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Life Choices in Robert Frosts The Road Not Taken and...

Robert Frost’s â€Å"The Road Not Taken† and â€Å"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening† both portray weighing of choices in life. The former is about youth and experiencing life and the latter is about old age, or more probably, an old spirit wearied by life. In both poems the speaker is in a critical situation where he has to choose between two paths in life. In â€Å"The Road Not taken† the speaker chooses the unconventional approach to the decision making process, thus showing his uniqueness and challenging mentality while in â€Å"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening† the speaker seeks a life without any pain and struggle but at the end, he has to comply with social obligation, which reflects his responsibility towards the society. In the poem, â€Å"The†¦show more content†¦By choosing the harder path, the speaker declares his rebellion against the popular opinion as represented by the other road. He decides not to conform to society and takes up a less popular choice. When considering his choices the speaker shows the typical human reaction. He considers taking both paths at first. He says, â€Å"Oh I kept the first for another day†, but later confesses he â€Å"doubted if [he] should ever come back† (13-15). Thus the poem’s significance lies in the speakers making a decision by choosing a road and moving on with his life. The act of choosing the road represents his uniqueness and the fact that he is always moving forward, even without stopping. Like â€Å"The Road Not Taken†, in â€Å"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening†, the speaker has to make a big decision in his life. He has to choose between isolation and social obligation. At first glance, this poem might denote stopping in the woods to escape the hustle and bustle of city life. Different symbols in this poem though reveal that stop in the poem could be referring to death. 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string(40) " brain to the other organs of the body\." of Triangular Love Theory and The Effects on Our Brain Merry Alijoski College of New Rochelle Author Note This paper was prepared for Psychology 101, taught by Professor Hertler. Abstract This paper presents the classification of love in Robert Sternberg’s triangular love theory and how the brain falls in love within the three components of love. The research findings hold significance to people who are or have been in love and have interest in classifying their love and understanding how they love. We will write a custom essay sample on Psychology of Love or any similar topic only for you Order Now In this paper, research is cited to attempt and solve the biological mystery behind love and how love can be broken down into components. The brain plays a major role in loving other people and the components help define our relationships with the opposite sex. To gather information and results on this topic, I analyzed several books and articles on the psychology, evolution, and brain reactions of love. As a result of completing the above procedure, studies show how dopamine creates happy feelings. Sternberg’s triangular love theory provides components that have scores which increase and decrease over time. The larger implication of my findings reveals how love is complex and so is the biological process of it. Keywords: love, brain, components Introduction What is love? The definition is infinite. In history, scholars have primarily studied the nature of love. For instance, in 1886, the German pioneering sexologist and physician Richard von Krafft-Ebing classified five types of love. These types were known as true love, sentimental love, platonic love, friendship, and sensual love. Albert Ellis (1954) suggested further love varieties: â€Å"Love itself . . . ncludes many different types and degrees of affection, such as conjugal love, parental love, familial love, religious love, love of humanity, love of animals, love of things, self-love, sexual love, obsessive-compulsive love, etc. † (p. 101). Love is very complex and has been broken down into many theories such as the triangular love theory, types of love, and styles of love by Robert Sternberg. In terms of the biological as pect of love, it is extremely difficult to explain. Discoveries show how the brain processes though the body when a man or woman selects a mate. Results suggest that the â€Å"chemistry† of attraction between people comes from chemical processes within the brain. Components of Triangular Love Theory Robert Sternberg (1986, 1998) identified three terms of three basic components that create the vertices of the love triangle, known as intimacy, passion, and decision/commitment. The intimacy component refers to close, connected, and bonded feelings in loving relationships (Sternberg, 1989, p. 120). The passionate component has the motivational drive that can lead to such romantic and physical attraction, sexual consummation, and related wonders. Many factors contribute to passion such as the need for sexual arousal, self-esteem, association with people, power over others, obedience to others, and to achieve one’s potential. The decision and commitment component consists of two aspects, one short term and one long term. In a short term relationship, the decision one loves someone. Long term relationships consist of commitment to maintain that love. In most cases, decision will encourage commitment. If the love components begin to combine, then eight subsets that represent the classification of love are created. These eight types are extremes for reality. On occasion, someone would have an instance in which there is passion with no intimacy at all. The following represents the triangular love theory including the eight subsets. Figure 1. 