T he basic premise of the marketing concept is that its adoption will improve business performance. Marketing is not an abstract concept: its acid test is the eff ect that its use has on key corporate indices such as profitability and market share. Fortunately‚ in recent years‚ two quantitative studies in both Europe and North America have sought to examine the relationship between marketing and performance. Th e results suggest that the relationship is positive. We will now examine each
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entertainment from digital TV to video games. This means that there are fewer tasks to do‚ more time to do nothing and more opportunities to sit around and be entertained without moving very much. As we can see‚ there are both advantages and disadvantages to this. I will deal with the advantages firstly. I think‚ there are at least two positive effects of this. First of all‚ we don’t need to do repetitive and uninteresting job like washing-up and this gives us more time to do other things. What
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Advantages and disadvantages of sampling methods Type Description Advantages Disadvantages Stratified This requires one to be bias towards their data. For example‚ if you knew the proportion of pensioners in an area was 30% and you wanted to represent this in your sample you would ensure that pensioners’ answers only made up 30% of your sample. It can be used with random or systematic sampling‚ and with point‚ line or area techniques If the proportions of the sub-sets are known‚ it can generate
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operate on tight marketing budgets. In the quest for cheap marketing alternatives‚ these small businesses continue to use conventional marketing tools such as newspaper‚ magazine‚ radio and television advertisements‚ unaware of the advantages that Internet Promotion offers. All too often‚ these entrepreneurs focus on the disadvantages of Internet Promotion and fail to adequately take advantage of the opportunities that it presents. Moreover‚ their preoccupation with conventional marketing strategies is
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The Advantages & Disadvantages of School Uniforms The Advantages & Disadvantages of School Uniforms According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)‚ the number of public schools that implement a school uniform has significantly risen in the last 10 years. In 1999‚ 12 percent of public schools had a uniform. By 2008‚ 18 percent had adopted a uniform for students. The NCES considers school uniforms to be an "indicator of school crime and safety‚" and safety is one of the
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Collaboration Global competition‚ rapid changes in technology and a shift in demographics has resulted in fewer people doing more work as organizations outsource‚ downsize‚ reengineer or restructure to remain competitive. In the article‚ The Collaborative Workplace‚ Edward Marshall states that these structural changes have lead to increased instability‚ fear and reduce productivity. With fewer employees‚ organizations are rethinking how they lead and manage the workplace. One solution is to
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disabilities‚ and people of any age who have permanent kidney failure. It would seem as if Medicare would be one of the best programs afford to any citizen within the U.S‚ yet this program comes with same number of disadvantages and advantages. For instance‚ one of the disadvantage Medicare has is the variety of plans that the consumer must choose from. Due to the huge amount of options being provided‚ the consumer may be left confused and over whelmed. To continue‚ any consumer being helped
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Decentralisation Decentralisation means diffusion of authority. The dispersal of authority of decision- making to the lower level management is termed as decentralisation. Decentralisation of authority is a fundamental phase of delegation and the extent to which authority is not delegated is called centralisation. Here got some advantages and disadvantages of decentralisation. Firstly‚ distribution of burden of top executive. Decentralisation helps to its executive
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process with such salient features also bears another side – Hydraulic fracturing gives off numerous environmental risks such as contamination of ground water and surface air that can easily effect the public health. Facing all the advantages and disadvantages‚ one cannot truly determine the propriety of fracking if one does not fully understand the environmental‚ economic‚ legal‚ and political aspects of fracking. First Body Paragraph (Environmental) Water quality The country ’s push to find clean
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deciding which path they will take‚ they must look at both the benefits and disadvantages. The advantage to going straight into the workforce is being able to immediately start their profession of choice and do not have to pay college loans throughout their entire life. However‚ the benefit of going to college is that careers that require a college degree are often high-paying and come with worker’s benefits. The disadvantage to going straight into the workforce is the fact that in today’s job market
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