Case: BRITA- In search of a winning strategy Some of the challenges that Brita faces are as follows: • Decline in sales since 1998. As company’s flagship brand‚ Brita was expected to contribute double digit top line growth. But in reality‚ there was approximately a 5% decline in sales every year since 1998 and this decline continued until 2006. • Faced the problem of losing customer faith in the Brita brand. Brita had slowed established a string brand position among consumers over the ten year
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Methods of Taking Notes While in college‚ one can agree in order to be successful he or she must be able to take effective notes. Learning how to take notes can be confusing. When a professor is lecturing‚ it is natural to want to copy down everything that the professor says. Taking lecture notes is all about short-handing notes or in other words‚ summarize what is being taught. There are three effective ways to take notes; the Cornell‚ Outlining‚ and Mapping method. Each method presents a strong
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hire more than 6‚200 workers in this year‚ about one-fourth of its total work force and it is going to be the largest expansion of work force that Google has ever made. This decision was made because Google CEO Eric Schmidt plans to bolster the economy of the U.S by fulfilling the concern of the need for more jobs in the President’s State of the Union address. While creating more employment opportunities‚ some concern about the Human Resource issues were involved. Google’s plan of hiring more than
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to say that an entrepreneur is one who takes risks to invest and puts his personal commitment to succeed above everything else and this is closely linked with entrepreneurship which means taking risks for a business or venture but anyone who already owns a business will tell you that there ’s much more to do than that. This brings in to consideration the issue what are the qualities and skills of an entrepreneur? The original explanation came from Peter Shumpeter‚ according to whom; an entrepreneur
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defines “test taking skills”‚ and how might one go about utilizing it? It a skill that requires students to apply their best efforts and manage their time efficiently during and before the test taking process‚ so that they can better retain course materials that they have learned over time. Now‚ how does one go about acquiring this skill? It simply involves developing an effective study plan and organizational skills‚ while also actively studying‚ self-testing periodically rather than “cramming” the
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/1742-7371.htm Taking VANET to the clouds Stephan Olariu Department of Computer Science‚ Old Dominion University‚ Norfolk‚ Virginia‚ USA Taking VANET to the clouds Ismail Khalil Department of Telecooperation‚ Johannes Kepler University‚ Linz‚ Austria‚ and 7 Received 30 December 2010 Revised 5 January 2011 Accepted 14 January 2011 Mahmoud Abuelela Department of Computer Science‚ Old Dominion
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Holidays are a key and fundamental part of American culture. Not all holidays celebrated in the United States are unique to the country; Christmas is celebrated in over 160 different countries and even Labor Day is celebrated in other countries such as Australia and Canada. However‚ there is one holiday which the United States is known for celebrating quite differently than other countries. Independence Day‚ celebrated on the Fourth of July annually in the United States‚ features several traditions
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Strategic Risk Taking Introduction Risk pervades our daily life. Without taking risk we cannot progress. Every major advance in human civilization has been made possible because someone was willing to take risk and challenge the status quo. In man’s early days‚ physical and economic risk went hand in hand. Various dangers were involved even as man tried to book gains. The development of shipping trades facilitated the separation of economic and physical risk. Then came the Renaissance and
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for this position and what I have to offer Regi. (30 secs) Number three‚ in the course of maintaining an honour-roll average throughout high school‚ I am very involved in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities offered at our school. Being a part of various sports teams each season like the cross country‚ volleyball‚ soccer‚ swimming‚ tennis and the rowing team‚ has taught me the meaning of commitment‚ dedication‚ responsibility‚ time management and working with others. As well as being a student
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In this paper I chose to write about Healthy vs. Happy. I will talk about the relevance of being happy and healthy from my perspective. Taking great care of my body has always been important to me. With that being said not only do I like to take care of my body‚ but also it is also exciting as well as motivating for me to see the great changes that one can make happen with food‚ diet and exercise. Almost 20 years ago I took an interest in vitamins‚ herbs and healing the body. My first book and
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