...ICT in Retail Sector – India ICT in Retail Sector India July 2011 Executive Summary Retail sector is estimated to reach INR x tr in 20‐‐ and is expected to witness a growth CAGR of a% to reach INR y tr in 20‐‐ IT / ICT adoption in India is fast gaining popularity, wherein growing retail and trade activity is p p p y g expected to push the adoption rate by a large extent Cuurrently, retail sector in India spend about b% ‐ c % of the overall yearly sales on IT services Market Availability of better and faster IT / ICT solutions with maximum accuracy is pushing the industry forward significantly Technology Adoption in Retail Currently, adoption of IT / ICT in retail sector is estimated at INR z bn of the overall IT / ICT Currently, adoption of IT / ICT in retail sector is estimated at INR z bn of the overall IT / ICT industry in India Growing trade and retail activities is resulting in the need for line of business specific applications aimed at catering to the specific needs of the sector p y pp y Cost component, flexibility and customization of applications are the key selection criteria amongst retailers for the selection of IT / ICT tools and services Cloud computing plays a major role in the enhancement of operational procedures of retailing wherein data and information are transmitted on a real time basis thereby facilitating faster decision making It is predominantly implemented in the fields of supply chain management, inventory ...
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...PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT Business Principles of Toyota Motor Corporation Toyota follows certain well-defined business principles guiding its functioning. These are: 1. Honour the language and spirit of law of every nation and undertake open and fair corporate activities to be a good corporate citizen around the world. 2. Respect the culture and customs of every nation and contribute to economic and social development through corporate activities in local communities. 3. To provide clean and safe products and to enhance the quality of life everywhere. 4. Create and develop advanced technologies and provide outstanding products and services that fulfil the needs of customers worldwide. 5. Foster a corporate culture that enhances individual creativity and teamwork value, while honouring mutual trust and respect between management and labour. 6. Pursue growth and harmony with global community through innovative management. 7. Work with business partners in research and creativity to achieve stable, long-term growth and mutual benefits and be open to new partnerships. These principles, will guide the company in its global vision 2010. This global vision envisages continuous innovations in future, use of environment friendly technologies, respecting and working with different sections of society and establishing an interactive relationship with society. Based on www.toyota.co.jp/en/enviornmental_rep/03 /rinen.html on 17.10.2006 CHAPTER L E A R N I N G OBJECTIVES 2 After...
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...Human Resources and Job Design The employees that we are going to hire are the essential part in the overall human resource and job design, they are valuable and crucial to the success of a business. We must hire the right candidate for the right job, to fully utilize our human resources. if the wrong people are hired , it will affect the work flow and efficiency. A good job design is necessary to make full use of the employees’ potential and ensure that the company is functioning well. We have to come out with a training program which ensure that the employees have excellent product knowledge, know how to close sales and build an after-sales relationship with customers to maximize any potential sales in the future. We must also ensure that the training program appeals to the employees, motivates them to learn what is required and enjoy the process. It is our job to make sure that the employees have a clear understanding of what are the tasks which they have to accomplish, e.g, knowing the functions of the camera, how to take care of the camera, what makes the camera worthy to purchase. They also need to know that their job is related to other roles in the organization, e.g the sales transactions have to be done properly so that the financial statement is properly accounted for, with no discrepancy. The job design must also enable the employee to balance between work and life, make them feel comfortable doing their job, developing a sense of belonging and accomplishment...
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...Student Account/tuition information The Office of Student Business Services The primary function of the Office of Student Business Services is to assist the student in understanding their semester billing. This department is responsible for sending out semester bills, emailing monthly statements to the students Concordia email account if they have a balance, offer support for the Sallie Mae Tuition Pay Plan, process student refunds, issue book vouchers (if the student has a credit/negative (-) balance), and ensure payments on the student tuition account are posted accurately. This office also manages student accounts that are not currently enrolled but are in a collection status. Any student that is registered for any course whether full time or part time at Concordia University Chicago is responsible for financial obligations resulting from tuition and fees not covered by financial aid or any other source. Meet The Staff Anjelica Estrada: ext-3236 Director Student Account Representatives Nayibe Parra-Garcia: - ext-3010 Tinesha Smith: -ext-3232 Cashier Patrick Nelson:-ext-3241 The Office of Student Business Services is located in Addison Hall, Room 156. The hours of operation are Monday and Friday 8am-4:30pm, Tuesday-Thursday 8am-6pm. Traditional undergraduate academic year cost for the 2012-2013 academic year Per year Tuition Room & Board application) Technology Fee Student Activity Fee Green Fee $ 254.00 $ 270.00 $ 10.00 $ 127.00 $ 135.00 $ 5.00 $25,942.00 $ 8,280.00 Per semester...
