Communications of the Association for Information Systems (Volume 16‚ 2005) 1-25 1 CLARIFYING BUSINESS MODELS: ORIGINS‚ PRESENT‚ AND FUTURE OF THE CONCEPT Alexander Osterwalder University of Lausanne and BusinessModelDesign.com Yves Pigneur University of Lausanne yves.pigneur@unil.ch Christopher L. Tucci Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ABSTRACT This paper aims to clarify the concept of business models‚ its usages‚ and its roles in the Information Systems domain. A review of the
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An Automated Library Management System; Eradicating the Old Styled Libraries An Automated Library Management System; Eradicating the Old Styled Libraries Sundus Tahir Sundustahir.pk@gmail.com Iman Noor Imannoor92@yahoo.com Tasbiha Sajjad tasbiha17@gmail.com Tanzeela Arif act_fool_fool95@yahoo.com Farwa Yaqoob farwayaqoob@gmail.com Fatima Jinnah Women University‚ The Mall‚ Rawalpindi. Abstract The paper discusses briefly the Automated Library Management System‚ which is designed to provide
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IKEA in Nigeria Nasser Mardini Virginia International University Global Sourcing and Logistics - MBA 628 September 15‚ 2012 Dr. Stephen Onu Company history IKEA was founded in 1943by Ingvar Kamprad aged 17 in a small farming village in Sweden. The name IKEA was formed from the founder’s initials I.K. plus the first letters of Elmtaryd and Agunnaryd‚ the farm and village where Kamprad grew up. Originally IKEA sold everything from pens and wallets to picture frame‚ watched and even ladies
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CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction Many years ago‚ few people are using computers for personal‚ home‚ business and offices. From day to day‚ our world has been changed gradually from one condition to another. The evolution of new ideas always comes up to the minds of every person‚ especially the ideas always comes up to the minds of every people particularly those in the offices need to make working condition better. As the result‚ modern technology
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Nigeria Essay Located in West Africa‚ Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous worldwide. Thanks to its natural resources‚ especially oil‚ its economy is among the fastest growing in the world. From 1901 until its independence in 1960‚ Nigeria was a British colony. Great Britain decided to grant Nigeria its independence because after World War II Nigeria’s economy was very poor. Comprised of over 250 ethnic groups‚ as well as a population that is split religiously
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in cutting. The boy asks the wise old man about the present and how could he get it. He had heard about how wonderful it was and how happy and successful it would make him. As the boy grows into his teens he keeps trying to find out how to attain this present. The old man tells him he already knows how to attain it‚ the present is a gift we all have to give to ourselves. As the boy grows into a young man he gives up the search for The Present‚ and he begins running into problems at work and in his
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TAXATION AND FISCAL REGULATIONS IN NIGERIA INTRODUCTION The Nigerian Tax System has undergone significant changes in recent times. The Tax Laws are being reviewed with the aim of repelling obsolete provisions and simplifying the main ones. Under current Nigerian law‚ taxation is enforced by the 3 tiers of Government‚ i.e. Federal‚ State‚ and Local Government with each having its sphere clearly spelt out in the Taxes and Levies (approved list for Collection) Decree‚ 1998. Of importance at this juncture
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Feudalism is present in Nigeria Feudalism has been around since the medieval life. The feudal system was a way of government based on responsibilities between the king or lord and vassal. The king would give large estates to his relatives‚ and these estates would range from his large assets to just a small piece of land; for example‚ farms‚ barns‚ animals and houses. And in return‚ what so ever the king asks the relatives to do they have to respond to it as the king commands. In my understanding
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Using an Automated Response System Kathy Gearhart IT/284 August 24‚ 2012 Robert McDonald Using an Automated Response System According to "Automated Systems" (n. d.)‚ “An Automated Response System (ARS) is any system where an input is provided and a machine or computer carries out a process that produces an output” (Introduction). Basically this is a computerized assistant who directs the customer’s phone calls dependent on what their input to questions or menus is. The ARS is quite normal
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The Positive and Negative Effects of Globalization in Nigeria Globalization according to Clark and Wallace (2003) refers to a “greater interconnectedness of the world’s financial‚ economic‚ technological‚ political‚ cultural‚ sociological‚ ecological‚ and geographical systems” (p. 447). Globalization has various effects both positive and negative on the countries that choose to achieve the worldwide connection. In the case of Nigeria‚ which is classified by the U.S Department of State as a developing
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