...BRM/353 Apple iPad Air Promoted and proposed by Apple Inc., the iPad is and iOS operated line of tablet computers. The first tablet computer designed by Apple was the Newton MessagePad 100, which was announced in 1993. Apple had also established a sample PowerBook Duo based tablet, which was known as the PenLite, but chose not to retail it to prevent having an effect on the MessagePad sales. In 2007, Apple decided to re-enter the mobile-computing markets and introduced the iPhone. The iPhone is smaller in size than the iPad and features a mobile phone and a camera while also initiating the finger-sensitive multi-touch touchscreen of Apple's iOS mobile working structure. The release of the iPad had been assumed for numerous years by the end of 2009. Many rumors spoke mainly about “Apple’s tablet” and suggested names such as the iTablet. In January of 2010, Steve Jobs introduced the iPad at an Apple press conference in San Francisco (Ritchie, R. 2014, October 6). The first Apple iPad was released in April of 2010. The use of the iPad is constructed throughout the device's wide range of a touch screen, which includes a simulated keyboard. The iPad contains already installed Wi-Fi and on certain styles, a cellular connection. On a financial conference call in October of 2010, Steve Jobs stated that Apple retailed more iPads than Mac computers for the fiscal quarter. Before the actual unveiling of the iPad 2, Apple retailed more than 15 million iPads that were first-generation...
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...CHAPTER ONE 2 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Background of the Study 2 1.2 Problem Statement 5 1.3 Research Problem 6 1.4 Specific Objective 7 1.5 Importance of the Study 7 1.6 Scope of the Study 8 1.7 Definition of Terms 8 1.8 Chapter Summary 9 CHAPTER TWO………………………………………………………………………………………………….10 2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 10 2.1 Introduction 10 2.2 Theoretical Framework 10 2.3 Theory of Unclaimed Assets 13 2.4 Regulations of Unclaimed Financial Assets and Performance of Organizations 14 2.5 Chapter Summary 17 CHAPTER THREE 18 3.0 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 18 3.1 Introduction 18 3.2 Research Design 18 3.3 Population of the Study 18 3.4 Data Collection 19 3.5 The Research Procedures 19 3.6 Data Analysis 19 3.7 Chapter Summary 20 REFERENCES: 21 CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study Andreoli and Osibodu (2004) generally defined unclaimed property as a liability a company owes to an individual or entity when a debt or obligation remains outstanding after a specified period of time. According to Ministry of Finance (2008) quite a number of billions are held by financial institutions as unclaimed is circulating in the financial system to earn interest. On September 11th 2015 Unclaimed Financial Assets Authority (UFAA) reported to have collected 3.3billion shillings largely from banks (UFAA, 2015). Ministry of finance report (2008) showed that overall universe of unclaimed financial assets in the financial system, the corporate...
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...Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review Vol. 49 No. 2 (June 2012) 1 The Dubai Metro, the World’s Longest Fully Automated Metro Network Tr a n s p o r ta t i o n S y s t e m s D i v i s i o n The Dubai Metro infrastructure was designed to support economic growth in Dubai, and is the first urban railway in the Gulf States. Dubai has established its position as a leading hub for finance, logistics, and tourism in the Middle East. During this process, chronic traffic congestion became a serious social issue, stemming from the population increase that ensued from rapid economic growth. In order to alleviate traffic congestion, the Dubai Government decided an urban railway would be constructed. In 2004, the Dubai government asked for international tenders for the Dubai Metro Project and the following year placed an order with the Dubai Rapid Link Consortium (DURL), a five-company consortium lead by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), with three other Japanese companies and one from Turkey. DURL was responsible for delivering a fully automated driverless railway system including all related engineering and construction. The Civil Works including the design, engineering and construction of tunnels, elevated viaducts, and station buildings and depots were performed by our civil works partner, a joint venture consisting of Obayashi Corporation, Kajima Corporation, and the Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi. MHI, in collaboration with Mitsubishi Corporation, was responsible for the design...
