better than their for-profit rivals during the recession? The economic recession has had a negative impact on the performance of most businesses in the UK. However, this appears not to be the case with social enterprises. During the recession, most social enterprises seem to be growing and have reaped more benefits as they seek to achieve their goals. Social investment has remained vibrant even in the face of the economic recession. Unlike the for–profit enterprises, social enterprises derive
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Communication is the process by which information is transmitted and understood between two or more people. An effective transmission of information is very important to a business, as it involves all the persons and organisations connected with that business. Communication is a critical core skill for managers. In their standpoint, ‘effective’ communication is one means by which they get things done. For example putting forward a vision and informing workers in organisations. Being often referred
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among the UK public and their policy implications Irene Lorenzonia,b,������, Sophie Nicholson-Coleb, Lorraine Whitmarshb a School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK b Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK Received 25 August 2006; received in revised form 12 January 2007; accepted 17 January 2007 Abstract This paper reports on the barriers that members of the UK public
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social or economic (Haldar, 2011). Some of the physical effects include extreme weather conditions such as rising temperatures, warmer temperature could lead to increased drought, more powerful and dangerous hurricanes and even intense rainstorms. Local climate change is another physical effect of global warming. According to (Haldar, 2001 ), there are three ways in which global warming can cause changes in regional climate, melting or forming ice, changing the hydro cycle and changing currents in the
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Introduction Britain may be regarded as at the leading position since the 17th century to the significance of its system of banking, and still remains among the financial centers of the world. The banking sector of UK focuses around five prominent global corporations i.e. Barclays, Lloyds, RBS and HSBC. These are the corporations who were able to reorganize early, in support of demutualization movement started in the mid 1980s. In addition to this, the institutes of United Kingdom are emphasized
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This article was downloaded by: [Edith Cowan University] On: 31 March 2015, At: 12:08 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Development in Practice Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/cdip20 Globalisation Shalmali Guttal a a Focus on the Global South, CUSRI , Chulalongkorn University , Wisit
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”To stay competitive, organizations must change with market conditions and customer desires” (MacVicar & Gooderham, p1). Classic Airlines is facing a difficult time in their history. The organization has lost many of its loyal customers and its remaining customers are flying less frequently. The organizations CEO, Amanda Miller has challenged the marketing team with improving their number of loyal customers while increasing Classic Airlines profitability and stock price. All must be accomplished
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Board Meeting - Day 1 There are intense discussions on whether or not to acquire AW Superstores (AW), a newly established chain of just 2 years, with 17 small convenient stores located offshore in Hong Kong and 5 other stores operated in Shenzhen, China. Some of the directors are not pleased with the performance of AW in particular profitability. There are other reasons as well such as inconsistency of corporate style and culture between Papy and AW. However, the major concern is having cigarette
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