Multimedia‚ Vol. 17‚ No. 1‚ April 2011‚ 73Á97 A crowdsourcing framework for the production and use of film and television data GARY GEISLER*‚ GEOFF WILLARD and CARLOS OVALLE School of Information‚ University of Texas at Austin‚ Austin‚ TX‚ USA (Received 19 July 2010; final version received 30 November 2010) This paper outlines a framework that would enable the detailed indexing of film and television media through crowdsourcing. By making it easier to generate detailed data about these media
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Amazon.com—Not Your Average Bookstore Jeffrey Bezos‚ CEO and founder of Amazon.com‚ is running what some people refer to as the “world’s biggest bookstore.” The story of Bezos’s virtual bookstore teaches many lessons about online business. Out of nowhere‚ this digital bookstore turned an industry upside down. What happened here was more than just creating a Web site. Bezos conceived and implemented an intelligent‚ global digital business. Its business is its technology; its technology is its business
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Normal costing is used to value manufactured products with the actual materials costs‚ the actual direct labor costs‚ and manufacturing overhead based on a predetermined manufacturing overhead rate. These three costs are referred to as product costs and are used for the cost of goods sold and for inventory valuation. Standard costing values its manufactured products with a predetermined materials cost‚ a predetermined direct labor cost‚ and a predetermined manufacturing overhead cost. These standard
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Marriott Corporation: The Cost of Capital Simrith Sidhu‚ Amy-Jane Miocevich‚ Jacques Rousset‚ Jing Tao Task One: Marriott uses the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) to measure the opportunity cost for investments. WACC is calculated using the 1987 financial data provided in the Marriot Corporation: The Cost of Capital (Abridged) case study and estimators. WACC = Cost of Equity x (Equity/Debt +Equity) + Cost of Debt x (Debt/(Debt + Equity)) x (1 – Tax Rate) This method is applied for
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Backflush Costing Backflush costing is a traditional and standard costing systems track costs as products pass from raw materials‚ to work in progress‚ to finished goods‚ and finally to sales. Such systems are called ’sequential tracking systems’ because the accounting system entries occur in the same order as purchases and production. Sequential tracking is common where management desires to track direct material and labor time to individual operations and products. Backflush costing is a method
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BIS 220 Final Exam 1) Two information systems that support the entire organization are A. enterprise resource planning systems and dashboards B. transaction processing systems and office automation systems C. enterprise resource planning systems and transaction processing systems D. expert systems and office automation systems Answer: C 2) _______ is the direct use of information systems by employees in their work A. Transaction processing systems B. End-user computing C. Decision
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Differences between Activity-Based Costing and Traditional Cost Strategy Activity-based costing (ABC) is a costing model that identifies overhead activities in an organization and assigns the cost of each activity resource to all products and services according to the actual consumption‚ while traditional costing equally distributes all overhead expenses. Thus‚ an organization employing ABC‚ can precisely estimate the cost of its individual products and services for the purposes of identifying and
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AN IDEAL APPROACH TO STANDARD COSTING By Jitesh Chandak INTRODUCTION Before you start your study on standard costing you must be clear in your mind that you are going to study a chapter which wants more practice and hard work to develop a strong and sound concept. Costing can be defined as “The technique and process of ascertaining costs.” Standard costing is a technique‚ which uses standards for cost and revenue for the purpose of control through
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Kevin Gillings Unit 1 - Use & Develop Systems That Promote Communication Unit reference number: F/602/2335 QCF level: 5 Credit value: 3 Guided learning hours: 24 1.1 Review the range of groups and individuals whose communication needs must be addressed in own job role As a registered manager of a learning disability home‚ communication is essential and is vital in the smooth operation of the service. Service
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After reading week‚ sevens required text The Vanishing American Corporation by Gerald F. Davis I chose to focus on literary education and technology. Since the close of the corporation‚ many citizens question if it is worth the financial and personal investment to peruse an education. Indeed‚ the education and workforce are changing. Author Davis enlightens “Liberal education coupled with tangible skills in coding is likely to be the best preparation. Understand our transition of of service” (Davis
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