ACCOUNTING-BASED EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND REAL ACTIVITIES MANIPULATION A Dissertation Presented to The Academic Faculty by Wei Yu In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Management Georgia Institute of Technology August 2008 Copyright 2008 by Wei Yu 3327682 Copyright 2008 by Yu‚ Wei All rights reserved 2008 3327682 ACCONTING-BASED EARNINGS MANAGEMENT AND REAL ACTIVITIES MANIPULATION Approved by: Dr
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Assignment The purpose of this abstract is to summarize and evaluate the paper „Is the resource-based “view” a useful perspective for strategic management research “ written by RICHARD L. PRIEM and JOHN E. BUTLER. I. Summarization The authors try to clarify the fundamental theoretical statements of the resource based view (RBV) and specify its fundamental contributions to knowledge. PRIEM and BUTLER try to answer two basic questions: 1. Is the foundational and unembellished RBV actually a
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A2 AQA LAW Is the law fault based? According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ Fault is defined as “error” or “blame”‚ the wrongdoing and extent of which the defendant is responsible for his actions. The law should only punish those who are at fault and impose punishments which are deserved‚ whilst being more lenient to those who are not at fault and did not foresee the consequences. In criminal law‚ fault is proven by the prosecution where people are found guilty‚ beyond reasonable doubt.
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defines tourists as people "traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure‚ business and other purposes". LITERATURE REVIEW: The concept of Community-based Tourism (CBT) can be found in the work of Murphy (1985)‚ where aspects concerning tourism and developing local communities are analyzed‚ and in a further study by the same author in 2004 (Murphy and Murphy‚ 2004). Along with these two studies‚ there
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The purpose of this study was to see whether patient preferences for technology based interventions varies by gender. The hypothesis was that gender would play a significant role in a persons attitude towards technology .The study had two goals‚ the first was to analyze whether demographic factors correlated differentially with a patient’s preference for intervention for males and females‚ and the second was to examine whether the influence of gender played a role in a persons preferences for and
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potential limitation for realizing the benefits of computer-based assessment in both instructional assessment and large scale testing comes in designing questions and tasks with which computers can effectively interface (i.e.‚ for scoring and score reporting purposes) while still gathering meaningful measurement evidence. This paper introduces a taxonomy or categorization of 28 innovative item types that may be useful in computer-based assessment. Organized along the degree of constraint on the respondent’s
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Computer Based Training 1. Introduction Computer-based training is any training that uses a computer as the principal source for instructional delivery. With CBT‚ training is provided through the use of a computer and software‚ which guides a learner through an instructional program. Most CBT uses one or a combination of the following techniques: Tutorial The most common of all techniques is the tutorial. It is used to introduce new information that must be taught in a sequential manner
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Proposal to Introduce Value Based Management in NGOs of Bangladesh Munima Siddika[1] Abstract: Presently the rapid growth and diversification of the gigantic NGO sector of Bangladesh has given rise to questions and concerns‚ about their trade-offs between sustainability and pro-poor orientation; the impact and quality of services; corporate governance; management and accountability. The paper is based on a proposal to introduce a modern management system viz. value based management (VBM) in the NGOs
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TOPIC: ACTIVITY-BASED MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION Activity based management (ABM) is an approach to management that aims to maximize the value adding activities to the customers while minimizing or eliminating non-value adding activities. The objective of ABM is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of an organization in securing its markets. It draws on activity based-costing (ABC) as its major source of information and focuses on managing activities to (1) reduce costs‚ (2) create performance
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Amanda Crumpton PSY370: Learning and the Brain Brain Based Learning David Leo November 1‚ 2010 Brain Based Learning As a physical education teacher‚ I would be very adamant about incorporating brain-based learning strategies into the curriculum. Brain based education is essentially the engagement of strategies based on principles derived from an understanding of the brain (Jenson‚ 2008‚ p. 4). This form of learning is learning in accordance with the way the brain is naturally designed
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