passenger business. We investigate the suitability of the current practice, and based on the results, we propose an alternate show-up-rate estimator for cargo and demonstrate its benefits. Tested on real-world data from a major airline as well as on simulated data, the study shows that improved estimation of the show-up rate can improve profits and customer service. Key words: industries: transportation, shipping; inventory: production. History: This paper was refereed. W ith globalization of trade
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Management Revised Edition Peter F. Drucker with Joseph A. Maciariello Contents Introduction to the Revised Edition of Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices Preface 1 2 3 Part I 4 5 6 7 Part II 8 9 10 11 Part III 12 Introduction: Management and Managers Defined Management as a Social Function and Liberal Art The Dimensions of Management Management’s New Realities Knowledge Is All New Demographics The Future of the Corporation and the Way Ahead Management’s New Paradigm Business
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core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of technology (also known as technical colleges or polytechnics). In addition to the basic training required for a trade, occupation or profession, observers of the labour-market[who?] recognize as of 2008 the need to continue training beyond initial qualifications: to maintain, upgrade and update skills throughout working life. People within many professions and occupations may refer to this sort of training as professional
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School/Portfolio: | The Business School | Course Code/ID: | BUMGT5921 | Course Title: | Organizations: Behaviour, Structure, Processes | Teaching Location: | Melbourne Institute of Technology | Program(s): | Master of Business Administration | Coordinator: | Dr Syed Uddin | Level: | Introductory | Semester: | 2/2013 | Prerequisite(s): | Nil | Corequisite(s): | Nil | Exclusion(s): | Nil | Credit Points/Progress Units: | 15 | ASCED Code: | 080307 | Adopted Reference Style
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CFA Institute Equity Style Timing Author(s): Duen-Li Kao and Robert D. Shumaker Reviewed work(s): Source: Financial Analysts Journal, Vol. 55, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb., 1999), pp. 37-48 Published by: CFA Institute Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4480137 . Accessed: 28/02/2012 13:47 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps
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9-699-044 REV: NOVEMBER 1, 2001 STEFAN THOMKE BMW AG: The Digital Car Project (A) “Looks great,” thought Chris Bangle as he walked by a picture of the new BMW 3-Series which was about one year away from its scheduled 1998 launch in Germany. Bangle, a former Wisconsin native, who became the company’s director of worldwide design at age 35, glanced at his watch. In just 30 minutes, he would meet with other senior managers about project recommendations that might revolutionize the way cars had
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in production capacity to meet additional demand. C) Research and Development: - It is required for those industry where technology in changing rapidly. D) Diversification: - To set up factories, to fulfill need of various markets. To reduce dependency on one market E) Miscellaneous: - To meet legal norms, such as investment in pollution control equipment. 2. Features and significance of capital budgeting Capital budgeting includes investment for long firm funds for long term
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BA 170 Exam #2 Notes March 19, 2015 Products and Services Product Anything that can be offered in a market for attention, acquisition, use or consumption that might satisfy a need or a want May be defined as everything both favorable and unfavorable that a person receives in an exchange Service is a product that consists of activities, benefits or satisfaction that is essentially intangible and does not result in the ownership of anything. Experiences represent what buying
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Judgment and Decision Making, Vol.X, No.X, May 2011, pp. XX–XX A Marketing Science Perspective on Recognition-Based Heuristics (and the Fast and Frugal Paradigm) John Hauser∗ Abstract Marketing science seeks to prescribe better marketing strategies (advertising, product development, pricing, etc.). To do so we rely on models of consumer decisions grounded in empirical observations. Field experience suggests that recognition-based heuristics help consumers to choose which brands to consider and
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interface. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not the OSCs representation, along with user differences, influence, how likeable, appropriate and trustworthy they are. Design/methodology/approach – A web site was created for a simulated online bookseller and 183 people from various countries participated in the experiments. OSC representations were tested under four conditions in the main experiment: facial appearance (human-like vs cartoon-like) and gender (male vs female). Findings
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