Indonesia’s Fuel Subsidies: Action plan for reform David Braithwaite Alexander Chandra Prasetyaning Diah R. L. Ami Indriyanto Kerryn Lang Lucky Lontoh Nataliawati Siahaan Damon Vis-Dunbar Bobby A. Wattimena Unggung Widhiantoro Peter Wooders NE SI A N I N S TI TU T E F OR E N E RG IN DO I I EE FO U N D AT I O N C O NOM I YE CS March 2012 www.iisd.org/gsi © 2012 The International Institute for Sustainable Development © 2012 The International Institute for Sustainable
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Introduction: Ever since the concept of globalization has come into existence, the studies of cultural differences, dimensions and attitudes have began to take place and different scientists and observers started coming out with their own set of discoveries and observations (McGregor, 2004). The main reason behind cultural difference and dimensions started when workers of different countries started working together on unified projects and conflicts started arising between the people of different
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Country Focus - India India is the most populous democracy in the world with nearly 1.2 billion people. Its economy grew 9.4% in the first half of year 2010 and is forecasted to grow 9.7% for the year by IMF (Businessweek). On the one hand, India possesses young and growing workforce, rising income levels and a domestic driven economy that are attracting global investors, on the other hand, issues like rising inflation and poor infrastructure continue to hold back the economy. Workforce: India
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BAB111 Revised January 12, 2005 ILinc Case Study of a Start Up “It’s been a long semester,” thought Mark Bernstein. “I have spent a lot of time with Degerhan working on our business plan for our proposed new venture, Interactive Learning Corporation, but can we really make it go? Should we even try? I’ve got a good job waiting for me with a large corporation. Is the upside potential of ILinc great enough to justify taking the risk?” Mark Bernstein and Degerhan Usluel knew each other from
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Code: MC-101 Author: Dr. Karam Pal ------------------------------------------------- Lesson No: 01 Vetter: Prof. Harbhajan Bansal ------------------------------------------------- Subject Code: MC-101 Author: Dr. Karam Pal ------------------------------------------------- Lesson No: 01 Vetter: Prof. Harbhajan Bansal INTRODUCTION TO MANAGEMENT Objective: The objectives of this lesson are to enable to define management; to describe the nature and scope of management; to know
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MAKING ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENT PAY OFF Thomas L. Barton William G. Shenkir Paul L. Walker Prentice Hall PTR One Lake Street Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 www.phptr.com Editorial/Production Supervision: KATHLEEN M. CAREN Executive Editor: JIM BOYD Marketing Manager: BRYAN GAMBREL Manufacturing Manager: MAURA ZALDIVAR Cover Design: TALAR BOORUJY ©2002 Financial Executives Research Foundation, Inc. Published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall PTR Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River
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Global business drivers: Aligning information technology to global business strategy by B. Ives S. L. Jarvenpaa R. O. Mason The alignment of worldwide computer-based information systems and integrated business strategies is critical to the success of multinational firms in a highly competitive global market. In this paper, information technology (lIT) solutions are explored that drive firms toward making economic decisions based on worldwide distributed knowledge. These solutions focus on a number
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Research Methods –STA630 VU Research Methods (STA630) Contents Lesson 1: INTRODUCTION, DEFINITION & VALUE OF RESEARCH ........................ 14 What is Research?................................................................................................................... 14 What is the value of Research? ............................................................................................... 14 Research helps in developing methodologies ......................................
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Cases A 477 IKEA in 2013: Furniture Retailer to the World ~ INTRODUCTION IKEA is one of the world's most successful global retailers. By 2012 IKEA had 320 home-furnishing superstores in 40 countries and was visited by some 776 million shoppers. IKEA's low-priced, elegantly designed merchandise, displayed in large warehouse stores, generated sales of €27.5 billion in 2012, up from €4.4 billion in 1994, and €4.2 billion in net profit. Although the privately held company refuses
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DARDEN CONSULTING CASE BOOK 2012-2013 EDITION TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. The Consulting Case Interview 1. Structure of the Case Interview 2. Frameworks 3. The Math 2. Company Overviews & Interview Processes 3. Practice Cases 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Bike DVD Rental Service in NYC Dry Wall Competitive Threat Organ Donation Case Central Power Chemicals, Inc. Hospital Profitability Contact Lens Manufacturer Growth TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONT’D) 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. E-commerce
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