Outliers THE S T O R Y OF S U C C E S S MALCOLM G LAD W E L L # 1 bestselling author of The Tipping Point and Blink $27.99 $ 3 0 . 9 9 in C a n a d a Why d o s o m e p e o p l e succeed far more than others? T h e r e is a story that is usually told a b o u t extremely successful p e o p l e , a story that focuses o n intelligence a n d ambition. In Outliers Malcolm Gladwell a r g u e s that the true story o f s u c c e s s is very different, a n d that if we want to u n d e r s t a n d
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Mc-Donald Vs Domino’s - Comparative Analysis Determinant Of Choosing Fast Food Restaurant And Their Service Quality BY:- ANUJ CHAUHAN (FINANCE + MARKETING) ITM UNIVERSITY, SITHOLI, GWALIOR ABSTRACT SERVICE QUALITY Parasuraman et al. (1988) introduced a 22-item scale, called SERVQUAL, for measuring service quality, the model has been widely adopted across industries. The scale was tested in 4 service settings different from those of the original test: a dental school patient
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The Emerald Research Register for this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/researchregister The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emeraldinsight.com/0953-4814.htm Subcultures and employment modes: translating HR strategy into practice Jennifer Palthe Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA Subcultures and employment modes 287 Received 15 March 2002 Revised 15 September 2002 Accepted 9 December 2002 Ellen Ernst
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Corporation: A Case Study in Transnational Media Management by Richard A. Gershon, Western Michigan University, U.S.A. and Tsutomu Kanayama, Sophia University, Japan The transnational corporation is a nationally based company with overseas operations in two or more countries. What distinguishes the transnational media corporation (TNMC) from other types of TNCs, is that the principle product being sold is information and entertainment. The following paper is a case study analysis of the Sony Corporation;
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bring out elements of good corporate governance. It emerged that failure to effectively implement internal controls contributed significantly to poor corporate governance. The study discovered that internal control system overrides and the issue of “fact cat” directors also contributed to poor corporate governance. The study recommended that there is need for the board of directors to guarantee an organizational structure that clearly defines management responsibilities, authority and reporting relationships
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“Starbucks Coffee, Tea, and Spice” in Seattle, WA. In 1981, Howard Schultz (Starbucks chairman, president and chief executive officer) noticed that a little company in Seattle, WA, was placing orders of a certain coffeemaker, in larger volumes than the big US store Macy’s; he decided to pay them a visit to see what was going on. Gordon Bowker, the magic, mystery, and romance man, must have shared his passion for quality coffee and tea with Howard Schultz at this time, because he got hooked right away
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Disclosures About CSR Practices: A Literature Review Kavitha W * and Anita P ** Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is now prominent and evident more than ever due to the emphasis laid on businesses regarding environmental, social and ethical issues. The level of CSR activities of the firms is made known to public only through the disclosures. This paper reviews the literature on CSR disclosures and the effect of these disclosures. There are various factors which determine the extent of disclosures
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for the Starbucks Coffee Company Table of Contents Introduction and background 3 Company mission, company objectives 3 Market definition and product or brand background 4 Evaluation of results and conclusion about problem 5 Situational Analysis 5 Internal analysis 5 Customer analysis 7 Industry analysis 8 Competitor analysis 11 Distribution and supplier analysis 11 SWOT analysis – Confrontation Matrix 12 Choice of option 13 Marketing objectives/ expected results
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