1 Sternberg’s triangular theory of love represents the three components of love and they are shown in the vertices of the triangle. The different types of love formed through various combinations of the components are in the brackets of the triangle. _____________________________________________________________________________________ SOURCE: From Sternberg, R. J. (1988). Triangulating love. In R. J. Sternberg M. L. Barnes (Eds. ), The psychology of love (pp. 119-138). Each component of love has feelings that we experience when meeting a person who can be a potential long term mate. With the use of different chemicals, the brain regulates these feelings. To stimulate long term commitment all sections must be involved. However, this often does not happen. â€Å"While these brain circuits and emotions work with each other in a safe and fulfilling love relationship, they can and do function independently of one another. You can be bonded with one person, infatuated with another and have sex with yet a third person† (Schaeffer, pg 27). Schaeffer’s statement connects to the three-brain system theory. The main idea of the theory is that there are three sections of the brains of humans have developed along with the brain of previous animal ancestors. Our brains are not too different from animals because the main difference is that our brain functions on three different levels. Such aspects of the human brain are reasons for diverse attraction cues and how they vary based on the person when choosing a mate. Intimacy In detail, the intimacy component alone, which is identified as liking, occurs in certain instances. Such liking occurs when someone experiences only the intimacy component of love during the absence of the passion and decision/commitment components. The person often feels closeness, a bond, and warmth toward each other, without intense passion or long term commitment. The passion component, unlike the intimacy component, has passion without commitment and intimacy. Intimacy or liking, associates with attraction and how the sense of sight allows one to see the image of an attraction person, creating an effect on the brain. The chemical that results from physical attraction (or lust) is phenyl ethylamine or PEA. It is a naturally occurring amphetamine substance from within the brain that stimulates and increases physical and emotional energy. The initial attraction between two individuals causes one to produce more PEA which results in those dizzying feelings associated with romantic love. Another substance that is released by PEA is dopamine. This chemical increases a desire to be physically close and intimately connected. When these chemicals are being secreted in larger doses, they send signals from the brain to the other organs of the body. You read "Psychology of Love" in category "Essay examples" If you wonder why you or someone is attracted to the â€Å"wrong† person, it may be because you are high on the physical response to these substances, which overwhelm your ability to use your head and exercise â€Å"good judgment and common sense† (True Love and Chemistry). Attraction is extremely powerful and it can be the source of a long lasting relationship. Research shows that signals that come from the body can have an effect of a person’s feelings of attraction for another. Psychologists Donald G. Dutton and Arthur P. Aron created three experiments which show a relationship between strong levels of anxiety and attraction. Male passersby’s were communicated either on a fear-arousing suspension bridge or a non-fear arousing bridge by a beautiful female evaluator who asked them to fill out questionnaires. Aside from the control group, there were results proving that more anxiety was produced during the experimental bridge. In other words, attraction caused anxiety. Passion The passion component alone, classified as infatuated, is commonly phrased as being â€Å"love at first sight†. In this particular component, love is changed into obsession by treating the partner as an idealized object rather than as him or himself. There is a cure for infatuation and one must get to know the object of one’s infatuation very well. An alternative solution is to become convinced that one has absolutely no hope of attaining the object of one’s infatuation. Infatuations major problem is that it tends to be obsessive. People experiencing infatuation tend to steadily focus on the love, which causes one to waste time, energy, and motivation from other significant things in one’s life. On Robert’s triangle, infatuated love relationships form in an asymmetrical figure. In research (Sternberg Barnes 1985) reveals that the higher the degree of asymmetry, the increasing chance that a relationship is prone to distress. The passion component, or infatuation stage, is correlated with being intoxicated. These feelings originate from chemical of dopamine. PEA is a substance that discharges dopamine and when we fall in love our brain directs signals for additional dopamine. People are in a happy state of mind due to dopamine’s effects on us. These feelings are common when we have â€Å"butterflies† or we are â€Å"weak in the knees† during the time we are around the person we love. A study created in 2002 by an anthropologist named Helen Fisher, revealed these feelings due to the distribution of