The Journal of Applied Business Research – May/June 2015 Volume 31, Number 3 Collaborative Consumption And Sustainability: A Discursive Analysis Of Consumer Representations And Collaborative Website Narratives Anne-Sophie Binninger, NEOMA Business School, France Nacima Ourahmoune, NEOMA Business School, France Isabelle Robert, University Lille Nord de France-SKEMA Business School, France ABSTRACT In this article, the authors analyze the collaborative consumption model and its contribution to sustainable
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9 -5 1 2 -0 5 2 REV: FEBRUARY 10, 2012 ROHIT DESHPANDÉ KAROL MISZTAL DANIELA BEYERSDORFER The Swatch Group Most people of my age would probably never have bought an Omega. Their father would wear one, and their son would own one. We have therefore lost part of this generation, definitely. — Stephen Urquhart, President, Omega In 2006, when I told the press before the Olympic Games in Turin that the objective of Omega is to overtake Rolex, its natural competitor, people were smiling and
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our consulting team has taken the opportunity to analyze and provide recommendations for future domestic business strategy of Netflix. As expressed in the company’s founder’s conference last October, we would like to help you build upon your stated vision for the future including: • Becoming the best global entertainment distribution service • Licensing entertainment content around the world • Creating markets that are accessible to film makers • Helping content creators around the world to find
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction………………………………………………………………. 01 2. Objective of Studying the Organization…………………………………. 06 3. Overview of Organization……………………………………………….. 07 1. HBL History………………………………………………………… 08 2. Nature of Organization……………………………………………… 09 3. Business Volume……………………………………………………. 10 4. Profile of Employees……………………………………………….. 12 5. Product Lines……………………………………………………….. 15 4. Organizational Structure of HBL……………………………………. 23 1. Main Offices………………………………………………………
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March 24, 2004 Table of Contents 1. Executive Summary………………………………………………………………………. | 4 | 2. Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations……………………………………………… | 5 | 3. Project Overview………………………………………………………………………….. | 5 | 3.1. Business Case………………………………………………………………………….. | 5 | 3.2. Windows XP Migration Benefits……………………………………………………… | 6 | 3.2.1. Better Performance……………………………………………………………….. | 6 | 3.2.2. Enhanced Security………………………………………………………………… | 6 |
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Final Assessment ACCA FINAL ASSESSMENT Advanced Performance Management JUNE 2009 QUESTION PAPER Time allowed Reading time: 15 minutes Writing time: 3 hours This paper is divided into two sections Section A BOTH questions are compulsory and MUST be answered TWO questions ONLY to be answered Section B Do not open this paper until instructed by the supervisor This question paper must not be removed from the examination hall Kaplan Publishing/Kaplan Financial KAPLAN PUBLISHING
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“INVENTION AND INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT” Report of a workshop sponsored by the Lemelson-MIT Program and LEAD International, London, November 2003 THE LEMELSON-MIT PROGRAM School of Engineering Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1 Workshop Participants ____________________________ Julia Marton-Lefèvre, Chair, LEAD International, UK Merton C. Flemings, Vice-Chair, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Evan I. Schwartz, Rapporteur, Author and Independent Journalist
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HadoopJitter: The Ghost in the Cloud and How to Tame It Vivek Kale∗ , Jayanta Mukherjee† , Indranil Gupta‡ , William Gropp§ Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 201 North Goodwin Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801-2302, USA Email: ∗ vivek@illinois.edu, † mukherj4@illinois.edu, ‡ indy@illinois.edu, § wgropp@illinois.edu Abstract—The small performance variation within each node of a cloud computing infrastructure (i.e. cloud) can be a fundamental impediment to scalability
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Chapter 1 [pic] Introduction 1.1 Background Of The Report As being one of the biggest hospitals in Bangladesh, Apollo Hospitals Dhaka is at the forefront of medical technology and expertise and provides a complete range of the latest diagnostic, medical and surgical facilities for the care of its patients. The hospital is having all the characteristics of a world-class hospital with wide range of services and specialists, equipment, & technology, ambience and service quality.
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Knowledge Management & Information Systems Wordcount: 1,971 As ‘by virtue of its tacitness, inimitability and immobility’ (Scarbrough & Shan, 1999, p.359) knowledge is increasingly considered to give a competitive advantage. We can identify two types of knowledge: explicit and tacit knowledge. Explicit knowledge refers to the ‘know what’ that can be codified hence, that can be communicated and diffused (Scarbrough, 2011). Tacit knowledge, on the other hand is ‘The
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