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Strategies for improving customer service in international car rental companies

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Joe Clark's character and methods in Lean on Me

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Assessing the Philips BEST model for business excellence and quality management

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Decision-making failures at Nutrorim under CEO Don Rifkin

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Herbert Chapman travel agency's strategy during the 2009 recession

It is surprising that Chapman's competitor in fact reported business. Were Chapman to have concentrated on local tourism instead, he may have noted greater profit for companies such as the Association of British Travel Agents remarked that tourism had increased in Britain during January 2009 and…

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