...MidSouth Chamber of Commerce Case Study #1 MidSouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) was created to be an advocate for the business community and, under the leadership of Jack Wallingford became one of the most powerful advocacy organizations in the area. With business membership growing and staff increasing, the computer technology that was in place was no longer able to keep up with the demands of the organization. This study outlines what MSCC went through to procure and implement a new Information Technology System and the issues MSCC encountered during the implementation process. As MSCC was growing, the realization of a more advanced computer system was in dire need. As large as MSCC was, with in the organization, technology was lacking and antiquated. There was no integration with computers and many of the job duties were done manually causing delays in information routing. All IT functions were in turn outsourced by Nolan Vassici. He provided no documentation of his work, rather only provided the basic IT needs of the organization. Later on Simon Kovecki, a Computer Science graduate student, was brought into MSCC to learn and understand the software without any direction or assistance from Vassici, who was no longer in business. With Ed Wilson, the operations division manager, and with the assistance of Kovecki, they started the search for a new computer system. Lassiter, who was not technically in charge of the project, took over the duties to search for firms who were...
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...Stewart Park Rehabilitation Action Plan December 2009 Prepared by: Rick Manning, ASLA Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative Program Coordinator Prepared for: City of Ithaca, Strategic Tourism Planning Board, and Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Foundation STEWART PARK REHABILITATION ACTION PLAN Cayuga Waterfront Trail Initiative Page 2 STEWART PARK REHABILITATION ACTION PLAN Acknowledgements The Stewart Park Rehabilitation Action Plan was funded with Tourism Capital Program funds provided by the Tompkins County Strategic Tourism and Planning Board. Following are the individuals and organizations that participated in the preparation of the plan; Steering Committee Scott Wiggins, Strategic Tourism Planning Board Mary Tomlan, City of Ithaca Common Council Jennifer Dotson, City of Ithaca Common Council Leslie Chatterton, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development JoAnn Cornish, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development Suzanne Vandemark, City of Ithaca Parks Commission Steve Hunt, Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Herb Dwyer, Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Doug Levine, Tompkins County Chamber of Commerce Rick Manning, Project Coordinator Stakeholder Committee Mayor Carolyn Peterson, City of Ithaca JoAnn Cornish, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development Leslie Chatterton, City of Ithaca Department of Planning and Development Mary Tomlan, City of Ithaca Common Council Dan Mitchell, Ithaca Beer Company Rob Licht, Artist/Designer Bruce...
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...From the Director Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, having been set up by the Government of India in the year 1963, has achieved a niche in the domain of International Business by blending business knowledge with creative research, pioneering executive development programmes, international linkages and industry interventions into the curricular corpus. At IIFT, we have been an active learner all these years by continually focusing on maintaining global perspective on issues but with realistic grounding in local conditions. This practical approach has given our students an unbeatable edge in the national as well as international arena. It is because of its allaround achievements that the Institute was awarded the status of Deemed University in May 2002 and accredited in May 2005 as “A” grade institution by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) an autonomous institution of University Grants Commission. Leading surveys have rated IIFT as one of the top ten business schools in the country. IIFT achieved its stature on the strengths of its faculty members, who have been active nationally and internationally in academia, students, dedicated staff members and excellent infrastructure. There is regular exchange of faculty and students to and from the leading international Business Schools with which IIFT has strategic alliance. The programmes offered at the Institute have not only addressed the requirement of the different times but always have had orientation towards...
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...COURSE DESCRIPTION FORM School/Faculty/Institute Sabancı University, Faculty of Management Program B.A. in Management Semester Summer 2014 Course Code MKTG405 Course Title in English Marketing Strategy Course Title in Turkish Pazarlama Stratejisi Language of Instruction English Type of Course Lecture/Seminar/Practical/Fieldwork Level of Course Senior, Junior Intermediate Semester Summer Hours per Week 3 Number of Credits 5 ECTS Grading Mode Letter Grades (A: 100-93, A-: 92-86, B+: 85-78, B: 77-70, B-: 69-63, C+: 62-50, F:49-0) Pre-requisites Principles of Marketing or Introduction to Marketing Course Description MKTG405 will deepen students’ knowledge of marketing strategy. Students will not only be provided with a capstone class that enables integration of their learning in marketing (“pull it all together”), but they will be equipped with thinking strategically when making and implementing marketing decisions (“strategic decision making”). Extensive application of specific analytical approaches and tools for understanding customers, competition, and markets (“applications of marketing data and information”) will help students in developing an appreciation for the relationship between marketing and the other functional areas of business. Course Description in Turkish MKTG405, öğrencilerin pazarlama stratejisi bilgisini derinleştirmeyi hedefler. Öğrencilere pazarlama bilgilerini entegre edebilme kabiliyeti kazandırmanın yanı sıra, pazarlama kararlarına...
