Investigating Momentum on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange December 1 2010 Hendrik Snyman 14422425 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Engineering (Management) Department of Industrial Engineering University of Stellenbosch An oil prospector had died and gone to heaven. At the gate, he is met by St Peter.‘Well, I checked you out and you meet all of the qualifications. But there’s one problem,’ He said. ‘We have some
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differences in corporate governance are and how they should best be conceptualized remain hotly debated (Gedajlovic & Shapiro, 1998; O’Sullivan, 2000; Pedersen & Thomsen, 1997; Prowse, 1995; Shleifer & Vishny, 1997; Thomsen & Pedersen, 2000). In most comparisons researchers contrast two dichotomous models of Anglo-American and Continental European corporate governance (Becht & Roel, 1999; Berglof, 1991; Hall & Soskice, ¨ ¨ 2001; La Porta, Lopez-de-Silanes, Shleifer, & Vishny, 1998).1 They
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person who keeps this rules called ‘just man’. There are different faces to the concept ‘justice’. A brief study about the concept ‘justice’ is an important today. Many philosophers have tried to explain the concept ‘justice’ and its features. We can find a lot of features in personal justice. The meaning of justice may change according to the situations. But there should be a common factor; this common factor is the concept of ‘ethics’. In general justice and ethics are co-related. Today the study
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TITLE PAGE INCENTIVE AS A MOTIVATIONAL TOOL IN ENHANCING ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE (A STUDY OF FIRST BANK NIGERIA PLC AND UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC) BY ONWUCHEKWA CHIDI. PG/MBA /08/53181 BEING A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA ENUGU CAMPUS JUNE 2010 1 DEDICATION This project is dedicated to God
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1363-254X.htm Integrated online marketing communication: implementation and management ˘ ˘ Calin Gurau GSCM-Montpellier Business School, Montpellier, France Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the particularities of integrated marketing communication (IMC) in the online environment. Design/methodology/approach – Both secondary and primary data (face-to-face interviews with
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Republic, but since the 19th century, terrorism has come to designate a method of opposition used by small groups (Tilly 2004, 8-9) “against the legitimacy of the prevailing sovereign power” (Scruton 2002, 126). As Barkawi (2006, 129) aptly puts across “‘terror’ is often used as a weapon by those who lack sufficient weapons to fight a military war, who believe their voices are not being heard and their desires bear no fruit”. Contrary to the French “terror”, “terrorism” is then no longer a practice
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Class: 1 Type: Lecture Introduction Nobody will dispute the fact that operations are becoming increasingly international or even global in nature. Less clear, though, is what this actually means for operations. Drivers of globalization include increased competitiveness through offshore manufacturing and increased sales by expanding into new markets, but the associated opportunities and challenges are totally different and highly industry-dependent. Clearly, the issues facing a hi-tech
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"ASSESSMENT AND ANAYSIS OF CUSTOMER SATISFACTION WITH SERVICE DELIVERY OF MTN, KUMASI" By NAME: FRANCIS KWAKU DOGBE A Thesis submitted to the Institute of Distance Learning, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of COMMONWEALTH EXECUTIVE MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION October, 2011 DECLARATION I hereby declare that this thesis is the result of my own work except references cited that have been duly acknowledged
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we evaluated whether their benefits generalize across four categories of variables: learning conditions, student characteristics, materials, and criterion tasks. Learning conditions include aspects of the learning environment in which the technique is implemented, such as whether a student studies alone or with a group. Student characteristics include variables such as age, ability, and level of prior knowledge. Materials vary from simple concepts to mathematical problems to
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This research paper acknowledges different quality management tools. It is about the evolution of different quality tools and defining the best practice Strategic model in IT organization in relation to achieving quality within their business processes and integrating business processes to achieve strategic goals. Previous research and study indicates the various quality system tools in order to achieve quality management objectives in the competitive business environment.
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