Essays Tagged: "Noble"

Morals And Orders in "Guests of the Nation"

ut to me it was as if the patch of bog where the Englishmen were was a million miles away, and even Noble and the old woman, mumbling behind me, and the birds and the bloody stars were all far away." ... s inside himself for comfort after this tragic event has taken place. Rather than turning to God as Noble and the old woman do, he chooses to disappear into his own mind in order to try to find some r ...

(3 pages) 69 0 5.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Amazon.Com; A Case Study.

leaders, the competition for global online market share grows intensively. As a result, Barnes and Nobles online store barnesandnobles.com is now the leader in online book e-retailing.In this section ... as a mass merchant, allowing specialty stores to identify with particular segment, e.g. Barnes and Noble - books, eToys - Toys, Home Depot - Tools.Customers need to return products through third parr ...

(4 pages) 855 0 4.8 Aug/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > E-commerce

E-Business.

dustry evolved from the mom and pap's stores to the big corporate giants like Borders and Barns and Nobles. But with the move to the electronic age, the book industry was blind sided by new player lik ... com into the book industry forced many of the bookstore giants to enter in to e-business. Barns and Nobles lunched an e-business web site in order to compete directly with amazon.com.Brick-and-mortar ...

(4 pages) 891 0 4.7 Aug/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Strategic Plan Analysis - Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble (Strategic Plan Analysis)Barnes & Noble is a company that was founded and owned by actual ... man with a vision that bookstores could be the place where people could be and become (www.barnesandnoble.com). In this paper I will look at Barnes & Noble's vision, goals and objectives as well a ... bjectives as well as their strategic plan and will give a SWOT analysis of the company.Barnes & Noble's mission, vision and values include not only the customers but also the authors, booksellers, ...

(2 pages) 1026 1 3.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Five Forces Model for Industry Analysis

d with. These handicaps of Amazon were the basis for the emergence of book retail giants Barnes and Noble and Borders in the online shopping industry.Industry CompetitorsThe major competitors of Amazo ... in the online shopping industry.Industry CompetitorsThe major competitors of Amazon are Barnes and Noble and Borders. Barnes and Noble is a retail giant offering books and CDs both in their outlets a ...

(6 pages) 672 0 4.5 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Fact sheet on the Aztecs

luck.- Peasants were allowed to wear only plain garments woven from maguey fibers.- Nobles wore embroidered cotton.Religion-- Sacrificed humans in order so two gods who were al ... vine women.- Each god represented element in nature and human behaviors.Education-- Noble boys went to school called Calmecac when they turned twelve until 15yrs.- Learned to r ...

(2 pages) 20 0 3.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > Central & Southamerican History

Supply Chain Paper

ed in purchasing a book, the process can be as simple as visiting a Borders or perhaps a Barnes and Noble. But what about the process that the book has to be submitted to before it can arrive in the h ... refund from the publisher (1997).Wholesalers receive orders from retailers, for example Barnes and Noble, and consolidate them into lot-orders for the publishers. These books sold to general retailer ...

(4 pages) 522 0 2.2 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

E-Business Website Review

Analysis of Three Websites:Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and Half Price BooksAbstractThe purpose of this document is for to review three websites - Ama ... BooksAbstractThe purpose of this document is for to review three websites - Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble and Half Price Books. The review will cover the following areas:Look and Feel of each site.Eas ... mer data, excellent customer service, and ease of use of the website.Amazon,com did to Barnes & Noble online (the largest bricks and mortar book seller) what B&N did to all the other bookselle ...

(7 pages) 368 0 4.5 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > E-commerce

Marketing (amzon.com)

es facing Amazon is a fast moving and unpredictable business model, stiff competition with BarnesandNoble.com, and managing viable growth.It has to maintain its expansionistic price leadership strateg ... too fast too soon, establish strategic alliances with retailing giants like Walmart and Barnes and Nobles as they have physical stores and worldwide distributorships, and also cost-cutting measures t ...

(10 pages) 228 0 3.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > E-commerce

Marketing Tools for Online Booksellers

ols for the online bookseller industry. Team D describes how three different websites, Barnes & Noble, Books Online and Amazon, conduct business on the internet with focus on marketing tools used ... n evaluation of the apparent customer service provided by each site of the three sites.Barnes & NobleThe Barnes and Noble site does not heavily market major commercial partnerships; whereas this s ...

