Integrating Brick and Mortar Locations with E-Commerce: Understanding Synergy Opportunities1 Charles Steinfield Michigan State University East Lansing‚ MI 48824 USA steinfie@msu.edu Thomas Adelaar Telematica Instituut Enschede 7300 AN‚ NL adelaar@telin.nl Ying-ju Lai Michigan State University East Lansing‚ MI 48824 USA laiyingj@msu.edu Abstract Little empirical work has directly addressed the sources of competitive advantage of the click and mortar e-commerce approach‚ despite growing recognition
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Henri Fayol is one of the first giants of management thinking. His contribution to the development of management is immense‚ having influenced and been influenced by‚ the scientific management movement of F W Taylor and Henry Ford‚ two other early giants of management thinking. His fame rests on one book written in 1916 in French and not translated until the late 1940’s. Yet this book with its no-nonsense list of management functions and principles‚ provides the rationale for the whole development
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Scenario: International business is becoming increasingly important to more and more entrepreneurs and to their country’s economy. It offers many growth perspectives. A famous fast food chain “Zest” is operating in USA‚ UK Pakistan‚ India‚ Japan‚ and Saudi Arabia. The management of “Zest” is focusing on cost reduction. As it is expanding fast in different countries so its management and controlling costs are increasing. One of the intrapreneur‚ Mr. Fred‚ came up with the idea of standardizing
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Unit Title: Principles for implementing duty of care in health‚ social care or children’s and young people’s settings Unit sector reference: SHC 34 Level: 3 Credit value: 1 Guided learning hours: 5 Unit expiry date: 31/01/2015 Unit accreditation number: R/601/1436 Unit purpose and aim This unit is aimed at those who work in health or social care settings or with children or young people in a wide range of settings. It considers how duty of care contributes
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HLSC121 Health Assessment – Assessment Task 1: Reflective Writing As a health care professional‚ a vital process known as a Health Assessment which is‚ “the orderly collection of information concerning the patient’s/client’s health status” (Estest‚ 2010‚ p7) is used in order to formulate baseline data about a patient’s health condition and functional abilities‚ to then either enhance‚ confirm or contest data from the patient’s health history to consequently work towards establishing a plan of
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ExpAQA_PoetryClusters3Conflict_pp93-124_FINAL_Layout 1 28/05/2010 13:20 Page 93 Cluster 3 Conflict This cluster explores a range of types of conflict: terrorism‚ civil war‚ colonial war‚ occupations‚ nationalist struggles‚ the tensions between ethnic groups and religions. As well as presenting different types of conflict‚ these poems offer a variety of attitudes to war‚ from the glory of ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ to Owen’s bleak and bitter ‘Futility’. Sometimes the poem speaks from the
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With a focus on gender‚ discuss whether the criminal justice system is biased. This essay will explore the differences in how the criminal justice system treats men and women; it will also investigate a variety of theoretical research from early traditional thinkers to feminists‚ and how they have analyse the criminal justice system with a focus on gender. It will examine the British official statistics relating to crimes recorded looking at gender and crimes going un-recorded. The essay will
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Under what circumstances‚ if any‚ does a state’s inherent right of self- defence allow it to take lawful military action before it has been subject to an armed attack? To what extent‚ if any‚ should the right of self- defence be reinterpreted to do so? According to the Charter of the United Nations (1945) any use of force is prohibited by Article 2 (4): “All Members shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence
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Case study 3 Porsche‚ Volkswagen‚ and CSX 1. Summary This case examines two examples of how equity derivatives have been used to gain leverage and corporate control for activist purposes. In 2008‚ Porsche’s CFO carried out the “short squeeze” to acquire control over Volkswagen through option contracts‚ which lead to huge losses for short-selling hedge funds. And meanwhile in 2007‚ TCI and 3G‚ 2 UK-based hedge funds‚ violated SEC disclosure requirements by hiding their intentions to takeover CSX
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International Journal of Management Reviews (2006) doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2370.2006.00123.x The psychological contract: A critical review The O psychological contract: 2006 2 Blackwell Journal of Ltd A critical review 8 RIGINAL Publishing Management Reviews © 1460-8545 International IJMR Oxford‚ UK ARTICLE Blackwell Publishing Ltd Niall Cullinane and Tony Dundon1 Literature on the psychological contract has blossomed progressively over the last ten years to the extent that it is
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