...two visionaries, Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight, who set out to reinvent athletic footwear. Over the past decade, our drive to design and produce better, faster, lighter products has evolved into an even more ambitious agenda – to embed long term sustainability into our business. This broader vision calls for new approaches to design, management, partnership and new tools and metrics to support integration and adoption throughout Nike. Many of Nike’s http://www.managementexchange.com/story/nike%E2%80%99s-gameplan-growth-that%E2%80%99s-good-all 21/02/2013 Nike’s Gameplan for Growth that’s Good for All | Management Innovation eXchange Page 2 of 29 management innovations for sustainable growth started internally, with the Corporate Responsibility and Considered Design Teams. As internal efforts took hold, the focus expanded externally. Nike is now reinventing its supplier, industry and business relationships. It is leading industry efforts for systemic change and pursuing an agenda of truly disruptive innovation. Nike Dare to Dream video: http://vimeo.com/11680452 Moonshot(s) • Develop holistic performance measures • Make direction-setting bottom-up...
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...Corporate Social Responsibility practices in India * Vivek Srivastava **Shashank ***Shivdeep Singh Introduction: - Today, businesses are expected to extend their attention beyond stockholders, customers and employees to include other stakeholders such as the community and environment. The concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) emerged expectations and consists of transparent organizational management; careful consideration of the global environment, human rights, employment and in particular, compliance with ordinances, regulations, and laws.CSR can lead to more sustainable corporations by encouraging good relationships with society. it is not easy for all to achieve the required level of CSR. Establishing CSR is not a simple task, nor is it free from risks and problems. CSR requires support not only from shareholders and investors but also from customers, employees, and communities. Salman Khurshid, Minister of state for corporate Affairs, Government of India, made his standpoint on CSR very clear. Mr.Khurshid said that CSR should be quantifiable like carbon credits as corporate cannot behave irresponsibly in social responsibility and should act in, “enlightened self interest”. The ministry review of CSR projects to ensure that the funds are used in the genuine progress of society. CSR projects include encouragement of literacy and higher education ,grant of scholarship and aid to deserving young pupils of less privileged sections of society ,facilities for constructing...
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...Environment of FSL Trust 2 Industry Competitiveness – Where does FSL Trust stand? 4 Summary of Industry Competitiveness for FSL Trust 5 Internal Environment Analysis 5 SWOT Analysis 6 Conclusion 6 Recommendations 7 References 8 Company Profile First Ship Lease Trust ("FSL Trust") is a Singapore business trust that provides lease financing solutions to the international maritime industry. FSL Trust currently owns a diversified portfolio of 25 vessels with an average age of eight years. FSL Trust derives stable long-term cash flow primarily through leasing its vessels on long-term bareboat charter, spot charter or time charter basis to international shipping companies. The Trust has a diversified portfolio of 25 modern and high quality vessels, comprising seven containerships, 11 product tankers, three chemical tankers, two dry bulk carriers and two crude oil tankers. Date Established 2007 Listed in SGX 2007 ADR quoted on OTCQX 2008 Corporate HQ Singapore Vessel Flags * Singapore * Bahamas/UK * Liberia * Marshall Islands /Cyprus * Panama Shipping sub-sectors * Crude Oil Tankers * Petroleum Tankers * Chemical Tankers * Dry Bulk Carriers * Containerships The General Environment of FSL Trust Political Forces: Since FSL Trust own their fleet of vessels, and are in the business of leasing out the vessels to shipping...
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...This article was downloaded by: [University of Wollongong] On: 11 October 2011, At: 22:41 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Journal of Marketing Management Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rjmm20 Evaluating market-segmentation research priorities: Targeting reemancipation Lee Quinn & Sally Dibb a b a b University of Liverpool, UK Open University Business School, UK Available online: 06 Dec 2010 To cite this article: Lee Quinn & Sally Dibb (2010): Evaluating market-segmentation research priorities: Targeting re-emancipation, Journal of Marketing Management, 26:13-14, 1239-1255 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0267257X.2010.523010 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Full terms and conditions of use: http://www.tandfonline.com/page/terms-andconditions This article may be used for research, teaching, and private study purposes. Any substantial or systematic reproduction, redistribution, reselling, loan, sub-licensing, systematic supply, or distribution in any form to anyone is expressly forbidden. The publisher does not give any warranty express or implied or make any representation that the contents will be complete or accurate or up to date. The accuracy of any instructions, formulae, and drug doses should be independently verified...
