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Publication date: 1 October 1995

Kevin Brew and Thomas N. Garavan

Describes the new opportunities programme at An Post, the Irishpostal service. Follows on from Part 1 in which the literature onwomen‐only training was considered. Focuses on the…

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Describes the new opportunities programme at An Post, the Irish postal service. Follows on from Part 1 in which the literature on women‐only training was considered. Focuses on the actual operation of the programme. First gives a brief background to the company, then provides evidence of women′s inferior standing at An Post. Applies ideas from Part 1 to explain why this is so. Finally, outlines An Post′s strategy for equality.

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 19 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 1 August 1995

Kevin Brew and Thomas N. Garavan

Explores the role of women‐only training (WOT) in eliminatinggender inequality of opportunity in the organization. Reviews theliterature on the subject. Asks the questions: What…

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Explores the role of women‐only training (WOT) in eliminating gender inequality of opportunity in the organization. Reviews the literature on the subject. Asks the questions: What are the symptoms of inequality? What are its causes? What are the various strategies available for equality? Where does women‐only training fit in as part of these strategies? And how successful is women‐only training as a means of eliminating inequality?

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Journal of European Industrial Training, vol. 19 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0309-0590

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Publication date: 20 January 2017

Eric T. Anderson and Elizabeth Anderson

From 2002 to 2011, coffee-machine manufacturer Keurig Incorporated had grown from a privately held company with just over $20 million in revenues and a plan to enter the single…

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From 2002 to 2011, coffee-machine manufacturer Keurig Incorporated had grown from a privately held company with just over $20 million in revenues and a plan to enter the single serve coffee arena for home consumers, to a wholly owned subsidiary of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., a publicly traded company with net revenues of $1.36 billion and a market capitalization of between $8 and $9 billion. In 2003 Keurig had introduced its first At Home brewer. Now, approximately 25 percent of all coffee makers sold in the United States were Keurig-branded machines, and Keurig was recognized as among the leaders in the marketplace. The company had just concluded agreements with both Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks that would make these retailers' coffee available for use with Keurig's specialized brewing system. The company faced far different challenges than when it was a small, unknown marketplace entrant. John Whoriskey, vice president and general manager of Keurig's At Home division, had to consider the impact that impending expiration of key technology patents and the perceived environmental impact of the K-Cup® portion packs would have on the company's growth. Whoriskey also wondered what Keurig's growth potential was, and how the new arrangements with Starbucks and Dunkin' Donuts could be leveraged to achieve it.

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Publication date: 1 April 1901

The question has been recently raised as to how far the operation of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts of 1875, 1879, and 1899, and the Margarine Act, 1887, is affected by the Act…

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The question has been recently raised as to how far the operation of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts of 1875, 1879, and 1899, and the Margarine Act, 1887, is affected by the Act 29 Charles II., cap. 7, “for the better observation of the Lord's Day, commonly called Sunday.” At first sight it would seem a palpable absurdity to suppose that a man could escape the penalties of one offence because he has committed another breach of the law at the same time, and in this respect law and common‐sense are, broadly speaking, in agreement; yet there are one or two cases in which at least some show of argument can be brought forward in favour of the opposite contention.

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British Food Journal, vol. 3 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0007-070X

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Publication date: 10 April 2019

Virginia N. Mwangi, Hayley L. Cocker and Maria G. Piacentini

Purpose: This chapter aims to illuminate the cultural perceptions of illicit alcohol and to examine the role of cognitive polyphasia in changing the perceptions and legitimacy of

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Purpose: This chapter aims to illuminate the cultural perceptions of illicit alcohol and to examine the role of cognitive polyphasia in changing the perceptions and legitimacy of market practices.

Methodology/Approach: An ethnographic study of the Kenyan illicit alcohol market, which combined digital news media data analysis, with observation and interview data.

Findings: Cognitive polyphasia serves to delegitimize illicit alcohol by portraying it as incongruent with existing cultural beliefs, values, and assumptions. Illicit alcohol is portrayed as a contaminated product, a cursed business, a practice that causes cultural breech, and a scheme of witchcraft/sorcery used to enslave consumers. Findings also show that cognitive polyphasia involves drawing on traditional knowledge to explain misfortune and difficult social phenomena such as addiction. The delegitimation of illicit alcohol induces behavior and perception change. Consumers play an important role in this change process.

