Food wastage is a topical issue that influences conversations around the world because of its impact on the livelihoods of individuals. While a section of the world’s population has access to enough food, a significant portion relies on limited meals per day because of their financial and social status (Principato, Pratesi, & Secondi, 2018). In this regard, organizations in the hospitality industry should align their objectives with interests of their target audience to eliminate instances of food wastage. Sustainable packaging is one of the recommended ways that can be used to overcome issues that affect outcomes of events in the world today. Sirieix, Lála, and Kocmanová (2017) argue that there…

Amazon is an American multinational company that specializes in technology through the areas of cloud computing, artificial intelligence, e-commerce, and digital streaming. This Seattle-based company is ranked among the big four technology companies alongside Facebook, Apple, and Google. Through mass scale and technological innovation, Amazon has created a repute of disrupting industries including the e-commerce industry. Amazon is considered the largest e-commerce marketplace as measured by revenue. Notably, Amazon’s fiscal year follows the typical calendar with the last day of the year being 31st December. According to the Wall Street Journal (2019), Amazon’s total assets were valued at $162,648 million in 2018. Important to note, Amazon’s total assets have been…

Risk Identification Risks are an important aspect to consider in warehousing and logistics. Identifying and categorizing risks is necessary for managing the flow of goods in a rented warehouse. According to Falkner and Hiebl (2015), companies that manage warehouses face related to market, technology, and finance. Identifying and understanding such risks are important for decision-making, since decisions reveal the mitigation models adopted by companies. Ho, Zheng, Yildiz, and Talluri (2015) indicate that risks occur at micro or macro levels of businesses. Micro risks can be categorized further into infrastructure, manufacturing, demand, and supply risks. I identified the risks by analyzing the macro and micro features of the business and its…

In the 1950s, Club Med pioneered the concept of all-inclusive holidays. Companies such as Club Med that offer all-inclusive holiday services typically provide lodging, meals, drinks and other services all for a specified fixed price. Numerous companies have since begun to offer all-inclusive holidays making the all-inclusive segment a significant part of the tourism industry. This paper presents an intra-industry analysis of the all-inclusive holiday segment of the tourism industry. Competitor Analysis Sandals, Jack Tar Village, and SuperClubs are three of Club Med’s close competitors. The four companies offer all-inclusive packages to customers in a village setting. Within the strategic map, they are categorized into the global intermediate line resorts’…

This research paper analyzes the role of ethics in data analytics. The acquisition of ever more pervasive—and invasive—details about our shopping and travel habits is one of the unavoidable facts of modern commerce. The most affluent companies devote untold levels of funding to mining the huge amounts of customer preference data to which they are privy in order to target their sales campaigns to prospective buyers with pinpoint accuracy (Kassner). However, the manner in which this data is collected, protected, and disseminated can bear serious, even dire, ethical ramifications. The implications and warnings borne by these considerations are studied and an attempt is made to derive actionable lessons from them.…

Introduction Almost invariably, women health issues in the whole spectrum of managed care is one of the most critical aspects that has over the years dominated healthcare debate across the globe. The ability of healthcare professions to diagnose, treat or detect various illnesses that affect women health is considered one of the hallmarks of an efficient delivery system. Indeed, nursing care as a critical cog of efficient healthcare delivery system has over the years been heralded as the last point of defense in diagnosing various diseases that affect womenfolk. In a bid to critically examine the underlying issues that affect women health, it would be imperative to dissect the attendant…

1. Introduction The Syrian conflict has created a refugee crisis, especially in Europe and other neighboring countries such as Turkey and Germany. The influx of these refugees into the Turkish and German economies has had a significant negative impact on the level of their economic growth and development. The following report focuses on the impact of the influx of Syrian refugees on the Germany economy, which is by far the European country with the largest numbers of refugees. The analysis compares it to France, another economic powerhouse in Europe, but with a lower scale of refugees compared to its counterpart. As such, the analysis reviews the economic impact of the…

SECTION 1: ABSTRACT Announcements are essential for investors and shareholders to enable them to determine the viability of their investments. According to efficient market theory, stock prices in a semi-strong market factor in all material public information. Therefore, publicly issued financial announcements have the potential to influence the demand for various stocks and, in turn, affect their prices. The literature survey has uncovered a gap in empirical research in relation to three company specific announcements and the determinants of the stock market reaction to them in the Saudi context by previous researchers. The announcements are company announcements of annual financial results, changes to the board of directors/CEO and annual general…

Legal Role of Government The U.S. Government manages cybercrime through various strategies which include offering free cyber security services through the Automated Indicator Sharing and the MITRE Corporation, Establishing national security agencies such as FBI and the DHSIN-department of homeland security’s information network. DHSIN was created about ten years ago to provide a framework for law enforcement “to collaborate securely with partners across geographic and jurisdictional boundaries (Binns, 2017). Today, the department of HSIN has been expanded to include, cyber security experts, infrastructure owners, emergency managers. As result of the DHSIN’s efforts in November 2016, the investigative organization helped in solving a major cybercrime where 178 online bullies and hackers…

In humans, the lifecycle of the Zika virus infection starts when the Aedes female mosquito deposits its virus on the skin or the bloodstream. The keratinocytes and the fibroblasts are permissive of the infection. The pathogen recognition receptors (PRR) and the tool like receptors (TLR) trigger the expression of the IFN genes to begin the life cycle (McArthur, 2017). The IFNs that come in type1 and type2 are imperative for controlling the flaviviruses infections by inhibiting the viruses’ replication. Stimulated genes which include the MX-1 and the ISG-15 are triggered when the dermal fibroblasts are infected by the Zika Virus (Makhluf, 2018).