12 Vodafone Group Plc Annual Report 2014 Chief Executive’s review A defining year for the Group… Our emerging markets are performing well‚ although our mature European markets continue to face challenging conditions. However‚ we have continued to make good progress in delivering our long-term strategy‚ by building firm foundations for the future with our substantial investments in Vodafone Red‚ Project Spring and unified communications. Review of the year It has been a year of substantial strategic
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Innovation Strategy & Growth by Firdaus Khan Assoc. Prof & Trainer at ICBM-SBE 20 December 2012 firdaus@icbm.ac.in 1 “It was the best of times‚ it was the worst of times‚ it was the age of wisdom‚ it was the age of foolishness‚ it was the epoch of belief‚ it was the epoch of incredulity‚ it was the season of Light‚ it was the season of Darkness‚ … we had everything before us‚ we had nothing before us” 20 December 2012 firdaus@icbm.ac.in 2 SURPRISE!!! Q: Which is the number one
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Rural Development Governance: Are Panchayati Raj Institutions designed Deliver? A Case Study of PRIS post 73rd amendment In Andhraprdesh Prof.Ravindra Shastri1 Mr.H. Vageeshan2 The paper briefly discusses the status of Panchayats right from the beginning of Indian republic and tries to bring out the bias towards centralization in the constitution. Later goes in to illustrate the case of Andhraprdesh in the pre and post Seventy Third Constitution Amendment. It deals with the process of de politicization
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Assessing the quality of democracy in Kenya Introduction Once upon a time‚ there were Western countries and their African colonies. Colonization began at the end of XIX century‚ and apparently lasted until around 1960. In those years‚ thanks to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill’s signing of the Atlantic Charter (1941)‚ that assured the right to self-determination‚ one country at a time began to revolt against their colonizers‚ and declare independence. As a matter of principle‚ these revolutions
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1. Analytics: Analytics is the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data. Especially valuable in areas rich with recorded information‚ analytics relies on the simultaneous application of statistics‚ computer programming and operations research to quantify performance. Analytics often favors data visualization to communicate insight. Firms may commonly apply analytics to business data‚ to describe‚ predict‚ and improve business performance. Specifically‚ arenas within analytics
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The Need for e-Government to Provide Quality Services for Socio-Economic Development in Tanzania Jonas N. Kamaleki Supervisor: Mr. Mugaga Mugyabuso A Research Paper Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for Masters of Information Technology and Management (ITM) Offered by Avinashillingam University of India in Collaboration with the Institute of Finance Management (IFM) 2011 Table of Contents The Need for e-Government
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Impact of Digital Signal Processing Introduction Early in the years of computers‚ the then generation had predictions. They saw computers or rather artificial intelligence turn-around how people would relate with each other and their environment. They had a believe of how machines like computers being our drivers‚ robots doing our chores and functions like voice interface controlling retrieval and storage of data and information. However‚ it never came to pass because of the difficulty in implementing
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The Relationship between Entrepreneurship‚ Innovation‚ Economic Development and Sustainability Global economies of today are complex systems. These systems consist of multiple factors that‚ like gears in a clock‚ interact with each other in order to perform effectively. Through the course of this essay‚ I will be examining the ways in which entrepreneurship‚ innovation and economic development are related. The role of sustainability in this relationship will also be discussed. I believe that entrepreneurship
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Contents 1. Industry Scenario - Global 3 1.1 Segmentation by Geography 3 1.2 Industry Participants 3 1.3 Segmentation by Components 3 1.4 Applications 4 1.5 Key Players 4 1.6 Mobile Wallet Market Dynamics 5 1.6.1 Drivers 5 1.6.2 Restraints 5 1.6.3 Segmentation 5 2 Industry Scenario – India 7 2.1 Recent trends in Mobile Banking 8 2.2 Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) 8 2.3 PESTEL ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRY 10 2.3.1 Political 10 2.3.2 Socio-Economic 11 2.3.3 Technology 13 2.3.4 Legal 13 2.4 Porter’s Five
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UNIVERSITY FOR DEVELOPMENT STUDIES FACULTY OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE GHANA’S NASCENT MOBILE PAYMENT SYSTEM (A RESEARCH INTO THE PROBLEMS WITH PATRONAGE AND OPERABILITY) PROJECT PROPOSAL BY: ALIRAH MICHAEL ADALIWEI (FAS/1473/07) SUPERVISOR: MR DAVID S. LAAR (MSc. Manchester) ABSRACT In the early 1990s‚ the use of mobile phones generated a system of payment which could enable users of mobile devices effect payments for their transactions. This system- the
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