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...Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client Administrator Guide, Release 3.1 Document Revised: Document Published: November 25, 2013 August 9, 2012 Cisco Systems, Inc. www.cisco.com Cisco has more than 200 offices worldwide. Addresses, phone numbers, and fax numbers are listed on the Cisco website at www.cisco.com/go/offices. Text Part Number: THE SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION REGARDING THE PRODUCTS IN THIS MANUAL ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL STATEMENTS, INFORMATION, AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS MANUAL ARE BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE BUT ARE PRESENTED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. USERS MUST TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR APPLICATION OF ANY PRODUCTS. THE SOFTWARE LICENSE AND LIMITED WARRANTY FOR THE ACCOMPANYING PRODUCT ARE SET FORTH IN THE INFORMATION PACKET THAT SHIPPED WITH THE PRODUCT AND ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY THIS REFERENCE. IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO LOCATE THE SOFTWARE LICENSE OR LIMITED WARRANTY, CONTACT YOUR CISCO REPRESENTATIVE FOR A COPY. The Cisco implementation of TCP header compression is an adaptation of a program developed by the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) as part of UCB’s public domain version of the UNIX operating system. All rights reserved. Copyright © 1981, Regents of the University of California. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER WARRANTY HEREIN, ALL DOCUMENT FILES AND SOFTWARE OF THESE SUPPLIERS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” WITH ALL FAULTS. CISCO AND THE ABOVE-NAMED SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED...
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...106 Int. J Busi. Inf. Tech. Vol-4 No. 1, March 2014 Review and Explain the Impact of Promotion Elements on Brand Equity (Case study: Samsung Brand) #1 1 Hamidreza Salmani Mojaveri, #2Amin Allahbakhsh, #3Mostafa Salmani Mojaveri Ph.D. candidate, Department of Management and Economic, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran ,Iran mazisalmani@yahoo.com 2 Master of Executive Management, Payam e Noor University, Babol, Iran 3 Department of Industrial Engineering student , Department of Industrial Engineering, Islamic Azad University,Firoozkoh,,Iran Abstract— This study has been examines the relationship between elements of promotion and brand equity in the home, audio and video products (Samsung brand case study). Type of present Research Method is descriptive and correlation based on structural equation modeling. For this purpose a questionnaire with 36 questions has been designed. Results of data analysis with use structural equation modeling is supported the research hypotheses about the direct effects of variables on each other. Results indicate positive effects of the brand equity dimensions on the brand equity and strong impact of promotion dimensions on these dimensions. finally use of brand enrichment activities (such as extensive advertising, employing qualified and efficiently vendors, increase communication with goal customer use of various and appropriate sales promotion and extensively , use of marketing without intermediaries e.g. creating...
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...U N I T E D N AT I O N S C O N F E R E N C E O N T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2011 NON-EQUITY MODES OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT U N I T E D N AT I O N S C O N F E R E N C E O N T R A D E A N D D E V E L O P M E N T WORLD INVESTMENT REPORT 2011 NON-EQUITY MODES OF INTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT New York and Geneva, 2011 ii World Investment Report 2011: Non-Equity Modes of International Production and Development NOTE The Division on Investment and Enterprise of UNCTAD is a global centre of excellence, dealing with issues related to investment and enterprise development in the United Nations System. It builds on three and a half decades of experience and international expertise in research and policy analysis, intergovernmental consensus-building, and provides technical assistance to developing countries. The terms country/economy as used in this Report also refer, as appropriate, to territories or areas; the designations employed and the presentation of the material do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. In addition, the designations of country groups are intended solely for statistical or analytical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgment about the stage...
