Iron ore is Australia’s highest valued and most successful commodity export (see Figure 1). Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s‚ this mining industry played a key role in both Australia’s and the global economy. The change in the industry was brought about‚ particularly‚ by the many operations and movements resulting from globalisation that pushed Australia’s exports further than they had ever been. In 2007‚ “Australia produced around 16% of the world’s iron ore and was ranked third behind China
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The negative affect of trends in the leisure industry. In the following essay‚ the researcher will be concentrating on the negative affects which arise when following the trend in the hospitality industry‚ in particular online bookings versus the gold old travel agency. Over the years‚ it can clearly be seen that a trend towards online bookings has been established. Nowadays‚ all major airplane companies as well as mile collection corporations allow every individual to book trips online. According
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Gunns and the Australian Pulp and Paper Manufacturing Industry.The current strategic study represents the case of the Australian Pulp‚ paper and paperboard manufacturing Industry. The Australian pulp and paper industry produces items that are fundamental to to everyday living for example paper and paper products for personal hygiene‚ food packaging‚ paper for printing‚ newspapers‚ and magazines. The industry is also a huge producer of renewable energy and the major user of recovered paper for recycling
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Case Study: Vertical Integration and the Effect on the Travel and Tourism Industry When two similar companies such as two hotels‚ are offering very similar products and are in a strong competing situation‚ integration is a popular move. It can be a voluntary decision by both companies or it can be the take-over of one company by another. Benefits include greater sales‚ which result in larger revenue and expansion opportunities. Complimentary reasons tend to be the realisation that one hotel offers
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• Definition of agro-industry: post-harvest activities involved in the transformation‚ preservation and preparation of agricultural production for intermediary or final consumption (with emphasis on food) • Whether looked at from exports (esp. “nontraditionals”) or domestic market (population growth/urbanization) agro-industry fundamental to income and employment creation in developing countries • In an extended definition agri-processing ranges from 20-35% of developing country GDP. The entire
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Motivation The telecommunications industry is one of the fastest growing industries in India. It more than characterized the boom in the Indian economy. The teledensity in India grew at a rate from just about three for every 100 people in 2000 to reach 10.66 per 100 as of October 2005. This phenomenal growth in the telecommunication scenario can be attributed to the exponential growth of the wireless phones in the country. The Government has targeted to have subscriber base of 250 million phones
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Organizational Integration in Travel and Tourism Industry Anas Najdawi eBusiness Management Section‚ S.S. ISUFI University of Salento Lecce‚ Italy anas.najdawi@ebms.unile.it Abstract—This paper will present a general description of an on going PhD research that belongs to the eTourism research field. Mainly‚ this research is concerned with leveraging interorganizational integration for destination management organizations in the travel and tourism industry by using Service Oriented Architecture
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History and structure of travel and tourism industry Case study of Georgian Spa City of Bath Abstract This study is focused on the history and structure of travel travel and tourism industry in the City of Bath. It analyses the effects of the industrial revolution in the City of Bath and its stages of development and it gives a brief note on importance of factors facilitating growth like technology‚ infrastructure‚ social condition and analyses in its conclusion the
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The objective of this paper is to examine how the development of a textile industry contributes to economic growth in the global economy. Because textile manufacturing is a labor-intensive industry‚ developing countries are able to utilize their labor surplus to enter the market and begin the process of building an industrial economy. Emerging economies then look outward to develop an export strategy based on their comparative advantage in labor costs. Textile production and consumption is an
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Introduction The Australian bottled water industry has been growing rapidly over the past decade. Many Australians drink bottled water on a regular basis‚ and on average consumed 21.2 litres per person (Australian Bureau of Statistics) in 2001. The boom in consumption of bottled water has moved the product beyond the niche market and into the mainstream as it has become a staple to many Australians. Many people drink bottled water today simply because they prefer the taste to that of tap water
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