Collana Working Paper n. 1/2009 ENTREPRENEURIAL COUNTERINTUITIVE STRATEGIES FOR OPERATIONS AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHIAN MANAGEMENT. A STUDY OF THE BENETTON GROUP by Daniele M. Ghezzi Entrepreneurial counterintuitivestrategies for Operations and Global Supply Chain Management. A study of the Benetton Group by Daniele M. Ghezzi CONTENTS 1 – Introduction 2 – Benetton’s operations strategy 2.1 Review of the literature 2.2 Focus on the Benetton case 3 – Benetton’s position in the supply network
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depth appreciation of the advantages and disadvantages involved in its implementation. The purpose of this paper is to take a critical look at the use of Social Network Sites as an Online Marketing Research tool. Due to the vast number of Social Network Sites available this paper focuses specifically on the Social Network Site, Facebook. The paper starts by giving a brief insight of how Social Network Sites are defined, it then contrasts the advantages and disadvantages
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Strategy Formation in Former South African Firms' London Headquarters and in Their South African Your title should be not more than 16 words, must include “South Africa” and/or other relevant countries and should not refer to the methodology (eg A case study of . . .”). Don’t start each word with a capital letter – use ordinary sentence case and only capitalise proper nouns. Operations Sxxxx Cxxxxx Student number: 1234567 Tel: 089 555 5555 Student.wbs@hotmail.com A research proposal submitted
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results of general and specialty hospitals. Materials and Methods: In this research, 400 nurses at SUMS hospitals were selected by random sampling method. A 19-item questionnaire was applied to measure distributive, procedural and interactional justice. Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics, including percentage, frequency, mean, and standard deviation. Also, the t-test and one way ANOVA were used to measure the differences between different hospitals and wards.
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Marine Litter Distribution and Density in European Seas, from the Shelves to Deep Basins Christopher K. Pham1,2*, Eva Ramirez-Llodra3,4, Claudia H. S. Alt5, Teresa Amaro6, Melanie Bergmann7, ¸ Miquel Canals8, Joan B. Company3, Jaime Davies9, Gerard Duineveld10, Francois Galgani11, 9 12 1,2 Kerry L. Howell , Veerle A. I. Huvenne , Eduardo Isidro , Daniel O. B. Jones12, Galderic Lastras8, ´ ˆ Telmo Morato1,2, Jose Nuno Gomes-Pereira1,2, Autun Purser13, Heather Stewart14, Ines Tojeira15, 8 16 5 Xavier
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particular problems in specific environment. In this paper, a study was conducted using a telecommunication company in the South West region of Nigeria, in order to determine the specific biometric identifier that can be used to enhance their traditional staff attendance system which presently affects the productivity of the organization. The study was conducted using a quantitative approach by designing a questionnaire as the data collection instrument based on different biometric technologies
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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek81: 537–547, 2002. © 2002Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. 537 Antibiotic production by bacterial biocontrol agents Jos M. Raaijmakers ∗ , Maria Vlami & Jorge T. de Souza Department of Plant Sciences, Laboratory of Phytopathology, Wageningen University, Binnenhaven 5, 6709 PG Wageningen, The Netherlands (∗ Author for correspondence) Abstract Interest in biological control of plant pathogens has been stimulated in recent years by trends in agriculture
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Intermediate Maintenance and depot levels of maintenance (chap 3). Adds phase maintenance and periodic inspection documentation procedures (chap 3). Adds information on migrating automated DA Form 2410 (Component Removal and Repair/Overhaul Record) data (chap 3). Changes DA Form 2410 and instructions. Therefore, the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command’s Guide/Workbook for the DA Form 2410, The Army Maintenance Management System Aviation (TAMMS-A), October 1992, is obsolete (chap 3). Adds instructions
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11, 2010) Next Section Abstract In this article we assess and compare long-term adult socioeconomic status impacts from having experienced psychological and physical health problems in childhood. To do so, we use unique prospective data from the British National Child Development Study, a continuing panel study of a cohort of 17,634 children born in Great Britain during a single week in March 1958. To date there have been nine waves for this birth cohort to monitor their physical
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Abstract: This paper reports on results of one aspect of a larger research project carried out at the Research Centre in English Language Teaching, Testing and Assessment (RCEL), University of Athens. The overall aim of the project is to investigate the test-taking strategies used by Greek users of English when performing the activities of the Greek State Language Exams, known as Kratiko Pistopiitiko Glossomathias (KPG) and whether these can be successfully taught. The aim of this paper is twofold.
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