lap lambert academic publishing nov 2011 (Oltre 4.600 risultati)

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -I like to share the spark that made me to write this book 'Mall Management ¿ The Key to a Mall's Success'. Basically, as a Indian Citizen and management writer, I have been to various malls in India which doesn't gives me any feel, just like that, as like others, I have been for shopping. After being Dubai Resident, after visiting various malls in Dubai, the destination for the shopping malls, I questioned myself, why my country is lacking in Mall Management I wished to analyse and give solution for this management issue. Therefore, I started to analyse the malls in India and Dubai. How do Dubai malls glowing in the world In addition, where should we improve Based on my analysis, I have organised this research paper into sections that scrutinizes and compares the mall concept in Indian and Dubai context, Mall Management Strategies, Life cycle of the shopping mall, how to fix the tenant in the mall, how safety should the shoppers be in the malls, at last, my research says India have to benchmark the success of malls management in Dubai¿¿ In Future, India has to be the destination of shopping malls. This dream has to come true¿. This dream will come true¿.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The quantitative expansion without adequate preparation and even the basic infrastructure has adversely affected the quality of management education. Hence there is an urgent need for developing a monitoring system for management education. To control the quality degradation in management education there should be a regular feedback from those who received management education as well as by the users of the product. a continuous dialogue with the users in public and private undertakings as well as in the academic field would serve a dual purpose of having a rapport with the users. Higher management education institutes need to take into account the importance of service quality dimensions such as reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibility. Customer service initiatives are, thus closely related to quality improvement initiatives. The strategy to consistently deliver superior service quality is a key for institutes to position themselves more effectively in this very competitive industry. The B-schools should assess service quality regularly as service quality perception of students are always changing. 312 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study investigates photography as creative practice in children¿s picturebook literature and its ability to enhance image-making by creating a hybrid that merges real and non-real worlds. Nudge's Tale, an award-winning children's environmental picturebook, is created for analysis. The photographic, narrative and research strategies executed within Nudge's Tale are discussed. Hybrid photography, an interdisciplinary merger between art and fact, creativity and ecology, is shown as a medium for reflecting animal perspectives within an environmental framework. This merger parallels the interdisciplinary movement, and resolves the paradox central to arguments about the current status of photographic realism by advocating the merger of authenticity and artistry. This study features an artistic audit of the works of Lauren Child, Shaun Tan and Dave McKean, who creatively utilise photography in contemporary pictur Elektronisches Buch and David Doubilet¿s photographic images which fuse underwater photojournalism with art.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The American Western genre in film has spanned the better part of a century, and its attributes have evolved from the classic in the early 1900¿s, to the contemporary-revisionist in the late 20th century. Traditionally, the American Western, through its revisionist subgenre born in the 1950¿s, has retained the same linear narrative structure of the classic Western as a means to deconstruct the romanticized myth of the American frontier. The revisionist Western subgenre transformed the American Western hero into the anti-hero through revealing his flaws, and the post-revisionist Western of the 1990¿s accentuated the anti-herös sense of moral ambiguity. The major aim of this study was to use the theme of emergent order in David Milch¿s Deadwood as a tool to discuss the deconstruction of the romanticized myth of the American frontier, and the reconstruction of the Western genre through the contemporary-revisionist Western.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Therapeutic Justice: Life Inside Drug Court is a documentary film about the highly innovative and successful drug court in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The film shows the inner-workings of this cutting-edge rehabilitation program through the eyes of a judge who receives national recognition and a professional football player who struggles with drug addiction. Of 2,400 drug courts in the country, the Washington-Madison County Drug Court in Fayetteville is the only one with its own TV show. The film and the accompanying written thesis make a case for drug court as a preferred alternative to prison for the treatment of addicts. The written thesis contains an in-depth feature story about the Washington-Madison County program, a qualitative research proposal investigating the effects of cameras in drug court, a narrative describing the production of the documentary, and the film script.