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Caravan Second Homes: An Empirical Study Of Consumer Behaviour Towards A Depreciating Property Asset, John Martyn William Steer-Fowler Jan 2009

Caravan Second Homes: An Empirical Study Of Consumer Behaviour Towards A Depreciating Property Asset, John Martyn William Steer-Fowler

Plymouth Business School Theses

This research draws upon a combination of qualitative interviews and quantitative questionnaire data to investigate the role static caravans play within second home consumerism. Fundamentally it seeks to explain why people buy such a fast depreciating property asset. Results suggest how irrespective of their income two thirds of such consumers show a passionate loyalty towards their static caravan and have little regard for alternative forms of retreat they could afford. Clearly there are significant reasons beyond price which explain such investment. At their broadest static caravans proved to be desirable for reasons of escape, salvation, control, enhancement and opportunity but …

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Credit Scoring Models For Egyptian Banks : Neural Nets And Genetic Programming Versus Conventional Techniques, Hussein Ali Hussein Abdou Jan 2009

Credit Scoring Models For Egyptian Banks : Neural Nets And Genetic Programming Versus Conventional Techniques, Hussein Ali Hussein Abdou

Plymouth Business School Theses

Credit scoring has been regarded as a core appraisal tool of banks during the last few decades, and has been widely investigated in the area of finance, in general, and banking sectors, in particular. In this thesis, the main aims and objectives are: to identify the currently used techniques in the Egyptian banking credit evaluation process; and to build credit scoring models to evaluate personal bank loans. In addition, the subsidiary aims are to evaluate the impact of sample proportion selection on the Predictive capability of both advanced scoring techniques and conventional scoring techniques, for both public banks and a …

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Inter-Port Competition And Inland Container Transport: A Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach To Achieve Intermodal Transport System Development Stratergies In Taiwan., Yhi-Ching Juang Jan 2009

Inter-Port Competition And Inland Container Transport: A Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach To Achieve Intermodal Transport System Development Stratergies In Taiwan., Yhi-Ching Juang

Plymouth Business School Theses

Inland container transport has intensified over the past thirty years in Taiwan. It is closely related to inter-port competition and port selection by container carriers. In the 1980's, large containerships only berthed at Kaohsiung port due to the limit of container terminal operation capacities of Keelung port and the carrier's regional hub port decision in the country region. The container traffic of the south-north motorways made them more crowded and increased road maintenance expenses. The purpose of this research is to study inter-port competition and inland container transport flows in Taiwan. Although Taiwan is an island, the freight transport policy …

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Learning From Experience In Urban Programming: The Case Of Shahar Project In Bangladesh, S Rahman Jan 2009

Learning From Experience In Urban Programming: The Case Of Shahar Project In Bangladesh, S Rahman

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The article offers a reflective analysis of various problems encountered and lessons learned in implementing a programme to improve the livelihood security of the urban poor in secondary cities of Bangladesh. The study is based on the author's involvement as an external action-research partner, and a review of relevant secondary literature. A number of key lessons emerge for the success of project operations. These are the need for (1) a clear understanding of the links between project activities and project objectives by all staff; (2) capacity building for all staff tailored to their needs; (3) clear targeting criteria and programme …

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Farm Productivity And Efficiency In Rural Bangladesh: The Role Of Education Revisited, Mn Asadullah, S Rahman Jan 2009

Farm Productivity And Efficiency In Rural Bangladesh: The Role Of Education Revisited, Mn Asadullah, S Rahman

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This article reassesses the debate over the role of education in farm production in Bangladesh using a large dataset on rice producing households from 141 villages. Average and stochastic production frontier functions are estimated to ascertain the effect of education on productivity and efficiency. A full set of proxies for farm education stock variables are incorporated to investigate the 'internal' as well as 'external' returns to education. The external effect is investigated in the context of rural neighbourhoods. Our analysis reveals that in addition to raising rice productivity and boosting potential output, household education significantly reduces production inefficiencies. However, we …

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Shear Class: A Visual Ethnography Of The British Hair Salon: Part Of Portfolio Kurl Up N Dye, I Rae Jan 2009

Shear Class: A Visual Ethnography Of The British Hair Salon: Part Of Portfolio Kurl Up N Dye, I Rae

School of Art, Design and Architecture

In his book The Ongoing Moment, the English writer Geoff Dyer (2005) draws out some of the common themes that have concerned photographers over the last century. His focus is the documentary tradition, primarily American, and within it he notes the homage that younger photographers pay to the history of image making that has gone before them. Barbershops are one example. Tracing a lineage from Walker Evans through Robert Frank to Michael Ormerod, with a short detour by way of Diane Arbus, he notes the ways in which the barbershop has been a recurring motif, how different people have photographed …

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Benchmarking The Implementation Of E-Commerce A Case Study Approach, C. R. D. Freiherr Von Ettingshausen Jan 2009

Benchmarking The Implementation Of E-Commerce A Case Study Approach, C. R. D. Freiherr Von Ettingshausen

