STRATEGIC EMPLOYEE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN CHINESE LUXURY HOTELS Organizations’ success is relying on the critical value of human resources. Competitive advantage can be earned by giving more effective utilisation of human resources in organizational context (Guest‚ 1987). When the organisation becomes a success‚ it will spring from organisational capabilities such as speed‚ agility‚ employee competence and learning capacity but it is an issue to achieve these organisational capabilities (Leonard-Barton
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Fuel Hedging A Strategy for Air Carriers to Combat Fuel Hike Index Jet Fuel – The Nemesis of Airlines In the year 2008‚ the growth of global aviation industry received a major bolt from the fear of global economic slowdown and the rise in crude oil prices. Though the global economic uncertainties impacted the business of airlines‚ but the steep surge in crude prices has changed the financial equations of the airline across the world‚ with India being no exception. In fact over the previous
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Online Shoppers Orientation Towards Functional and Luxury Goods: A study in Indian Perspective by Ravi Kiran M‚ Rajat Saxena Reddy YVS‚ Rohit Rai Rahul Yadav‚ Rahul Gupta Tarun Sahni Submitted to Prof. Anurag Dugar Abstract: Online shopping in India has been on a consistent rise since the last few years.. The purpose of this paper is to explore the various determinants of shopper behavior and to examine the influence of these factors towards willingness to buy online. The study is
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There are many differences between the trains and the railway systems in Europe and North America. Both are very unique‚ and are shaped by the environment‚ the history‚ the people and the geography of the region or country that they are in. Some railways are even completely different from most of the others in their country‚ depending on their history. Some are more advanced‚ and others still have a nostalgic air to them. All in all‚ every railway is unique. One of the biggest differences between
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Minor Project Synopsis On “Attitude of Young people of India towards Luxury Brands” Introduction: A couple of generations ago‚ a typical purchase decision for the average Indian would be choosing between‚ say‚ clothes and electronic goods whenever they had a little cash to spare. Today‚ the customers’ dilemma involves making up their mind between Prada and Gucci‚ Merc and Lamborghini. Marie Antoinette would say‚ “If they can’t have bread‚ give them brands instead!” In a relatively
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Ever wanted to ride a 1200 pound animal at 40 mph dodging poles with only a piece of metal and a couple straps of leather to control it? I have been running poles for more than three years and all my lessons and clinics had something in common. There was constantly the same advice being given. The best part of running a pole pattern is that you can constantly improve. The pattern always stays the same‚ 6 poles set down the middle of the arena‚ all 21 feet apart‚ you must run all the way down‚ turn
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flying‚ according the Air Transport Association. The American airline industry lost $1.5 billion in the first three months of the year 2008. For those low-cost carriers‚ they introduce stealth increases to airfares by adding ancillary charges for services such as checking baggage or airport check-in. On the other hand‚ legacy carriers with full-service promised choose to add “fuel surcharges” to tickets instead. However‚ both tactics have a natural limit and airlines will have to consider other
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When Luxury Fashion Brands Meet Social Networks Introduction “Fashion is not something that exists in dresses only. Fashion is in the sky‚ in the street‚ fashion has to do with ideas‚ the way we live‚ what is happening.” -Coco Chanel In the fashion industry‚ it’s about going ahead and setting the trend or run as fast as you can to not be out of date. What’s happening right now is that the way people communicate and keep connected has been changing because of the internet and so called social
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of Unity In the song “Peace Train” by Cat Stevens (Yousaf Islam)‚ Stevens reaches out to the masses in an attempt to display the simplicity of supporting peace‚ while stressing the importance of a united world and its people by comparing peace to a train. The theme of this song is vague‚ but powerful‚ an informal declaration of resistance to war and hatred in general. Stevens expresses his feelings that peace someday will prevail by explaining how the peace train runs along the edge of darkness
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in the world. Wal-Mart compared to luxury retailers have a lot of contrasting factors both in goods and services provided. The most significant factor that I see when one is to compare Wal-Mart to a luxury retailer is the price. Wal-Mart is considered to be a discount retail store which is why their products are reasonably priced goods whereas luxury retailers tend to be highly priced. To contrast the Customer Benefit Package of Wal-Mart against a luxury clothier for purchasing a suit or
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