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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FACTORS AFFECTING ONLINE PURCHASING BEHAVIOR Hamisah Haji Hasan‚ Ph.D Communication Department‚ Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication 43400 UPM‚ SERDANG. hamisah@putra.upm.edu.my 03-8946 8667 Prof. Samsudin A. Rahim‚ Ph.D The study examined the relationship between consumer personality and cultural dimensions to that of purchasing behavior through cyber advertising. Krugman’s Low Involvement theory and Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions were incorporated in the study. A survey was conducted
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Factors Affecting Management Success In a rapid and globalized world‚ management success is often associated with a plethora of carefully applied strategies that accentuate both the results and the processes utilized to attain a certain goal. Library shelves bulge with valuable management information about various factors that can affect our work performance and decisions. However‚ although we wish to know answers to the question of what factors affect successful management‚ most individuals have
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ABSTRACT The study was concerned with the factors affecting the performance of secretaries in organizations and a case study of private and government aided primary and secondary schools in Masindi Town Council. Secretaries are sole sources of organizational success however they are seen not to perform as expected. The objectives of the study were To examine whether wages and salaries affect the performance‚ to find out the effects of education and training on the performance and to determine
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FACTORS AFFECTING JOB DESIGN Job design is affected by organizational‚ environmental and behavioral factors. A properly designed job will make it more productive and satisfying .If a job fails on this count‚ it must be redesigned based on the feedback. The various factors affecting job design are the following Organizational factors Organizational factors include characteristics of task‚ work flow‚ ergonomics and work practices. Characteristics of Task: Job design requires the assembly
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FACTORS AFFECTING STANDARD OF LIVING DIFFERENCE IN COST OF LIVING A higher National Income figure is required to maintain a high cost of living. Therefore‚ if the cost of living is higher in country B‚ the standard of living cannot be three times higher. The cost of living is determined by the amount of money needed to buy the goods and services necessary to maintain a specific standard of living. “In 1890‚ the Bureau of Labor Statistics made the first attempt to gather data on the cost
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE PERFORMANCE OF THE BSIE AND BSE GRADUATES OF CvSU-ROSARIO IN THE L.E.T.‚ S.Y. 2006-2010 An Undergraduate Thesis Presented to the Faculty of Cavite State University - Rosario Rosario‚ Cavite In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education by MARIFEL JOY P. GRANADA REYNALYN P. MALUPAY 2012 INTRODUCTION The most significant breakthrough of teaching as a profession was enacted of R.A
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THE FACTORS THAT AFFECT STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE A TERM PAPER PRESENTED TO MRS. R. VILLAHERMOSA STA. TERESA COLLEGE BAUAN BATANGAS IN PARTIAL FULLFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SUBJECT ENGLISH IV MARCH 2013 PENALOSA‚ GRACE MARIE D. MANALO ANTHONY CHRISTIAN ARETA ALLYZZA JOIE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This term paper would not be accomplished without the generous contributions of any individuals and organization. We are very much grateful
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The market environment is a marketing term and refers to all of the forces outside of marketing that affect marketing management’s ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers. The market environment consists of both the macroenvironment and the microenvironment. Microenvironment refers to the forces that are close to the company and affect its ability to serve its customers. It includes the company itself‚ its suppliers‚ marketing intermediaries‚ customer markets
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because people make up markets. Marketers are keenly interested in the: Size and growth rate of populations in cities‚ regions‚ and nations. Age distribution and ethnic mix. Educational levels. Household patterns. Regional characteristics and movements Worldwide Population Growth World population growth is explosive: Earth’s population totaled 6.8 billion in 2010 and will exceed 9 billion by 2040. Population growth is highest in countries and communities that can least afford it. A growing population
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