the gender pay gap and gives some common perceptions about the issue. I attempt to explain the reasons behind the gender wage gap between men and women by briefly looking at the issue historically and explain some theories and studies as it relates to employers preference‚ education and career choices.
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Financial Accounting Company Financial Statement Analysis Assignment: I. Company’s Business and Economic Environment Gap Inc.‚ founded in 1969 in San Francisco‚ CA‚ is a clothing and accessories retailer for men‚ women and kids. It started as a single store‚ and nowadays operates more than 3‚000 stores with more than 130‚000 employees worldwide. Gap Inc owns the following brands: The Gab‚ babyGap‚ GapKids‚ and GapBody‚
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globalization. Industries like the hospitality industry find successes in the global markets that are unheard of traditionally. Businesses such as Subway‚ McDonalds‚ and Wal-Mart are prime examples of global businesses experiencing much success. Understanding exactly what globalization is and how globalization has impacted the hospitality industry in both positive and negative ways and consumer contributions to the success of the industry. Even with the ups and downs of the economy‚ the hospitality has been
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are hidden realities that would surprise one. Even services such as corporate hospitality come under this understanding because of the fact it masks the relationship of companies and their clients. Though it boosts productivity and promotes better relationships it is nevertheless a means of covering up failures and misunderstandings and promotes closeness between companies and clients. In discussing corporate hospitality‚ one can assert that its importance is immense because of the fact that it ameliorates
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HOSPITALITY SUMMARY TOPIC 1: Historical development in hospitality A lot of people may wonder how and when did hospitality start. Did it start off by a man dreaming of opening a lodging place‚ which called a ‘hotel’? Or did it start with a sweetheart grandma offering cookies and milk to lost kids on Christmas? Let me take you more in depth. When people usually think of Hospitality Industry‚ they immediately think of hotels and restaurants. Nevertheless‚ the true meaning of hospitality is way
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12th highest contribution to GDP • India ranked 12th among 184 countries in terms of travel & tourism‘s total contribution to GDP in 2012 Contribution to GDP above world average • In India‚ the sector’s direct contribution to GDP is expected to grow at 7.8 per cent per annum during 2013–2023 vis-à-vis the world average of 4.2 per cent Create higher employment • The travel & tourism sector in India is estimated to create 78 jobs per USD18‚366 of investment
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therefore‚ travellers depended on the hospitality of others during their long nights away from home. Hospitality‚ otherwise known as xenia‚ was the stranger-host relationship between members of different regions. In Homer’s The Odyssey‚ the poet shows that a character’s desire to be elite in society is what drives them to be hospitable. In particular‚ hospitality is shown to influence one’s social life through reputation‚ relationships and religion. Hospitality was the means to gain social status
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INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The Indian Industry as a whole has given away a growth which is of positive but comparatively less than the previous year. For instance the Industry registered a growth of 7% in the month of April 2008 as compared to 11% growth registered in the same month of the previous year. In March 2008 industrial growth which was recorded was 3.9% the lowest in past 6 years. The growth slipped due to the sharp downfall in the manufacturing and specifically electrical sector to 7.5% and
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Technology – Time to play catch up To be successful in 2015‚ the industry needs to address these problems. The key areas of technological development are likely to be online booking and mobile technology‚ Customer Relationship Management (CRM)‚ smart card technology‚ online social networking‚ data security‚ Artificial Intelligence (AI)‚ self-healing technology and in-room product innovation. As online usage has soared over the last decade the internet has become a vital outlet for all retailers
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Business Ethics in Hospitality Brian Scott Angerer University of Phoenix In the hospitality industry ethical issues abound both for the business itself and the community at large. Business ethics is a complicated subject that can be described as‚ the behavior that a business
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