few. The current paper explores and describes the experiences of one Malaysian player, the Mydin Hypermarket in its quest to champion the local consumer market. A 2003 publication of a US bestseller entitled KMart’s Ten Deadly Sins had a tremendous impact on the business strategy and future direction of the Mydin business in this country. Originally built in the 1990s to emulate the then highly successful K-Mart Superstore in the United States, the Mydin Business had to immediately change its business
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Climate Change and Corporate Environmental Responsibility Dewan Mahboob Hossain (1) Jahangir Alam Chowdhury (2) (1) Dewan Mahboob Hossain Assistant Professor Department of Accounting & Information Systems University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh Email: dewanmahboob@univdhaka.edu (2) M. Jahangir Alam Chowdhury, PhD (Stirling, UK) Professor, Department of Finance, and Executive Director Center for Microfinance and Development University of Dhaka Dhaka - 1000, Bangladesh. Email: mjac_dubd@yahoo
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Primer Information technology is an essential part of many businesses today, and this is evident in the ways many companies are increasingly relying on their computers to optimize their businesses. It is also not uncommon for businesses of distinct sizes to utilize multiple computers in their offices, with these computers interconnected through networks to allow information sharing between computers. Computer networking is even more required in businesses with multiple offices, and
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P O L I Natural, patrimonial and landscape resources Sophistication and Modernity Sensations Vision Lisbon’s value proposal (vision) should be enhanced through elements that reflect the incentives and attractiveness hat characterise the region and set it apart as a tourist destination. The areas that make up his value proposal are: Authenticity, Capital Status, Attractiveness, Sensations, Sophistication and Modernity, the Human Element, Unique Historical Importance and Diversity of Experiences.
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RUNNING HEADER: Social, Political and Economic Forces Explain how social, political and economic forces have influenced organization and the practice of management Maxine Williams Portmore Community College, Old Harbour 3 December 2009 Introduction The social, political and economic forces do indeed influence how organizations operate as well as the practice of management. When an organization plans to conduct marketing activities or expand its market, it is recommended that they
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strategies for the web. However, the evolution and strategic direction of e-marketing strategies in international environments has not been discussed and is the focus of this paper. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the authors examine two issues based on extant literature and our previous research in this area. The authors discuss e-marketing in an international context and develop a framework that will allow researchers and managers to understand the impact of country level effects on e-marketing
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Office Technology and Management: A Catalyst for Students’ Self-reliance. ABSTRACT This paper discusses office technology and management as a catalyst for students’ self-reliance. The core of the paper is that when students who are considered future leaders are empowered, it subsequently leads to the social, economic and political growth and stability of any nation. Office technology and management formerly known as secretarial studies is proffered as the catalyst education for students’ self-reliance
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6/1/2015 Amazon.com’s European Distribution Strategy In January 2003, Tom Taylor, Amazon.com’s Director of European Supply Chain Operations, sat in his office in Slough, United Kingdom, and pondered what changes Amazon needed to make to sustain its growth in Europe. Established in the fall of 1998 through the acquisitions of two on-line Logistics Planning & Modelling Techniques booksellers, Bookpages.co.uk in Britain and Telebuch.de in Germany, Amazon.com’s European Distribution
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Summary from the Papers: Cloud computing is the latest evolution of Internet-Based Computing. Public internet spawned private corporate intranets, cloud computing is now spawning private cloud platforms. The database is the critical part of that platform. Therefore it is imperative that our cloud database be compatible with cloud computing. Key Design principles of the cloud model: The core design principle is dynamic scalability, or the ability to provision and
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Managing Change in a Contemporary Organisation At the beginning of the 21st century the forms of change within organisations have been innovatory and a widespread conviction has arisen as to the revolutionary nature to such changes as a sign of the times, (Pettigrew & Massini, 2003). While Tushman & O’Reilly III (1996) argue that the industry level of studies has not been helpful in illustrating the path of organisation’s change, Greiner (1972) outlines a corporate growth model in order to provide
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