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -During the ten years that passed since the last Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and accompanying Guidelines were introduced, the global market has developed in a rushing speed, much thanks to the Internet. The growing online markets have created enormous opportunities, as well as problems, by shrinking the world and completely change the possibility to control markets. Therefore, the treatment of online distribution was at heart of the discussion when the old rules were to be reviewed. The main issues approached were the application of the concepts of ¿active¿ and ¿passive¿ sales on the internet and the ways in which suppliers may restrict the online behaviour of their distributors within exclusive and selective distribution systems. The work highlights the debate between the promoters for selective distribution systems on one side and the so called pro-internet lobby on the other. It further evaluates the new Vertical Block Exemption Regulation and accompanying Guidelines regarding their treatment of selective distribution and makes a prospective examination of the view on selective distribution in European Competition Law, especially regarding online sales.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -A new type of economic offering has lately appeared in the market scene: the provision of Unique Customer Experiences (UCEs). UCEs occur 'when a company intentionally uses services as the stage and goods as props to engage the customer emotionally in a way that creates a memorable even't (Pine and Gilmore, 2009. The present work represents an attempt to deeper explore try the potential consequences for companies providing UCEs. A field experiment was carried out in a hairdresser establishment in Madrid in order to test the effects of UCE on two main customer variables: Word of mouth (WOM) and Revisit intentions. Overall, the present study presents an innovative marketing strategy, which opens a new door for businesses struggling to succeed in the challenging nowadays¿ world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The use of traditional biomass fuels is associated with energy inefficiency, deforestation, increasing use of time for collection of fuel and deleterious health and environmental effects. Energy efficient stoves can alleviate some of these problems by reducing householders¿ cash outlays for fuel, diminishing the time others must spend to collect fuel, reducing air pollution and relieving local pressure on wood resources. Parallel to the dissemination of the stove, there is a need for a detailed assessment to understand the relationship between stoves and their users. Therefore, this paper is aimed at examining the extent of fuel wood-induced deforestation, characterizing the improved stove in terms of environmental and socio-economic sustainability, and suggesting measures to enhance the sustainability of the stove. Accordingly, the study found that it has a significant impact in reducing deforestation and indoor emissions, increasing the safety of households, and reducing fuel wood expenditure. Hence efforts should be made to enhance its sustainability through following subsidy approach to make it affordable to low income households.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This thesis seeks to examine the relationship between authenticity, intimacy and co-creation in regards to tourism experiences. In order to explore the relationship between the three phenomena, the visitor/host interaction facilitated through CouchSurfing, an international online hospitality network, is used. This thesis focuses on the analyses of tourist experiences, drawing from narratives provided by interviewees. A sample of CouchSurfers were asked to share and elaborate on their opinions, and beliefs about CouchSurfing. From my findings I determined that authentic experiences are intimate, and most often involve interaction with local people. Authenticity and intimacy work concurrently with each other, meaning that when intimacy is experienced between host/guest, the experience feels more authentic and vice versa. It has been concluded that Co-creation helps make an experience authentic. Tourists and locals are linked through emotions and connections that arise from interaction together. Intimacy allows for meaningful co-creation, and meaningful co-creation way to authentic experiences.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Social Media as a tool for communication is getting popular by the day. 60% of respondents use social media for product consultation among peers. Also people put more importance to their Social Media Status. This is more prominent among females as compared to the males. Social Media Advertising has low impact on the respondents. It still has a long way to go before being recognized as a powerful marketing tool in India.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study set out to investigate the influence of Microfinance Institutions on economic empowerment of women; the case of Nyalenda Slums in Kisumu district in Kenya. Women play critical role in national development unfortunately they are worst affected by poverty and multiple disadvantages. Microfinance institutions have been viewed as key stepping stone to enable women graduate from poverty to more stable economic situation by providing women with alternative sources of financial services. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of microfinance institutions on economic empowerment of women in Nyalenda slums. The study was guided by the following three objectives: First to establish the extent to which entrepreneurial training influence economic empowerment of women in Nyalenda slums; Second to examine the level at which financial services offered by microfinance institutions influence economic empowerment of women in Nyalenda slums and third to investigate the extent to which the role played by women groups in accessing microfinance services influence economic empowerment of women in Nyalenda slums. The research design used for this study was descriptive survey.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The roles we play in life at work keeps changing. We need to be skillful in handling our various roles and how others perceive us in each roles. Hence, we manage impressions about selves at all times, both consciously and unconsciously. It is both an art and a science. It can be learned and developed over a period of time to our advantage. It is all about survival at workplace. It helps us to look good and to communicate our desired identity.