thesis attempts to determine the impact of culture and local context on CSR performance by evaluating and comparing CSR performance across hotel groups in culturally and geographically diverse regions. Data on indicators for waste production, water consumption, energy use, equal employment opportunity, employee training and employee organization were collected
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DIVERSIFICATION AND GLOBAL POSITION 3 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is ranked as the as the world’s second largest PC chipmaker with a market share of just 17%, far behind Intel Corp. with 81% of the market (Buckman and Williams 2001, 1). However, in 2000 AMD’s sales jumped 63% to $4.6 billion, producing $983 million in net income and its first profitable year since 1995 (Streetwalker 2001, 1). AMD owns engineering, manufacturing, warehousing and administrative facilities where it produces
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Community Health Advocacy Project: Teenage Substance Abuse NUR 544 October 1, 2012 Community Health Advocacy Project: Teenage Substance Abuse The aggregates teenagers/ adolescent and substance abuse the prevalence of alcohol use among teens mixing the effects of alcohol shifts teenagers toward risky and violent behaviors. Alcohol and any substance can cause impaired judgment and slow reaction time which provides more of a detailed explanation on why major factors have teen motor vehicles
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CHAPTER 13 Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Sustainable Development in Africa: Case Study on Kenya Davis Wekesa Barasa INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVES Indigenous Knowledge System (IKS) is currently drawing special attention of many researchers, institutions of higher learning, pharmaceutical organisations, governments, Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) etc. than it did just a decade ago. Recently, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has recognised the applications of traditional knowledge
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Community Nursing in the 53218 Zip code University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee College of Nursing NURS 415 David Deau, Elizabeth Kuss, Blessing Lee, PaKou Lo, Nygil Matthews, Terresa Novak, Dami Olaniyi, Edith Sardea, Tiffany Theard, and Houa Xiong November 30, 2012 Community Nursing in the 53218 Zip code Each community has its own positive and negative features. The zip code community of 53218 is no exception. Some of those positive features of the 53218 community has prospective features
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A Framework for assessing solutions to green cloud computing Thi Hong Nhung Huynh MSc Computing and Management 2010/2011 The candidate confirms that the work submitted is their own and the appropriate credit has been given where reference has been made to the work of others. I understand that failure to attribute material which is obtained from another source may be considered as plagiarism. (Signature of student) Abstract Cloud computing is a breakthrough innovation in information
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8- August 1, 2011 Hudson Valley BUSINESS JOURNAL ‘Random acts of marketing’ should be ‘history’ Say goodbye to “Random Acts of Marketing” as integration, alignment, visibility and return on investment (ROI) all top the list of requirements for marketing performance improvement through 2011, reports the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) Council in its latest State of Marketing Report. At risk are agencies and resources failing to bring value-added thinking, innovation, or technical knowledge
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understate the long-term negative impacts that fare increases and service cuts will have on transit ridership, transit revenue, traffic congestion and pollution emissions. Originally published as “Transit Price Elasticities and Cross-Elasticities,” Journal of Public Transportation, Vol. 7, No. 2, (www.nctr.usf.edu/jpt/pdf/JPT 7-2 Litman.pdf), 2004, pp. 37-58. Todd Litman 2004-2011 You are welcome and encouraged to copy, distribute, share and excerpt this document and its ideas, provided the
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ISSN 2394-9694 International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences Vol. 2, Issue 4, pp: (42-55), Month: July - August 2015, Available at: www.noveltyjournals.com Influence of Social Media on Study Habits of Undergraduate Students in Kenyan Universities Dr. Langat Andrew Chris Lecturers Moi University Department of Communication Studies-Kenya Abstract: This study examined the influence of social media on study habits of undergraduate students in one of the Kenya
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Supply Chain in the Food Industry by Abdelrahman Ahmed El-Hefny Bachelor Thesis submitted to the Operations Department at the Faculty of Management & Technology German University in Cairo Student registration number: 16-1841 Date: 29th May 2012 Supervisor: Professor Dr. Ehab Yaseen Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................. ii Table of Tables ...............................
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