The textile industry in the US took off with Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin in 1793 (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu). This caused the expansion of the cotton economy (normally slave-based) that could provide raw materials to make the cloth‚ mechanical spinning frames and the development of techniques to catch water power‚ it also gave way to the growth of spinning mills (http://ocp.hul.harvard.edu). Over time and successful competition with British textiles the “Waltham-Lowell system” with
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Banking Sector in Bangladesh Introduction The Jews in Jerusalem introduced a kind of banking in the form of money lending before the birth of Christ. The word ’bank’ was probably derived from the word ’bench’ as during ancient time Jews used to do money -lending business sitting on long benches. First modern banking was introduced in 1668 in Stockholm as ’Svingss Pis Bank’ which opened up a new era of banking activities throughout the European Mainland. In the South Asian region‚ early banking
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PAGE NO. 1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.1. POWER MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION 5 1.1.1. WHY ENERGY EFFICIENCY? 5 1.1.2. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE? 6 1.1.3. HOW TO SAVE ENERGY? 6 1.1.4. RECYCLING 6 1.1.5. ENERGY USED IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY 6 1.1.6. IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF ELECTRICITY USE 7 i. Lighting 7 ii. Electric motor 7 iii. Electric heating 8 1.1.7. IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFICIENT FUEL USE 8 i. Selection of fuel 8 ii. Selection of boiler
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CSR COMMUNICATION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AN ANALYSIS OF THE WEBSITES OF THREE PHARMACEUTICAL WHOLESALERS MASTER THESIS Author: José Javier Levrino (JL82847) Supervisor: Anne Ellerup Nielsen MA in Corporate Communication Århus‚ Denmark. August 2010 CSR COMMUNICATION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY José Javier Levrino Table of contents Abstract 1. Introduction 1.1 Motivation 1.2 Problem statement 1.3 Delimitation 1.4 Methodology 1.4.1 1.4.2 1.4.3 1.4.4 Scientific paradigm: hermeneutics
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CSR Strategy in Sports Report 1. Major stakeholders In order to define good CSR strategy for the Sporting Good Companies‚ we need to identify the major stakeholders of the sector. Many actors are related and impacted by brands‚ but the following 10 stakeholders should be especially taken into consideration when developing a CSR strategy. Customers Provide products and services to consumers‚ who provide money in return. Suppliers Directly linked with the quality and perception of
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Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Introduction In this chapter‚ background information of the importance of CSR‚ especially for the cosmetics industry is revealed. In addition‚ the purpose and the scope of this paper are to be described too. Lastly‚ an overview of this paper structure is shown. 1.1 Background of the study Nowadays‚ CSR has become the basis on what organization do well in the rapidly changing global world. Cosmetic companies have been seen as unethical and non-environmentally friendly
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Major changes came to the textile industry during the 20th century‚ with continuing technological innovations in machinery‚ synthetic fibre‚ logistics‚ and globalization of the business. The business model that had dominated the industry for centuries was to change radically. Cotton and wool producers were not the only source for fibres‚ as chemical companies created new synthetic fibres that had superior qualities for many uses‚ such as rayon‚ invented in 1910‚ and DuPont’s nylon‚ invented in 1935
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in the Textile Industry International overview Michiel van Yperen Amsterdam‚ 2006 IVAM research and consultancy on sustainability Roetersstraat 33 - 1018 WB Amsterdam - Postbus 18180 - 1001 ZB Amsterdam Tel. 020-525 5080‚ Fax 020-525 5850‚ internet: www.ivam.uva.nl‚ e-mail: office@ivam.uva.nl I N T E R N A T I O N A L O V E R V I E W C S R I N T H E T E X T I L E I N D U S T R Y 1 Contents 1. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY (CSR) 2 1.1 Introduction to CSR 2 1.2 Profits of CSR 4 2.
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responsibility" has come into common. The concept of CSR has attracted considerable attention in recent years. However‚ CSR may have confused many corporations whether CSR brings benefits to the corporations‚ whether it is worthwhile to contribute organizational resources to CSR. Different studies have brought different answers to those questions. In the following paragraphs‚ we will briefly discuss whether CSR are necessary and the effectiveness of CSR. As the competitors have started showing they are
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The secondary purpose is to describe projects from the perspective of a company with a project driven production. The report also aims at explaining the project planning and management of Ananda Shipyard and Slipways Ltd‚ the leading shipyard in Bangladesh. 1.3 Scope The report is informative in nature. The study covers different stages of Project Planning and the Project organization structure. The findings are strictly based on the information provided by the respective personnel and website
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