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...launching our 2013 US equity outlook today. We have been cautious on US equities for much of the last two years. Our concerns around US deficit / debt and the obvious borrowing from the future that occurs from unconventional policy, the European sovereign crisis, and slower growth in emerging markets generally remain, but the acuteness of these issues appears for now to be less sharp. Our 2013 year-end target calls for low-to-mid single digit upside (Exhibit 1) predicated on our view that 2014 corporate earnings are likely to modestly recover from our 2013 forecasted level, perhaps with profits troughing during the April 2013 earnings season. Our year-end 2013 S&P500 price target is 1434, and our bull and bear targets are 1733 and 1135 (Exhibit 1). Our EPS outlook for 2014 is $110.21, up from our 2013 forecast of $98.71, both well below consensus. Improving Michigan Confidence and tightening corporate spreads drive the relative improvement in our earnings outlook. Please see our Interactive Model: S&P500: 2013 Year-End Forecast, also published today, to play with key assumptions and change assumptions for EPS, S&P price-to-earnings multiples and the year-end price target. 3 Themes - China, Yield and Mega Cap Quality: We recommend increasing China exposure, as China-centric US equities have lagged (Exhibit 22) and are cheap (Exhibit 24) vs. US-centric equities. Our Global Economics Team forecasts 1H 2013 China GDP growth will be improving, something not assumed in either the US or Europe...
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...RISK MANAGEMENT IN ISLAMIC BANKING AND FINANCE: THE ARAB FINANCE HOUSE EXAMPLE Bilal A. Fleifel A Thesis Submitted to the University of North Carolina Wilmington in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Business Administration Cameron School of Business University of North Carolina Wilmington 2009 Approved By Advisory Committee Howard Rasheed Cetin Ciner William H. Sackley Chair Accepted By DN: cn=Robert D. Roer, o=UNCW, ou=Dean of the Graduate School & Research, email=roer@uncw. edu, c=US Date: 2010.01.21 15:02:51 -05'00' ________________________ Dean, Graduate School TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................................... ii ABSTRACT........................................................................................................................ vi ACKNOWLEDGMENTS .................................................................................................. vii DEDICATION .................................................................................................................. viii LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................................. ix LIST OF FIGURES...............................................................................................................x GLOSSARY .............................
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...SECOND EDITION I/1ANAGEMEIVT AND POLICY James C.Van Horne \ STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRENTICE-HALL INC., ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY F I NANCI AL M A N A G E M E N T A N D POLICY, 2nd EDITION James C. Van Horne © 1971, 1968 by PRENTICE-HALL, INC., ENGLEW O O D CLIFFS, N.J. All rights reserved. No part of this book m ay be reproduced in any form or by any m eans without permission in writing from the publishers. Library of Congress C atalo g C ard No.: 71-140760 Printed in the United States of America Current Printing (last digit): 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 13-315309-6 PRENTICE-HALL, INTERNATIONAL, LONDON PRENTICE-HALL OF AUSTRALIA PTY. LTD., SYD NEY PRENTICE-HALL O F CAN AD A, LTD., TO RONTO PRENTICE-HALL OF INDIA PRIVATE LTD., NEW DELHI PRENTICE-HALL OF JAPAN, INC., TO KYO 1 To Mimi, D rew , Stuart, and Stephen Preface Though significant portions of Financial Management and Policy have been changed in this revision, its purpose remains: first, to develop an understanding of financial theory in an organized manner so that the reader may evaluate the firm’s investment, financing, and dividend deci sions in keeping with an objective of maximizing shareholder wealth; second, to become familiar with the application of analytical techniques to a number o f areas o f financial decision-making; and third, to expose the reader to the institutional material necessary to give him a feel for the environment in which financial...
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...Ingredient Branding Philip Kotler· Waldemar Pfoertsch Ingredient Branding Making the Invisible Visible Professor Philip Kotler Kellogg Graduate School of Management Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208, USA p-kotler@kellogg.northwestern.edu Professor Waldemar Pfoertsch China Europe International Business School 699 Hongfeng Rd. Shanghai 201206, China wap@ceibs.edu e-ISBN 978-3-642-04214-0 ISBN 978-3-642-04213-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-04214-0 Springer Heidelberg Dordrecht London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2010926489 © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Germany Printed...
