lap lambert academic publishing aug 2011 (Mehr als 3.300 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Unsafe abortion contributes significantly to maternal mortality. The bulk of induced abortions are unsafe. The clandestine nature of induced abortions hampers attempts to correctly estimate its magnitude. When a woman decides to end an unwanted pregnancy, she will often go to extreme lengths to do so regardless of whether the procedure is safe or legal. This book which contains very interesting findings worth reading, interviewed over 200 women assessing induced abortion services in a rural district of the Eastern region of Ghana and gives an account of the results in table and commentary form. At the very centre of induced abortion is the law. This book therefore analyzed the views and knowledge of these women on the abortion law as well as their religious, moral and cultural responses. It provides answers to questions about the reasons women give for seeking induced abortion services, the circumstances surrounding an unwanted pregnancy, why these women got pregnant in spite of the use of contraception, the proportion of women who had used contraception, and the desirability of the pregnancy at the time of the abortion procedure among others. Interestingly the major reasBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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. Zustand: 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.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of perceived organizational support on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Furthermore, study seeks answer to, perception of nurses¿ towards perceived organizational support, job satisfaction & organizational commitment, and their relationship with each other. Moreover it aims at examining the difference, in level of organizational commitment and job satisfaction of the nurses working in public and private hospitals. Likert-type questionnaire was developed with 30 statements to determine the strength among perceived organizational support and exploratory variables; job satisfaction and organizational commitment. Autocorrelation was used as an analytical procedure to accomplish the objective of the study.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This paper attempts to look at the information imbalance within India particularly between different regions of northeast India. It studies the amount of coverage given to northeast in terms of various categories like popular movements, ethnic violence, tourism sector, sports and so on. It also studies the amount of space given to the northeast in the two national dailies of India. A quantitative content analysis method is adopted for the study. The two newspapers selected for the study are The Times of India and The Hindu. Altogether 58 issues of two newspapers for a period of one month were analyzed for the study. It was found that very less amount of editorial space was given to the northeastern region in both the dailies. So it brings to us the question - ¿Was Northeast India or Indiäs Northeast ¿Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Public secondary schools are faced with an increasing number of complex challenges including implementing and maintaining a quality management system. The study investigated the implementation of a Quality Management System (QMS) in secondary schools in Mpumalanga and established that in order for principals to meet the specification of quality management systems (QMS), there is a need to clearly describe the nature of operations within their schools and align with the stages of the implementation within the ISO 9001:2008.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The B2B marketplace is going through a major transformation. Both existing and new players are experimenting with new marketing solutions as they lack a seamless flow of information among customers, suppliers and their employees. One of the most important concern for marketing managers of today is the way business organisations purchase products. Customer satisfaction is the key to every organization¿s success. One ultimately wants customers to be happy with products and services it provides. Therefore customer insight is vital to any business. Organizations constantly try to grab the opportunity of getting more and more quality customers as well as retain them in a long run with the help of their relationships. Business organisations have been forced to adapt their marketing and purchase process due to the recent developments in global environments. The B2B marketplace offers a blend of opportunities to the organizations due to its speed, variety, control, communication access and strong distribution. Therefore, the book investigates the B2B markets in Mineral sector in Indian Sub-continent.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In the near future, Uganda is expected to join the league of oil producing countries. This is after the long period of exploration that has at last brought the good news of the existence of the oil and gas deposits in the Albertine Graben (Refer to extract 1). The rest of the world observes closely to make out if it shall attain what other numerous nations have vowed and failed to honor, that is guaranteeing oil wealth, minimizing, or eradicating poverty of the masses through generating employment prospectus and regional economic progress and thus eventually fostering extensive Nationwide Economic and social growth.In view of this, it is the objective of this paper to discuss the principles of sustainable management and utilization that Uganda should espouse to manage its implementing oil wealth and in the event evade the self style oil curse. The study will include an appreciation of the legal and structural policy underlying the national priorities concerning the necessity of sustainable utilization and its practical realization amidst the controversial interests in our country.