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The objective of this study is to analyse the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF) issue from a geopolitical and geo-economic point of view. The role of the rapidly increasing financial leverage power of SWFs has to be considered beyond classical approaches of economics and market theories. In order to understand the strategic motivations of states controlling these funds, it is important to take into consideration geopolitical and geo-economic perspectives. In recent years SWFs have been growing rapidly due to imbalance in global trade relations and the shift of geopolitical and geo-economic power from the West to East. Concerns about SWFs have been growing in the West due to increasing geopolitical and geo-economic influence of these funds. As matter of fact, Sovereign Wealth Funds can be considered as important strategic instruments to improve power positions of states disposing these funds in the international system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In this book the author reveals the nature and causes of identuty reconstruction of Alle People and the nature of politicising ethnic differences in changing relatiohsips at local level in the context of ongoing state building processes. The author gives a compherensive look at historical realities and specific conditions that determined the lives of ethnic minorities in Ethiopia focusing on the effects of state policies in process of identity reconstruction and conflicts in the country. The book also give an important insights to the country's political realities which cheifly reflect continuity from past, and explain most of specific events at local levels.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book brings up insights and challenges of the Media Council of Tanzania, but in relation to other media councils in Africa and the world at large. The main issue is whether these media councils play a major role in enhancing ethical standards and perceptions. From the research made, the author discovers that that the Media council of Tanzania plays a minor role in the aspect above although that is one big role that they have to offer. From this perspect, the author suggests that the Media educators/researchers should invest more time doing research in order to know whether their graduates have made difference in ethical standards and journalism career. The study revealed that most schools of journalism and mass communications have had less research works. However, the development of ethical framework is needed; so media theorists and organizations like MCT should live up with that challenge.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -We live in the age and era of science and technology. Our life has indeed been dominated by the scientific inventions and technological innovations. This world would be an absolutely poorer place without science and technology. Our charming and worth living life itself would become absolutely bleak and boring in absence of the scientific inventions and technological advancement being witnessed by us all over the globe. As a matter of fact scientific inventions, discoveries & innovations have indeed ushered in a cataclysmic revolution all over the world & in almost every field. Volumes may be spoken and written to highlight the universally acknowledged importance and usefulness of science and technology. But at the same time we and our environment are confronted with a number of challenge for our sustenance and as such we liked to write these notes very briefly so as to generate awareness among the people for the protection of our environment.For preparing this manuscript we would like to thank the research scholars Samira, Humera, Nowsheen and Sana.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Today's ever competitive and dynamic business environment claims very vigilant and smart management, which can respond to the demanding market situations.One important way to respond to a demanding market situation is the application of the innovative and creative ability of employees;Intrapreneuring.Intrapreneuring can help companies achieve competitive advantage through innovation and creativity.Having the underlining concept of intrapreneurship in mind and with the aim of investigating the prevalence of intrapreneurship in Addis Ababa leather footwear industry this study is conducted. Using sample companies in a cross sectional descriptive survey it is shown that the prevalence of all the constructs indicating intrapreneurial behavior is low and the factors affecting intrapreneurial behavior are not sound in the study industry. It is recommended that visionary and risk taking leaders should be put in place and the organizational culture, reward systems as well as organizational structures should be tailored according to intrapreneurial behaviour requirements.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The study investigated the impact of Zimbabwe's economic crises on tourism viability from 2000-2010. Data were collected through questionnaires, in depth interviews and document analysis and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 13. The study revealed that tourism was negatively affected by the economic crisis. It is concluded that the economic crisis impacted on tourism viability as evidenced by the low volumes of tourists. Recommendations drawn from this research are that there is need by government to develop tourism ¿ related sectors that include transport, infrastructure development and information communication technology. The government should make sure that airports are refurbished to attract more tourists. The need for a conducive investment climate is important for the tourism sector as it is for all other sectors of the economy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Communication as a profession,is relatively young but at this stage, but has already achieved great strides and affirmed its position in the corporate world as a strategic business tool. Within the corporate world,it has played a big role as a crisis management tool, information disserminator, education medium and the list goes on. This book explores the role communication played in ensuring that the South African banking sector stayed afloat during the economic recession that hit the global community in 2008.Absa bank was chosen as a case study to highlight the role communication played, particularly integrated marketing communication during recession.this book is targeted at practitioners within communication field as well as junior students who are conducting research as it presents a unique approach of data collection and analysis.