Given the growing importance of the services sector in the economy, this paper addresses issues related to competition, productivity and prices in that sector. This paper first discusses the economic theory and the main findings in the literature, leading to the conclusion that services market competition is an important factor...
The services sector has become a dominant feature of the Philippine economic landscape. Within this sector, the IT-enabled services segment, which is still in its infancy, is starting to be perceived as a new growth frontier. This paper explains the profile of the IT-enabled services industry, its prospects and potential...
Pricing is one of the most important issues in the marketing mix of an organization. It determines the final amount of money that would be charged in return for a particular product or service. Price of a product or service is the direct interface between the hitherto ‘internal’ product and...
Activity in Australia's services sector has hit a record low, falling for the fifth straight month as high fuel prices and lofty interest rates continue to hamper the economy, a report shows.The Australian Industry Group/Commonwealth Bank Performance of Services Index fell 3.5 points in August to 39.3 points.This was...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CORPORATE social responsibility CSR is a concept that frequently overlaps with similar approaches such as corporate sustainability, corporate sustainable development, corporate responsibility, and corporate citizenship. While CSR does not have a universal definition, many see it as the private sector's way of integrating the economic, social,...
This study undertook a small preliminary investigation of the contemporary employment practice of 'applying for your own job'. There has not yet been a specific study into the effect upon individuals and organisations of the practice of existing employees being required to apply for the same or...
Information technology integrators from the private sector were recognized for their expertise and outstanding solutions at the Center for Digital Government's 2008 Integrator Awards ceremony in Colorado Springs, Colo. Public sector groups throughout the U.S. nominated partnering companies whose creative IT solutions provided exceptional cost savings, streamlined service and...
UTV, the Irish media company that includes the Northern Ireland ITV franchise, may be feeling the pinch in television advertising, but its radio stations are booming. The numbers speak for themselves. Group turnover for the six months to June was up by 8 per cent to 62m,...
Enhancements in Hansen 8.1 Expand Core Processes, Asset Management, Customer Service Management, and Billing ATLANTA -- Infor Public Sector today announced the availability of an enhanced version of Hansen, government-specific enterprise software used by more than 300 state, city, county, and special district governments to help manage business...
Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, aleading provider of exchange-traded funds ETFs, announced the anticipatedlisting of the PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio onSept. 18, 2008, on the Nasdaq Stock Market. -- PTRP - PowerShares Global Progressive Transportation Portfolio "Global trade, urbanization and rising energy costs have created a growingneed for more...
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- LWBJ Financial announced today that its LWBJ Capital Advisors division has been retained by Petra Capital Partners of Nashville, Tenn., as strategic advisor for Iowa and the Midwest. Paul Juffer, LWBJ Financial Senior Partner, states, "LWBJ is committed to providing funding sources to...
GlobalSpec Industrial Indicator Survey Reveals That Some Companies are Enjoying Market Momentum, While Others are Affected by Current Economic Conditions TROY, N.Y. -- The majority of organizations within the U.S. industrial sector are on target to meet or exceed their revenue goals, but many indicate that they are...
Company Continues to Grow Profits ST. LOUIS, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Graybar, one of the nation's leading distributors of electrical, telecommunications and networking products and related supply chain management and logistics services, announced today a 19 percent increase in earnings for the first six months of 2008...
The Bank is now depositary for 14 companies created as part of the restructuring of Russia's electricity sector NEW YORK, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Bank of New York Mellon , the global leader in asset management and securities servicing, has been selected as the depositary bank...
Combination Provides One of the Broadest Portfolios of Products and Services in the Industry PALO ALTO, Calif. -- HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corporation EDS, creating a leading force in technology services. With this acquisition, initially announced...
BlueArc® Corporation, a leader in scalable,high-performance unified network storage, continues to grow its businesswith federal government agencies by increasing its focus and presence inthe federal market. immixGroup, a leading provider of enterprise technologyproducts and services in the government market, recently added BlueArc toits U.S. General Services Administration GSA Schedule contract...
KORE Becomes First Specialized Wireless M2M Carrier on GSA Schedule to Power Public Sector Applications for Asset Tracking, Environmental Monitoring and Homeland Security RESTON, Va. & TORONTO -- KORE Telematics, the world's largest digital wireless services provider specializing in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications, today announced that its M2M wireless...
Ecosphere Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB: ESPH), adiversified water engineering and services company, has added three newmembers to its Board of Directors, including Mr. Gene Davis, Mr. SteveKeating, and Mr. Tom Wolfe. In addition, Ecosphere hired Michael Furman asExecutive Vice-President of Business Development. Patrick Haskell, Chairman and Co-CEO, said, "Steve Keating, Gene...
Falling profitability and flagging confidence have spread from the consumer sector to Britain's business and professional services firms, a survey of the services industry shows. Services such as lawyers, marketing, accountancy and computing reported record falls in business volumes and values in the quarterly Confederation of British...
TODAY: BBA Loans for House Purchase report for July; Public sector finances supplementary quarterly data TOMORROW: Experimental services producer price index for the second quarter. THURSDAY: CBI Distributive Trades Survey for August; GFK Consumer Confidence Index for August...
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