THE SUCCESS AND FAILURE OF DOTCOMS: A MULTI-METHOD SURVIVAL ANALYSIS Robert J. Kauffman Co-Director‚ MIS Research Center Professor and Chair rkauffman@csom.umn.edu Bin Wang Doctoral Program bwang@csom.umn.edu Information and Decision Sciences Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota Minneapolis‚ MN 55455 ______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT: Using a multi-method survival analysis‚ we explore the drivers behind DotCom success and failure
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Caesar experienced a wide range of political offices in his lifetime. After serving in military campaigns under Marcus Thermus and Servilius Isauricus‚ he was awarded the civic crown for saving a citizen in battle. Consequently‚ in 72 BCE‚ he held his first political office as military tribune‚ “which was conferred on him by vote of the people after his return to Rome” (Suetonius‚ 36). Later on‚ about five years later‚ he was elected quaestor and had a seat in the Roman Senate. As quaestor‚ it was
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“If you want to rebel‚ rebel from inside the system. That’s much more powerful than rebelling outside the system” (Lu 245). Legend (© 2011)‚ a dystopian young adult fiction novel written by upcoming author Marie Lu. Before Lu became a full time writer‚ she was an art director for a video game company. This is a book inspired by the television show‚ Les Miserables. The show involved a highly skilled detective hunting down a notorious criminal. Legend is written from the perspective of two different
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“Yes Dr. Newtown‚ please proceed with this new surgery. I can’t see one more day how people look at my little girl. They don’t know how much she struggles everyday to just survive. It is not her fault that she was born this way. It is for this reason that we have to change her…you have to change my daughter and make her into the beautiful human being.” Jacob stared crying and gave full consent into proceeding with the surgery. “She is going to be fine‚ I know she will. There is not one reason why
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Phillip K Dick’s "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” ‚ Mikhail Bulgakov’s "The Fatal Eggs" and Franz Kafka’s "The Metamorphosis" each explore the connection between empathy and what it means to be human through a critique of their respective societies‚ challenging the assumption that humans have a morally superior standing. By critiquing their socio-political contexts‚ these texts question the extent of empathy humans have‚ pushing the boundaries between the human in relation to either the animal
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Some Factors That Influence The Success or Failure of Digital Businesses | | CI226 Socio-technical Approaches to Information Systems | | Radha Shah | 10818217 | | Introduction: “The impact of the internet on the society has been described as being as significant as some of the greatest technological innovations in history‚ such as the telephone and the motor car.”( Jobber‚ D. and Fahy‚ J. 2009) The internet has become a vast part of everyone’s everyday life. People use the internet
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rabies hydrophobia‚ which means fear of water‚ a symptom shown by rabies victims. Rabies is a highly fatal‚ zoonotic disease that causes severe destruction of the central nervous system of all warm-blooded animals. It has been known since the ancient days of 2300 B.C. This lethal virus still exists in almost all parts of the world. Once infected‚ and left untreated‚ this disease is usually fatal. The rabies virus is
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Susanna E. Samson Economic Success vs. Economic Failure University of Arkansas at Little Rock Economic Success vs. Economic Failure Introduction Foreign aid is a controversial subject that has been debated by many scholars and politicians. The main area of discussion begins with the simple question; is aid hurting or helping countries in need? In the 1960s‚ the United States and other donors began concerted efforts to provide foreign aid to help the newly independent nations of Africa develop
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Trojan war. Similar to this‚ Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand describes Louie’s everlasting quest of survival. Although some may consider these two characters heroes‚ they both have fatal flaws. Louie possesses qualities of stubbornness‚ while Odysseus is very arrogant. In the end‚ it turns out to be that without their fatal flaws‚ they would not have their greatest attribute. Odysseus’s arrogance later reverses into his best quality‚ his confidence. Without his confidence Odysseus would
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Failure vs. Success No one has a perfect life. Everyone has conflices that they must face sooner or later. The ways in which people deal with these personal conflicts can differ as much as the people themselves. Some insist on ignoring the problem as long as possible‚ while some attack the problem to get it out of the way. The book Death of a Salesman‚ is written by Arthur Miller. It takes place at Willy Loman’s - A 63 year old once popular salesman who’s lost his popularity and
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