hit the global markets in 2008. This was caused in general because of subprime loans being given out by banks w/o working out the due diligence required to check the credibility of the borrowers. The key cause of the subprime crisis was the instability of the derivatives market. Prior to the housing bubble‚ there was widespread initiative to regulate the derivatives market so as to bring the stability necessary to prevent the Alan Greenspan and Robert Rubin. In 2008‚ the housing sector in
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Research paper E-logistics and the natural environment Joseph Sarkis‚ Laura M. Meade and Srinivas Talluri The authors Joseph Sarkis is in the Graduate School of Management‚ Clark University‚ Worcester‚ Massachusetts‚ USA. Laura M. Meade is in the Graduate School of Management‚ University of Dallas‚ Irving‚ Texas‚ USA. Srinivas Talluri is in the Department of Marketing and Supply Chain Management‚ Eli Broad College of Business Administration‚ Michigan State University‚ East Lansing‚ Michigan‚ USA
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Description___________________________________________ H&M is a leading brand in producing frontline affordable fashion. Founded in 1947 in Sweden‚ as Hennes and Mauritz (H&M)‚ it has expanded globally and found itself having gained a reputation as a major multinational clothes and cosmetics retailer. The business mainly operates in North America‚ Asia and Europe‚ with its headquarters in Stockholm‚ Sweden. It had over 2‚200 outlets around the world and a turnover of SEK 126‚966 million in 2010. (H&M‚ 2011e) The company
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CHALLENGES IN E-GOVERNMENT AND SECURITY OF INFORMATION Min-Shiang HWANG‚ Chun-Ta LI‚ Jau-Ji SHEN‚ and Yen-Ping CHU Abstract: Due to the advances made in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)‚ e-Government users can easily use the available services from places and at time that are convenient to them through WWW browsers. To easily and securely provide the required services through Information Technology (IT) has been an important issue in e-Government. In this article‚ the authors
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Mauritz (H&M) is a fast-fashion global leader in the fashion industry. Hence‚ to have a holistic sustainable development point of view‚ we will examine and address the Marco-environment by looking at PESTEL analysis framework. The competitive forces within the fashion industry will also be revealed throughout the Porter Five Forces Model. PESTEL ANALYSIS Case Evidence Positive (Opportunities) Neutral Negative (Threats) POLITICAL factors: Critical observation faced from the public on H&M’s overseas
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Occupational health and safety Occupational health and safety is a discipline with a broad scope involving many specialized fields. In its broadest sense‚ it should aim at: the promotion and maintenance of the highest degree of physical‚ mental and social well-being of workers in all occupations; the prevention among workers of adverse effects on health caused by their working conditions; the protection of workers in their employment from risks resulting from factors adverse to health; the placing
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To describe the occupational accident statistics in Indonesia To describe the accident causative factors. To describe the impact of occupational accident. To describe the definition of occupational health and safety. To describe the importance of occupational health and safety Did you know that in the last two years there were 190 workers died due to occupational accident in Banjarmasin. This showed amazing impact and proves that the mortality rate caused by occupational accident in Indonesia
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Occupational therapy assistants and occupational therapist‚ work in a variety of places like hospitals‚ schools‚ nursing homes and private practice. Occupational therapist have a interesting and busy career because of their work environment‚ education and training‚ skills‚ and salary. There are a lot of tasks that a occupational therapy assistant has to do. For example‚ they must maintain medical equipment and records‚ schedule appointments‚ teach bask living skills like cooking‚ walking‚ and learning
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Student Stress Psychology of Physical and Mental Health Student Stress Stress is a negative emotional experience accompanied by predictable biochemical‚ physiological‚ cognitive and behavioural changes that are directed either toward altering the stressful event or accommodating its effects (Taylor‚ 2012). It can be described as the difficulties and strains experienced by living organisms as they try to adapt to changing or new environmental conditions. All situations that require adjustment
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Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal Strat. Entrepreneurship J.‚ 3: 161–194 (2009) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI: 10.1002/sej.69 RESEARCH IN SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: PAST CONTRIBUTIONS AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES JEREMY C. SHORT‚* TODD W. MOSS‚ and G. T. LUMPKIN Rawls College of Business Administration‚ Texas Tech University‚ Lubbock‚ Texas‚ U.S.A. Social entrepreneurship has been a topic of academic inquiry for nearly 20 years‚ yet relatively little
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