BA O D D S ST TR RAT ATE EG GY Y THE DIFFERENCE AND WHY IT MATTERS Richard P. Rumelt 3/17/11 11:46 AM Copyright © 2011 by Richard Rumelt All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Crown Business, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. www.crownpublishing.com CROWN BUSINESS is a trademark and CROWN and the Rising Sun colophon are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Crown Business books are available at special discounts
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BUSINESS HARLEY MANNING KERRY BODINE FORRESTER RESEARCH New Harvest Houghton Mifflin Harcourt BOSTON NEW YORK 2012 Copyright © 2012 Forrester Research, Inc. All rights reserved This edition published by special arrangement with Amazon Publishing Forrester and Technographics are registered trademarks of Forrester Research, Inc. FedEx is a registered trademark of Federal Express Corporation. FedEx World Service Center and FedEx Office are registered trademarks of Federal Express Corporation
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J. Rotemberg and John T. Gourville prepared this case. HBS cases are developed solely as the basis for class discussion. Cases are not intended to serve as endorsements, sources of primary data, or illustrations of effective or ineffective management. Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2011 President and Fellows of Harvard College. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, call 1-800- 545-7685, write Harvard Business School Publishing, Boston, MA 02163, or go to www.hbsp.harvard.edu/educators
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1743-9132.htm IJMF 6,1 24 A comparative analysis of the performance of conventional and Islamic unit trust companies in Malaysia Norma Md. Saad, M. Shabri Abd. Majid, Salina Kassim, Zarinah Hamid and Rosylin Mohd. Yusof Department of Economics, Kulliyyah of Economics and Management Sciences, International Islamic University Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Abstract Purpose – The purpose of
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PROCEEDINGS of the 3rd Christian Engineering Education Conference June 23-25, 1999 at the JAARS Facility of Wycliffe Bible Translators Waxhaw, North Carolina The Mission of Christian College Engineering Programs for Y2K and Beyond Preface THE FIRST CHRISTIAN ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN 1992 AT CALVIN COLLEGE IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. SEVERAL YEARS LATER, TTHE SECOND CONFERENCE WAS HELD IN 1996 AT MESSIAH COLLEGE, IN GRANTHAM
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2 The Entrepreneurial Process "Who can be on entrepreneur you ask? Anyone who wants to experience the deep, dark canyons of uncertainly and ambiguity, and who wonts to walk the breathtaking highlands of success. But caution, do not plan to walk the Iotter until you hove experienced the former" An entrepreneur Results Expected Upon completion of this chapter you will have: l. Developed a definition of entrepreneurship and the entrepreneurial process that spans lifestyle to high potential ventures
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CORPORATE E-LEARNING: EXPLORING A NEW FRONTIER Trace A. Urdan Cornelia C. Weggen turdan@wrhambrecht.com cweggen@wrhambrecht.com 415.551.8600 “In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future. The learned find themselves equipped to live in a world that no longer exists.” Eric Hoffer, in Vanguard Management, 1989 2 March 2000 Equity Research TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary ........................................................................
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The Boundaries of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Geoffrey P. Lantos Professor of Business Administration Box D-55 Stonehill College North Easton, MA 02357 June 2001 Phone: 508.565.1205 Fax: 508.565.1444 E-mail: glantos@stonehill.edu 1 The Boundaries of Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Keywords Corporate social responsibility (CSR), Roles of business, Stakeholder theory, Ethical CSR, Responsibilities and duties, Altruistic CSR, Strategic CSR, Abstract Reviews
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Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One) x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 or ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from to . Commission File No. 000-22513 AMAZON.COM, INC. (Exact name of registrant as specified in its
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