and even the USA (with 4.6 per cent in 1992) badly represented. Despite this economic growth, there are indications that productivity has been a problem. This may have implications for the attractiveness of China to foreign investors, despite low labour costs. A study undertaken in the mid1980s indicated that productivity levels were 60-70 per cent of those in Hong Kong (Locket, 1987). A recent study (Turcq, 1995) indicates a steady rise in productivity relative to wage
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INDUSTRY PROFILE Aluminum is the third most abundant element in the Earth's crust and constitutes 7.3% by mass. In nature however it only exists in very stable combinations with other materials (particularly as silicates and oxides) and it was first until 1808 that its existence was first established. It took many years of painstaking research to "unlock" the metal from its ore and many more to produce a viable, commercial production process. • 1888 - The first Aluminum companies founded
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Int. J. Production Economics 72 (2001) 181}199 A survey of manufacturing strategies in China-based enterprises David J. Robb *, Bin Xie Department of Management Science and Information Systems, The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand Department of Management Science and Engineering, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, People's Republic of China Received 13 December 1999; accepted 7 September 2000 Abstract We present the results
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Extreme Business-Models in the Clothing Industry - A Case Study of H&M and ZARA Kristianstad University The Department of Business Studies FE6130 Bachelor Dissertation International Business Program December 2007 Tutors: Håkan Phil Timurs Umans Authours: Susanne Göransson Angelica Jönsson Michaela Persson Abstract In the clothing industry firms compete successfully by applying different businessmodels. H&M and ZARA are two extremes in the clothing industry. H&M’s business-model mainly focuses
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Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 94 (2010) 1553–1571 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/solmat Review Business, market and intellectual property analysis of polymer solar cells Torben D. Nielsen a, Craig Cruickshank b, Søren Foged c, Jesper Thorsen c, Frederik C. Krebs a,n a b c Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Frederiksborgvej 399, DK-4000 Roskilde
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150,000 small-sized enterprises (defined by the government of Bangladesh as registered enterprises). Different countries and organizations define SME’s in different way. The SMEs are defined on the basis of two criteria across the world: volume of turnover and number of person employed in a particular organization. Small firms cover a wide variety of firms ranging from the single proprietor business, independent business owners who employ a handful of workers. The central bank of Bangladesh defines
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International Labour Organization Geneva 2012 Copyright © International Labour Organization 2012 First published 2012 Publications of the International Labour Office enjoy copyright under Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. Nevertheless, short excerpts from them may be reproduced without authorization, on condition that the source is indicated. For rights of reproduction or translation, application should be made to ILO Publications (Rights and Permissions), International Labour Office
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IIBM Institute of Business Management HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT www.iibmindia.in Subject: HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT Credits: 4 SYLLABUS Introduction to Human Resource Management Introduction: Nature, Philosophy, Need, Objectives and Evolution of Human Resources Management; HRM Functions; HRD Concept; HRD Strategy; HR Responsibilities; Environmental Factors of HRM: Environmental Factors, Challenges to HRM. Concepts and Process of Human Resource Planning Human Resource Planning:
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the one hand, and economic development and growth on the other. Research in this area offers new ways to address the economic stagnation and crisis developing countries have experienced over the last two decades. This paper contributes to that literature, exploring the channels by which gender inequality affects, and in important ways, constrains economic development and growth in the Caribbean region. It further explores the endogeneity of gender inequality to the macroeconomic policy environment
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