dopamine. Fisher gathered 40 young participants who were madly in love. Half were loved in return, while the other half was experiencing love rejection. Each participant was placed in a MRI with a picture of their beloved and one of an acquaintance. They all stared at the photo of their sweetheart for 30 seconds, then after a distraction, they would look at the acquaintance photo for another 30 seconds. Everyone was switching back and forth for approximately 12 minutes. This study discovered that the photos of the participant’s sweetheart’s created the distribution of dopamine into various sections of the brain including the posterior dorsal caudate and its tail, which are the main parts of the brains system for reward and motivation. In cases where dopamine levels are high the feeling of falling in love is rapid and powerful, causing an obsession to occur with the person who gives them that feeling. The increasing levels of dopamine explain why people long for the feeling that loved one give them. Decision/commitment One of the most meaningless components has to be the decision/commitment component alone, known as empty love. The empty love forms as a result from someone simply making a decision to love one another without intimacy or passion being present. Usually this type of love is found in motionless relationships and marriages that have lost the attraction and emotional support for one another. Lazarus (1985) identifies that when marriage is solely based on commitment, the other missing components are very difficult to restore in the marriage. Empty love is known for being one-sided in the triangle. After Sternberg explained the components in an individual manner, he began combining the components and created different forms of love. Commitment is connected to how the human brain correlates with reproduction. We are biologically made to reproduce and carry on genes. â€Å"As far as your genes are concerned, your principal job while you’re alive is to conceive offspring, bring them to adulthood and then obligingly die so you don’t consume resources better spent on the young. Anything that encourages you to reed now and breed plenty gets that job done† (The Science of Romance). These drives are contributed to the process of selecting a partner with the help of biological cues. Today’s society refers this process to â€Å"romance† and a feeling of â€Å"love†. Our society has changed the drives for commitment with others. There is an excess amount of time devoted to the process of lov e instead of reproducing children. Commitment is a significant factor for having healthier babies but the societies today are focusing on how and why people have decided to commit to one spouse. Kinds of Love Romantic love is formed through the combination of intimacy and passion. People who experience romantic love have a physical attraction and emotions for one another. For example, a summer love can demonstrate romantic love, but there is not a real chance for it to last beyond the summer. Such lovers feel an intense passion for one another and feel that they can bare their souls to one another as well. A counter argument is given by Hartfield and Walster (1981) by stating that romantic love does not differ from infatuation. Many possibilities may occur in such a love. Romantic lovers can realize that they may or may not have many things in common. In some cases, a friendship can easily change into a romantic love, due to the admiration for one another and the passion that draws them together. Companionable love results from the combination of intimacy and decision/commitment components of love. Companionate love is identified as a long-term committed friendship. The passion goes away although the intimacy remains. Most people are happy with this type of love. However, some people find it difficult living without some kind of romance going on. As a solution, people might have affairs to feed their hunger for such romance. Fatuous love requires the combination of passion and the decision/commitment components of love. Hollywood courtships experience fatuous love most of time. Once the passion wears out, commitment is left. However, commitment requires a lot of time and energy to develop. People involved in fatuous love think that marriage is heaven and a solution to all their worries and concerns. They are not aware of what is required to maintain a marriage. These people sacrifice a lot for passion and lack intimacy. The combination of intimacy, passion, and commitment forms consummate love. All components being present in consummate love allow people to strive for this type of love, especially those in romantic relationships. Having this love can be extremely difficult, but maintaining this love is far more challenging. We do not seek consummate love because we have the tendency to reserve it for those that have much more meaning for us. The following chart shows Sternberg’s typology of the love relationships. ————————————————- Table 1. Sternberg’s Typology of Love Relationships Love Component ___________________________ Kind of Love Relationship Intimacy Passion Decision/Commitment Nonlove Low Low Low Liking High Low Low Infatuation Low High Low Empty love Low Low High Romantic love High High Low Companionate love High Low High Fatuous love Low High High Consummate love High High High ______________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: According to Sternberg (e. . , 1986), the three basic components of love—intimacy, passion, and decision/commitment—combine to produce eight different types of love relationship. For example, infatuation-based relationships are characterized by relatively high levels of passion but relatively low levels of intimacy and commitment. Evidence for Sternberg’s Triangular Love Theory Sternberg designed a questionnaire, the Sternberg Triangular Love SCALE (STLS), in order to measure the components of love in his theory. Few studies were done on the scale alone (e. g. Sternberg, 191987, 1997; Whitley, 1993). The scale has proven to have good measures of the components, particularly of passion and commitment. Scores were stable for up to two months for the same relationship. Sternberg made assumptions that over time the scores will change. In one study, there were 204 adul t participants between the ages 18 to 68; 65 percent were married (Acker Davis, 1992). On average, the relationships were going for 9. 