lap lambert academic publishing aug 2011 (Oltre 3.300 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -As organizations confront changes in their business environment, one of the big challenges confronting them is the ability to develop competitive advantage. The need to develop competitive advantage is not only limited to manufacturing firms but others as well as including firms which are involved in real estate activities. This study is an attempt to examine the perception of managers in real estate firms in Dubai with regards to competitive priorities and competitive advantage in their respective firms. More precisely, the study investigates the relationship between competitive priorities and competitive advantage in Dubai real estate firms.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This thesis traces the advent and development of both 'High Concept' Hollywood industrial practice and the relation thereto and key role played in such by Dance Movies. Beginning with SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, then tracing its innovations through FLASHDANCE, FOOTLOOSE, DIRTY DANCING, and SAVE THE LAST DANCE, this thesis also provides a preliminary unifying genre theory of Dance Movies and their evolution from a hybridized sub-genre of sports films and the Hollywood Musical to a more fully-formed, unique, freestanding generic status. I also explore and delineate cross-promotional marketing-- specifically between the music and film industries, and the key personalities and pioneers in each field. The thesis therefore examines a key nexus of socio-cultural and industrial factors in shaping the type of films and music made and marketed during a key transitional point in film and pop music histories in the late twentieth century and its continually felt reverberations today.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This Master¿s project examines listening education and its importance in undergraduate communication degree programs. An exemplary literature review was conducted to investigate best practices for teaching listening and discover the most effective and feasible deployment of a ¿stand alone¿ undergraduate college course on listening. A structured curriculum is created and includes information for the teacher, behavioral objectives of the course, and a 15-week detailed syllabus with emphasis on a text that is solely dedicated to listening. This project included aspects of online learning platforms like discussion forums and blogs, and exercises that correlate to the reading material It also included the use of the Watson Barker Listening Test that will hopefully show an improvement in listening.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Cotton, known as ¿white gold¿, is an important cash crop in Pakistan. The Pakistani cotton industry is a vital component of the country¿s economy, accounting for 1.6 % of Gross Domestic Product. Cotton was cultivated on an area of 3.19 million hectares, with production of 11.7 million bales for the year 2008-09. However cotton marketing and pricing system in the country is not developed and both the seed cotton and lint cotton are priced mostly on the basis of subjective assessment. The major problems facing the country¿s cotton sector include the absence of a recognized and scientifically devised standardized quality control system,inappropriate marketing practices and fluctuating marketing arrivals. Khanewal is the important, production region in the cotton belt in Pakistan. So keeping in view its importance Khanewal district was selected purposively and then two tehsils (Khanewal tehsil and Kabirwala tehsil) were selected randomly. A representative sample of 40 cotton farmers, 20 commission agents, 20 village beoparies and 20 ginners was selected using stratified random sampling technique. The descriptive statistics was used to calculate the frequencies and percentage of sample.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Media coverage of international conflicts has always captivated students of communication, and the Israel-Palestine conflict is one among many such international conflicts that has attracted substantial academic research. Several scholars have conducted studies of this conflict and how it has been framed in different media outlets all around the world. This study adds to the existing research about media coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict by investigating whether Al Jazeera English presented a non-Western viewpoint during the crisis. The study uses a content analysis to examine CNN¿s and Al Jazeera English¿s news coverage of the Gaza crisis (December28-Jan.19, 2009), and the results indicate that there are indeed differences in how the two networks framed the Gaza Crisis.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book aims to provide a critical assessment of the Islamic Sukuk intrinsic risk financial structure while considering the theoretical absence of the conventional hedging tools, inter alia, options, forwards, and futures. Intrinsic risk management is that pertains to the very structure of Sukuk such as deferred payment Salam Sukuk; extrinsic however, is the diversified portfolio of bonds and/or currencies. Although Islamic finance bases its products structures on the prohibitions of interest and trading under uncertainty, this prohibition could not immunize Sukuk from being susceptible to interest and currency exchange risks. Therefore, practical risk management structure partially compromises the prohibitions based on the inevitability of the violation to protect the investment. Consequently, the window that once was closed in the face of financial structure is now opened. The Islamic Bonds, Sukuk are regulated and administered by means of the Islamic Law, Share¿a; this makes them different from the well-known conventional bonds.