Plymouth Business School Theses

The purpose of this thesis was to develop a guideline to support the implementation of E-Commerce with E-Commerce benchmarking. Because of its importance as an interface with the customer, web-site benchmarking has been a widely researched topic. However, limited research has been conducted on benchmarking E-Commerce across other areas of the value chain. Consequently this thesis aims to extend benchmarking into E-Commerce related subjects. The literature review examined two main bodies of theory, E-Commerce and benchmarking. lt became clearly apparent that a gap in the literature existed for E-Commerce benchmarking. To address this gap, a single-case-study exploratory methodology has been …

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Determinants Of Knowledge Transfer In Turkish Textile And Apparel Industry, Dababrata Narayan Chowdhury Jan 2009

Determinants Of Knowledge Transfer In Turkish Textile And Apparel Industry, Dababrata Narayan Chowdhury

Plymouth Business School Theses

The knowledge transfer activities in Turkish Textile and Apparel Industries have been explored in this study. The knowledge transfer is undisputedly important subjects as knowledge provides competitive advantage to firms. Only few percentages of the Turkish textile and apparel industries are engaged in knowledge transfer activity although it is recorded as the largest industry in Turkish economy. Turkish textile and apparel industries are mostly run by family and most of them are either unaware or reluctant to involve in the knowledge transfer activities. This study examines the knowledge transfer activities in Turkish SMEs through qualitative research and quantitative analysis by …

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Sustainability Through Community Planning: A Substantive Level Approach, Toni Soji Ola Jan 2009

Sustainability Through Community Planning: A Substantive Level Approach, Toni Soji Ola

Plymouth Business School Theses

This study identified ways of translating sustainability and sustainable development aims and objectives into practical means in a local government setting, through action research, thereby contributing to the global sustainability debate. This is in an attempt to fill the gap identified in literature, which relates to the paucity of research on translating sustainability into practical means. In achieving one of its aims, the study proposed three levels of abstraction in the form of globalisation theory, sustainability theory and applied sustainable development, conceptualised as grand theory, meso theory and substantive theory. The linkage between these theories was established, thereby contributing and …

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Inter-Port Competition And Inland Container Transport: A Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach To Achieve Lntermodal Transport System Development Strategies In Taiwan, Yih-Ching Juang Jan 2009

Inter-Port Competition And Inland Container Transport: A Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Approach To Achieve Lntermodal Transport System Development Strategies In Taiwan, Yih-Ching Juang

Plymouth Business School Theses

Inland container transport has intensified over the past thirty years in Taiwan. It is closely related to inter-port competition and port selection by container carriers. In the 1980's, large containerships only berthed at Kaohsiung port due to the limit of container terminal operation capacities of Keelung port and the carrier's regional hub port decision in the country region. The container traffic of the south-north motorways made them more crowded and increased road maintenance expenses. The purpose of this research is to study inter-port competition and inland container transport flows in Taiwan. Although Taiwan is an island, the freight transport policy …

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, Janaury 12-15, 2009, San Antonio, Tx, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, Janaury 12-15, 2009, San Antonio, Tx, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, June 22-25, 2009, Boston, Ma, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, June 22-25, 2009, Boston, Ma, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, July 27-30, 2009, San Diego, Ca, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, July 27-30, 2009, San Diego, Ca, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, August 24-27, 2009, Nashville, Tn; Highlights, Asb Meeting, August 24-27, 2009, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, August 24-27, 2009, Nashville, Tn; Highlights, Asb Meeting, August 24-27, 2009, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, October 26-30, 2009,Phoenix, Az, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, October 26-30, 2009,Phoenix, Az, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, November 18, 2009, Conference Call, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, November 18, 2009, Conference Call, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, March 2, 2009, Conference Call, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, March 2, 2009, Conference Call, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, June 22-25, 2009, Boston, Ma, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, June 22-25, 2009, Boston, Ma, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, August 24-27, 2009, Nashville, Tn; Highlights, Asb Meeting, August 24-27, 2009, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, August 24-27, 2009, Nashville, Tn; Highlights, Asb Meeting, August 24-27, 2009, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, October 26-30, 2009,Phoenix, Az, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board Jan 2009

Auditing Standards Board (Asb) Meeting, October 26-30, 2009,Phoenix, Az, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Auditing Standards Board

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume Iii: Examples, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2009

Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume Iii: Examples, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume 1: Guidance, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission Jan 2009

Coso Internal Control - Integrated Framework: Guidance On Monitoring Internal Control Systems, Volume 1: Guidance, Committee Of Sponsoring Organizations Of The Treadway Commission

Association Sections, Divisions, Boards, Teams

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The Well-Being And Identities Of 14- To 26-Year-Old Intercountry Adoptees And Their Non-Adopted Migrant Peers In Western Australia, Geertruda Rosenwald Jan 2009

The Well-Being And Identities Of 14- To 26-Year-Old Intercountry Adoptees And Their Non-Adopted Migrant Peers In Western Australia, Geertruda Rosenwald

