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Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In the beginning of this study, we explore the documents of corporate marketing, internal marketing, employee recruitment and special wear resistant steel industry in China. Then we briefly introduce the issues which the special wear resistant steel industry in China encountered while recruiting sales engineers. In this study, the issues and the solution process of recruiting sales engineers are divided into four stages which are the gestation period, the planning period, the implementation period and the acceptance period. The problems encountered and the solutions of each stage will also be reviewed. This study will also interview the accepted sales engineers to verify the impact of this marketing model to the sales engineers. Finally, the conclusion will provide a marketing model on how to match the job seekers with the recruiters, which the human resource departments in different industries might refer to. It may also provide a reference to different marketing channels such as the recruitment of sales engineers in the internet community. My purpose of this work is to rapidly build an excellent team with recruitting sales engineers in China.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -For many years financial literature has identified the government bond yield as the risk free rate. Consequently it has been used as a reference point for various investments. However historical data that the risk is not reflected on the price of these securities. The increased globalization and the vast amount of information in the market have expanded the flow of capital between countries. In this framework the pricing correctly of the government bonds is of vital importance. The novel of the study is that it adds two new variables which have been not included in previous literature, the history of defaults and the corruption index. Analyses include data for 77 advanced and emerging economies for the period 1998-2009. Results show that the history of defaults and the corruption index do really matter when evaluating a government¿s creditworthiness. The model is further used to estimate the default probabilities of default in the current Euro Sovereign Crisis.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The criminal justice system relies on the victims for the detection, reporting and prosecution of crime. The victim is a useful source of first-hand evidence during trial. Upon conviction, the role of the victim comes to an unfair ending since no one bothers about his or her welfare after leaving the court room. Most victims of crime are forced to live with the consequences of crime for the rest of their lives yet the very people who perpetrated the offence are being taken care of by the state. The irony is that while no one bothers about the welfare of the victim after the accused has been sentenced, the state is busy investing millions of tax payer¿s money to secure the welfare of prisoners. It is upon this backdrop that I would seek to propose the establishment, and assess the viability, of a Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund in Kenya.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The EU and NATO announced the start of their ¿strategic partnership¿ with the Declaration on the ESDP in 2002. Through this strategic partnership, the two organizations aim to achieve their high-priority goals in the context of security and defence. Although the EU-NATO partnership is crucial for security, peace and stability in the world; a genuine strategic partnership between the EU and NATO has not yet been achieved because of different ¿obstacles¿. The purpose of this work is to analyse how and to what extent the Cyprus conflict has limited this strategic partnership. The limitations caused by the conflict on the EU-NATO strategic partnership have been elaborated by analysing the current developments at the political and military-strategic levels and on the ground. Additionally, some case studies such as Kosovo and Afghanistan have been used to see the impact of the conflict on the EU-NATO cooperation. The conclusion of this study consists of some recommendations for possible measures that need to be taken by all the related parties in order to bring the on-going conflict on the island to an end and to achieve a fully-fledged strategic partnership.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Material compensation of moral damage is one of the most difficult controversies in the theory of law and jurisprudence. Because of lack of legislative backgrounds, the courts often face many problems while determining the amount of compensation. Such problem is more evident and complex especially in developing countries, where jurisprudence in this matter is not developed yet. This book provides legal framework of the issue of material compensation of moral damage, the definition of moral damage, the ground and way of calculation of compensation and some other compensation-related issues. The issues discussed in this book are based on comparative analysis of different legal doctrines and legislations, as well as based on analysis of case law of European Court oh Human Rights and Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The analysis and conclusions of this book may be useful for law researchers, professionals in law as well as for anyone else, who needs to get material compensation for moral damage caused to him.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Assessment of gender mainstreaming has been done for years but is being reviewed through the lens of results-based management. On the area of employment, the informal economy retains more and more attention because of its capacity to absorb labour. Its gendered dimension and the promises of entrepreneurship have put small enterprises as a one of ILO's interests. Microfinance has been encouraged for being empowering for women. Yet, gender inequalities remains but the political engagement of actors and the new performance management tools in place hold a great potential for change. This study explores how gender performances can be enhanced by using indicators that capture the quantitative and the qualitative transformations and why the techniques can be appealing to address other aspects of gender like the dynamics of gender relations.