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Strategic stability in South Asia is pre-requisite for regional peace and security. The strategic stability in South Asia would require the working of nuclear deterrence between India and Pakistan, safety, security and survivability of nuclear weapons in all conditions of both states and the absence of arms race between them. Both states also need to refrain from developing or introducing any weapon system that has the potential to decisively alter the nuclear balance in one¿s favour. For this purpose both India and Pakistan need to contribute by taking responsibility and avoid taking any step that can be dangerous for prevailing strategic stability in South Asia. But, Indian interest in developing the Ballistic Missile Defence capability is a new emerging threat to the strategic stability in South Asia which has the potential to destabilise the regional peace and security.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Taken into cognizance the recent trends in world global economies that heralded scandals of monumental proportions that led to the collapse of once giant companies like Enron, world cross, Global Crossing, ucross and here in Nigeria, the revelation a few years ago that Unilever under provided for liabilities of billions of Naira in its audited accounts and the 25 billion of concealed liabilities in African petroleum after privatization. The bedrock of any economy is the confidence that investors put their capital to work and their fortunes at risk because they trust that the market place is honest. This can only be achieved if investors know that securities laws are free, fair and provide adequate safeguard, for their investments. The market remains the source of investors confidence, so sharp practices via Insider trading must be nipped in the bud. The work therefore analyzed the detrimental roles of corporate fiduciaries in their dealings with securities and the role of appropriate legal regime to respond to these practices.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Everywhere there is cheating. Young children are into drugs and prostitution; athletes are into steroids; piracy of music and movies.People now say: ¿private life is private life. We don¿t want other people interfering¿Add up all the various forms of ethical and legal misconduct and You have a moral crisis and decay that needs much more than verbal talk.With the widespread lack of trust in the integrity of those whom people look up to for leadership, the guilt at the sight of the dying from the pangs of hunger¿.the starvation and the unwillingness of communities to adopt new living techniques; makes a question arise: what has led to these radical changes from the stable past to a complete moral breakdown we witness today and what remedial measures will rectify the situation Apart from consolation and acceptance, what more is required Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Since HIV/AIDS pandemic was first reported in Africa about twenty years ago, it has turned up to be the number one killer. In Kenya, over 7% of the population is positive. Thus every person is either affected/ infected. This problem has been made worse by the ineffective of organizations given responsibilities to manage the scourge being faced with problems of mismanagement, thus not attaining the goal of taming the scourge. The disease has also affected the economic growth and development of many countries in Africa. The book analysis various factors that affects performance of those organizations e.g. managerial competence, organizational structure, regulatory framework, government policy, mission and visions among others. It targets organizations formed to deal with improving people¿s welfare and are no profit oriented (NGO and CBO), but also helpful to organizations that are profit oriented. Management should analyse the recommendations of this book to understand what might be hindering them from achieving the organizational goal The book is a must read for both the management and stakeholders with responsibilities bestowed on them for better service delivery.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -African entrepreneurs experience serious difficulties in developing and sustaining effective organizational arrangements and this is an obstacle to entrepreneurial development and the balance needed for survival, growth and competitiveness. Zambia is a developing country where measures need to be taken at all levels and fields of the society to reduce the poverty and one step is to increase the economic growth, innovation and job creation. This book includes personal interviews with eleven company managers in small and middle-sized companies acting in the formal sector in Zambia during spring 2008. The analysis and conclusions of these interviews describes how companies in Zambia are managed and if the companies are managed in an entrepreneurial way. It also describes how managers in Zambian companies define entrepreneurship and what they believe is needed for future business and entrepreneurial development in the companies and in Zambia. This book should be especially useful and interesting for professionals acting in the field of aid and for entrepreneurs acting in developing countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book contributes to an understanding of how the process of product placement functions and how the new Swedish Radio and Television law has, so far, influenced the different parties involved in the product placement process. The book will also give an insight in how the different parties involved, handle the ethical issues around product placement and product placement with alcoholic beverages. The purpose is also to give an understanding of if and how alcoholic beverages can be exposed in television despite the new conditions that the Swedish Radio and Televsion law has caused.