{matthias.graeuler‚frank.teuteberg}@uos.de Abstract. Using a combination of metamodels‚ ontologies‚ green performanceindicators and metrics‚ we apply a novel approach in Semantic Business Pro-cess Benchmarking to the area of Green Business Process Management (GreenBPM). Up to now‚ process benchmarking has mainly been a manual process;the approach described and empirically evaluated in this paper partially auto-mates the time-consuming and costly process analyses while introducing moreflexibility
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INTRODUCTION At the beginning of the 21st century‚ retailing has experienced a significant change due to the increase of competition strategies. This report will illustrate the traditional concept of retailing and introduce three new kinds of retail forms and combination’s that has emerged‚ which includes co-branding retailing‚ limited time only stores and retail entertainment in the global market. RETAILING Retail‚ in the traditional sense includes all the activities in selling goods or services
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any type of business‚ or commercial transaction that involves the transfer of information across the Internet. This covers a range of different types of business from consumer-based retail sites‚ like Amazon.com‚ through auction and music sites lie eBay or MP3.com‚ to business exchange trading goods or services between corporations. - Electronic commerce is the use of electronic communication to do busines. E-commerce is not about technology. It is not a new business. E-commerce is a method for
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Keys – de thi het mon cao hoc 1 Part 1: 1. eBay carries no inventory and therefore has no storage and delivery costs. Customers take on a number of functions which mean that eBay does not incur conventional operating costs in a number of areas. 2. in addition to providing storage and delivery‚ eBay’s customers are its product development‚ market research‚ merchandising and sales department. 3. eBay began in 1995 when Pierre Omidyar created Auction Web‚ an internet-based auction site‚ partly
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http://www.emeraldinsight.com/1463-5771.htm Benchmarking the use of information technology by the quantity surveying profession Qiping Shen‚ Heng Li‚ Liyin Shen‚ Derek Drew and Jacky Chung Department of Building and Real Estate‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong‚ People’s Republic of China Keywords Benchmarking‚ Quantity surveying‚ Computer applications‚ Hong Kong Abstract This paper introduces the findings of a recent benchmarking study on the use of information technology
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sometimes marketed to a non-specific audience as if it were legitimately useful material‚ in other cases it is sold as a shocking and comedic look back in time. This sharp contrast can be seen in two separate examples of ads on the social selling website‚ Ebay‚ where various sellers differ in their marketing and writing approaches. While some ads for this record are listed under the “special interest” or “spoken word” categories‚ other ads list this jaw-dropping album as “comedy” to highlight its laughable
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Financial Statement Analysis of Amazon.com‚ Inc. Introduction The purpose of this essay is to perform financial statement analysis on Amazon.com‚ Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN ). We start with an introduction of Amazon and its industry. We then evaluate the company’s financial position‚ liquidity‚ operating capability and financial flexibility using different ratios. To evaluate the financial performance of Amazon.com‚ Inc we disclose recurring NICO and do full ROE disaggregation. Amazon.com’s stock price
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Implementation Plan Research � PAGE �1� Running Head: Harrison-Keyes Implementation Plan Research Harrison-Keyes Implementation Plan Research University of Phoenix � Harrison Keyes Implementation Plan Research Founded in 1899‚ Harrison Keyes has been a leader in publishing business‚ scientific and technical information. Due to recent changes in the industry‚ and an attempt to revamp its former successes‚ the company is in the process of redefining itself in the market. One major change is
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Platforms Multisided platforms such as eBay and Facebook create value by enabling interactions between two or more customer groups. But building and managing a winning platform isn’t easy. BY ANDREI HAGIU MULTISIDED PLATFORMS (MSPS) are technologies‚ products or services that create value primarily by enabling direct interactions between two or more customer or participant groups. Prominent examples of MSPs and the participants they connect include Alibaba.com‚ eBay‚ Taobao and Rakuten (buyers and sellers);
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It is a common conception‚ in economics‚ that consumers are rational thinkers‚ and some economists go so far as to state that supply and demand are independent of each other: suppliers cannot influence the ‘willingness to pay’ of consumers. Dan Ariely proves this conception to not hold in our modern economy. He conducts various experiments with other researchers‚ with college students as participants‚ to supports his theory that consumers are irrational and that many factors outside the basic supply
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