policy challenges that have both a socio-economic and a scientific or technological dimension. European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Contact information Address: Edificio Expo. c/ Inca Garcilaso, s/n. E-41092 Seville (Spain) E-mail: jrc-ipts-secretariat@ec.europa.eu Tel.: +34 954488318 Fax: +34 954488300 http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu http://www.jrc.ec.europa.eu Legal Notice Neither the European Commission nor any person acting on behalf of the Commission
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COMPANY NOTE Initiating Coverage 27 October 2014 CHN | Technology | Internet BUY Price target $118.00 Price $95.76 The Powerful E-Commerce Ecosystem Connecting Half of China; Initiate at Buy Key Takeaway China's changing Internet user demographics and mobile development support our favorable view on e-Commerce for the next decade. Alibaba is the largest Chinese ecommerce player, with 80%+ GMV market share, but is only selling to less than 25% of the population now. We estimate
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matrix for long time 44 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Hero MotoCorp Ltd. formerly Hero Honda is an Indian motorcycle and scooter manufacturer based in New Delhi, India. Hero Honda started in 1984 as a joint venture between Hero Cycles of India and Honda of Japan. The company is the largest two wheeler manufacturer in India. The 2006 Forbes 200 Most Respected companies list has Hero Honda Motors ranked at 108. In 2010, When Honda decided to move out of the joint venture, Hero Group bought the shares held
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technologies speeds the pace at which countries must adjust to external events. Smaller, more open countries, long ago gave up illusion of domestic policy autonomy. But even the largest and most apparently self-contained economies, including the US, are now significantly affected by
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reference to Chanel, Tommy Hilfiger and Burberry submitted to Christ University, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the Degree of Bachelor of Business Administration is a record of original and independent research work done by us during 2011 – 2012 under the supervision and guidance of Prof. Nagendra Nayak Department of Management Studies and it has not formed the basis for the award of any Degree/ Diploma/ Associate ship/ Fellowship or other similar title of recognition to
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International Security Lecture 1 March 30th, 2015 The politics of security knowledge What is international security? We could start thinking about the security council of the UN But also about the invasion of Afghanistan (chapter 7 UN in order to secure the international security) We can also think about security in terms of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. This was a unilateral act of war, but sure it can also mean other things We can think of the national security agency, the agency
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Trends in manufacturing to 2020 A foresighting discussion paper Future Manufacturing Industry Innovation Council i Date: 30 September 2011 For more information, or to comment on the paper, please contact: Manager Future Manufacturing Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research GPO Box 9839 Canberra ACT 2601 Phone: (02) 6213 6000 Facsimile: (02) 6213 7000 Email: Futuremanufacturing@innovation.gov.au ii Future Manufacturing Council discussion paper: Trends in manufacturing
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Future/outlook I. Introduction: Late 90’s has opened a new chapter in Information Technology (IT) sector in India – Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), one of the fastest growing segments of the Information Technology Enabled Services (ITES) industry. Cost conscious companies in the world to gain cost savings has set up their back office operations in India. The BPO segment, which was virtually non-existent till a few years ago, has risen to be a US $2 billion industry and IDC expects it to grow
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T3 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, SOCIALIZATION AND MENTORING Organizational Culture: Shared values and beliefs that underlie a company’s identity. Values: - Guide the organization’s thinking and actions. - Dimensions: Prosocial, Market, Financial, Achievement, Artistic - They define: * What metters: where people will spend time and energy * Actions: the way companies operate (decision-making criteria) Layers of Organizational Culture: 1) ESPOUSED VALUES (Core values and guiding
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Stress at Work A report prepared for The Work Foundation’s Principal Partners Ricardo Blaug Amy Kenyon Rohit Lekhi Contents Executive Summary Introduction 1. What is stress? 1.1 Defining stress 1. Explaining stress 1.3 Stress and ill-health 2. An epidemic of stress? .1 The extent of stress . The costs of stress .3 The victims of stress .4 The causes of stress 3. Why now? 3.1 Stress, work and contemporary life 3. Stress and happiness 3.3 Stress and social status 4. The sceptics 4.1
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