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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This project highlights the importance of the Indian film industry as a legitimate field of scholarly and academic research. Through interdisciplinary eyes, the Indian film industry and its byproducts are examined through a multitude of different approaches including gender, film, and cross-cultural studies. The films mentioned in this research are the highest grossing, have the most famous actors and actresses, and are from the 1990s to present. If society were able to understand culture today in a world of generalized hybridity, scholars must study objects such as Bollywood. With the industry¿s mobility, it creates new kinds of audiences who do not speak the same language, share the same local knowledge about cinema, but instead find themselves as active participants in reading, enjoying, and interpreting film. By doing this, new viewers are exposed to Bollywood as well as new meanings and ways of looking are created.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -As a branch of alternative tourism, volunteer tourism or ¿voluntourism¿ is responsible for introducing vacationers to parts of developing countries not usually seen through traditional forms of tourism. Broadly defined, voluntourism consists of ¿Those tourists who, for various reasons, volunteer in an organized way to undertake holidays that might involve aiding or alleviating the material poverty in some groups in society¿¿. These travellers interact with local and community development organizations in ways said to capacitate the organizations and contribute to development as a whole. This raises important questions about the implications of inserting unskilled and unprepared volunteers into what is said to be development work. Drawing on the development framework set out by various community development theories, and using a case study of American volunteer tourist groups working in Guatemala; this manuscript examines claims that short-term, unskilled volunteers can engage in local development work and unpacks many of the issues associated with this new trend.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In computer networks, data is sent in the form of packets. Routers are used to forward the packets from one network to the other. Since router¿s processing is limited, so unsurprisingly packets often have to spend a lot of time waiting in the router¿s queues with a possibility of packet being dropped as well. Our aim was to make packet delivery faster by enhancing the processing capability of router and to develop a router that can support the future Gigabit networks. We implemented the functionality of router on NetFPGA platform which is an open source hardware and software project. The 1G router was already implemented and we changed that design to implement 20G router but since right now we have 10 G platform our design can support 10Gbps routing at line rate. So our technique is to enhance spped at low cost.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -There is certainly no way back in the movement of food prices in Uganda especially in the face of rising population and external demand for the food in the East African block. This has certainly impacted on people's budgets as they have to cut back on other expenses to afford food. The ever growing importance of cereals in the country means the state has got to come up with measures to alleviate the incidence/possibility of hunger if its to keep it's people alive and healthy and if continued economic development is to be realized. Analytical price models like the ones herein should certainly enable the relevant authorities to develop and execute policies that will ensure people's ability to not only survive in the face of rising prices but to also take good advantage of the situation to produce more rice and maize for export in a bid to increase their incomes.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Indian cement Industry is world second largest producer with immense growth opportunity has generated excitement among cement producers to adopt world class practices to sustain competitive advantage.The key challenges in front of Indian cement industry is to reduce cost and improve profitability.However in the year 2010 & 2011 the input cost has increased due to meteoric rise in fuel price.The hike in diesel and petrol has also forced industry to revise their road freight.In such situation only by controlling logistics cost will not improve the situation. In such case cement industry has to adopt an integrated approach towards managing the entire supply chain.Here in this research authors has clearly defined the kind of supply chain strategies to be adopted by this industry whose demand and supply pattern varies from season to season. The constraints of wagon availability during peak season,high overhead expenses,non-uniformity in tax structure and intense competition has triggered the need for 'innovative supply chain practices'.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book depicts how religious tolerance and tension gets worth in countries like Ethiopia where its people have been renown for worshiping Judaism, Christianity, and Islam since the remote past in harmony.Therefore, this work is,to my belief,a valuable one in the contemporary world where conflicts and terrorism are being undertaken under the guise of religion.Scholars who study about the horn of Africa and more specifically Ethiopia can benefit a lot from it.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Motivation in the workplace is a concept that has been researched on for various years. It has gained popularity in academicians and managers a like. Managers in customer service organisations have often struggled with finding ways to motivate their employees to achieve maximum potential. Normal traditional approach has been used to motivate employees and has often time failed. This book, therefore, provides an insight approach on overcoming the barriers managers face in motivating their employees. The analysis of this book shed some insight on what factors managers need to consider in motivating their employees and improving employee performance in the workplace.