personal information is becoming progressively important. As global Smartphone penetration increases, 80% of Smartphone users are expected to use LBS (by 2013) and the global market for mobile LBS will increase from $2.1 billion (2009) to $18.3 billion by 2015 with the Compound Annual Growth Rate of 43%. Along with the advancement in mobile technology, research into ways of determining the locati
we all know it is like to feel happy. Right? But how do we measure happiness? One common method psychologists use is interviewing people. First, we ask them questions to find out how happy they are - how happy they feel in general. Then we gather information about them, like their age, health, income and so on. We use all of this data to determine the most common characteristics of happy people.
Generally speaking, they demand a better shopping environment and higher product quality. They are also brand-conscious and less price-sensitive. Many of them are employees of multinational firms.
3. Increasing brand awareness
After decades of robust economic development and market opening, cosmetics market in China has undergone tremendous changes. It has evolved from an underdeveloped mar
these ratios important?
Liquidity is an important factor that investors use to gauge the overall health of a company. A strong cash position usually means debt is under control and any short-term liabilities can be paid off quickly in hard economic times. High liquidity ratio is also a sign that the company is generating sales and managing expenses, based on the size of A/R and cash on hand.
person's well-being is what is 'good for' them, so it is very much related to health. However, the products of McDonald's encompass a 'negative' aspect in the terms of health and tend to go against the well-being trend. People nowadays tend to prefer healthy organic food to fast foods. Due to this negative effect, the sales of McDonald's dropped to the extent of lowering the price of their genera