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Pay And Performance: Among 100 Best U.S. Companies To Work For, Omair Mahmood Faisal Apr 2007

Pay And Performance: Among 100 Best U.S. Companies To Work For, Omair Mahmood Faisal

Undergraduate Theses and Capstone Projects

In the 21st century, world is becoming a global village and with increased competition businesses are always looking for regions with the lowest possible production costs. Appropriate compensation of U.S. employees working for major U.S. corporations is a hotly debated topic in political circles. This research focuses on the top 100 companies designated as “the best companies to work for” by Fortune Magazine for the year 2006. Performance of these companies, as measured by their return on equity, return on assets, revenue growth and earnings growth along with their profit margin is used to determine the impact on them as …

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Bundling Information Goods: The Case Of E-Journals, Yong Tan Jan 2007

Bundling Information Goods: The Case Of E-Journals, Yong Tan

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

With the development of the Internet, e-business has become popular. Increasingly, e-journals are being sold via the Internet. E- journals have two main characteristics: one is the low marginal cost associated with access; the other is the large number of items. For the commercially motivated seller, the issue of bundling a large number of low marginal cost items so as to maximize profits needs to be dealt with. In this thesis, a solution by way of an intermediate bundle is proposed. It is found that the profit obtained under the proposed procedure is 4% to 5% higher than that under …

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The New Economy And Its Implications To Investors, Elizabeth Misco Apr 2004

The New Economy And Its Implications To Investors, Elizabeth Misco

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

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Class Distinctions For The Global Economy, Aaron W. Hughey Feb 2003

Class Distinctions For The Global Economy, Aaron W. Hughey

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Competitiveness And Price Convergence On The Internet: Evidence From The Online Dvd Market, Xiaolin Xing, Fang Fang Tang, Zhenlin Yang Jan 2003

Competitiveness And Price Convergence On The Internet: Evidence From The Online Dvd Market, Xiaolin Xing, Fang Fang Tang, Zhenlin Yang

Research Collection School Of Economics

We compare the pricing behavior between online branches of traditional retailers (MCR) and pure Internet retailers (Dotcom) in the DVD market. Based on a set of panel data from July 5, 2000 to June 11, 2001, we find that the average price of the MCRs is about 11.2% higher than that of the Dotcoms. Further statistical analyses on the market dynamics of price trends show that the prices of the Dotcoms went up with time much faster than the prices of the MCRs, which points to a possibility that eventually both types of retailers may charge similar prices on average. …

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Sistem Maklumat Pembayaran Zakat, Wijee Masrina Jan 2002

Sistem Maklumat Pembayaran Zakat, Wijee Masrina

Student Works (2000-2009)

Sistem maklumat bagi pembayaran zakat atau akronimnya e-Zakat merupakan satu aplikasi berasaskan web yang dibina untuk menyediakan satu perkhidmatan bagi pengguna mengetahui jumlah bayaran zakat tertentu yang wajib dibayar oleh mereka dengan cara yang mudah dan pantas melalui perkembangan teknologi maklumat. Selain daripada itu, sistem ini juga dilengkapi dengan informasi mengenai zakat yang dipetik berlandaskan Al-Quran. Sunnah Nabi dan pendapat para ulamak. Sistem ini terbahagi kepada dua modul utama iaitu modul pengguna dan modul pentadbiran. Modul pengguna akan menyed.iakan kemudaban bagi peogiraan kelapan-lapan jenis zakat Selain itu, modul ini juga menyediakan beberapa fungsi lain seperti pertanyaan dan rujukan. Modul pentadbir …

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B2b Portal: Web-Enable Fulfillment System, Oi Ching Wong Jan 2001

B2b Portal: Web-Enable Fulfillment System, Oi Ching Wong

Student Works (2000-2009)

The Web-enable fulfillment system is basically a web site that enables suppliers to automate and structure the order fulfillment process to help ensure that products and services meet or exceed customer’s exact requirements including quality, quantity and specifications. The intelligence of the system will be the server where all calculations and business rules are applies. Business-to-business (B2B) e-Commerce implies that both the sellers and buyers are business corporation. Purchase order is used as the system default as the business partners rarely use credit card for payment. Therefore, the order fulfillment process begins when an approved order is routed to the …

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A Study On The Impacts And Implications Of Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) On Manpower Requirements In Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Oras Fadel Baker Al Hassani Jan 2001

A Study On The Impacts And Implications Of Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) On Manpower Requirements In Cyberjaya, Malaysia, Oras Fadel Baker Al Hassani

Student Works (2000-2009)

This is a study of the impact of the information age particularly the electronic commerce on the human resource development in Malaysia. Basically, the study tries to determine the implications of adopting e-commerce on the manpower requirements. It is agreed that with the advent of Internet and its electronic services, the market has to adjust to the demands in the market place to be able to compete locally and globally. The study used of a set of questionnaire and interviews and selected literature review to gather relevant data and information on the current situation in the Malaysian workforce regarding the …

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