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New Covariance-Based Feature Extraction Methods For Classification And Prediction Of High-Dimensional Data, Mopelola Adediwura Sofolahan

Open Access Dissertations

When analyzing high dimensional data sets, it is often necessary to implement feature extraction methods in order to capture relevant discriminating information useful for the purposes of classification and prediction. The relevant information can typically be represented in lower-dimensional feature spaces, and a widely used approach for this is the principal component analysis (PCA) method. PCA efficiently compresses information into lower dimensions; however, studies indicate that it is not optimal for feature extraction especially when dealing with classification problems. Furthermore, for high-dimensional data having limited observations, as is typically the case with remote sensing data and nonstationary data such as …

Leverage Buy-Out Case Study, Binh Duc Nguyen

Honors Theses and Capstones

No abstract provided.

Women In The Workforce: An In-Depth Analysis Of Gender Roles And Compensation Inequity In The Modern Workplace, Rebecca L. Ziman

Honors Theses and Capstones

This paper explores the increase in participation and education of American women in the workforce with a special focus on women in business and accounting roles. The paper then goes on to discuss the wage gap between genders, how to remedy inequality in the workplace, and highlights several reasons why pursing a solution to gender inequality is beneficial for both the employee and the company.

A Need For A Sales Course In Academia, Kevin H. Scholz

Professional Projects

Nearly 50% of all college graduates entering the workforce, after earning a business related degree, find themselves initially in a sales role. With only 4.8% of colleges and universities offering a sales course, are the vast majority of recent graduates entering the workforce prepared for a sales role? This exploratory study seeks the feedback of hiring managers in the field to bring awareness to faculty members involved with course selection and academic curriculum design for the purpose of encouraging colleges and universities to consider a sales course. The study provides learning objectives and competencies for a sales course based on …

Dia-Beat-It: An Online Game For Children And Teenagers With Type 1 Diabetes, Emily M. Stone

Honors Theses and Capstones

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Value Of An Nhl Player, Ryan Mcginnis

Sport Management Undergraduate

The National Hockey League (NHL) consists of 30 teams which are located in all diverse types of markets around North America. With these teams being in different size markets, it is becoming more difficult to survive in the rigid economic times. With sports being a billion dollar industry, the NHL is an organization who is really struggling because of the lack of support from fans and sponsorships. With money being an issue, owners of these 30 NHL teams, have to make a decision whether they want to be a winning organization or a profitable organization. With this being said owners …

Understanding The Determinants Of Corporate Social Disclosure Strategies: An Examination Of Firms' Use Of Gri Guidelines, James Michael Simmons Jr.

Dissertations, Theses and Capstone Projects (Full IR Collection)

With the evolution of CSR reporting practices and the introduction and widespread adoption of the GRI Guidelines, this research sought to understand the factors that determine a company’s CSR disclosure strategy. It examined the relationship between a four-dimensional model of reporting determinants and a firm’s CSR disclosure strategy. The proposed model drew from legitimacy, institutional and stakeholder theories and included the following constructs: non-financial corporate characteristics, the firm’s financial performance, the involvement of the firm’s stakeholders and environmental turbulence. The firm’s CSR disclosure strategy was represented by the GRI application level chosen by the firm and the presence or absence …

A Guide To Event Promotion: Internet Marketing For A Live Musical Event In Las Vegas, Kelly C. Quinnan

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

A global industry of festivals and musical events has evolved and developed rapidly especially since the late 1960’s starting with Woodstock. The industry continues today with large-scale multiple stage events that bring in over hundreds of thousands of people. Las Vegas is known by many as the city of entertainment, with world-renowned Cirque Du Soleil shows, poolside concerts at the Cosmopolitan, and the thriving Electric Daisy Carnival. The phenomenal growth of this industry coupled with increased consumer awareness and choice requires sustained development and expansion in the future. Concerts and festivals are unique events that attract audiences. Music-based events are …

Customer Selection For Direct Marketing : Bi-Objective Optimization Using Support Vector Machine, Qian Wang

Lingnan Theses

A major challenge in direct marketing is to build a customer-selection model that can help achieve higher response rate and greater profit at the same time. In this study, I adopt a bi-objective optimization (BOO) approach and propose a two-stage method using support vector machine (SVM) and support vector regression (SVR) to maximize response rate and profit simultaneously. To deal with the difficulty of learning models from imbalanced data, synthetic minority over-sampling technique (SMOTE) is used to generate more balanced datasets. Experiments are conducted on two datasets, a direct marketing dataset and the KDD-98 dataset, to compare the predictive performance …

Theory Of Constraints Project Management In A Manufacturing Environment, Shihching Kraft