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In the past decades, branding has become a fundamental tool to compete for customers in the whole world. Branding has been stretched from products and services to corporate branding to create value for companies and consumers. Countries have also heeded the great success and power of brands. Because nations compete in economic, cultural, social, and political areas, many countries have become aware of a need to be recognised and to stand out against other countries. Therefore this work takes a systematic approach to analyse the process of development of national branding strategy of Latvia. Analysis is based on the National Branding Development Model by Erm and Arengu and 7-step model proposed by Olins. The work starts with current situation analysis and application of the model, followed by defined problems and proposed actions. The work can be of great value for academic purposes, as well as for state officials who work directly or indirectly with areas related to the country image and national branding.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The credit crunch of 2009 and the crisis that followed it, has brought to a lot of industry major changes. Interestingly, for the first time, the luxury industry, which had a reputation to be crisis proof, has also been affected by this crisis. The scope of this study is to understand the changes that occurred in the luxury industry, by analyzing the luxury consumer behavior during the crisis, in two different markets : Italy and the United States. Several new consumer behavior are emerging as a consequence of the crisis. These behaviors can be regrouped into 4 macro trends : The Search for Value, Spending Less for More, Inconspicuous Consumption and Technology. Each of these trends include sub trends. For example: The Search for Value, includes consumer behavior such as looking for better quality/price ratio, timeless pieces, greater consumer involvement, more information and less materialism by looking for products that offer better quality of time spent with family or at home. The Search for Value and its sub trends was chosen to be tested in the two different markets developing hypothesis. Then, verified by interviewing several store managers, of two luxury brand.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Much of prior research on organizational learning studied the role of firm¿s absorptive capacity. While there is an implicit research consensus on the definitions and outcomes of absorptive capacity, researchers do not seem to have reached a collective understanding of the process by which organizations become able to absorb external knowledge and then produce valuable outcomes. With this purpose we identify a well reviewed valuable outcome by the literature, i.e. the relation between climate and commitment, and we attempt to investigate the mediating role of absorptive capacity on the relation between organizational climate and commitment. The research model we propose was tested on a sample of 143 individuals belonging to some Italian organizations. Our findings show that absorptive capacity can act as leverage for achieving a higher level of employees¿ commitment to the organization.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study measures the perception of Yemeni citizens of the severity of tax evasion relative to other crimes and violations. Perception of tax evasion may somewhat explain the degree of non-compliance with the tax laws. Using data from a self-administered survey and personnel unstructured interview, the results of mean and comparative analysis show that tax evasion items are ranked as the three least serious crimes of 30 listed offences. Further, tax evasion is categorized the least serious category out of six categories. Also, the results indicate significant differences in perception exist among male and female, individuals' ages, people with different marital status, source of income and occupation. Regards the education, level of income and tax return preparer, there do not appear to be any significant differences in perception of the seriousness of tax evasion. The results of this study should be useful to policy makers in Yemen and elsewhere, as it is found that there is alarming signals that tax evasion is relatively ranked as the least serious offence, which could lead to an environment where taxpayers may not be afraid of cheating on their tax returns.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between religiosity andbroadcast news usage. This study examines the level of religiosity of individuals and itscorrelation to broadcast news exposure. The correlation between religiosity andperceptions of violence on broadcast news was also measured.Two theories were applied in this study. Uses and Gratifications asserts the activecharacter of the audience to choose what they watch, how often, etc., and SelectiveExposure defends the ability of the individual to select media that coincides with personalvalue systems. These two theories complement each other and provide support in theevaluation of religiosity and broadcast news exposure.A survey was posted on-line through various message boards. Twenty-five questionswere used to determine religiosity, broadcast news exposure, broadcast news and perceptions ofviolence on broadcast news. In sum, all hypotheses were supported and the general idea that asreligiosity increases broadcast news exposure decreases was confirmed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The promotion and protection of human rights is not a mission that can be achieved by a single entity. It takes a collaborative effort and synergy of powers. The role played by NGOs, working in the field of human rights, in complimenting this effort can neither be undermined nor ignored. In fact, they have been and continue to be at the forefront of each battle fought to uphold the protection of human rights both at the international and the national level. However, recently their role is being threatened and undermined by regulatory mechanisms put in place by governments. An increasing number of governments are adopting legislations, under the disguise of fostering and regulating the not-for-profit sector, aimed at stifling the work of NGOs functioning in the field of human rights, democratization and good governance. This book is a very humble attempt to give insight to incapacitating regulatory mechanisms and their effect on the function of NGOs based on international human rights standards and supported by a comparative case study of laws regulating NGOs in Ethiopia and Ghana.