IRANIAN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS NAME: INSTITUTION: CHAPETR ONE: INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction This study’s rationale is based on the deductions from the available literature that there is a dire need to understand the Oil and gas industry competitiveness in Iran (Michael E. P. 1990). This study thus uses Porter’s model of competitive advantage of nations to analyze Iran’s oil and gas industry’s competitiveness in the global market. This
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Abstract Enhanced quality control methods are increasingly critical for IT projects, often plagued with failure as performance objectives do not align with traditional measures. This study provides theoretical and practical implications for information technology (IT) project quality control, particularly within the domains of project management and performance measurement. The data provided qualitatively and quantitatively demonstrates the criticality of enhanced project quality control in the
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Culture betokens the whole involute of traditional demeanor which has been developed by the human race and is successively learned by each generation. A culture is less precise. It can betoken the forms of traditional deportment which are characteristics of a given society, or of a group of societies, or of a certain race, or of a certain area, or of a certain period of time. (Margaret Mead, 1951: p.17) Definition of the Cold War The Cold War is the denomination given to the relationship that developed
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com International Journal of Project Management 28 (2010) 422–427 www.elsevier.com/locate/ijproman Effect of a virtual project team environment on communication-related project risk April H. Reed *, Linda V. Knight 1 Department of Management Information Systems, College of Business, East Carolina University, United States College of Computing and Digital Media, DePaul University, United States Received 25 March 2009; received in revised form 13 July 2009;
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J Bus Ethics (2011) 104:77–91 DOI 10.1007/s10551-011-0890-1 Between Profit-Seeking and Prosociality: Corporate Social Responsibility as Derridean Supplement Cameron Sabadoz Received: 3 December 2010 / Accepted: 5 May 2011 / Published online: 24 May 2011 Ó Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2011 Abstract This article revolves around the debate surrounding the lack of a coherent definition for corporate social responsibility (CSR). I make use of Jacques Derrida’s theorizing on contested
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Question: For an industry of your choice, identify and analyse the most important drivers and barriers affecting its development. Answer Drivers and barriers affecting development of any industry revolve in the fraternity of globalization. Globalisation in business is the worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration (Frank, 1998). It implies the opening of local and nationalistic perspectives to a broader outlook of an interconnected and interdependent
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Contents Introduction 3 Literature review 4 Research methodology 9 Analysis 11 Case study: Tata’s Croma 16 Findings 20 FDI in Retail in India 21 Growth drivers in India for retail sector 22 Discussion 23 FDI in INDIA SECTOR WISE 23 Conclusion 25 Bibliography 27 Introduction Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is fund flow (inflow/outflow) between the countries wherein one gains benefit from their investment whereas another can exploit the opportunity to enhance the productivity
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to create effective marketing campaigns and anti-piracy strategies. KEYWORDS: Consumer behavioral intention, Counterfeit products, Perceived financial control, Structural Equation Modeling, Theory of Planned Behavior Introduction While globalization has resulted in the lowering of international barriers, it has also created new opportunities for illegal trade. The international trade in counterfeit products is growing at an alarming rate and,
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Gupta Bhattacharya Faculty, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research Contents Abstract..................................................................................................................................3 Literature Review....................................................................................................................4 Introduction...............................................................................................................
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Greenfield investment in host countries 1 Introduction Foreign direct investment (FDI), a most important product of economic globalization, has swept the world in the past few years. As an investment mode of FDI, greenfield investment refers to a kind of strategy that the multinational enterprises(MNEs) start new firms by constructing facilities in the host countries from the ground up (Wang & Wong, 2009). It flows to the host countries and becomes their primary source of external financing
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