...| | Recent Trends in India ‘s foreign trade India's Trade PerformanceIndia’s merchandise exports reached a level of US $ 185.3 billion during 2008-09 registering a growth of 13.6 percent as compared to a growth of 29.1 percent during the previous year. Notwithstanding the deceleration of the growth in 2008-09, India’s export sector has exhibited remarkable resilience and dynamism in the recent years. Our merchandise exports recorded an Average Annual Growth Rate (AAGR) of 23.9 per cent during the five year period from 2004-05 to 2008-09, as compared to the preceding five years when the exports increased by a lower AAGR of 14.3 per cent. According to latest WTO data (2009), India’s share in the world merchandise exports increased from 0.8 per cent in 2004 to 1.1 per cent in 2008. India also improved its ranking in the leading exporters in world merchandise trade from 30th in 2004 to 27th in 2008. Box: 2.1 Export Target and Achievement during the last five years The Government had initially set an export target of US $ 200 billion for 2008-09, which was later revised downward to US $ 175 billion because of global slowdown in the second half of the year. With merchandise exports reaching US $ 185.3 billion in 2008-09, the actual exports exceeded the target by 5.9 per cent which is a remarkable achievement during a period of recession in countries of India’s major export destinations. | ExportsExports recorded high growth during the first half of 2008-09 although a...
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...Recent Trends in Recruiting We are in an era of transformation. The sink or swim approach to new hire management is rapidly turning obsolete as organizations find themselves time and time again having to pick through the ruins of a mismanaged good hire. The competition for top candidates is stiff and recruitment processes are getting advanced gradually. This is due to the high demand for temporary employment, thus increasing the volatility of labor force and raising the need for qualified labor. A few things are essential to successful talent acquisition pipeline development and sustainability: * Employers, recruiters, and hiring managers must know and understand their organization’s short-term and long-term hiring needs and the positions * in order to source and develop effective candidate pools. * They must be using internal and external resources to develop the most diversified and qualified pipelines. * Their talent acquisition program must be able to measure pipeline strengths and weaknesses. They must maintain engagement and interaction with candidates. Internal Talent Advocates An emerging talent acquisition trend going into 2014 is focusing on internal candidates, especially top performers, to improve performance and retention. Major companies like Time Warner Cable are making internal talent a focus of their talent acquisition function. Time Warner has an internal talent advocates program to engage internal candidates and let them know...
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...RECENT TRENDS IN VIRAL MARKETING *Ritu ABSTRACT 2010 looks to be the biggest year ever for online marketing. With more and more marketers demanding results-based advertising, it is no wonder viral marketing is becoming one of the fastest-growing trends. Nothing captures the essence of viral marketing better than the description of how a virus grows. It is uncanny in its ability to remain shrouded in secrecy till it wins by sheer weight of numbers. It piggybacks on other hosts, and grows by feeding on their resources, not its own. It doesn’t need to mate- it replicates itself. And with the right kind of environment, it can grow exponentially, as can be seen by the 1’s above. Viral Marketing, naturally, is something that draws upon these fundamental characteristics of a virus- exponential growth with minimum use of one’s own resources. It refers to any strategy that encourages individuals to pass on a ‘message’ to other individuals, who in turn pass it on to other people, and so on and so forth, thereby allowing for an exponential growth in the popularity and exposure of the message. This paper examines as to how viral marketing can make a brand name stand out from the competition and some strategies important to make viral marketing campaigns unique . The paper identifies trends that will increase the likelihood of a successful online viral marketing campaign and demonstrate how these strategies market. With a discussion on how the risks and rewards of a viral campaign differ...