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...Published on Friday, July 7, 2006 by the Associated Press | Demand for Organic Food Outstrips Supply | by Libby Quaid | | | America's appetite for organic food is so strong that supply just can't keep up with demand. Organic products still have only a tiny slice, about 2.5 percent, of the nation's food market. But the slice is expanding at a feverish pace. Growth in sales of organic food has been 15 percent to 21 percent each year, compared with 2 percent to 4 percent for total food sales. Organic means food is grown without bug killer, fertilizer, hormones, antibiotics or biotechnology. Mainstream supermarkets, eyeing the success of organic retailers such as Whole Foods, have rushed to meet demand. The Kroger Co., Safeway Inc. and SuperValu Inc., which owns Albertson's LLC, are among those selling their own organic brands. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said earlier this year it would double its organic offerings. The number of organic farms — an estimated 10,000 — is also increasing, but not fast enough. As a result, organic manufacturers are looking for ingredients outside the United States in places like Europe, Bolivia, Venezuela and South Africa. That is no surprise, said Barbara Robinson, head of the Agriculture Department's National Organic Program. The program provides the round, green "USDA Organic" seal for certified products. Her agency is just now starting to track organic data, but Robinson believes the United States is importing far more organic food than it exports...
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...Hollywood movies are one of the main reason that establish the racism and stereotypes of all colors. It spreads the fictions of whiteness around the world. Therefore, these movies: Tarzan, The Ape Man; Leave it to Beaver; Bringing Down the House and White chicks will bring a closer view about the difference between “white” and “un-white” character be described. Also, the introduction and chapter one of “Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media” has provide a broad, critical overview of film primarily from and about the “Third World”. In chapter one “From Eurocentrism to Polycentrism”, they reviewed standard criticism of view in literary in cinematic work. This essay is aims defined the stereotypical images and roles of African Americans in films. First of all, the movie “Tarzan, The Ape Man” is the fairly easy target for people interested in the perpetuation of anti-black stereotypes. Tarzan is presented as a naked savage who doesn’t learn to wear clothes. It’s racist when in the movie, when Tarzan warning Jane and her father that Tarzan, the owner of the jungles has killed beasts and many black men. He pelts animals with thrown objects to torment them. He kills animals for pleasure. To Tarzan all blacks are lower. Besides, in the movie, the Africans of the Mbongan tribe are cannibalism, superstitious, contemptible and debased. Here it come the love of Tarzan, Jane a “white” woman is defined as beautiful, and apparently resourceful and intelligent. However, Esmeralda...
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...n’t have to invest in those same improvements, creating a competitive disadvantage. The only benefit derives from how quickly Sabre disseminates best practices (best software), lowering costs not just for one company but for the industry as a whole, making everyone including CP more profitable. As a manager, deciding whether to use third party solutions that impact your core competencies, those cost savings benefits must outweigh the investments costs. IBM becoming involved is a similar situation, the economy as a whole receives cost savings, which CP receives a portion of, but also competitors can immediately match those savings. When IBM took over the data centers in Sydney, it allowed IBM to import best practices from across the globe and also allowed the full capacity of the data centers to be utilized by serving additional clients. Best practices bring lower costs to an operation and higher capacity usage brings greater revenue, all good things but again CP only gets a portion and IBM receives the rest. While costs and benefits are the ultimate management decisions, a coherent strategy from management allows IT professionals to more accurately estimate these value decisions. This is the critical area where CP made its mistakes. Due to the financial situations caused from 9/11, the new airport and China taking back Hong Kong; CP shifted to survival mode and cut costs by outsourcing indiscriminately. This damaged the company a few years later, because many of those...
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...CONSERVATION IN INDIA One of the most pressing environmental issues today is the conservation of biodiversity. Conserving biological diversity involves restoring, protecting, conserving or enhancing the variety of life in an area so that the abundance and distribution of species and communities provide for continued existence and normal ecological functioning, including adaptation and extinction. India is a mega-diverse country, one of twelve countries that collectively accounts for 60–70% of the world’s biodiversity. A land of high species richness and endemism as well as of agro-biodiversity, India supports an astounding 8.1% of the world’s biodiversity. India also supports 16% of the world’s human as well as 18% of the world’s cattle population. In fact, an estimated 70% of India’s population is dependent locally on natural ecosystems for subsistence means of livelihood, including fuel, housing, food, water, and security of health. Consequently, the country’s biodiversity faces immense pressures. Poverty, lack of sustainable alternative livelihoods and absence of financial , social incentives for resource dependent communities, along with lack of integration of biodiversity and livelihood consideration in development planning around biodiversity-rich areas, have been identified as some of the root causes of threats to biodiversity. Biodiversity, as measured by the numbers of plant and vertebrate species is greatest in the Western Ghats and the northeast. This is because...
