available, for example because:
• There are already academic case studies written on that company’s innovation and business/competitive strategies, that you can reference
• There are public company reports can be easily accessed (a good database on which to search for company reports and general company information such as press releases and articles from the trade press is NexisLexis)
Helpful hints on how to write your case:
Provide a short general introduction that describes:
• The company’s sector of operation, and the nature of the innovation processes in the industry
• The company’s main economic activity and key economic data (size in terms of number of employees, turnover, location and main organizational structure if possible)
Describe the company’s approach to innovation and how innovation helps the company to remain competitive, for example by exploring:
• What resources are they dedicating to innovation?
• Where do they source their ideas for innovation?
• How do they organize their innovation processes?
• What kind of innovation outputs do they generate (patents, new products, new processes)?
• How do they protect their innovations from imitation?
• How do they use innovation in order to enter or create new markets?
Analyse the company’s approach to innovation and competition:
• What theories and models presented in the course help explain:
• Why do they adopt their approach to innovation? What are the industry/market/firm-specific factors that drive their approach to innovation?
• Why do they choose specific competitive strategies?
Using theories and models to interpret the evidence is very important: do not just describe the company’s approach to innovation and competition, but analyse it in light of the literature that we have explored in the module.


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Diversity Plan

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Diversity Plan
Discipline:
– Social Issues
Type of service:
Research Paper
Spacing:
Double spacing
Paper format:
APA
Number of pages:
8 pages
Number of sources:
3 sources
Paper details:
Develop a comprehensive Diversity Plan based on your completed Needs Assessment. Include measurable goals and objectives, and an Action Plan that includes implementation, training, and evaluation. Proper APA style is required. Minimum length: 8-10 pages with at least 3 references in addition to your texts. (15 points.)
PLEASE REFER TO THE TW PAPERS ATTACHED FOR THE ORGANIZATION, AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT.
PLEASE USE (Harvey, C. and Allard, J. (2014) Understanding and Managing Diversity (6th ed.) NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.) AS ONE OF THE THREE SOURCES.


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Gender Equality and Economic Development

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Gender equality and economic development
Introduction
More and more governments and international organization focus on the development of gender equality and economic development. Gender inequality become a very important issue for developing countries. The level of gender equality influence countries every side. There are so many gender equalities and discrimination against female in this world. It is true that women still do not have right like men in some poor countries. International organizations and media always exposure sexism issues to get public eye. They use public opinion to make some governments change law to protect women right. Their reports are effective and positive in gender equality, but it is not effect a permanent cure. It is well-know that most inequality issues happened in poor developing countries. It is not mean there are no inequality issues in developed countries, it means that women face more social bad environment in developing countries than developed countries. These obvious differentia between developed countries and developing countries is economic development level. In other words, the level of gender equality and level of economic development may have some relationship. Is that high level gender equality will promote the development of economy or economic development will change gender inequalities. This paper will focus on the relationship between gender equality and economic development to explore how gender inequalities impede the economic development and what developing countries should do for improve social status of women in future.
In this first part of this paper will talk about the international societal situation to show the relationship between global gender gap and GDP per capital. Using data to compare different countries as variable-controlling approach and prove that economic development will change the development gender equality in positive ways. Next, this paper will show how gender inequality hinder the development of economic. After that, this paper will focus on the women’s participation in the labor market to show different level of support for gender equality from employment women and full-time housewives. I will give some suggestions to developing countries how to improve gender equality and economic development. These suggestions will be focus on two aspects: education and political right.


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Group Therapy for Addiction

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Group Therapy for Addiction
Consider the following scenario:
The psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner is working for a community health clinic that offers state mandated “intensive outpatient rehabilitation” services for individuals who face incarceration for driving while under the influence. Mr. Smith, a 24-year-old male patient, shows up for his initial intake appointment and says, “Look, this sounds like it’s going to be an AA meeting. Can’t I just go there? I only had a couple of drinks. I don’t know why the judge was such a jerk.”
Clients with addictive disorders may present for therapy for various reasons. Some, like Mr. Smith, attend because it is court mandated. Some attend because family or friends have pushed them to do so, while others may attend because life has become unmanageable. Regardless of clients’ reasons for presenting for therapy, to reach these clients and effectively treat them, you must be able to break down barriers, establish relationships, and help them see the benefits of this therapeutic approach.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO REVIEW THE ATTACHED 7 VIDEO TRANSCRIPTS BEFORE DOING THE ASSIGNMENT, and to include a title page, introduction, summary, and references
                                                       The Assignment
In a 2- to 3-page paper, address the following:
· Identify the psychotherapeutic approach that the group facilitator is using and
explain why she might be using this approach.
· Determine whether or not you would use the same psychotherapeutic approach
if you were the counselor facilitating this group and justify your decision.
· Identify an alternative approach to group therapy for addiction and explain why
it is an appropriate option.
· Support your position with evidence-based literature.
                                                                 
   Learning Resources
Required Readings
Wheeler, K. (Ed.). (2014). Psychotherapy for the advanced practice psychiatric nurse: A how-to guide for evidence-based practice. New York, NY: Springer.

  • Chapter      16, “Psychotherapeutic Approaches for Addictions and Related Disorders”      (pp. 565–596)

Yalom, I. D., & Leszcz, M. (2005). The theory and practice of group psychotherapy (5th ed.). New York, NY: Basic Books.

American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Gamble, J., & O’ Lawrence, H. (2016). An overview of the efficacy of the 12-step group therapy for substance abuse treatment. Journal of Health & Human Services Administration, 39(1), 142–160. Retrieved from http://jhhsa.spaef.org/
Kim, J. W., Choi, Y. S., Shin, K. C., Kim, O. H., Lee, D. Y., Jung, M. H., … Choi, I. (2012). The effectiveness of continuing group psychotherapy for outpatients with alcohol dependence: 77-month outcomes. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, 36(4), 686–692. doi:10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011. 01643.x
Required Media
Allyn & Bacon (Producer). (2000). Motivational interviewing [Video file]. Mill Valley, CA: Psychotherapy.net.
Note: You will access this media from the ATTACHED TRANSCRIPT. The approximate length of this media piece is 102 minutes.
Laureate Education (Producer). (2013d). Levy family: Sessions 1-7 [Video file]. Baltimore, MD; Author.

 
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