Part-Time Recession It was not too long ago when only 13.5% of U.S employees were part-timers. According to the U.S Department of Labor‚ the number of part-time employees has increased to a peak 20.1% in 2010. The Department of Labor defines “part-time” as working 25 hours or less per week and defines “full-time” as working between 32-40 hours per week. The increase of part-time jobs has become a popular trend. A slow economic recovery from the 2007 recession has caused an increase in part-time
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JNPT‚ Mumbai Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust Assignment 1‚ Port management SJ0371 Department of Shipping and Marine Technology CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Göteborg‚ Sweden‚ 2008 1. Introduction Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) is Indians second youngest port after Ennore in Chennai. The development of JNPT in 1989 was because of the need for an alternate port in the Mumbai region to handle the increasing traffic. India’s increasing international trade necessitated the development of additional
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“As ethics and morality were laid much more emphasis and craftsmanship was disregarded in ancient time‚ people disinterested in exploring the world.” Therefore‚ the standpoint that stupid emperors and their autocracy determines China’s recession is untenable. When we go further on this issue‚ there is another one question that we shouldn’t avoid−why China’s feudalism has lasted for thousand years? At this moment‚ we need to come back to the study of our culture. Compared with the ancient Greece
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Economic Crash Creates an Amazing Upbringing Recently our country has experienced some extremely rough economic recessions which has caused countless Americans to change their everyday lives and their spending habits. This recession has affected mass amounts of people in a gigantic way‚ with my family being one of several. However‚ being in my first year of college and my family reorganizing our expenditures‚ it puts into perspective exactly what “pinching your penny” means. Especially with
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1.1 Background of the Study 1 1.1.1 The Kenyan Cement Industries 3 1.2 Statement of the Problem 4 1.3 Objectives of the Study 5 1.4 Significance of the Study 5 1.5 Justification for the Study 6 1.6 Scope of the study 6 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.0 Introduction 7 2.1 The concept of green procurement 7 2.2 Appreciation of Green Procurement in the Cement Industry 7 2.3 Green Procurement Practises in the Cement Industry 9 2.4 The Impact of Green Procurement on the Performance of the Organization
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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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Executive Summary The United States wine industry is a 12 billion dollar industry and is composed of 7‚000 wineries and around 1‚800 different companies. The three major companies within the industry are Constellation brands‚ E&J Gallo‚ and The Wine Group Inc. The industry has made its way through the economic crisis at a better rate than some of the other U.S industries however in order for them to continue to see any type of growth it is important that they acknowledge their issues and find
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Accepting ones past is always a hard thing to do‚ but by facing ones fears and learning to acknowledge and understand ones past‚ it becomes easier to move forward. Written in third person omniscient point of view‚ Annie Proulx’s novel‚ The Shipping News‚ exerts a dark yet comical tone. Proulx’s style of writing evokes a strong sense of setting and through setting the theme of the novel is developed. Ironic situations and comical details about the setting allow Proulx to emphasize her theme of how
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Industry Analysis of Food Service Industry The foodservice (or food service) industry (US English; catering industry in British English) encompasses those places‚ institutions‚ and companies responsible for any meal prepared outside the home. This industry includes restaurants‚ school and hospital cafeterias‚ catering operations‚ and many other formats. Although the restaurant industry is very competitive‚ the lifestyle changes created by modern living continue to fuel its steady growth. More and
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1. Define economics and trace briefly its evolution. Discuss allocation‚ distribution‚ and movement of factors of production in the domestic and international economy. Economics is the social science that analyzes the production‚ distribution‚ and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek οἰκονομία (oikonomia‚ "management of a household‚ administration") from οἶκος (oikos‚ "house") + νόμος (nomos‚ "custom" or "law")‚ hence "rules of the house(hold)". Political
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