Chapter 2 Sources of Innovation SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER In this chapter consideration is given to the role of creativity as the underlying process for the generation of novel and useful ideas. Individual creativity is considered to a function of intellectual abilities‚ knowledge‚ thinking styles‚ personality traits‚ intrinsic motivation and environment. Firm creativity is more than the sum of member creativity. Firm creativity is also a function of the organizational structure and the strategic
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1515/bmt-2013-4182 EEGLAB – AN OPEN SOURCE MATLAB TOOLBOX FOR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL RESEARCH Clemens Brunner1 ‚ Arnaud Delorme2 and Scott Makeig2 1 2 Institute for Knowledge Discovery‚ Graz University of Technology‚ Austria Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience‚ Institute for Neural Computation‚ University of California San Diego‚ CA‚ USA clemens.brunner@tugraz.at Abstract: EEGLAB is a widely used open-source MATLAB toolbox for analysis of electrophysiological data. Using EEGLAB‚ users can
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Internal Controls XACC/280 April 7‚2013 Axia Internal Controls Internal controls are put into place to safeguard a company’s assets and to promote the accuracy of their accounting records. There are two primary goals of internal controls. The first goal of internal controls is to safeguard it’s assets from employee theft‚ robbery‚ or unauthorized use. When there is a large some of money there is temptation from employee’s to take some of it. Many employees believe they are underpaid
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Acknowledgement In the name of Allah‚ the Most Gracious‚ the Most Merciful Alhamdulillah‚ all praises and gratitude to Allah the All Mighty for his blessings and also for giving us the strength and patience to complete the comparative study of annual report. First of all we would like to express our thankfulness to She has indeed given us high encouragement and really put an effort to make sure we complete the assignment successfully. Her invaluable help of such constructive
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Question 1 a) Select two companies where inadequate internal control have resulted in disastrous effects on the organisation or exposed it to heavy losses. Research the facts of the failure and report on the facts and the losses suffered. In your report‚ include suggestions for changes to operations (internal controls) that could have prevented the final outcome. Where could you find a list of these internal controls and how are they documented? Examples of companies include: Coles Myer
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Outline the sources of secondary data that sociologists use and assess their advantages and disadvantages. (33 marks) A source of secondary data that sociologists use is official statistics‚ official statistics are quantitative data created by the government or other official bodies. A ten-yearly Census of the entire UK population is done on a range of area’s e.g. births‚ marriages and divorces. Government use official statistics in policy-making and there are several types of sources: registration
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Humanities and Social Science (MDHSS 2013) Constraints of External Sources of Financing for Domestic Private Enterprises in China Fang Yang Higher Vocational Education School Ningbo Institute of Education Ningbo‚ China Yangfang1981@gmail.com Abstract—Private enterprises have been playing an increasingly important role in the development of Chinese economy‚ but they are having difficulties in accessing external sources of financing which mainly include bank loans‚ stock market and informal
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Regulations and requirements for internal quality assurance in own area of practice: organisation policies and procedures e.g. health and safety‚ equal opportunities‚ recording and reporting‚ quality assurance strategy‚ contribution to internal reviewing processes/self-assessment review (SAR); regulatory bodies e.g. standards‚ levels‚ performance/assessment criteria‚ skills‚ knowledge‚ understanding‚ awarding organisation‚ SSC‚ Ofqual‚ Ofsted‚ employer‚ measure of accountability‚ benchmarking.
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RESEARCH PAPER: The Analysis-criticizing Method of Written Sources (Through surveying Kautilya’s Arthashastra) BY NGUYEN THI THANH MAI Department of South Asian Studies Faculty of Oriental Studies University of Social Sciences and Humanities Vietnam National University December‚ 2012 Abstract Historians have used different kinds of sources to reconstruct the narratives of the past or to create a complete and accurate picture of what happened in the past on such aspects as politics‚ economy
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The Internal Assessment focuses on identifying and evaluating a firm’s strengths and weaknesses in the functional areas of business‚ including: management‚ marketing‚ finance‚ production‚ research and development‚ computer information systems. There are many subareas inside these functions‚ such as customer service‚ warranties‚ advertising‚ packaging‚ and pricing under marketing. The functional business areas differ for different types of organizations‚ such as hospitals‚ universities‚ government
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