NOKIA COMPANY BACKGROUND Company Information Nokia Corporation (Nokia) is player in mobile industry. The Company makes a range of mobile devices with services and software that enable people to experience music‚ navigation‚ video‚ television‚ imaging‚ games‚ business mobility and more. Nokia also provides equipment‚ solutions and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks. From January 1‚ 2004 through March 31‚ 2007‚ Nokia had four business groups: Mobile Phones‚ Multimedia
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Background of Tony Fernandes Tony Fernandes was born on 30 April 1964 in Kuala Lumpur to an Indian father who was originally from Chennai‚ India and a Christian Eurasian mother of mixed Portuguese and Malaccan descent. He was educated at Epsom College from 1977 to 1983 and graduated from London School of Economics in 1987. He had worked briefly with Virgin Atlantic as a Financial Controller. He was also the youngest CEO to lead the Warner Music Records (Malaysia) before deciding to set up Tune Air
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MANILA ZOOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL GARDEN HISTORICAL BACKGROUND The Manila Zoological and Botanical Garden or Manila Zoo emerged from the ashes of World War II‚ a proud monument of man’s innate love of nature and its multitude of creatures. This showcase of then Mayor Arsenio H. Lacson’s vision was born on May 18‚ 1959 by virtue of City Ordinance No. 4135 and inaugurated on July 25‚ 1959. Mayor Antonio Z. Villegas’ Executive Order No. 10‚ dated February 1‚ 1967‚ integrated into one office the Division
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Target Background and History With its familiar red bulls eye logo‚ Target Stores have become the United States’ second-largest discount chain behind giant Wal-Mart. Target offers merchandise and brand names that are aimed at a more upscale shopper than Wal-Mart. With strong growth from expansion‚ Target reported $46.839 billion in sales and earnings of $3.198 billion in 2004. At the beginning of the year‚ the company operated 1‚172 regular Target stores and 136 SuperTarget stores that include
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COMPANY BACKGROUND Converse‚ Inc. is a designer‚ distributor and marketer of high-performance and casual athletic footwear and apparel for men‚ women and children. The Company’s products primarily include athletic footwear distinguished by its sports classics‚ sports performance and sports lifestyle product categories‚ comprising approximately 37%‚ 27% and 36%‚ respectively‚ of the Company’s sales. The sports classics footwear category includes the Chuck Taylor All Star‚ the Jack Purcell tennis
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Company’s Background IKEA is a Swedish company which sells affordable furniture and is famous for their D.I.Y furniture. They are the largest furniture retailer in the world and currently operates in 38 countries with a total of 332 stores. IKEA’s concept is to make use of unwanted woods and transform them into useful furniture‚ resulting in an affordable yet stylish product. They are also well known for their delicious food served in their restaurant which is located in their store. Ingka Holding
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SOCIAL SUPPORT AND WORK–FAMILY CONFLICT: A META-ANALYSIS CLARIFYING THE INFLUENCE OF GENERAL AND WORK–FAMILY-SPECIFIC SUPERVISOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT ELLEN ERNST KOSSEK Michigan State University SHAUN PICHLER California State University TODD BODNER Portland State University LESLIE B. HAMMER Portland State University This article uses meta-analysis to develop a model integrating research on relationships between employee perceptions of general and work– family-specific supervisor and
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Brief Background of OSHA OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) officially formed on April 28‚ 1971‚ the date that the OSH Act became effective. George Guenther was appointed as the agency’s first director. OSHA has developed a number of training‚ compliance assistance‚ and health and safety recognition programs throughout its history. The OSHA Training Institute‚ which trains government and private sector health and safety personnel‚ began in 1972. In 1978‚ the agency began a grant
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DELL Company Background DELL is a multinational information technology corporation based in Round Rock‚ Texas‚ United States‚ that develops‚ sells and supports computers and related products and services. Bearing the name of its founder‚ Michael Dell‚ the company is one of the largest technological corporations in the world‚ employing more than 96‚000 people worldwide. Dell had 46‚000 employees as of Jan. 30. About 22‚200 of those‚ or 48.3 percent‚ were in the United States‚ while 23‚800 people
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Samsung’s Background Byung-Chull Lee founded Samsung in March 1‚ 1938. Byung-Chull Lee started the company in Taegu‚ Korea with only 30‚000 won‚ and it was originally focused on trade export‚ selling dried fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to the cities of Manchuria and Beijing. A few years later after Samsung was founded‚ the company acquired its own flour mills and confectionary machines‚ later on they got their own manufacturing and sales operations‚ and eventually evolved to become the modern corporation
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