advantages and disadvantages on first-mover firms. Our aim is to begin to provide a more detailed research on the issues and to serve as a guide for future research. INTRODUCTION TO THE ISSUE The aim of this paper is also to present issues of importance for practitioners, including furthering our understanding of this issue in developing markets. As the growth of markets in developed countries has been slowing down, multi-national enterprises (MNEs) in developed countries are becoming more and
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Hotel companies' contribution to improving the quality of life of local communities and the well-being of their employees Paulina Bohdanowicz1 and Piotr Zientara2 Correspondence: Paulina Bohdanowicz, E-mail: paulina_bohdanowicz@yahoo.com 1has a PhD in energy technology (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden) and a PhD in social science (University of Gdansk, Poland). Bohdanowicz is currently working in the industry and guest lecturing at tourism and hospitality schools. 2has a PhD
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relation to other industries (Alarcon & Ashley, 1992; Forbes, 1993; Kanji & Wong, 1998; Loushine, Hoonakker, Carayon, & Smith, 2006; Nesan & Holt, 1999; Oglesby, Parker, & Howell, 1989). Many of the management practices used to support construction organisations are being challenged. The industry’s clients are moving forward. Clients demand improved service quality, faster building and innovations in technology. It is no accident that the construction industry
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CIP catalogue record for this report is available from the British Library ISBN 0-85946-458-x Foreword The way that people in positions of authority exercise leadership and management has a decisive influence on the performance of their own organisations and therefore of the wider economy. It has been estimated that raising aggregate employee engagement from the bottom to the top quartile of performance could add over £20 billion to the UK’s Gross Domestic Product.* We know that such a shift demands
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Rodolfo Baggio Marianna Sigala Alessandro Inversini Juho Pesonen Editors Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2014 eProceedings of the ENTER 2014 PhD Workshop in Dublin, Ireland. January 21, 2014 Preface The advent of Information and communication technology (ICT) has had a paramount impact on tourism. The effects of this revolution continue to change the nature of contemporary tourism on a day-to-day base. The globalization of information, open innovation, better access
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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Governments of all political leanings show an interest in their housing sectors, since housing touches people's lives directly. In socialist countries, governments take care of everything including housing. However, capitalist governments are also keen to improve their housing sectors. For instance, both Conservative and Labour governments in the United Kingdom have concentrated on housing at times of closely fought elections demonstrating how important
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What is an ideal management control system Management control is a process of assuming that resources are obtained and used effectively and efficiently in the accomplishment of the organization’s objectives. It is a fundamental necessity for the success of a business and hence from time to time the current performance of the various operations is compared to a predetermined standard or ideal performance and in case of variance remedial measures are adopted to confirm operations to set plan or policy
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A study of the effects of brand image on consumer behaviour and brand equity Eddie Phun Foo Boon BA Hons (University Malaya) MBA (University Putra Malaysia) International Graduate School of Management Division of Business and Enterprise University of South Australia (UniSA) Submitted on this 10th November in the year 2004 for the partial requirements of the degree of Doctor of Business Administration UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA 31 A66 2.1JuJ LIBRARY. Doctor of Business Administration
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the achievement of one’s job values. Spector describes job satisfaction as “the extent to which people like (satisfaction) or dislike (dissatisfaction) their jobs”. Apart of those few definitions indicated above, there are many others that aim to explain the concept of the satisfaction. The lack of consensus which appears in defining the concept may lead to misunderstanding among researchers and research participants and may influence the construct validity of its measurement. The second problem
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Qklhokn 1 Accounting Theory Paper-8 M. Com. (Final) Directorate of Distance Education Maharshi Dayanand University ROHTAK – 124 001 2 jktuhfr foKku Copyright © 2004, Maharshi Dayanand University, ROHTAK All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means; electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the written permission of the copyright holder. Maharshi
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