CHARACTERISTICS OF SERVICES The services have unique characteristics which make them different from that of goods. The most common characteristics of services are: Intangibility. Inseparability. Perish ability. Variability Intangibility Services are activities performed by the provider‚ unlike physical products they cannot be seen‚ tasted‚ felt‚ heard or smelt before they are consumed. Since‚ services are not tangibles‚ they do not have features that appeal to the customer’s senses‚ their evaluation
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Introduction to Economics I TRADE AGREEMENTS AND WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION PROFESSOR ASSISTANT STUDENTS Nataša Tandir Nedžad Isaković Sejid Abaz Sarajevo‚ December 2011. CONTENT Trade Agreements.......................................................................................................................... 3 Bilateral and Multilateral Agreements................................................................................. 3 Trade Agreements and Trading Blocks................
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Introduction / Case Background The new kid agreement is a common contract in music industry. As mentioned in the case study‚ companies prefer the new kid agreement in order to manage their risks. However‚ this agreement proved a loss making deal for rock group. They are under obligation to finish all the eight recordings‚ even if it takes 12 years. On the other side‚ company can ditch the rock group any time. However‚ it is a legal contract that was signed by both the parties. It could be difficult
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Why Conversation? Conversation is an important characteristic of chatbots. Let’s dive deeper into what a conversation is and why it’s important. Chatbots use Conversational User Interfaces (CUI) rather than Graphical User Interfaces (GUI). A GUI is a program that appears on screen and has graphical elements and pictures for mouse or touch interaction. CUI is text that a user types into a messaging app. Many of the chatbots available today are primarily text‚ but a chatbot can also use voice to interact
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IMPROVING SELF-SERVICE TECHNOLOGIES UTILIZATION: THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF TECHNOLOGY ANXIETY‚ NEED FOR INTERACTION WITH SERVICE EMPLOYEES‚ AND EXPECTED SERVICE QUALITY By M.S. Southern Illinois University Carbondale‚ 2003 B.S. Srinakharinwirot University‚ 1999 PR EV A Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree Department of Management in the Graduate School Southern Illinois University Carbondale May 2008 IE Kiattisak
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The Visiting Forces Agreement between the U.S. and Philippines Philippine Foreign Policy and Relations TTH 10:30-12:00 Torrecampo‚ Rejane Cortez Outline of the Paper I. US-Philippines Bilateral Relations II. The Visiting Forces Agreement through the years III. The Renegotiation or Termination of the VFA U.S.-Philippines Bilateral Relations "The Philippines and the United States are longstanding allies." -U.S
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AUGUST 2007‚FIRST DRAFT Services provisions in regional trade agreements: stumbling or building blocks for multilateral liberalization? Carsten Fink World Bank Marion Jansen* WTO Paper presented at the Conference on Multilateralising Regionalism Sponsored and organized by WTO - HEI Co-organized by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) 10-12 September 2007 Geneva‚ Switzerland The views expressed in this paper are the authors’ own and cannot be attributed to the World Bank‚ the WTO
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Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Agreements Strayer University BUS 310 Prof. Robert High March 15‚ 2009 Outline Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Agreements I. History of the American Labor Movement a. Labor and Employee Laws b. The Union II. Labor Relation Process c. Public-Sector Labor Relations
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Lecture Topic 1 : The Service Sector Reading : Chapter 1‚ Services Marketing : People‚ Technology‚ Strategy by Kotler & Wirtz‚ 7th Edition. The Service Sector- some facts : • In the West‚ business conditions generally remain difficult for service sector firms with falling prices hitting profitability. - The service sector typically accounts for between 66% and 75% of GDP in most of the more highly developed economies. (Central Intelligence Agency‚ 2011)
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