5 years. As Sternberg predicted, the scores of commitment raised within relationships that shifted from dating to marriage. Robert’s prediction of intimacy decreasing over time was also proven in the study. However, two different measures of intimacy increased over time. A different study assessed German adults for their relationship between the three components, sexual activity, and satisfaction (Grau Kimpf, 1993). In the theory, it is predicted that the measurement of passion should be strongly correlated to sexual activity, but the results prove that intimacy is closely related to sexual behavior and sexual satisfaction. Conclusions and Future Study The preceding information matters because love is hard to define and varies for others, which makes Sternberg’s theory an informative model of all types of relationships. An addition to all the components, information on how the brain works while falling in love, allows people to understand the biological process of love. Love can be classified in many forms and the brain helps select our mates based on the innate genetics of needing to reproduce. Arguments in the paper fit together and prove the thesis statement, such as dopamine creating happy feelings when in love and gene’s principle job is to reproduce. Further steps that need to be taken in the area of the papers research, is researching the purpose of love. There can be a study done on participants and how they view of the purpose of love. Objective information should come from science and religion. Then the subjective and objective findings can be compared and contrasted to form a conclusion. | ReferencesFisher, H. , Aron, A. , Brown, L. (2005). Dr Helen Fisher – Biological Anthropologist – Home Page. Retrieved from http://www. helenfisher. com/downloads/articles/13JourCompNeur. pdfFisher, H. E. (1992). Anatomy of love: The natural history of monogamy, adultery, and divorce. New York: Norton. Franzoi, S. L. (2009). Social psychology. New York: McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Regan (2002, October 30). General Theories of Love. SAGE – the natural home for authors, editors and societies. SAGE is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets: Welcome to Sage. Retrieved from http://www. sagepub. com/upm-data/3222_ReganChapter1_Final. pdfSchaeffer, B. (2009). Is it love or is it addiction? The book that changed the way we think about romance and intimacy. Center City, Minn: Hazelden. Sternberg, R. J. , Barnes, M. L. (1988). The Psychology of love. New Haven: Yale University Press. The Science of Romance: Why We Love – TIME. (2009, November 6). Breaking News, Analysis, Politics, Blogs, News Photos, Video, Tech Reviews – TIME. com. Retrieved from http://www. time. com/time/magazine/article/0 ,9171,1704672,00. htmlTrue Love and Chemistry: Exploring Myth and Reality. (2009, November 6). Retrieved from http://www. enotalone. com/article/2946. html| | How to cite Psychology of Love, Essay examples

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Question: Discuss about the Strategic Anayses for Bellamy. Answer: Strategic Analyses for Bellamy Bellamy is an organic food manufacturer based in Australia. It was started way back in 2004 by Tasmanian family. The main focus of the company is to provide organic alternatives as well as formula products for young children. The organic food they produced are certified and are made from the raw materials obtained locally. The primary market for the range of products that the company produces is the Australian local market, where the company sales their products to the retailers for distribution to customers. Apart from the local market, Bellamy also, sales its products to the Asian countries such as China and South East Asia through distributors as well as the online sale through their portal (Bellamy's Resource Centre, n.d.). The company believes in providing natural organic food, which is cultivated by ensuring that there is no utilization of artificial manures, pesticides, added substances, and growth and development controllers. Organic nourishment is more advantageous than trad itional food and in this way is, the most favoured food nutrients for toddlers and young children with age below five years. Macro-Environment Analysis Bellamy organic food limited is the food bowl of the Australian as well as Asian market in general. There are several factors that affect their operations and subsequently their success. The macro environment can be better analyzed utilizing the PESTEL analysis. These include external factors that directly or indirectly affect the business operations of Bellamy. The factors are not within the control of the firm. They include political, economic, technological, social, legal and environmental factors. Political Factors The