This legal study has been developed as a part of the World Bank's work on 'Building Resilience in Pacific Atoll Island Countries' which aims to strengthen the capacity of selected Pacific atoll island countries to cope with the long-term adverse impacts of climate change and boost their...

This legal study is based on Legal Dimensions of Sea Level Rise: Pacific Perspectives which was published on June 29, 2021. The original version provided an assessment of key legal frameworks and policy questions that are relevant in the context of sea level rise in the Pacific region. This...

Systems Control Technology, an American subsidiary of BP has developed a solution to the problem of making the most of buying opportunities when price cuts and other promotions are offered. David Freestone reports on how the scheme works.

Harvey Nichols, one of London's major department stores, has embarked on a programme that will eliminate paper from their information system, and make data available to all levels of management through the use of Viewdata television.

There are a number of variations in payment schemes which companies can apply: a system related to productivity might pay commission, either individual or group. Then there are lump‐sum bonuses and other forms of incentive. David Freestone's conclusion is that there is no perfect remuneration...

In order to obtain speedy management information, management may either use the services of a computer bureau, or install their own computerised system. Our writer takes the view that one system — the Hoskyns Retail Trading System — meets the needs of a wider range of retailers.

What is the future for retail software? David Freestone's view is that suppliers will continue to orientate their software towards specific merchandise areas and types of retailer, instead of trying to be all embracing. And more retailers will make their own systems available to others.

Two main trends can be distinguished in retail software developments during 1988. After six years of major developments, the number of new packages released for warehouse operations fell by 47% (Table 1). Conversely, the steady production of distribution packages in the early to mid‐1980s...

Information technology is not a solution, it is a tool which can be used to handle business problems, according to one of the speakers at a recent conference on warehouse and distribution software organised by the National Materials Handling Centre. Speakers came from a wide range of...