International Journal of Business and Management August‚ 2008 Projects and Their Management: A Literature Review Guru Prakash Prabhakar Bristol Business School University of the West of England Coldharbour Lane‚ Frenchay Campus Bristol- BS16 1QY‚ UK Tel: 44-117-328-3461 E-mail: guru.prabhakar@uwe.ac.uk Abstract Over the years and more importantly in the recent past projects have been used as a delivery mechanism to do business and accomplish objectives. No wonder it has become
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The Employability of Women… A Literature Review Contents Page… Page Number Introduction 3 The History of the Employability of Women 3/4 When Did Things Start to Change? 4/5 What is the Employability of Women like in Today’s Society? 5 Conclusion 6 References 7 Reflective Report 8 Personal SWOT 9 Employability of Women… Introduction… Employability in relation to gender‚ age and race has changed
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Single Parenthood: Literature Review 2 This paper will look at the different research that has already been conducted on single parenthood. Possible research topics could be how single-parent families differ in their structure or financially‚ in contrast to households with two parents. Articles may also discuss the impact of single parent households on children‚ in terms of psychological impact‚ academic results‚ social and financial standings using statistics found in their research. By
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A Literature Review on International Business Introduction Engaging in international business is one of the most important factors that a businessman must consider in order to gain more financial strength and stability for his company. One reason of investing to other countries provides a much larger opportunity for growth. But the success of a business also depends on choosing the right country to transact with‚ and having the ability to negotiate with that country in terms of their rules and
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threatened‚ slowed‚ or stopped is not because the market is saturated. It is because there has been a failure of management. 1. An industry is a customer-satisfying process‚ not a goods-producing process. Businesses will do better in the end if they concentrate on meeting customers’ needs rather than on selling products. 2. Companies stop growing because of a failure in management‚ not because the market is saturated but because of MYOPIA. Example: Railroads declined because they “were railroad
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LITERATURE REVIEW Foreign exchange exposure is very crucial now a days as cross border trade is increasing day byway at a very fast pace. But it is also regarded as very complex. There is a dearth of good literature on this subject‚ especially in India. Some of the studies identified in this area areas follow; Bengt Pramborg‚ in this study‚ ―Foreign Exchange Risk Management by Swedish and Korean Non Financial Firms: A Comparative Survey‖‚ 2002‚ makes a comparison of hedging practices of Swedish
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CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES Related Literature The development of the study is based on “published” materials like books‚ newspapers‚ published journals‚ articles‚ magazines‚ etc. Foreign Literature – the author is a foreigner Local Literature – the author is born in the Philippines Related Studies The development of the study is based on “unpublished” materials like thesis‚ dissertations‚ projects‚ unpublished journals‚ articles‚ etc
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1.1 The Morph concept The “Nokia Morph” is a theoretical future device based on nanotechnology that might enable future communication devices. It is intended to demonstrate the flexibility of future mobile devices‚ in regards to their shape and form allowing the users to transform them according to their preference. It demonstrates the ultimate functionality that nanotechnology might be capable of delivering i.e. flexible materials‚ transparent electronics and self-cleaning surfaces. It also features
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and that social processes are best to be studied when change is introduced to observe the effects of these. Furthermore‚ It makes use of a cyclical approach in order for an initial holistic understanding of a social setting. The action research literature has strongly challenged the character of positivism. It is believed that this type of research is derived from a different ontological basis; it tends to a humanistic social practice rather than a traditional natural science. Lewin started with
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Literature review of Recruitment and Selection in International Human Resource Management Introduction Staffing is one of the main functions on Human Resource Management‚ refer to International Human Resource Management perspective‚ staffing will be more important on the managing by the headquartered company to their subsidiaries in order to gain more competitive advantage for them. As a company want to achieve the mind of globalization‚ they must choose a suitable staffing approach in order
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