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...Executive Summary John Raymond is working on his 401K-retirement plan. He has all of the risks and returns for all of the assets in his investment classes. He assumes that all returns follow a normal distribution with the following means and standard deviations. Investment Class | Mean | Standard Dev. | Fixed Income/Annuities | 8.31% | 0.60% | Cash | 7.73% | 0.80% | US Treasury Bonds | 8.80% | 5.00% | US Investment Corp Bonds | 9.33% | 7.00% | Foreign Government Bonds | 10.95% | 10.00% | Domestic Large Cap Stocks | 12.71% | 17.30% | International Equities | 14.02% | 19.00% | Domestic Mid Cap Stocks | 11.64% | 18.19% | Domestic Small Cap Stocks | 15.93% | 23.00% | For each investment class we found the probability of a loss in the investment for a return of less than zero. We also found the probability of a return greater than 5%, between -5% and 5%, and lower than 15%. In finding these probabilities, we were able to find which investment classes were more profitable for John Raymond and the correlations of the different investment classes. We grouped the investment classes into two groups into compare the correlation. The first group consisted of: fixed income/annuities, US treasury bonds, US investment corporate bonds, and foreign government bonds. The second group consisted of: domestic large cap stocks, domestic mid cap stocks, domestic small cap stocks, and international equities. Part A In using the Z-score transformation formula, we found...
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...Contents 2.1 Motivation 2 2.2 Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 2 2.3 Drives for Employee Motivation 3 2.4.1 Management Commitment 4 2.4.2 Training and Development 4 2.4.3 Respect and Recognition 4 2.4.4 Role of pay 5 2.4.5 Proposed Replica to Motivate Workers in McDonald 6 Introduction 7 3.1 Qualitative & Quantitative Research Methods 7 3.2 Final selection for the project 7 2.3 Primary data or secondary data 8 2.4 Research Tools 8 2.5 Population Sample 8 2.6 Sampling technique 8 2.7 Advantages of qualitative research methods 9 2.8 interviews 9 2.8.1 Advantages and disadvantages of face to face interviews. 9 Literature Review 2.1 Motivation By Anne (2010) motivation basically came from a Latin-word-mover whose basic meanings indicate movement, in simple way using efficient approach/way for reaching final targets. According to Edwards (2007) nowadays in organizations motivation is treated like catalyst for getting competitive edge over rivals. By Jaffery (2009) a strong relationship exists between motivation and job performance. In view of Halverson (2005) motivation acts like oxygen for organizations and it is of huge importance especially in such business (services) where workers have direct link with consumers as in food business. It is a million dollar advice for managers in fats food companies that they must focus on identifying indicators which definitely stimulate workers for performing their jobs in an efficient manner. Fast food business has become very...
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...SHAILESH J. MEHTA SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT Bridging The Gap BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS PROJECT GROUP 5 Rishi Ramesh 139278007 Parthajit Dutta 139278014 Ananth SG 139278018 Vedavyas Pai 139278071 Manjunath Mantagani 139278085 Your Opinion Counts!!! SJM School of Management – IIT Bombay 1) What do you think about placements in your college? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2) List the skills that would be needed for better placements. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Finishing School: A finishing school is a specialized placement training institute which specializes in services such as training students on interview handling skills, Group Discussion Skills, technical and functional competency building skills, Written Ability Test skills etc. These trainings are given by experts who have huge industry experience and know every aspect of recruitment and placements. Rate the following statements on this scale: Strongly Agree 5 Agree 4 Neutral 3 Disagree 2 Strongly Disagree 1 Business Research Methods Project There is a need for placement training sessions/workshops in your college. Providing specific placement related training is not under the purview of the...
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...A Study on Waiting Line Management in Indian Retail Sector Project Title: - To study the effectiveness of “Waiting Line Management” of two supermarkets. Introduction:- Waiting Line Management- Understanding waiting lines or queues and learning how to manage them is one of the most important areas in operation management. We wait in line every day, from driving to work to checking out at the supermarket. In this project we discuss the basic elements of waiting lines problems and provide standard solutions to solve them. One of the ways of arriving at some of these solutions is queuing theory through which dissimilar delays encountered by customers. Overview of Indian Retail Sector- Retailing in India is one of the pillars of its economy and accounts for 14 to 15 percent of its GDP. The Indian retail market is estimated to be US$ 450 billion and one of the top five retail markets in the world by economic value. India is one of the fastest growing retail markets in the world, with 1.2 billion people. As of 2013, India's retailing industry was essentially owner manned small shops. In 2010, larger format convenience stores and supermarkets accounted for about 4 percent of the industry, and these were present only in large urban centres. The Indian retail industry has experienced high growth over the last decade with a noticeable shift towards organised retailing formats. The industry is moving towards a modern concept of retailing. Main Focus Area Our research focuses upon...
