Dexit is a rechargeable‚ contactless‚ stored-value smart key tag used for electronic payment in on-line or off-line systems in Toronto‚ Canada‚ since 2003. Instead of coins or cards (and PIN)‚ Dexit uses an RFID key tag device associated with funds transferred from ordinary bank accounts. There is no link to access the accounts from the key tag‚ a feature to guard against the abuse of lost key tags. Accounts can be filled up from the Dexit website‚ by telephone‚ at participating merchants‚ or
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Marriage Essay Hoobant October 28‚ 2012 Many people plan on getting married at some point in their life. That being said‚ there are risks involved with getting married. Marriages are prone to failure because of lack of passion‚ lack of commitment and lack of intimacy. Marriage is a gamble‚ it has its ups and downs and there is no guarantee for a successful marriage. Many couples feel madly in love with each other and then decide to get married. Over the course of many years together‚ most couples
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Häfner‚ M.‚ & Trampe‚ D. (2009). When thinking is beneficial and when it is not: The effects of thin and round advertising models. Journal of Consumer Psychology‚ 19(4)‚ 619628. doi: 10.1016/j.jcps.2009.06.004 The main research question is how different size models shown in advertisements have an effect on product evaluations? In the first experiment‚ the hypothesis is“[e]xplicit product evaluations are more positive when a round model advertises the product than when a thin model does. Implicit product evaluations follow an
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Analysis of the Dick Spencer’s Case With reference to the case‚ micromanagement practice‚ employees’ resistance to organizational change‚ ineffective management by wandering around approach‚ and Dick’s managerial problem solving are the main managerial issues that can be identified in the case. Micromanagement Practice Micromanagement refers to the control of an enterprise in every particular and to the smallest detail‚ with the effect of obstructing progress and neglecting broader‚ higher-level
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Marks and Spenser is the largest retailer in UK‚ and 43rd in the world. The company owns more than 1103 stores‚ of which 703 - in the UK‚ and the remaining 400 in 44 other countries (Marks & Spencer‚ 2013). M&S has been known as a manufacturer of clothing‚ but since the 2000s‚ the company developed in other areas‚ including: food‚ household good‚ financial services. In 1998‚ M&S became the first British retailer profit of which exceeded £ 1 billion (Bevan‚ 2002). This essay will focus
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Jorge Luis Borges THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK (1970) Translated by Norrnan Thomas di Giovanni in collaboration with the author Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)‚ an outstanding modern writer of Latin America‚ was born in Buenos Aires into a family prominent in Argentine history. Borges grew up bilingual‚ learning English from his English grandmother and receiving his early education from an English tutor. Caught in Europe by the outbreak of World War II‚ Borges lived in Switzerland and later
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an International context Marks and Spencer’s Expansion into China Contents Page 1. Introduction 2. Main factors influencing M&S to invest so heavily in china 3. Methods of FDI used by M&S In China 4. Differences in Business Model from China and Europe 5. Cultural & Organisational Risks 6. Future recommendation 7. Bibliography 8. Appendix 1. Introduction The following report will address the expansion options available to Marks and Spencer (M&S) in China and Europe
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This report is being written for the Leadership Development Program‚ instructed by Jean Hanna. Who Moved My Cheese was written by Spencer Johnson in 1998 and was a #1 New York Times bestseller. The book was published by Putnam Adult and has 64 pages‚ not including the introduction. The book’s author‚ Spencer Johnson‚ has also authored many short stories for children called The Value Tales and co-authored The One Minute Manager‚ which has won great renown in most professional lives. While this book
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years. The movement for this change has probably been Strongest in organizations such as the large‚ globally companies in their search for international integration of their promotions. One of the big organizations in the retail business is Marks and Spencer (M&S). It is one of the UK ’s leading retailers of clothing‚ foods‚ home ware and financial services‚ serving 10 million customers a week on over 300 UK stores. M&S is headquartered in London‚ UK. M&S has been through a lot and faced a lot of
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TITLE An analysis of Saigon Morin Hotel in Hue city thorough 7Ps in marketing strategies INTRODUCTION The ability to market a hotel in the appropriate way to the appropriate market is essential to the success of the business. For this to succeed‚ those in key roles need to understand the product that they are selling and the market to which it is being sold. Managers maximize their returns through understanding the market they are operating in and applying those marketing techniques
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