Urban studies and planning terminology

Healthcare accessibility at “Bottom of the Pyramid”: A study of scope of eHealth in India Introduction According to World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Statistics 2013, India has a ratio of 6.5 doctors, 10 nurses and 9 beds per 10,000 people compared to the global average is of 13.9 doctors, 29 nurses and 30 beds. In order to meet the healthcare requirement of its population of 1.25 billion, India needs an additional 1.54 million doctors, 2.4 million nurses and 2.6 million beds. At the…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Research Background Back in the olden days, the success of an organisation was determined by the quality nature of products they provided their customers. It was believed that customers were ignorant and did not know exactly what they want and therefore accepted whatever was given them; thus the final decision rested on the producer or service provider. The case however, in today’s business environment is the…

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Research Background Back in the olden days, the success of an organisation was determined by the quality nature of products they provided their customers. It was believed that customers were ignorant and did not know exactly what they wanted and therefore accepted whatever was given them; thus the final decision rested on the producer or service provider. The case however, in today’s business environment is the reverse.…

Unfortunately, some companies have mismanaged their greatest asset—their brands. This is what befell the popular Snapple brand almost as soon as Quaker Oats bought the beverage marketer for $1.7 billion in 1994. Snapple had become a hit through powerful grassroots marketing and distribution through small outlets and convenience stores. Analysts said that because Quaker did not understand the brand’s appeal, it made the mistake of changing the ads and the distribution. Snapple lost so much…

How is RFID technology related to Wal-Mart’s business model? How does it benefit suppliers? Wal-Mart’s basic business model is “low cost.” RFID promises to reduce supply chain costs and improve the availability of items on store shelves. The world’s biggest retail chain wants RFID readers installed at store receiving docks to record the arrival of pallets and cases of goods. Software uses sales data from its point-of-sale systems and the RFID data about the number of cases brought out to…