Annual Report 2008-09 Productivity Commission Annual Report Series © COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA 2009 ISSN ISBN 978-1-74037-286-2 1035-5243 This work is subject to copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, the work may be reproduced in whole or in part for study or training purposes, subject to the inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. Reproduction for commercial use or sale requires prior written permission from the Attorney-General’s Department. Requests
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The Making of a Successful Duty-Free Retail in the newly privatised International Airports in India – ‘Major Challenges and Strategies’ Vinay Bhuwania M.M.S., University of Mumbai Dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MSc. In Retail Management, University of Stirling University of Stirling 2006-2007 Declaration VINAY BHUWANIA 1. I confirm I have submitted an electronic version of the dissertation and give my permission for the Department
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Vietnam: risk assessment Sovereign Currency Banking Political Economic Country risk risk sector risk structure risk risk risk June CCC B CCC CCC CCC CCC 2012 Sovereign risk Positive: Although the budget deficit will widen in 2012, rapid nominal economic growth and the recent rise in Vietnam's foreign-exchange reserves will support the fiscal position. Moreover, much of the
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WORKING PAPER NO. 85 ANTI DUMPING LAW AND PRACTICE: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE ARADHNA AGGARWAL APRIL, 2002 INDIAN COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS Core-6A, 4th Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110 003 Contents Foreword ................................................................................................................................ i I II Introduction ............................................................................
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($B)1 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2010 2011 Diluted Earnings Per Share 3 in the world in eCommerce sales. With 88,000 associates worldwide, Staples operates in 26 countries throughout North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia, making it easy for businesses y r of all sizes and consumers. f The company is headquartered outside Boston. More information about Staples (Nasdaq: SPLS) is available at www.staples.com/media. Cash Flow Generation ($M) of $25 billion, ranking
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Executive summary Virgin Australia is a well known Industry Airline all through the world. In this report I will explain about an analysis of Virgin's present position and to focus the conduct of the industry regarding whether it is performing above or beneath desire. On the foundation of this analysis, suggestions are suggested to help the organization with answers for help to avoid failure if such circumstance was to happen. The report is structure as takes after: In the first area I will
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Board of Directors (As of March 31, 2011) R N Tata (Chairman) S Ramadorai (Vice Chairman) N Chandrasekaran (CEO & Managing Director) Aman Mehta V Thyagarajan Prof. Clayton M Christensen Dr. Ron Sommer Laura M Cha S Mahalingam (CFO & Executive Director) Phiroz Vandrevala (Executive Director) Dr. Vijay Kelkar Ishaat Hussain Company Secretary Suprakash Mukhopadhyay Statutory Auditors Deloitte Haskins & Sells US GAAP Auditors Deloitte Haskins & Sells Registered Office 9th Floor, Nirmal
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to attend regular school, and that is mentally, physically, socially or morally dangerous and harmful.[3] This practice is considered exploitative by many international organisations. Legislations across the world prohibit child labour.[4][5] These laws do not consider all work by children as child labour; exceptions include work by child artists, supervised training, certain categories of work such as those by Amish children, and others.[6][7] Child labour was employed to varying extents through
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Consideration and Promissory Estoppel The Formation of a Contract 3 Consideration and Promissory Estoppel 1. CONSIDERATION In general, agreements or promises are contractually binding in English law only if supported by consideration. The requirement of consideration means that each party must receive or be promised something in return for giving or promising something. Consideration is, therefore, the legal description of the element of exchange and its practical effect is to ensure that gratuitous
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The effect of the board of directors’ characteristics on corporate social responsibility disclosure by Islamic banks: evidence from Gulf Cooperation Council countries Abdullah Awadh Bukair and Azhar Abdul Rahman Abstract Corporate social activities have become major subjects because of their effects on the quality life of citizens, in particular, and on the society at large. Therefore, today, there is an increase awareness of social responsibility due to the challenges meeting the financial institutions
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