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The following thesis covers the concepts of Theory of Constraints (TOC) Project Management. Introduced by Eliyahu M. Goldratt in I 984, TOC is a management philosophy that focuses on the use of critical chain project management to prioritize everyday tasks in a company. In TOC Project Management, there is always at least one resource constraint that limits the speed at which projects are completed. TOC management philosophy also recognizes that most projects in the manufacturing industry face unknown schedule delays that could cause projects to be completed late or over the planned budget. During project plan creation, plans are developed …

Towards Successful Implementation Of 5ss In A U.S. Manufacturing Company With Indian Sub-Continent Workers, Syed Shahzad Naqvi

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

XYZ is a manufacturing organization located in Michigan, in the Eastern North Central U.S., and it has a diverse workforce consisting of immigrants from Asia, Europe, and South America. The majority of the workers are immigrants from the Indian Sub-Continent. XYZ has been in the process of implementing 5Ss; however, it has been unable to sustain 5S standards. This study was conducted to identify the role of the Indian Sub-Continent workers’ culture and religion on 5S implementation and to suggest how this company can work with this group in successfully implementing the 5Ss.

The researcher is employed in this organization …

The History Of Trial Gardens, Hallie Schmidt

Horticulture and Crop Science

Essay explores the history of home gardening and seed industry in America and the conditions that led to the development of the All-America Selections.

Implementimi I Marketingut Në Sektorin E Arsimit Në Kosovë, Albulena Alimi

Theses and Dissertations

Sistemi arsimor është shtylla më e rëndësishme e zhvillimit të një shoqërie. Të gjithë teoretët pajtohen se investimi i vetëm afatgjatë ekonomik është investimi në sistemin arsimor.

Investimi në sistemin arsimor domosdo që nuk sjell përfitime të menjëhershme.

Duke pasur parasysh faktin se, edukimi paraqet një proces shumë kompleks sesa mendojmë dhe mbi të gjitha tregon se edukimi është një fushë më afër ekonomisë dhe shoqërisë, e sidomos për vendet e vogla siç është Kosova, dija është një fuqi e llojit te vet.

Kredidhënia Dhe Ndikimi I Saj Ne Zhvillimin Ekonomik Ne Kosovë, Alor Ejupi

Theses and Dissertations

Tema e cila eshte përzgjedhur është një temë mjaft e rëndësishme per zhvillimin ekonomik të një vendi,siq edhe do shihni nga punimi të cilin e realizuam norma e interesit luan një rol thelbësor qoftë në volumin e marrjes se kredise ashtu edhe në sasin e investimeve ,dhe nivelin e punsimit dhe në masë të madhe në konsumin publik.

Në nivelin e punsimit ndikon në atë mënyr pasi që kur norma e interesit është e ulët individët dhe bizneset e kanë më të lehtë për të marrë kredi, dhe për të hapur linja te reja të prodhimit dhe kështu dhe numri …

Menaxhimi I Projekteve Në Portfolio, Visar Kokolli

Theses and Dissertations

Sot, të konsiderohen projektet si të izoluara nuk është aspak në përputhshmëri me kërkesat e biznesit. Sot, kompanitë mundohen të gjejnë mënyra të reja për t’i trajtuar projektet individuale apo projektet në grupe, programe apo portfolio. Në një ambient me shumë projekte, kompleksiteti i menaxhimit reflektohet nga natyra shumë diverse e projekteve. Njohja e ngjashmërive dhe diferencave në mes projekteve të ndryshme bëhet më evidente për metodat e menaxhimit. Dhe kjo është arsyeja se pse projektet duhet të ndahen sipas llojeve që u përkasin. Objekt trajtimi i temës sime është të kuptuarit e menaxhimit të projekteve në portfolio dhe natyra …

Hapat Gjatë Procesit Të Auditimit Të Brendshëm, Labinot Bardhi

Theses and Dissertations

"Kompanitë bëjnë para duke marrë përsipër rreziqe. Në të njëjtën kohe ato humbasin para duke dështuar në menaxhimin e rreziqeve”. Një nga fushat më të rëndësishme dhe më pak e kuptueshme që ndikojnë në Auditimin e brendshëm është kultura e organizatës dhe qëndrimi i saj ndaj rrezikut. Çdo kompani ka një kulturë të ndryshme. Duhet të kuptoni kulturën brenda kompanisë për të kuptuar rreziqet që janë të pandara për atë kulturë. Kulturat e disa kompanive sjellin rreziqe që kompanitë e tjera nuk i kanë. Megjithatë çdo organizatë që ka hasur në surpriza të padëshirueshme ose humbje të papritura do të …

Benefitet E Auditimit, Rifadije Cakolli

Theses and Dissertations

Punimi do tëtrajtoj qështje që kanë të bëjnë me Procesin e Auditimit dhe po ashtu do të tregojmë rëndësin e Auditimit në përgjithësi Ne këtë temë do të shtjellojmë lënden e hulumtimit ,objektin dhe objektivat e auditimit ,ku do të përfshijë llojet modelet e auditimit me të gjitha parimet e principeve sipas standardeve të pranuara ndërkombëtare ku rëndesi të veqantë do ti kushtojmë benefiteve dhe avantazheve të auditimit.

