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The Best Use Of Spare Cash, Greg Geisler

Greg Geisler

Combining Technical Analysis And Neural Networks In The Australian Stockmarket, Bruce Vanstone, Gavin Finnie

Bruce Vanstone

One of the greatest difficulties facing a stock trader or investment manager is the stock selection process. In this process, the investor is faced with a large number of competing investments, and a fixed amount of capital. The goal is to spread the available capital across a reduced subset of the competing investments, with the aim of increasing the return. Typically, the investor relies on one of two main frameworks to guide the selection process, namely Fundamental Analysis, and Technical Analysis. This paper focuses on Technical Analysis, and implements a neural network which supports the stock selection process.

Regulation And Markets In A Certification Society: Financial Reports Vs. Baseball Cards, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Regulation And Markets In A Certification Society: Financial Reports Vs. Baseball Cards, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Mountain Tourism And Social Change, William Feighery

William Feighery

No abstract provided.

Consulting Ethics For Tourism, William Feighery

William Feighery

No abstract provided.

Using Mystery Shoppers As A Benchmarking Tool To Compare Quality Of Banking Service: A Study Of Turkish Banks, Musa Pinar, Zeliha Eser, Ibrahim Birkan, Henry Crouch

Musa Pinar

No abstract provided.

Developing Organizational Project Management Capability: Theory And Practice, Lynn Crawford

Lynn Crawford

This paper traces the evolution of conceptions of project management from the use of tools and techniques on standalone projects to the conceptualization of project management as an organizational capability. Working from the premise that project management is a socially constructed field of practice that has developed through the conversations and deliberate efforts of practitioners, principles of discourse analysis are used as a framework for studying the extent to which practice reflects the espoused theories of organizational project management capability development. The actuality of practice is represented by periodic reports over a five-year period by the "owners" of project management …

Valuation And Classification Of Cash And Share-Puts, William Terando, W. Shaw, D. Smith

William D. Terando

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Generic Skills For Hospitality Management: A Comparative Study Of Management Expectations And Student Perceptions, Michael Raybould, Hugh Wilkins

Michael Raybould

Tertiary providers of hospitality management degree programs must fulfil the needs of student, industry and academic stakeholder groups. The students attracted to this type of program tend to be motivated primarily by the anticipated vocational outcomes. As a result, hospitality management curriculum needs to meet both industry and student expectations by delivering the skill sets needed in the workplace and the institutional demands for academic rigour. This article reports on research that aimed to compare hospitality managers' expectations of graduate skills with student perceptions of the skills that hospitality managers valued. In contrast to previous research on this topic, this …

Analysis Of Opportunities And Challenges For R&D Management And The Role Of The R&D Society For Its Improvement – A Case Study In Iran, Reza R. Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Arash Golnam, M. Vasei, Ali Ghazizadeh-Moghaddam

Nader Ale Ebrahim

Research and Development (R&D) management in Iran is faced to many barriers and obstacles, in which R&D units are considered as the basic core of the product development and innovation. Due to structural shortcomings, a great number of organizations and industries have not been able to find their actual status. There are about different 1141 R&D units with a dispersion pattern in Iran. This paper considers and analyzes the R&D case study in one of the provinces located in the north part of Iran in order to enhance the potential R&D activities in respect with the industrialized areas and zones. …

The Effects Of Information, Data And Redundant Cue Load On Multi-Perspective Performance Reporting, Errol Iselin, Lokman Mia, John Sands

Errol Iselin

Multi-perspective performance reporting systems have become popular in recent times due to problems associated with traditional financial systems. The most common multi-perspective performance reporting system is the balanced scorecard (BSC). The BSC reports performance information about four perspectives (learning and growth, internal business processes, customer, and financials). BSC theory argues there is a cause and effect relationship from the first to the last perspective. There are broader multi-perspective systems in practice that commonly have two additional perspectives to these four – social and environmental. Atkinson et al. (1997), Ittner and Larcker (2001), and Libby et al. (2004) have argued that …

The Impact Of Emotional Warmth On Preference For Human Interaction And Channel Preference: A Cross-Cultural Analysis, Gregory Osland, Bela Florenthal

Gregory E. Osland

No abstract provided.

A Challenge To Public Policy On Marketing In The Irish High Tech Sector, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

No abstract provided.

Evolution Of Corporate Governance Control In Manufacturing Firms, Alberto Nobolo, Francesca Magli

Alberto Nobolo

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Findings From A Longitudinal Study Of The Market Orientation Performance Relationship In The Irish Market, Patrick Butler

Patrick Butler

No abstract provided.

Special Projects Grant, Paul Stansbie

Paul Matthew Stansbie

Awarded by the College of Community and Public Service Dean's office for the purchase and implementation of a Hotel Training Simulator for use in numerous parts of the HTM curriculum.

Total Awarded: $7,750

Patents As A Source Of Competitive Intelligence Information.Pdf, Jan Comfort

Jan Comfort

No abstract provided.

Tourism Development And Culture Conflict In Xi’An, William Feighery

William Feighery

No abstract provided.

Corporate Financial Reporting: By Emergence Or Intelligent Design, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Corporate Financial Reporting By Emergence Or Intelligent, Shyam Sunder

Shyam Sunder

No abstract provided.