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...#1: Secondary Research Bentley University How Today’s Suburban Main Street Can Remain Relevant, A Case Study in Lexington, Massachusetts Group 6: Mohamed Al Khouri, Tomas Allen, Bridget Gioia, Jeffrey Quigley, Kenneth Ukaigwe, Paul Wolfenden Section 1 “Company and Product” Description The town of Lexington, Massachusetts is cemented in the minds of many Americans due to its profound historical significance. On this site, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired, beginning the campaign for independence. On the morning of April 19, 1775, seventy-seven minutemen fought their first skirmish against the British (Tour Lexington, 2013). Today, Lexington continues to honor its place in American history with numerous statues, monuments and historical sites (Tour Lexington, 2013). Lexington’s historical significance provides an opportunity to capture tourism from both domestic and international visitors. Lexington is a mid-sized town of just over 32,000 people situated within the Greater Boston Area in Massachusetts (DemographicsNow, 2012). With families occupying 90% of all households within the town and a highly-ranked school system, Lexington attracts wealthy professional residents (Berg, Biedron, Bueller, Horst, 2011). Like many American towns, Lexington contains a central business district (CBD), a central area of the town where the majority of commerce takes place. Lexington’s CBD is the stretch of Massachusetts Avenue bordered by Clarke and Meriam Street...
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...| Entrepreneurial Growth | | Fall Semester, 2013 Man 385.24 Unique #04780 | Professor John N. Doggett Class Days Monday and Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. Class Room UTC 4.104 Office CBA 5.124k Office Hours Wednesdays, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. or by appointment Phone 512-232-7671 E-Mail john.doggett@mccombs.utexas.edu Course Web Page via Canvas ------------------------------------------------- Teaching Assistants Grant Garlinghouse (grant.garlinghouse@mba14.mccombs.utexas.edu) Course Objectives I have taught this course since late in the last century. Today, as we approach a second global recession, helping people learn how to grow firms as astutely as possible will play a role in speeding the beginning of a new recovery. When companies like Cisco and HP abandon major market segments, it is even more important to think critically about how to grow a firm’s products. Given the chaotic period that we are entering, I have made several significant changes to this course. First, I have done away with the individual midterm. The “next” recovery will be a group effort. So will your midterm. Second, I have assigned three books. These are some of the best books out there on how to think about innovation, competition and how to grow a business. They will become “let me read that again” go-to books that you will use long after you graduate from UT. To compensate for the heavy reading load, I have eliminated...
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...Abstract Primetime has ever been an essential part of every livelihood since ages and decades and has gained increased significance in business scenario and now with the invent of the modern virtual methods the story takes us in the future where the question arises if the traditional methods will be an illusion and through this report we plan to clarify on how much of an impact has primetime had and will be having in the future, although at a diminishing rate, but still manages to touch hearts, inspire people and groom and boom business fraternity. INTRODUCTION Star India’s latest and biggest digital initiative, the Hotstar app, launched recently, is aiming at changing the way Indians consume content. Coming 18 months after the launch of its other digital property, Starsports.com, Hotstar also won the digital media rights for the Indian Premier League (IPL). Hotstar offers more than 35,000 hours of content in 7 different languages—promising viewers a big library of movies, television shows and even live sports (cricket, football, tennis and kabaddi). For the 21st Century Fox-owned broadcaster, Hotstar, which was in the making for more than 15 months, is perhaps its most ambitious digital offering so far. The idea, said Sanjay Gupta, chief operating officer, Star India, is to be a one-stop destination for users to consume premium content across genres and languages and, more importantly, at their own convenience. “There aren’t many platforms available to Indian consumers...
