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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In 1945‚ Indonesia proclaimed its Independence from the Dutch. A strong nationalist named Sukarno lead the movement‚ soon followed by Suharto. Having to be ruled by the Dutch for many years‚ Indonesia had to build everything from the start. They suffered in unification due to their diversity‚ and faced economic and government instabilities as a new nation. During this period of unstable economy‚ Indonesia have violated many human rights. However‚ their strong belief of Independence helped them become
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Indonesia: The Troubled Giant Question 1: What political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? The impeachment of the Indonesian dictator Suharto is widely considered one of the most exciting political happenings of recent years. Indonesia is the world’s fourth biggest country‚ with a population of 202 million people; Suharto had ruled the country with an iron fist for about 32 years. The fact that his absolute
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Business Disputes and Political Risks After reading this week’s chapters and doing some internet searching‚ I came across a dispute between Israel and Egypt. The dispute occurred when Egypt terminated its gas deal with Israel. The head of the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company has said it has terminated its contract to ship gas to Israel because of violations of contractual obligations‚ a decision Israel said overshadowed the peace agreement between the two countries. Al Jazeera and agencies
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related to their business until they are hit with a lawsuit or decide they need to take legal action against someone else. The ramifications of a lawsuit as a plaintiff or a defendant can impact a company and even destroy a company and its reputation. This can happen if the company is not fully prepared on handling legal pitfalls that might come their way. Creating a system that defines and controls the company’s workflow is important in running a smooth and profitable business‚ as well as avoiding
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globalization effects in Indonesia “In 1998 20% of the Indonesian population were below the poverty line. In 1999‚ 28% of the population was below the poverty line. Then in 2000‚ 22% of the population was below the poverty line” (Rukmana). The International Monetary Fund (IMF) claims to help countries in poverty achieve macroeconomic stability to reduce poverty. Macroeconomic stability is the balance of healthy rates of: GDP‚ unemployment‚ and price indices (Gupya). Indonesia sought the aid of the
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Adoption of the Cloud Business Model in Indonesia: Triggers‚ Benefits‚ and Challenges Ivonne Sartika Mangula1 Universiteit Utrecht Princetonplein 5‚ PO BOX 80089 3508 TB‚ Utrecht +31 30 253 54 33 Inge van de Weerd VU University Amsterdam De Boelelaan 1105 1081 HV Amsterdam +31 20 598 31 32 Sjaak Brinkkemper Universiteit Utrecht Princetonplein 5‚ PO BOX 80089 3508 TB‚ Utrecht +31 30 253 31 75 i.s.mangula@uu.nl i.vande.weerd@vu.nl s.brinkkemper@uu.nl The objective of this paper
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Oligarchy in Indonesia INTRODUCTION The word oligarchy originated from the Greek word oligarkhia‚ oligoi ‘few’ and arkhein ‘to rule’ which as a system refers to the politics of wealth defense by materially endowed actors. While oligarchs are actors who command and control massive concentrations of material resources that can be deployed to defend or enhance their personal wealth or exclusive social position. Oligarchs pose a problem as they are composed by extremely wealthy individuals‚ only
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CONSIDERING RISKS IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Business by itself requires high awereness of risks‚ taking these risks‚ managing them and gain profits from them. The literature names this task as "entrepreneurship". Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations‚ particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities. Entrepreneurship is often a difficult undertaking‚ as a majority of new businesses fail. Entrepreneurial activities are substantially different
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In Indonesia they are having trouble coping with the effects of the Tsunami that happened last year. This caused a violent change to their life style. Some challenges the people of Indonesia are facing multiple health problems including physical‚ mental‚ and emotional health. In this research paper I will explain these problems and how we can try to fix them. In Tsunami¡¦s Destroy the World by: John Johnson talks about the tsunami that happened last year. After a huge earthquake on the 26th of December
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