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... United Kingdom Much of the literature on social marketing has been concerned with encouraging healthier lifestyles (cf. Department of Health, 2004 ; Department of Health and The National Consumer Council, 2005). There are, however, many other areas where social marketing has relevance...

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... the commitment to the system (Hrebeniak and Alutto, 1972 , p. 556). Measurement testing and instruments Organizational analysis Employee attitudes Job satisfaction United Kingdom Construct validity is becoming an increasingly important issue in organizational research and human resource...

... Stock returns United States of America United Kingdom Japan Biography Dividend Innovations and Volatility of Stock Returns by Dimitrios Tsoukalas, Purdue University Calumet Abstract Dimitrios Tsoukalas is Associate Professor of Economics, Purdue University Calumet, 2220 169th Street, Hammond...

... to the economy and outlines some of the management challenges and the support and promotion initiatives associated with these industries. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Economy Thinking United Kingdom Biographical Note Peter Jones and Daphne Comfort work in the Business School...

... which provided a limited amount of extra evidence. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Interviews Ethnic groups United Kingdom Biographical Notes Susan Curtis is Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management, Department of Business and Management Studies, Manchester Metropolitan...

... steal profits through short‐term trading activities but the primary opportunity arises in those mutual funds that invest in foreign shares of stock. This 2004 article looks at a sampling of those mutual funds that invest in companies based in the United Kingdom and evaluates the potential for abusive...

...Peter Jones; Daphne Comfort; David Hillier Looks at the so‐called 7Ps of the retail market in the United Kingdom: product, price, place, promotion, people, process and physical evidence, along with customer service. Looks to address the issues of produce, placement, ethics and parasocial...

...Susan Curtis Discusses undergraduates and funding of higher education in the United Kingdom. States that the proposed fee payments by students were not unexpected, as there had been much debate previously. Gives the results of research undertaken in North America. Concludes that the pressures...

... authorities United Kingdom Managing the Geography of Street Trading in the U.K.: A Case Study of Local Authority Regulation by Peter Jones, Daphne Comfort and David Hillier Introduction The retail sector is a dominant, and in some ways a defining, feature of advanced capitalist societies...

...) Night Fever , Leisure Management, 21(4), pp.26-28. Urban Leisure Complexes in the UK Volume 25 Number 11 2002 83 © MCB UP Limited 2002 Leisure industries Urban environment United Kingdom ...

... challenge to management and argues that the role of local and national government is crucial, suggesting that they need to have more proactive policies in place. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Public houses Rural areas United Kingdom Government Biographical Notes PJorihnnciPpraaltLteenctiusrer...

... solutions using policies to deal with occupational issues. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Ocupational stress Organizations Employees United Kingdom Volume 23 Number 12 2000 Biographical Note is SeniorDavid Stevenson Lecturer in Business and Management Studies, Crewe & Alsager Faculty, Manchester...

... and the regulatory policies of the markets. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Stock markets Return on investment Pricing Securities markets United Kingdom USA Management Research News Biographical Note Dimitrious Tsoukalas is Assistant Professor of Economics, School of Management, Purdue University Calumet...

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