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...Recent trends in information system Introduction The advancement of technologies in business is changing the world of work. Businesses find they must incorporate many of the new technological procedures, processes, policies, hardware, and software into their environment to remain competitive. The impact from these technological advances on how work is performed affects the workforce far differently now than what has been seen over the past 25 years. One of the greatest impacts has been on the workers themselves, and the challenge of training and preparing to remain abreast in today’s workforce is tremendous. This challenge, which is facing today’s workers, is something educators cannot afford to ignore. Technology has created a revolution in today’s educational environment, and this change in education makes teaching more rewarding and far more challenging (Bryant, 2001). Recent Information Technology Trends Future Information Technology Trends : There's no denying that we are in a worldwide downturn. Governments are in debt; jobs are being cut; houses are being repossessed and people pain because it. However, there is a way to plan for the declining eminent and that is through IT guidance. If you are like most people, the last thing on your opinion is paying for tuition, especially in a specialty as baffling as information technology. However, IT education may be your label out of the slump and into a fulfilling and stable career. Here's why : Universality...
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...• Skip to Navigation • Skip to Content Recent Trends in Viral Marketing In: Business and Management Recent Trends in Viral Marketing RECENT TRENDS IN VIRAL MARKETING *Ritu ABSTRACT 2010 looks to be the biggest year ever for online marketing. With more and more marketers demanding results-based advertising, it is no wonder viral marketing is becoming one of the fastest-growing trends. Nothing captures the essence of viral marketing better than the description of how a virus grows. It is uncanny in its ability to remain shrouded in secrecy till it wins by sheer weight of numbers. It piggybacks on other hosts, and grows by feeding on their resources, not its own. It doesn’t need to mate- it replicates itself. And with the right kind of environment, it can grow exponentially, as can be seen by the 1’s above. Viral Marketing, naturally, is something that draws upon these fundamental characteristics of a virus- exponential growth with minimum use of one’s own resources. It refers to any strategy that encourages individuals to pass on a ‘message’ to other individuals, who in turn pass it on to other people, and so on and so forth, thereby allowing for an exponential growth in the popularity and exposure of the message. This paper examines as to how viral marketing can make a brand name stand out from the competition and some strategies important to make viral marketing campaigns unique . The paper identifies trends that will increase the likelihood of a successful...
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...----------------------- [1] Think about an analogy with another model – a map. There are lots of different types of maps to show different features of the real geography in a s[pic] |hvUhvU5?CJOJQJh LCJOJQJh|CJOJQJhP[OJQJmH sH #h Lh L5?CJOJQJmH sH #h Lh|5?CJOJQJmH sH h~o25?CJOJQJimplified but understandable form. The more ‘realistic’ the map, the less use it will be (you wouldn’t be able to unfold it, for one thing!). [2] Boin A & Lagadec P (2000) Preparing for the Future, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, 8, 4, www.patricklagadec.net/fr/pdf/Preparing_the_future.pdf [3] Some define this probability as the value of this ratio as n tends to infinity [4] Of course, you may be surprised to learn that this is the wrong answer as the coin could land on its edge if left to land on a hard surface. If you Google ‘coin landing on its edge’ you will find that the chance of this happening is thought to be about 1 in 6000 (but we don’t really know!): so the true probabilities of ‘head’ and ‘tail’ are around 0.4999166 and of‘ edge’ around 0.000166667. How much would you pay for a gamble where you win £0 for ‘tails’ and £10 for ‘heads’ but lose your entire family’s wealth if it lands on the edge? Still £3 - £6? [5] Listen to his May 2011 podcast about the feeling of risk http://ihrrblog.org/2011/05/27/prof-paul-slovic-the-feeling-of-risk/ where he talks about the research described in the rest of this lecture. Interesting? [6] “The affect heuristic is a swift, involuntary...
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...implement with regards to trending, they are; Scanning, Listening, and Forecasting. According to this author, the first strategy, scanning, is to identify the different media outlets, cultural developments and various brands to further investigate how other brands are performing in the market. This will provide insight as to the consumers view and trends toward current brands. The second strategy is listening, which focuses more on social media, and which communities are leading the discussions, and why. Social media gets you in touch with your customers, drives business to your websites, and opens the door to engage customer communications and so much more. If you’re not on social media, than you’re missing a huge opportunity to grow your business and get in touch with how your customers feel about various brands. The third strategy is forecasting. Forecasting is all about researching firms that trend for a living, such as Cassandra Daily and PSFK. (White., S. 2012) This can help you identify key movements in the market and possible opportunities to help you grow your business. By understanding what market trends affect your business, you could identify changes that could positively or negatively affect your business, such as online social media factors, brand awareness, and sudden changes in the economy that may directly affect consumer opinion toward spending. I chose the lodging icon, Airbnb, with its company slogan “Belong Anywhere”. Airbnb was started...
