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Performance Planning, Quality-Of-Service, And Pricing Under Competition, Corinne Touati, Parijat Dube, Laura Wynter May 2004

Performance Planning, Quality-Of-Service, And Pricing Under Competition, Corinne Touati, Parijat Dube, Laura Wynter

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In this work we model the relationship between the capacity and the Quality of Service (QoS) offered by the firm in a competitive scenario of two firm’s working to maximize their profits. Using simple queueing theoretic models we study the sensitivity of a firm’s market share to price, capacity and market size. Our preliminary studies yield important properties of the equilibrium solution which may further provide important “engineering” guidelines for performance planning and pricing strategies.


Multi-Period Multi-Dimensional Knapsack Problem And Its Application To Available-To-Promise, Hoong Chuin Lau, M. K. Lim May 2004

Multi-Period Multi-Dimensional Knapsack Problem And Its Application To Available-To-Promise, Hoong Chuin Lau, M. K. Lim

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This paper is motivated by a recent trend in logistics scheduling, called Available-to-Promise. We model this problem as the multi-period multi-dimensional knapsack problem. We provide some properties for a special case of a single-dimensional problem. Based on insights obtained from these properties, we propose a two-phase heuristics for solving the multi-dimensional problem. We also propose a novel time-based ant colony optimization algorithm. The quality of the solutions generated is verified through experiments, where we demonstrate that the computational time is superior compared with integer programming to achieve solutions that are within a small percentage of the upper bounds.


The Role Of Trust Between Project Managers And Project Sponsors In Information Technology Projects, Patricia A. Sahm May 2004

The Role Of Trust Between Project Managers And Project Sponsors In Information Technology Projects, Patricia A. Sahm

Student Scholarship

The increase in information technology (IT) projects has brought about related growth in project manager/project sponsor dyads. Although this dyad is acknowledged as important to project success, the nature of the relationship and its impact on project success factors remain under explored. Using 87 project manager/project sponsor dyads, the author of this study analyzed the effects of two interpersonal trust dimensions (cognitive trust and affective trust) on performance and satisfaction outcomes. Results of the data analysis show that project management dyad work is affected by the introduction of interpersonal trust. In particular, cognitive trust has a positive impact on metrics …


Parish Vibrancy: A Reflection Of Pastoral Leadership On Parishioner Support And Parishioner Satisfaction, Terrence J. Brizz May 2004

Parish Vibrancy: A Reflection Of Pastoral Leadership On Parishioner Support And Parishioner Satisfaction, Terrence J. Brizz

Student Scholarship

The number of Catholic priests available to lead and administer Catholic parishes is declining. The Roman Catholic Church is facing a leadership crises. To help understand the nature of pastoral leadership, this study was designed to examine the impact of pastoral leadership on parishioner satisfaction and parishoner support in 135 Catholic parishes in the Cleveland Diocese. Parishoner satisfaction was assessed from 52,786 Vibrant Parish Life surveys collected from these parishes. Parishioner support was defined as mult-year trends in the parishes' financial and sacramental data. Pastoral leadership was measured through the frequency use of emotional intelligence competencies by pastors from 32 …


Preferable Leadership Outcomes In Adolescent Boys: The Role Of Authoritative Parenting, Teaching & Guidance Strategies, And Psychological Autonomy, Franklin T. Kudo May 2004

Preferable Leadership Outcomes In Adolescent Boys: The Role Of Authoritative Parenting, Teaching & Guidance Strategies, And Psychological Autonomy, Franklin T. Kudo

Student Scholarship

There are many questions about leadership development that remain unanswered. There is also a wide variety of different theoretical approaches to explain the complexities that exist in the leadership field. This research paper addresses the topical issue of leadership development in adolescent boys. It approaches the study from a perspective of investigating the role of authoritative parenting style, parental teaching and guidance strategies, and the meditative effect of psychological autonomy in adolescents. Through qualitative research methods of semi-structured interviews, and a limited number of measurement scale questions, the thoughts and feelings of parents and their scouts are explored. The data …


Relational Governance: An Evolving Model Responding To Evolving Needs!, Joseph Mandato May 2004

Relational Governance: An Evolving Model Responding To Evolving Needs!, Joseph Mandato

Student Scholarship

Researchers are challenging extant models of nonprofit governance practices. Given an apparent shortfall in effective practice, a deductive study is conducted to determine the impact of a refined management model, relational governance, on outcomes cited in the literature as examples of effective practice. Relational governance emphasizes partnering, advising relationships between board and management and builds on recent nonprofit governance literature while contrasting on several dimensions with the well-known extant model policy governance. A research design is presented for empirically testing the relational governance model by means of a survey instrument made available to the unit of research, current and former …


The Impact Of Web Site Design On Consumer Loyalty In Business-To-Consumer (B2c) Internet Commerce: A Rhetorical Approach, Tsai-Shin Fong May 2004

The Impact Of Web Site Design On Consumer Loyalty In Business-To-Consumer (B2c) Internet Commerce: A Rhetorical Approach, Tsai-Shin Fong

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

With an enormous multitude of potential consumers globally, the Internet offers an opportunity that merchants have never before seen. Corporate giants to small businesses considered investments of large amounts of time, money, resources, man-hours, and venture capital a wise decision when considering the potential return-on-investment (ROI) of the Internet boom of the early to mid 1990's. However, electronic commerce has experienced the meteoric rise and subsequent crash of any behemoth entity cast aloft without moorings or foundation. When millions of dollars were lost, experts emerged &om the ashes and attempted to develop new paradigms designed to explain the failure, redirect …