Research Implications: This research proposes the incorporation of cultural language into alcohol policy and education.

Social Implications: By illuminating social representations in the cultural-cognitive arena, a theory for applying these factors to change markets/behavior is proposed.

Originality/Value of Paper: The chapter highlights the delegitimation of market practices, unlike previous research that focuses on legitimation processes. This chapter also demonstrates how cognitive polyphasia, a scarcely researched concept in consumer research, can induce behavior change. This chapter also contributes to the literature on market/behavior change by revealing potential cultural-cognitive barriers to change.

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Consumer Culture Theory
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78754-285-3

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Publication date: 1 January 1987

KEVIN R. SMITH

Graduate students of the University of New England (U.N.E.) during the period 1970–1984 wrote one hundred dissertations on morale in a wide variety of educational institutions…

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Graduate students of the University of New England (U.N.E.) during the period 1970–1984 wrote one hundred dissertations on morale in a wide variety of educational institutions. The Staff Morale Questionnaire (S.M.Q.) developed and progressively refined at U.N.E. was extensively used in these and other studies in Australia. The project's greatest value lay in the way it enabled external (i.e. off‐campus) students to develop their academic critical abilities in a guided research effort, and in the ripple effect which has enabled numerous administrators in Australian schools to gain some sensitisation to and understanding of the importance of organisational morale.

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Journal of Educational Administration, vol. 25 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0957-8234

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Publication date: 24 March 2021

Nirit Weiss-Blatt

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The Techlash and Tech Crisis Communication
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80043-086-0

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Case study
Publication date: 4 December 2018

Praveen Gupta, Ankita Nagpal and Diksha Malik

Students after reading the case will learn about the issues and challenges of expansion in emerging markets. Global expansion versus multinational expansion. Stardardization…

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Learning outcomes

Students after reading the case will learn about the issues and challenges of expansion in emerging markets. Global expansion versus multinational expansion. Stardardization versus localization. Socio-cultural aspects in international marketing. Leadership succession in multinational companies.

Case overview/synopsis

The case is about Starbucks’ journey of global expansion. It focuses on challenges in emerging markets. It also talks about the challenges to new CEO Kevin Johnson post stepping down of iconic leader Howard Schultz.

Complexity academic level

MBA Executive MBA Specialisation in Strategy, International Marketing.

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Teaching Note are available for educators only. Please contact your library to gain login details or email support@emeraldinsight.com to request teaching notes.

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CSS 5: International Business.

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Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, vol. 8 no. 4
Type: Case Study
ISSN: 2045-0621

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Publication date: 1 December 2003

Kevin Grant and David Edgar

Historically, Scottish education policymaking has been implemented independently of central educational policy makers, with policymakers negotiating with a variety of interest…

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Historically, Scottish education policymaking has been implemented independently of central educational policy makers, with policymakers negotiating with a variety of interest groups and elected policy makers. The paper discusses Scotland’s research policy; the purpose of research and its possible link to teaching and learning, the function of a research policy and a critical discussion of the theory of policy networks and policy communities to establish the key players who “really” shape and set Scotland’s research policy. The paper draws on documentary evidence to support recommendations on how to enhance the policy‐making process to ensure a greater representation and more effective implementation at the “grass roots” level of Scottish researchers and their academic managers.

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International Journal of Educational Management, vol. 17 no. 7
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-354X

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Publication date: 9 August 2021

Kevin M. Dulle

The author offers a five-step “ERY method’ that expands the thinking around the core idea of a business” basic function and ideally translates it into an experience that is new…

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Purpose

The author offers a five-step “ERY method’ that expands the thinking around the core idea of a business” basic function and ideally translates it into an experience that is new and unique in the world.

Design/methodology/approach

Illustrates how experience designers use creative ideation as an effective method to help understand how to elevate an offering transaction to memorable customer experience.

Findings

The challenge for business is to avoid commoditization by producing engaging experiences that differentiate their offerings of services and goods.

Originality/value

Experience design has become a key skill for executives now that the competitive advantage and the economic value experiences create has become a critical success factor for corporations in many markets. This approach to ideation of experience design is unique.

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Strategy & Leadership, vol. 49 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1087-8572

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