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Needs produce motives, which lead to the accoplishment of goals. Normally needs are caused by deficiencies, which can be either physical or psychological. Motivation is the stimulus that leads to an action that satisfies the need.Since the primitive era, human being has been strugglling to master his environment. Distibution of labour happened to work as the needs of people increased. People were sharing their prey and any kind of collections they had managed to get. It was to that moment when MOTIVATION seemed to come up. The members were given some extra shares as the motivating factor to perform suplus. This was also apparent at the time of industrial revolution when Fredrick Taylor realized that reward was needed to an individual for high production. It is believed that when an employee will be compensated accordingly the output goes high. In order to prove the role of motivation as the stimulus of surplus production, the book examined the related variables identified in this study.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -UNICEF is a child right organisation, working all around the world to help children develop and have a better future. UNICEF is active in 190 countries and 36 of those countries have a National Committee, a UNICEF office where campaigns are launched and funds are raised. UNICEF the Netherlands is a National Committee established in 1955. The organisation is communicating with the public by campaigns. Other National Committees are doing this as well but with their own campaigning style. This research shows how National Committees are running campaigns and specifically on the subject of child exploitation. Important research factor are cultural differences. The charity climate of the Netherlands and other countries is discussed. Cultural differences are affecting campaigning styles. The intercultural communication model of Hofstede was used to explain this. Finally, recommendations are made to advice UNICEF the Netherlands on their child exploitation campaign.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A research about muslim employees to see how far religion plays a role in commitment towards the organization and the relationship with the work attitude and life satisfaction. The research is vital because Islam perceive work as part of deeds, thus employee must fulfill the job diligently and honestly. Generally, the muslim employees are committed to the organization, however their work behavior and life satisfaction varies though their belief is one. This phenomenon had caused an interest to the researcher to understand why it happens and to further see the linkage between each other.The research was done through quantitative method and analysed using the SPSS. The result obtained showed that the variables are positive but in a weak relationship. It is because the understanding and practice of the respondents towards Islam is not wholly, it is only the relationship between an individual and the creator or towards the compulsory deeds only. Thus, the exposure about the knowledge on religion that covers the organizational aspect and work must be explained throughout, as well as the steps towards loving their organization.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This essay addresses contemporary challenges facing managers of the higher education institutions for adaptation to shifting environmental demands that environmental demands have often been a force shaping the structure and policy of higher education does not mean that those demands have been consistent or predictable. The future decryption is completely neglected by Higher Education Institutions which are concerned the adoption of defensive positions, with the aim of preserving the current market position gained. It is need to develop a 'vision of the future', a concept devoid of academic rigor and, therefore, difficult to define, but which emphasizes, on the one hand, the force of a clear strategic intent and, on the other hand, the irreplaceable role in achieving this vision of public service to meet the legitimate expectations of citizens. A visionary manager is able 'to work today for tomorrow.' The strategic responsiveness model proposed is likely to reduce theses vulnerabilities, and even provide a ¿vision of the future¿ where the higher education sector plays a visible and prominent role in the discourse of society.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This is intended to be handy and user-friendly to the users, giving essential tips for those working in shipping, import & export fields, and buying houses. It talks about the functions of import and export and the documentation/ logistics involved in it. Only the frequently and commonly used terminology is included in it to make it simple. However, important functions have been covered to the extent of an executive¿s necessity. Business & commercial terms, and certain specific business terms form part of this handbook. Attempt has been made to make it quite comprehensible with examples of formats and templates used in import/export functions and logistics. It should prove helpful as a handbook or checklist to the people working in the area of import, export and shipping. A lot of practical tips have been included, as experienced by the author from own experiences. To reinforce learning by readers, the important functions have also been summarized at the end.