FOREWORD At no time during the last three or four decades have the communication skills of individuals in the business world come under closer scrutiny than today. And never before have those who work in the business world needed better, more effective communication skills. The emerging technology appears to be increasing, rather than decreasing, the need for effective communication skills. As more individuals have ready access to desk-top equipment to process written communication, fewer
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coincide with the editorial views of The Economist Newspaper. Typeset in EcoType by MacGuru info@macguru.org.uk Printed and bound in Great Britain by Creative Print and Design (Wales), Ebbw Vale A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 86197 971 1 Contents The authors Foreword Part 1 Information technology grows up 1 Coming of age 2
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5 The Balance Sheet and Financial Disclosures CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES OVERVIEW LO1 LO2 LO3 LO4 LO5 Chapter 1 stressed the importance of the financial statements in helping investors and creditors predict future cash flows. The balance sheet, along with accompanying disclosures, proAfter studying this chapter, vides relevant information useful not only in helping you should be able to: investors and creditors predict future cash flows Describe the purpose of the
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This page intentionally left blank Managerial Economics Managerial economics, meaning the application of economic methods in the managerial decision-making process, is a fundamental part of any business or management course. This textbook covers all the main aspects of managerial economics: the theory of the firm; demand theory and estimation; production and cost theory and estimation; market structure and pricing; game theory; investment analysis and government policy. It includes numerous
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TLFeBOOK Blue Ocean Strategy Blue Ocean Strategy How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant H A R VA R D B U S I N E S S S C H O O L P R E S S BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( W. Chan Kim Renée Mauborgne Copyright 2005 Harvard Business School Publishing Corporation All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 09 08 07 06 05 5 4 3 2 1 No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval
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The Making of a Successful Duty-Free Retail in the newly privatised International Airports in India – ‘Major Challenges and Strategies’ Vinay Bhuwania M.M.S., University of Mumbai Dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of MSc. In Retail Management, University of Stirling University of Stirling 2006-2007 Declaration VINAY BHUWANIA 1. I confirm I have submitted an electronic version of the dissertation and give my permission for the Department
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A Handbook on Derivatives © Rajkumar .S Adukia B.com (Hons.), L.L.B, AICWA, FCA radukia@vsnl.com/rajkumar@gmail.com 093230 61049/ 093221 39642 www.carajkumarradukia.com If interested in receiving similar technical updates subscribe to carajkumarradukia-subscribe@yahoogroups.com PREFACE Derivatives have changed the world of finance as pervasively as the Internet has changed communications .Well they are everywhere nowadays
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INDEX S.NO. TOPIC INDIAN CONTRACT ACT Nature and Kind of Contracts Offer and Acceptance of an Offer Capacity of Parties and Consideration Void Agreement and Contingent Contract Performance of Contract Discharge of a Contract Remedies for Breach of Contract and Quasi-contract Agency PAGE 2-10 11-22 23-34 35-49 50-62 63-72 73-81 82-99 SALES OF GOODS ACT Sales of Goods Act CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT Consumer Protection Act NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT ACT Negotiable Instrument Act THE PARTNERSHIP
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Wladimir Andreff. Outsourcing in the new strategy of multinational companies:foreign investment, international subcontracting and production relocation. OUTSOURCING IN THE NEW STRATEGY OF MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES: FOREIGN INVESTMENT, INTERNATIONAL SUBCONTRACTING AND PRODUCTION RELOCATION* WLADIMIR ANDREFF Professor Emeritus University Paris 1 Panthon Sorbonne Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne. ABSTRACT. The article is dealing in the first place with the definition of (offshore) outsourcing
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An Integrated Approach to Strategy Running Case Featuring Wal-Mart Wal-Mart’s Competitive Advantage (Chapter 1) ● Working Conditions at Wal-Mart (Chapter 2) ● Wal-Mart’s Bargaining Power over Suppliers (Chapter 3) ● Human Resource Strategy and Productivity at Wal-Mart (Chapter 4) ● How Wal-Mart Became a Cost Leader (Chapter 5) ● Wal-Mart’s Global Expansion (Chapter 6) ● WalMart Internally Ventures a New Kind of Retail Store (Chapter 8) ● Sam Walton’s Approach to Implementing Wal-Mart’s Strategy
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