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...Executive Summary Over the last few years, the capital market of Bangladesh has witnessed a haughty growth which is not in line of development in the real sector of the economy. Although, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of Bangladesh has tried to correct the irregular behavior observed in the market, very often it is argued that lack of proper and firm decisions from the regulator’s side has contributed to make the market more unstable rather than to reduce it. The paper attempts to identify the inter relationship between the capital market and money market. The Capital Market of Bangladesh is passing tough times since December 2010 as high volatility is eroding the capital of Thousands of Investors that might turn into social instability. This fall is caused by many factors that I tried to identify and tried to link up between causal factors of market crash and regulatory failure and also tried to find out the inter-relationship between capital market and money market. Primary issue related problems was faulty listing methods and IPO overpricing, few numbers of new listings, revaluating assets before company listing, high premium in issuance of right share/Repeat IPO etc. while secondary market related problems was stock splits and stock price manipulations through block trading, circular trading and insider trading. Investor’s greed and irrational behavior played a big rule to make the stock prices sky rocking as they were crazy to buy shares without judging...
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...>cases Ramada Demonstates Its Personal Best® >Abstract This case describes syndicated research in the hospitality industry that revealed trends in customer satisfaction and Ramada’s proprietary research leading to the development of the Personal Best™ employee hiring, training and motivation program. www.ramada.com >The Scenario In 1996 the latest D. K. Shifflet survey of customer satisfaction in the hospitality industry showed mid-tier hotels continuing their downward trend in perceived customer service, reflected by more and more respondents giving ratings on customer service in the 7 or lower range on Shifflet’s 10-point scale. While Ramada’s satisfaction rates held steady, “It was only a matter of time before we experienced the problem,” says Tim Pigsley, director of operations for Ramada Franchise Systems (RFS). Shifflet research highlighted three critical areas for study that could influence customer satisfaction: hiring (finding the best people to deliver Ramada’s brand of exceptional service), training (giving employees the tools to deliver exceptional service), and motivation (providing the impetus for Ramada employees to deliver exceptional service). Unlike some of its competitors, RFS is a totally franchised system. In such an environment, not only must headquarters contend with the variable human factor of all service operations, but additionally, RFS must contend with differing “exceptional service” standards among owners of the nearly 900 Ramada properties...
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...1. INDUSTRY BACKGROUND The term footwear covers a vast range of products made from many different materials. Boots, shoes, sandals, slippers and clogs are made wholly or partly of rubber, synthetic and plastics materials, canvas, rope and wood. In fact, in 2007, rubber and plastics footwear made up 53% of the pie whereas leather footwear accounted for 14% only with the remaining 33% of the footwear made of textile and other types of materials. In recent years, the footwear industry has become highly globalised, with competition from countries with lower labor costs and less regulated working conditions forcing footwear manufacturers to look at restructuring and re-locating their facilities. As the World population increases and living standards improve, the demand for footwear has shot up rapidly. Over the last decade and a half, Asian countries have emerged as the most powerful destination for footwear production, with established names in the US and Europe economies having shifted their facilities (partly and wholly) to Asian countries. GLOBAL CONSUMPTION OVER 10 YEARS CONSUMPTION(MILLION OF PAIRS) | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2008 | ASIA(ALL) | 4744 | 5222 | 5474 | 5840 | 6528 | AMERICAS | 3011 | 3274 | 3279 | 3433 | 3611 | EUROPE | 2239 | 2396 | 2544 | 2717 | 2886 | REST OF THE WORLD | 1086 | 1187 | 1172 | 1317 | 1399 | TOTAL | 11080 | 12079 | 12469 | 13307 | 14424 | 2. THE INDIAN OUTLOOK The...
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...Business Research Methods Market Research to Evaluate Consumer Preferences for Various Features in Mobile Phones A report submitted to Prof. Anand Kumar Jaiswal Submitted by Group C08 Anshul Gupta Dr. PrashantDeshmukh Kunal Gupta Rohan Nag ShashwatSiddhant SwetaBindiTherlapu INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD Contents Background to the problem ......................................................................................................... 3 Research Matrix .......................................................................................................................... 4 Decision Problem .................................................................................................................... 4 Research Problem .................................................................................................................... 4 Information Needs ...................................................................................................................... 4 1. Secondary Research .......................................................................................................... 4 Primary Research:........................................................................................................................ 4 Variable Specification .................................................................................................................. 5 Literature Survey: Uncovering the latest trends in the Mobile...
