and Behavioral Studies Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 138-150, Apr 2011 Factors Affecting Retailers Attitude towards Manufacturers: A Study on Unilever Intisar Alam, 2Afreen Choudhury* Business School, BRAC University, Bangladesh 2Faculty of Business Administration, East West University, Bangladesh *ac@ewubd.edu 1BRAC 1Muhammad Abstract: The study addresses broadly the performance related issues as to what extent is the impact of various factors responsible in terms of retailers for doing business with manufacturers
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and ecological factors. There are different opinions in literature about the inclusion of legal and ecological factors. Their importance doubtlessly differs from industry to industry. In case such factors are of high relevance to an industry, they should be analyzed separately. In industries that are less influenced by legal and ecological factors, they could be allocated to the other categories, e.g. legislation as a political factor or ecological awareness as a socio-cultural factor. In any case
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well as unplanned shopping from these local shops. It is usually seen that buyers purchase products which they have not planned and this phenomenon of unplanned purchasing is termed as impulse. There are many factors which lead to unplanned or impulsebuying. This leads us to determine the factors that lead to impulse buying behaviour in consumers as well as to determine which segment (based on VALS classification scheme) of consumers show the most impulse buying behaviour. 2. Background of the
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confirmatory factor analysis and multiple regressions to estimate a series of interdependent relationship simultaneously. The results of descriptive analysis indicate that the national culture dimensions tend high for collectivism, power distance, masculinity and uncertainty avoidance, quite different from Hofstede (1980) findings that Indonesia has high collectivism, high power distance, moderate in masculinity and low in uncertainty avoidance. While in Second Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis, collectivism
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A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF E-COMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT This empirical study assesses the organizational impact of using eCommerce technologies in supply chain management utilizing the following constructs: system quality, information quality, system usage, and user satisfaction. A sample data set was collected from maquiladoras in Juárez, Mexico to investigate relationships among these constructs. A SEM analysis was undertaken, using AMOS, on the dataset
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P&G Japan: The SK-II Globalization Project Proctor and Gamble is a leading innovative company that manufactures personal care, household cleaning, laundry detergents, prescription drugs and disposable napkins products. In 1948, P&G made its first approach towards global expansion by creating an overseas division. By 1980, P&G had operations involved in 27 countries; however Walter Linge, the first Vice President of overseas operations had noticed problems with the company’s focus. Linge
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Factors influencing ERP implementation in manufacturing industries in India Introduction The global financial crisis provided an opportunity to many small and medium scale Indian enterprises to expand their business operations to other countries by acquiring businesses overseas. The crisis made many such companies change their way of conducting business by adopting sophisticated business practices. Such an initiative has taken them a step closer to
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TERM PAPER ON EVALUATION OF MARKETING AND LOGISTICS INTERFACE AND ITS ADVANTAGES IN AN ORGANIZATION Submitted By Manikanta ABSTRACT This study ON EVALUATION OF MARKETING AND LOGISTICS INTERFACE AND ITS ADVANTAGES IN AN ORGANIZATION. This research paper is basically to evaluate the marketing and logistics cooperation and to know its importance in any organization .The primary purpose of the paper is to find the advantages of an organization to have Marketing and logistics interface. This
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to perform tasks (Kroenke & Hooper, 2011). Achieving organisational goals and objectives will be easier to obtain if business managers understand and utilize information technology. This essay will discuss human, technical and organisational factors; these key elements are crucial for managers to consider when planning buying software and hardware. This will be demonstrated in relation to the Ministry of Educations recent controversy over the Novopay payroll system. Ministry of Education
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am easily distracted when I study” and “My mind goes blank on a test”. The second part of the assessment was another check-list of possible internal and external factors like “physical distractions”, “negative self-talk”, and “social distractions”. After the assessment, the reading described a few concentration strategies for each factor in the assessment. Strategies included goal setting, finding comfortable study places, and eating healthy. The final part of the reading provided techniques to be
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