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...Axiata Group Berhad Axiata Centre 9 Jalan Stesen Sentral 5 Kuala Lumpur Sentral 50470 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia (242188-H) Website: www.axiata.com This publication has been printed on recycled material. principled collaborative optimistic excellence local relevance innovation uncompromising affordable connectivity innovative technology developing world class talent Our goal is to advance Asia via telecommunications and technology. The road ahead is exciting and full of possibilities. In the years to come, we at Axiata, hope to explore new frontiers of communications and to get more people connected across Asia and beyond. To move ahead towards a better, brighter future. Axiata Group Berhad (242188-H) Corporate inForMation BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman Non-Independent Non-Executive Director tan sri dato’ aZMan HJ. MoKHtar Managing Director/President & Group Chief Executive Officer Independent Non-Executive Director JUan VillalonGa naVarro Independent Non-Executive Director dato’ sri JaMalUdin iBraHiM Independent Non-Executive Director daVid laU nai peK Independent Non-Executive Director tan sri GHaZZali sHeiKH aBdUl KHalid Senior Independent Non-Executive Director MUHaMad CHatiB Basri Non-Independent Non-Executive Director datUK aZZat KaMalUdin dr. Farid MoHaMed sani GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY AUDITORS sUrYani HUssein ls0009277 REGISTERED OFFICE Level 5, Axiata Centre 9 Jalan Stesen Sentral 5 Kuala...
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...This page intentionally left blank Business Performance Measurement Drawing together contributions from leading thinkers around the world, this book reviews recent developments in the theory and practice of performance measurement and management. Significantly updated and modified from the first edition, the book includes ten new chapters that provide a comprehensive review of performance measurement from the perspectives of accounting, marketing, operations, public services and supply chain management. In addition to these functional analyses the book explores performance measurement frameworks and methodologies, practicalities and challenges, and enduring questions and issues. Edited by one of the world’s leading experts on performance measurement and management, Business Performance Measurement will be of interest to graduate students, managers and researchers who wish to understand more about the latest developments in this rapidly changing field. Andy Neely is Deputy Director of the ESRC/EPSRC AIM Research initiative, Professor of Operations Strategy and Performance at Cranfield School of Management, and Visiting Professor of Operations Management at London Business School. Business Performance Measurement Unifying theories and integrating practice Second edition Edited by Andy Neely CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge...
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...PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT Business Principles of Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota follows certain well-defined business principles guiding its functioning. These are: 1. Honour the language and spirit of law of every nation and undertake open and fair corporate activities to be a good corporate citizen around the world. 2. Respect the culture and customs of every nation and contribute to economic and social development through corporate activities in local communities. 3. To provide clean and safe products and to enhance the quality of life everywhere. 4. Create and develop advanced technologies and provide outstanding products and services that fulfil the needs of customers worldwide. 5. Foster a corporate culture that enhances individual creativity and teamwork value, while honouring mutual trust and respect between management and labour. 6. Pursue growth and harmony with global community through innovative management. 7. Work with business partners in research and creativity to achieve stable, long-term growth and mutual benefits and be open to new partnerships. These principles, will guide the company in its global vision 2010. This global vision envisages continuous innovations in future, use of environment friendly technologies, respecting and working with different sections of society and establishing an interactive relationship with society. Based on www.toyota.co.jp/en/enviornmental_rep/03 /rinen.html on 17.10.2006 CHAPTER L E A R N I N G OBJECTIVES 2 After...
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...www.it-ebooks.info For your convenience Apress has placed some of the front matter material after the index. Please use the Bookmarks and Contents at a Glance links to access them. www.it-ebooks.info Contents at a Glance About the Author.................................................................................................. xiv About the Technical Reviewer .............................................................................. xv Acknowledgments ............................................................................................... xvi Introduction ........................................................................................................ xvii Chapter 1: Welcome to Silverlight 5 .......................................................................1 Chapter 2: Introduction to Visual Studio 2010......................................................11 Chapter 3: Layout Management in Silverlight ......................................................29 Chapter 4: Silverlight Controls..............................................................................59 Chapter 5: Data Binding and Silverlight List Controls ..........................................89 Chapter 6: Silverlight Toolkit ..............................................................................129 Chapter 7: Data Access and Networking ............................................................157 Chapter 8: Navigation Framework .......
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