Case studies Acknowledgements We are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material: ‘Getting to know you’ (Acreman, S. and Pegram, B.), originally published in Research Magazine, November 1999, pp. 36–41. In some instances we have been unable to trace the owners of copyright material, and we would appreciate any information that would enable us to do so. Case 1 Nike sprints ahead of the competition? Nike was founded by Bill Bowerman, the legendary University
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Case studies Acknowledgements We are grateful to the following for permission to reproduce copyright material: ‘Getting to know you’ (Acreman, S. and Pegram, B.), originally published in Research Magazine, November 1999, pp. 36–41. In some instances we have been unable to trace the owners of copyright material, and we would appreciate any information that would enable us to do so. Case 1 Nike sprints ahead of the competition? Nike was founded by Bill Bowerman, the legendary University
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ACC has achieved spectacular results in the utilization of two industrial wastes – namely slag from steel plants and fly ash from thermal power stations – to make blended cements that offer unique advantages to concrete. Today ACC offers total solutions for waste management including testing, suggestions for reuse, recycling and co-processing. ACC – A Good Corporate Citizen ACC‘s earliest initiatives in community development date back to the 1940’s while its first formal Village Welfare Scheme
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Public Disclosure Authorized WPS6107 Policy Research Working Paper 6107 Public Disclosure Authorized Financial Literacy around the World An Overview of the Evidence with Practical Suggestions for the Way Forward Lisa Xu Bilal Zia Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized The World Bank Development Research Group Finance and Private Sector Development Team June 2012 Policy Research Working Paper 6107 Abstract Financial literacy programs are fast becoming
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Leadership Development Program 2001/2002 Student Portal Project May 22, 2002 Cecille Cabacungan, Goldman School of Public Policy Lesley Clark, Center for Organizational Effectiveness Rachelle Feldman, Financial Aid Office Paula Flamm, University Health Services Gail Ford, The Library Kati Markowitz, Neuroscience Institute Stacey Shulman, Department of Chemical Engineering Dan Sullivan, Haas School of Business Imagine a single Website personalized to meet all your cyberneeds – one that would keep
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writing—Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title. PE1471.S83 2004 808'.042—dc22 2004003384 Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition ISBN 1-57685-521-X For more information or to place an order, contact LearningExpress at: 55 Broadway 8th Floor New York, NY 10006 Or visit us at: www.learnatest.com Contents Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 vii Organization 1 Clarity 11 Word Choice 21 Mechanics 39 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
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between Overall Teaching Quality Rating and Teacher, Content and Pedagogical Knowledge, 56 School Principal Results, 58 Regression Estimates of Student Achievement Outcomes, 60 CONCLUSIONS, 68 REFERENCES, 73 APPENDIX 1 : INSTRUMENTS, 77 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. i Research Team Principal Investigators: Martin Carnoy and Linda Chisholm TEAM MEMBERS Human Sciences Research Council Fabian Arends, Hlengani Baloyi, Ursula Hoadley, Mbithi wa Kivilu, Lolita Winnaar Stanford University Nii Addy, Alejandra
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been of value when combined with an appreciation of the competitive dynamics of specific industries and a grasp of the power of information. Results from "The Gap Between IT and Strategic HR in the UK",(June 2006) a study by talent management solutions company Taleo, show a significant disconnect between HR's strategic functions, including talent acquisition and
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To my mother and grandmother, whose engineering endeavors paved the way for my own. Copyright © 2011 by Gayle Laakmann. 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
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The fourteenth edition of Purchasing and Supply Management focuses on decision making throughout the supply chain. Based on the conviction that supply managers, in concert with suppliers and distributors, have to contribute to organizational goals and strategies, this edition continues to focus on how to make that mission a reality. Fourteenth Edition Highlights of the Fourteenth Edition: More than 40 real-life supply chain cases afford the opportunity to apply of the acquisition process
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