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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This research explores the relation between subsidies for Dutch feature film production and box office revenues, in the context of policy objectives that have been formulated since 1997. The objectives were predominantly focused on: the increase of production volume; the improvement of quality and commercialization of film; entrepreneurship among producers; and attention to the audience. The main goal was to establish an economic viable film sector. Incentives managed to help increase the production volume of Dutch films, as well as the number of commercial films, but these successes were short-lived. In the end, the Dutch film sector did not become self-sufficient. Policy was focused too much on production and failed to implement measures specifically for demand. However, shifting the emphasis in policy to demand does not guarantee a better result, because all that is certain in the movie business is that nothing is predictable.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The aim of this book is to examine problems of accountability for genocide and crimes against humanity committed by non-state actors such as individuals, armed groups (rebels, insurgents, belligerents, national liberation movements, rebel groups, armed opposition groups, unrecognized insurgents, parties to an internal armed conflict, successful insurrectional and other movements) and corporations and to analyze content of legal responses available under two branches of international law: human rights law and criminal law. In this context, it will also take a look at the practice of European Court of Human Rights and Inter-American system.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -A company's quality of operations and products has become increasingly important as a crucial competitive factor in today's business world. Through high quality the company can achieve competitive advantages, which enable the growth of its market share and more open competition. Additionally, the need of continuous improvement in quality is highlighted in objectives to lower the internal costs of companies and reduce work dissatisfaction caused by poor quality. These internal and external requirements force the management to commit to quality. The challenge is ¿ how to lead the quality from operational threat to strategic opportunity. This book is useful for companies' management planning to implement and improve the quality related culture inside their organisations. The way of how TQM as quality culture is implemented has to be planned carefully, surveying first the values the company needs to influence in the existing quality culture in order to improve it. The existing culture in an organisation is the biggest factor hindering the implementation of the TQM as a quality culture.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study investigated on the impact of microfinance through the concept of Self Help Groups on women empowerment in Puducherry (Tamil Nadu), India. The first part of the research consists of a literature study comparing the existing evidence on the effects of microfinance on women empowerment. The second part, a field study, was performed by comparing two groups of microloan receivers from Indian NGO Prime Trust, consisting of 66 women in total. The first group was at the time of measurement in the process of repaying their first loan, while the second group was in the process of repaying their second loan and had already completed their first. The women were compared on their empowerment scores with a questionnaire, measured with eight indicators created by Hashemi, et al. (1996). The research concluded that microfinance has a significant positive influence on women empowerment, in particular on women's economic security, their involvement in major decisions and their relative freedom from domination by the family.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is based on academic research that links Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) with Human Resource (HR) Consulting. It explores the interrelationship between Human Resource Professionals and Human Resource Consultants in the context of adding real value to an organization. Two Finnish organizations from different industries participated in the research to bring empirical evidence to the research subject. The book is ideal for people working in the area of Human Resources and for anyone else interested in the Strategic Human Resource Management.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 104 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -In this book, I have tried to discuss, analyse and evaluate the problem of Land in Buganda. Buganda which is situated in the central region of Uganda is strategically located and most productive area in Uganda, because of its location it is grossly embroided in wraggles all centred on Land which might in future if not properly dealt with lead to a civil war within this region. Governments togethor with the donor community have in the past tried but with limited success to deal with the problem by enacting Laws, reforms and policies. Now with the New Legislation and the fight to eradicate poverty in Africa, will the redistribution of this vital resource bring some hope to Uganda and Buganda in particular Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -With rising complexity of products, and thereby a need to target the product relevant segment a new concept, termed as psychographics, has evolved. Psychographics is believed to visualize segments through very colorful lifestyle constructs facilitating the product delivery more in line with consumer needs. Therefore, this thesis primarily relies on psychographic make-up of consumers. In the thesis, first and foremost, theoretical background attempts at outline of prevailing conceptual issues in lifestyle studies. Next, methodological section describes sequence of steps to be pursued when conducting a marketing research and last but not least, provides a theoretical treatment of relevant multivariate statistical techniques. Final chapters demonstrate the practical use of lifestyle information on example from apparel industry, its organization within positioning maps, targeting and possible projection into advertising message. This analysis shall serve as a departure point for managers when carrying out lifestyle segmentation in practice, especially in marketing, product development and communications fields.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Intrauterine growth restriction, with a prevalence of 5-10% in newborns, is associated with increased cardiovascular mortality in adulthood. This work describes how intrauterine growth restriction induces primary cardiac dysfunction and remodelling in utero that persists postnatally which could explain the increased predisposition to cardiovascular disease in adult life. This opens new opportunities for cardiovascular monitoring and intervention in newborns and children affected with this condition.