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Strengthening Seafarers’ Rights For Release And Repatriation : Piracy In The Gulf Of Guinea, Rajinder Kumar

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Critical Evaluation Of Potential Outcomes Of Using Modern Artificial Intelligence And Big Data Analysis Technology In Maritime Industry, Kamran Latifov

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Analysis Of The Role Of The Shipping Agent In The Logistics Chain And Operations Of Crude Oil Tankers, During Their Port Call To The Oil Terminal Of Balao, Ecuador : Case Of Study : Ep Flopec, Juan Sebastian Vasquez Alvarez

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Developing Maritime Search And Rescue In Tuvalu, Kapili Kotema

World Maritime University Dissertations

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Assessing The Performance Of Cashless Society Innovations, Dennis Chong Meng Ng

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Payments research is essential in supporting the move towards a cashless society. This dissertation uses mixed methods, a field experiment and comparative analysis to propose a payments framework, assess incentive effectiveness, and investigate the role of habits and challenges related to adoption.

Essay 1 examines whether customers carry one payment instrument over their lifetime. By analysing payments through a customer relationship management and life cycle lens, the research brings a fresh perspective on how payment providers may need to offer different payment options across the customer life cycle if they wish to maximise customer lifetime value through a lifecycle framework …

Papunësia Në Kosovë (Rast Studimi Qyteti I Lipjanit Ndërmarrjet E Vogla Dhe Të Mesme), Egzon Stullca

Theses and Dissertations

Nga aspekti ekonmik papunësia do të thotë mos shfrytësimi i forcës prodhuese apo thënë ndryshe të popullsisë aktive në krijimin e të mirave materiale. Thellësia e krizës në Kosovë dhe nëse mundë ti quajmë tendencat dramatike të papunësisë në mënyrë të pa evitueshme kanë pasur ndikimn e tyre në shkallen ekonomike të vendit. Një hyrje e shkurtër rreth papunësisë në bazë të disa shembujve që kemi marrë më poshtë duke tregu se ku është e theksuar papunësia më shumë te gjinija femrore apo ajo mashkullore, njohjen e konceptit të papunësisë, llojet e papunësisë, problemet e ndryshme të papunësisë dhe me …

Tregu I Kapitalit Ne Kosove Dhe Krahasimi Me Shtetet E Tjera Ne Rajon, Egzon Ismajli

Theses and Dissertations

Qëllimi kryesorë që diskutohet në këtë temë, është roli i tregjeve të kapitalit dhe ndikimi I këtyre tregjeve ne sektorin ekonomikë të një vendi përkates, pra Republikës se Kosovës, duke përdorur insturmentet që ofrojnë këto tregje.Tregjet financiare janë tregje mjaftë të ndërlikuara mirpo me benefite të mëdha, ku në vendet e zhvilluara në botë ku sistemi I tregjeve financiare është aktiv dhe funksional, investitorët sigurojnë fondet e tyre me riskun qe janë të gatshëm ta pranojnë, duke korrur benefitet mbas maturimit të investimit të bërë.Pra, për këtë arsye tregjet financiare kanë rëndësin e veqant dhe rol të rëndësishëm në ekonomin …

Si Ndikon Rritja Ekonomike (Gdp) Në Lumturinë E Kosovës, Loreta Zeqiri

Theses and Dissertations

Lumturia është një gjë vështirë e kuptuar dhe gjithashtu shumë vështirë për t'u mbajtur. Shkencëtarët, ekonomistët dhe filozofët e kanë përkufizuar atë ndër epoka si një kombinim i gjërave të ndryshme, midis tyre shëndeti, pasuria, shoqërimi dhe siguria. Indekse të ndryshme përpiqen të rendisin vendet më të lumtura në botë mbi baza vjetore. Raporti i Lumturisë Botërore nga Rrjeti i Zgjidhjeve të Zhvillimit të Qëndrueshëm të KB (SDSN) është veçanërisht interesante pasi rendit 156 vende sipas asaj se sa të lumtur qytetarët e tyre e perceptojnë veten. SDSN punëson një grup ndërkombëtar të ekonomistëve, neuroshkencëtarëve dhe statistikës për të anketuar …

Ndikimi I Pabarazisë Së Të Ardhurave (Gini Index) Në Lumturi- Rasti I Kosovës, Liridona Alushaj

Theses and Dissertations

Politikbërësit e çdo vendi duhet të kenë parasyshë dhe të iu kushtojnë vëmendje politikave të cilat kanë tendencë dhe qëllim të ulin pabarazinë e të ardhurave, pasi që konsiderohet si një kërcenim i vlerave të shoqërisë, sidomos shoqërisë së vendit tonë si shtet në tranzicion dhe në zhvillim e sipër. Në këtë periudhë, shtresa e varfër ka një rritje të ardhurave, dhe në të njejtën kohë po garantohet një rritje e shtresës së klasës së mesme, dhe këto të dhëna mund të konsiderohen si akt i rëndësishëm i zbatimit të politikave të qeverisjes, që mund të jap edhe rritje ekonomike …