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The level of poverty in developing economies especially Nigeria is very alarming and disturbing and this has been a source of great concern to government, policy makers and Economists all over the globe. This evil called poverty has made the United Nation to sponsor a long-term economic development program called the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Foreign direct investment according to the modernization and the vicious cycle of poverty thesis is thought to provide the needed capital for these economies to break out of the cycle of poverty. This book therefore examined the impact of foreign direct investment on poverty reduction in Nigeria from 1995 to 2010. The Ordinary Least Squares method was used to estimate the parameters of the model after conducting a unit root test via the Augmented-Dickey Fuller (ADF) to determine the stationarity of the data. This book is expected to be useful to academicians, governments, individuals and the general public.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -How can customer satisfaction make a connection between customer¿s attitudes and mind-setting regarding online shopping Customer satisfaction program is the most significant objective of this book to create consistent and valid feedback to receive the expression and voice of customer which can be the first step to start and utilize strategies that lead to customer retention- the most valuable corporate asset. Regarding the relationship between satisfaction and online shopping priorities, rejections and measurements that can be accumulated by customer, are shown in this book. Obviously, preference attitude development of customer is the aim of every business and to accomplish this objective continuous customer experience management is to be there; it means measurement of customer satisfaction after online purchasing needs more effort to keep and satisfy the customer.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 112 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This work studies the behaviour of the four most traded stocks on the Prague Stock Exchange from January 2007 to July 2010. Its main goal is to describe how the financial crisis influenced the Prague Stock Exchange. Employing standard statistical methods, ARMA, GARCH, and VAR models I examine on daily data the following phenomena: volatility, price jumps, the day of the week effect, validity of the efficient market hypothesis, and information flow between the stocks. The results imply that the financial crisis had stronger impact on the banking sector stocks than on other stocks. The crisis was mainly characterized by rapid growth in volatility and correlation between the stocks. It also influenced the information flow and the day of the week effect. However, the crisis did not trigger growth in the number of extreme price movements, and it did not cause the market to be less information efficient.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The study was concerned with the viability of non-formal social protection systems for vulnerable groups; particularly elderly group in Kashongi sub-county. The study was guided by four objectives to explore the existing non-formal systems of social assistance among the rural communities, to examine how social assistance systems operate as social protection forms for the elderly in rural areas, to determine non-formal systems¿ strengths and weaknesses as forms of social protection for the elderly, and to recommend the necessary policy reforms needed to improve on interventions to enhance the non-formal systems¿ performance as forms of social protection.There is an emerging consensus among multilateral institutions about the need for developing countries to strengthen and develop social protection policies and programmes in response to economic crisis and rising vulnerability.The study employed both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and these included structured interviews, key informant interviews and focus group discussions. It concludes that non-formal systems are feasible institutions to meet social protection needs of the elderly.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Business Excellence Performance in the Hospitality Industry is a unique text, which links these three important areas of quality management. Bringing Business Excellence in services is multi-faced and therefore is difficult to initiate and put into practice. Business Excellence looks at all key determinants involve-be they frontline employees, supervisor or managers and considers a number of approaches and techniques for improving hotels successfully. The book at the final chapter also suggests various implications to the hotel managers, politicians and policy makers of emerging economies like Iran, in order to achieve stronger business excellence in their hotels and have higher performance. Business Excellence Performance in the Hospitality Industry is invaluable for academics and tourism students including PhD and master, and is suitable as supplementary material for undergraduate courses; such as, introduction to management, Total Quality Management,Quality Management, Business Excellence in tourism, and so forth.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Public accountability measures help the government, ministries, institutions and agencies to deliver better services to the beneficiaries and the communities. As a process of NPM international donor agencies allocate financial aids to the government with the instruction for GO¿NGO partnership. NGOs are working with the government of Bangladesh in environmental management to ensure a safe and better environment for the country. The Bangladesh government has devised policies to ensure the NGOs¿ accountability for Environmental Management. But, these NGOs have ¿upward¿ accountability to the donor agencies that deprives the beneficiaries. This book examines the public accountability and public value creation processes of the environmental NGOs of Bangladesh. The roles of government agencies, donor agencies and judiciary are also discussed.