Exploring the future potential of jute in Bangladesh

© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The study assesses the future potential of the jute sector in Bangladesh by examining its growth performance, international competitiveness, profitability, and production efficiency using national time-series data of over the period 1973-2013 and farm survey data from 289 farmers from two major jute growing areas of Bangladesh. Results revealed that the jute sector has experienced substantial growth in area, production, productivity, prices, and exports. However, productivity has stagnated during the latter 10-year period (2004-2013), while it grew at a rate of 1.3% per annum (p.a.) during the first 31-year period (1973-2003). Only traditional jute production is globally competitive, although financial profitability of white jute is relatively higher (benefit cost ratio = 1.24 and 1.17, respectively). Land, labor, and irrigation are the main productivity drivers for jute. The mean production efficiency of jute is estimated at 75% indicating substantial scope to improve yield by eliminating inefficiency. Marginal farmers are relatively inefficient. Policy implications include investments in research and development, irrigation, and tenurial reform and export protection for white jute in order to revive the sector and boost export earnings

Carotid cavernous fistula in a patient with coronary artery disease

Carotid cavernous fistulas are abnormal communications between the carotid and cavernous vasculature, with potential for serious neurological and ocular sequelae. There is considerable literature on the neuro-radiological management of carotico-cavernous fistula depending upon their flow status. The coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) for coronary artery disease (CAD) is a well established method of revascularization. However, the association of carotid cavernous fistula in presence of CAD is an infrequent occurrence. We present a case of coronary artery disease scheduled for bypass surgery, developed spontaneous bilateral carotid cavernous fistulas, highlighting a unique aspect of association between coronary and carotid disease

Surgeons and ethical challenges in operating room

Ethics lie in the heart of professionalism. In surgery, it represents an essential element, with surgeons facing ethical challenges in their routine practice. The rapid expansion of surgical technology and innovation along with the use of resources and consideration of conflict of interest have brought up the need for the development of current surgical code of ethics. Operating room represents a stressful environment where patients\u27 lives depend upon careful preparation, planning and execution. The progression of surgery within the operating room must be done in harmony and in line with the ethical principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice. Discussion of ethical problems arising in the operating room is not a common subject in surgical literature. The current narrative review was planned to cover ethical concerns related to patients\u27 safety and privacy in the operating room and some of the evolving topics, like ethics of overlapping surgery, live surgical broadcast and \u27do not resuscitate\u27 policy in the operating room

Analysis of Human Resource Management with Reference to Administrative Skills: Case of McDonalds

Every organization tries to maintain high level competition in the market; however, very few of these successfully create their position in the market. Different marketing concepts and strategies are adopted by the companies to remain successful. Among other strategies, uniqueness of product or services contributes to the success of the company. Moreover, constant update and external market scan is also necessary to remain informed about the changing demands and needs of customers. One such organization is McDonalds that has maintained its leadership in the fast food industry. The paper initially presents a brief introduction of the company. The paper discusses that McDonalds often faces conflict of interest where the union workers on behalf of employees give rise to their issues such as low wage rate, inappropriate working conditions and working hours. It is evident that conflict between management and workers arise in most organizations. McDonalds is the global leader in the industry of fast food. However, the paper analyzes the issues and proposes few options i.e., collaboration, accommodation and compromise. However, the option of accommodation is most feasible for McDonalds to settle the dispute between management and workers. Keywords: Human Resources, Organizations, Workers, Interest, Management

The Revolution in London after the Rise of the Arab Spring

On 18th December 2010, Arab Spring began in Tunisia, when citizens of Tunisia organized a revolution for removing dictatorship government. This wave of revolution covered Tunisia, Egypt, Bahrain, Libya, and Syria. Arab countries experienced increased insurgencies against the government. Huge businesses were affected indirectly and directly across the globe, specifically, UK. Consequently, transformational changes took place. Most of the firms found themselves lacking a contingency plan. This research aims to determine the factors that have led to increased investment in the London property market. Furthermore, it also determines the level of investment done in the United Kingdom, undertaken by migrants from Arab countries that were affected by political unrest.Keywords: Arab Spring, Revolution, Economy, Real Estate, Migrant

A Study of Multinational Financial Policies: Case of Adidas Group

The Multinational Company Adidas is a globally known brand name which is considered to be a strong retail producer for sports shoes, clothing and accessories. The designing and manufacturing of the product is at the base operations in Germany. With sports footwear on the portfolio of products, company is also a known producer of sports accessories like bags, shirts, time-wear, eye wear and other sports-wear goods. Adidas is now not only the largest producer and designer of sportswear goods in Germany and Europe, but is also acknowledged as the second most prevalent sportswear manufacturer and designer globally with Nike leading from the front. The paper discusses the financial analysis, profitability Ratio, Liquidity Ratios, and the Debit Ratios of Adidas group. Keywords: Payment, Economies, Company, Financial, Inventory

A Study of Cross Cultural Communication Strategy: Case of Marriott Hotels & Resorts

As time goes by, the importance of internationalization and globalization has increased at a faster rate where very few companies have successfully survived and maintained its position by understanding the cross cultural management. Even if organizations or businesses are working within the country with culturally diverse workforce, it is a challenge for them to identify growth opportunities by working collaboratively. This is because working with diverse cultural workforce increases work exposure as new methods that are used in other cultures to do the same task is introduced. Moreover, by working in a cross-cultural surroundings, it is important for the business organizations to aware themselves of how different culture and people from that culture influences the organization. In addition, the organizations must pursue effective leadership approach to motivate employees. The organizations as leaders must have ability to understand the actual definition of diversified cultural coworkers so that they could practically implement it well. This paper discusses Marriott Hotels & Resorts’ cross cultural management as it is an international organization and deals with people across cultures on a routine basis. The paper initially provides an overview of the Marriott Hotels & Resorts. Then the paper discusses leadership, motivation and management at Marriott Hotels & Resorts. Finally, the paper concludes and proposes few recommendations. Keywords: Company, Motivation, Marriott Hotels & Resorts, leadership, Service qualit

Comparison of figure of eight and traditional simple wire closure method to prevent dehiscence after sternal closure

Objective: To investigate significant differences, if any, between figure of-eight method and simple wire closure technique in reducing the incidence of infectious and non-infectious sternal dehiscence in patients undergoing sternal closure.Methods: The systematic review was conducted in the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department at Aga Khan University from 1st December 2015 to 13th December 2017. The review was registered with PROSPERO, the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews. Pubmed, Cochrane Library (Wiley) and Scopus databases were searched for articles published up to December 13, 2017. The search was limited to randomised control trials, clinical trials, retrospective cohort studies, journal analyses, systematic reviews and meta analyses. Cadaveric or animal studies and articles published in languages other than English were excluded.Results: Of the 286 articles retrieved, 265(92.6%) were excluded on the basis of study title and abstract. Another 15(5.2%) were excluded for being irrelevant to the topic n hand, and 6(2.1%) formed the final sample. Of them, 4(66.6%) studies showed no significant difference between the two techniques, while 2(33.3%) found figure-of-eight technique to be superior of the two.Conclusions: There was no significant difference between the figure-of eight method and the simple wire technique in reducing the risk of dehiscence in patients undergoing sternal closure