Monthly Archives: November 2014

 
Many people think of social entrepreneurship mostly in regards to solving problems in underdeveloped nations, problems that caused by poor national finance, like lack of access to food, clean water and medicines. But in developed nations, it’s also easy to find some issues that may lead these countries to a social entrepreneur approach, like environmental degradation, and economic inequality.

Otherwise Social entrepreneurship traditionally has been studied in the US, many forerunners operate in developing countries that have no structures or resources to support and start traditional entrepreneurship. Accordingly, social entrepreneurship creates novel business models, organizational structures, and strategies for overcoming limited and disparate resources to create social value for the whole society. It therefore relies on individuals who are exceptionally skilled at managing and utilizing resources effectively: human, financial, and political.

Social entrepreneurship paves the way for younger generation that they may be allowed to satisfy their own needs better than what we are able to satisfy even the basic needs of today’s population. It gives the leaders of global corporations a unique opportunity to learn and create new collaborative efforts that are in the corporations’ own economic interest, while at the same time creating social value.

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“What Is a Social Entrepreneur?” Ashoka. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014.

https://www.ashoka.org/social_entrepreneur>.

“Social Entrepreneurship.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 28 Oct. 2014. Web. 11 Nov. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship>.

“Tilt: The Social Initiative.” What Is a Social Entrepreneur? N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2014. <http://www.csef.ca/what_is_a_social_entrepreneur.php>.

Many people, like Dingchang Jia and me, are highly interested in this successful company. ALIBABA is becoming more and more famous around the world after the IPO. And people not only in China pay more attention to this company, not only because the amazing expanding speed but also the successful management strategy.

And the latest biggest marketing strategy is the “The Single Day Sale”. With this strategy Alibaba will gain huge amount of profits. Otherwise, Alibaba have their own mobile apps and services.

Chinese are also increasingly using smartphones to gain access to the Internet in place of computers, and some analysts have worried about Alibaba’s ability to continue to attract users. Though Alibaba has a number of standout smartphone applications, in mobile it remains in the shadow of its rival Tencent, which runs a popular messaging and social networking application called WeChat. Tencent has been striving to make use of the app to sell goods to consumers and has a partnership with Alibaba’s closest e-commerce competitor in China, Jingdong. Analysts have been cheered by the quick growth in the percentage of Alibaba’s transactions carried out on smartphones, though the company’s smartphone presence will continue to be watched closely.

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“Dingchang Jia’s business blog”

http://blogs.ubc.ca/maximum/

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“Alibaba Group.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 11 Sept. 2014. Web. 09 Nov. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alibaba_Group>.

I would like to get familiar with nowadays smart-phone market before I begin to imagine the future cool phone. The global smartphone market has witnessed extraordinary growth in recent years. Apple has redefined the hardware business model; Samsung has built a substantial advantage thanks to the scale of its operations; and the barriers to entry have fallen thanks to factors such as the rise of the Android operating system and numerous reference design platforms that enable a thriving manufacturing community, most notably in Shenzhen, China.

Some people have the enthusiasm to achieve the most advanced technology; they usually have high expectation of future smartphones. And some of the experts give them some assumption that might come true one day. I read some of the articles from the technology magazine and I want to share some new value may add into future phone. One is the flexible screen; some companies even have plans on make wearable smartphones for the masses. For instance, Nokia is currently conducting research on their concept device, Morph, which offers users the option of wearing it as a wrist watch or unfold it to use as a typical handset as and when required. And the other is 3-D screen, at present, we have a couple of 3D smartphones in the market, such as the LG Optimus 3D, the Motorola MT810 as well as the very first Samsung AMOLED 3D.

Reply to “How Smart can a Smart Phone be?”

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“10 Awesome Smartphone Concepts That May Never Exist.” Digital Trends. <http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/10-awesome-future-phone-concepts/>.

“Smartphone.” Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Nov. 2014. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smartphone>.