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 52 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Companies have established ISO 14001 Environmental Management System for some reasons. These reasons, which contribute to decide for implementing, are attractive returns of ISO 14001 Environmental Management System. However, ISO 14001 Environmental Management System has brought some problems and shortcomings for the companies implementing it. Aim for this thesis to investigate and discuss what the most critical problems, shortcomings and featured benefits are in implementation period of ISO 14001 EMS for companies. In addition to all, another goal of this study is to identify the differences between companies depending on sector and locations of facilities (in Istanbul and out of Istanbul) in terms of problems and benefits. Two main hypotheses of this study are that; First is; 'There are differences between the types of facilities in terms of problems, shortcomings and benefits of ISO 14001 EMS.' Second is; 'there are differences between the locations of organizations in terms of problems and benefits of ISO 14001 EMS.'Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The relation between dividend yields and stock returns in different market conditions is still questionable and vague among financial scholars, managers, academicians, and shareholders. The significance of this book is to help investor¿s forecasting by giving them clarification information about the dividend yields and stock returns relationship based on the general market condition. This can help them in their decision-making about portfolio generating. Although many works have been done up to now, but more studies are needed to be conducted to ascertain this relation in various time horizons and markets. The main purpose of this book is to identify the moderation effect of market condition on the relationship between dividend yield and stock return in Malaysian stock market and checking the possibility of providing another evidence for proposition of time variation in the relation between dividend yields and stock return during bull and bear markets.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -On a wide spectrum of business practices, Corporate Governance (CG) has placed emphasis on issues that go beyond the traditional view of agency theory to focus on business ethics and matters of accountability, transparency etc. The aftermath of WorldCom, Enron and other giant companies has compelled businesses to adopt a stakeholder-friendly CG system that pledges the company's commitment to all stakeholders. In the same way, the increasing social and environmental demands from companies by civil society, customers and other pressure groups has brought to the fore the relevance of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). CSR concept has pushed companies to pursue a CG framework that assumes greater responsibilities of taking care of the environment and social needs of the public in addition to the traditional objective of maximizing shareholders wealth. This book draws on questionnaires and interviews to explore the link between CG and CSR using MTN Group as case study. The CG-CSR relationship is examined based on two main theories (agency and stakeholder) that have influenced the development of CG. Accordingly, the study employed three relational models to establish the link.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Financing of Public Sector Infrastructure has taken a new twist within the past two decades. Traditional modes of infrastructure procurement are gradually been replaced with the new model, the Private Finance Initiative, PFI. Developing Countries are however yet to tap into and utilise the PFI to help alleviate their infrastructure quagmires due to the structure of these economies which makes it unattractive to the private sector. By way of simulation of an educational infrastructure project to be procured through the Build Operate Transfer model of the PFI in a developing country, Ghana, this book has developed a strategy and a framework to surmount the structural economic features which has staggered the adoption and implementation of the PFI in these economies. Aimed at individuals and organisations involved in the procurement and financing of public sector infrastructure in developing countries, this book provides governments, policy makers, Project Managers and construction firms, students on PFI and Development Financing Courses with sound information on strategies to adopt when considering utilising PFIs in realising public sector infrastructure in developing countries.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Applying the Ordinary Least Square method and panel data analysis, the performance of inflation targeting (IT) regime is analyzed in 11 developed and developing economies. The results show that the implementation of inflation targeting has effectively reduced the inflation rate and stimulates high output growth. The reduction of inflation rate is larger in developing economies but the gain in higher output growth is larger in developed economies. On the other hand, there is strong evidence that inflation targeting has led to higher volatility in exchange rate of developed economies. Furthermore, the deviations of inflation and output gap have increased in the post-IT period in few economies. However, we do not find evidence that inflation targeting induces trade-off relationship between inflation and output gap as the trade-off relationship between inflation and output gap also detected in the pre-IT period. Overall results show on better economic conditions after the implementation of inflation targeting regime.