Corporate Carbon Strategies Threats and opportunities arising from the new energy imperative Reference Code: BI00036-019 Publication Date: March 2011 1 About the authors Professor Merlin Stone Merlin is Head of Research at The Customer Framework. He is author or co-author of many articles and thirty books and also on the editorial advisory boards of several academic journals. He has a first class honors degree and doctorate in economics from Sussex University, UK. In parallel to his
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C h a p t e r 1 Prewriting GETTING STARTED (OR SOUP-CAN LABELS CAN BE FASCINATING) For many writers, getting started is the hardest part. You may have noticed that when it is time to begin a writing assignment, you suddenly develop an enormous desire to straighten your books, water your plants, or sharpen your pencils for the fifth time. If this situation sounds familiar, you may find it reassuring to know that many professionals undergo these same strange compulsions before they begin
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ALSO BY MALCOLM GLADWELL The Tipping Point To my parents, Joyce and Graham Gladwell Introduction The Statue That Didn’t Look Right In September of 1983, an art dealer by the name of Gianfranco Becchina approached the J. Paul Getty Museum in California. He had in his possession, he said, a marble statue dating from the sixth century BC. It was what is known as a kouros—a sculpture of a nude male youth standing with his left leg forward and his arms at his sides. There are only about two
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Building a stronger Qantas Annual Report 2011 4 6 8 10 14 16 22 31 49 110 120 Chairman’s Report CEO’s Report Financial Performance Board of Directors Information on Qantas Review of Operations Corporate Governance Statement Directors’ Report Financial Report Sustainability Report Financial Calendar A STRONG PERFORMANCE IN CHALLENGING CONDITIONS THE QANTAS GROUP IN 2011 In 2010/2011 the Qantas Group reported a strong result in a complex and challenging global operating environment, with
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Chapter 1 The Evolution of the Modern Firm Chapter Contents 1) Introduction 2) The World in 1840 • Doing Business in 1840 • Conditions of Business in 1840: Life Without a Modern Infrastructure Example 1.1: The Emergence of Chicago 3) The World in 1910 • Doing Business in 1910 Example 1.2: Responding to the Business Environment: The Case of American Whaling • Business Conditions in 1910: A "Modern" Infrastructure Example 1.3: Evolution of the
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MARKETING & PUBLICIDAD El Liderazgo para Generar Capacidades Lida Beraún Quiñones Huánuco, Perú © LIDERAZGO PARA GENERAR CAPACIDADES Lida Beraun Quiñonez Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas de la Universidad Nacional Hermilio Valdizan Av. Universitaria 601 - Cayhuayna Pilcomarca Hecho el depósito legal en la Biblioteca Nacional del Perú Mercurio Publicaciones Jr. Aguilar 367 - Huánuco cercado Tiraje: 1000 ejemplares Primera Edicion mayo 2011 El autor se reserva todos los derechos de
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