factors give a reflection on the governmental influence on the business operation of the firm. The organic food manufactured by Bellamy are directly affected by the Australian government regulations on organic food. This acts as an opportunity to the company as it gives room for them to improve their standards on proper labelling of their products. Bellamy also benefits from the free trade agreements especially with new local locations apart from the overseas markets. This acts as an opportunity which aids the firm in expanding its operations regarding size and customers. The local trade agreements seek to create a market for the local organic food which is certified and banded as safe for consumption. The government will have advertised on their behalf or created easy penetration and entry into new markets. The high labour standards in Australia is a threat to the company since the company will have to utilize more capital on employing the qualified staff to work on various production sections. This high cost of labour will be reflected on the cost of the end products which will likely be high. Expensive products will mean less turnover because few consumers will afford the firms products (Robins, 2015). On the other hand, the labour standards assure the local market on fair employment and labour opportunities which are an opportunity to Bellamy to get qualified staff. Economic Factors Due to the presence of economic stability in Australia, Bellamy has an opportunity to grow steadily, and satisfy the demands of the local population. The high employment rates in Australia acts as another opportunity to the company. The operations of the firm will flow steadily due to the constant availability of labour. On the other side, the high cost of labour is a threat to the company. The firm will be forced to increase the prices of organic food in their stores to meet the costs of paying the labour, and also remain with significant profits for the company. Bellamy has to develop well-structured strategies to ensure that this threat is neutralized and retain their market share regarding competitive prices of their end products. Socio-Cultural Factors These factors define the social characteristics that directly or indirectly influence Bellamys employees, investors and their customers. The ever increasing emphasis on the need to stay on a healthy lifestyle is an opportunity to the Bellamy organic food industry. Their ingredients are of high quality, and also, the fact that their products are certified gives the customers peace of mind. Most of the consumers will likely become potential customers for the company due to their need to satisfy their healthy lifestyle class (Aertsens, Verbeke, Mondelaers and Van Huylenbroeck, 2009). Another social opportunity for Bellamy is the ever increasing social diversity in Australia. There are a lot of immigrants in the recent years due to the countrys economic, social and political stability. This cultural diversity is a potential market for the company. The product mix provided by the firm serves the culturally diverse market. The only social threat to the company is the wealth gap, which has been increasing over the recent years. The middle class becomes weak such that, their ability to purchase Bellamys products will decrease. Since middle class are the major consumers of the products, the company will likely lose a lot of revenues. Technological Factors It includes the effects of technology as well as the changes in technology. Bellamy has embraced automation technology in their line of production. Automation increases efficiency in business operation which leads to high production using reduced input costs. This will result in cheap products. Also, Bellamy has mobile and internet technology to market and sell their products. They have a fully operational website (https://www.bellamysorganic.com.au/) which contains all the information about the company, and the products they are producing. Through their portal, the customers can access the information on the various available products and procedures on how to use the individual product (Bellamy's Organic, n.d.). This is an opportunity to the company since it provides a platform where the firm can reach to a maximum number of potential customers possible. Environmental Factors These are the conditions of the natural environment, which have the capacity to influence the firm directly or indirectly. Changes in climatic conditions for example, is a threat to Bellamy organic industry since the supply of their raw materials directly from the farmers will be affected (Seymour and Ridley, 2005). The productivity will likely decrease. Bellamy can increase their performance in the waste disposal management section. This will boost their sustainability in the market. Legal Factors It includes the effects of various laws on the business operation. Bellamy has always been adhering to the environmental protection laws and policies. This has greatly boosted their brand image, and thus an opportunity to the firm. There are also, rules and policies that seek to control the production of commercial baby foods (Neales, 2016). These rules may favour or cause a negative effect to Bellamy organic. The macro environment has a greater impact on Bellamy organic industry operation. The growth of the firm largely depends on the external factors rather than internal factors. Unfavorable external factors may lead to the collapse of the business operation if they are now well analyzed to ensure harmonious interrelationship with the internal operations. The company needs to ensure