...Company Vision: A globally recognized company and at the forefront of the hospitality and real estate industry in the country that offers consistent products and services in key business and leisure destinations. We will be known for our innovation, exemplary service to both external & internal customers, and superior financial performance. Company Mission: We are committed to deliver quality products and services to exceed our clients’ satisfaction. We constantly achieve to reward them with superior experience and value for their money. Brief Historyof the Company and its Businesses: The company J. King & Sons Trading was started in 1950’s by family patriarch Jesus King. Beginning with a textile store called the King’s Remnants up to the 1960’s. In 1972 it was incorporated to J. King & Sons Company, where it ventures into real estate development. To date, the company business has diversified into: * Real Estate Leasing * Drive-In Hotel Operations * Hotel Operations * Health and Leisure * Real Estate Development * Laundry Operations Real Estate Leasing: J. King & Sons Company Inc. began to venture into the leasing of warehouses and commercials and residential spaces in 1970’s. It is now leasing over 200 warehouses in key areas of Cebu, Manila and Davao. Drive-In Hotels: In the mid-1990’s the company began focusing on the idea of a per day rental basis for its apartments to boost its real estate leasing business...
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...Marketing Intelligence refers to the set of procedures used in acquiring everyday information relevant to a company’s markets, gathered and analyzed specifically for the purpose of confident and accurate decision making in determining market opportunity, market penetration strategy, and market development metrics Kotler (2009). A Marketing Intelligence System is designed to be used by marketing managers and is often viewed by employees throughout an organization. They may have user interface that resemble consumer software as well as software around individual data sources, which are designed for use by analysts. There are various steps that can be taken by a company to improve the quality of its marketing intelligence function. These include; train and motivate the sales force, motivate distributors, retailers, and other intermediaries to pass along important intelligence, network externally, set up a customer, advisory panel optimal usage of government data resource, information bought from external supplies and collecting competitive intelligence through online customer feedback. A company’s sales force can be an excellent source of information about the current trends in the market. Hans Hedin (2010) states that it is important for the company to develop team effort and knowledge sharing sessions among the employees to understand the markets and to be able actively contribute more useful information into the system. As “intelligence gatherers the sales force needs to be motivated...
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...ENGINEERING COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY KOCHI-682022 SEPTEMBER 2008 DIVISION OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, COCHIN-682022 Certificate Certified that this is a bonafide record of the Seminar Entitled “Light Tree” Done by the following Student Sujit Kumar Of the VIIth semester, Computer Science and Engineering in the year 2008 in partial fulfillment of the requirements to the award of Degree Of Bachelor Of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering of Cochin University of Science and Technology. Ms. Sheena S. Dr. David Peter Seminar Guide Date: Head of Department ACKNOWLEDGEMENT At the outset, I thank the Lord Almighty for the grace, strength and hope to make my endeavor a success. I also express my gratitude to Dr. David Peter, Head of the Department and my Seminar Guide for providing me with adequate facilities, ways and means by which I was able to complete this seminar. I express my sincere gratitude to him for his constant support and valuable suggestions without which the successful completion of this seminar would not have been possible. I thank Ms. Sheena S, my seminar guide for her boundless cooperation and helps extended for this seminar. I express my immense pleasure and thankfulness to all the teachers and staff of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, CUSAT for their cooperation and support. Last but not the least, I thank all others...
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...FI561- Mergers and Acquisitions Week 5 Case Study: DuPont Divestiture of Conoco November 27, 2011 . Abstract In this paper, we are examining the 1998 DuPont spin off of Conoco by analyzing the transaction itself. Then, I look at one of the possible alternatives to the chosen transaction and compare that alternative with the actual long term impacts of the sale. I will then decide and recommend which option would have been the best utilized by DuPont over the long-term in order to generate the most revenue from its ownership of Conoco. DuPont purchased Conoco in 1981 and it was the largest merger in corporate history at that time. The purchase gave DuPont a secure source of petroleum feedstocks needed for many of its fiber and plastics operations. Conoco also manufactured profitable commercial petroleum products and coal, produced by the wholly owned subsidiary Consolidated Coal Company. (“DuPont” 2011) Introduction Over the last several years, corporate America has often turned to spin offs as a way to increase their bottom line numbers. This has proven to be an effective tool in helping a firm to both divest itself of an unprofitable division and to raise large amounts of new investment capital. This money can be used to help repurchase stocks or make strategic acquisitions that will allow the firm to adapt with the changes that occur within their market place and allow it to continue to compete within that marketplace. Additionally, after such an event...
