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Institute of Management, Lucknow, India Abstract Purpose – To investigate consumer attitudes in India towards local and foreign brand names, against a background of increasing prevalence of foreign brand names and stereotypes of countries of origin covering the range from positive to negative. Design/methodology/approach – A structured questionnaire administered face-to-face to 112 consumers in the city of Lucknow. Attitudes to brands categorized as “foreign” or “Indian” were measured by seven-point semantic

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Information Intelligence: Content Classification and the Enterprise Taxonomy Practice June, 2004 111 Huntington Avenue, Suite 2750, Boston, MA 02199 ©2004, Delphi Group, a Perot Systems Company All Rights Reserved Publication and distribution of this report is partially underwritten by the technology suppliers who have engaged with Delphi Group in the Spring, 2004 Taxonomy Research & Education Program.This program is part of an ongoing series of Delphi Group studies, publications, educational

not-for-profit global organisation working with business leaders to deliver innovative solutions to sustainable development challenges. Together we have specifically focused on the opinions of more than 50 leaders and decision-makers, exploring their attitudes to corporate responsibility and sustainability, and their views of the future. A full list of interviewees appears in the next section. Echo has reinforced the interviews with an analysis of coverage in leading business news media, studying the tone

public and on-site seminars. Many companies request on-going interaction to ensure the Pragmatic Marketing Framework becomes part of their culture. The new Consulting Services team will work directly with these clients to ensure they get the maximum value from the concepts learned in training. Services for all aspects of the Pragmatic Marketing Framework are available including assessment of the current environment, support for tactical or strategic initiatives, and on-going reinforcement of the fundamental

techniques for estimating in story points and ideal days, and includes a description of planning poker. Chapter 7 describes when and how to re-estimate and Chapter 8 offers advice on choosing between story points and ideal days. Part III, Planning For Value, offers advice on how a project team can make sure they are building the best possible product. Chapter 9 describes the mix of factors that need to be considered when prioritizing features. Chapter 10 presents an approach for modeling the financial

but it is much more than that. Teaching and learning are only one aspect of education, but they are a very important facet of, and inseparable from, education because no person can be educated without acquiring certain basic knowledge, skills and attitudes. The development of the intellect is indispensable for education. According to Gunter (1968:11), education in the strict sense means that it is the educator's intention to influence the other person (educand) for the better. It follows that when

and innovators to develop the space for years with moderate returns. However, with the introduction of the iPhone we believe mobile is finally reaching a stage where advertisers and consumers will be spending significantly more dollars over the next five years. Both mobile ad networks and mobile search represent meaningful advertising opportunities, while paid mobile applications have proven to be a fast growing segment as well. Risks. Risks include more competition from offline media companies, mobile

Preface Z We have already said to potential readers all we wanted to about our objectives in writing this book and our outlook on aging. Thus the only function of a preface is to express our thanks to those who have helped us in this venture. Five special people have graciously and without recompense read and commented usefully on a draft of our book, and they deserve our warm expressions of appreciation. They are as follows: Joseph J. Campos, professor of psychology at the University of California

to focus on local livelihoods and rural class differentiation at the micro-level. It points to peasants’ perceptions on the (potential) impact of specific policy measures included in the Rwandan government’s ‘pro-poor’ rural strategies. Overall, the five papers illustrate how the ongoing institutional processes stimulate a path of rural change that leads to increasing polarisation between rural classes and their livelihood profiles. On the basis of these findings, the conclusion of the PhD pleads for