The current situation on the labor market in Russia and other countries reflects the high demand for the introduction and development of new methods of human resource management in organizations of different fields. The amplification of the requirements for quality and level of education of the labor force leads to the formation of modern mechanisms of interaction between the labor market and e...

I consider the direct marketing targeting problem in situations where 1) the customer's experience quality level varies from occasion to occasion, 2) the rm has measures of these quality levels, and 3) the rm can customize marketing according to these measures and the customer's behaviors. A primary contribution of this paper is a framework and methodology that allows the manager to assess the ...

industry. An essential part of their marketing effort has to be what is termed the nursing home to the community, including prospective “internal marketing.” Internal marketing consists of an effort by the organiresidents, by what is commonly called “word of mouth adverzation to train and motivate its employees to provide better service. Internal tising.” This information is passed on via a gra...

This paper evaluates the effectiveness of China’s tour guiding quality assurance system as an instrument for sustainable tourism. It notes the importance of China’s 131,000 tour guides for inbound, outbound and domestic tourism. China’s tour guiding quality assurance and regulatory mechanisms are then reviewed, including qualification examination, licensing, professional certification, training...

BACKGROUND Sapropterin dihydrochloride effectively lowers plasma phenylalanine (Phe) for at least a third of phenylketonuria (PKU) patients, with potential for increased dietary Phe tolerance and decreased medical food requirement. OBJECTIVE To investigate long-term quality of life (QOL) in patients with phenylketonuria (PKU) who took sapropterin (BH4, Kuvan®) for up to one year. METHODS 37...

Building high quality cloud applications becomes an urgently required research problem. Nonfunctional performance of cloud services is usually described by quality-of-service (QoS). In cloud applications, cloud services are invoked remotely by internet connections. The QoS Ranking of cloud services for a user cannot be transferred directly to another user, since the locations of the cloud appli...

This paper reports on case study research into six higher education institutions (three in the UK and three in the USA) that give prominence to their sustainability credentials in their paper form and/or electronic promotional and recruitment materials. The purpose of the research was to draw important lessons and identify significant issues concerning the sustainability branding and marketing ...