Gaining competitive advantage through outsourcing Authors: Sarah Tagliapietra Peter Platan Ng Seow Li Ralph Schneider Executive Summary Today ’s escalating‚ competitive and demanding environment has forced players in the marketplace to be more efficient‚ to emphasize on a leaner organization and continuously innovate new procedures to keep ahead of competitors. Adding final consumer value to the product or service in the form of lower prices‚ quality and better service has become an essential
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Introduction The implementations of organizational projects require careful attention to details. The key to a successful project implementation begins with the selection of the right players. In creating a project management team‚ careful attention must be made when selecting the Project Manager‚ the Project Leaders and certain strategic employees. Success depends on the caliber of the members of the team‚ the team’s ability to work together and to magnifying the talents of the team both
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Due to extremely slow judicial process‚ there has been a big thrust on Alternate Dispute Resolution mechanisms in India. While Arbitration and Conciliation Act‚ 1996 is a fairly standard western approach towards ADR‚ the Lok Adalat system constituted under National Legal Services Authority Act‚ 1987 is a uniquely Indian approach. Arbitration and Conciliation Act‚ 1996 Part I of this act formalizes the process of Arbitration and Part III formalizes the process of Conciliation. (Part II is about
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An offset agreement is a stipulation made between a foreign supplier and a company which requires the supplier to purchase a certain amount of goods from that country in exchange for a contract. Offset agreements can be direct or indirect‚ depending on what raw materials the country may have. These agreements are often required in order to award a foreign contract to a large company producing valuable goods. A direct offset agreement means that the supplier has agreed to buy something from the
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Prenuptial Agreements The Uniform Premarital Agreement Act is a regulation that allows the parties of a premarital contract to choose the states jurisdiction under which their contract will fall. A couple can choose any state in which one of the parties live or plans to live or the state in which the couple will be married. Because this act has not been passed in all states‚ parties to a prenuptial contract are also limited to choosing only the states that have passed the Uniform Premarital Agreement
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The Four Agreements The Four Agreements After reading The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz I realized I’ve been living dreams of other people in my life and not my own. It was decided early on what I should do‚ what’s possible and what’s not. Starting at birth we are told what to think by our parents‚ schools‚ and church. Subconsciously‚ we have made agreements with them to live our life according to their rules. Don Miguel believes that these agreements are self-limiting and shares four
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Employment Agreement (Sample) THIS AGREEMENT made as of the ______day of__________________‚ 20__ ‚ between [name of employer] a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario‚ and having its principal place of business at _______________________(the "Employer"); and [name of employee]‚ of the City of ____________________in the Province of Ontario (the "Employee"). WHEREAS the Employer desires to obtain the benefit of the services of the Employee‚ and the Employee desires to render
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Should employers use noncompetition agreements or other restrictive covenants? If so‚ under what circumstances? What should an employer do if someone that the employer wants to hire is a party to a restrictive covenant with a previous employer? A noncompetition agreement is a type of “restrictive covenant‚” i.e.‚ a promise by an employee not to engage in certain behavior that is contrary to the employer’s interests. A covenant “not to compete” generally is a promise that the employee will not
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This Agreement made on the 20th February‚ 2011 BETWEEN : MAURICE WARD NETWORKS Ltd. Suite 6‚ Wickhams Cay 1‚ PO Box 3085‚ Road Town‚ Tortola‚ British Virgin Islands Represented in the convent by their duly authorized Overseas Agency Director: Robert W Shelton AND : EXPOBANGLA LOGISTICS LTD. Richmond Concord (2nd FL.) 68 Gulshan Avenue‚ Gulshan-1‚ Dhaka‚ Bangladesh Represented in the convent by their duly authorized Director: Lawrence Gomes WHEREAS:
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Twenty years ago the United States created an agreement including itself‚ Canada‚ and Mexico‚ named NAFTA‚ or the North American Free Trade Agreement‚ to relax the trading regulations and increase trade between itself and its two neighboring countries‚ along with a long term purpose to create a more competitive global marketplace originating from the North American continent. NAFTA is now the largest free trade agreement in the world with the world’s largest free trade area of 450
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