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Innovations are one of the most current topics in modern business environment. Alsocreative industries are increasingly acknowledged in public and political discussionsfor their significant economic potential. For Russia, a debate over economicmodernization and building innovative economy has been on the rise since the earlystages of presidency of Dmitry Medvedev. Nevertheless, the innovation discussion hasmostly been limited to technological innovations only. Although, the recognition ofeconomic impact of creative industries is gradually growing in Russia, the innovativepotential of these industries is largely ignored by the decision makers. The aim of thisbook is to demonstrate the connection of creative industries with innovations andinclude creative industries into the discussion of building innovative economy inRussia. In the first part of the book a new framework for modeling national innovation system ¿ the Star-model, is developed. The latter part of the book focuses on applying the Star-model to Russian innovation system and studying the role of creative clusters of Moscow in Russian innovation system through series of qualitative interviews.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -At present work environment, employees require competent and equitable reward that fit with their effort. In return, they will be able to put their utmost potential to achieve company¿s mission. The motive behind conducting this study is to identify rewarding systems and their impact on employees¿ performance. The findings of the study clearly show that different rewarding systems positively affect employees¿ performance. In addition, the company works more on monetary rewards but the availability and provision of non-monetary rewards were found to be poor. To boost employees¿ morale and performance, the company should plan its rewarding systems based on different demographic variables and it should adopt effective implementation of different non-monetary rewarding systems. Moreover, it should consider the impact of rewards given at individual, team and organizational level. Finally, the findings this book is helpful for the company, policy makers and academicians who want conduct similar study.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Circle of Justice is a state theory which has a major role in the formation of Ottoman social and political order, and it is also a key concept to understand the relations between the ruler and the ruled during the classical period. Although it was inherited from the Pre-Ottoman Turkish states, actually this theory goes back to Ancient East. The Circle of Justice makes the ruler and the ruled mutually dependant on each other with functional solidarity with the mediatory of the institutions like army and treasury. The Ottoman Empire employed this theory as an essential guide in their state practice. Also, it found an important place in the Ottoman political advice literature and turned out to be a common concept used by different genres. While in flourishing times it was used to maintain the ongoing system, in the later periods it became a tool to criticize the corruption and lack of order. Through the prism of the Circle of Justice, the study of the relations between the sultanate and the re¿¿yâ can sweep aside the modern wrong image which portrays this relation as of autocratic rulers and suppressed subjects, and supply with a clear and unbiased vision for further research.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is aimed at finding out the perception of the average Nigerian worker; the organized labor and other stakeholders about the Trade Union Amendment Act 2005, and the likely perceived implications of the ¿Act¿ for the Nigerian worker. It examined also the intentions/reasons government has given for amending the Trade Union Act 1990, while tracing the operation of industrial relations system in NigeriaBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Food prices have increased rapidly in recent years, and so has ethanol consumption. Is there a connection between these two This book offers a fresh and innovative discussion on the impact of ethanol production on food inflation. The author presents a comparative study between the two major ethanol producers, Brazil and the United States, to find out whether sugarcane ethanol and corn ethanol have a different impact on food prices. Other inflationary factors, such as oil prices, exchange rates and increasing demand from emerging countries are also taken into consideration. The findings are especially useful to researchers and policy makers interested in understanding how the diversion of land and food to produce ethanol affects food prices.