Ndikimi I Efiqiencës Së Tregut Të Punës Në Konkurrueshmëri, Krenare Mavriqi

Theses and Dissertations

Kjo ndikon në zhvillimin e ngritjës së përformancës në ekonomi, eksport shkëmbimin ndërkombtar, duke e ditur që në Kosovë ky nivel nuk është mjaft i ulët dhe kjo mënyrë e ngritjës veqanarisht, konkretisht ndikon në ngritjen e eksportit, përmirësimin e vazhdueshëm të standardit të jetesës ose rritjes së të ardhurave bruto reale.

Qëllimi në këtë punim është në ngritje e standardeve në Kosovë duke përfshirë institucionet, infrastrukturën, stabilitetin makroekonomik, efikasitetin e tregut të punës sofistikimin e biznesit dhe inovacionin si dhe përmirësimin e konkurrencës me faktorët që vendosin për ndërmarrjet, investimet, teknologjinë në efikasitetin e prodhimit dhe cilësin e prodhimit. …

Ndikimi I Marketingut Digjital Në Zhvillimin E Produkteve Inovative Të Brendeve Botërore, Elida Dibra

Theses and Dissertations

Në këtë punim diplome trajtohen stra tëgjitë e kompanive për zhvillimin e produk tëve të tyre inovative, metodat e përziera kualitative dhe kuantitative. Metodat e hulumtimit që janë përdorur: metoda e analizës tëorike, metoda e krahasimit, metoda statistikore.

Përmes metodes së analizës tëorike bëhet shtjellimi i stra tëgjive që përdorin kompanitë mërenome botërore për të zhvilluar produk tët e tyre inovative. të cilat analizohen përmes burimeve të ndryshme nga in tërneti, pra li tëraturë të huaj dhe vendore.

Me metoden e krahasimit kam bërë krahasimet e produk tëve të kompanive botërore si në marketingun digjital që përdorin po ashtu edhe …

Education Policies And The Effect On The Skilled Trades Work Force, Aaron K. Nadrowski

Career & Technical Education Theses

The United Stated of America has pushed for all to gain a higher level of education. For many years schools steered underperforming students into vocational studies. This placed a stigma on those who learn or perform vocational careers to be less than those whom have completed a college degree. Now (2019) America is facing a shortage of skilled trades persons. Those who entered a vocation soon learn that many of the skilled trades are demanding positions which require not only skill, but knowledge and dedication to learn. With the growth of technology, many of the trades require higher levels of …

Building A 21st Century Multi-User Commercial Spaceport: Development And Application Of The Spaceport Readiness Level Scale, Ryan Babb

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

Commercial spaceports have arisen over the last decade and a half to support a growing commercial space marketplace. The introduction of expected suborbital launch capabilities for tourism and for orbital launch operations at an increased cadence has demonstrated a need for more capability at the spaceport level to support airport-like operational fluidity. Despite these advancements, a measure has yet to be developed to demonstrate a spaceport’s support capabilities in a straightforward and rapid manner.

Based on this need, the Technology Reading Level scale, utilized in many industries as a means for procurement and technological development measurement, has been used as …

Ndikimi I Arsimit Në Konkurrueshmerinë Ekonomike-Rasti I Kosovës, Allmedina Hoxha

Theses and Dissertations

Ekziston një debat i gjerë në mesin e studiuesve të ekonomisë mbi faktorët qe stimulojnë konkurrueshmërinë. Ekonomistët janë të ndarë në pikëpamje kryesisht që favorizojnë rolin e resurseve natyrore , rolin e kapitalit njerëzor, investimeve, gjeografisë apo edhe institucioneve. Qëllimi i këtij punimi është që të tentojmë të shpjegojmë rolin e kapitalit dhe shkollimit në konkurrueshmëri ekonomike. Punimi mbështetet në metoda cilësore dhe sasiore dhe adopton qasjen e Forumit Ekonomik Botëror mbi Indeksin e Konkurrueshmërisë Globale. Punimi demonstron një ndërlidhje të fortë ndërmjet indeksit të konkurrueshmërisë dhe standardit të jetesës. Arsimi është parakusht themelor për rritje ekonomike dhe përmirësim të …

Transformational Leadership And Follower Risk-Taking: Examining The Effects Of Psychological Safety And Power Distance Orientation, Josephine Poh Tin Kang

