The Victor Diamond Mine When Land Can Be Worth More than Diamonds SCN1Dd Prepared by Eric Best Prepared for Mr. Grieg & Mrs. Chan March 4th 2012 The Victor Diamond Mine near James Bay in Northern Ontario rose lots of controversy over the environmental‚ economic‚ and social issues created by the mine. While the company that owns the mine‚ De Beers‚ says that the new mine will bring Canada new revenue and will boost the economy‚ the people of the Attawapiskat First Nation are in discontent
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four perceptions about its online banking counterpart (flow‚ structural assurance‚ perceived Web site satisfaction‚ and perceived extent of future use). The study tests the hypothesized influence of offline trust using a sample of 199 South Korean consumers responding about offline and online banking. Results show that offline trust influences all four online perceptions‚ just as proposed. These effects were especially prominent among respondents new to online banking. Thus‚ offline-to-online transfer
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[pic] ISLAMIC BANKING: IS IT REALLY “ISLAMIC”? By: Omar Mustafa Ansari & Faizan Ahmed Memon Is it really Islamic? …. In this era of development and growth in Islamic finance and banking‚ this is a question being raised at every forum by various quarters. All those who raise this question‚ are undoubtedly well-wishers of Islam‚ Islamic economic system and Muslim Ummah. Accordingly‚ while we celebrate the achievements of Islamic banking on one hand‚ we should not
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Porter generic strategies Michael Porter described three types of strategy to achieve/maintain competitive advantage in his 1980 work Competitive strategy: techniques for analysing industries and competitors. (CS:TAIC) These generic strategies are based on two dimensions: market scope + core competency with two competencies being the most important: product differentiation/product cost. [pic] Porter (1980) stressed that failure to adopt single strategy of differentiation or low cost results in
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Geography 6 February 2013 The Issue of Blood Diamonds What is the cause of major rebellions‚ riots‚ and coups in Africa? The blood diamond trade is one of the strongest illegal trades in Africa‚ which has been fueling conflict for approximately three decades. The primary purpose of blood diamond trading contributes to funding armed conflicts for guerrilla and militant forces. The diamonds are illegally mined in a conflict zone‚ which is then used by guerrilla
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DISTRIBUTION IN BANKING BUSINESS Distribution in financial services marketing is concerned with how the service is delivered to the customer‚ making sure that it is available in a place‚ at a time and in a format that is appropriate and convenient for the customer. In a growing number of countries‚ the expansion of the financial services sector has been accompanied by a significant blurring of lines between different institutional types with‚ for instance‚ retail banks offering insurance products
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Technology in Banking Towards Improving Business Performance and Customer Engagement Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (Established by Reserve Bank of India) Banking Technology – Towards Improving Business Performance and Customer Engagement resources |2 Foreword Technology today has become synonymous with banking and Indian banks have put in place a fairly strong infrastructure to leverage its benefits. IT has made a visible difference in the functioning
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WHAT IS STRATEGY? BY MICHAEL PORTER! 1! ! ! What is Porter’s definition of Strategy? ! Porter claims that a competitive strategy refers to the fact of being different to the competition‚ choosing a different set activities to deliver a unique mix of value to the client. He affirms that the essence of strategy is in choosing to perform actions in a different way than the rivals do and differentiate themselves in the market aligning themselves at the same time with the needs and wants
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question of whether the phenomenon of Islamic finance or Islamic Banking is truly globalizing‚ that is‚ spreading as a universal alternative to conventional finance and banking or whether the proponents of such a view are spreading a myth or are themselves simply deluded by their own enthusiasm. This article has also addresses the various aspects of the globalization of Islamic finance‚ among others‚ the issue of the rise of Islamic banking in the West‚ Islamic jurisprudence and finance‚ the Islamic Financial
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What is Investment Banking “A specific division of banking related to the creation of capital for other companies. Investment banks underwrite new debt and equity securities for all types of corporations. Investment banks also provide guidance to issuers regarding the issue and placement of stock.” An investment bank is a financial institution that helps companies take new bond or stock issues to market‚ usually acting as the intermediary between the issuer and investors. In addition to the services
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