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Description 'A business has two, and only two, basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.' In the future, marketing will play an increasingly important role for companies in order to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage and...

Description Marketing is indeed an ancient art; it has been practiced in one form or the other, since the days of Adam and Eve. Today, it has become the most vital function in the world of business. Marketing is the business function that identifies unfulfilled needs and wants, define and...

Description A core belief in independent research, a long-term focus and diverse viewpoints through The Capital SystemSM define our investment process. As active managers, we believe that a comprehensive knowledge of companies and the global context in which they operate is the key to striving...

Description Capital Research and Management Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc., is a Delaware corporation that traces its roots to 1931. The Capital Group Companies form one of the most experienced families of investment management firms in the world. Capital...

Description Capital Group is one of the world's largest investment management organizations with assets of around 1.4 trillion USD under management. It comprises a group of investment management companies, including Capital Research and Management, American Funds, Capital Bank and Trust, Capital...

Description Travel & Tourism is an important economic activity in most countries around the world. As well as its direct economic impact, the sector has significant indirect and induced impacts. The UN Statistics Division-approved Tourism Satellite Accounting methodology (TSA:RMF 2008)...

Description Future industrial policies in Egypt will be focused on enabling the industrial sector to be the engine of growth through the expansion of exports and job opportunities. At present, the industrial sector in Egypt is a major contributor to economic growth, employment generation, and...

Description The study has been commissioned by GIZ, with a view to assisting the Egyptian Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade (MTI), and the Egyptian-German Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP) on behalf of BMZ, to further promote green growth and green job creation in Egypt. Green...

Description Water based transport is effective as generally speaking, operating costs of fuel are low and environmental pollution is lower than for corresponding volumes of movement by road, rail or air. A major advantage is that the main infrastructure - the waterway - is often naturally...

Description The challenge for China's reformers has never been what to do; it's always been how to do it in the face of fierce opposition from those with an interest in maintaining the status quo. In the year since the Third Plenum, shifting incentives for banks, stateowned enterprises and local...

Description A supply chain is a system of organizations, people, activities, information, and resources involved in moving a product or service from supplier to customer. Supply chain activities involve the transformation of natural resources, raw materials, and components into a finished...

Description Toys "R" Us, Inc. (TRU or 'the company') is a specialty retailer of toys and baby products. The company has presence across various countries in North America, Europe and Asia. It is headquartered in Wayne, New Jersey COMPANY PROFILE Toys “R” Us, Inc. REFERENCE CODE...

Description In the realm of enterprise IT, Dell is a company often viewed as having a singular strategy - build and sell products cheaper and more effi ciently than competitors, and thereby grow market share and revenues. While that deceptively simple plan lies at the heart of Dell’s approach...

Description There are a number of specific factors that are expected to influence talent management strategies, policies and practices. Externally, dramatic shifts in the make-up of the workforce can influence the way organisations recruit, develop and retain key talent in the future. TALENT...

Description The foundations, principles and dimensions of Market-Based Management (MBM), a management system that allows organizations to be successful by applying the principles that enable free societies to become prosperous, is analyzed and reviewed. Pioneered and trademarked by Charles G...

Description The State Budget Office, Office of Financial Management, prepares the SOMCAFR and is responsible for both the accuracy of the data and the completeness and fairness of the presentation, including disclosures. To the best of our knowledge and belief, the information contained in the...

Description Shimadzu Corporation (Kabushiki-gaisha Shimadzu Seisakusho) is a Japanese company, manufacturing precision instruments, measuring instruments and medical equipment, based in Kyoto, Japan. doc_976918272.pdf

Description In 1813 Governor Lachlan Macquarie overcame an acute currency shortage by purchasing Spanish silver dollars (then worth five shillings), punching the centres out and creating two new coins – the 'Holey Dollar' (valued at five shillings) and the 'Dump' (valued at one shilling and...

Description The financial statements, accounting policies and notes to the financial statements have been prepared in compliance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and WHO's Financial Regulations and Financial Rules. The statutory components of the Financial Report...

Description ZTE Corporation, a limited company incorporated in China, the shares of which are listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, respectively. www.zte.com.cn stock code : 000063.SZ 763.HK 2014 Annual Report 2 0 1 4 A n n u a l R e p o r t Important The...