exchanging products and services of value with others. Marketing is increasingly becoming an important function in all organizations to ensure that demand for a product or service persists along with customer retention. Scope of Marketing A good marketer must be able to answer the following questions: What is Marketing? The formal definition of marketing is, Marketing is an organizational function and a set of processes for creating, communicating and delivering value to customers and for managing
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FROM WHOLESALE TO RETAIL: IMPROVING THE FORWARD VERTICAL INTEGRATION STRATEGY AT FRESHMARK (PTY.) LTD. A dissertation by BARTHOLOMEW CHARLES BENECKE Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER’S DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA) in the BUSINESS SCHOOL FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Supervisor: Prof. JA Watkins Co- Supervisor: V Naidoo May 2007 DECLARATION OF COPYRIGHT “I hereby declare that this dissertation submitted
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the U.S. Government. Inclusion of a product name does not imply that the product is the best or only product suitable for the specified purpose. Acknowledgments The authors wish to express their sincere thanks to numerous members of government, industry, and academia who have commented on this document. First, the authors wish to express their thanks to the staff at Booz Allen Hamilton who contributed to this document. In particular, their appreciation goes to Rick Nicholson, Brendan Goode, Christine
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GUI Based Real Time Monitoring and Controlling Approach on Networking A Technical Project report Submitted in the partial fulfillment of the requirement For the award of the degree of BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY IN COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Submitted By K.BHARGAVI CH.KOMALI (Regd. no: 11981A0528) (Regd. no: 11981A0537) K.L.V.S.SANKAR
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made Zara grow over the years and what has made it a serious competitor in the current fashion retailing industry. Currently, Zara is part of the Inditex group and operates more than 2.000 stores all over the world. It has subsequent online outlets in most countries it operates in. In terms of sales, Zara managed to grow 8% to $19,7 billion. $0,5 billion shy of their closest competitor, and industry leader, H&M. Yet, an impressive $3 billion more than the next most successful fashion retailer Uniqlo
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2009, 6, 492-525; doi:10.3390/ijerph6020492 OPEN ACCESS International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ISSN 1660-4601 www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph Article Emerging Patient-Driven Health Care Models: An Examination of Health Social Networks, Consumer Personalized Medicine and Quantified Self-Tracking Melanie Swan * Research Associate, MS Futures Group, P.O. Box 61258, Palo Alto, CA 94306, USA * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed;
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Variable Annuities—An Analysis of Financial Stability Ma rch 201 3 The Geneva Association (The International Association for the Study of Insurance Economics) The Geneva Association is the leading international insurance “think tank” for strategically important insurance and risk management issues. The Geneva Association identifies fundamental trends and strategic issues where insurance plays a substantial role or which influence the insurance sector. Through the development of
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and status as a national icon.” (Harris 2005) The approach Tim Hortons has adopted has been “relentlessly patriotic” (Parmar 2005) and their advertisements “try to reinforce what we do in the community, what our core products are and what our core values are.” (Cathy Whelan Molloy, VP of Brand Marketing & Merchandising in Harris 2005) Its marketing strategy focuses on “emphasising its community ties.” (Palmar 2005) Their long-term goals include: • Extend the Tim Hortons brand into new markets
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Jonathan P. Doh and Terrence R. Guay GLOBALIZATION AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY: HOW NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS INFLUENCE LABOR AND ENVIRONMENTAL CODES OF CONDUCT Abstract • Concerns over the potential negative spillovers from globalization have resulted in increasing demands for multinational corporations (MNCs) to adhere to international standards and codes of responsibility. Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have been important advocates for development and adoption
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India Community Initiative .NET Tutorial for Beginners Special thanks to the following who have put in sincere efforts to write and bring this tutorial together. Akila Manian (MVP) | Ajay Varghese (MVP) | Amit Kukreja | Anand M (MVP) | Aravind Corera (MVP) | Arvind Rangan | Balachandran | Bipin Joshi (MVP) | C S Rajagopalan | G Gokulraj | G Arun Prakash | Gurneet Singh (MVP) | Kunal Cheda (MVP) | Manish Mehta (MVP) | Narayana Rao Surapaneni (MVP) | Pradeep | Saurabh Nandu (MVP) | Shankar
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