industry requires a local customer preference assessment. This paper presents the dimensions of customer preference in the food service industry‚ empirically tested for unidimensionality‚ reliability and validity using both exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. A 30-item questionnaire was designed and distributed to 1000 foodservice customers‚ yielding a response rate of 64.2%. Factorial analysis confirmed five dimensions of customer preference‚ and using multiple regression‚ their order of importance
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(‘Customer Service Champ’). For sure‚ the independence does not mean an easy life. Working hard for long hours is what most entrepreneurs do. They must keep in mind that the ‘customer is the boss’. Restraints raised by economic and other environmental factors‚ involving unwanted working conditions do not keep them from feeling satisfied about making their own decision. There are many ways to earn money‚ starting your own business is one of them. As any other job or career‚ entrepreneurship provides
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Both internal and external factors will affect his decision first to bid or not‚ second to price his offer. Internal constraints are the necessity to protect the pricing policy of the company and its role in the brand positioning of Computron‚ the required development of the European market initiated in the winter of 1992 and the pressure to create a contract flow for the newly built Frankfurt plant sustainable over an overhead of $ 600‚000. External factors are customers and competitors in
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scale - but in the wattmeter‚ either or even both the current and potential circuits can overheat without the pointer approaching the end of the scale! This is because the position of the pointer depends on the power factor‚ voltage and current. Thus‚ a circuit with a low power factor will give a low reading on the wattmeter‚ even when both of its circuits are loaded to the maximum safety limit. Therefore‚ a wattmeter is rated not only in watts‚ but
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afford a start-up capital who become entrepreneur‚ there are a variety of people who become entrepreneurs‚ many of which attempt the risk in order to improve their current situational state in which they live in. In South Africa there are many factors which have produced themselves as challenges to entry for entrepreneurs. South Africa has many financial and operating‚ policies and regulations resulting in a unsupportive environment for entrepreneurs with regards to attaining capital in order
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define an ‘Entrepreneur’; however there is still no clear definition today of what an Entrepreneur possesses that others do not. There is a predisposition to attribute successful entrepreneurs to a person’s characteristics rather than environmental factors. Entrepreneurs are perceived to have ‘special traits’ that allow them to have particular insights not possessed by others. However‚ the core traits that are proposed to be the key competencies of successful entrepreneurs can also be applied to most
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Nurses must be able to assess and conclude whether a senior may have risk factors that could affect their health. There are many tools available to us to determine if various conditions will put our senior at risk and if so‚ we are able to teach and guide them toward proper solutions to help alleviate or eliminate deterioration of their health. The purpose of this paper is interview and assess a friend of the family. I will give a brief social history of the senior‚ conduct a nutritional screening
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African Journal of Business Management Vol. 6(10)‚ pp. 3583-3594‚ 14 March‚ 2012 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/AJBM DOI: 10.5897/AJBM10.978 ISSN 1993-8233 ©2012 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper Factors influencing the selection of procurement systems in the South African construction industry Mathonsi‚ M. D. and Thwala‚ W. D. Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying‚ Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment‚ University of
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considering qualitative Factors © Fraunhofer QUALITATIVE SERVICE PRODUCTIVITY Objectives and Methodology Qualitative Factors in Service Productivity Methodology for the Analysis and Optimization of Qualitative Service Productivity Key Performance Indicators for Qualitative Service Productivity Measurement Example Conclusion and Next Steps © Fraunhofer Objectives and Methodology Objectives: identification of relevant qualitative factors for service productivity
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The Heckscher-Ohlin Model (Factor Proportions Model) The Factor Proportions Model Main point: Comparative advantage is determined by – Factor endowments of countries‚ together with – Factor intensities of industries Two differences drive trade in H-O Model 1. Countries differ in endowments of factors 2. Industries differ in factor intensities Two differences drive trade in H-O Model 1. Countries differ in endowments of factors – Labor – Capital – Land – Skill (Human
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