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Intercountry adoption is a globally politicised institution that triggers strong discourses about whether transplantation to a markedly different country and culture, often into families with racially different parents, negatively affects the children ' s well-being and identity. Although empirical intercountry adoption research has increased elsewhere, Australian-based research has lagged behind. This thesis presents a body of evidence about the well-being and identity of over half the population of 14- to 26-year-old intercountry adoptees in Western Australia, how their well-being changed from 1994 to 2004, how they compare with non-adopted migrant peers and the influence of risk and threat factors. In …

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Survivable Mesh-Network Design & Optimization To Support Multiple Qop Service Classes, Hoang N. Nguyen Jan 2009

Survivable Mesh-Network Design & Optimization To Support Multiple Qop Service Classes, Hoang N. Nguyen

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

Every second, vast amounts of data are transferred over communication systems around the world, and as a result, the demands on optical infrastructures are extending beyond the traditional, ring-based architecture. The range of content and services available from the Internet is increasing, and network operations are constantly under pressure to expand their optical networks in order to keep pace with the ever increasing demand for higher speed and more reliable links.

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Vision And Desire: Jim Morrison's Mythography Beyond The Death Of God, Ellen J. Greenham Jan 2009

Vision And Desire: Jim Morrison's Mythography Beyond The Death Of God, Ellen J. Greenham

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The poetry of Jim Morrison, as opposed to his lyric verse, has been the subject of little critical examination. The aim of this paper is to open up an understanding and interpretation of a mythographic landscape developed by Morrison in his response to existence in a demythologised western culture. Through the use of the Greek myth of Oedipus in its entirety, as opposed to the two most universally known events of the adult Oedipus' life, discussion here will attempt to demonstrate that Morrison developed a cohesive, holistic vision of the human condition of existence in the world, and presented a …

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"Have Salt In Yourselves, And Be At Peace With Each Other" The Irenic Theology Of Daniel Kałaj, Dariusz M. Bryćko Jan 2009

"Have Salt In Yourselves, And Be At Peace With Each Other" The Irenic Theology Of Daniel Kałaj, Dariusz M. Bryćko

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Daniel Kałaj (d.1681) was a Polish Reformer of Hungarian background, born in Little Poland (Małopolska) and trained in Franeker, Friesland under some of the most brilliant Reformed theologians of seventeenth-century Europe, such as Cocceius and Cloppenburgh. Kałaj’s ministry in the Reformed Church of Little Poland was abruptly interrupted when he was wrongly accused by Catholic authorities of spreading then-outlawed Arianism and being called a “Calvinoarian.” Kałaj became the first Polish Protestant minister to receive a sentence of capital punishment as a result of the new anti-toleration law issued in 1658 against Arians, under the false pretext of military treason during …

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Counsel And Conscience: Post-Reformation Lutheran Casuistry According To The Dedekenn-Gerhard Thesaurus Consiliorum Et Decisionum And Its Cases On Marriage And Divorce., Benjamin T. G. Mayes Jan 2009

Counsel And Conscience: Post-Reformation Lutheran Casuistry According To The Dedekenn-Gerhard Thesaurus Consiliorum Et Decisionum And Its Cases On Marriage And Divorce., Benjamin T. G. Mayes

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

In much literature on early modern casuistry and conscience, Lutheran casuistry is denied a place, under-researched, or ignored. Yet in Lutheran Germany of the post-Reformation era (ca. 1580–1750), there was a genre of pastoral/ethical writings consisting in casuistry and in topically or thematically related theological counsels, aimed at instructing and comforting the consciences of Christians. An extensive example from this genre is Georg Dedekenn and Johann Ernst Gerhard, eds., Thesaurus Consiliorum Et Decisionum, 4 vols. (Jena: Zacharias Hertel, 1671). Lutheran casuistry, related to but also distinct from Roman Catholic and Reformed counterparts, arose especially as pastors looked within Holy Scripture, …

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Old Testament Contributions To Ecclesiology: Engaging And Extending The Insights Of John Howard Yoder, John C. Nugent Jan 2009

Old Testament Contributions To Ecclesiology: Engaging And Extending The Insights Of John Howard Yoder, John C. Nugent

CTS PhD Doctoral Dissertations

Conspicuously absent from ecclesiological literature is a volume dedicated exclusively to assessing the Old Testament‘s relevance to ecclesiology. With only a few exceptions, scant use is made of the Old Testament in ecclesiological primers and that use tends to be highly selective and often decontextualized. This dissertation argues that indepth engagement of the Old Testament furnishes a helpful context for ecclesiological reflection and that John Howard Yoder‘s canonical-directional approach to Scripture exemplifies such engagement. Though Yoder did not dedicate a treatise exclusively to the Old Testament‘s ecclesiological relevance, his numerous scattered essays on this topic evince a rich and coherent …

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Dean Mary Daly: A Eulogy, John D. Feerick Jan 2009

Dean Mary Daly: A Eulogy, John D. Feerick

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

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The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Foreword, Bruce A. Green Jan 2009

The Lawyer's Role In A Contemporary Democracy, Foreword, Bruce A. Green

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

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