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study investigated the effect of demographic factors on employee commitment by making a comparison between different groups belonging to one single demographic factor. These demographic factors were age, gender, marital status, years of service in an organization, and the level of education. Participants were 60 full time university teacher, randomly selected from four public universities, located in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. Findings of study suggest that the importance of these factors should not be ignored in retaining employee, decreasing employee turnover intention and earning employee loyalty.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Quality of Working Life (QWL) refers to a relationship between workers and working environment. Job satisfaction is a measure of QWL. Present study was undertaken with a view to measuring overall QWL and job satisfaction of shift workers of textile mills in Bangladesh. A sample of 60 shift workers were drawn from two textile mills. Major findings based on data are: Significant number of respondents had higher perception of QWL. There was no significant influence of personal factors on QWL, on performance or on job satisfaction. Overall QWL was positively correlated with workers'' performance and job satisfaction, and negatively correlated with absenteeism and accidents. Job satisfaction was positively correlated with performance. There was no joint effect of shift system and type of industry on perception of QWL. There was no joint effect of shift system and type of industry on job satisfaction. Perception of QWL and job satisfaction were significantly higher among private sector workers than those of public sector workers. Important causes of low QWL, low performance and low job satisfaction were poor salary, lack of adequate bonus system, lack of recognition for good work.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 80 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Financial intermediation provides the means by which funds are mobilised from within and outside an economy and reallocated to productive sectors. Financial intermediaries such as banks, insurance companies and microfinance institutions help to deepen the intermediation process. The level of economic activities, foreign direct investment inflows, savings culture of citizens and in some cases the religious belief of the people can influence the financial intermediation process significantly. Gini and Herfindahl indices have shown downward trend ,indicative of improved competition in the Ghanaian banking industry, hence deepening the financial intermediation process.The monetary and fiscal policies of Ghana as well as general improvement in economic activities and increase credit to the private sector are signs of improved financial intermediation process in Ghana.The enactment of the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority Law to revolutionalise the development trajectory of the three northern regions of Ghana is also significant.The question that should provoke national discourse is whether Islamic banking is needed to further deepen the process Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Starting from the premise that strengthening procurement capacity in developing countries is critical to improving social and economic well- being, it is sought to unearth views about the factors and elements driving capacity-building in procurement. Regardless of the evidence linking Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) tool usage to effective procurement from the existing literature, the purpose was to unearth views about the role of TCO tool usage in procurement capacity-building in a developing country, with particular focus on the procurement of ICTs for education.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book is a Comparative study of Islamic Banking and Interest based Banking in Islamic Countries. Islamic banking as in Islamic countries is more popular than any other type of banking. Whereas on the other hand interest based banking relates to the more operated in the whole world. This books tells about the significance of Islamic Banking over Interest Based Banking and covers all the basic facts and figures of Islamic banking and interest based banking.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 120 pp. Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This study examined the relationship between family-of-origin factors (the quality of parent-child relationship, the quality of parents'' marriage, and the quality of the childhood environment) and couple relationship quality among a sample of Albanian individuals who were currently living in the United States. Results revealed similarity with and variation from research done with the U. S. samples. Not all of the family-of-origin variables that were found to be significant in predicting relationship quality for U.S. couples were significant for Albanian couples. Significance was found only between father-child relationship and females'' relationship quality, as well as between overall evaluation of family processes and females'' relationship satisfaction. The overall effects of the Albanian family-of-origin variables were significant in predicting females'' relationship satisfaction and males'' relationship stability. It is suggested that explanations of the findings are rooted on cultural differences. Findings are especially helpful for family therapists and educators who work with different populations, as they increase cultural and research awareness.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Most research on the bottled water industry only addresses environmental or quality issues. This research, however, examines how tap water can be made more appealing to consumers. It, furthermore, explores in detail why consumers favour bottled water over tap water and why consumers choose certain brands of bottled water over others Finding answers to these questions enables strategies to be formulated to make tap water more appealing through design and marketing.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 76 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Colombia''s internal armed conflict has had a negative impact on the right to education. Displaced children have lower access to education than non-displaced Colombian children. The Colombian government has failed to respect, protect and fulfill the availability, accessibility, acceptability, and adaptability of the right to education. The present book is divided into three different chapters. The first chapter aims to study the legal mechanisms that recognize the right to education at the international, regional and national levels in Colombia. The second chapter approaches the Colombian internal armed conflict and the internal displacement crisis that is currently taking place in the country. Finally, the third and final chapter examines the degree in which the right to education is (not) respected, protected, and fulfilled in Colombia among IDPs.