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Celebrity endorsement is considered an effective promotional tool worldwide, yet in Pakistan efforts to study its effect on promotion and building brand is scarce. Celebrity Endorsement is an effective advertising strategy to endorse the brands. The purpose of this study is to find whether celebrity endorsement is an effective promotional tool to build brand equity, brand credibility and brand personality in case of Beverages Industry of Pakistan. Using responses collected from 125 respondents, different analytical tools like reliability assessment analysis, regression analysis and ANOVA are applied to find the answer of research questions. We find statistically significant relationships between studied variables. The findings of this study shows that Celebrity endorsement has strong impact on brand equity, moderate impact on brand credibility and less significant impact on brand personality. The use of celebrity endorser across the market would allow the economies of scale in promotion and consistency in brand image. This emperical research provides a number of implications for both theory and practice. This study can also enrich the body of knowledge.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -In recent times, petroleum sector has play crucial role in the socio-economic development of most countries in the world especially countries with great petroleum deposits. Nigeria has benefited immensely from petroleum exploitation activities as one of the countries endowed with petroleum resources. Today, the rise in the world oil prices attracted the major oil companies like Mobil, Total, Agip, Chevron and other energy companies to invest and operate in the Petroleum industry, thus enabling Nigeria to reap instant riches from oil. The notion or assumption that petroleum proceeds really articulate sustainable development has been argued by many scholars in the field of energy economics, public policy, and environmental. As such several studies have been conducted in this regards and some show inverse correlation between the level of dependency on petroleum resources and that of sustainable development in natural resource rich countries but the conclusion vary in many resource endowed countries, this assertion is evidence in this work which analysed the risks and opportunities involve in oil exploration, production/distribution and then compares with other countries of the world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Culture and religion are inextricable factors that greatly influence the achievement of the MDGs, and therefore proper understanding of the culture as well as the role of the religious leaders is vital in better conceptualization of sexual and reproductive health programmes and polices and their implementation. In Egypt, several reproductive health programmes worked closely with religious institutes such as Al-Azhar and supported the training of religious leaders on issues such as family planning, gender based violence and HIV/AIDS. However, the impact of these trainings on the level of knowledge and positive change in practices has not been investigated or documented. In this descriptive study we compare knowledge, attitude and practices of 238 trained and 273 non trained grass root level clergy men; 'Imam' from four different governorates (Assiut, Beni Sueif, Fayoum and Sohag), on issues like family planning, safe motherhood, HIV/AIDS, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), domestic violence and genderBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Guided by the importance of sustainable peace in different communities, I studied the opportunities and challenges for changing the behavior and values of street children. I analyzed attitude, behavior and the context of street children with the aim of helping them to make a positive contribution to peace and development in their communities. This study helped children to address issues such as discrimination and abuses which profoundly affect their lives; the goal was to find ways to help channel their energies into activities that are socially valuable and potentially contributive to peace. Without peace, there is no development and positive peace is not possible while a group of people are excluded from contributing to its achievement. For peace to prevail in any community everyone must feel included to its contribution. Community violence cannot be reduced as long as street children maintain a negative attitude vis-à-vis the community and their minds are depressed, hopeless, mistrusting, and withdrawn from their surroundings. Promoting activities to help them move from despair to hope can also prevent them from engaging in violent activities and help them to become ¿agents'.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The subject ¿Stress management¿ is an important topic of discussion in today¿s routine machine life, where employees of multinational companies are frustrated without finding time to relax with family and friends in the corporate world, due to their heavy work load. ¿Stress management¿ as a subject has to be introduced in many disciplines of today¿s business schools. This subject is so wide and diversified. Hence, there has been an increase in the demand for a suitable text on this subject in a single book. This book titled ¿A modern approach to stress management techniques for software engineers¿ is intended to provide a comprehensive study of the topics related to stress management. This book is designed basically for software engineers in multinational companies to reduce their stress in their work place. A detailed analysis of stress management of employees in software organizations particularly in Infosys technologies limited, India and Tata consultancy services, India has been carried out and the results of the analysis are discussed in detail. This book will be equally helpful for students at graduate and post graduate level in business schools.