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The purpose of this paper was to investigate the business practices of Afro- Caribbean (ACB) ethnic minority entrepreneurs in the UK, with specific focus on their entrepreneurship and marketing activities. Additionally, the influence of the entrepreneurs¿ educational background and the sector of operation were also evaluated. Analyses of the findings obtained through electronic and mail questionnaires from twenty-seven (27) ACB small business owners indicate that their marketing activities involved the use of both transactional and relational strategies. With respect to their entrepreneurship practices, the results revealed that the ACB business owners preferred the niche minority market. It was also found that the marketing strategies adopted were influenced by the entrepreneurs¿ educational background and the sector of operations.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This thesis considers the Kosovo Energy Corporation j.s.c (KEK) debt collection difficulties amounting to ¿ 350 million in receivables. This enduring issue has seriously affected KEK¿s financial status. With privatization pending, this will find KEK burdened with receivables mature over 10 years, hence negatively impact value. Addressing this problem will involve multidimensional efforts, arduous analysis and tremendous creativity. The average income in Kosovo stands at ¿249 [2]. The unemployment remains high. During 2008, unemployment rate was 47.5% [3]. In these economic circumstances, collecting debt presents a difficult challenge. The ultimate goal is to produce a win-win outcome that does not suppress economic objectives while also respecting legal, social and ethical values. It is my conclusion that this problem can be solved, after all: ¿Whether you think you can or you cannot, you are probably right¿ Henry FordBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Weblogs, or blogs, emerged in the late 1990s on the web, quickly becoming a new way to communicate ideas, opinions, resources and news. Since that time, the community of blogs has grown to encompass specific subject areas of study and research. This book briefly discusses the history and background of weblogs, how to create a weblog, its advantages and applications in library and information centers. Why and how to use weblogs in providing the library's services and the method of evaluation of weblog. The Key feature of this book investigate and evaluate library weblog available on internet. .To examine the availability of library weblogs on the web. To find out authority and subject coverage of library weblogs and to determine their relevancy. .To understand the way of presentation of contents on the weblogs and its user friendliness. .To trace out the authenticity and scope of library weblogs available on the web. .To know updating frequency and arrangement of library weblog. .To find out the navigation feature and arrangement of hyperlinks. .To trace out, who are the intended users Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This thesis analyses the current situation in the company on the field of project management in handling of a solar power station construction. The thesis is divided into two main parts ¿ theoretical and practical. The first part describes the company ZTC Holding, SE and deals with the theoretical bases of project management, where management and its functions, project management, project description, description of activities of the project manager and his team are defined. In this section, the theory of temporal analysis of the project, including methods of Critical Path Method (CPM) and Gantt diagrams are included as well. The second section applies an analysis of the external environment by PESTLE analysis and SWOT analysis and analysis of the internal environment 7S. This part also discusses exact definition of the project, project objectives defined by SMART methodology, and points out specific risks that may occur during the project. The conclusion of this master thesis is devoted to an overall evaluation of proposed processes, which should improve performance of ZTC Holding, SE.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 100 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -International business comprises a large and growing portion of the world¿s total business, usually in term of to collectively describe all commercial transactions (private and government, sales, investment, logistics, and transportation) that take place between two or more countries. All business activities which involves cross border transactions of goods, services, resources between two or more countries. This transaction of economic resources include capital, skills, people etc. for international production of physical goods and services such as finance, banking, insurance, construction and etc. In this project, we need to visit the organization and interview the managers who know about the international business activities in their organization. This book presents three cases for your reading.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Due to increasing patient load and rising healthcare costs it becomes important that high efficiency be incorporated in the system that caters to quantity while maintaining the quality side by side. To achieve above pursuit a study was undertaken to to examine the compliance of Main Operation Theatre( MOTC) at AIIMS with reference to laid standards. An administrative checklist was developed after extensive literature review and used to assess operation theater services. It was found out that the policies and procedures in conformance with international OT norms should be available in documented form which could then be used for regular assessment of the utilization services by all staff in a better and coordinated manner.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -BRIC or BRICs are the acronym used to refer to the combination of the four biggest emerging-market countries: Brazil, Russia, India and China. Goldman Sachs has argued that, since the four BRIC countries are developing rapidly, by 2050 their combined economies could eclipse the combined economies of the current richest countries of the world. This book evaluates the strength of the BRIC economies and compared them against the USD.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.