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Dry fish is the low-cost dietary protein source in Bangladesh. As far the concern of the researcher, this study is the first of its kind to explore the dry fish consumption behavior in Bangladesh. The general purpose of this study is to apply the general framework of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), explain attitudes, intention and dry fish consumption in Chittagong city and to extend the traditional TPB-model with some additional variables; perceived risk, knowledge, price and cost. The findings showed that attitude, norms and procedural knowledge emerge as the key determinants of intention, while intention, attitude, norms and perceived risk effect on the consumption frequency. PBC, price and cost had no significant effect on intention and dry fish consumption. Perceived quality is found as the most important attribute to forming consumers¿ attitude towards dry fish consumption. The proposed TPB and the extended model both of them fit well with the data and proved the expectations of this study in a promising way.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Stereotypes are playing an important role in social life, forming the basis for perceptions of the Other. While often viewed in a pejorative meaning, stereotyping can be both negative and positive ideas of a certain social or national group, representing a quite natural reaction to something unknown or different. The problem of stereotyping, and national stereotyping, in particular, is that once formulated, they keep being reproduced, not least by mass media, and thus are hard to change. This is the case for Swedish and Russian national stereotypes and mutual perceptions, the countries with a long history of interaction, being both neighbours and historical rivals. Now the cooperation is profound, but certain stereotypical views are still there. Insights in the relations history and analysis of the media representations and public opinion might help understand their nature and outline ways for improving the current situation.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Nowadays any analysis of Russian economy is incomplete without taking into account the phenomenon of oligarchy. Russian oligarchs appeared after the fall of the Soviet Union and are represented by wealthy businessmen who control a huge part of natural resources enterprises and have a big political influence. Oligarchs¿ shares in some natural resources industries reach even 70-80%. Their role in Russian economy is big without any doubts, however there has been very little economic analysis done. The aim of this work is to examine Russian oligarchy on micro and macro levels, its role in Russiäs transition and the possible positive and negative outcomes from this phenomenon. For this purpose the work presents two theoretical models and on the basis of the results suggests how government could make the phenomenon of oligarchy to be more beneficial for Russian economy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The perennial food shortages in rural areas in Kenya call for urgent understanding of the determinants of food security in order to develop appropriate policy intervention measures. This book is based on a survey research conducted in Sabatia division. It assesses household food situation and the coping strategies adopted during times of food shortage. The results confirm the food insecurity situation and adopt coping strategies adopted during this time. It recommends the need to increase appropriate measures to improve household access to food.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This thesis examines the effects of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) on developing country use of antidumping (AD). The study applies the methodology used in Prusa and Teh¿s (2010) ¿Protection Reduction and Diversion: Preferential Trade Agreements and the Incidence of Antidumping Disputes¿ and extends it to include data from 2003-2010 and to focus on Latin American countries. I use data from the World Bank Temporary Trade Barriers Database.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Zimbabwe has a dual or plural legal system. This is a system whereby there is the application of two or more systems of law in a single country at any given time. This dualism is characterized by the co-existence of general law and customary law in Zimbabwe. This pluralism in the legal system came as a result of the colonization of the country. The white settlers came with the Roman Dutch law whilst the African inhabitants of the country were using the traditional systems to manage their day-to-day life. The formal legislation that governs the management of archaeological heritage is fragmented and there are many pieces of legislations that have been looked into in order to consolidate the pieces of legislation. The terms archaeological heritage and cultural are used in the study to mean different heritage altogether. Cultural heritage is as defined by UNESCO and includes archaeological heritage.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Today our world is branded. Creating a strong brand is not only for consumer goods anymore, but also for places and countries. A country brand might be compared to a commercial brand of a large corporation. A corporation has its center of operations, a country has its capital; a corporation has its emblem, a country its flag.Brands are intangible possessions that can develop into value for almost everyone. From an organizational perspective, a profitable brand enables a product or service to preserve a high level of consumer tolerance, often in the face of significant competition Nandan. Identity is the signals that an organization or a country sends out to the environment. In the discourse of a certain country, the fundamental discussion is often based on the overall perception of the country. These perceptual factors might be situated in security, infrastructure, cultural norms or tourism. The countries we do have good experiences from ¿ we discuss in a good spirit and vice versa. The aim of this book is to develop a model in order to define country brand identity, not only for the Philippines but also, for all countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.