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...A Guide to MLA Citations for Play Analysis #1 When do I need a citation? You need a citation when you: a. quote directly from a source b. paraphrase an idea from a source c. describe a study or statistic from a source d. are not sure the idea you are presenting came from your own brain How do I cite sources using MLA formatting? Assuming you are using Drama A Pocket Anthology, your “Works Cited” entry at the END of the paper would be modeled after the following: Chekhov, Anton. The Cherry Orchard. Trans. Avraham Yarmolinsky. Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Ed. Maynard Mack. 4th ed. Vol. 2. New York: Norton, 1979. 1192-1230. If you are using a play that is NOT in an anthology, your “Works Cited” entry at the END of the paper would be modeled after the following: Walker, Alice. The Color Purple. New York: Pocket Books-Washington Square, 1982. What about in-text citations using MLA format? Here is the deal: If you don’t mention the name of the author/playwright in the body of your sentence, you need to include it in your parenthetical reference— The tendency to come to terms with difficult experiences is referred to as a "purification process" whereby "threatening or painful dissonances are warded off to preserve intact a clear and articulated image of oneself and one’s place in the world" (Sennett 11). If you DO mention the name of the author/playwright, the citation would look like this: Social historian Richard...
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...Thomas J. Vallely thomas_vallely@harvard.edu ASIA PRGRAMS 79 John F. Kennedy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 Tel: (617) 495-1134 | Fax: (617) 495-4948 Ben Wilkinson ben_wilkinson@harvard.edu VIETNAMESE HIGHER EDUCATION: CRISIS AND RESPONSE I. Overview This short paper seeks to provide the American members of the bilateral Higher Education Task Force with an opinionated analysis of the crisis in Vietnamese higher education. We begin by analyzing the magnitude of the crisis and its root causes. Next, we consider how key actors—the Vietnamese government, the Vietnamese people, and the international community—are responding to the situation. We conclude by stressing the importance of institutional innovation as a necessary component of an effective reform platform. A short essay on Vietnamese higher education and science by a prominent Vietnamese scientist is included as reference in an appendix. This memorandum is informed by Harvard’s experience building and operating the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, a center of public policy teaching and research located in Ho Chi Minh City.1 At present the Ash Institute is a partner in a research project lead by The New School that is studying the institutional barriers to higher education reform in Vietnam. II. Dimensions of the Crisis It is difficult to overstate the seriousness of the challenges confronting Vietnam in higher education. We believe without urgent and fundamental reform to the higher education...
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...Bathan, Ivy Claire Mansit, Dezerein Faye Experiment #3 Auditory Perception Objectives: * To determine the simple reaction to time to sound. * To be able to locate the source of sound. * To discriminate the presence of obstacle. Introduction: Apparatus: * Bell (inspired) * Scarf (for blinded) * Chair Procedure: Part 1 E and S should become familiar with the following direction: Upper Front (UF) Upper left (UL) Upper Back (UB) Front (F) Down Left (DL) Upper Right (UR) Down Front (DF) Right (R) Right Back (RB) Left (L) Down Right (DR) Down Back (DB) Blindfold S and make him/her in a chair provided with a chin rest in the center of a room (or just go to a quiet place). E rings the bell from each the positions listed above. The bell should originate at a standard distance of 3 feet. The ringing of the bell’s repeated 10 times from each location in random order. Ask S to report where the source of the sound came from. The recorder takes note of the position of the bell and S’s right or wrong responses. All the observers must maintain complete silence during the entire duration of the experiment. Do not give the subject any additional cues in locating the sound. Mark with a check the correct responses and x for errors. Results: Trials | UF | F |...