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The EU under the auspice of the Cotonou Agreement is negotiating new trade agreements known as Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with its African, Caribbean and Pacific partners (ACP). There is however a growing concern whether these free trade agreements are actually in conformity with the relevant World Trade Organisation law provisions. An analysis on the WTO compatibility of these Economic Partnership Agreements is included in this work. Further still is the controversial issue of trade and human rights; the discussion being whether human rights are relevant under trade law. This work addresses issues such as; the legal imperativeness of the right to food (as defined in the ICESCR) under the EPA and to what extent it has been incorporated in the current EU-EAC EPA framework negotiations. Most importantly also is the resultant impact such a trade agreement would have on the right to food in the East African society. With the possible violation of this right, legal redress is needed, thus a discussion on the justiciability of the human right to food is included herein.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 64 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Advertising has become a main force of socialization. It takes a significant part in the construction of identities and therefore, a critical examination of its communicated messages is mandatory. The present research is the first to compare Israel and Germany in the context of women''s identities'' representations. With the help of quantitative, semiotic, and narrative research methods, the advertisements in popular women''s magazines are critically analyzed regarding their cultural values, their meanings, and their constructions of femininity. In the quantitative part, around 500 advertisements are analyzed for each country. The emerging similarities and differences are the basis for a critical exploration of feminine identity representations in both societies. The emerging results reveal that despite the increasing globalization of advertisements, local representations of women''s identities account for significant differences. The findings can serve as a basis for further research regarding women''s identities'' representations in advertising as well as for implementations in policy-making and marketing decisions.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 116 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Over the last five to six decades, the influence of mass media on children and adolescent has been alarming due to the diverse impact its has on them. It has been argued in the literatures that that the negative influences surpasses the positive ones. Hence, this book pinpoints the several ways in which mass media can be used positively to better the future of our children and adults in general. The book also emphasized sharply that media such as internet when explored properly leads to learning and inculcating knowledge that will enhance educational development. Therefore this book project is recommended for both children and adult to harness educational and social developmentBooks on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 60 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -For more than 20 years, thousands of African migrants have sailed to Spain from the African coast on unsafe rudimentary boats ('pateras' in Spanish) in order to enter EU territory without the need of legal permission. Many of those migrants have reached European land becoming irregular migrants. However, thousands of them have died drowned in the sea. This book takes into consideration economic, social and religious factors that propel West African migrants to undertake such a journey. It also provides a case study to evaluate the effectiveness and the ethicality of the current Spanish and EU policies to regulate the flux of Sub-Saharan African migrants to Europe. Finally, the analysis expounded on this work emphasises two underlying issues: On the one hand, migration policies are often intermingled with development policies; and, on the other hand, development policies can be weakened by vested interests. The book is tailored to policy-makers, researchers, professionals and the general public interested in the subject of migration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the EU; migration policies and development.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Over the last decade Car manufacturing companies are facing new challenges to serve the ever-changing customer attitude towards the purchase of new generation car. As very discernible studies have been carried out to see the customers¿ behaviour towards car market in unorganized environment, this work aims at making a correlation analysis of the responses of customers regarding various attribute ratings of a small car. Further it also seeks to determine the underlying benefits consumers are looking from a new generation car by classifying them according to their relative importance they put in the attribute ratings by the method of principal component analysis. It has been observed that customers are purchasing new generation car because of several considerations mainly attributed to major factors like Economic and Social benefit factor. The analysis should help in shedding some light on this exciting environment, and should be especially useful to marketing professionals working in car market to understand their customers behaviour, or anyone else who may be considering utilizing the unorganized environment for marketing efforts.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Refugees and Political Conflicts While refugee protection has been an attempt to protect human lives and minimize refugee-generated conflicts, refugees have turned out to be a significant contributor to cross-border political conflicts. This has been possible by the fact that refugees get involved in the politics of the host country, carrying out subversive activities to their home government or even yet to another third country. Refugees have also made governments and regimes perceive each other as enemies, hence adopting competitive foreign policies. Refugees protract and internationalize internal conflicts making management efforts complex. Therefore, conflict management efforts should not only concentrate in refugee protection and assistance but should attempt to address the causes of refugee flow if at all they seek to achieve success in conflict management. Therefore, the presence of refugee precipitates to cross-border political conflicts. As long as the Great Lakes region will continue to have high refugee population cross-border political conflicts will persist or even escalate with the diminishing environmental resources.