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...about different companies and must be done once you get the shortlists from these companies. 6. REMs – This folder contains all the documents used in the Niche placement preparation REMs. 7. Questions asked in summers – This folder contains questions that were asked by different companies in the previous years. We are updating the folder with feedback from as many Tuchhas as possible but it will not contain the entire spectrum of questions and should be used only to identify a trend. 8. Interesting links – This folder contains interesting links that we think are useful for you. We would keep updating the same during the course of your preparation. 9. Newsletters – This folder contains the Niche newsletters and articles that had been mailed to you previously. The division is not strict and simply aims to provide every one of you with a roadmap for preparation. This preparation is in addition to HR preparation that you all are expected to do. In addition, you are expected to know about the latest trends in marketing. In case of any doubt/suggestion or clarification, feel free to reach out to any Niche...
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...Trend Article Analysis University of Phoenix – MGT373 Jennifer Choy August 21, 2011 In this day and age there are millions of trends that are present in almost every industry. In order for an organization to be successful it is essential that they follow some of these trends so that their company appeals to people. This proves to be true for the event planning and convention industries. Two articles that pinpoint a couple different trends are “Nifty gadgets taking special events to a new level” and “ The article “Nifty gadgets taking special events to a new level” is a great example of trends within the planning and convention industries. In the years 2001-2004 these industries saw a huge decline in business. The reason for this was the failing economy. Companies and organizations could no longer fit events and gatherings into the budget. In 2005 event planning companies such as Dolce parties finally started to see an incline in corporate parties and events. However, these parties and events were at a much smaller scale. It was only the important people that were being invited to these gatherings because the budgets were still not back to where they were. Since the comeback of events was at a slow pace, event planners and convention industries decided to introduce some new gadgets to attract clientele. According to Stableford ( 2005)“Beyond the typical post-event surveys and evaluation of how many sales leads actually translate into qualified...
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...Future Trends Charmaine Saint Surin OI/466 June 6, 2016 Fred Greifenstein Future Trends According to Webster.com dictionary, a trend is usually known as something undergoing change or is developing into something or going into a general or specific direction. Innovation is about timing, but there is not a theory behind it. It includes processes and new ideas and then they are converted into new useful products. It creates value for customers who pay for it. Disruptive Innovation is an all-out risk taker, creating new markets with more practical approaches towards buyer's purchasing power. What we know is that innovation does not have an end, it's the fact that what we want and what we need continues to change. Innovation is not the goal but everything we do to get to that point. I think collaboration within innovation is an revolving trend. This is the concept of an open source. With the internet age, there are so many people connected worldwide, so there is the fact of collaboration. It creates alternatives for companies who which are smaller to have the ability to remain small and agile. If that is the choice, it also allows those less ended businesses to be a part of the larger agenda in innovation. Innovation is a connected function of communities. It seems like we are all trying to come up with new solutions that capture the technologies we encompass and maybe even working with alternatives reworking those technologies. An example of this is universities...
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...Statistics show that only 47% of consumers around the world say they trust paid media. (trendspotting.com) * Servile brands and citysumers are a more established trend as they are wanting something new, this type of consumer lives in a capital/or town where they are usually the first to try out new products and follow the latest trends. * Servile brands let the consumer try it out first, using ‘hands on’ e-tools which allows them to test run products, for example marks and Spencer’s where they allow consumers to try before they buy on the latest nail varnishes. * IKEA has an online application where the consumer can design their own kitchen. (www.ikea.com) * Citysumers capture the essence of the city and its heritage * Established market of consumers as they are within a city latest technology and trends are available there first, outsiders from cities will be delayed. Sub trend: Modern make it and mend * Citizen hacking -using faulty or discarded objects and turning them into functional pieces- economical- cities in debt. Urbanization: * “67% of urban consumers identify themselves with their city, almost as many as the 69% that identify themselves with their nation” (www.trendspotting.com) * Culture is reflected in style of the nation * App culture Future trends: * 2013- * ‘I made that’ :Product customization and combined high tech manufacturing New, networked models of product identification. * ‘Equalized’ - Consumers...
