what people are taught even at organizations who train people to do predictive type jobs. But it works for me. Here are my ten guiding principles for accurate prediction: 1. Care about being right. This sounds obvious but circumstances and other requirements often get in the way. Professionals whose job involves making predictions face pressures to have an opinion‚ no matter what‚ and to generate visibility. This can lead to quickly formed opinions and overstating and over hyping things. While
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Organizational culture can be defined as the system of attitudes‚ beliefs and values that are collectively expressed in support of organizational structure. Organizational culture is a pattern of shared basic assumptions that dictate the behavior of individuals within an organization. Culture determines which practices are appropriate and which are not‚ effectively developing standards‚ guidelines‚ and expectations for individuals within an organization. Although they work hand in hand‚ there
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International Research Journal of Finance and Economics ISSN 1450-2887 Issue 15 (2008) © EuroJournals Publishing‚ Inc. 2008 http://www.eurojournals.com/finance.htm Predicting Corporate Failure of Malaysias Listed Companies: Comparing Multiple Discriminant Analysis‚ Logistic Regression and the Hazard Model Nur Adiana Hiau Abdullah Universiti Utara Malaysia‚ Associate Professor Faculty of Finance and Banking‚ Universiti Utara Malaysia Sintok 06010‚ Kedah‚ MALAYSIA E-mail: diana897@uum.edu.my Tel:
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Corporate governance is defined as the distribution of power in the company. In the 1990s‚ the great success of US economy let to the efforts to understand and copy American management methods. The Anglo-American view of corporate governance derives from generating long term economic gain to enhance shareholder value. An outside board of directors is hired. The boards of US companies are made up of friends and acquaintances of the CEO. The use of stock options ’ is another feature introduced
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One of the predictions that John Wilkins stated in his book‚ A Discourse Concerning a New World and Another Planet‚ was that people would be able to fly through the air someday. “...it possible to make a flying chariot in which a man may sit and give such a motion unto it as shall convey him through the air. And this perhaps might be made large enough to carry diverse men at the same time‚ together with food for their viaticum and commodities for traffic” (Wilkins 1: 104). These predictions did come
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Working paper CeDER-12-01 May 2012 http:// http://hdl.handle.net/2451/31553 Data Science and Prediction Vasant Dhar Professor‚ Stern School of Business Director‚ Center for Digital Economy Research March 29‚ 2012 Abstract The use of the term “Data Science” is becoming increasingly common along with “Big Data.” What does Data Science mean? Is there something unique about it? What skills should a “data scientist” possess to be productive in the emerging digital age characterized by a deluge
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Part I: Briefly evaluate how Google’s Prediction Markets have worked to date. To what extent have the markets been successful or unsuccessful? 250 When the five Googlers got together to start with this project‚ their main objective was to launch an internal prediction market and test if crowds would make more accurate predictions than individuals’. To determine if this project was a success or not we need to determine our parameters of success. Moreover‚ we also think that the success will be
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Literature Review Aircraft Trajectory Prediction By Cameron Sheridan I. Abstract The purpose of this review is to identify and analyse work that is currently being done on aircraft trajectory prediction (ATP); particularly the approach of modern day researchers to the problematic issue of the growingly clustered airspace. The benefits of this review include the exploration of several sub-topics of the literature. Through examining the current methods towards trajectory modelling validation
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Working Title: * The Effects of Regulatory Responses to the Recent Corporate Failures Aim: I. To consider if the responses to the recent corporate failures are yielding the desired results. Background: 1. The development of Bretton Woods and Glass Steagull Agreements were in response to post WWII financial crisis. 2. The Cadbury Report came about as response the financial crisis of the 90s. 3. Following the Cadbury Report was the Greenbury Report which was advanced to curb
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Problem Statement: Seizure prediction in humans through processing of scalp/intracranial EEG recording using machine learning algorithms to aid patients with epilepsy to take precautions to mitigate impact of seizures. Background: Epilepsy is a neurological condition which affects the nervous system. It is also known as seizure disorder. Seizures are caused by disturbances in the electrical activity of the brain [1]. Approximately 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy‚ making it one of the most
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