Chapter 2 Conceptual Frameworks for Supply Chain Management No great discovery was ever made without a bold guess. Isaac Newton 2.1 Agile‚ Flexible and Responsive Supply Chains To ensure long-term competitiveness and survival‚ companies implement new strategies‚ based on collaboration with business partners and an advanced utilization of IT and Web services (Geunes et al. 2002). Various competitive strategies of agile‚ responsive and flexible SCs have been developed over the last decade
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REGIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE - WALL DEVELOPMENT OF A GEOSPATIAL FRAMEWORK TO IMPLEMENT A REGIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE (RSDI) IN CARICOM (Ninth United Nations Regional Cartographic Conference for the Americas‚ United Nations‚ New York‚ August‚ 2009). August‚ 2009 Harold Wall IDB/UNFPA Project Coordinator Regional Statistics CARICOM Secretariat 1 REGIONAL SPATIAL DATA INFRASTRUCTURE - WALL Abstract Almost all human activities take place on land. In fact‚ human
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branding theory and practice have not been examined. This article describes the development and validation of a two-dimensional scale measuring masculine and feminine brand personality that is discriminant with regard to existing brand personality dimensions and scales measuring masculinity and femininity as human personality traits. This scale is applied to show that (1) spokespeople in advertising shape masculine and feminine brand personality perceptions; (2) brand personality–self-concept congruence
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122 116 032 Rubel talukder jony 122 116 035 Ajoy chowdhury 122 116 037 Rupok kumar deb 122 116 020 Bijoy chowdhury 122 116 039 1.The Moral Dimensions of Information Systems The moral dimensions that can control the major ethical and social concerns generated by information systems are as follows: (i) Information Right and Obligation What information rights do individuals and organizations possess with respect to themselves
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A Converged Conceptual Framework In October 2004‚ the FASB and IASB added to their agendas a joint project to develop an improved‚ common conceptual framework that builds on their existing frameworks (that is‚ the IASB’s Framework for the Preparation and Presentation of Financial Statements and the FASB’s Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts). Rationale for the Project and Project Objective A conceptual framework is basically a foundation serving as a guide to standard setters to help them
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IASB’s Conceptual Framework and the Exposure Draft ‘Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting – The Reporting Entity’ Introduction This report is intended to discuss the significance of the IASB’s Conceptual Framework. It will layout the basis of the Conceptual Framework and then discuss its significance and relevance with regards to previous and future accounting industry standards. Findings The IASB’s (International Accounting Standards Board) Conceptual Framework is a set of rules
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The theory of cultural imperialism in media is where one culture controls another‚ forcing it ’s culture to change to the controlling one . This theory is said to have first developed in the mid-twentieth century‚ and initially it was a response to the changes society was undergoing after the development of improved telecommunications. Various terms such as "media imperialism"‚ "structural imperialism"‚ and "cultural dependency and domination"‚ (L. White) have all been used
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issues of cultural intelligence and how we can better promote cultural intelligence in the workplace‚ the team conducted an intensive research on this issue through various research studies‚ academic journals and book references. In the process of the research‚ we also made several references to numerous videos relating to cultural intelligence. The videos were found mostly on the internet as well as in some movies. Once we felt better equipped with the knowledge of culture and cultural intelligence
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Essay Cross Cultural Leadership Nowadays the organizations of all over the world are in touch and connected with each other. The national boundaries and barriers have been almost brought down due to the globalization and the technology of our time. The exchange of human factor and skilled personnel among organizations is everyday more common. Immigration is another factor that helps to have people from different cultures in the same organizations. As a consequence‚ the modern organizations
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In Haidt’s video on moral dimensions he points out some differences that liberals and conservators have created from themselves. “Open Individuals have an affinity for liberal‚ progressive‚ left-wing political views‚ whereas closed individuals prefer conservative‚ traditional‚ rights wing views” (McCrae‚ 1996). The five main foundations of moral dimensions are categories in subcategories harm/care‚ fairness/reciprocity‚ in-group/loyalty‚ authority/respect‚ and purity/sanctity. Harm/care is a natural
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