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...when this promotion is going to end either. This information is supported by my findings too. The majority of the men I interviewed did say that they could no longer afford to spend large amounts of money on individual garments. Instead they stressed that before £100+ jeans would not have bothered them, however now they would be looking to spend below this figure. [pic] I felt that it was extremely important that I explored any weaknesses the consumers felt were an issue too. The main problem was that men would like to have some coloured denim within the range rather than just the same denim washes they always have. It was obvious that many consumers felt that there was not a wide enough range in terms of styles that reflects current trends; instead the styles are just subtle changes across their product range. When analysing the primary research,...
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...a noun, “Fashion is a popular trend or the manner of doing something”. As a verb, it says “make into a particular or required form”. To me, fashion is a never ending cycle of various styles that people can express themselves through. It is a movement that allows individuals to show who they really are through clothes. Throughout the past 65 years, fashion evolved so much in so many different ways. I decided to take a look at those ways and to see how fashion has come about to what it is now and how some trends still remain the same until this day as a classic. The 60’s was the year that the television had a huge impact on what people were exposed to, such as fashion trends. It helped the youth stay in touch with what was...
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...restaurants have been opening one after another due to its popularity and success which entrepreneurs saw as an opportunity to open other famous ramen restaurants as it has become a trend. In SM Megamall as I walk inside the new Mega Fashion Hall crowded with people in the late night, I take the elevator to go up on the 3rd floor of the building where the well-known recently opened ramen restaurant called Ippudo Ramen is. The first sight that will appear before your eyes after the elevator doors open will be a crowd of people lining up for Ippudo. The wait is definitely worth it as the food there is extravagant and definitely food that you will come back with. In an interview from Shigemi Kawahara, he said that the reason people line up in Ipuddo might be “Because it’s delicious. We train our staff that every single bowl of ramen has to have a smile and maybe our customers can feel that. It’s very easy to serve a good bowl of ramen. Delicious ramen is everywhere, but what’s important to us is the quality, the service and the cleanliness” (Japan’s World-Famous Ramen House Opens in Manila). I have eaten their food and I would like to say that the food is divine with rich flavors that Filipinos will love and so far has been the best ramen restaurant in the Philippines in my opinion. The food trend started pretty recently in the Philippines as Filipinos are only beginning to appreciate...
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...Family of Woodstock, Inc. Paper India Larondos BSHS/355 August 24, 2015 Professor: T. Jones Family of Woodstock, Inc. Paper This paper will discuss the factors that led to the creation of Family of Woodstock. It will also discuss the changes that Family of Woodstock endured to meet the specialized needs of the community. To add, the paper will include the development and changes in values, attitudes, and beliefs over a 40-year period; and how these changes affected the way they deliver services. Lastly, this paper will explain how specializations became a trend across human services delivery, in general. Introduction In 1969 America’s youth was in search of utopia and found it at a music festival called Woodstock in Ulster County. Young people travelled from all over to partake in the Woodstock festival, nearly 400,000 young people came to attend the festival (Gibbons, 2010). However, after the music festival ended, people were stuck in that county which turned into a problem. Homelessness and drugs became a major problem, the young people slept on benches, camped out in parking lots, and searched for food and clothing (Gibbons, 2010). This also became a problem for the townspeople. The young people were getting in trouble with the law because of the drugs. One woman, Gail Varsi, recognized the problem and decided to do something. She first, gave police her home number and instructed them to call her whenever a homeless youth got in trouble. She then reached out to...
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