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Focuses on the standardisation of corporate and shari'ah governance arrangements of Islamic Financial Institutions particularly the Islamic banks and its aims in protecting stakeholders' financial interest. It reviews the evolution and standardisation gone through the conventional banks and examine if it is necessary to standardise the Islamic financial institutions particularly the Islamic banks. Ir also reviews the existing corporate and shari'ah governance standards of Accounting Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB)and comparing the existing structure in the Islamic banks and particularly the arrangements put in place to protect the Stakeholders' financial interests. It discusses shortcomings notably in terms of potential conflict of interest between shareholders and other stakeholders in the Islamic bank structure.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -An attempt has been made: Mobile as a fashion statement, which includes attitudinal study of girls wearing high heels towards flashy mobile handsets. The questionnaire is administered wherein individuals (girls) are asked to fill questionnaires and then, will carry out an analysis on the basis of the responses from the individuals who participated in the questionnaire. The sample size taken is 240. The analysis revealed that girls who wear high heels have a positive attitude about flashy phones and agree that this adds to their personal definition of style & feel that it is like a fashion statement for them. With more and more features being packed into the handsets, both the customers as well as the salesperson get confused during the sales procedure. Through this research, I intend to do ¿Attitudinal study of girls wearing high heels towards flashy mobile handsets¿. There is need to figure out what kind of people would adopt the new technology and more than technology it is the behavior that is displayed while shopping. Through this research, the salesperson will get an advantage of what sort of handsets should be shown to that particular prospect.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In present days, there is sufficient international experience to learn some lessons from, although states must strive to eschew one-size-fits-all formulas and the importation of pre-packed foreign models which are blind to the local context-specific needs. In the process of designing transitional justice response, Burundi can learn from successes and failures of past and current experiences both on the African continent and from Latin America where reparations to victims have been taken more or less seriously. Notwithstanding the keen understanding of the need to link different justice initiatives in a holistic transitional justice approach, the study underscores the importance of reparations to victims of gross violations of human rights in Burundi and identifies the best practices to take from the South African, Chilean, Peruvian and Colombian experiences, while avoiding making similar mistakes that undermined a full success of the above cases. Its contribution identifies lessons and suggests recommendations which can wisely guide different role-players who will design and implement the morally and legally justified reparations to provide for victims of the Burundian Conflict.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Accuracy and efficiency of economical furcating models are strategic and crucial of business world. Many economists believe that linear models are not efficient enough. So many researches focus on understanding different economical time series structure and dynamical models that can fit them. I try to define the chaos theory, short review on business data investigation and finally I will investigate the Tehran stock exchange Index for chaotic behavior. I will use Correlation Dimension, Hurst, Largest Lyapunov Exponent and BDS tests for my investigation. If the hypotheses do not reject it, it shows that it is possible to develop a dynamical model for short term forecasting of the market. Even information memory calculated by Hurst and LLE tests can clear the forecasting limitation. Tests results show enough evidence to accept the Hypotheses of chaotic behavior but due to weakness of chaotic tests for economical data, we still need to wait for new tests for a greater confidence.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The Terrorist attacks of September 11 (9/11) and the tragedy happened in Japan the last 11th march are well known by everybody around the world. These tragic events resulted with lots of human and financial losses. In front of their televisions people have seen results and aspects of a typical crisis event. In general, crisis possesses a bad connotation in people mind. But the concept of crisis is not as categorical as it seems to be. We focused our attention on the optimistic aspects of a crisis so we have limited our research by considering crisis as an opportunity. A crisis can also be represented as a decisive moment for a company; the board of management has to take important decisions under pressure to emerge out the crisis and come back to a normal situation, so we have also limited our research to the decision making process under crisis. We used many different points of views considering the fact that this can engender paradoxes. Besides, we emphasized the optimistic side of critical events often unknown.