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...INTRODUCTION As per an article on the website , www.venturecapitalresources.com , named “Past and Present of Capital Market” it has been mentioned that the Indian stock markets are one of the oldest in Asia. Its history dates back to nearly 200 years ago. The earliest records of security dealings in India are meager and obscure. By 1830's business on corporate stocks and shares in Bank and Cotton presses took place in Bombay. Though the trading list was broader in 1839, there were only few brokers recognized by banks and merchants during 1840 and 1850. The 1850's witnessed a rapid development of commercial enterprise and brokerage business attracted many men into the field and by 1860 the number of brokers increased into 60. In 1860-61 the American Civil War broke out and cotton supply from United States to Europe was stopped; thus, the 'Share Mania' in India begun. The number of brokers increased to about 200 to 250. However, at the end of the American Civil War, in 1865, a disastrous slump began (for example, Bank of Bombay Share which had touched Rs 2850 could only be sold at Rs. 87). At the end of the American Civil War, the brokers who thrived out of Civil War in 1874, found a place in a street (now appropriately called as Dalal Street) where they would conveniently assemble and transact business. In 1887, they formally established in Bombay, the "Native Share and Stock Brokers' Association" (which is alternatively known as “The Stock Exchange“). Trading was at that time...
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...case studies & reviews of previous related studies & data. - Used to identify and classify the elements or characteristics of the subject, - E.g. number of days lost because of industrial action. - Typical techniques: quantitative (used to collect, analyze & summarize data) Analytical Predictive - Often extends the descriptive approach to suggest or explain why or how sth. is happening - Aim: to speculate intelligently on future possibilities, based on close analysis of available evidence of cause & effect - E.g. predicting when and where future industrial action might take place - E.g. underlying causes of industrial action. - Important Feature: locate and identify the different factors (or variables) involved 10/8/2014 LHD-BRM-S6 2 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Nature: exploratory used when we don’t know what to expect, to define the problem or develop an approach to the problem. used to go deeper into issues of interest and explore nuances related to the problem at hand seeks to determine the causes of human behaviors E.g. • life choices which result in shortened lives and unhappy marriages • complex behaviors related to wars and other conflicts. Qualitative research is all about getting to the root of the problem and trying to determine what causes these kinds of destructive behaviors. Tools: focus groups, in-depth interviews and questionnaires. The data collected using these methods are then analyzed and studied in an attempt to determine why...
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...Business Research Methods seeks to expose MBA students to the theory and praxis of epistemological notions in relation to business phenomena. The course seeks to create an inter-face between the theoretical construct of corporate world. Emphasis is on understanding real corporate life experiences within their proper intellectual framework. The idea is to add value to a student’s appreciation of the business world, its structure, networks and composition. To facilitate this, the course equips the student with practical business research tools and skills such as questionnaire design and application, interview process design and techniques. In essence, BRM is integrative course which seeks to synthesise students’ experiences from other MBA courses into a coherent appreciation of the methodological configuration of business phenomena. Thus, BRM prepares students for their dissertation work. COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT: 30% 1. Research Proposal- First Semester- 10% 2. Research Project- Second Semester- 10% 3. Intra-Sessional Test – Second Semester- 10% COURSE OUTLINE 1. Introduction to business research -The purpose of business and management research -The research process -Outsourcing or internally administered researches 2. Formulating and designing research topics -Attributes of a good research topic -Generating and reefing research ideas -Turning research ideas into research topics 3. Types of researches -Ways of classifying...
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...The Importance of Risk Assessment and Management In definition a risk refers to an uncertain occurrence or an activity that if takes place could have either harmful or beneficial effects or both in realizing goals (Schatz, 2010). Therefore a risk has the potential to create threats as well as opportunities. Speaking in general terms however a risk is often seen as a loss or a negative impact that is quantifiable. In business, risks can determine the profitability of the company. As such the success of a project also largely depends on the extent to which the risks are eradicated or minimized. A risk can be influenced by both internal and external factors. Therefore in project management vital importance is given to risk management. According to Tatum (2011) Risk Management is the complete process of risk assessment and then taking the requisite steps to communicate and prevent the harmful outcomes of such a risk. In this scenario, risk assessment involves the identification, evaluation, quantification and prioritization of potential risks. A project team involved in an Information System’s project may encounter various types of risks. Project risk, security risk, system risk, organizational risk, business risk, people risk would be to name of these (Redman 2010; Vijay 2007). To effectively combat these, the project team and the project manger must develop risk management strategies. So let us now look into why it is important to manage risks well. To begin with it is found...
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