The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0142-5455.htm Quality of work life and career development: perceptions of part-time MBA students Jessica Li College of Information, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, USA, and Quality of work life and career development 201 Received 19 April 2010 Revised 8 November 2010 Accepted 10 November 2010 Roland K. Yeo Kuwait Maastricht Business School, Salmiya, Kuwait Abstract Purpose – The
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Introduction Value chain analysis is useful for new producers, including poor producers and poor countries trying to enter the global market in a way that will provide for sustainable income growth. The value chain analysis also is useful as an analytical tool in understanding environmental policy which provides for the efficient allocation of resources within the domestic economy. Company Background Starbucks started in 1971 when three academics: English teacher Jerry Baldwin, history teacher
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Marketing Principles By Marc Libertine Bringas CONTENTS (1) Gaining a competitive advantage P3 (2) The product life cycle P4 (3) Distribution options to increase convenience for customers P5 (4) How you can set your prices in line with different market conditions P5 (5) Promotional activities for ‘Beauty not expensive’ P6 (6) Additional elements of the extended marketing mix P7 (7) The difference between consumer markets and organisational markets P8 (8)
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Annual Report and Form 20-F 2013 InterContinental Davos, Switzerland 1777 It all began in 1777 when William Bass opened a brewery in Burton-on-Trent in the UK. Bass made its move into the hotel industry in 1988, buying Holiday Inn International. By 2003 the business had changed from domestic brewer to international hospitality retailer: InterContinental Hotels Group PLC. 1946 InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts In April 1946 Juan Trippe, the founder of Pan American Airways, had a vision
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“Entrepreneurs are born not made.” Critically analyse this statement with reference to the literature and to your experience of entrepreneurship. This essay aims to evaluate the various traits identified with entrepreneurs, and then establish whether entrepreneurs are born with these traits, or whether, they are shaped and developed through their life experiences. Put simply the purpose of this essay is to establish whether entrepreneurs are ‘born or made’. This essay focuses on two distinct schools
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IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper Business Ethics Section-A Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. (a) Information Technology 2. (a) Equal distribution of all benefits & burdens on peoples 3. (c) Retributive Justice 4. (b) Free Markets 5. (d) Historical Materialism 6. (a) Pure Monopoly 7. (a) Highly concentrated Markets 8. (b) Chlorofluorocarbons 9. (b) Market Cost 10. (c) Both (a) and (b) Part Two: 1. Definition: Mineral depletion is the
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in 1940 in San Bernardino, California, by Dick and Mac McDonald (Murphy, 1999). Businessman Ray Kroc bought the rights to the franchise from them for ten years in 1955 and started McDonald’s Corporation (Murphy, 1999). He opened his first store in Des Plaines, Illinois in April of that year (Emerson, 1979). Harry Sonneborn, former vice president of Tastee-Freeze, became president of McDonald’s in 1959 (Love, 1995). Sonneborn led McDonald into the real estate business in the late 1950’s and early
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Online Marketing Research: Reliability and Appropriateness of Social Network Sites Wendy Tapia Abstract The widespread acceptance that the web 2.0 platform offers new opportunities and possibilities to meet the current marketing research challenges requires an in depth appreciation of the advantages and disadvantages involved in its implementation. The purpose of this paper is to take a critical look at the use of Social Network Sites as an Online Marketing Research tool
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Introduction of Organization: Assignment is based on two Firms that is BP and Shell. To analyses the strategic business units (SBUs) of BP Solar and Shell Renewables within the alternative energy industry, which are part of British Petroleum (BP) and Royal/Dutch Shell Group (Shell), the world's second and third largest energy companies? Environmental analysis highlights the increasing volatility of the global energy market, which is driven by factors including demographics, urbanisation, income
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NEW DELHI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT SERVICE MARKETING COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE VARIOUS PIZZA OUTLETS TABLE OF CONTENTS Topic | Page number | 1. Executive summary | 2 | 2. Introduction to fast food | 3 | 3. Introduction to pizza | 5 | 4. Domino’s Pizza | 7 | 5. Pizza Hut | 10 | 6. Papa John’s | 13 | 7. Comparative study based on 7P’s | 15 | 8. Key Findings | 17 | 9. Recommendations | 18 | 10. Bibliography | 19 | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TITLE:
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