and long-term investment strategy which is called green purchasing. This is defined as the approach to purchasing products and services that considers the economical‚ environmental and social impacts of buying choices (Little‚ Green Purchasing & Procurement Strategies 1). It includes best value-for-money considerations; applying the price‚ quality‚ availability and functionality of a required product or service. The thrust for green purchasing in the company is spearheaded by regulation which is
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Running head: Situational Influences on Purchasing Behavior Situational Influences on Purchasing Behavior Abstract There was an investigation in an attempt to understand what situational influences affect purchasing behaviors of consumers. Fifty subjects were asked to complete a survey in determining what attributes affect the decision to purchase a product. The effect of purchase was based on three different times of day: morning‚ afternoon
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Darren Page Throughout the 20 years of my life‚ there have been many Agents of Socialization. From the start‚ my Mother was the one who shaped my beliefs and behavior as a child. At a very young age‚ since I was the only child‚ and she was a single parent‚ she taught me almost everything I needed to know as a kid. At that point in time‚ she was my Mother and my Father. She taught me various values‚ such as‚ the values of working hard to get what I want‚ and the values of doing the right thing
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report will aim to analyse and critique KFCs purchasing and supply management activities. In particular the legal‚ ethical‚ sustainability and social responsibility issues in purchasing and supply management‚ as well as supplier selection‚ evaluation and contracting methods. This report will provide an in-depth analysis of the purchasing methods and hope to show areas open for continuous improvement through changes in supply management and purchasing initiatives. 1.1 Background of KFC Kentucky
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problem: A data distributor has given sensitive data to a set of supposedly trusted agents (third parties). Some of the data are leaked and found in an unauthorized place (e.g.‚ on the web or somebody’s laptop). The distributor must assess the likelihood that the leaked data came from one or more agents‚ as opposed to having been independently gathered by other means. We propose data allocation strategies (across the agents) that improve the probability of identifying leakages. These methods do not rely
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2 INTELLIGENT AGENTS In which we discuss what an intelligent agent does‚ how it is related to its environment‚ how it is evaluated‚ and how we might go about building one. 2.1 INTRODUCTION An agent is anything that can be viewed as perceiving its environment through sensors and acting upon that environment through effectors. A human agent has eyes‚ ears‚ and other organs for sensors‚ and hands‚ legs‚ mouth‚ and other body parts for effectors. A robotic agent substitutes cameras and infrared
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One of the most prosperous industries in today’s time is IT industry. The revenue generated by this industry comes into the top five revenue generating industries in India. Even though‚ many small companies cannot survive in the IT industry. The main reason for this is the competitiveness of the IT industry. In this situation‚ the company which cannot know the buying behavior of its customer cannot survive. So the buying behavior of the IT products is important. One of the main objectives of this
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cake-making recipe would include ingredients such as baking powder‚ flour‚ eggs‚ sugar‚ butter‚ salt. So what happens in order to make a cake rise? The rising of a cake occurs when baking powder or baking soda is added. These ingredients are cake raising agents which release carbon dioxide‚ allowing the cake to rise. Baking powder (a white powder) is a dry chemical ingredient used in the making of a cake. It consists of sodium bicarbonate (an alkali)‚ acid salt (such as tartaric acid) and starch that
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must first understand what a chemical agent is. A United Nations report from 1969 defines chemical warfare agents as " ... chemical substances‚ whether gaseous‚ liquid or solid‚ which might be employed because of their direct toxic effects on man‚ animals and plants ... ". This means basically that any chemical that is used to directly effect and harm a person‚ plant‚ or animal would be an act of chemical warfare. Some commonly confused Chemical Agents: Agents such as napalm and phosphorus are not
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Chapter 1 Midnight in the deserts of Afghanistan‚ at an Al-Qaida training camp. Gunshots echo throughout the camp. Young boys come running out of dust covered tents. Together they number fifty. All of them were half asleep and hungry‚ shivering in the ice cold night air. The story of these boys is the same. They were taken from their families at an early age and brought here. One in particular stands out; he is the son of a general who fights Al-Qaida‚ and serves the President of Afghanistan
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