Water clocks‚ along with sundials‚ are likely to be the oldest time-measuring instruments‚ with the only exceptions being the vertical gnomon and the day-counting tally stick.[1] Where and when they were first invented is not known‚ and given their great antiquity it may never be. The bowl-shaped outflow is the simplest form of a water clock and is known to have existed in Babylon and in Egypt around the 16th century BC. Other regions of the world‚ including India and China‚ also have early evidence
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RESEARCH literature on learning strategies has experienced tremendous growth. In 1990 alone‚ at least three books on this subject appeared (9; 26; 28). Interest in learning strategies is due in large part to increased attention to the learner and to learner-centered instructional models of teaching (2; 37). These trends can be traced to the recognition that learning begins with the learner. The present study investigated the key types of foreign language learning strategies used by university students
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Marketing Strategy of Zara The purpose of this paper is to analyse the existing marketing strategy of the one of the biggest‚ worldwide clothes company-Zara. In our research we have chosen this company because it is a well-known brand that is popular amongst young consumers. The company has performed very well with its marketing strategy in the past few years and it is still the top company on the market. The marketing strategy of Zara consists of high turnover in which the company usually
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over the decades just as Human Resources Management has. As the company has transformed‚ executives have adopted solutions to support their processes to improve their production and to approach integrated and coherent employment environments. The strategies of Human Resources Management have influenced management in many companies such as IKEA by making them sources of competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to provide a detailed description of the IKEA’s innovative Human Resources Management
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famous wine company—BRL Hardy. As a consolidated company from BRL Company and Hardy Company the evolution of BRL Hardy endured many obstacles in terms of different culture‚ organization‚ strategy‚ human resource management and so forth. However a real growth can be seen in the development of BRL Hardy and the debate between headquarters from BRL and Hardy is good for company to some extent as Steve Millar put that with 70% growth‚ we could support the tension”. Christopher Carson‚ the managing director
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http://www.michaelmccurry.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Strategy-256x300.jpg Business Strategy Introduction Bruce and Langdon defines business strategy as “A strategy that maps out the future‚ setting out which product and services you will take to the market and how”. The strategy in business helps to achieve the goal and objectives in the company. The strategy for the business provides framework to know where they are positioned in the marketplace and how to keep moving forward. http://www
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We chose Broad Differentiator as the basic strategy for our company. Through this strategy‚ our company will attempt to differentiate our product line in several distinct dimensions. By providing products that are vastly superior and unique from our competitors and pricing the products affordably‚ we can gain customers’ loyalty and awareness. Since our company’s main focus is premium products we will aim for high contribution margins‚ around 50%‚ on average‚ over all five products. After establishing
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CHAPTER-I BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT I. CONCEPT OF BUSINESS Introduction: Business is one of the economic activities. In the modern times‚ business has become one of the most important economic activities and means to achieve material prosperity and human welfare. The systematic development of Business is of paramount significance for achieving desired economic growth and development of economies in the context of liberalization‚ privatization and globalization. Economic activities refer to those
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Organizational strategy can be defined by examining: the analysis of the strategy‚ the choice of strategies and the realization of strategies. The analysis of the strategy: the process begins with the definition of the mission and the long-term objectives of the company. Any choice has to predict its future evolution and continuously follow the undergoing of the process. The analysis of the strategy points out: what is or what should be the strategic position of the company towards the competing
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Marketing strategy A strategy is a long-term plan to achieve certain objectives. A marketing[link] strategy is therefore a marketing plan designed to achieve marketing objectives. For example‚ marketing objective may relate to becoming the market leader by delighting customers. The strategic plan therefore is the detailed planning involving marketing research‚ and then developing a marketing mix to delight customers. Every organisation needs to have clear marketing objectives‚ and the major route
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