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Apple is an American technology company that was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne in 1976. Apple is known for designing, manufacturing, and marketing of personal computers, software, mobile phones, portable digital music players, media communication devices. They also offer networking solutions and sell third-party digital music and application (Apple Inc, 2015). In summary, Apple’s business nature is manufacturing technology devices, software and providing various services to clients. Apple’s hardware products include Apple TV, iPhone, iPod, and iPad. The software applications offered by the company include OSX and iOS operating systems. Apple also sells ...

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The concept of changing mindset transcends to both the personal perspective of every individuals to shift from career to entrepreneurship and the organizational perspective of shifting into a learning organization. Furthermore, the concept of changing mindset will be elaborated by analyzing a case study and the article by Seddon and O’Donnovan (2010). In he first part, the changing mindset was demonstrated by the case of Andy who successfully established a small business instead of staying in his career. It is apparent from the case that changing from career into a small business entrepreneur can be a challenge, but ...

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XX century was characterized with the significant technological progress, which has improved the life of people. Numerous products and services became available, labor and domestic life became easier and more comfortable. However, waste problem is the other side of the technological progress. The solid, liquid and gas waste are formed, and thus land, natural water and air quality degrade. Therefore, in XXI century the research efforts are dedicated to development of methods for sustainable use of water, gas, and solid resources. Wastewater polluted with dye residuals originate from textile, leather and food industry. These industries produce goods that ...

XX century was characterized with the significant technological progress, which has improved the life of people. Numerous products and services became available, labor and domestic life became easier and more comfortable. However, waste problem is the other side of the technological progress. The solid, liquid and gas waste are formed, and thus land, natural water and air quality degrade. Therefore, in XXI century the research efforts are dedicated to development of methods for sustainable use of water, gas, and solid resources. Wastewater polluted with dye residuals originate from textile, leather and food industry. These industries produce goods that are ...

Lead customers are those that express an interest in Apple’s products and rely mostly on referrals from their friends and relatives who are existing users of a variety of products offered by Apple. The lead customers are also influenced by the adverts on televisions, social media platforms, and movies where Apple Company uniquely markets its products. They have the urge to go ahead and learn more about how the products offered could solve their needs as well as evaluating the profile of the seller. The willingness by the lead customer to go the extra mile and purchase the ...

A Problem Exists

Riding motorcycles without a helmet can be equated to confronting a risk head on while hoping that chances will likely save you. The best way to stay safe is by preventing the risk in the first place rather than trying to find ways of reducing the impact of the risk. The numbers of motorcycle accidents over the recent past are evidence as to why all motorcycle riders should wear their helmets at all times when riding their motorcycles. Several studies have been conducted by different companies trying to look into the issue of whether the helmets have any correlation ...

One of the top most grossing industries or sectors in the contemporary society is the entertainment industry. Increasing standards of living around the world have allowed individuals to accumulate bigger disposable incomes. Lifestyle changes continue to arise within the contemporary society owing to the growing, improving incomes. Consumables that were previously unprofitable have since become among day-to-day products. The growing entertainment industry is one such sector. The focus of this paper is to analyze the industry, growth process, and evolution of the cinema industry in India. The growth of the movie sector is one of the indicators of a ...

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Evidence based practice refers to the use of best available research in clinical practice and decision making while considering the characteristics, preferences, and culture of patient (APA, n.d.). Therefore, it is considered as the integration of best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and the patient values (Buysse, Winton, Rous, Epstein, & Lim, 2012). Some researchers suggest that the information from local context is also an important element of evidence (Oliver, Innvar, Lorenc, Woodman, & Thomas, 2014). In the evidence based practice, best research evidence refers to the clinically relevant published studies showing the positive impact of an intervention ...

The company made an attempt to differentiate itself from the competitors in the industry; the company created a strategy that saw the change of the name from British Petroleum to Beyond Petroleum. Public relations and advertisement strategies were put in pace to ensure the company changed the image that people already perceived the company to be. Adequate planning was suitable in that the awareness of the company drastically grew from 4 % to 67% in the year 2007. The company was able to win the Gold Award from the American Marketing Association (Mejri & Wolf, 2013). In the previous years and ...

Background and Rationale for Choosing Kraljic Model

Supplier relationship management is necessary for long term success and sustainability of an organization. Apple Company has over the years been able to boost its supplier relationship by engaging competent suppliers who identify the need for technological advancements and sustained profitability. Among the factors considered by Apple is the need to reduce costs of sourcing for raw materials and reducing the risks associated with supply chain inefficiencies. The Kraljic supply chain model is a key tool that is applicable in Apple’s operations considering that there are two aspects Apple looks for when engaging its suppliers. The two elements ...

Introduction

Online trust between consumers and companies is becoming an integral component of online business and marketing. If a company wants a lasting online presence, then its marketing strategy must include ensuring to build customer rapport, trust, and loyalty. One of the vital benefits of internet marketing is its ability to reach a wider audience due to the quality of the information dissemination method. Because of its wide reach, it is able to traverse geographic and national boundaries at a cheaper cost. By improving its web marketing strategy, a company increases its sales and achieves a competitive advantage over similar businesses that do not employ the ...