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Shariah approved companies (ShAC) is one of the components of the Islamic capital market in Malaysia. The objective of the first part of the book is to develop a theoretical framework for voluntary disclosure form an Islamic perspective. The objective of the empirical part of the book is to examine the extent of voluntary disclosure (i.e. overall, conventional and Islamic) in the annual reports of ShAC. In addition, is to investigate the relationship between the extent of voluntary disclosure and firm-specific characteristics. The book developed a theoretical framework based on a holistic approach which includes conventional and Islamic perspectives. The empirical results show that the extent of voluntary disclosure is low for the three categories, however it is higher for conventional than Islamic. The results also reveal that firm size is statistically associated with the extent of voluntary disclosure. Whereas, the ownership structure is significant with overall and conventional voluntary disclosure, but the type of audit firm is significant with the overall and Islamic voluntary disclosure. Moreover, the industry type is significant with the Islamic voluntary disclosure.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Pakistan is an agrarian economy. Agriculture is mainstay of the economy because it provides food item, employment, raw material to other sector and exported item. The crops sector is the leading subsector of the agriculture. This is sub divided into two sectors major crops and minor crops. The crops sector performance has significant impact on the agriculture and national output. The performance of the crops sector has affected by the Farm and non Farm inputs. The better availability of these inputs plays a major role to enhance the crops production and its share into agriculture and national output. The non Farm inputs contribute more because it increases the productivity of the crops sector. The non farm inputs such as fertilizers, machinery and improves seeds are the results of technological changes. These technological changes have considerable impact on the production of the crop sector. Major crops cotton, sugarcane, Rice and wheat are most important role play for enhance the agriculture and the national output. As it is other crops of this sector also contribute. The output of the crops is affected by the weather conditions for example rains, snow and temperature.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 128 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Tourism is one of the most dynamic segments in the world economy as well as in the EU. There is growing awareness of the economic importance of tourism for future growth and employment in the European Union. Tourism generates investments and positively contribute to the balance of payments in Europe. It affects a wide range of areas: employment, regional development, education, environment, consumer protection, health, safety, culture, new technology, transport, finance and taxation to name only a few. These facts show that tourism is important segment and deserves attention. Tourism is regarded as a major fact of economic development and often considered as an alternative to industries in decline. Tourism is seen as a major source of job creation over the coming years, in particular in less developed and peripheral regions. Tourism seems to be good opportunity for development of less-developed regions within EU, especially in ¿periphery¿ countries. Is tourism good solution to EU's regional problems And this book is trying to answer this question. The book contains theory as well as real world examples.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Since knowledge management is almost new to the hospitality industry, this book aims at being an introductory tool of knowledge management to hospitality managers. There is a seamless flow between parts from the introduction to knowledge management to the final practical application of the proposed business model. It brushes on knowledge management concepts that are frequently cited, including concepts that were useful in formulating a model for knowledge management strategy for hospitality. The Process-Oriented Strategic Knowledge Management Business Model is an initiative to push forward strategic knowledge management in the hospitality industry. It was built on the belief that a knowledge management strategy that is linked to the strategic business goals of a hotel will be very effective in improving performance on all levels of organization. With respect to the knowledge management business model, this book builds on previous research and seeks to cover questions that were left unanswered. Issues such as measuring knowledge management value to track the implementation of the model and the factors that support or impede its implementation have been discussed in detail.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Open innovation practices for managing aesthetics with color and design choice for designed technical products are being conducted by firms but research for explaining open innovation practices is still required. Case study combined with survey method is employed as a combination of quantitative and qualitative research for conducting productive research. 4P model of innovation, open innovation model, product design process, digital prototyping and virtual customer environment are integrated for interpretation and explanation of the case study as open innovation practice for designed technical products.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The study is based on empirical findings where all the facts and information is gathered through qualitative approach. The six different companies in which three multinational MNC¿c and three domestic companies have CSR in their strategy have been selected. The descriptions of all their CSR strategies are than compared with the theoretical framework. The analysis of empirical findings under theoretical assumptions reveals that the most of the CSR is carried in similar way which is based on community development through charity or philanthropy.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.