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

Risk-taking is a necessary part of business, yet little is known about how leaders might impact follower risk-taking. A theoretical model is developed in which transformational leaders are hypothesized to indirectly affect follower risk-taking through follower psychological safety. Additionally, this partially mediated effect is theorised to be moderated by follower power distance orientation. Data were collected over two time periods from followers (N = 331) to test the hypothesized model. Results provided limited support for the hypothesized model. Specifically, results indicated that transformational leadership positively affected psychological safety, but psychological safety did not predict follower risk-taking. Power distance orientation did …

An Examination Of The Effectiveness Of A Training Programme To Improve Decision Making In Insurance Risk Underwriting, Gavin Raj Maistry

Dissertations and Theses Collection (Open Access)

This dissertation studies the effectiveness of a training programme to improve decision making in insurance risk underwriting. A key component of insurance risk underwriting decisions is qualitative judgement, in addition to quantitative analytical modelling. In the training of insurance underwriters, great strides have been made on the analytical side. However, the training of judgement, both intuitive and deliberate, has largely been ignored. The aim of this research proposal is to design and test a training programme to improve judgement in insurance underwriting.

Our research extends the script training concept, used extensively in medical training, to the domain of insurance underwriting …

Critical Success Factors In Managing Government Funded R&D Projects In Abu Dhabi, Mariam Ibrahim Al Mahmoud

Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the critical success factors affecting the research and development projects funded by Abu Dhabi, UAE. Abu Dhabi particularly began to adopt innovative and internationally accepted standards and practices in its public administration. Therefore, it is a challenge to develop public projects, which require time to implement, cost, and as well as smart objectives to achieve. It is necessary the great ability to manage such development, instead of traditional methods. research and development projects funded by the governments have been very challenging while trying to clarify various factors contributing to their success. Design/Methodology/Approach: …

An Investigation Into Knowledge Transfer From Expatriates To Uae Nationals: Organizational And Individual Factors Motivating Knowledge-Sharing Behaviour In Uae Organizations, Amna Khamis Alnakh

Dissertations

This study intends to identify the factors that influence knowledge sharing between individuals in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) context, specifically knowledge sharing from expatriates to UAE citizens, at both an individual and organizational level. This research aims to highlight the determinants of knowledge-sharing behaviours and the role of interpersonal relations (social trust) in the knowledge transfer process. These factors can subsequently be considered by organizations and human resource (HR) practitioners to facilitate the successful implementation of knowledge-sharing behaviour and knowledge transfer in UAE organizations and support UAE’s Emiratization policies and processes. This, in turn, can lead to higher organizational …

Leaders’ Emotional Intelligence And Followers’ Outcomes: An Emotional Contagion Perspective, Eman Helal Al Mansoori

Dissertations

The purpose of the present study is to examine when and how leaders’ emotional intelligence translates into particular work outcomes for followers, namely job satisfaction, turnover intention and organizational commitment. Specifically, the study aims to identify the mediating mechanism between leaders’ emotional intelligence and followers’ outcomes, and the boundary conditions associated with this relationship. Accordingly, this study examines “emotional contagion” as a moderator variable that influences leader affect and follower effect in order to measure the participants’ susceptibility to emotional contagion. Accordingly, if leaders can communicate positive affect to their followers, then the followers’ positive effect should result in more …

Bahrainisation: Factors Discouraging Employers From Recruiting Nationals In The Private Sector, Mariam Abdulla Yousif Ali Janahi

Dissertations

The growing level of unemployment among the nationals of the Arabian Gulf countries has become one of the chronic problems in the region. Like the rest of the GCC states, Bahrain has embraced nationalization policy to solve this issue and

provide citizens with productive employment in the private sector. However, it is generally understood that Bahrainis are not considered a favourable choice for employers in this sector (Bahrain Government, 2018). In addition, most of the private entities operating in Bahrain are not committed to Bahrainisation requirements. Therefore, this study aims at providing empirical evidence of the factors that discourage employers …

An Empirical Investigation Into The Practice And Measures Of Knowledge Transfer Behaviour, Role Of Consultants, Clients Associated Factors And Their Relationship In Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), Mustafa Sayar Al Hosani

Dissertations

The study is aimed to identify the role of different factors affecting knowledge transfer behaviour between at Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), which is UAE National Oil Company. Extending the existing work on knowledge transfer, the researcher has incorporated the source, recipients, and process-related factors to examine knowledge transfer behaviour among consultants and clients. The moderating role of the learning management system was also analyzed. The study follows a quantitative approach to test the hypothesized relationships and the sample consists of 446 employees from ADNOC Company.