that their internal operations are always in harmony despite the fluctuations or challenges in the caused by the external environment. Bellamy should always utilize the available opportunities, capitalize on their strengths and minimize their weaknesses through all means possible. Bellamys Competitive Analysis In this analysis, the 5-forces analysis developed by Michael Porter developed will be used to assess the firms competitiveness in the market and subsequently generate the strategies accordingly. Through the analysis of five forces, the company can easily determine the profit margins they should expect in a competitive market. This model helps the firm in the analysis the intensity of competition available within their line of operation. The model cuts across all the industries and markets regarding its effects. These forces will also, determine the length of stay of the company or firm in the competitive market as well as the general growth and profits of the firm (Lombardo, 2017). Suppliers power Bargain If the suppliers have a strong power to bargain, then they will manage to sell the firms products at relatively high prices leading to high profits. Also, their high bargaining power may lead to the supply of low-quality inputs into the firm which will result in subsequent low-quality products from the firm. Bellamy has always managed to balance the bargaining powers of their suppliers such that their impacts are minimal and does not affect the firm negatively. Bellamy has a wide range of sources of raw material, and all are from within the local markets. This has greatly reduced the bargaining power of the suppliers. Bellamy is always holding the competitive advantage regarding obtaining the raw material and selling their end products to the consumers. The firm has a good relationship with their suppliers, either for the raw materials or their final products. This has led to increased profits, as well as enabling the firm to thrive in the industry for long despite the competition fr om their rivals. Competitive Rivalry within the Organic Food Industry Bellamy faces a lot of competition from other organic food industries especially from China and other Asian countries. The only advantage to the firm is their brand image due to their quality and purely organic products. Their products are certified and known to cause no alarming impacts on the infants, who are the main consumers of their products. This has enabled Bellamy to gain a large market share in the organic food industry despite the increasing number of competitors. The rivalry is not that intense because the consumers loyalty to the firms organic food is high, the exit barriers are low for any firm moving out, and the competitors are not strong. The Bellamy's online marketing and selling are boosting their turnover of the infant organic food material because of comfort and simplicity of operation. Additionally, expanded web and smart phone accessibility in the rising nations of Asia Pacific has increased the development. Physical shops hold the biggest offer in the market o f the infant organic food stuff. Local raw materials are normally sold in grocery stores, as clients lean toward a material experience before purchasing an item. In this manner, clients can guarantee the freshness and nature of the item being purchased. These are some of the competitive advantages that Bellamy has over their rivals in the industry. Customers Power to Bargain If the customers possess a high power to bargain, then they have the capacity to demand either the prices of the products to be reduced or the quality of the products be increased to meet their expectations. If this holds, then the low price of the commodities will result in high turnover but low profits to the firm. On the other hand, the demand for increased quality of products calls for high costs of inputs, therefore, increasing the costs of production. In this scenario, Bellamy customers have an average bargaining power. The number of customers buying the firms products is high in number due to the reputation and brand image of the firm. Their products also are of high quality. Hence, the customers have minimal capacity to demand lower prices for the commodities (Lombardo, 2017). The substitutes of organic food for infants are available, but those substitutes are incomparable with those delivered by Bellamy. Threat of New Entrants This force determines the ease of entry into the industry. Barriers such as government regulations and capital will determine the entry of new firms into the same line of productions. If the industry is seen to be more profitable, then there will be possible inflows of many entrants into the same line of production. Producing quality infant organic food requires a lot of capital and major investments regarding labour and other costs. Therefore, new entrants, in this case, are limited due to the competitive nature of the existing companies. Bellamy produces high-quality organic food for its consumers. Most of the population trust the company since it has served for a longer period with no major complaints. This makes hard for new entrants to get into such market since they will be forced to resort to measures such as lowering the prices of their products will significantly affect their turnover. Government regulations regarding standards required to operate such a business will likely to reduce the threat of new entrants into the organic food industry. Customer loyalty to the existing brands is also another factor that the new entrants are facing. When it comes to commodities such as