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author describes the word business. In the book You’re in business! Building Business English Skills, Jonh Thomas French defines business in different ways. First, business is defined as a human activity related to material things, which is necessary for civilization. Then he presents another definition: business is the activity of producing and distributing goods and services and it is found in all societies, even the simplest ones. According to this writer, business may include the…

Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble Laboratory 6, chemin de Maupertuis. F-38240 Meylan, France E-mail: borghoff@grenoble.rxrc.xerox.com Remo Pareschi Rank Xerox Research Centre, Grenoble Laboratory 6, chemin de Maupertuis. F-38240 Meylan, France E-mail: pareschi@grenoble.rxrc.xerox.com Abstract: Knowledge has been lately recognized as one of the most important assets of organizations. Can information technology help the growth and the sustainment of organizational…

SUCCESSFUL FAST-FOOD FRANCHISING IN BRAZIL AND THE ROLE OF CULTURE: FOUR CASES By MARY E. RISNER A THESIS PRESENTED TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA 2001 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to express my gratitude to Dr. Terry McCoy, my thesis committee chair, for being a helpful mentor as I have became more and more involved with the study of business aspects in…

Centro de Ciências Empresariais e Sociais Aplicadas, Universidade Norte do Paraná, Curvelo, 2012. ABSTRACT The organic and inorganic waste is mixed in a vacant lot in the open, which is one of the methods of disposal of waste totally incorrect, will result in environmental impacts and affect the population and can produce substances that will alter the natural composition of the soil, polluting any water body that are in their vicinity, producing methane gas and leachate, and…

Nacional de Engenharia de Produção ENEGEP 97. 06.09.Out.1997, Gramado, RS. Anais... Porto Alegre: UFRGS.PPGEP, 1997. [BRE97] BREMER, Carlos e outros. Developing a WebSite for the Formation of Virtual Enterprises. Disponível por E-mail em c.bremer[arroba]wzl.rwth.aachen.de (Consulta em 09.04.97) [BRI97] "The Way We Will Work". Disponível por Web em http://web.brint.com/emergorg.htm (Consulta em 05.Ago.97) [CAS85] CASTELLS, Manuel. High Technology, Space and Society. Urban…

and information. First introduces the concept of information systems and, then, its necessity, benefits, importance and possible ways as conventional control reports provided and circulated within the organization. Then reports the difference between data and information, as the former refers to numbers or letters collected with no clear value, while the second enhances the organization, as they are worked out and know uses them facilitates the functioning of the organization. Continuing…

contabilidade; estratégia; contabilidade estratégica Abstract: This article deals with the management accounting in relation to the strategic aspect. The current business reality provides a competitive environment in which the decisions regarding the strategic goals must be taken with agility and with the highest level of possible security. In this way, the purpose of this research is to examine the several perceptions about the concept of strategic management accounting as well as…

sectors of the economy and the logistics could not be different. In this way, the state established standards, preventive and repressive, due to the need for environmental protection in the exercise of potentially polluting activities, including logistics. Considering that such rules are sprayed throughout the legal system, this study will seek to formulate a unified support material to this service providers so they can better understand their responsibilities and direct their actions…

Rubin had scored a modest success the previous year with the TMobile Sidekick. As a follow up, Rubin wanted to develop a platform that could be used in mobile devices. The four members worked in secret until Google acquired the company in August 2005 (Android, 2011). This made Android a fully-owned subsidiary of Google and led to speculation that Google was planning to make its own phone. While Google was quietly buying up phone-related patents, Apple launched the iPhone with AT&T and…