... resistance among loyal customers toward competitive strategies (Dick and Basu, 1994). Brand loyalty, however, is not as straight forward as it seems. Chauduri et al (2001) define brand loyalty "as a deeply held commitment to re-purchase or re-patronize a preferred product/service consistently in the future ", this ... and attitudinal loyalty. In turn, these have an influence on outcome-related aspects of brand equity like market share and relative price (Chaukuri et al, 2001). Donvaband (2007) shows similar results in his study, he finds that the ultimate achievement when building brands...

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... companies are growing exponentially. Hence, they provide stiff competition especially since locals now prefer domestic companies which "can offer more senior roles" (Dewhurst et al. 2012). To attract local talents especially for middle management, EXTEC should deliver strong employment branding and offer unique opportunities and benefits. As for general talent acquisition ... celebrating differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and public assistance status (Green et al. 2002). Excell...

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... different nations. By 1980, the company had operated in 27 countries besides America and sales in these countries made up a quarter of the company's $11 billion total sales (Bartlett et al, 2008). In 2005, P&G acquired the UK's prestigious razor producer, Gillette, replacing Unilever as the world's largest consumer products brand. Nowadays, P&G has become a company operating in ... working on supplier relationship management, inventory management, and material forecasting, which contributed to $294.8 million savings from supplier management in two and a half years since September 2003 (...

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... is a form of a reward, decreases the effort of individuals and thereby they are unable to achieve maximised efficiency in their production as projected by the Reinforcement theory in Robbins et al., (2012). The theory of expectancy which concentrations on choice, effort and persistence states that "Individuals act in definite ways based on their expectation that will be followed by ... work environment. Consistency refers to the extent to which beliefs, values and expectations are held consistently by the employees. However, the business lacks these dimensions in their culture (Abzari et...

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... within the organisation. These include (1) downward communication, (2) upward communication, (3) horizontal communication, (4) informal communication (Crossman, 2012, p13), (5) formal communication and (6) diagonal communication (Robbins et al, 2009, p390). It is imperative to remember though, that all of these communication methods are only effective if the message is received and understood, and not distorted by noise ... upward communication" request, the "downward communication" or feedback is non-existent. Upward Communication Upward communication occurs when communications flow upw...

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... within the organisation. These include (1) downward communication, (2) upward communication, (3) horizontal communication, (4) informal communication (Crossman, 2012, p13), (5) formal communication and (6) diagonal communication (Robbins et al, 2009, p390). It is imperative to remember though, that all of these communication methods are only effective if the message is received and understood, and not distorted by noise or ... communication' request, the 'downward communication' or feedback is non-existent. Upward Communication Upward communication occurs when communications flow upw...

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... higher the ROE percentage means the better the company can produce profit as well as the company is efficient in using the revenue on its following investment (Ross and Westerfield et al, 2012). In fact, IOI Group had significant greater than Sime Darby about 16.22 percent during the year of 2013. However, there is a defect of ROE which it may be ... charges, thereby influence the profit of the company. So, it is no absolute for the investor to getting an exact or accuracy ratio by using ratio analysis (Brewer and Garrison et al, 2013). 3. Companies may not usually use a same accounting...

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... as Rio+10. The millennium development goals were also announced in the wake of these conferences which had to be attained by all the member countries of the UN (Dempsey et al., 2011, p.289). Primark has failed to comply with international conventions and conferences at some points. The suppliers of Primark are located in Bangladesh and the collapse of the Savar building ... current environmental tends. 5. Taking the guidance from the external companies can also be very helpful for the Primark and could help tit in effective management of the environmental process (Quental et al., 2011, ...

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... in the last few decades and many have transformed themselves in order to survive the competitive global environment. "Change is inevitable, but growth and improvement are optional" (Coyle et al. 2013). This quote explains that change will constantly happen and it is up to the people to make something out of this change. In this case, the most frequent change ... allow them to become more competitive. For example, many major auto companies have hybrid models and to keep up with the newest technological advancement, Honda created the Civic Hybrid (Sherer et al. 2008). The factor of having...

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... a market of undifferentiated consumers. Globalization has accelerated the rise of consumerism (Sklair, 1995). The dimensions of global consumerism can be summarized as extension, intensification, velocity, and the structural impacts (Held et al, 1999). Extension refers to the reach of the market or other networks. Intensification refers to the density of the flow of goods, capital, knowledge and communication. Coca-Cola is extensive ... ...

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... tasks or interdependent schemes of jobs aiming to improve the quality of employee 's work experience and their productivity. The well-known psychological model of intrinsic motivation by Richard Hackman et. al. explains the link between core job characteristics, motivation, and productivity as work outcome. According to the authors, five core job characteristics, namely skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy and ... ...

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... Hong Kong and also have small operating unit in Shanghai and Australia. Hence the translational risks and transactional risks are always there as present for multinational companies operating globally (Bouchet et al. 2003). As we know that the Australian currency is experiencing decline against dollar, which means that the profits when converted into USD from AUD will be lower, thus reducing the ... ...

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... for the company, since they were popular household appliances. "When the product has reached a stage of maturity, the "augmented product "generally does not offer much opportunity for differentiation."(Kamran Kashani et al, 1999, p57) MEI can not just improve its after-sales service, the delivery terms, the reputation of the brand, and so on (which compose the augmented product) to increase the ... ...

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... , marketing tourism & Travel (3rd ed) British Library Cataloging in publication data, Martins the printers Ltd, Berwick upon Tweed, GB. Rix,P., 2001 Marketing a practical approach, (4th ed), McGraw Hill, Sydney Walker et al, 1999, Marketing Strategy, Planning & Implementation, (3rd ed), McGraw Hill, Sydney ...

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... has. Studies document that on average, a company loses half of its customers every five years and that it costs five to ten times as much to obtain new customers (Kalakota et al, 2001). These savings may not bite into the overall losses the airline industry has faced, but it is one area out of a whole that can be looked at when deciding ... ...

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