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...Enablers of Exuberance Jennifer S. Taub Sept. 4, 2009 DISCUSSION DRAFT Enablers of Exuberance: Legal Acts and Omissions that Facilitated the Global Financial Crisis Jennifer S. Taub1 I. Introduction This paper explores certain legal acts and omissions that facilitated the over-leveraging and near collapse of the global financial system. These ―Legal Enablers‖ fostered the boom that enriched a class of financial intermediaries who followed a storied tradition of gambling away ―other people‘s money.‖2 These mechanisms also made the pain of the bust disproportionately felt by the middle class and poor while shielding the middlemen who created the problems. These legal Enablers permitted the growth of a shadow banking system, without investment limits, transparency or government oversight. In the shadows grew a variety of highly leveraged private investment pools, undercapitalized conduits of securitized loans and speculation in complex credit derivatives. The rationale for allowing this unregulated, parallel system was that it helped to create innovation and provide liquidity. The conventional wisdom was that any risks associated with a hands-off approach could be managed by the ―invisible hand‖3 of the market. In other words, instead of public police, it relied upon private gatekeepers. A legal framework including legislation, rules and court decisions supported this system. This legal structure depended upon corporate managers, counterparties, ―sophisticated investors‖ and the...
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...Personal Loan 24-hour- Service Guarantee Terms and Conditions Eligibility: 1. All Personal Loan applications including Pre-Approved loan applications are eligible for Personal Loan Service guarantee. 2. At the time of submission, the Personal Loan applications should be complete with all the required supporting documents. Start Point of Service Guarantee: Receipt of complete documents by the bank as evidenced by SMS sent from the bank to the customer. End Point of Service Guarantee: Final decision regarding customer’s Personal Loan application is communicated by the bank to customer via SMS. Personal Loan 24 – hour – Service Guarantee (“24-hr- service-guarantee”) is subject to the following Terms and Conditions: I. Personal Loan 24- hour- Service Guarantee 1. The “24-hr-service-guarantee” shall only apply in the cases where the applicants have provided the complete set of Personal Loan documents along with complete filled in forms in accordance with the Bank procedures. 2. Applications in which bank is unable to contact customer/referee on mobile/home/office phone or have document deficiency would not be considered for “24-hr-service-guarantee” 3. Applications which have been declined by the bank or cancelled by customer earlier, and are reappealed later, would not be considered for “24-hr-service-guarantee” 4. The “24-hr-service-guarantee” will not be applicable in instances where delays are encountered due to the applicant’s failure to satisfy the Bank’s due diligence...
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...“A STUDY ON THE FACTORS BEHIND BRAND SWITCHING IN TELECOM INDUSTRY ON THE BRANDS LIKE AIRTEL, VODAFONE, IDEA AND TATA DOCOMO IN SURAT CITY.” I Bhavin A. Vayla student of Navnirman Institute Of Management Surat, doing Marketing Research project on Telecom Network titled “Factors behind Brand Switching in Telecom Industry in Surat city.” Hence I would be grateful if you would spare your valuable time and co-operate by answering few questions to the best of your knowledge. I assure you that the information collected will be used for academic purpose only. 1) Do you use Telecom service? Yes. No. 2) Do you usually change your telecom network brand? 1 2 3 4 5 Strongly Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Agree Disagree 3) Where do you look for information before switching your telecom network brand? In Stores. Internet. Television. Hoardings. Word of Mouth. Other . 4) What influences you to go for a particular Telecom network brand? Network Operator’s Office. Someone recently bought the same. Someone already used or using it. Can’t say. No influence. 5) Are you aware about the portability system of Telecom network? Yes. No. 6) Have you switched over your telecom network brand in last 1 year? Yes. No...
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...Three days National Conference at Bara Gali It gives me immense pleasure to announce that the Department of Library and Information Science in collaboration with Central Library, University of Peshawar is organizing a 3-Days National Conference at Bara Gali Summer Campus of University of Peshawar from 17-19 July, 2012. The Registration of the Conference is now open. The Conference will provide an excellent opportunity for you to hear and learn from leading and renowned national library professionals and scholars. The main aim of the Conference is to attract LIS professional and experts from all over the country, who are engaged in preparing themselves for the real world challenges. Complete details of the Conference are as under: Theme of the Conference: Information Resources and Services in the 21st Century Date & Days: 17-19 July, 2012 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) Target Audience: LIS Scholars/ LIS Professionals & Experts Total seats available: 50 Seats (first-come-first serve basis) Venue: Bara Gali Summer Campus of the University of Peshawar Registration Fees: Rs. 3000/- [Registration Fee includes boarding & lodging, food, Accommodation and excursion to Nathia Gali and/or Ayubia] Mode of Payment: Cash Registration Contact Persons: Mr. Sajjad Ahmad Mr. Habib.ur.Rehman Lecturer, DLIS Coordinator Lincoln Corner University of Peshawar Central Library, UOP 0333-9884392 0333-9193295 Registration Deadline: May 10, 2012...
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