Environmental Analysis
The overall market for software applications for the mobile phone is fragmented. This is mainly due to ease in which applications can be designed and distributed about customers. Many applications do not require large fixed cost investments. In fact, much of the cost of developing a mobile lies within the intellectual capital needed to create it. Much of this intellectual capital, which consists of labor, compensation, and benefits is variable in nature. This variable cost structure makes entry into the market both seamless and unpredictable. If, for example, a software application becomes very successful, the company can easily hire more talent on an "as needed" basis. Likewise if an application losses it usefulness, the company can immediately lay off workers to compensate for the lack of revenue. For example, Rovio, the maker of Angry Birds, laid of a third of its workforce this year amid increasing competition from Electronic Arts and Nintendo. The reduction of costs at Rovio would have been much more difficult, if its cost structure was fixed. However, more consumers are using mobile phones and applications to track others. (Odell, 2005). This technology is only beginning to grow, which presents and interesting business proposition for the Peace of Mind company.
The threat of substitutes is very high for Peace of Mind mobile company. Globalization, and in particular the proliferation of the internet around the world, has created an interesting dynamic with the technology sector. An initially great idea can be easily copied by a much more financially sound competitor. The industry has seen this on numerous occasions with very popular startups. 3D printing, cloud computing, and mobile gaming have all sense competitors come and go. The threat of changing technology makes it much more easier to substitute a product. It also makes it difficult to monetize a product. As competitors realize how successful a particular app is, they rush to make an improved copy of the application, thus making the original obsolete. As...
Mobile Computing: A Disruptive Innovation Whose Time Has Come The pervasive adoption of mobile computing devices, combined with cloud computing and the quantum gains in application software are creating a globally diverse collaborative platform. These elements taken together are deliver an exceptionally fast and pervasive level of disruptive innovation across all sociocultural and technology sectors (Bernoff, Li, 2008). The impact of this disruptive innovation is so significant that IT departments have
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Social class remains a key demand driver on both a micro and macro level. The perceptual map of the global cell phone market based on features and price is as follows: The first point of segmentation is with respect to behavior, in particular the benefits sought and usage rate. The demand in the developed world for smartphones has been driven by demand for new features. Younger consumers are heavy users of
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Both of these devices "allow handwritten data entry including sketching with 'electronic ink' and handwriting recognition that converts scribble into typewritten text." (Wales and Zabrek, 2003) Full integration with hospital servers of these devices is required to realize the full benefits of these devices. These mobile devices "facilitate the entry of data for storage and processing at the servers. By storing hospital data on servers rather than on the mobile
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