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...9-707-441 REV: MARCH 30, 2010 TARUN KHANNA KRISHNA PALEPU CLAUDINE MADRAS Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd In Israel we have a 1970s song based on a poem from 1953 by Amir Gilboa about Theodor Herzl.1 It has a line in it about Herzl: “Suddenly a man rises in the morning, feels he is a people, and starts walking.” That is exactly what Hurvitz did. Suddenly he woke up in the morning, feels he is a giant world class company, and starts walking. No one, aside from Herzl, has accomplished anything as remotely as impressive in this country as Hurvitz. It was impossible, a million to one odds at best, and he still did it. He woke up one morning and started walking. — Ori Hershkovitz, equity analyst at Tel Aviv-based Leader & Company The markets had not been kind to Teva Pharmaceutical during the first half of 2006. The stock had plunged nearly 30% from January 1 to June 30, erasing billions of dollars from the company’s market capitalization. Even good news, such as reports in July of Teva’s wildly successful introduction of generic Zocor—the largest blockbuster drug ever to go off-patent—had failed to boost the stock significantly. Since nearly every retirement fund and mutual fund in Israel invested in Teva, this drop had been felt throughout the population, in effect amounting to every Israeli family losing NIS 3000, or $675.1 Teva was more than the world’s leading producer of generic pharmaceuticals (see Exhibit 1 for financials). It represented the gold standard of business...
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...African Journal of Business Management Vol. 5(8), pp. 3410-3423, 18 April, 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM ISSN 1993-8233 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Branding satisfaction in the airline industry: A comparative study of Malaysia Airlines and Air Asia Kee Mun, Wong* and Ghazali, Musa Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Accepted 23 March, 2011 Brand is crucial in differentiating the superiority of products or services over others. This is an exploratory study examining the differences in brand satisfaction between Malaysian Airlines (full service airlines) and Air Asia (low cost airlines) in Malaysia. 350 usable questionnaires were obtained from respondents in the two main airlines terminals in Kuala Lumpur. Exploratory factor analysis revealed seven brand satisfaction dimensions which are tangibles, price, core service, reputation, publicity, word-of-mouth, and employee. Generally, respondents were not satisfied with all brand dimensions of both airlines. The level of brand dissatisfaction is also higher for Malaysian Airlines compared with Air Asia. Air Asia was perceived better than Malaysian Airlines in price, publicity, and word-of-mouth. On the other hand, Malaysian Airlines was perceived better in tangibles, core service, reputation, and employee. The paper highlights some of its theoretical, managerial and marketing implications to the development of airline...
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...The Effects of Terminal Costs on Supply Chains with LTL Shipping Observed causes, effects and mathematical analysis Ryan Conrad Portland State University Civil and Environmental Engineering P.O. Box 751 Portland, OR 97207-0751 Phone: 503-725-4282 Fax: 503-725-5950 The effects of costs associated with terminal points of truck freight tours, called terminal costs, are analyzed. An overview of current U.S. government and public policies, business practices and transportation infrastructure issues affecting Less Than Truckload (LTL) shipping networks is presented. A qualitative model of supply chain interactions is constructed followed by a mathematical analysis of specific areas of interest where costs are sensitive to policy or operational changes. CE 553: Freight Transport and Logistics Dr. Miguel A. Figliozzi December 10th, 2008 1. Introduction Traffic congestion and delay are becoming increasingly significant problems for the U.S. freight trucking industry. While freight transportation has continued to grow steadily, the capital spending and construction of freeways and major highways has remained mostly stagnant since the mid-1970s when the interstate freeway system reached completion. Much attention has thus been paid to methods of most efficiently using the road space available, particularly in dense urban areas, with lane tolling, freeway ramp metering and other measures being utilized. Major freight...
