The impact of ICT on intermodal and intermodal transportation in Nigeria Overview of transportation in Nigeria Transportation is the basis for economic‚ social and political development in most societies as it exhibits a close relationship to the style and quality of living of the society. Transportation plays an important role in the day-to -day activities of the society. Some of the roles it plays in our societies are the subject of this paper. This paper therefore attempts to illustrate the
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Chapter 3 Purchasing and e-Procurement 3.1 The Role of Purchasing 3.1.1 Introduction to purchasing The role of purchasing is to obtain raw material‚ components‚ parts‚ as well as information that are needed for the production of goods or providing services. The purchasing process includes many aspects‚ such as request for quotation (RFQ)‚ supplier market analysis‚ supplier selection‚ contract negotiations‚ and purchase plan implementation. The purchase function plays a liaison role between various
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FOREWORD This revised policy underlines the desired need for appropriate cutting-edge technologies that will propel the country through and beyond the 21st century. This vision policy is therefore designed to underpin the nation’s socio-economic progress and development. It emphasizes the need for a coherent‚ systematic and comprehensive approach to the determination of technological programmes and their implementation taking into account domestic productions in agriculture and rural development
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The topic of the research study was “Information technology can improve the productivity of travel and tourism operation”. In this research questionnaire has been developed to collect data for the research study. The sample of the study was based on fifty-nine respondents. In first chapter introduction‚ aims and objectives were stated. In second chapter researcher explain independent variable (travel and tourism) and dependent variable (information technology)‚ their history and factors. In chapter
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Located in West Africa and bordering the Atlantic‚ Nigeria is a big country that occupies 356‚667 square miles with a total population of 168 million. Nigeria is abundant in natural resources like coal‚ gold‚ lead‚ iron‚ salt‚ copper‚ and zinc‚ but it is best known as a big producer of oil. Thanks to its size‚ population‚ and resources‚ Nigeria is dubbed as “the giant of Africa” (Falola‚ 4). According to World Bank Data of 2010‚ Nigeria has an annual percentage growth rate as 8.0%‚ one of the world’s
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2000 (Information Shield‚ 2004-2011). The law was aimed at operators of commercial websites‚ and online services directed at children below the age of 13. The law also targeted operators directed at the public with the knowledge of children 13 and below visiting there sites. With the increased use of computers‚ information technologies like electronic mail‚ chat room websites‚ and social websites creating direct contacts with children. These young children needed to be protected from information that
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1. Introduction This review assesses the thesis ‘Adoption of Electronic banking system in Ethiopian Banking industry: Barriers and Drivers’. The review will first describe the research problem the thesis tries to address. Secondly‚ it critically assesses the validity of the research question in light of the stated research problem. In the third place‚ the review will also examine suitability of research design‚ type of data collected and data collection method elected‚ the sample selected‚ and method
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THE IMPACT OF MOBILE BANKING ON THE EMERGING ASIAN COUNTRIES SUBMITTED BY SOURABH MUKHERJEE ROLL NO 31 PGDM IB 2009-11 RESEARCH TOPIC: Study the impact of mobile banking on the emerging Asian countries. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS: The adoption of the channel of mobile banking model would increase overall profitability and increase the reach of customer base of banks in Asian countries. RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The objective of the research is to understand the potential of mobile banking in emerging
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Challenges to the Indian bank – Merger & Acquisition Abstract The new business environment mainly driven by globalization and liberalization has provided tremendous opportunity for the Indian banking industry to grow. The buoyant economy‚ deregulation and increasing consumer demand has led the banking industry growth in the recent past. But on the other hand it has also resulted in more competition and reduced margin that is forcing the Indian banks to look at consolidation as the means of increasing
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Advances in technology will result in a growth in unemployment. Technological advances allow society to produce more output from the existing mix of resources. These advances may take the form of less costly methods of producing existing output or may result in the production of new (or substantially improved) commodities (such as DVD players‚ HDTV‚ anti-lock braking systems‚ and similar innovations). Society clearly gains from the production of either more output or more highly valued output. Nevertheless
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