387 From supply chains to value chains: A spotlight on CSR Malika Bhandarkar and Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero* 1. Introduction Corporate social responsibility (CSR)1 has become a hot topic in boardrooms across the world. Changes in corporate value systems are being driven by pressures from different actors‚ including governments‚ consumers‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and institutional investors (diagram 1). Multinational corporations (MNCs) have operations spread across the globe‚ relying
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Developing Robust Asset Allocations1 Working Paper First Version: February 17‚ 2006 Current Version: April 18‚ 2006 Thomas M. Idzorek‚ CFA Director of Research Ibbotson Associates 225 North Michigan Avenue Suite 700 Chicago‚ Illinois 60601-7676 312-616-1620 (Main) 312-616-0404 (Fax) tidzorek@ibbotson.com Abstract Over the last 50 years‚ Markowitz’s mean-variance optimization framework has become the asset allocation model of choice. Unfortunately the model often leads to highly concentrated asset
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HOSPITALITY Tourism industry Hospitality is one of the most interesting and challenging industries to work in and offers a wide range of job and career opportunities and an endless variety of places to work in. Hospitality is the business of helping people to feel welcome and relaxed and to enjoy themselves. You may be providing them with accommodation‚ a meal or a cocktail or even entertaining them. But it is all about customer service and providing the best experience possible for your customers
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Course name: Strategic Management Semester: SPRING 2013 Instructor: Dr. Richard T. Mpoyi Office Number: BAS N146 Phone: 615-898-5767 Email: richard.mpoyi@mtsu.edu Class Schedule Section No. Days Time Building Room BUAD 4980-03 MWF 11:30am – 12:25pm BAS S262 Office Hours* Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday – 12:00pm – 02:00pm 04:00pm – 05:00pm 12:00pm – 02:00pm – * Other hours: By appointment Course Expectations X Multiple-Choice Exams X Essay Tests
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GCC Hospitality Industry April 13‚ 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 AT A GLANCE ........................................................................................................................................... 4 2 REPORT HIGHLIGHTS ............................................................................................................................. 5 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Executive Summary ..................................................................................................
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interested in pursuing a career in the hospitality industry? Has this changed from the beginning of the class? Please respond to two of your classmates postings. Main posts I really learned lot of things from this class. Also‚ it has been helped me learn more things in the industry in the hospitality tourism‚ and leisure industry. I have gained some knowledge of the opportunities of career in the industry and I also gained some the skills from the hospitality‚ tourism‚ and leisure industry
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Hospitality is the relationship between the guest and the host‚ or the act or practice of being hospitable. This includes the reception and entertainment of guests‚ visitors‚ or strangers. Hospitality may also refer to good caring. By metonymy the Latin word ’Hospital’ means a guest-chamber‚ guest’s lodging‚ and an inn. Hospes is thus the root for the English words host (where the p was dropped for convenience of pronunciation) hospitality‚ hospice‚ hostel and hotel. In India hospitality is based
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Title: Study the Challenges of Information Technology on Sustainable Hospitality Industry Supervised By: Muhammad Zafar Saeed Prepared By: Students Name Reg. no Waseem Ahmed 1211-934 Batch # (ADHM) 33 Advance Diploma in Hospitality Management Acknowledgements The researcher is deeply grateful to God Almighty first and also to our parents for their utmost support. We would also like to express our gratitude to the following people who gave generously of their time and advice to
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McDonald’s Logistical & Value Chain Strategies 1.0 Introduction McDonald’s is the world’s largest multinational restaurant chain that serves hamburger fast food. As one of the leading food service retailers‚ there are more than 32‚000 restaurants across the world serving more than 60 million people in more than 100 countries every day. Around 85% of the restaurants are run by franchises or affiliates. (McDonald’s History‚ 2010) 1.1 History In 1937‚ Dick and McDonald opened McDonalds Bar-B-Que
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view on the hospitality industry‚ what kinds of businesses are involved in it and challenges it faces. To do so‚ it considers the views of different authors which are relative with hospitality industry. There is some data describing the importance of the Hospitality industry in the Scotland and worldwide and there is also some figure show the reputation of hospitality industry in the Scotland and tourist interest toward the Scotland. This essay explores most of the area in the hospitality industry‚
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