Foreword / by David Bronner -- What do you do when disaster strikes? : Trudy Bronner on taking care of a company -- Hemp and hysteria : David Bronner on leading an activist organization -- The dirt on soap : Mike Bronner on balancing "soap and soul" -- How to make clean soap : Michael Milam on...

This study is a cross-sectional comparative study between baseline (2006), mid-line (2009) and end-line (2011) surveys in 50 sub-districts from the first phase of the programme. Thirty thousand households from 50 sub-districts were selected in two steps: i) 30 villages were selected from each...

Así mismo, la apicultura es la actividad que mejor distribuye la riqueza en el campo yucateco, el cual cuenta con aproximadamente 10,153 apicultores, los cuales son de extracción campesina. Una situación que poco favorece al mercado internacional de la miel yucateca es la reincorporación al...

Information and communication technologies are designed to support and anticipate the continuing changes of the information society, while outlining new economic, social and cultural dimensions. We see the growth of new business models whose aim is to remove traditional barriers and improve the...

Reliability evaluation of multi service multi-functional SOAP based web services for high load of users is important from the perspective of operational quality of the service, users and developers. In this article, the authors have emphasized on developing a novel methodology for evaluating the...

This study empirically examines the relationship between Brand Equity (BE) as the independent variable and Purchase Intention (PI) as the dependent variable in relation to branded baby soaps selectively. While both the variables individually have high level attributes of the customers, the...

This paper examines the relevance and importance of storytelling to business intelligence. Business intelligence provides analytics to inform a decision-making process. However, there are often times issues with understanding the analytics presented and contextualizing the analytics to the...

The web services have emerged as a web based matured and popular technology paradigm. Due to increasing popularity, the reliability assurance and prediction have acquired more attentions to the developers, researchers and service providers. In this paper, the authors propose to design, develop...

The authors proposed to design and implement a prototype research electronic automated teller machine service using Windows Communication Foundation to study the performance and scalability of implementing Web Service Security policy. The software chosen for building the service are C#...

A web service represents a communication interface offered by the server, through that the clients (programs on other systems) may require different information. The customer may vary, may be present on the same computer server, may be in the same local n

Kasdien atsiranda naujų verslininkų, tiek mažų, tiek stambių. Smulkiems verslininkams išsilaikyti rinkoje yra gana sunku. Jų pajamos nėra didelės, todėl papildomom verslo išlaidom pinigų nėra daug. Lietuvai tapus Europos Sąjungos nare, ji įgyvendina atitinkamus kiekvienos srities...

Using Web services in developing applications has many advantages like the existence of standards, multiple software platforms that support them, and many areas of usage. These advantages derive from the XML and Web technologies. This paper describes the stages in the development of a Web...

Crude glycerol (CG) is the main by-product (waste) of biodiesel production (by transesterification of lipids) and by weight it could be as high as 10% (w/w) of the final product. Considering global interest for biodiesel production, there is a need for sustainable management of the waste. In...

This study empirically examines the relationship between Brand Equity (BE) as the independent variable and Purchase Intention (PI) as the dependent variable in relation to branded baby soaps selectively. While both the variables individually have high level attributes of the customers, the...

Purpose – The brand increasingly is becoming the key source of differentiation that guides customer purchase choice. It is the focal point around which an organization defines how it will uniquely deliver value to the customer for a profit. The main aim of this research is to unveil the...

This case is about evolution of a parent brand and its subsequent extensions into different product categories. Dettol as a brand has immense trust and loyalty from the consumers. Since the 1930s when Dettol was introduced in India, it has occupied a distinct position in the mind of its...