Electronic business‚ commonly known as "eBusiness" or "e-business" ‚is a business running on the Internet. Beside buying and selling‚ it also serves a much wider consumer base and collaborates with business partners. The term also has an accurate definition -"interaction with business partners‚ where the interaction is enabled by information technology". When information technology has become more accessible‚ much cheaper and more powerful‚ E-business has become a new trend. Because of low running
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The perils of best practice: Should you emulate Apple? Outliers are exactly that. Duplicating their performance is harder than we might wish. SEPTEMBER 2012 • Marla M. Capozzi‚ Ari Kellen‚ and Sven Smit Source: Strategy Practice http://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/The_perils_of_best_practice_Should_you_emulate_Apple_3013 It’s no mystery why companies emulate their most successful peers. Tried-and-true approaches often seem preferable to starting from scratch‚ whether for developing new products
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Consumer in Market All the people participate in the market either as consumer or seller or producer. Any person who buys a commodity or service for direct use or ownership. I‚ you‚ we all are consumers when we buy a product or service. But people who acquires goods or services for resale or use in production and manufacturing cannot be considered consumer. In free market economics‚ consumers dictate what goods are produced and are generally considered the center of economic activity. Individual
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CONSUMER PROTECTION & REDRESSAL FORUM SUBMITTED To: PROF: N. JAYARAM SHETTY JKSHIM EVALUATOR: JKSHIM SUBMITTED By: K.SANDEEP.SHETTY 1st YEAR MBA ‘B’ SECTION JKSHIM *CONSUMER RIGHTS & REDRESSAL FOR*U*M UNDER CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT‚ *1986 Gandhiji has rightly said: ORIGIN OF CONSUMER RIGHTS Right to Safety Right to Information Right to choice RIGHT TO SAFETY RIGHT TO CHOICE RIGHT TO BE HEARD RIGHT TO SEEK REDRESSAL RIGHT TO CONSUMER EDUCATION Awareness
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Consumer awareness Introduction In the early times‚ consumer was considered as King of the market but in the contemporary society‚ consumers are no longer safe against the mal practices such as‚ substandard goods and unsatisfactory services. The consumer has every right to reject any product or services rendered by any manufacturer in the market and can mould them to produce goods of their choice. Consumer awareness is the extent to which a brand is recognized by potential customers‚ and is correctly
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Consumer protection laws are designed to ensure fair competition and the free flow of truthful information in the marketplace. The laws are designed to prevent businesses that engage in fraud or specified unfair practices from gaining an advantage over competitors and may provide additional protection for the weak and those unable to take care of themselves. Consumer Protection laws are a form of government regulation which aim to protect the interests of consumers. For example‚ a government may
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CONSUMERS COOPERATIVE In the Philippines‚ consumer cooperatives emerged during the early 1900s. One of the earliest consumers cooperatives were those of the UP Los Banos and Silliman University. Later on big business corporations and universities put up their consumers cooperatives. Until now most of these cooperatives have been benefited in terms of reasonable process and quality. Consumers Cooperative Defined It is voluntary association of a group of persons (at least 15 members)‚ with common
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(FTC). The FTC‚ as competition watchdog‚ can and does force food manufacturers to correct misleading representations of products where these are proved. But when the grouse is simply a matter of how the product ’tastes ’‚ then it is up to the consumer to make the call whether or not to buy. The FTC said it has been getting complaints alleging misleading representation of ingredients of certain food products. In some instances‚ it said‚ the allegations were unfounded. In others‚ due to the
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Ruff (1995) stated that the criminal liability of producers‚ distributors and suppliers of unsafe products is covered under Part II of the Consumer Protection Act of 1987‚ which has mandated a general safety requirement. The producer‚ distributor or supplier of unsafe products incur criminal liability for failure to exercise due diligence. The law is strict but the criminal liability can be dispensed with after showing that they exercised due diligence and have reasonable grounds to believe that
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CONSUMER AWARENESS GUIDELINES Be an Alert Consumer ! Also be a Responsible Consumer !! Issued by Government of Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies & Consumer Protection Department‚ Ezhilagam‚ Chennai-5. Phone: 044-28583222 / 28583422 Web: www.consumer.tn.gov.in E.mail: consumer@tn.nic.in A. WHO IS A CONSUMER? A ”consumer” is a person who buys any goods or hires any service for valuable consideration (including deferred payment). The term does not include a person who obtains goods or services for resale
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