THE TWO GAP MODEL AND THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY. - BRIDGING THE GAPs WITH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. . By Bakare Aremu‚ Tunde Abubakar Department of Economics ‚ university of lagos‚ akoka‚ yaba ‚lagos And Bashorun‚ oladipo titilayo Department of Finance ‚ university of lagos‚ akoka‚ yaba ‚lagos ABSTRACT Holis Chenery (2005) proposed existence of 2-gaps in LDCs in his TWO GAP MODEL. This research work sought to unveil the existence of the gaps in the Nigeria economy. We realized that domestic
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Review of the GAPS model of Service Quality using a personal example: Service Name: Bell Essential Plus Internet Service Existence of a Gap: Yes Expected Service (description of expectation): The expectation was (without reading the fine print‚ which is obscure and not indicative of essential information for new customers) that upon subscribing to Bell Essential Plus I’d be able to download media content and browse the internet at a speed of “5mbps”. Perceived Service (description
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should any gaps arise between the elements‚ in the long run‚ they could lead to unfavourable consequences in the organisation. To determine the possibility of such problems‚ a perception gap would be looked at. Berry and Parasuraman (1991)‚ developed a GAP model and demonstrated that a customer who visits an organisation expecting to get certain quality of service basing on previous dealings or because of advertising may be disappointed by the outcome. This was said to arise due to gaps caused by
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SERVICE MODEL GAP QUESTIONNARIE 1. Name……………………………………….. 2. Age a. Below 20 b.20 to 30 c.31 to 4o d.41 to 50 e.51 and above 3. Gender b. Male b. female 4. Marital status c. Married b. Unmarried 5. Occupation d. Business b. government job c. private jop d.non income group e. others 6. Nationality a. India b. England c. America d. French e. others 7. Income level (monthly) a. below Rs.20.000 b. Rs.21‚000 to Rs 30
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Case #4: Bridging the Gap As customers once knew‚ The Gap was a popular fashion apparel store that attracted many people to it. However‚ this is no longer the case in the present day. So what happened? According to the case‚ competitors are gaining market share with cheaper and fresher fashion designs. One of the problems Gap (including other retailers) is the rising costs of raw materials. Gap said this would force them to raise their prices on items by 20 percent‚ but the customers
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Restaurants may be classified or distinguished in many different ways. The primary factors are usually the food itself (e.g. vegetarian‚ seafood‚ steak); the cuisine (e.g. Italian‚ Chinese‚ Indian‚ French‚ Thai) and/or the style of offering (e.g. tapas bar‚ a sushi train‚ a tastet restaurant‚ a buffet restaurant or a yum cha restaurant). Beyond this‚ restaurants may differentiate themselves on factors including speed (see fast food)‚ formality‚ location‚ cost‚ service‚ or novelty themes (such as
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IN A RESTAURANT WAITER: CAMARERO CLIENT: CLIENTE W: GOOD MORNING‚ CAN I HELP YOU? C: YES PLEASE‚ I’D LIKE A TABLE FOR ONE W: FOLLOW ME‚ PLEASE. HERE IS THE MENU C: THANK YOU. I’D LIKE FOR STARTER A BIG SALAD W: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE FOR MAIN COURSE? C: I’D LIKE FISH & POTATOES‚ AND FOR DESSERT A BIG APPLE CAKE W: WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO DRINK? C: I’D LIKE A WHITE WINE W: OK.‚ THEN‚ A BIG SALAD‚ FISH & POTATOES‚ A BIG APPLE CAKE AND A GLASS/ A BOTTLE OF WHITE WINER ************ C: CAN I HAVE THE BILL
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CSR Gap Analysis of the GAP Gap Inc prefaces their 2004/5 CSR report with the question: what is a company’s role in society? Their answer is that a company ‘only realizes its full potential when it embraces its role as a global citizen’. This raises two interesting points; the first is that the answer to the question ‘what is a company’s role in society?’ will be conditioned by normative assumptions about business/government relations in a firm’s country of incorporation. David Detomasi
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The Gap Inc. business strategy is a combined of cost leader and differentiation. The company provides a highly competitive price with some differentiated fashion features. As a cost leader‚ Gap supplies the similar products at a lower price‚ uses the simple design‚ and applies a tight cost control system to its store space. At the same time‚ Gap also equipped with some unique product features. The company has variety products designed for different group of target customer‚ like GapKids and Banana
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