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...EDUCATION OF KENYATTA UNIVERSITY OCTOBER, 2012 DECLARATION This Research Project is my original work and has not been presented to any other university for a degree or any other award. Signature________________________________ Date__________________________ TERESA KEMUNTO NYAKUNDI REG. E55/CE/14342/2009 This Research Project has been submitted for examination with our approval as University Supervisors: Signature_______________________ Date ________________________ Prof. Grace Bunyi Associate Professor Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education Kenyatta University Signature_______________________ Date ________________________ Dr. Libese Senior lecturer Department of Educational Management, Policy and Curriculum Studies, School of Education Kenyatta University ii DEDICATION I dedicate this study to my family. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I acknowledge my supervisors Prof. Grace Bunyi and Dr. L.I Libese for their guidance during the writing of this project. If it were not for their guidance, this work could not have been a success. I also acknowledge teachers and principals of public secondary schools in Thika West District for giving information which was required for the study. iv TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION………………………………………………………………… ii DEDICATION…………………………………………………………………… iii ACKWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………………… iv TABLE OF CONTENTS……………………………………………………….. v ...
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...FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN By Toxeitov Nurlan THESIS Submitted to KDI School of Public Policy and Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY 2004 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN KAZAKHSTAN By Toxeitov Nurlan THESIS Submitted to KDI School of Public Policy and Management in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF PUBLIC POLICY 2004 Professor Tony Michell 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................(iii) LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ......................................................................................(v) INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................(vi) CHAPTER I. INVESTMENT AND THEIR PLACE IN ECONOMIC SYSTEM §1 §2 Definition of investments and their classification ................................................4 Foreign direct investments as the catalyst of economic growth (on an example of the various countries) ..............................................................7 §3 The international investment activity and her institutes .....................................16 CHAPTER II. INVESTMENT CLIMATE IN KAZAKHSTAN §1 §2 §3 §4 Appeal of economy of Kazakhstan to foreign investors .....................................22 Fixed capital investment in Kazakhstan by region ...................
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...HOW TO MAKE AT LEAST $100,000 Or More A Year As A Used and Rare Book Seller On The Internet BY YOUR NAME BY YOUR NAME Web Site: http://www.your-web-site-here.com Email: yourname@your-web-site-here.com ( Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission. Excerpts may be used with proper credit and contact information (address, telephone number or website URL of the publisher) No responsibility is assumed by the Publisher for any injury and/or damage and/or financial loss sustained to persons or property as a matter of the use of this report. While every effort has been made to ensure reliability of the information within, the liability, negligence or otherwise, or from any use, misuse or abuse of the operation of any methods, strategies, instructions or ideas contained in the material herein is the sole responsibility of the reader. The reader is encouraged to seek competent legal and accounting advice before engaging in any business activity. Introduction Not only am I going to show you step-by-step how to make $100,000 each year with your own business on the Internet I'm going to share with you exactly how I do it! Now, you can copy exactly what I'm doing- dealing in out-of-print and...
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...Com put er Fundam ent als: Pradeep K. Sinha & Pr it ii Sinha Com put er Fundam ent als: Pradeep K. Sinha & Pr it Sinha Ref Page Chapt er 9: I nput - Out put Dev ices Slide 1/ 58 Com put er Fundam ent als: Pradeep K. Sinha & Pr it ii Sinha Com put er Fundam ent als: Pradeep K. Sinha & Pr it Sinha Le a r n in g Obj e ct ive s I n t h is ch a pt e r you w ill le a r n a bou t : § I nput / Out put ( I / O) devices § Com m only used input devices § Com m only used out put devices § Ot her concept s relat ed t o I / O devices Ref Page 148 Chapt er 9: I nput - Out put Dev ices Slide 2/ 58 Com put er Fundam ent als: Pradeep K. Sinha & Pr it ii Sinha Com put er Fundam ent als: Pradeep K. Sinha & Pr it Sinha I / O D e vice s § Provide m eans of com m unicat ion bet ween a com put er and out er w orld § Also known as peripheral devices because t hey surround t he CPU and m em ory of a com put er syst em § I nput devices are used t o ent er dat a fr om t he out side world int o prim ary st orage § Out put devices supply r esult s of processing from prim ary st orage t o user s Ref Page 148 Chapt er 9: I nput - Out put Dev ices Slide 3/ 58 Com put er Fundam ent als: Pradeep K. Sinha & Pr it ii Sinha Com put er Fundam ent als: Pradeep K. Sinha & Pr it Sinha Role of I / O D e vice s Input data from external world Input Devices CPU and Memory Output Devices Results of processing in human acceptable form Input data coded in internal...
