deliver projects on time and within budget often determines the growth of a company through product or service * Ability to adapt to a changing environment It considers the relationship between businesses and external factors. It examines how external and internal factors can impact upon businesses‚ and the responses they may take. It also examines a number of themes which are important in the strategic management of businesses‚ for example‚ leadership and corporate culture. * Ability
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AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INFLUENCES ON RETAIL SERVICE QUALITY: A FOCUS ON KUWAIT AND LEBANO Abstract: The Middle East is a growing and lucrative marketplace. This exploratory study examines retail service in Kuwait and Lebanon‚ regions with long histories of trade. Retail service‚ however‚ has not been well documented in this region. To our knowledge‚ this is the first study that examines customer and salespeople perceptions of service encounters in these countries‚ in light of their culture
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Contrastive Analysis in the Classroom 1. Introduction Contrastive analysis is a very controversial field of applied linguistics‚ especially in regard to its role in the language teaching process. There have been times when comparing languages was considered to be the very foundation of language teaching‚ and those when any reference to the mother tongue was absolutely forbidden. The aim of this paper is to show some misconceptions about contrastive linguistics in general and present the
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a very industry. It is a major problem in both developing and developed countries but the trend is more severe in developing countries. Large construction projects with their features of complexity and capital requirement have resulted interest to many researchers. Roachanakanan (2005) examined the causes and solution of cost escalation in Thailand and United States. He illustrated how the project cost control procedure used in United States can be applied to the construction industry in Thailand
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5a) Why is there a trend towards cross functional Integrated enterprise systems in business? 6. If personalizing a customer’s website experience is a key success factor‚ then electronic profiling processes to track visitor website behavior are necessary. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? 7.Trendz Inc. is a retail company which plans to have an online presence. Explain the process of Web store development 8)Information systems play strategic roles to improve company’s competitive
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Introduction in the retail industry it is often taken for granted that goods and services are available for purchase‚ when demand for them has been initiated. The cornucopia that good in a retail store or supermarket are available seldom means that consumers have forgotten how products have been initially supplied. With the emerging e-commerce consumers have come to demand complete availability and home delivery at time suiting their lifestyles‚ consumer tastes and preferences have also altered
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the consumer trough retail shops‚ but retail today should be viewed as being rather broader. Theories of retail change summarize forms of retail change‚ that involve three theories of retail change to explain‚ 1) natural selection in retailing‚ which is best adjust to their environment‚ are most likely to survive. The major environmental factors affecting retailing are‚ a) Retail changes in the consumer character‚ which is like population changes. b) Retail changes in technology
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Factors affecting employee productivity – Case study of private Ghanaian workers working in fast food chains 0Share [pic][pic] | [pic] [pic][pic][pic] | 1.0 Introduction When we say employee efficiency this means the employee characteristics and also relates to the speed and accuracy of an employee against the role‚ job and duties. Employee productivity underpins employee
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Factors Affecting Housing Market Financing - Most consumers have to borrow from a lender in order to afford the purchase of a home. When banks get stricter on loan approvals‚ fewer houses get purchased. If loans are being approved rapidly and more people can afford to by the homes‚ the home‚ supply will decrease‚ allowing owners the choice to increase the price. Supply and Demand - Supply and demand impacts prices in any industry. If more consumers want a good than there are of those goods
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markets is a changed demographic structure that changes customer requirements. This in turn means new challenges for retail companies in order to satisfy new customer needs. For instance‚ from the German market the following demographic changes are expected to influence the retail industry; The total number of inhabitants is expected to decrease which means a continued and intensified competition for these customers
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