AN EXPLORATORY STUDY OF INFLUENCES ON RETAIL SERVICE QUALITY: A FOCUS ON KUWAIT AND LEBANO Abstract: The Middle East is a growing and lucrative marketplace. This exploratory study examines retail service in Kuwait and Lebanon‚ regions with long histories of trade. Retail service‚ however‚ has not been well documented in this region. To our knowledge‚ this is the first study that examines customer and salespeople perceptions of service encounters in these countries‚ in light of their culture
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Factors affecting Pricing Strategies Introduction Pricing can be defined as the assignment of value or the cumulative amount of value that a customer must exchange in order to receive a particular product or service (Gerth‚ n.d.). For marketers‚ pricing can be viewed as a single strategic tool that can translate a potential business entity into reality (Abratt & Pitt‚ 1985). On the same notion‚ Avlonitis & Indounas (2005) noted that pricing is the only element of the marketing mix that
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Like other universities‚ FEU Diliman is experiencing a high number of BSA students’ shifters and low academic performance in accounting course. Comments and voiced of sentiments of the shifters’ and academics led the researcher to question the factors affecting the shifters’ population and if the problem exists with the course. Broad Field of Accountancy requires varying levels of competence‚ skills and intellectual abilities. According to the Theory of Intellectual Abilities (Sternberg‚ 1985; 1986:23)
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Basics Limited-service hotels usually have the lowest operating costs of the three hotel categories‚ due to their lack of extras. Room rates are typically lower‚ because these hotels cater to budget-conscious travelers. Full-service hotels often need a larger staff and larger facilities to accommodate guests who require more luxurious amenities. In the United States‚ no official rules exist as to what defines a limited-service hotel and what defines a full-service hotel; hotels can advertise however
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The market environment is a marketing term and refers to all of the forces outside of marketing that affect marketing management’s ability to build and maintain successful relationships with target customers. The market environment consists of both the macroenvironment and the microenvironment. Microenvironment refers to the forces that are close to the company and affect its ability to serve its customers. It includes the company itself‚ its suppliers‚ marketing intermediaries‚ customer markets
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com THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE: A CASE STUDY OF ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR‚ PAKISTAN Muhammad DANIYAL1; Tahir NAWAZ1; Muhammad ALEEM1; Ali HASSAN2 1 Lecturer‚ Department of Statistics‚ The Islamia University of Bahawalpur‚ Pakistan 2 Department of Media Studies‚ The Islamia University of Bahawalpur‚ Pakistan ABSTRACT The performance of the students in academics is not only influenced by their own characteristics gifted by the nature but also various factors are involved
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Factors affecting Cultural tourism Economic Impact The events and festivals are recognized as economic drivers‚ with their help business and tourism are not only industry field which benefits from festivals‚ but the most cities and municipalities themselves benefit. Cultural tourism has been placed at the center of many urban regeneration strategies because it can provide the basis to reanimate city centers‚ rejuvenate existing cultural facilities‚ create new cultural
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AUSTRALIA: RUNNING LLOYDS BANK IN AUSTRALIA: Political factors: Australia is a democracy which is the following: The Constitution‚ the Federation‚ and the judicature. The Australian nation‚ (which is also known as the Commonwealth of Australia)‚ started in 1901 when the six former colonies owned by the British agreed to join together (Federate.). This is now Australia’s six states. Since Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia‚ Lloyd’s bank wouldn’t have a problem to run in Australia. All
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Table of Contents No Particulars Page 1 Introduction 3 2 Contents 4 – 11 3 Summary 12 4 Reference 13 - 14 Introduction What are the factors that affect Job satisfaction‚ to understand this question in extend‚ we must first understand what “Job Satisfaction” is. Job satisfaction as by Archnahr (2006) is “One’s attitude towards his or her job‚ whether Positive or Negative.” If looked into more details‚ Lawrence K. Jones (2011) States that there are different kind of job satisfaction
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Environmental Factors Angela Mackey MKT 421 January 4‚ 2011 Harry Caldwell Environmental Factors Marketing in the world today is affected by so many factors in the environment. The factors include political and legal issues‚ which are the most important. Some other environmental factors that have a major effect on the marketing world are social‚ cultural economics‚ technological‚ and competitive. These factors surround the basis of the decisions made within marketing. Most organizations
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