FACTORS AFFECTING STANDARD OF LIVING DIFFERENCE IN COST OF LIVING A higher National Income figure is required to maintain a high cost of living. Therefore‚ if the cost of living is higher in country B‚ the standard of living cannot be three times higher. The cost of living is determined by the amount of money needed to buy the goods and services necessary to maintain a specific standard of living. “In 1890‚ the Bureau of Labor Statistics made the first attempt to gather data on the cost
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FACTORS AFFECTING ONLINE PURCHASING BEHAVIOR Hamisah Haji Hasan‚ Ph.D Communication Department‚ Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication 43400 UPM‚ SERDANG. hamisah@putra.upm.edu.my 03-8946 8667 Prof. Samsudin A. Rahim‚ Ph.D The study examined the relationship between consumer personality and cultural dimensions to that of purchasing behavior through cyber advertising. Krugman’s Low Involvement theory and Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions were incorporated in the study. A survey was conducted
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POLITICAL FACTORS AFFECTING BUSINESS Monitoring‚ understanding‚ and adapting to the political environment is absolutely essential for any business‚ because it significantly affects every apect of their working. Some political factors includeisPOLITICAL FACTORS AFFECTING BUSINESS Monitoring‚ understanding‚ and adapting to the political environment is absolutely essential for any business‚ because it significantly affects every aspect of their working. Some political factors include • Stability
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Initial analysis Introduction In this report‚ we will be examining the factors affecting the number of property crimes in USA. Indeed‚ property crimes appear to be the most common form of crime from the data set that has been given to me. Thus‚ trying to find the reasons and parameters impacting the number of property crime is an imperative in order reduce criminal behaviour. As a result‚ we can logically set the number of property crime per 100‚000 –denoted as crip in the data set given- as the
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Like other universities‚ FEU Diliman is experiencing a high number of BSA students’ shifters and low academic performance in accounting course. Comments and voiced of sentiments of the shifters’ and academics led the researcher to question the factors affecting the shifters’ population and if the problem exists with the course. Broad Field of Accountancy requires varying levels of competence‚ skills and intellectual abilities. According to the Theory of Intellectual Abilities (Sternberg‚ 1985; 1986:23)
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FACTORS AFFECTING EMPLOYMENT IN KENYA. Creating opportunities in terms of employment is of critical concern to every country in the world. While the developed countries have some strategies to cushion the citizen against unemployment‚ the developing and under developed countries are still struggling with the impact of unemployment. There are a number of factors that have continued to affect employment in Kenya. These factors are traced from colonial era and continue to have influence even today
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environment: Demographic Political-Legal Economic Technological Socio-Cultural Natural 1. Demographic Environment The main demographic force that marketers monitor is population because people make up markets. Marketers are keenly interested in the: Size and growth rate of populations in cities‚ regions‚ and nations. Age distribution and ethnic mix. Educational levels. Household patterns. Regional characteristics and movements Worldwide Population Growth World population growth is explosive: Earth’s
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Factors Affecting Share Prices What are the major factors that affect share prices in the stock market? This is one of the most frequently asked questions by stock market participants. There are varied internal and external factors affecting the price of a share. Internal factors are those that depend on the firm such as share bonuses‚ stock split‚ company dividends‚ etc. External factors are those which are beyond the control of the firm‚ such as raw material prices‚ economic trends‚ inflation
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Factors affecting the resistance of a wire Introduction: Resistance is a force‚ which opposes the flow of an electric current around a circuit. Resistance is measured in Ohms. George Ohm discovered that a circuit sometimes resists the flow of electricity. He called this ’RESISTANCE.’ He even came up with a rule for working out the resistance of a circuit‚ which was: R= V ÷ I V- Volts I- Current R- Resistance Ohms law says the more resistance means more energy is needed for the current to
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Communications Berhad (“Maxis”) being one of the most favorable choice for users‚ Maxis believes that the main competitive factors in the mobile services market are network coverage‚ service quality‚ pricing and brand. Therefore‚ these could be the main factors that determine the level of customer loyalty towards Maxis. A critical issue for the continued success of a firm is its capability to retain its current customers and make them loyal to its brands (Dekimpe et al.‚ 1997). Customer loyalty is vital
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