Findings of the study suggest that there is a significant direct impact of …

Detecting Digitally Forged Faces In Online Videos, Neilesh Sambhu

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

We use Rossler’s FaceForensics dataset of 1004 online videos and their corresponding forged counterparts [1] to investigate the ability to distinguish digitally forged facial images from original images automatically with deep learning. The proposed convolutional neural network is much smaller than the current state-of-the-art solutions. Nevertheless, the network maintains a high level of accuracy (99.6%), all while using the entire FaceForensics dataset and not including any temporal information. We implement majority voting and show the impact on accuracy (99.67%), where only 1 video of 300 is misclassified. We examine why the model misclassified this one video. In terms of tuning …

Threat Recognition In Incumbent Firms: A Case For Organizational Velocity, Alan Amling

PhD in Business Administration Dissertations

Change is not new, but the speed of change is new. Fueled by a combination of connecting and thinking technologies, the business environment is becoming increasingly dynamic and uncertain. Incumbent firms face a wider variety of threats that vary in frequency of occurrence and financial impact. How effectively firms see these threats, internalize them as important (or not) and act on them in a timely manner (or not) can be critical to their survival. However, the academic literature is incomplete on how firms navigate this threat recognition process from initial observation through action and across different organizational contexts.

This qualitative …

Design And Implementation Of Electronic Gemba Boards, Lindsey R. Childs

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the faculty of the Elmer R. Smith College of Business and Technology at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science by Lindsay R. Childs on October 28, 2019.

The Wood Pellet Industry In The United States South: An Exploratory Study Of Resident Environmental, Social, And Economic Perceptions, Mason Thomas Leblanc

LSU Master's Theses

This thesis research provides insight into the wood pellet manufacturing industry from the perspectives of residents in the US South, focusing on environmental, social, and economic constructs. The region is the largest producer and exporter of wood pellets in the world. The focus of previous research on wood pellets has focused on environmental, energy, and economic attributes. This study is the first of its kind to expand the research to investigate in-depth socio-economic dynamics and fill a general gap in knowledge of the relationship between the wood pellet industry and public supply-side issues in the region. Two rounds of a …

Making Good Decisions: An Attribution Model Of Decision Quality In Decision Tasks, Bethany Niese

PhD in Business Administration Dissertations

Decision-makers endeavor to obtain the decision quality which puts them in a position to reach their goals. In order to control or influence decision quality, the processes by which individuals form their beliefs must be understood. In addition, many decision makers rely on decision support technologies to help find patterns in data and make sense of the input, so these technologies must be considered in parallel with the processes.

There have been numerous studies conducted to illuminate the factors which affect decision quality, however, many of these studies focused on objective measures and factors. This approach ignores individual perception, belief, …

Success And Failure Rates, Factors, And Alignment With Change Models: A Meta-Ethnographic Analysis Of Planned Organizational Change Qualitative Case Study Literature, Diana Mcburnett

Human Resource Development Theses and Dissertations

The literature on planned organizational change contains numerous theories and models proposed and many references to success and failure rates and factors. However, the literature does not currently provide a synthesized body of evidence on such rates and factors and the effectiveness of specific models. The literature was reviewed to provide a brief historical overview of organizational change, evidence on change success and failure rates and factors, and an overview of contingency and paradox theories which provided the theoretical underpinnings for the study. This study provided a meta-ethnographic synthesis of 298 articles reporting qualitative case studies of planned organizational change …

Controlling Turnover In An Inside Sales Organization: What Are The Contributing Factors, Dennis H. Kimerer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The turnover rate for inside sales team, particularly in Central Florida, is exceedingly high. I have experienced this negative scenario managing inside sales teams for two major Telecom companies over the past 11 years, having as many as 40% of the salesforce resign within 30 days. Organizational costs to hire a new salesperson can be as high as 300% of the replaced employee’s salary and take as long as eight months to reach full productivity. The purpose of this research is to determine the internal and external factors that impact a salesperson’s propensity to leave a company. This qualitative research …

Phenomenological Study Of Toxic Leadership In The U.S. Military, Anthony L. Hinen

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The current literature shows toxic leadership is surprisingly more prevalent than previously believed. This subset of organizational leadership studies revolves around leadership styles that poison the employee, the organization, or both. This study captures a common phenomenon for toxic leadership (symptoms) useful for diagnosing or addressing toxic leadership in organizations. My goal is to better understand toxic leadership to inform potential mitigation techniques that are applicable to business and military environments. My research suggests toxic leadership exists because senior leaders, those leaders above the toxic leader, allow it to exist, either unwittingly or knowingly. Furthermore, leaders can create toxic environments …

The Complexity Of Governance And Internal Audit Independence, Lily Bi

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Independence is a critical foundation of all internal audit functions and internal audit services. The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) sets The International Standards for Professional Practice of Internal Auditing, which requires that internal audit functions maintain independence, and chief audit executives functionally report to the “board.” The term “board” is interpreted differently in different countries due to the country’s governance models. The diverse corporate governance models create different board structures and the CAE’s reporting relationship with the board. Additionally, the lack of regulatory mandate about internal audit created a reality that internal audit functions are positioned differently depending on …