Int. J. Learning and Intellectual Capital‚ Vol. X‚ No. Y‚ xxxx 1 Collaborative planning‚ forecasting and replenishment (CPFR) as a relational contract: an incomplete contracting perspective Sung Min Kim* Department of Management‚ School of Business Administration‚ Loyola University Chicago‚ Maguire Hall‚ 422‚ 1 E. Pearson‚ Chicago‚ Illinois‚ 60611‚ USA Fax: +1 (312) 915-6988 E-mail: skim@luc.edu *Corresponding author Joseph T. Mahoney Department of Business Administration‚ College of Business
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CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Forests are the dominant terrestrial ecosystem on Earth‚ and are distributed across the globe. Forests account for 75% of the gross primary productivity of the Earth’s biosphere‚ and contain 80% of the Earth’s plant biomass. (Yude‚ 2013). Human society and forests influence each other in both positive and negative ways. (Vogt‚ 2007). Forests provide ecosystem services to humans‚ but also impose economic‚ environmental‚ health and aesthetic costs
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mountain becomes more serious over the years. The mountain’s fragile resources are endangered by land development‚ conversion and infrastructure expansion by private landowners and developers‚ kaingin (shifting cultivation)‚ illegal occupancy‚ poaching of wildlife and forest products‚ uncontrolled inmigration and a rapidly increasing population. “I’ve seen a lot of activities on the mountain that endanger its beauty and reduce its resource value‚” said Shirley Satioquia‚ a 43-year-old resident
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Kenya‚ a living elephant is worth around $14 375 for every year of its life whilst the ivory from an elephant is worth about $1000. Each elephants herd earns as much as $610 000 each year. This promotes the maintenance of the elephants‚ minimises poaching and ensures protection of wildlife as well as livelihood for the people. Another area‚ the
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Tigers are descended from civet-like animals called niacis that lived during the age of the dinosaurs about 60 million years. These small mammals‚ with long bodies and short flexible limbs‚ evolved over millions of years into severalhundred different species‚ including cats‚ bears‚ dogs and weasels. About 37 cat species exist today. Tigers evolved in eastern Asia ‚ but it is not exact. Sabre-tooth tigers are not the ancestors of today’s tigers. In fact‚ sabre-tooth tigers belonged to a separate branch
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the challenges is the human resource issue. With the sudden growth in the BPO sector‚ it is becoming increasingly hard to find good and hard working employees for middle and upper level management. Also stealing of employees from other companies (poaching) has become an issue and companies are spending a lot of money and time to keep their existing team of employees intact. Also with the high cost of training involved‚ frequent hiring and losing of employees to other companies is not a feasible option
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A comparison of observed heterozygosity of the black rhino and white rhino This study was undertaken in order to understand the heterozygosity trends of the white and black rhinos. Genotypes of five microsatellite loci were collected and assessed with the intention of producing data for a sixth locus from the black and white rhino autoradiograph. This method was a means of analyzing the heterozygosity of the two species of rhino. It was established that black rhinos possess
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from 1938 to 1943. During this closure‚ additional deer were stocked from Wisconsin‚ Michigan‚ Minnesota and existing refuges within the state. Enforcement of the Wildlife Code of Missouri by professionally trained conservation agents helped deter poaching. By 1944‚ the statewide deer population soared to 15‚000‚ and Missouri held its first deer season since the recovery effort had begun. Missouri’s deer management program has come a long way since 1944. That year‚ 7‚557 hunters took 583 deer during
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THE GREEN SEA TURTLE Sea turtles are large‚ air-breathing reptiles that inhabit tropical and subtropical seas throughout the world. Seven distinct species of sea turtles grace our oceans today. Upon first sight of the Green Sea Turtle it may appear to come off as any other turtle. The truth is that these turtles are magnificent beautiful creatures that spend most of their lives exploring endlessly through our massive ocean. These reptiles have the ability to
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