Knowledge Management In Iran, Nader Ale Ebrahim, Ali Ghazizadeh, Arash Golnam

Nader Ale Ebrahim

In the highly competitive global market, only organizations survive in which, knowledge has replaced labor and natural resources as the key source of sustainable growth and development. The organizations that have learnt doing things differently and doing different things. In such organizations knowledge and learning are widely considered as sustainable sources of competitive advantage. In this paper first we take a look at the history and the pioneers of knowledge management in Iran analyzing the evolutionary trend of knowledge management and its current condition in Iran. Then we trace the emphasis put on knowledge management in the fourth economic, social …

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Evrar Pinn

Inflation Monitor, Muhammad Arby, Fida Hussain, Safdar Khan

Safdar Khan

Extract:
Although inflationary pressures persisted in the economy for the second year in a row, the headline inflation fell to 7.6 percent year-on-year in June 2006 that was 1 percentage point less than inflation in corresponding month last year.1 The inflation containment was more visible in the last six months of FY06 as compared to first six months (Jul 05 to Dec 05): the average CPI inflation during the first half of the year was 8.4 percent which declined to 7.4 percent in the second half primarily due to fall in food inflation. Inflation measured by sensitive price indicator also …

Phenotypic And Genetic Relationships Between Vocational Interests And Personality, Julie Harris, Philip Vernon, Andrew Johnson, Kerry Jang

Andrew M. Johnson

Relationships between personality and vocational interest factors were examined at the phenotypic and genetic levels. Twins and siblings (N = 516) completed self-report personality and vocational interest scales. Following factor analyses of each scale, five personality and six vocational interest factors were extracted. At the phenotypic level, correlations between personality and vocational interests ranged from zero to .33. Heritability estimates of the scales showed that genetic components accounted for 0–56% of the variance for the vocational interest factors and 44–65% for the personality factors. Genetic correlations between the two areas ranged from zero to .50. The results suggest that personality …

Aligning Capability With Strategy: Categorizing Projects To Do The Right Projects And To Do Them Right, Lynn Crawford, J Hobbs, John Turner

Lynn Crawford

Organizations achieve project success by both doing the right projects and doing projects right. This article examines the relationship between using project categorization systems and achieving project success. In doing so, it defines the purpose of project categorization systems and describes the challenges in developing such systems. It also reviews the field's literature on categorizing projects. It then outlines this study's six-step methodology to develop a holistic project categorization system, a process that involved a literature survey, focus group meetings, and Web-based questionnaire. It analyzes the findings from both the focus group and the questionnaire; it evaluates the three multi-dimensional …

"A Comparison Of International Residential Housing Risk Premia" (With Chris Julliard), Grace Wong Bucchianeri

Grace Wong Bucchianeri

This paper contributes to this debate on the substantial risk-adjusted returns to real estate by first constructing a panel of housing risk premia for 13 OECD countries over a long sample period (1966:Q3 to 2004:Q4), and then exploring the relationship of these risk premia to changes in the financial market depth, equity market activities, property tax system, urbanization, zoning regulations and political orientation of the government. By comparing the experiences of housing markets in various developed countries, this paper adds to our understanding of what constitutes the real estate risk premium.

Economics Of Information Security Investment In The Case Of Simultaneous Attacks, C. Derrick Huang, Qing Hu, Ravi S. Behara

Qing Hu

With billions of dollars being spent on information security related products and services each year, the economics of information security investment has become an important area of research, with significant implications for management practices. Drawing on recent studies that examine optimal security investment levels under various attack scenarios, we propose an economic model that considers simultaneous attacks from multiple external agents with distinct characteristics, and derive optimal investments based on the principle of benefit maximization. The relationships among the major variables, such as systems vulnerability, security breach probability, potential loss of security breach, and security investment levels, are investigated via …

A Non-Credit Model For Real-Life Technology Transfer Experience For Cross-Disciplinary Student Teams, Paul Swamidass, Brian Wright

Paul Swamidass

This paper addresses several major issues of interest to ASEE’s Entrepreneurship Division. It covers (1) university technology transfer; (2) introducing technology IP protocol management to students; and (3) a model of working relationship with university technology transfer officers for the mutual benefit of university technology transfer and the training of university graduates with real-life technology transfer problems. Student reported benefits are included.

Pre-Disaster Planning And Mitigation And Its Impact On Comprehensive Emergency Management And The Nation: Pre-Disaster Mitigation (Pdm) Program And The Population Protected, Thomas Lyons Carr Iii

Thomas Lyons (Thom) Carr III Appl.Sc., CEM

A Project for a Professional Degree submitted to The Faculty of School of Engineering and Applied Science of The George Washington University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Applied Scientist of Engineering Management May 21, 2006

On October 10, 2000, The Disaster Mitigation Act of 2000 (DMA 2000 or DMA 2K) (Public Law 106-390) was enacted, amending the Robert T. Stafford Relief and Emergency Assistance Act and established new requirements for the national for hazard mitigation planning. States, Tribes, territories, and local governments now must have an approved mitigation plan in place prior to receiving certain …