Mathematics and Computers in Business and Economics‚ Vancouver‚ Canada‚ June 19-21‚ 2007 189 Business Risks and Security Assessment for Mobile Devices PATRICIA MAYER MILLIGAN Information Systems Department Baylor University Waco‚ Texas USA pati_milligan http://business.baylor.edu/pati_milligan/ DONNA HUTCHESON Director of It Audit TXU Corporation Dallas‚ Texas USA dhutche1 http://www.txu.com Abstract: - Technology advances over the past decade have elevated business risk from mobile devices to an
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The Bathtub Curve and Product Failure Behavior Part One - The Bathtub Curve‚ Infant Mortality and Burn-in by Dennis J. Wilkins Retired Hewlett-Packard Senior Reliability Specialist‚ currently a ReliaSoft Reliability Field Consultant This paper is adapted with permission from work done while at Hewlett-Packard. Reliability specialists often describe the lifetime of a population of products using a graphical representation called the bathtub curve. The bathtub curve consists of three periods: an
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current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0263-7472.htm Performance measurement in facilities management: driving innovation? Michael Pitt and Matthew Tucker School of the Built Environment‚ Liverpool John Moores University‚ Liverpool‚ UK Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to examine the state of knowledge of performance measurement in facilities management‚ in particular regarding the concepts underlying benchmarking in relation to its ability to
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------------------------------------------------ Business Risk vs. Audit Risk By Gabriel Agboola The following article first appeared online in the IT Compliance Institute Ask The Auditor column. Used with Permission. What’s the difference between business risk and audit risk? Business risk relates mainly to an organization’s goals and objectives. It is essentially the potential cost incurred if the business does not achieve its strategic plans. The assessment and management of business risk has evolved into formalized
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Semarnpreet Kaur LRW I Case Illustration for Barry Case: Serious Threat of Physical Violence Patient does not communicate a serious threat of physical violence if‚ the patient showed responsiveness to corrective measures‚ patients’ prior acts were not as serious‚ did not make any verbal threats‚ and perception of physical threat from the patient. (Barry). In Barry‚ Jan a male Afghani‚ was receiving psychological care at St. Mary hospital‚ while his stay at the hospital Barry freely followed
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1.0 Introduction Performance measurement is essential to improve the performance of the organizations to compete in today’s business environment. In the era of industry way back in the 1960’s‚ the traditional performance measurement system has been designed to report labour productivity‚ machine and capacity utilization‚ and standard cost variances. These are cost-efficiency-based measures derived from a strategy to minimize production costs‚ described as a cost leadership strategy. (usefulness
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Pizza Store Curve Theory February 10‚ 2013 Operations Management/OPS/571 Professor John Quesnel In this paper the approach is to understand the formulation of learning curve theory and objective is to maximize profits and increasing organizational performance for Mario ’s Pizzeria. The three fundamental assumptions followed by the learning curve theory are total time for completing a task decreases with the increased repetition‚ improvement percentage decreases
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Performance Measurement in a Modern Business Environment________________________________________ In the past‚ performance measures were primarily based on financial measures (Bruns‚ 1998) where the double entry accounting systems was used to avoid disputes and settle trades between traders (Johnson‚ 1983). As businesses began to grow‚ their nature and structure also began to change‚ reducing the control and the close relationship that existed between the owners and management. Consequently‚ the
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Risk Analysis in Investment Appraisal by Savvakis C. Savvides Published in “Project Appraisal”‚ Volume 9 Number 1‚ pages 3-18‚ March 1994 © Beech Tree Publishing 1994 Reprinted with permission ABSTRACT* This paper was prepared for the purpose of presenting the methodology and uses of the Monte Carlo simulation technique as applied in the evaluation of investment projects to analyse and assess risk. The first part of the paper highlights the importance of risk analysis in investment
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support is gratefully acknowledged. © 1997‚ Christopher D. Ittner‚ David F. Larcker‚ and Marshall W. Meyer PERFORMANCE‚ COMPENSATION‚ AND THE BALANCED SCORECARD A growing number of firms are replacing their financially-based performance measurement and compensation systems with a "balanced scorecard" incorporating multiple financial and nonfinancial indicators. Proponents of the balanced scorecard concept contend that this approach provides a powerful means for translating a firm’s vision
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