Leisure The idea of leisure has been in existence for many centuries and has come to have many different meanings depending on the period in history or the civilization that it originated from. From as early as Ancient Greece‚ Rome or Babylonia‚ the term we now know as leisure has existed in some form or another. As has been widely noted in introductory recreation texts‚ schole was both the ancient Greek word for leisure meaning‚ “serious activity without the pressure of necessity” and is
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Case Synopsis A. The chairman of Citic Pacific‚ Larry Yung Chi-kin’s father Yiren Rong started the company in 1978. • Citic was started “to pioneer reform in the financial sector‚ lure foreign investment and technology to China and develop international business.” (Ko‚ 2009) • When Yung became involved with the company he began to acquire more companies. o Eventually had Citic Pacific listed as a red-chip company in the Hong Kong
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MEASURING TRENDS IN LEISURE: THE ALLOCATION OF TIME OVER FIVE DECADES Mark Aguiar Erik Hurst Working Paper 12082 http://www.nber.org/papers/w12082 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 March 2006 We thank Susanto Basu‚ Gary Becker‚ Kathy Bradbury‚ Kerwin Charles‚ Raj Chetty‚ Steve Davis‚ Jordi Galí‚ Rueben Gronau‚ Dan Hamermesh‚ Chad Jones‚ Ellen McGrattan‚ Bruce Mayer‚ Kevin Murphy‚ Derek Neal‚ Valerie Ramey‚ Richard Rogerson‚ Frank Stafford‚ and
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Leisure or free time‚ is a period of time spent out of work and essential domestic activity. It is also the period of recreational and discretionary time before or after necessary activities such as eating and sleeping‚ going to work or running a business‚ attending school and doing homework‚ household chores‚ and day-to-day stress. The distinction between leisure and unavoidable activities is loosely applied‚ i.e. people sometimes do work-oriented tasks for pleasure as well as for long-term utility
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Case 2: Pacific Brands: Rebuilding the brand Industry: Australian Textile(Apparel) Industry Australia listed company from 2004. Product segment of Pacific Brands: Underwear & hosiery: 1/3 of sales‚ contributes more than half of the earnings Workwear: account for just over 22% of sale Homewear: account for just over 22% of sale Footwear‚ outerwear and sport business: $175 million write-down on the division at February 2011 Market segment of Pacific Brands: Australian‚ New Zealand‚ UK
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Cathay Pacific 1. Case Summary I. Problem Statement (briefly discuss the main decision‚ problem or opportunity that management is faced with in this case) Cathay Pacific Airways‚ founded in 1946‚ is a multibillion dollar company headquartered in Hong Kong. Between 1946 and the late 1970s Cathay Pacific developed in house cutting edge IT systems such as flight simulators and a reservation system. During the 1980s when deregulation caused a highly competitive environment‚ cutting costs became
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Conflict in the Pacific essay Question: Analyse the strategic and political reasons for bombing Pearl Harbour. There were numerous strategic and political reasons that lead to the bombing of Pearl Harbour on December 7th‚ 1941. However nationalism‚ militarism and imperialistic notions were key influential factors‚ which together contributed to the almost complete annihilation of the US Pacific fleet. Based on Japan’s nationalistic beliefs of superiority over Asian nations‚ the surprise attack
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Pacific was explored by some great navigators who sailed from different parts of the world like Captain James Cook who used navigation tools like sextant and radars to navigate the Pacific. On the other hand‚ Polynesia was explored around 1000 years ago by navigators who used the waves‚ stars‚ and the flights of birds to set their voyage and travel through the Pacific Ocean. “In hand-built‚ double-hulled canoes sixty feet long‚ the ancestors of today ’s Polynesians sailed across a vast ocean area
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Industry Assignment CATHAY PACIFIC‚ founded by Roy.C.Farrell and Sydney H de Kantzow in 1946. It is now an international airline registered and based in Hong Kong serving over 180 destinations in more than 40 countries. It is more like an Oligopoly company because even though it is already a giant in financial and market network‚ small airlines firm could still come in and challenge its places but only in a short run. Cathay Pacific provides both airline business and non-airline
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Background Leisure time defines freedom provided by the cessation of activities; especially: time free from work or duties. Leisure‚ or free time‚ is time spent away from business‚ work‚ and domestic chores. It is also the periods of time before or after necessary activities such as eating‚ sleeping and‚ where it is compulsory‚ education. The distinction between leisure and unavoidable activities is loosely applied. A distinction may also be drawn between free time and leisure. Leisure is one’s discretionary
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