Factors Affecting Product Quality in the Software Development Industry of Sri Lanka Sahan Jayawarna A.T. Fonseka Abstract The software development industry of Sri Lanka has grown rapidly during recent years. However‚ the quality of software products has become a critical issue as shown in the increase in software defects and associated solutions for those problems. This study aimed at understanding the critical factors underlying software product quality. It was based on a survey of ten
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Marketing Research‚ 30(2)‚ 234-45. McConnell‚ J Douglas (1968). “The Price-Quality Relationship in an Experimental Setting‚” Journal of Marketing Research‚ 5(3)‚ 300-34. Mehta‚ Subhash C‚ Parasuraman‚ A and Ambarish Kumar‚ K (1972) Monroe‚ Kent B and Krishnan‚ R (1988). “The Effect of Price on Subjective Product Evaluations‚” quoted in Rao‚ Rao‚ Akshay R and Monroe‚ Kent B (1988). “The Moderating Effect of Prior Knowledge on Cue Utilization in Product Evaluations‚” Journal of Consumer Research‚ Rao‚ Akshay
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Audit Quality and Cost of Debt Capital for Private Firms: Evidence from Finland Jukka Karjalainen Department of Business University of Eastern Finland April 10‚ 2010 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the value relevance of the perceived audit quality in terms of who audits‚ as well as the audit outcomes in terms of the auditor’s opinion and accruals quality‚ in the pricing of debt capital for privately-held firms by examining a large sample of privately-held Finnish firms. The
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Accounting Horizons Vol. 21‚ No. 2 June 2007 pp. 165–187 Auditor Communications with the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors: Policy Recommendations and Opportunities for Future Research Jeffrey Cohen‚ Lisa Milici Gaynor‚ Ganesh Krishnamoorthy‚ and Arnold M. Wright SYNOPSIS: To contribute to the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) project on auditor communications with audit committees and boards of directors‚ we present in this paper a review of relevant academic literature
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Managing People & Organisations Assignment: Shenzhen Filtroil: Finding Balance Word count: 4817 November 2010 Content Executive Summary 3 Introduction & Methodology of Research 4 Part I. External and Internal Environment Analysis 6 PEST Analysis 6 Porter’s Five Forces 9 SWOT 11 Part II. Analysis of the Organizational Structure And Culture 13 Organisational Structure and Culture 13 Management and Leadership
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Total Quality Management: Empirical‚ Conceptual‚ and Practical Issues J. Richard Hackman Harvard University Ruth Wageman Columbia University In recent years‚ total quality management (TOM) has become something of a social movement in the United States. This commentary returns to the writings of the movement ’s founders-W. Edwards Deming‚ Joseph Juran‚ and Kaoru Ishikawa-to assess the coherence‚ distinctiveness‚ and likely perseverance of this provocative management philosophy. We identify
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TOPIC AT A GLANCE Topic Name: Managing Stress at Work Managing an over worked and stressed human resource have become a challenging and ever difficult task for today ’s managers. With a view to utilize the available human resource thus minimizing costs and maximizing profits‚ today both managers and their subordinates have to coop with work related stress. This stress if it goes to certain extent without being controlled can affect the person ’s family/social life‚ health‚ performance etc and
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Intelligence Bureau ACIO Exam Question Paper (23.09.2012) previous years Solved Question Papers September 24‚ 2012 1. A man decides to travel 80 kilometers in 8 hours partly by foot and partly on a bicycle. If his speed on foot is 8 m/hr and on bicycle 16 km/hr‚ what distance would he travel on foot? (i) 20 km (ii) 30 km (iii)48 km -Answer (iv) 60km 2. Due to a 25 % increase in the price of rice per kilogram a person is able to purchase 20 kilograms less for Rupees 400. What is the increased price
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THE LEADERSHIP OF PRIME MINISTERS MALAYSIA Prepared for KRISHNAN A/L NARAYANAN‚ Tutor of OUM Open University Malaysia Jalan Tun Ismail‚ 50480 Kuala Lumpur By BONG KEE HONG‚ Student OUM 381a‚ Lorong 7a‚ Jalan Semaba‚ 93250‚ Kuching‚ Sarawak 871019526779001 25 June 2011 TABLE OF CONTENTS ABSTRACT Page 2 1.0 INTRODUCTION Page 3 2.0 Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad 2.1 Background and Characteristic Page 4 2.2 Policies: Vision 2020 (Wawasan 2020)
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ENERGY METER EEE PRESENTEC 2011 GUIDE: A.MARIMUTHU PREPARED BY: M. GOPALA KRISHNAN SELVA SUNDAR. R AKHIL LAL SURESH. S RAJA INFANT JESUS COLLEGE OF ENGG GUIDE HOD/EEE ABSTRACT The topic of this paper is energy meter. This paper deals with energy meter‚ its types‚ working principle‚ some advance meters‚ advantages‚ disadvantages application‚ conclusion. The condent of this paper is taken from electrical technology text book
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