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Choosing a pricing objective and a related strategy requires one to carefully consider the company's business and financial goals, the state of the market, and the products and prices of the competition. Choosing an objective and strategies that are appropriate for the company at the current time does not prevent a business manager from changing objectives or employing different strategies in the future as business grows or changes. The key question that managers should ask themselves when setting the right price for its products is this: Is the good or service priced to attract the mass of target buyers so that they have a compelling ability to pay for the product Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Development has eluded Africa since time immemorial. Various measures have been put in place to accelerate the pace of development in Africa. Measures like The Lagos Plan of Action, The Final Act of Lagos, Africäs Priority Program for Economic Recovery (1986-1990) among others were adopted to spearhead this developmental agenda. Confronting the danger of the failure of these plans, NEPAD, a new development paradigm was introduced to take up the developmental agenda in Africa. Priority programs like infrastructural development, science and technology, agricultural development and good governance, etc, were some of the programs adopted by NEPAD as vehicles to eradicate poverty in Africa. In spite of all these, Africa, and for that matter NEPAD, is hugely challenged vis-à-vis resources to accomplish this vision. Resource mobilization through Capital Flow Initiative and Market Access Initiative had not been effective due to a variety of reasons, and this book has carefully assessed these reasons. This book also establishes that resource mobilization is a sine qua non for the implementation of NEPAD's programs and hence, the need for effective mobilization of resources in Africa.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book contains great insights for both the practitioners and the academicians. Complaint management has long been considered as an under-researched topic.However, the need for more rigorous research in this field has become urgent since the study of services marketing has got momentum during the last decade. The present study proposes a frame of reference for value creation from complaints that includes a holistic complaint management framework.The research uses the case study approach to investigate a service provider¿s complaint management system. The book contains an extensive review of the service recovery and complaint management literatures. The present study uses both primary and secondary data. Improvised interviewing method was used to collect primary data which is discussed in the methodology chapter.The chapter also discusses the pros and cons of the case study research bringing valuable insight to the case study researchers. The analysis section offers the readers a deeper understanding of how value can be created from complaints.Findings from the present study will hopefully enlighten the researchers on how complaints can act as a change agent in the organisationBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This research focus on the shipment of LNG to North West Europe and the strategies employed by the market players. Gas market in North West Europe is mature and LNG shipment via sea is facing strong competition from pipelines. In terms of the shipping companies there is a relatively small movement in the segment, which still heavily relays of long term contracts but something seems to change in the near future. The objectives of this research are: a)identify the market players, b)identify the strategies they use, c)identify the forces driving LNG shipments to North West Europe and d)identify the challenges and the opportunities that lay ahead. The results from this research lead to the conclusion that the North West European market is mature and well developed. The main conclusions drawn from this study are that a successful commercial strategy for fleet deployment can be diversified as we can involve our fleet in both time charters as well as spot market trading, especially during winter. This research will try to determine a ¿real life¿ perspective on how companies participate in the market, how it faces the challenges and opportunities and how their strategies are formulated.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book seeks to stress the importance of education of women as a tool in national development as it directly affects education of children. The authors have shown from research that women with a high level of education strive to ensure that their children acquire the best education by planning to have small families, providing balanced meals and also following up on school activities and academic performance of their children. This book is a must read for all lovers of education as it unearths areas where policy makers and stakeholders need to check on if education for all (EFA) has to be realized.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Capital structure theorists argue about capital structure and their formations in firms various sectors of economy tend to have somewhat different capital some times. There may be varied reasons of have a particular capital structure including value maximization. In the leasing Sector of Pakistan the determinants of capital structure need to formed. This book explores the influence of several variables on the capital structure of 14 leasing companies. This research has significant, as the business, environment and attributes of Pakistani leasing sector are very much different when compared with other leasing sector of world.