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 96 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of advertising as a strategic tool for growth of TTCL brand equity with reference to Mwanza branch Tanzania. The specific objectives were:- 1) To study the contribution of advertising on the growth of TTCL brand equity 2) To find out by ranking the position of the organization¿s brand equity in the Tanzanian market 3) To find out the advertising effort made by company 4) To identify the strength and the weakness of the organization in advertising as a strategic tool for the growth of brand equity. The research design was a case study.The data were collected by using interviewing and mail questionnaire. The findings shows that, majority of the respondents acknowledged on advantage of using TTCL¿s products over other local operators because it has got a low running cost. The advertising campaign conducted by TTCL does not strategically advertise to build brand equity. The study recommended that, the TTCL should advertise strategically in order to build up their brand equity. The Company should also train its staff on customer care because today¿s customers are becoming harder to please.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 72 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Institution building is now recognized as vital for poverty reduction across the world. Realising the importance of institutions and their potential role in natural resource management, poverty reduction and livelihood security, this book focuses on the role of watershed institutions more specifically the Self-Help Groups (SHGs) institutions in mitigating poverty. Econometric analyses were used to examine the role of institutions in poverty reduction. The key results of different econometric tools were presented and discussed. This book with elaborate policy recommendations will be useful to watershed development planners, researchers and extension personnel, government and non-governmental organizations and teachers and students involved in watershed development programmes.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 84 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -Turko-Greek relations have been strained by a number of conflicting issues such as Cyprus, Continental Shelf, Territorial Waters, the Öcalan affair, and the S-300 Missiles crisis on Cyprus. Until the December 1999 Helsinki Summit, Greece was one of the strong opponents of Turkey¿s membership in the European Union (EU). However, at the Helsinki Summit of 1999, Greece dropped her negative position permitting Turkey to be declared by the EU as a candidate country. This shift in foreign policy had a direct impact on both Turkey-Greece and Turkey-EU relations. It also represents a major step forward on bilateral relations. The research question tries to explore how did Greek- Turkish relations, disputes in the Aegean and Cyprus entanglement shape Turkey-EU relations and after the Helsinki Summit in 1999 and also with Greek-Turkish rapprochement, how do we expect Greek-Turkish relations to influence Turkey-EU relations. The focus of the book will cover a time period between the Athens Treaty of 1961 and December 2005, when Turkey reached the negotiation phase in her EU accession.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 88 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This book deals with the booming Indian Financial Services Sector. India has one of the most developed financial markets in the developing world. Tremendous scope exists for both banking and non-banking financial institutions from other countries. The insurance sector, nationalised suinmce 1971, has been opened up according to an announcenebt made in November 1998. A legislation to to this effect is expected by early 1999. Top companies from the United Kingdom and the United States among others are already active in India''s financial markets. markets. Some of the big names are: Merrill Lynch, Oppenheimer, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Grindlays, Standard Chartered, Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation among others. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have been allowed to invest in the stocks and securities markets with rights of full repatriation and withdrawal. Their presence has added a new dynamism to the market.India already has foreign exchange reserves of US$27 billion which is considered very comfortable, but the country needs to use foreign skills and networks to be able to manage the huge sums for its development needs.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 68 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -There is an ongoing research for a more effective communication of product information in the online context. Communicating effectively such information has major influence over consumer¿s behavioral intentions and it becomes a challenge for academia and online retailers when it comes to experience goods. This research paper aims to better understand and identify the patterns that will enhance the information communication towards consumers, by reinforcing their trust, their informational satisfaction and their intention to purchase the good. The findings are of major managerial importance and academic significance.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -This research was conducted to examine the relationship between the marketers'' values and marketing ethics moderated by their religious faith. For this study three Independent variables were used i.e. Idealism, Relativism and Machiavellianism. In addition, Religious faith was taken as a moderator and the dependent variable was Marketing Ethics. The results found that Idealism and Relativism have a significant impact on Marketing Ethics. On the other hand, religion was found to have no significant relation with individual perceptions about marketing ethics. In addition the study found that there was no significant difference in the marketing ethics of the different ethnic groups.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 92 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware -IT auditing is a profession that has gained its position in the audit world over the years. From supporting a financial audit it has now its own purpose and goal. The development of new technologies and architectures is very fast, but still it can be said the IT auditing profession has grown the last years. Audit standards, compliance regulations and developments in education for the IT auditor have changed over the years. But is this enough to audit new technologies and can IT auditing cope with the fast development of new technologies Service-oriented architecture emerged as new technology in literature since 1996. In the Netherlands this technology has been a hype between 2006 and 2007. IT auditors have stated in interviews that they are aware of the impact that SOA has on this profession. They are also aware that SOA will need another audit approach, because the environment is different than the traditional IT environments on which the audit programs are based on. SOA challenges the IT auditor in many ways. The demand for more control and monitoring will increase because of the rise of new technologies and changes in economical and political aspects.Books on Demand GmbH, Überseering 33, 22297 Hamburg 108 pp. Englisch.