Travel Observations by Engelbert Kaempfer The German physician‚ Engelbert Kaempfer‚ was born in 1651 in the Westphalian town of Lemgo. Kaempfer did quite a bit of traveling throughout his life‚ and in September of 1690 Kaempfer’s ship arrived at the coast of Nagasaki‚ the only Japanese port that was open to foreigners at the time. Kaempfer visited Japan during the Tokugawa period‚ named for the Tokugawa Shogun who governed from 1603 to 1868. Kaempfer stayed in Japan for two years‚ and he wrote
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In order to effectively evaluate the effectiveness of involving only retail travel agencies instead of a combination of travel agencies and tour operators‚ one must first examine what constitutes a tour operator and a travel agency: Tour operators are businesses that specialize in manufacturing and selling holiday travel packages for large groups. Due to the fact that tour operators operate by booking hotel rooms and creating packages in advance of the consumption date‚ they cannot cater to the
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INTRODUCTION More than half of television viewers in India today are children of below 15 years. And yet there is hardly any sensitivity about the relevance and impact of what is dished out by various television channels. All of them are operating in a competitive mode for one up man ship in the race for viewer ship. In this order channels are concerned more about “what interests or attracts” rather than what is “in the interest” of children. Neither the Government nor the parents or the teachers
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Online shopping is one of the biggest conveniences about using the internet. The idea of e-commerce came around in the early 1970s and in 1981 the first online marketplace was born. E-commerce is still a constantly evolving idea and technology. It’s a great idea for businesses wishing to expand to more people around the globe. The majority people that participate in online shopping have a good experience overall and positive view of the idea according to research (Saleh‚ 2013). However‚ there are
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In this process‚ people tend to forget‚ who they are and what they are. There is no time to ponder and wonder. They tend to forget the values of life. Travelling is a time when people relax‚ reflect and ponder. Most people‚ after a pleasant travel‚ return home with a fresh outlook‚ new zeal and a better determination. Travelling has also a great informative value. It widens the grasp of our knowledge of geography‚ different cultures and people‚ etc. For example‚ when people of Assam visit
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Kamel Rouibah‚ Omar E. M. Khalil‚ and Aboul Ella Hassanien Emerging Markets and E-Commerce in Developing Economies. (IGI global‚ 2009). 408 pp. $175 (hardcover). ISBN: 9781605661001 . The entire book summarizes and synthesizes all different literature on e-commerce (business conducted electronically) in developing economies from an interdisciplinary approach. Authors claim to cover all work published on the subject simply because e-commerce in the developing world is still a new field to study
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The Electronic Commerce Act 2006 The pre requisite for an electronic commerce transaction to be enforceable Ever wonder what are the pre-requisites for an electronic commerce transaction to be enforceable? Jillian Chia explains … INTRODUCTION Due to the rapid growth of electronic commerce in recent times‚ there has been a surge in the usage of the internet for business transactions. Commercial transactions such as banking transactions and the purchase of goods and services are now frequently
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Thesis Proposal: Developing Competitive e-Commerce Web Sites Ronald Olaski Professor Paul Jackowitz May 28‚ 2003 The purpose of this document is to present my proposal for a graduate thesis project. The project will consist of two parts. Part one will provide research findings on the concepts that are core to developing competitive e-commerce web sites. Part two will apply those research findings to the development of an e-commerce web site. The objective of this project will
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Introduction: Internet‚ E-commerce E-commerce is used to describe the execution of business transactions within and across countries using the internet. In simpler terms e-commerce is the process of buying and selling via the internet (Graham‚ 2008). These transactions may either be B2B or B2C or C2C. Generally internet usage level and infrastructure for e-commerce are very low in poorer countries (Shenkar & Luo 2008. The trend is fast changing and according to the Internet World Stats‚ as at September
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reputation as an e-commerce pacemaker. Dell’s alteration of using the virtual company approaches is to expand its business scope without making a major acquisition. Therefore‚ Dell are aimed that e-commerce efforts can improves their efficiency‚ enhance customer satisfaction and reaching new product markets. Based on journal entitled Dell Computer: Using E-Commerce to support the virtual company. The type of e-commerce classification is Business–to-Consumer (B2C). B2C is defined as E-commerce model in
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