(4 pages) 165 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > E-commerce

Marketing Tools

er is to describe the marketing tools used on three website: Amazon, Books-a-Million and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, the paper will evaluate the customer service provided on each website.To develo ... er consumers a better understanding of which sites they should use while shopping online.Barnes and NobleBarnes and Noble, the internet's largest bookstore has over a million different titles availabl ...

(5 pages) 185 0 3.0 Aug/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Computer hardware and software technology how to influence on business performance

ware technology can have a profound influence on business performance. In this report, Barnes & Noble.com will be chosen to discussion. Computer software and hardware applications are essential fo ... ContentsPageExecutive Summary 1Table of Contents 21.0 Introduction 32.0 Company Profile: Barnes&Noble.com 43.0 Software Application in B&N.com 43.1 Supply Chain Management Systems 43.2 Custome ...

(11 pages) 118 1 3.8 Dec/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

E-commerce: Book industry

bility of the online bookstore has been made easy and possible by companies like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Borders.Amazon is really the innovative giant in the book e-commerce market. They have br ... nics, home and garden, grocery, apparel, sports and outdoors, tools, auto and industrial.Barnes and Nobles may not have been a pioneer in the e-commerce arena but they were in the book superstore conc ...

(9 pages) 30 0 0.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Marketing Tools and Regulations

st a necessity now and having a company website is a very strong marketing tool. Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and Borders have been successful with their e-commerce sites using a mixture of marketing too ... d a wealth of information right at the customer's fingertips.The marketing tools used by Barnes and Nobles are very similar to those used by Amazon. The main e-commerce marketing tool for Barnes and N ...

(11 pages) 24 0 3.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Marketing Tools and Regulations - Ecommerce

st a necessity now and having a company website is a very strong marketing tool. Amazon, Barnes and Nobles and Borders have been successful with their e-commerce sites using a mixture of marketing too ... d a wealth of information right at the customer's fingertips.The marketing tools used by Barnes and Nobles are very similar to those used by Amazon. The main e-commerce marketing tool for Barnes and N ...

(11 pages) 35 0 3.0 Jun/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Strategic Initiative Paper: Barnes and Noble

Since first acquiring a controlling interest in Barnes&Noble.com in September 2003, the company has had a continued interest in improving the online offeri ... 003, the company has had a continued interest in improving the online offerings to the Barnes & Noble customers (Barnes & Noble, 2009). In the time since the acquisition, Barnes & Noble ha ... d increased interest in the online initiatives may come as a surprise when considering Barnes & Noble is already widely regarded as the nation's top bookseller - a bookseller who attains this mark ...

(4 pages) 78 0 3.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Marketing Stratigies for Barnes and Noble

neral stores, when this country was in its infancy. The well known literary conglomerate Barnes and Noble has been in existence since 1873 and had its humble beginnings in New York City the publishing ... s humble beginnings in New York City the publishing capital of this country then and now.Barnes and Noble is a publically traded company under the symbol "BKS". It is currently the largest book retail ...

(7 pages) 37 0 3.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

* Analysis of Amazon.com Using the Competitive Forces and Value Chain Models Using Management Information Systems

d with. These handicaps of Amazon were the basis for the emergence of book retail giants Barnes and Noble and Borders in the online shopping industry.Threat of SubstitutesAgain, this is very similar t ... zon and other online bookstores are the "actual" book retailers and music stores such as Barnes and Nobles, Virgin Megastore, Tower Records, Sam Goody and other small mom-and-pop outlets. With the ris ...

(21 pages) 124 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies > Computer and Electronics Companies

Strategic Plan Part1

ants to be in the future. This paper will discuss the mission, vision, and values of the Barnes and Noble Company in determining the strategic direction.Barnes and Noble is a Fortune 500 Company speci ... 4.6 million students and faculty in colleges and universities throughout all 50 states. Barnes and Noble hosts about 100,000 community events nationwide to raise funds for schools and literary and cu ...

(5 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jun/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Technology and Religion

Technology & ReligionDavid F. Noble's book The Religion of Technlogy: The Divinity of Man and the Spirit of Invention explores and ... rical development of religion of technology in the west for the past thousand years or so. David F. Noble claims that we seek these powers to regain the perfection we lost when man was banished from t ... fection we lost when man was banished from the Garden of Eden and to bring ourselves closer to God. Noble describes how technological advancement accelerated at the very point when it was invested wit ...

(4 pages) 3 0 0.0 Jun/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith