Emerging Literature Reviews Samples For Students

Using the Service Encounter Model to Enhance Our Understanding of Business-To-Consumer Transactions in an eEnvironment

Nelson Massad and Kevin Crowston
What the article is about:
Internet plays a progressively greater role in human life. Currently it is complicated to think about a person who is not aware of the terms “search engine”, “site” or “Web Page”. It was noted that the number of Internet users increases annually, so the number of customers, who wish to have the access to a huge amount of information on different products and services through service providers, also increases. Today the number of online start-ups and complement companies is magnifical, so consumers can do business with such providers, but they ...

1.0 Background
Capital structure decisions are critical for the profitability and or growth objectives of for-profit organizations. Financial managers are given the liberty of choosing the components of their capital structure as long their maximize the value of the stock and at the same time achieve some of the core objectives of firms. Some of these include maximization of the company’s value. Managers all over the world strive to find a combination of investment with the best gearing ratio. According to Huber (2011) excessive use of debt financing could lead to too much of the firm's profits being ...

Media Capital: A Critique

The media capital is a new cultural analysis concept proposed by Curtin (2003). In lieu of conventional analysis of media and, for that matter, cultural patterns based on national boundaries, media capital is used. Given how an increasing number of capitals are adopting multi-channel satellite networks for broadcasting glocal TV content, media capital can be employed to better analyze TV content becoming increasingly uncategorizable as of one national character or another. The provided examples of Hollywood, Chicago and Hong Kong (Curtin) represent only an initial step into using media capital as an analytical method for media / cultural analysis. ...

Introduction

The essence of effective and efficient leadership and governance is one of the emerging aspects that are compelling organizations to embrace such strategies to achieve a competitive advantage (Bai, 2004). The increase on capital markets competition plus the demand on different markets based issues are some of the major factors forcing corporations to develop effective and efficient strategies on positioning their corporations in global competitive position. This depicts need to ensure corporate governance forms a critical entity in relation to defining the competitiveness of the organization.
Through conducting a detailed literature review on corporate governance, the paper seeks to offer a clear ...

Introduction

The issue Web 2.0 has many factors that need to be touched when one is writing this issue. Although it is still a new subject, there is a need to ensure that all the relevant factors that need to be addressed should be tackled. This paper will undertake a peer a review of the reports that have been written by colleagues about the topic of Web 2.0, and green computing. The structure of the report is not that clear. The report does not have an index. This is an essential aspect that should be entrenched and integrated in any substantial report. It makes ...

How can content marketing on social media channels be used in order to increase the level of customer engagement for the UK fitness industry?

Introduction
Social media channels represent the new phenomenon, that has forced industries to change their attitude to marketing strategies, brand awareness, and customer engagement. The social media channels today pose certain threats to the traditional advertising, which treats the customers as a homogeneous crowd . In this extent, the social media channels are highly personalized presenting the versatile and verified social media content to the targeted audience.
The marketing specialists are always in constant search of ...

Overview

Media violence is considered complex. Therefore, its meaning is explained in different ways according to how one views the whole perception. According to David & Hertz, (2007) one of the simple definitions of media violence is the exposure of fights, murder, and forms of injustices through the televisions to the public. When defining media violence, one should keep in mind the ideas like; the aims of media violence that are; do they point at passion or retaliation? The being consequences: whether financial benefits or death and finally, the techniques in media violence like handful fights or shootouts. When watching the ...

Divorce has become a common occurrence in the society today, and many individuals who take the extreme step of divorcing appear to have lost sight of the values and the vows that are associated with the institution of marriage. Many parents with growing children at home opt for divorce without realizing the damaging effects their one-time decision may have on the lives of their children. Even though divorce may be a relief to both the partners in marriage who find no further meaning in living together, it definitely is a life-transforming experience to their innocent children. For instance, after ...

1.0 Introduction to E-Commerce Literature Review
E-commerce is the utilization of electronic means and technologies to conduct commerce (sale, purchase, transfer or exchange of products, services or information). It began in the year 1995, and since then e-commerce has been characterized by a steady growth in the United States from zero to £362 billion retail, travel and media business and a £4.1 trillion business-to-business juggernaut. It is bringing out enormous changes in business firms, markets and consumer behaviour (Awad, 2002, p. 25).
1.1 Success of E-commerce/e-tailing
There are several technologies that facilitate e-commerce, which have immensely contributed to ...

A Very Brief History of Franchising

Most of the historians consider that the concept of franchising started in the middle ages, at the time when the feudal aristocrats have started to sell the rights of collecting taxes and operating markets to others on their behalf. This is however representing franchising as a political activity instead of the business activity. Moreover, according to some historians the very first example of the franchising indicating a method of conducting business is traced back in the mid nineteenth century in Germany where the contact was made with the tavern/bar owners in order to sell beer entirely in taverns. But, in the ...

In order to prevent the transmission of cryptosporidium to the public via public drinking water systems, various surveillance systems and regulations have been implemented hitherto, in order to increase the treatment of surface water supplies. Among these techniques is the molecular surveillance for the presences of cryptosporidium in water using PCR which resulted following the cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1993 (Johnson, et al., 1995). The outbreak resulted in effective systems being implemented to improve the quality of water treatment globally as Mac Kenzie, et al., (1994) observes.
Guerrant, (1997) documents the onset of validation studies in Milwaukee ...

Introduction

Zika virus also termed as ZIKV is a known to have gained worldwide attention, especially in the USA, South East Asia, and Australia. The Zika belongs to the Flaviviridae family which comes under the genus Flavivirus (Wikan & Smith. 2016). The Zika virus is spread though day time mosquitoes belonging to the Aedes family. Some of the most common mosquitoes to contain and spread Zika include A. aegypti and A. albopictus. The name of Zika originated in 1947 where it was first isolated from the Zika forest in Uganda. Based on evidence, the Zika virus was associated with varying viral ...

Literature Review

In education communication is essential. The school, the teachers, and the parents must communicate with one another to educate their students. When there is a lack of communication the students suffer. The modes of communication are evolving every day, because of the advances made in technology. School systems needs to transition into using some of these modern forms of communications to better reach the diverse population of parents present within a school. Connecting with parents using multiple methods could increase parent involvement as well as student achievement. Different styles of communication could be used for different reasons. It must ...

2.0 Introduction
As identified in the first chapter of the dissertation, this study will seek to examine the elements of luxury goods positioning and branding. This will aim at examining the cultural settings in purchasing these luxury products in the British and Kazakhstani contexts. This literature review will analyse authoritative sources and ground-breaking definitions that relate to core concepts and theories in the area of luxury fashion and branding.
2.1 Positioning Strategies for Luxury Brands
“Brand vision and the culture, personality relationships and presentation are key components of corporate branding that builds brand identity” . Luxury fashion and products are ...

The following literature review evaluates scholarly research on the challenges of entrepreneurship, project management and sustainable development in Africa. Based on the discussion meaningful implications and suggestions are mentioned towards the end. Africa is a land of magnificent natural sceneries and resources but even in the 21st century it is still considered the Dark Continent, bearing metaphorical meaning. It is the least developed continent in the world. Despite major efforts in improving the lives of Africans there are many challenges that face the continent.

Sustainable Development in Africa

Africa has immense natural resources and precious minerals. For decades the practice of finding energy ...

Introduction

Managed care refers to the approaches and methods designed to reduce the cost of healthcare and leverage financial disbursements in order to improve the quality of healthcare to patients. This refers to a series of services offered by private insurance companies that provide health insurance to patients in the form of fee-for-service and value-based health care system for members of insurance schemes. There are group and individual insurance packages that are offered to members who make regular contributions for healthcare services as and when they are needed. Health insurance has always existed in history. However, the Health Maintenance Organization ...

Divorce has a negative effect on children despite the parents’ best efforts of the parents to protect the emotional and social development of children during and after a divorce. The commonness of divorce in the society is a cause for concern in many educators and other members of the wider society. Children are often the ones who suffer most in divorces as they begin to feel as though their parents have forced them to make a choice that they should not have to make. The loss of the parent in the household can lead to educational challenges and social ...

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European Union has had profound influence on global governance mechanism for decades. The EU has aimed at pursuing international relations strongly founded on the sustainable progress of international law. The extent of the EU influence on the member states’ legal spectrum may vary in accordance with the particular law considered for analysis. When it comes to EU’s influence on UK, “there is no totally accurate, rational or useful way of calculating the percentage of national laws based on or influenced by the EU.” (Amy). Obviously, the recent financial crisis and associated issues have raised ...

Supply chain management is a term that is used in order to describe the activities associated with logistics, control and planning of the materials and it is also used to describe the flow of the information internally as well as externally between the organizations (Hang and Chau, 2007). It is also used in order to explain the strategic and the organizational issues that are internal to an organization (Sabri, 2015).

It also indicates interconnection of the organizations that are associated with each other via downstream as well as upstream associations between the procedures and processes that help in the ...

Literature Review

ABSTRACT
This following literature review concerns the idea of how the adoption as well as diffusion of language translation technology looks at assisting in the identification and analysis of potential business opportunities. This aligns to use of such a type of technology in the most effective manner for society reaping the most benefit from the products created and sold. Society remains the fundamental conduit for diffusing a technologically based language translation products proving the intersection between the two requires adaptation measures for successful interaction. The literature review provides how the patent process, the information technology (IT), educations settings, and in ...

Plot Summary

The Great Gatsby is a book that focuses and tries to give the events of a fictional town and characters. The plot is focused on Nick a former graduate scholar and a war veteran who is the narrator of the story that the novel aims at putting across. Nick takes up employment as a salesperson in the City of New York, where he settles and takes up residence in long island near the exclusive mansion of the rich mysterious jay Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is known in the town due to the exclusive and huge parties that he holds in his residence. During Nick’s ...

Introduction:

Moreover, the process of Green Supply may as well be considered as the practice of monitoring and enhancing environmental performance alongside the supply chain. Incorporating environmental awareness into the supply chain management, entails product design, viable raw-material sourcing and selection, efficient manufacturing processes, distribution of the final produce to the consumer as well as post-life product management, particularly after product use (Emmett & Sood, 2010).

Responsible production and consumption:

Greening the Supply Chain and Globalization:
In the modern market domains, globalization improves the opportunities for buyers in products’ acquisition. As buyers elevate their focus on environmental improvements, this in turn enhances the supplier ...

Literature Review

Abstract
The increasing and rapidly evolving use of social media in general and Facebook in particular have reflected substantially on the different forms of friendship. This reflection can be seen as both positively and negatively. This literature review presents an analysis of how social media and in particularly Facebook has effected friendship. The paper has discussed various studies, research and surveys based on friendship, the human nature and behavior in respect to friendship and role of social media, especially role of Facebook on the forms of friendship. Different literature reviews have been used to present information and to ...

Captive Breeding of Marine Mammals: Challenges and Mitigating Measures

Introduction
The growing demand to sustain the current lifestyle of the human population puts an added strain to the natural resources of the world. The increase in the exploitation of tropical forests and marine communities leads to a series of habitat destruction thereby leaving thousands of species of both terrestrial and marine animal homeless (Soule et al., 1986). Since 1986, there are already about nineteen percent and nine percent of the world’s mammals and birds respectively that are bread by zoos as per the International Zoo Yearbook Census. Based on the International Species Inventory System, there are about ...

The resultant effects of recession on vacancies and housing policies in major Sunbelt cities are regrettably devastating in the society. According to Alexander (p. 89) ad Fisher (p. 36) in their independent studies of the house vacancies in these major Sunbelt cities, they indicate that in most instances, housing values revolve around community stereotype and welfare. Consequently, the Sunbelt cities managers have a difficult job in ensuring that they adopt reliable policies, which are aimed at evading the vacancy problems. According to different studies, the house vacancies and depopulation in major Sunbelt cities have emerged due to the loss in ...

Introduction

Green building is currently emerging and changing the construction, the design, the renovation process and operation of existing and new buildings and it is reshaping the whole communities and its cities. The terminology currently attached to this new facility is highly performance green building. As the movement is worldwide, the idea is trending at an alarming rate, as it a topic of discussion, for actors, designers, politicians, manufacturers and academicians. This paper will give a background perspective and the development of green building in the world considering what several writers have written about green building.
Green buildings are facilities depicting a ...

Introduction

In the current world, nursing workforce is comprised of staff and nursing leaders from a different generation groups. There are four nursing generation workforce with different attitudes, beliefs and work habits. As a result of differences in ideologies between the generations, nursing leaders have found it challenging to deal with the situation at hand. Nursing leaders should acknowledge the differences between generation workforces and view the weaknesses as potential strength. Disparities between the generation workforces need to be evaluated for the purpose of formulating a possible solution. Nursing leaders are expected to strengthen their skills in solving the differences between generations. It ...

Literature Review

Terrorism has had a tremendous impact on the manner in which the United States approaches it foreign policy (Woodward 2006). Long before terrorism reached the mainland United States there was a significant pressure to constantly review and update the US foreign policy. In the modern era Clinton encountered the fact that the Cold War had given way to a new form of antagonism (Entman 2004). There was a beginning creation of a framework to deal with the emerging terrorist threat but, with the collapse of the Soviet Union, many of the factions once under their influence were once more free to do as they ...

Introduction to MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial strain of S. aureus that that has developed a resistance to certain types of antibiotics, including methicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and amoxicillin (Farley 2008). The types of infections differ according to whether the MRSA infection was acquired in the hospital setting (HA-MRSA) or whether it was a community acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infection. The most severe MRSA infections are those acquired in health care facilities and include infections of the bloodstream or surgical wounds, and pneumonia. MRSA bacteremia is often fatal, thus timely and aggressive intervention is critical in patients at high risk of death; for example, ...

Introduction

Cilia are ancient and evolutionarily conserved organelles which are found on cell surface. This organelle project from those cell surfaces to provide multifunctional biological roles in the organism. An important role that cilia has been known to perform for cells are the locomotion, sensation and reproduction. The implication of the defect in the cilia is that the cell that tend to depend on the organelles for proper performance will be limited in it role. There are many diseases that have been found to be associated with cilia defects. Since cilia occurred as important organelles of many cells, majority of ...

Abstract

The main core of this work keenly and thoroughly addresses the issue of E-recruitment, which currently has replaced the physical recruitment. Top level management despite its act of embracing change and its prevailing aspects has really faced great challenge, thereby becoming to some bothersome due to managing complexities. Apart from the efficient operations made easier through E-recruitment and minimization of costs contrary to the past, where colossal sums of money went into maintaining and sustaining recruitment exercise, the problems affecting it have to be well handled if the business world is at any cost to benefit from it. The ...