food stuff, especially for infants and young babies, most of the people are too much sensitive. Most of them are forced to be loyal to the existing brands. People trust experience and value those products that have been proven beyond doubt that they are fit for their consumption. Threat of Substitutes It is always a greater threat when the existing customers find new alternatives or substitutes of the products that the firm has been selling. If the substitute serves the same purpose, and the prices are relatively low, then the customers are likely to shift into that product causing a serious threat. Most of Bellamys customers are unlikely to switch into other available substitutes due to the good services offered by the firm. The products are competitively priced, and at the same time, their products are of greater quality. This makes most of their customers to remain loyal to the firms product (Padel and Foster, 2005). The company has also taken advantage of technology and has gained a lot of customers across the country and Asian countries at large. They advertise, sell, and offer an appropriate guidance on how to use their products. Basing on the analysis, Bellamy has a greater chance of growing and expanding their market share due to the brand image and quality services they offer. They have all the advantages over their competitors. They are always goal oriented, and ahead of the rest in new developments. Their products meet all the required standards and thus are considered safe. They use no preservatives in manufacturing their products, hence their products have shorter shelf-life, but with a greater advantage on the other side. Resources and Competencies The VRIO analysis enables one to analyze the resources of the company and evaluate their competitive advantage. Value This is a question regarding the available resources of an organization, as to whether the can fully provide sufficient poser to the company to outdo the forces of their competitors. The available resources and capabilities of the company should be able to neutralize any threat, especially the external threats, to enable the firm gain maximum profits possible. Bellamy organic food for infants is of greater value, and most of the consumers prefer. The firm uses quality ingredients in manufacturing their various range of products. The certified raw materials as well as the safe output products places the companys products at a higher position of gaining higher turnover. They ensure that there are no preservatives included, which makes the products have a shorter shelf-life, but a greater customer attraction. These products give Bellamy a higher competitive advantage over their competitors products in the market. The products empower the firm to use the available resources to produce more to meet the demands of its clients. Rare This issue of rarity refers to a scenario where the availability of the products or the raw materials that the firm uses are limited to only few competing companies. The resources that have been classified as of highest value among several products, and are rare will enable the firm to gain competitive advantage over their rivals in the industry (Cardeal and Antonio, 2012). The raw materials used by Bellamy are available but the procedure of handling them, all through to the manufacturing process is unique. This makes their products special and admirable to most of the consumers. The greatest advantage that the firm is that, their process of manufacturing their organic food is capital intensive. In this case, the company enjoys this advantage through the production of quality products which has high market acceptance. Were it not for the unique process, the company could be facing more challenges due to the competitive industry where the products are not rare, making it available to most of the firms in the same line of business. Expensive to imitate or Copy The products produced by any firm should involve high technicality when it comes to the question of how easy can we produce a similar product. There will be a greater competitive advantage for the firm if their resources are difficult to be copied (Lin, Tsai, Wu and Kiang, 2012). The input resources should be rare and coupled with high value in order to give the firm a lasting competitive advantage, where they can enjoy massive profits for a longer period. The Bellamys products are hard to imitate due to the patent rights, and also they utilize natural means in their manufacturing process. The products are always with no additives or preservatives. Organization This seeks to evaluate to extend is the firm organized in terms of obtaining the necessary resources, and utilizing their strengths to maximize profits in the competitive market. The firm should have a better management that organizes the available valuable and rare resources to ensure maximum exploitation and utilization (Falkenberg and Brunsl, 2011). The maximum exploitation of the available resources will give the firm a higher competitive advantage over the rest of the firms. Bellamys organization has always been one of the best in the organic food industry. Their success is as a result of good and qualified management who provides better organization of resources. References Aertsens, J., Verbeke, W., Mondelaers, K. and Van Huylenbroeck, G., (2009). Personal determinants of organic food consumption: a review. British Food Journal, 111(10), pp.1140-1167. Bellamy's Resource Centre. (n.d.). Organic food: what's driving Australian consumer habits? - Bellamy's Organic. 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