lists available at ScienceDirect International Journal of Hospitality Management journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ijhosman Total quality management‚ market orientation and hotel performance: The moderating effects of external environmental factors Cheng-Hua Wang a ‚ Kuan-Yu Chen b ‚ Shiu-Chun Chen a‚∗ a b Graduate School of Business and Operations Management‚ Chang Jung Christian University‚ Taiwan‚ ROC Department of Recreation Sport and Health Promotion‚ National Pingtung University
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Factors Influencing International Trade By Thomas James‚ eHow Contributor * * * Share * * Print this article Ships carry cargo all over the world. International trade is the exchange of commodities‚ products‚ services‚ capital between people and companies in different countries. It forms a significant part of many counties’ Gross Domestic Product‚ GDP. International trade has existed for a long time‚ but trade has increased hugely in the past few hundred years and has
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FACTORS INFLUENCING PLANT LOCATION Introduction: Units concerning both manufacturing as well as assembling of the products are on a very large scale affected by decisions involving the location of the plant. Location of the plant itself becomes a very important factor concerning service facilities‚ as the plant location decisions are strategic and long-term in nature. Plant location decisions need detailed analysis: Wrong plant location generally affects cost parameters i.e. poor location can act
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7.’’The business environment is said to affect organizational decisions‚ strategies‚ processes and performances ” with reference to a business organization of your choice and using macro environments factors only‚ comment on the validity of this statement.(25) INTRODUCTION Lancaster (2011) defines the macro environment as ’those global elements over which the organization has no control over but which affect the organization’s ability to serve its customers profitably.’ There are six major macro
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FACTORS DETERMINING WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENT The working capital needs of a firm are determined and influenced by various factors. A wide variety of considerations may affect the quantum of working capital required and these considerations may vary from time to time. The working capital needed at one point of time may not be good enough for some other situation. The determination of working capital requirement is a continuous process and must be undertaken on a regular basis in the light of
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weather elements and measures the degree of hotness and coldness in a place. The temperature of a place is affected by a number of factors such as latitudinal location‚ seasonal variations‚ albedo of the place‚ contrasts between land and sea and elevation. Latitudinal location has the strongest influence on the climatic conditions on a macro/global scale. The rest of the factors then serves to modify these influences and are secondary‚ operating at a smaller scale. Latitude affects the temperature of
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Environmental Factors Antonio Presley University of Phoenix August 31‚ 2009 Abstract Every organization has rules‚ regulations‚ and guidelines that help govern the conduct of the employees‚ global and domestic marketing decisions‚ and environmental factors. PepsiCo‚ success can be affected by an internal or external environment analysis. An internal or external environment analysis is an analysis of the target market for a company’s goods or services that can provide understanding of environmental
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Factors influencing individual identity Individual identity could be influenced by many factors. These factors are family‚ friends‚ culture‚ gender‚ personal interests‚ appearance‚ environment and many more. Some of the factors likely have more impact than others and some may have not any impact at all. Part of individual ethnicity is culture. Culture could be represented through the art‚ sport‚ customs and traditions‚ food‚ language of community. All around the world we have different
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Consumer Behavior & Marketing In their process of goods and services consumption customers are influenced by different factors that marketers study in order to satisfy customer’s needs. This research made on consumer behavior is important for companies in order to successfully establish their marketing plan‚ to sell their products or services and also to establish a good relationship with customers. In this paper work the three factors that were chosen to describe the impact on consumer behavior
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5-6-1 Mergers and acquisitions 11 5-6-2 Alliance 12 5-6-3 Cost leadership 13 5-6-4 Joint venture 13 6. Global Factors: 14 6-1 -Political 14 6-2 -Social 15 6-3 -Economic 17 6-4 -Technological 18 6-5 - Legal 19 7. Conclusion 20 8. Reference 21-22
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