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...Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal Corporate Social Responsibility Practices in India: A Study of Top 500 Companies Richa Gautam and Anju Singh Industrial Safety & Environment Management Group, National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), India Abstract Purpose -The purpose of this study is to explore the various definitions and descriptions of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); elaborate upon development of CSR in India; study the theoretical concepts expounded by various researchers and study the deployment of current CSR practices in India. This paper examines how India’s top 500 companies view, and conduct their CSR, identifies key CSR practices and maps these against Global Reporting Initiative standards. Design/methodology/approach -It is a cross sectional study which is exploratory in nature. It involved secondary data collection and use of content analysis technique to assess CSR practices of companies operating in India. Findings -The main findings of the study are that CSR is now presented as a comprehensive business strategy, arising mainly from performance considerations and stakeholder pressure. Companies consider their interaction with stakeholders and impact of its business on society as significant issues. CSR policies vary with turnover and profit. The study suggests that business and CSR strategy appear to be on a convergent path, towards business and CSR integration across the company. Out of the top 500 companies...
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...Art in the dark: the ritual context of Buddhist caves in western China Robert Sharf Preamble One can imagine a simpler time, when art was ‘art’ because it engendered an ‘aesthetic experience’, a time when art was understood with reference to beauty, and beauty was something that could not be reduced to utility or function alone. Just as the New Critics approached a work of literature through ‘close reading’, the meaning of a work of art could be deduced, it was presumed, from a close critical analysis of the autonomous object. This approach is not without appeal: in giving prominence to beauty and aesthetic experience, one assumes some degree of congruence between the aesthetic intent of the artist and the affective response of the intended viewer, both of which are vested in the work itself. In other words, situating the import of an aesthetic work within the object itself, rather than, let’s say, in its cultural context, enables one to circumvent the complex issues of production and reception, not to mention the apparent gap that separates the two. The art-historical counterpart of New Criticism, perhaps best exemplified in the formalism of Heinrich Wölfflin, Roger Fry and Clement Greenberg, found itself on the defensive during the last quarter of the twentieth century.1 Following the historicist and postmodernist currents of the day, art historians were increasingly critical of approaches predicated on the presumed autonomy of the object. Moving...
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...Women Entrepreneurs in SMEs: Bangladesh Perspective Sponsored by: SME Foundation Conducted by: MIDAS November 2009 Table of Contents Acronyms List of Tables and Figures Executive Summary Chapter 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Chapter 2.0 2.1 2.1.1 2.1.2 2.1.3 2.1.4 2.1.5 2.1.6 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.5.1 2.5.2 2.6 3.0 4.0 4..1 4..2 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.4.1 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.7.1 6.7.2 7.0 7.1 Introduction Statement of the problem Significance of the study Objective of the study Theoretical perspective of the study Scope of the study Limitations of the study Study Methodology Primary Research Location of the survey Sample Size Support Service Providers Methods of Data Collection Techniques of Data Collection Techniques of Data Analysis Secondary Research Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Key Informant Meeting (KIM) and Preparation of Case Studies Planning Workshops (PW) Planning Workshop Dialogues in the 6 Divisional HQs Discussions at Planning Workshops National Dissemination Seminar (NDS) Literature Review Entrepreneurship Concept of Entrepreneurship: A theoretical discussion Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh Women Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh History of Women Entrepreneurship Development in Bangladesh Women Entrepreneurs of Bangladesh Women Entrepreneurship in Urban Areas Women Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas Small & Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Definition of SME Theories of SME SMEs in Bangladesh Promotion of SMEs for Sustainable Development Access to Finance...
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...(NOT FOR ATTRIBUTION; FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY) Preserving Cultural Heritage through Good Environmental Management in Vigan City, Ilocos Sur: A Contribution to the Philippines Country Environmental Analysis Draft for discussion Do not quote September 2008 1 Elmer S. Mercado, EnP World Bank Consultant. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed herein are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent. This paper represents work in progress and comments to the author are invited (elmer_sm@yahoo.com). 1 (NOT FOR ATTRIBUTION; FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY) Summary One of the critical challenges of urbanisation in developing countries is how to rein in the environmental impacts of progress with the need to maintain one’s sense of social history, culture and heritage. Like the cities of Seville in Spain, Kyoto in Japan, Rome in Italy or even Manila in the Philippines, Vigan City wanted to remove the ravages of political warlordism that plagued its recent past and reclaim its once rich Spanish colonial cultural heritage and prestige it held in the 19th century. When the city of Vigan decided to transform itself as a cultural heritage city, one of the core platforms of the city’s cultural and heritage conservation programme and master plan was the environmental conservation and management of its...
