Information Systems (Volume 11‚ 2003)79-93 79 CUSTOM MADE APPAREL AND INDIVIDUALIZED SERVICE AT LANDS’ END Blake Ives Information Systems Research Center University of Houston blake.ives@uh.edu Gabriele Piccoli Cornell University ABSTRACT The case describes a hugely successful example of IT-driven strategy‚ the Lands’ End custom tailored apparel initiative. In less than a year‚ 40% of Lands’ End customers buying chinos and jeans from the firm’s web site were buying tailored products. Over 20%
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tables. Of course‚ for a very long time the Global Food and Beverage Sector has become part of the everyday lives of each person. No one can say that they can live without what can be provided by the said sector because most of us find profit in the jobs that can be provided for/come from the Food and Beverage Industry and that may be the reason why year after year the Food and Beverage Market boosts up in every corner of the world. But as the industry continues to rise so does the consumption of
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Indonesia - The Troubled Giant Indonesia is a vast country. Its 220 million people are spread out over some 17‚000 islands that span an arc 3‚200 miles long from Sumatra in the west to Irian Jaya in the east. It is the world’s most populous Muslim nation - some 85 percent of the population count themselves as Muslims -but also one of the most ethnically diverse. More than 500 languages are spoken in the country‚ and separatists are active in a number of provinces. For 30 years this sprawling
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The Minnesota Valley Canning Company started in 1903‚ and was one of the first companies to be recognized through their advertising personality‚ "The Jolly Green Giant." As consumers became familiar with the marketing character‚ the Minnesota Valley Canning Company soon changed their name to The Green Giant Company. The company became a well-known canned and frozen vegetable foods vendor. To lengthen the growing season‚ the company expanded from Minnesota into California during the 1950 ’s and
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pig form. Ascaris lumbricoides are the most common worm infection found in humans‚ this is because with 200‚000 eggs that are being made and excreted each day‚ that the chances of infection are exponential. Ascariasis is also known as the Giant roundworm. The Giant roundworm can grow up to 35 cm or 13.7795 inches. This worm may not seem very harmful but the cycle of life never ends‚ more than 100 million people become infected‚ this greatly increasing the chance of more people becoming infected. The
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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (General Environment) A company like Teva Pharmaceuticals is subject to all of the factors of the external environment given the nature of its business and global expansion. Pharmaceuticals is an industry where high profits can be achieved‚ but it is also an extremely challenging business when one considers all of the political/legal aspects involving government regulation and patents. Every country has strict regulation and testing requirements for drugs that affect companies
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Indonesia: The Troubled Giant Question 1: What political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? The impeachment of the Indonesian dictator Suharto is widely considered one of the most exciting political happenings of recent years. Indonesia is the world’s fourth biggest country‚ with a population of 202 million people; Suharto had ruled the country with an iron fist for about 32 years. The fact that his absolute
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API PRESENTATTION Some Definitions- Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API): A substance or compound that is intended to be used in the manufacture of a pharmaceutical product as a therapeutically active compound (ingredient) Enantiomers: cpds with same molecular formula as substance but differ in spatial arrangement of atoms and are non-superimpossable mirror images Polymorphism: Occurrence of different crystalline forms of the same substance Degradation product : Molecule resulting
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Study Guide MUIMUN 2013 World Bank Topic A: Putting an End to Land-Grabbing – towards Fair and Transparent Standards Topic B: Poverty and Social Impact Assessment Münster‚ February 2013 Münster University International Model United Nations (MUIMUN) c/o Arbeitsstelle Forschungstransfer Robert-Koch-Str. 40 48149 Münster Phone: +49 251 833 2943 Web: www.muimun.org E-Mail: secgen@muimun.org Under the direction of the General Secretariat Secretary-General: Bernard Dröge Deputy
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Contributions of the Six Giants Thales of Miletus * He founded the geometry of lines‚ so is given credit for introducing abstract geometry. * Developed the first general theorems in geometry. * He was the first to demonstrate the truth of geometric relationship by showing that it flowed in a logical and orderly fashion from a set of universally accepted axioms called postulates Pythagoras
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