Pricing objectives and pricing methods in the services sector George J. Avlonitis and Kostis A. Indounas Department of Marketing and Communication‚ Athens University of Economics and Business‚ Athens‚ Greece Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to explore the pricing objectives that service companies pursue along with the pricing methods that they adopt in order to set their prices. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of the literature revealed the complete
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of employees. DHL is the world’s biggest company in the express delivery area. It has its own successful performance system‚ and became to use the balance scorecard as an important part of the performance system in recent years. DHL China‚ the subsidiary company of DHL‚ was established in 1986 in China. It developed its own performance system to fit the specific environment of China‚ and accepted the balanced scorecard system as well. The performance management system of DHL China is analysed
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Competitive Advantage in DHL: For a transport and logistics company of your choice‚ critically discuss how the company has attempted to achieve sustainable advantage. Executive summary: This report is about how sustainable competitive advantage in DHL can be analysed‚ through various models. By using Porter´s Three Generic Strategy‚ SWOT (Appendix A)‚ Bowman’s Clock (Appendix B) and Porter´s Diamond model‚ the reader will be able to understand what it takes for a company such as DHL to be two steps ahead
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------------------------------------------------- Course : Master of Science (MSc) in Management Module : Managerial Economics Lecturer : Coursework : Individual Assignment Due Date : March 8‚ 2013 ------------------------------------------------- DECLARATION:I certify that the attached assignment is my own work and that any material drawn from other sources has been acknowledged. Copyright in this assignment remains my property. I grant permission to the University
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Economics as a Social Science By Piet Keizer Utrecht School of Economics Utrecht University July 2008 1 Content 1. The Character of Modern Science 2. Genesis and Development of Economics as a Social Science 3. Multidisciplinary Economics‚ an Introduction 4. Some Basic Sociology for Economists 5. Appendix Answers to test questions 2 Preface This reader is an attempt to define economics as a social science. In the first place‚ economics is a science. In the second place‚ economics
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Summaries of Articles on Management Accounting All the article summaries included here were prepared by MBA students in Management 413‚ Cost Accounting. Each article summary includes the name of the student who prepared the summary. Management Accounting in General Adler‚ Paul S. "Time-and-Motion Regained‚" Harvard Business Review (January-February‚ 1993)‚ pp. 97-108. Alonso‚ Ramon L and Cline W. Frasier "JIT Hits Home: A Case Study in Reducing Management Delays‚" Sloan Management Review (Summer
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Elektra Electronics Company is a business division of a mid-sized company focused on manufacturing and selling a high quality consumer electronic device through high-end marketing channels such as specialty shops and exclusive department stores. These specialty outlets advise and educate customers about the desirable features of different electronic devices. Elektra charges on average 500 per unit to its distributors‚ who mark it up to 899 when selling to retail customers. After many years of high
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DHL is a laregest company in the world founded by Andrian Dalsey‚ Larry Hillblom and Robert Lynn in San Francisco 1969‚ and DHL is part of the Deutsche Post DHL group brand with a vision to become “the logistics company for the world”. DHL promise to customers is to provide simplifying services and sustainable solutions and to always demonstrate respect without compromising on results. Branding is the most effective DHLs factors of any business whether large or small‚ retail or business-to-business
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A DETAILED STUDY ON logistics with special reference to DHL COMPANY PROJECT REPORT Project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement of South Asia University for the award of the degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 2010 Submitted By NAME : JAMES K. SIRYA ENROLMENT NO : SAA04M145ELBIHA3 Under the guidance of Dr. Nirmal Kumar. R. T M.Com.‚M.B.A.‚AMIBM.‚Ph.D.‚ SOUTH
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International Conference on Chemical‚ Civil and Environment engineering (ICCEE ’2012) March 24-25‚ 2012 Dubai Abandonment of Building Projects in Nigeria- A Review of Causes and solutions Olapade. Olalusi and Anthony. Otunola Abstract—In Nigeria many housing projects are either uncompleted or out rightly abandoned. The paper investigated possible causes of project abandonment‚ its impact on the immediate community‚ contribution to infrastructural decadence and environmental pollution.
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