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The birth of a baby in a family brings along with it a range of reactions, responses and experiences. The book tries to explore these changes in the lives of the parents and the child when the child has some sort of disability. The reactions of the parents with affect not only their lives but would have a great impact on the child's development. Therefore the concept of acceptance, and how this stage of acceptance is reached has been demonstrated in the book. The study is done in the slums of Mumbai, India where it is all the more difficult to accept the situation due to the limitations of resources.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This work find out that education imparts tremendous role on youth and that too on women as decision making power of young girls improves substantially with increase in education. So imparting education to girls is much more beneficial in this sense. It also suggest that there is a need of changing the mental block of typical gender bias in vocational training in the context of the demographic dividend in India and the data shows that youth are willing to have vocational training if provision is made. Male agency is higher than female but interestingly with education female decision making and freedom of movement increases much faster than male. As a whole with increase years of education youth agency increases significantly and Muslims are having lower agency compared to Hindu in southern statesBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study examines the export barriers Indian exporters¿ face when exporting from India to European Union. EU is the Indiäs major trading partner. EU export to India is more relative to Indiäs Export to EU. To increase the export of India to EU, it is necessary to analyze the barriers faced by Indian exporter in the EU. This study is important as it identifies the barriers strength Indian exporters face during the export to European Union.This research identifies that, exporters face non tariff barriers along with some Hidden barrier. The identified measure barriers are Government regulation, Customs procedure and Licensing, Technical standards and Health regulations, Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures, Certification, labeling and packaging and Market access problems.this study should help for further research to investigate every barrier in detail and their impact at the national level which will provides policy makers or government to formulate the key strategic guidelines for making national export policies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book analyses the Ambon conflict, and discussed the reconciliation process by which the conflict was resolved. It argues that there were two significant factors in the conflict. First, ethno-religious segregation existed in the Ambonese islands from pre-colonial times until the present. Second, a culture of premanism existed whereby gangs, thugs, and laskars with the support of State elements (including security forces) were able to incite ethno-religious conflict. Both ¿state premanism¿, played a pivotal role in instigating and continuing the conflict by provoking both the Muslim and Christian communities to attack each other. Mainstream Ambonese Muslims and Christian were eager to forge a reconciliation. They had attempted to do so from the early stages of the conflict in January 1999 up until the Malino II agreement in February 2002. Muslims and Christians proposed the strategy of re-implementing the Pela Gandong tradition as a basis for inter-ethnic or inter-religious harmony. Measures to ensure equality of public access to political positions and economic resources for both the Muslims and Christians communities had to be negotiated.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -To combat with the intense rivalry, increase competitive advantage and maximizing sales and revenues, many hotels operators are implementing the revenue management concept or yield management. Revenue management is the ability of the hotel to sell the right product to the right customer at the right time with the right price through the right distribution channels. The concept are characterized by the ability of the hotel to segment the markets, control perishable inventory, product sold in advance, fluctuating demand, low marginal sales costs, and high marginal production costs. In implementing the concept, hotel operators need to maximize the room rates when the demand is high and maximize the room sales when the demand is low. However, such practices often leads to unfairness issues that could jeopardize the relationship between the hotels and the customers and perception of price fairness is believed associated well with the customer response behaviors. This monograph highlights the empirical investigation on perception of price fairness and customer response behaviors.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Environmental degradation is reaching frightening levels in recent times.Climate change is as real as HIV.Environmental communication is a management tool, when used wisely can help reverse this global trend of misery both in developed and developing countries. this book tries to answer the why how what which who question of the use of effective environmental communication by environmental leaders and stakeholders to achieve environmental harmony especially focusing at the revolution of the private electronic and social in media GhanaBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Much critique has been raised about the good governance agenda in development aid. But the critiques are rarely grounded in the experiences of the local people in the development context. From an actor-oriented perspective this research put emphasis on how a good governance project in Uganda, influences local community members, who take active part in the project as local community monitors. The research points to the fact that the conditions, which enable political action of the poor exists in this specific project arena. Furthermore, the project and the political action of the poor thereby creates channels through which the poor can influence local politics. It can thereby be argued, that the political space created for the poor can help enable poverty reduction. The analysis should help shed light on the good governance agenda in development aid, seen from an actors perspective. The analysis can be especially useful to professionals in the fields of Development, Sociology and Political Science. It is directed at both researchers and development specialists, with the hope of bridging the fields of research and development work.