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focus until it is profitable and only then is it copied to the next market (Kamarainen and Punakivi, 2002; van der Vorst et al., 2002). The US-based chain Albertson’s is one of the pioneers testing the waters by introducing their own internet service in two markets, Texas and Seattle. Albertson’s uses dedicated fulfillment centers and their own truck fleet in Seattle to provide on-line shoppers with access to over 16,000 SKUs. The tests worked so well that Albertson’s expanded to San Diego in late 2001 (Agnese

profitably deliver greater value to customers. • Realize the promise and challenges that e-commerce presents for the future. 13 Example Charles Schwab • Invented discount brokerage category • First U.S. major player to go online • Initially offered two-tiered trading system to protect profits / stop cannibalization • Later became first true clickand-mortar full-service brokerage • Now world’s largest e-commerce site • 85% online trades; 21% of trade volume; Strong stock return Major Forces Shaping

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Nationale et KHAMMAR Farida, Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Scientifique. Algérie - Education à l’Environnement en Algérie : Formations formelle et informelle de Formateurs ROJO Àngeles, Àrea de sostenibilitat - Posters and Interactive Educational Materials ‘Water in the 21st Century: A Shared Responsibility’ - The Western Mediterranean Project SALITE Ilga, SALITIS Antonijs, ILISKO Dzintra Daugavpils University, Institute of Sustainable Education, Latvia - Experience of reorienting

highly reliant upon sales from the Christmas selling season, as well as other promotional events throughout the year. To understand and manage returns, they should be separated into two discrete categories - Basic/Normal Sales Returns and Promotional/Seasonal Sales Returns - and be analyzed independently based upon these two primary types of business. Furthermore, sales returns may be further broken out by product type (e.g. skin, color and fragrance), which will vary based on local market conditions

3 Increasingly, social scientists came to believe that institutions were mostly the vessels in which politics took place; what mattered was what filled the vessels. Given this understanding, both political science and sociology departments moved in two distinct directions. On the one hand, many believed that to be scientific, social science needed to be more theoretical. At the same time, others held that the study of politics and society should be broken down into 120 Sven Steinmo constituent

majority due to the gap between rich and poor. * There is institutional corruption and a low level of legislative enforcement. * Some parts of the Ganges are sacred for many Hindus. * The people of Bangladesh are aware of the risks they take even if they are unable to manage them. * There is now a realistic willingness to deliver changes concerning flood risks. * The map with river water levels is not available for the majority of Bangladesh through no internet. * Short range

CEO or top corporate level with the following companies: • • The “Big Three” 9 , namely Infosys, Wipro Ltd and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) at Bangalore AxisIT&T, a merger between an Indian and US company dealing in engineering services and interactive voice services (VOIP) at Noida and Gurgaon around in the Delhi national capital region (another “hot spot” like Bangalore), much smaller in size Alcatel Lucent Development, Chennai, an internal testing facility of Alcatel-Lucent. This was the sole

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vastly different to the generation problem of the 68ers movement, mostly because they are emotional and less ideological. There is no intensity between the generations. Deadly Maria, Winter Sleepers, and now RUN LOLA RUN. What place does RUN LOLA RUN take in your work? Each of my three films are totally different, but I recognise myself in them over and again. Certain elements which interest me reappear repeatedly. Time, for example, and the manipulation of time. One of the most interesting things