University, Nashville, TN, USA; cSchool of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi, MS, USA; dWCBA, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH, USA; e Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA The purpose of this article is to develop a theoretical framework for governing an organization’s relationships with customers engaged as contributors to the organization’s business processes (i.e. customers as quasi-employees). Based on our suggested framework, we explain how
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2014 ANNUAL REPORT AND PROXY STATEMENT Chipot le Mexican Grill, Inc. 1 401Wynkoop Street, Suite 500 en er, 0 0 arch , 01 5 DEAR FELLOW SHAREHOLDERS: When we set as our mission to change the way people think about and eat fast food, we knew it was a big and dif cult, but ery important, goal n establishing this mission for hipotle, we belie ed that we had a food culture and a people culture that would allow us to create a new fast food model, and unit economics that would enable us to do this in
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| | Professor: Robert C. Myrtle, D.P.A. Office Phone: (213) 740-0378 FAX: (562) 439-2250 Home Phone: (562) 438-4359 E-Mail: myrtle@usc.edu Office Hours: By Appointment Only Office Location: Lewis Hall 301e Course Description Application of principles of health administration in several practice settings. Decision making, strategic management, organizational performance, communication, and provider comparisons
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Brand mergers: examining consumers’ responses to name and logo design ´ Joana Cesar Machado Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, Portugal Leonor Vacas-de-Carvalho ´ ´ Evora University, Evora, Portugal ´ Patrıcio Costa School of Health Sciences, Minho University, Braga, Portugal, and Paulo Lencastre Catholic University of Portugal, Porto, Portugal Abstract Purpose – In the context of a merger, the management of corporate identity – in particular of corporate names and logos – assumes
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Coffee Distribution Business Plan Executive Summary The Coffee Warehouse is a new business providing high-quality, full service distribution of coffee, specialty beverages and beverage-related supplies to coffee houses and espresso stands throughout the Spokane and Northern Idaho market. The principal owners are Steve and Jennifer Smith, whose combined experience brings office management, high levels of customer service, and over 20 years in distribution and sales management. At this time we
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1 The CASE Journal Volume 4, Issue 2 (Spring 2008) Table of Contents Click on the article or case title to go to that page Editorial Policy Letter from the Editor Case Abstracts Cases “Sally’s Dilemma: Making Tough Choices in Collaborative Visioning” Karl A. Hickerson, David J. O’Connell & Arun K. Pillutla, St. Ambrose University “The Death of a Salesman Revisited: Part A” Herbert Sherman, Long Island University & Daniel James Rowley, University of Northern Colorado “The Death
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constituting local government. This inquiry is exploratory, descriptive and qualitative in nature, based on interviews with women who had undergone the practice in Mabvuku-Tafara. The inquiry can be termed therefore, a qualitative research done through a case study design. This research method is preferred because the researcher is exploring a subjective understanding of social reality rather than a statistical description of generalized ideas. The quest is to discover a socially constructed reality from
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industry’s sales have fairly decreased. One, Only average 60 % of active users are in market which leads to decline in voice sale.( TOI article 30-June-2011). Second, Total sales of telecom equipment to mobile operators fell by a drastic 24% during the last financial year despite most companies starting their roll-out of 3G services (Real Time News). Third, Decline in capital expenditure from Rs.29,600 crore in 2008 to Rs.9,500 crore in 2010 (Business Line article 15-Aug.-2011). Fourth, Decline in margins
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A BRIEF CONTENTS PART 1 • GETTING STARTED 1. Becoming a Public Speaker 2. From A to Z: Overview of a Speech 3. Managing Speech Anxiety 4. Ethical Public Speaking 5. Listeners and Speakers 1 2 8 1 4 23 30 PART 2 • DEVELOPMENT 6. Analyzing the Audience 7. Selecting a Topic and Purpose 8. Developing Supporting Material 9. Locating Supporting Material 10. Doing Effective Internet Research 1 Citing Sources in Your Speech 1. 36 37 49 57 64 73 83 PART 3 • ORGANIZATION 1 Organizing the Speech 2. 1 Selecting
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Running Head: Online Game Addiction Perception of and Addiction to Online Games as a Function of Personality Traits Searle Huh University of Southern California and Nicholas David Bowman Michigan State University Online Publication Date: April 26, 2008 Journal of Media Psychology, V 13, No. 2, Spring, 2008 Abstract With the growing popularity of online video games, there have been anecdotal reports suggesting that these games are highly addictive, with some gamers spending
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