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- Executive summary Jinnikins Jeans is a UK company established in early 2000 that sell designer clothes. The company’s directors have drawn much attention especially from the media due to their personal exploits, youthful entrepreneurism, and innovative use of internet for marketing. The company has in the past few years faced various challenges such as increased wage bill, low performance and reduced morale among various employees. This article examines the company’s approach to reward and the extent to which their approach is consistent with its business objectives. It also focuses on various theories of motivation including, instrumentality ( ...

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Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve (RTR) is situated at the junction of two very old mountain ranges, the Aravallis and the Vindhyas. Ranthambhore comprises of distinct areas with great conservation values. Prior to formation of Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, these reserves were managed as hunting reserves. In 1955, a part of the forest was declared as Sawai Madhopur Wildlife Sanctuary (as a game reserve). In 1973, this area was notified as Ranthambhore Tiger Reserve, being one of the first nine Project Tiger reserves in India. The Reserve comprises of Ranthambhore National Park along with Sawai Mansingh Sanctuary and Keladevi Wildlife Sanctuary. Ranthambhore National Park ( ...

(Institute Affiliation) The Oxford English Dictionary defines Bollywood as, “a name for the Indian popular film industry, based in Mumbai (Bombay).” (Simpson and Weiner, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, United Kingdom; 1989) The term was coined in the 1970’s as is a portmanteau of the words Hollywood and Bombay (name changed to Mumbai). The history of Bollywood is believed to date back to 1913 but Pamela Hutchinson in her article The Birth of India’s Film Industry: How the Movies Came to Mumbai states that it was Harishchandra Sakharam Bhatavdedar, a local photographer of Mumbai, who shot the first ...

Globalization is an idea that has come from the origins in French and American writings in the early 1960s. It was a concept that globally finds expression in today’s world major languages. However it lacks a clear definition. Indeed globalization has become the clichés of our times. Globalization is reflected as a widespread perception of the world being rapidly molded into shared social space through the economic and technological forces and as a result development in one region of the whole world may leads to severe impacts of the chances of life of other people, individuals or communities in other parts ...

Islamic modernism is a movement that seeks to integrate Islamic faith with popular modern concepts like rights, equality, democracy, science and progress (Alam, 23). Islamic modernism differs with secularism because it maintains that faith life in public is still relevant. On the other hand, Islamic fundamentalism advocates for Muslims to go back to the foundation of Islam, which is the Quran and Sunnah. Modernism and fundamentalism maybe different in definition but they have a lot in common. This article seeks to explain these similarities and differences between these two movements. In addition, it seeks to emphasize the validity of the statement ...

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Development of new means of communication, particularly the Internet, contributed to faster exchange of thoughts, ideas and other forms of information, as well as music, photographs and pieces of graphical design – everything that can be called ‘intellectual property’. As in many cases above mentioned is demanded by large audience, and therefore, directly or indirectly, produces benefit for the creator, issues of ownership and illegal copying have become of high significance. It is now widely accepted that usage of intellectual property without paying its owner (as it is in music industry) or mentioning the owner (as it ...

Sustainability has no clear line of definition as it means a lot different things to different people. To some, it could be a way of living with regard to the extent they can bear. Others could define it as the production styles they use in their flow of business, or a business as a whole. It could imply the responses to policies especially in the question of to what extent the environment that should be consumed over time (Ana Markulev, 2013). Sustainability entails the ability to do an activity continuously. In sustainable development, the current needs are met without affecting the ability ...

Dihydrofolatereductase (DHFR) is an important enzyme in the formation of DNA (Goodsell, 2002). DHFR controls the amount of tetrahydrofolate in the cells, which in turn is an important cofactor for purine and thymidylate synthesis and ultimately in the growth and proliferation of the cell (Davidson &Sittman, 1999). The enzyme is common to many species on earth. Human and bacterial DHFR have a relatively low rate of primary sequence agreement at 26%. However, they both retain a common general structure.The key role that the enzyme plays in biology as well as the variations that the enzyme displays makes it an important target ...

INTRODUCTION

Growingly knowledge based economies have changed the dynamics of contemporary business world. Industrial landscapes are showing quick adaptability to the innovations that are capable of generating some core benefits for the business (Wilson and Doz, 2012). In contrast to the traditional business world where banking industry remained to be business of borrowing and lending only, contemporary banking has expanded business vision far beyond than core services (Pennings & Harianto, 1992; Morone & Berg, 1993). For instance, Citibank NA renowned bank of US with worldwide presence offer great deal of services to its customer ranging complete solutions to the financial processes ...

INTRODUCTION

Growingly knowledge based economies have changed the dynamics of contemporary business world. Industrial landscapes are showing quick adaptability to the innovations that are capable of generating some core benefits for the business (Wilson and Doz, 2012). In contrast to the traditional business world where banking industry remained to be business of borrowing and lending only, contemporary banking has expanded business vision far beyond than core services (Pennings & Harianto, 1992; Morone & Berg, 1993). For instance, Citibank NA renowned bank of US with worldwide presence offer great deal of services to its customer ranging complete solutions to the financial processes ...

When the first congress on alternative medicines was organized by the Faculty of Medicine in the University Of Rome in the year 1973; private practitioners from across the world presented more than one hundred and fifty brands of alternative medicines (Whistler 14). The congress, which sought to establish the validity and effectiveness of alternative medicines established that most of the alternative therapies were indeed functioning and that they could be tested and proven scientifically. Some of the therapies were found to be common in more than one community with most of the communities coming from the Asian continent. The ...