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The book is expected to be significant to a number of people and agencies that are connected with the King¿s system as well as to government agencies. The book may also be meaningful to the community of scholars who are particularly interested in the leadership styles of traditional leaders. Acknowledgement of the Asante King¿s leadership styles might help people to know how to interact well with the him. In addition, it might be significant to a traditional authority like the Asante King and his administrators, who seek to clear peoples¿ misgivings towards the traditional institution. The book examines the strengths and weaknesses of the King¿s leadership to possibly enable him to adjust his administrative style, if deemed necessary upon acceptance of the recommendations made. This kind of information can be important if the leader is keen on achieving the visions, goals, and missions of his territory. Whereas little documentation is available on the King¿s leadership and that people refer to oral tradition on issues relating thereto, the book¿s findings may therefore be helpful for documentation of the leadership structure of the Asante King.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -The ability to export does not only depend on which input country has internally abundant but also on which input country can produce a relatively less expensive output due to a less opportunity cost. Exportation needs efficiency, since country always asked to be able to provide high quality and cheaper product in highly competitive export market, and at the same time it is required as well to satisfy a complex international consumer demands. Countries can be said to succeed in enjoying profit and surviving within the market if they are identified to be efficient enough. Otherwise, they will be forced to exit from the market. This book will explore the Indonesian manufacturing case, focusing in measuring the relative efficiency of the industry (in term of technical efficiency) and analyzing the determinants of Indonesiäs manufacturing export performance. The analyses are carried out using two different models, i.e. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and Panel Analytic Model. The book¿s elaboration should be useful for professional economist, economic students or researcher that put their interest on the export and productivity fields in developing countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book elucidates key debates in literature and highlights gaps between policy and practice in Kenyäs Special Needs Education (SNE). The book not only analyses various education policy documents, education acts and strategic plans but also applies the Human Capital Theory (HCT), Right Based Approach (RBA) and Capability Approach (CA) in key discussions. This points out additional gaps in educational development and divergence between policy and practice which further reduces opportunities in the attainment of Education For All (EFA). This book is intended for scholars, education and development planners as well as policy makers and researchers working in developing countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -Measurement systems incorporating financial and non-financial measures have been a topic of considerable interest to both business practitioners and academics for most of the 1990s. The main focus of this thesis work is to indicate the negative impact of traditional performance measures and operation strategies on improvement of business results and to formulate a multi-criteria performance measurement model that comprises critical both tangible & intangible measures. This research thesis reviews worldwide researches that address the correlation between designing & implementing appropriate performance measures, and business performance outcomes. The research is conducted in a sample of 28 Ethiopian manufacturing enterprises. The vital financial results of these surveyed companies are compared to the international industry benchmarks. The extent of utilization of financial & non-financial measures in strategic planning and organizational performance evaluation is studied. The results from this research study assure that one of the major constraints for performance degradation in selected companies is the lack of proper performance measurement systems and strategies.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This study aims to analyze the underlying social, economic, cultural, and institutional factors that had enabled Turkey¿s transition from authoritarian single-party rule to multi-party democracy in 1946. The main strands of theories of democratization are employed to provide a multivariate explanation for the peaceful transfer of state power. The study concludes that although it is not possible to claim a hierarchy among explanatory factors, the elites' commitment to democratic ideals appears to be a key determining factor alongside a major socio-economic and political transformation. Therefore, this book should provide useful insights into the theories of democratization, Turkish politics and democratization process in Turkey.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 56 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware -This book is inspired by the fact that Gender Based Violence is a world- wide concern that affects people from all ages, races, economic and socio-cultural backgrounds. Men make the bulk of perpetrators of gender based violence and women make the bulk of the victims. However, men can also be victims and women, perpetrators. The book explores ways and means through which men can become part of the solutions to this global challenge.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.