Papers ................................................................................................................................. Keynote presentation Q Telemedicine support for the developing world Richard Wootton Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Australia Summary Telemedicine has been used for some years in the industrialized world, albeit with rather mixed success. There is also a considerable literature on the potential use of telemedicine for the developing
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Understanding the factors that explain consumer behavior of credit card users in emerging markets could provide an essential insights to marketing strategists of financial services, retailers, and businesses in promoting use of credit cards. Thus, this paper considers the consumer behavior of credit card users in emerging markets in the light of Turkish experience. INTRODUCTION Marketing managers can no longer rely on only domestic markets to ensure their firm’s long-term survival. Globalization
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1. Introduction The globalization of the economy, internationalization of businesses and emergence of new markets are all key themes in contemporary business. Whereas international business may once have been the province of organisations with sufficient scale and reach, these types of companies – typically multi-national corporations - no longer have a monopoly on this kind of business. Increasing numbers of firms, of varying scale, are confronted with compelling reasons for expanding their activities
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documenting the rapid expansion of this business, the paper explores three central manifestations of globalization at work in the Caribbean cruise industry: the restructuring of the industry in the face of global competition, capital mobility, and labor migration; new patterns of global ethnic recruitment and strati®cation, including their incorporation into the product marketed to tourists; and deterritorialization, cultural theming, and simulation. The paper asserts that this ``globalization at sea'' illustrates
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Collana Working Paper n. 1/2009 ENTREPRENEURIAL COUNTERINTUITIVE STRATEGIES FOR OPERATIONS AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHIAN MANAGEMENT. A STUDY OF THE BENETTON GROUP by Daniele M. Ghezzi Entrepreneurial counterintuitivestrategies for Operations and Global Supply Chain Management. A study of the Benetton Group by Daniele M. Ghezzi CONTENTS 1 – Introduction 2 – Benetton’s operations strategy 2.1 Review of the literature 2.2 Focus on the Benetton case 3 – Benetton’s position in the supply network
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Kyoto Bulletin of Islamic Area Studies, 1-2 (2007), pp. 38-53 Islamic Microfinance: A Missing Component in Islamic Banking Abdul Rahim ABDUL RAHMAN 1. Introduction Microfinance means “programme that extend small loans to very poor people for self employment projects that generate income in allowing them to take care of themselves and their families” (Microcredit Summit, 1997). The World Bank has recognized microfinance programme as an approach to address income inequalities and poverty. The microfinance
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Performance and breach of Sales and Lease Contracts Case 19.1 352 N.Y.S.2d 784 76 Misc.2d 1080 MAPLE FARMS INC., Plaintiff, v. CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF the CITY OF ELMIRA, New York, Defendant. Supreme Court, Special Term, Chemung County. Feb. 1, 1974. CHARLES B. SWARTWOOD, Justice. This is a motion for summary judgment in an action for declaratory judgment whereby the plaintiff seeks, first, a determination that the contract wherein the plaintiff agreed to supply milk to the defendant school
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GRE vocabulary Flash review 7031_ GREVOC_ Flash Review[FIN].indd 1 5/10/11 2:55 PM Other Titles of Interest From LE ARNINGEXP RESS EMT Flash Review 7031_ GREVOC_ Flash Review[FIN].indd 2 5/10/11 2:55 PM GRE Vocabulary Flash review ® New York 7031_ GREVOC_ Flash Review[FIN].indd 3 5/10/11 2:55 PM Copyright © 2011 LearningExpress, LLC. All rights reserved under International and Pan American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by LearningExpress, LLC, New York. Library
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time devoted to paid and unpaid tasks is over and above that which is strictly necessary. In that sense, much of the time pressure that people feel is discretionary and of their own making. Using data from the 1992 Australian Time Use Survey, this paper demonstrates that the magnitude of this ‘time-pressure illusion’ varies across population groups, being least among lone parents and greatest among the childless and two-earner couples. KEY WORDS: discretionary time, free time, leisure, time pressure
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Health Nutrition: 14(4), 653–660 doi:10.1017/S1368980010002442 Pepsi and Coca Cola in Delhi, India: availability, price and sales Fiona C Taylor*, Ambika Satija, Swati Khurana, Gurpreet Singh and Shah Ebrahim South Asia Network for Chronic Disease, C-1/52 First Floor, Safdarjung Development Area, New Delhi 110016, India Submitted 19 February 2010: Accepted 16 July 2010: First published online 6 October 2010 Abstract Objective: India is experiencing increased consumption of sugar-sweetened carbonated
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