aspect of globalization can be seen as both positive and negative effects. Nonetheless, globalization has cultural, political and technological factors that are closely intertwined. All these factors are essential to a person’s quality of life, the social costs and benefits brought upon them by the idea of globalization brings about different views on globalization (Gelinas, 2009). This essay is aimed at examining the aspect of globalization in various economic processes and areas to bring out an
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Chapter 2 Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance and Corporate Regulation 2.1 Introduction CSR is increasingly an essential issue for companies.1 It is a complex and multidimensional organisational phenomenon that is understood as the scope for which, and the ways in which, an organisation is consciously responsible for its actions and non-actions and their impact on its stakeholders. It represents not just a change to the commercial setting in which individual companies
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intention to adopt e-Wallet in the social context. It adopts Consumer Need for Uniqueness Theory based on the concept of Counter-Conformity Motivation (CCM) also known as Need For Uniqueness. Many researchers had explored the relationship of consumer’s intention to adopt on the technological usage context. However, little research in social context had been carried out. Therefore, this paper aims to examine the factors affecting the consumer adoption intention in social context. This paper found that
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our KLG enterprise to penetrate into the Australian market. Since KLG restaurant chain has been well established and successful in the local market; Malaysia, we think it’s the time for the enterprise to go international. Or KLG restaurant chain to have foreign direct investments. KLG restaurants is one of the leading fast food restaurants in Malaysia serving variety of fast foods like fried chicken, chicken burgers, French fries and soft drinks as well. According to (Wyld, 2010) “if the franchisor
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IR challenges in Asia and the Pacific developing an agenda for employers and their organizations to facilitate transition to the Twenty-first century (a) Overview (b) General issues (i) Achieving competitiveness (ii) Effective IR is a key to improved enterprise performance (iii) The importance of diffusion (c) Specific issues (i) The employers' response (ii) The roles of employers' organizations (iii) The roles of government and trade unions 6. Conclusion References [Top] [Contents] [Previous] [Next]
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Terrorism came from the word of ‘terror’ which mean to horror and to fear. There is no specific definition about the meaning of terrorism. This is because the field that related inside terrorism is very wide and there are over 100 definitions of ‘terrorism’ according to studies. Terrorism have been existed for many years as a global phenomenon, but only in few decades ago that it has been getting stronger and to influence our daily lives with any costs. In our report, we will explain more details
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been recognized globally as one major factor that is responsible for the wealth of nations. According to Smith (1776) and Folloni & Vittadini (2010), human capital refers to the acquired and useful abilities of all the inhabitants or members of the society. Without adequate investment in developing the human capital which is the process of increasing knowledge, skills and the capacities of people in the country, the possibility of sustainable development might be minimal. Investment in the human resource
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OLDTOWN BERHAD (797771-M) OLDTOWN BERHAD (797771-M) (Incorporated in Malaysia) (Incorporated in Malaysia) The Board of Directors (“the Board”) of Oldtown Berhad (“the Company”) recognises the value of good governance and believes that a high standard of corporate governance will deliver long-term sustainable shareholder value. The Board is committed to ensure good corporate governance practices are applied throughout the Company and its subsidiaries (“the Group”). This Statement
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Assessing the Environment & Managing Interdependence, Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainability 30/09/2014 Dr Nick Papageorgiadis The notion of a firm with a unique national identity is quickly fading. A Bermuda-incorporated, Paris-headquartered firm, listed on the NYSE with US style investor protections and disclosure rules, a chief information officer in Bangalore, a chief finance officer in Brussels and a chief operating officer in Beijing may not sound nearly so fanciful in the near
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9780199203055_001_030_CH01.qxd 11/1/07 15:14 Page 1 Introduction: ‘business’ and its ‘environment’ Paul Wetherly and Dorron Otter Contents The approach of this book—themes and issues 2 What is business? 4 Business and the problem of scarcity 5 The private sector—on closer inspection 7 28 Review and discussion questions 29 Assignments 30 Further reading 30 4 The private sector of business Case study: ‘UK plc’ Other sectors of business—the
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