Background: Management is a social process manifested on the market. Methods Rather than in an isolated vacuum, organizations operate in a complex dynamic environment. Organizations’ efforts are aimed at using business opportunities and averting (or neutralizing) dangers. Results: a substantial number of top organizations are engaged in continuous efforts to influence a large number of factors ...

Today’s business environment is causing utilities to examine methods to cut costs and to maximize revenues. Development of a comprehensive program for marketing and utilization* of coal combustion by-products (CCBPs) by a utility can generate additional revenue streams; reduce operating costs at plants; and defer capital costs of developing new waste disposal capacity. These factors can be opti...

Janet Stephenson is a social scientist with a particular interest in societal responses to environmental challenges. She is the Director of the Centre for Sustainability at the University of Otago. Rob Lawson is in the Marketing department at the University of Otago. His special area of expertise is in the study of consumer behaviour, with strong interests in the development of marketing theory...

Forage quality of orchardgrass and timothy hays can be evaluated from both nutritional and marketing perspectives. From the nutritional perspective it is conditioned by the 1) nutrient concentration, 2) rate of voluntary intake, 3) digestibility and 4) partitioning of metabolized products within the animal. From the marketing perspective, hay destined for urban feed store and Pacific Rim market...

The European perspective on waste management and recycling as described in the European Union’s Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (ROS) strongly suggests that lead-free electronic assemblies will be mandatory in Europe by 2008. Japan is moving toward voluntary compliance by 2003 with a lead-free initiative that focuses on environmental m...

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The consumer behavior’s definition is defined by the American marketing Association (Peter&Olson, 2005) as “The dynamic interaction of affect and cognition, behavior and environmental events by which human beings conduct the exchange aspect of their lives” Schiffman and Kanuk (2000) assumed that consumer behavior study focuses on how people make choice to spend their resources including period ...