Issue: Why should Middleton fund an IS project with “intangible” benefits? Discussion: Dennis Devereaux‚ Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Vice President of Information Systems planning‚ Max Vargo‚ are executives at Middleton Mutual Insurance Company which is based out of Philadelphia‚ PA. This is a large diverse corporation that has a vast number of holdings and conducts business on a grand scale both geographically and financially. Dennis and Max are in the process of trying to introduce
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Chapter 30 Testing Moderating Effects in PLS Path Models: An Illustration of Available Procedures J¨ rg Henseler and Georg Fassott o Abstract Along with the development of scientific disciplines‚ namely social sciences‚ hypothesized relationships become increasingly more complex. Besides the examination of direct effects‚ researchers are more and more interested in moderating effects. Moderating effects are evoked by variables whose variation influences the strength or the direction of a
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2010. Hargreaves‚ Andy‚ Ann Lieberman and Michael Fullan. Second International Handbook of Educational Change‚ Volume 2. New York: Springer‚ 2010. Shu‚ Hui. Sojourners in Transition: Chinese Women Undergraduate Students at an American University. New Jersey: ProQuest‚ 2008. Shum‚ Mark Shiu Kee and Delu Zhang. Teaching Writing in Chinese Speaking Areas. New York: Springer‚ 2005.
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Intelligence Paradigms in Healthcare 5: Intelligent Decision Support Systems. Berlin‚ Germany: Springer. Shahriyar‚ R.‚ Bari‚ F.‚ Kundu‚ G.‚ Ahamed‚ S.‚ & Akbar‚ M.(2009). Intelligent Mobile Health Monitoring System (IMHMS). In P.kostkova (Eds..)‚ Electronic Healthcare: Second International ICST Conference‚ EHealth 2009 Istanbul‚ Turkey‚ September 2009 Revised Selected Papers (pp. 5-12). Berlin‚ Germany: Springer. Tan‚ J.‚ (2005). EHealth Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and
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Social science research is a broad term which can be loosely defined as the act of searching for both scientific and oral material of a particular topic with the specific intent of examining particular aspect in the society‚ bringing about understanding and new knowledge. In social science research there is precise synthesis of various researched data sources to give off information. In social science research there is an inherent tendency of getting information which is not entirely accurate hence
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Implementing a Performance Evaluation System Job performance is one of the most important factor in both organizational psychology and human resource management‚ for the last decade there have been growing interest in the development of knowledge about performance measurements in organizations‚ researchers have covered a wide range of areas surrounding the subject‚ like identification of problems and different approaches to measure performance. In organizational
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Deming WE. Out of the Crisis. Cambridge‚ Mass: Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ Center for Advanced Engineering Study; 1986. Lipkin M Jr‚ Putnam SM‚ Lazare A‚ editors. The Medical Interview: Clinical Care‚ Education‚ and Research. New York‚ NY: Springer-Verlag; 1995. Andrew 3
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Gunnar Almgren (2012)‚ provides an in depth analysis of social justice theories‚ Libertarianism‚ Utilitarianism‚ Marxism‚ and the Capabilities Approach. Utilitarianism is the belief of maximizing good for the greatest amount of people (Almgren‚ 2012‚ p. 8). An example of this is taxes that are levied in order to build community infrastructures. This theory is extremely useful as it focuses on the happiness and benefits of citizens. However‚ after reading Madison Powers and Ruth Faden’s Essential
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1. Explain ‘Free cash flow’. Comment on its significance in business valuation. 2. Illustrate the ‘VLookup’ function. Explain its importance. 3. Explain ‘Pivot tables’ in excel & state their value in multi-dimensional analysis. 4. Explain ‘Options’ trading. State their significance in modern day trading. 5. Comment on the business models of private equity funds. 6. Comment on valuation of ‘distressed companies’. 7. Illustrate with an example any three capital
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Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/364392/ Automotive Lubricants Markets in India Description: The Indian automotive lubricants market is largely price sensitive and volume growth is stagnating due to longer lasting lubricants. The market is fragmented with over 22 big and small manufacturers and with the spate of mergers and acquisitions (M&A)‚ only a handful of big companies enjoy a major market share. Companies are adopting a more customer-oriented
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