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...More Praise for the Second Edition of Beyond Change Management “Once again, Dean and Linda have nailed it! Beyond Change Management is an extraordinary book examining the shifts in change management that have occurred over the years. This book offers real, practical solutions for change practitioners to become extraordinary conscious change leaders.” —Darlene Meister, director, Unified Change Management, United States House of Representatives “Entering the offices recently of a highly respected Fortune 500 company, I was stunned by the enormity of change they were facing and at the same time how ill-equipped they were to deal with the challenges that lay ahead of them. They had little capacity to lead and manage the change required. And, of course, consulting firms were swarming all over them. Th ey needed this book by the Andersons to help them. In fact, Chapter Five alone on building organizational capability is worth the price of the book.” —W. Warner Burke, Ph.D., Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education; chair, Department of Organization and Leadership; program coordinator, Graduate Programs in Social-Organizational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University “Beyond Change Management is a must-read for today’s C-Suite executives and those who lead organizational change. Change is a fact of life in all successful businesses. Based on this breakthrough construct, we now view our approach to transformational change as a strategic advantage. It is a way...
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...Acknowledgments ix Acknowledgments This book owes a great deal to the mental energy of several generations of scholars. As an undergraduate at the University of Cape Town, Francis Wilson made me aware of the importance of migrant labour and Robin Hallett inspired me, and a generation of students, to study the African past. At the School of Oriental and African Studies in London I was fortunate enough to have David Birmingham as a thesis supervisor. I hope that some of his knowledge and understanding of Lusophone Africa has found its way into this book. I owe an equal debt to Shula Marks who, over the years, has provided me with criticism and inspiration. In the United States I learnt a great deal from ]eanne Penvenne, Marcia Wright and, especially, Leroy Vail. In Switzerland I benefitted from the friendship and assistance of Laurent Monier of the IUED in Geneva, Francois Iecquier of the University of Lausanne and Mariette Ouwerhand of the dépurtement évangélrlyue (the former Swiss Mission). In South Africa, Patricia Davison of the South African Museum introduced me to material culture and made me aware of the richness of difference; the late Monica Wilson taught me the fundamentals of anthropology and Andrew Spiegel and Robert Thornton struggled to keep me abreast of changes in the discipline; Sue Newton-King and Nigel Penn brought shafts of light from the eighteenthcentury to bear on early industrialism. Charles van Onselen laid a major part of the intellectual foundations on...
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...A WALK TO REMEMBER Screenplay by Karen Janszen Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks No portion of this script may be performed, reproduced, or used by any means, or quoted or published in any medium without the prior written consent of Warner Bros. July 27, 2000 WARNER BROS. © 2000 4000 Warner Boulevard WARNER BROS. Burbank, California 91522 All Rights ReservedBLACK A young man's V.O.: ADULT LANDON (V.O.) I was born in Beaufort, North Carolina. A place where the air always smells of pine and salt and sea. The voice is gentle. Slightly Southern in inflection. A young doctor's soothing manner. FADE IN: EXT. COASTAL NORTH CAROLINA (DECEMBER) (PRESENT) A vast view of the coastline in winter -- beaches, rivers, sea marshes, inlets -- ebbing and flowing. ADULT LANDON (V.O.) For many, days and nights are spent fishing Pamlico Sound or crabbing the Neuse River. The CAMERA FINDS a small coastal town, edged by a harbor on which fishermen toil. EXT. BEAUFORT, NORTH CAROLINA - MORNING (DECEMBER) The CAMERA, MOVING inland, CROSSES OVER modest houses decked with plastic rooftop Santas... ADULT LANDON (V.O.) While the ocean may be the focus of daily labor, churches have always tried to be the focus of life. And MOVES UPHILL TO... EXT. MAIN STREET Where fake snow is sprayed on store windows. The CAMERA CONTINUES TO the far side of Main Street -- with its stately homes with big lawns, flower beds, and tasteful Christmas garlands...
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...THE PDMA HANDBOOK OF NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT T HIRD E DITION Kenneth B. Kahn, Editor Associate Editors: Sally Evans Kay Rebecca J. Slotegraaf Steve Uban JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. Cover image: © Les Cunliffe/iStockphoto Cover design: Elizabeth Brooks This book is printed on acid-free paper. Copyright © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600, or on the web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 7486008, or online at www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with the respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of...
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