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Effects of exchange rate and its variability on trade flows remains an interesting outcome for Uganda for the last two decades when flexible exchange rate regime was adopted, increasing the exposure of trade flows to currency behaviour risk. In effect, the country¿s trade balance remains in deficit due to great variability of her trade flows. This book provides empirical investigation of possible casual effects of exchange rate volatility and other policy variables on trade balance of Uganda. Results indicate that exchange rate variability effect on Uganda's fragile economy is real as it causes instability in other macroeconomic fundamentals. Medium and long term policies to smoothen exchange rate volatility and improve trade flows have been proposed in this book. The contents of this book provide useful contributions to the empirical basis needed for proper management of monetary and trade policies as the country moves towards self reliance. Policy makers and professionals would find reading this piece as valuable and informative.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This is a study of how the news media covers the issue of intimate partner violence. The study focuses on three counties in Mississippi and how the newspapers serving those counties reported on the issue of intimate partner violence. The three counties, Grenada, Coahoma and Lafayette were selected for this study because their law enforcement agencies complied with a 2005 revision to state law requiring law enforcement agencies to separate intimate partner assaults from other types of violent assaults in their reports to the FBI. All articles from 2006 with violent themes were gathered from three newspapers: The Oxford Eagle (Lafayette County), the Grenada Daily Star (Grenada County) and the Clarksdale Press Register (Coahoma County). The articles were analyzed using four criteria: whether intimate partner violence was reported commensurate with its frequency as an arrest, whether intimate partner violence was treated as an issue in the articles, whether the articles shifted blame from the perpetrator to the victim and whether intimate partner violence was portrayed as being more murder-centric than it actually and how that compares to reporting on other types of violent crimes.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Thematic relations among products are becoming of central importance to marketing practices. This study aims at investigating the link between emotions and people¿s choices to answer two research questions: Can people¿s choices be influenced by manipulating their emotions Are people¿s emotions and their choices linked An experiment is conducted to test whether a preference for thematic choices is related to individuals¿ positive moods. The experiment also assesses the effectiveness of mood inductions for positive and negative mood states. The experiment is about inducing different emotions in participants through music and recording their responses to two type of questionnaires to answer the research questions. The prediction is that consumers in positive mood states are more likely to think thematically. Results have shown that the link between emotions and choices is such that the higher people¿s positive moods are, the higher their thematic choices.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The Information, Education and Communication (IEC) strategy for conservation of the Eastern Arc Mountains Forest (CMEAMF) in Tanzania aims at raising the level of awareness and knowledge on the importance of forests, thereby promoting behaviour change and positive attitude toward forest conservation. IEC strategy activities were piloted in four villages surrounding Mafwomero Forest Reserve, in Mpwapwa District. Has the community knowledge, attititude and behaviour toward forest conservation changed To what extent have different stakeholders participated in the IEC activities Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -India, home to one-sixth of the world¿s population, is quickly becoming one the world¿s economic engines. Its bureaucratic and outdated regulatory policies have been reformed resulting in a four-fold increase in the number of scheduled airlines and a five-fold increase in the number of aircrafts operated. This book critically evaluates the Budget Airline phenomenon and the wider social changes its cheap flights have brought about. It considers their competitive strategies, based on cost-leadership and product differentiation with an eye on the future prospects of these carriers.A survey conducted in India investigated the acceptance of these carriers and assessed the sensitivity of passengers to a change in fare and analyzed the factors/attributes that would encourage them to distinguish between LCCs.A perceptive analysis of the problems, pertaining to infrastructural bottlenecks leading to delays/cancellation and the low fare dispersion between carriers, sheds light on the need for Budget airlines to create value. Customer satisfaction outshines the most effective way for LCCs to gain market share, steal a march on its competitors and, with time, be able to sustain its existenceBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.