The term innovation means a new way of doing something. It may refer to incremental, radical, and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. A distinction is typically made between invention, an idea made manifest, and innovation, ideas applied...
Human resource management (HRM) is the strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organisation's most valued assets - the people working there who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the business.[1] The terms "human resource...
Eating is one of the most important events in everyone's life. We enjoy eating. It's part of who we are and part of our culture. In fact, eating is the hottest universal topic of all times. We depend on eating: the foods we eat are the sole source of our energy and nutrition. We know so...
1. Introduction My name is Alexandra Dragus and I am a student at Ormonde College, Business Studies/Secretarial. I have chosen this course because I've finished my secondary school in Romania in Information Technology and Math. I want to continue my studies in Ireland in the same...
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the world's third largest automaker based on vehicle sales in 2005. Based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Metro Detroit, the automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated in 1903. Ford now encompasses many global...
The economic history of the United States has its roots in European settlements in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The American colonies progressed from marginally successful colonial economies to a small, independent farming economy, which in 1776 became the United States of...
A memory card or flash memory card is a solid-state electronic flash memory data storage device used with digital cameras, handheld and Mobile computers, telephones, music players, video game consoles, and other electronics. They offer high re-record-ability, power-free storage, small...
Since Switzerland has no natural resources, education and knowledge have become very important resources. Therefore Switzerland claims to have one of the world's best education systems. Because the cantons are responsible for educational services (kindergarten, schools, universities),...
Abstract The relationship between job satisfaction, motivation, and efficiency or productivity is very important in the business industry as well as in personal life. Long term research has found that the single greatest predictor of longevity is work satisfaction. Work is one third...
Strategies for identifying and measuring risk can help treasury personnel develop a sound diversification policy Before a risk profile can be managed it must be identified. What is considered high risk by one entity may be considered the normal course of business by another entity....
The International Marketing Mix When launching a product into foreign markets do you standardise or adapt your marketing mix to the foreign market? A company can adopt to use a standardised marketing mix around the world or an adapted marketing mix in each country. International...
The attraction of new customers is merely the first step in the marketing process. Relationship marketing puts emphasis from a transaction focus to a relationship focus with the aim of long-term customer retention. The primary function of marketing, therefore, is to attract and serve...
Romania is an upper-middle income European Union member economy of Central-Eastern Europe. It has been referred as a "Tiger" due to its high growth rates and rapid development. Romanian economy growth is among EU's fastest. Romania has the 11th largest in European Union by total nominal...
Looking at house price cycles across the OECD since 1970, we find a strong relationship between the size of the initial rise in price and its subsequent fall. Were this relationship to hold for Ireland, it would predict falls of real house prices of 40 to 60 per cent over a period of...
Drug addiction is considered a pathological state. The disorder of addiction involves the progression of acute drug use to the development of drug-seeking behavior, the vulnerability to relapse, and the decreased, slowed ability to respond to naturally rewarding stimuli. The...