Literature Review 2.1 Introduction In the concrete industry‚ there are large amounts of concrete being produced around world. The quantity demand will reach $105.2 billion by the year 2015 in the world market for readymix concrete (Global Industry Analysis‚ 2014). Hence concrete quality becomes more and more important‚ because it refers to the quality of building construction and the capital usage efficiency of company. Furthermore‚ product quality is
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CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 1. Introduction In this chapter various related literature and research pertaining to this research will be presented. It addresses the views and effect of using extensive reading method to improve comprehension and motivates reading. 2. Related Literature Up until now there is still no definite definition for ‘reading’ as Criscuolo (1973) says “There is no exact definition for reading’. Another view‚ Alderson and Urguhart (1984) in Fauziah Hassan HBET3203
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Critical literature review techniques http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/business/ramsay/Reasoning/critreview.doc. In order to qualify as a ‘critical’ review you must go beyond the simple description of the sources you read. If you are writing a review with reference to specific research questions or objectives then you might consider: * the breadth of different pieces of work - how wide a range of the possible subject matter defined by your question(s) or objective(s) do different
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Brand extension‚ which is to put a new product created in another category under the name of an existing brand‚ is one of the most popular ways to achieve this (Jun-ying‚ 2007). Brand extension is always seen as a way for companies to seek growth while introducing a new product (Carolin‚ 2007). As it is a phenomenon in strong competitive market‚ previous studies report that failure rates are 80 percent of the extension (Völkner and Sattler‚ 2006). On the other hand‚ Besharat defined Co-Branding as
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Obesity Literature review I. Introduction Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse affect on health‚ leading to reduced life expectancy. Child obesity has been increasing dramatically and it has become one of the most common chronic conditions for youngsters and it’s accompanied by several psychological effects. As for the children it might lead to being isolated and having peer problems and sense of discrimination from
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Literature Review: Literature portrays logistics and MIS practices from a variety of different perspectives with a common goal of ultimately improving performance and competitiveness. 1. Analysis of financial and MIS excellence of BRAC Bank Joydeep Sinha Roy‚ BRAC university 2. Course teacher instructions and lectures over the semesters. 3. Course book entitled Management Information Systems ( Managing the digital firm) written by Laudon and Laudon. While there is plenty of published
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LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 DEFINITION OF TRAINING Noe R.A (2005:03) has defined training as “a planned effort by a company to facilitate employees’ learning of job related competencies. These competencies include knowledge‚ skills or behaviours that are critical for successful jo performance. The goal of training is for employees to master the knowledge‚ skill‚ and behaviours emphasized in training programs and to apply them to their day to day activities.” De Cenzo and Robbins (1994:255) define
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. Literature review: A literature review discusses published information in a particular subject area‚ and sometimes information in a particular subject area within a certain time period. A literature review can be just a simple summary of the sources‚ but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis. A summary is a recap of the important information of the source‚ but a synthesis is a re-organization‚ or a reshuffling‚ of that information. It might give a new
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Introduction EQUITY SHARES DEFINITION Securities representing equity ownership in a corporation‚ providing voting rights‚ and entitling the holder to a share of the company’s success through dividends and/or capital appreciation. In the event of liquidation‚ common shareholders have rights to a company’s assets only after bondholders‚ other debt holders‚ and preferred shareholders have been satisfied. Typically‚ common shareholders receive one vote per share to elect the company’s
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by Dohnt and Tiggemann‚ little was known about the relationship between mass media and peer influence on body image satisfaction amongst children. In this paper‚ the effect of mass media and peer influence on body image across a wide age range is investigated. It is hypothesized that the mass media and peer influence have a negative effect on the way the general population feel about their body in terms to weight‚ and the following five literature reviews make an effort to validate the hypothesis
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