Introduction Generally‚ agro-based industry refers to an industry that adds values to agricultural raw materials through processing in order to produce marketable and usable products that bring forth profits and additional income to the producer. Under the Ninth Malaysia Plan (2006-2010)‚ development of agro-based industry will be focus on increasing utilization of agricultural produce in the production of high value-added products as well as processing activities. Private sector is encouraged
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1. Introduction “A man walks into a store and an interactive billboard recognizes him‚ refers to him by name‚ and wants to know how he is enjoying the shirts he bought last week.”1 This scene of Minority Report‚ a science fiction movie‚ where Tom Cruise´s character just walks into a GAP store is in fact becoming reality now. The technology to make this work already exists and is being integrated more and more into our daily life‚ not only through the on-going development of mobile phones but
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Strength of Activity Based Costing The major strength of activity based costing is the ability to estimate the cost of individual products and services precisely. By transferring overhead costs to individual units of products or services‚ ABC helps identify inefficient or non-profitable products or activities that help into the profitability of efficient processes or highly profitable products. 1. More accurate costing of products/services Product cost determination under activity-based costing is more
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Introduction The use of evidence based practice in healthcare assist with providing the best and current practice and improving patient outcome (Boswell.c.‚ & Cannob‚ S. 2012). According to Hopp and Rittenmeyer (2012)‚ evidence based practice is define as the continuous and current use if the best evidence in decision making about the care of each patients. This involves the commbination of each clinical expertise‚ as well as considering patient choices with the best available external clinical evidence
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potential limitation for realizing the benefits of computer-based assessment in both instructional assessment and large scale testing comes in designing questions and tasks with which computers can effectively interface (i.e.‚ for scoring and score reporting purposes) while still gathering meaningful measurement evidence. This paper introduces a taxonomy or categorization of 28 innovative item types that may be useful in computer-based assessment. Organized along the degree of constraint on the respondent’s
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available as to how they can structure the new business. The appropriate business entity for any individual(s) will depend on their particular facts and circumstances. You are a valued colleague and friend of this threesome‚ and they have come to you seeking advice as to how to structure their new business. They have the knowledge to figure it out themselves but are looking for the advice of an unbiased third party. Please consider the following tax and nontax considerations as you recommend an entity
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A Literature Review on Resource-based View in Strategic Management Theories In field of Strategic Management‚ Resource based view theories (RBV)‚ is a business management tool used to determine that strategic resources available to a company. It stems from the principle that the source of the firms competitive advantage lies in their internal resources‚ as opposed to their positioning in the external environment. (Barney‚ 1995). In other word‚ RBV of the firm predicts that certain types of resources
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Evidence Based Management Using evidences or facts to run the organization is not a new concept in the management practice. Some managers use their experiences‚ research‚ articles and other evidences conducted by business experts to make decisions in their organization. Using these evidences to create solutions to solve problems in the organization is known as evidence-based management (EBMgt). For the proponent of EBMgt‚ this decision–making process has some advantages in its implementation. Creating
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You Decide: Wal-Mart Cultural differences are the core of international operations. These differences are identified through purchasing preferences and shopping trends‚ which provide opportunities for international expansion of hypermarkets. Hypermarkets must consider the cultural differences from domestic operations and conform to these differences by offering products consumers are currently purchasing from local retailers. This will provide a competitive advantage for the hypermarket‚ resulting
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For successful application of strength-based approaches‚ it must value the potential‚ skills‚ knowledge‚ and capacity of both the individuals and the community. In order for trustful and respectful relationships to develop‚ Health professionals must utilise the potential within both the community‚ and the individuals within it. A strength-based approach a Health Professional may use is allowing the individuals in the community to be educated‚ and improve upon
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