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...Sample Survey on Status of Women Entrepreneurs In Bangladesh 1. Background of the Survey 1.1 Women in Bangladesh Bangladesh is a resource-limited and overpopulated country where society is highly stratified, services and opportunities are determined by gender, class and location. However, women make nearly half of the population (Table -1), which means huge potential to be utilised for socio -economic development of the country. Table -1 Population Status of Bangladesh Census From 1998 Total Male Female 1262000 64819000 61381000 00 Share at Total Population Share at Total (%) Population (%) 51.48% 49.52% 51.36% 48.64% Source: Statistical Pocketbook, Bangladesh ’99, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka 1999, Page 85. Total 10631500 0 Sex and Age-based Structure of the Population (Table-2) shows that like the male population of the country, the women represent a vast resource for the country. They must be provided equal opportunity in education, employment and economic activities, only then this resource could be utilised properly. Table -2 Sex and Age-based Structure of the Population 1996 Age-base Group Total Population (%) Male Population (%) Female Population (%) 10-14 Years 12.6 12.52 11.58 15-19 Years 8.52 8.41 8.65 20-24 Years 8.40 7.60 9.25 25-29 Years 6.10 7.92 9.11 30-34 Years 4.25 6.10 6.10 35-39 Years 3.25 5.87 5.14 40-44 Years 2.89 4.40 4.09 Source: Statistical Pocketbook, Bangla desh ’99, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics...
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...Vodafone showcases CSR strategy at conference | | Maher addressing the CSR conference in Doha | Vodafone Qatar CEO Grahame Maher showcased the company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy at the second Conference on Corporate Social Responsibility which took place at The Four Seasons Hotel on Tuesday. Organised by the Qatar Ministry of Business and Trade under the patronage of the Minister of Business and Trade HE Sheikh Jassim bin Abdulaziz bin Jassim al-Thani, the conference aimed to lay the foundations to apply the principles of social responsibility in Qatari companies, as well as developing recommendations to implement these standards locally. “The world is a big place and each of us has an important role to play in shaping what kind of world we live in. Vodafone Qatar’s market position as an innovator and leader brings with it a responsibility to conduct our business in an exemplary manner,” Maher stated. He declared that Vodafone Qatar is committed to using its position as a business leader to help build stronger communities, while accepting the challenge as individuals for each and every one to lead by example. “At Vodafone Qatar we believe that being a responsible company lies at the very heart of our purpose to make a world of difference for all people in Qatar,” Vodafone Qatar’s corporate responsibility head Luisa Gentile said. Corporate responsibility goes beyond just making money. It is about helping those less fortunate, using resources...
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...political leader of Norway and the Head of His Majesty's Government is Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, of the Conservative Party. The King of Norway, Harald V, also Prince of Denmark and Prince of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on January 17, 1991. Norway is a constitutional monarchy that divides responsibility between the parliament (Storting) and the King's Council of State, consists of a prime minister and other ministers of state. The Storting has 165 representatives, is the supreme authority and controls finances. Representatives are elected for a four-year term with a direct vote. One-quarter of the representatives serve in the upper chamber (Lagting), and the rest form the lower chamber (Odelsting). Local government is represented by 450 municipalities in eighteen counties. In 1999,...
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...Environmental Pollution at Hindustan Lever’s Kodaikanal Plant In mid-2004, Hindustan Lever Ltd (HLL) executives looked back at the events of the past three years at their mercury thermometer factory in Kodaikanal in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. After mercury leakage from the plant had been reported in March 2001, heavy expenditure had been incurred in environmental risk assessment, waste disposal and health monitoring. The expenditure had exceeded the total profits generated by the plant since its inception. But the pressure from NGOs, led by Greenpeace[1], who had been protesting since March 2001 had not subsided. The NGOs had indulged in novel ways of keeping the issue alive. These included chaining themselves to the HLL branch office in Chennai on 15th November 2002, disrupting the Annual General Meetings (AGMs) of HLL held on 13th June 2003 and 29th June 2004, shouting slogans and brandishing placards and enlisting sympathy from ex-workers and the general public. Greenspace also maintained the pressure on HLL through its website, photoalbums, posters, persistent media briefing and seminars. The NGOs had most recently attacked HLL in April 2004 in a seminar in Chennai. Even as they waited anxiously for the regulator, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board’s (TNPCB) nod to start decontamination of equipment and remediation of soil, HLL’s senior managers believed they had discharged their duties conscientiously. They wondered what more was needed to be done to...
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