Ngritja dhe funksionimi i strukturave audituse ne çdo njësi organizative si atyre të shpenzimeve të fondeve publike njashtu edhe private është jo vetëm kërkesë e standardeve ,por domosdoshmëri që rrjedh nga roli …

The Effects Of Ethical Leadership And Organizational Safety Culture On Safety Outcomes, David Ronald Freiwald

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

This dissertation investigated the relationship among ethical leadership, an ethical workplace climate, safety culture, safety behaviors, and measured safety outcomes of workers in the high reliability organizations of aviation and healthcare. The primary objective was to develop a model linking these factors and assess their fit within the model. A secondary objective was to examine differences between the two populations. In this study, a 101-item instrument was used to collect and analyze employee responses on ten factors comprising the model. Structural equation modeling – path analysis was used for testing and evaluating relations using a combination of statistical analysis and …

A Study On The Introduction Of Company Performance To Psc In The Impact Of Nir, Qiuyang Xing

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

A Study On The Application Of Information System In Patrol Vessel Management, Lei Li

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Study On Measures To Optimize The Training System For Pscos In, Dong Xu

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Research On The Establishment Of Promulgation System Of Maritime Safety Information In Chengshan Jiao Vts Center, Yunjiang Liu

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Study On Officer Supply In Mainland China, Yali Cao

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Analysis And Conception Of Chinese Cruise Ship Tourism, Runzi Cai

Maritime Safety & Environment Management Dissertations (Dalian)

No abstract provided.

Pricing And Local-Content Decisions Of A Multinational Firm In A Duopoly Market, Nanqin Liu

Lingnan Theses

The internationalization of production requires each multinational firm to determine the local content rate for his product that is made and sold in a foreign country. In this thesis, we investigate the local content rate and pricing decisions for a multinational firm who competes with a local firm in a market without and with a local content requirement (LCR). We develop and solve a two-stage decision problem in which the multinational firm determines his optimal local content rate and the two firms then make their pricing decisions. Our analytical results show that the multinational firm sets a lower local content …

How Does Asymmetric Information Relate To Investment Efficiency? Evidence From Analysts' Earnings Forecasts And Daily Stock Trading, Lingmin Xie

Lingnan Theses

The adverse selection and agency cost theories suggest that the informational transparency of a firm can help to reduce over- or under-investment. This thesis examines how information asymmetry influences firm-level investment efficiency for companies listed in the U.S. market from 1993 to 2009. Information asymmetry is measured by the dispersion and error of the earnings forecasts made by financial analysts. I investigate how information asymmetry affects firms’ proneness to overor under-invest and the firms’ deviations from the investment levels predicted by investment opportunities. To be consistent with the prior literature, I also use the volatility of daily stock returns and …

Institutional Stock Ownership And Corproate Dividend Policy : Evidence From China, Jianghua Shen

Lingnan Theses

Agency theory suggests that institutional stockholders are able to influence the dividend policies of listed firms with the underlying objective of reducing a firm’s agency costs. This study explores the causal effects of institutional ownership on dividend policies for the firms listed in China. Using various measures of institutional ownership and dividend policy, I find that mutual fund ownership in a firm causes it to pay out more cash dividends or to initiate cash dividends. These effects are mainly evident in the firms controlled by the state and regional governments and those with relatively high free cash flows. The effects …

Anterior Pelvic Tilt As A Predictor For Hamstring Injury, Rachel Ploor

Student Theses and Dissertations

Hamstring injuries are a common occurrence in athletics and result in a significant amount of time lost from training and competition. Many factors have previously been proposed that may have the potential to increase an individuals' susceptibility of sustaining a hamstring injury including fatigue, flexibility, strength, and anterior pelvic tilt. Anterior pelvic tilt was correlated with the hamstrings to quadriceps ratio at the knee and hip. Eight, Division I track and field athletes were assessed for anterior pelvic tilt and hamstrings to quadriceps ratio at the knee and hip. Over the course of the season, none of the participants sustained …

Essays On Dynamic Pricing, Koray Cosguner

Arts & Sciences Graduate Student Theses and Dissertations

In empirical marketing literature, it is well documented that most of the frequently consumed packaged good categories are governed by inertia that is the phenomenon of consumers often repeat-purchasing the same brand on successive purchase occasions. Under such inertial behavior, market-level demand becomes to be correlated over time, i.e., if the demand of a brand is high in a given week, it is likely to remain high in the ensuing weeks. The pricing implication of such inertia is, for instance, a current retail price cut for a brand not only increase its demand in the current week, but also increase …

Three Essays In Financial Economics, Ivan F. Julio

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.