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-27 - Nsu Baseball Team Rallies Past Barry University 9-5, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-27 - Nsu Baseball Team Rallies Past Barry University 9-5, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Training And Coping Strategies: Reducing Expectation Gaps To Improve Perception Of Job Performance, Job Satisfaction And Decrease Intent To Turnover In Nursing Work, Lori A. Holtzworth-Brohm Apr 2004

Training And Coping Strategies: Reducing Expectation Gaps To Improve Perception Of Job Performance, Job Satisfaction And Decrease Intent To Turnover In Nursing Work, Lori A. Holtzworth-Brohm

Student Scholarship

A sample of 89 hospital-based registered nurses with at least one year of experience were surveyed to ascertain their expectations and actual experiences in nursing work and determine if gaps between expectations and experiences exist. The nurses were also asked to specify the frequency of formal and informal training they participated in and what coping strategies they used to deal with these gaps. Lastly, the nurses were asked to assess their perception of job performance compared to peers, their level of job satisfaction, and their intention to turnover. The data collected was cleaned and coded for quality then analyzed using …


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-24 - Nsu Softball Swept By #22 Tampa In Doubleheader, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-24 - Nsu Softball Swept By #22 Tampa In Doubleheader, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-24 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Swept In Doubleheader By University Of Tampa, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-24 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Swept In Doubleheader By University Of Tampa, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-23 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Loses Series Opener With Tampa 9-1, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-23 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Loses Series Opener With Tampa 9-1, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-23 - Nova Southeastern University Softball Defeats #22 University Of Tampa, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-23 - Nova Southeastern University Softball Defeats #22 University Of Tampa, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Social Capital, Organizational Legitimacy, And Transformational Leadership: Implications For Nonprofit Fundraising And Board Relations, Nancy Koury King Apr 2004

Social Capital, Organizational Legitimacy, And Transformational Leadership: Implications For Nonprofit Fundraising And Board Relations, Nancy Koury King

Student Scholarship

Do a leader’s social capital building activities influence outcomes in their organization? A web- based survey of leaders of nonprofit aging services organizations was conducted to determine the relationship between social capital investing activities, transformational leadership style, organizational legitimacy and organizational performance indicators. The study looked specifically at leaders’ internal and external social capital building activities and their impact on two different organizational outcomes--donations and the leader’s relationship with the board. In addition, the roles of organizational legitimacy and transformational leadership in moderating these relationships were studied. The research found that external social capital investing activities predicted an effective relationship …


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-19 - Nsu Baseball Team Falls 5-3 To Florida Tech, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-19 - Nsu Baseball Team Falls 5-3 To Florida Tech, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Ua25/2 Retirement Banquet, Wku Human Resources Apr 2004

Ua25/2 Retirement Banquet, Wku Human Resources

WKU Administration Documents

Program for WKU retirement banquet with list of retirees.


Ada News - 04/19/2004, American Dental Association, Publishing Division Apr 2004

Ada News - 04/19/2004, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-17 - Nsu Softball Splits Doubleheader With #3 Florida Southern, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-17 - Nsu Softball Splits Doubleheader With #3 Florida Southern, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-17 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Team Sweeps Doubleheader With Lynn University, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-17 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Team Sweeps Doubleheader With Lynn University, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-17 - Nova Southeastern Women’S Varsity Eight Finishes Fourth At Sira Championships, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-17 - Nova Southeastern Women’S Varsity Eight Finishes Fourth At Sira Championships, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Student Tv Show Gets Honor, Lindenwood University Apr 2004

Student Tv Show Gets Honor, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.


You've Got News: A Permission-Marketing Model Using Sponsored Electronic Newsletters, Anca C. Micu, Clyde H. Bentley Apr 2004

You've Got News: A Permission-Marketing Model Using Sponsored Electronic Newsletters, Anca C. Micu, Clyde H. Bentley

WCBT Faculty Publications

A model is proposed for ISP customers to receive sponsored electronic newsletters in exchange for a discount on the Internet fee. In the model, both online newspapers and ISPs receive fees from the advertisers while the end consumer pays less for the Internet connection. Advertisers gain by sending better-targeted messages through an accepted medium. In addition to collecting part of the advertising fees, the ISPs increase their customer base by offering an incentive as well as value-added services. Adherence to the model appeared to vary with gender, age, and attitude toward e-mail marketing.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-16 - Nsu Softball Team Falls To #3 Florida Southern Colleges 5-0, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-16 - Nsu Softball Team Falls To #3 Florida Southern Colleges 5-0, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-16 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Team Rallies To Knock Off Lynn University 3-2, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-16 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Team Rallies To Knock Off Lynn University 3-2, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


2004 - The Ninth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars Apr 2004

2004 - The Ninth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars

Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books

The full program book from the Ninth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 16, 2004. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-14 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Team Defeated 13-1 By Barry University, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-14 - Nova Southeastern University Baseball Team Defeated 13-1 By Barry University, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Baseball And Its Anti-Trust Exemption, Jason Korczak '04 Apr 2004

Baseball And Its Anti-Trust Exemption, Jason Korczak '04

Honors Projects

Somewhere in small town America there is a group of young boys with an old tattered ball and a game tested Louisville Slugger playing a pick up game of baseball. It doesn't matter that there is no crowd cheering them on, or that none of the players have a uniform, or even that not one of them is being paid. All of these youngsters are playing simply for the love of the game. And this is how the majority of people in America view baseball, as a game that people play for fun and enjoyment. This is not the case …


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-13 - Nova Southeastern Men’S Golf Team Finishes Sixth At 31st Annual Buzzini/Stanislaus Invitational, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-13 - Nova Southeastern Men’S Golf Team Finishes Sixth At 31st Annual Buzzini/Stanislaus Invitational, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Nsu News Release - 2004-04-12 - Nova Southeastern Men’S Golf Team Sixth After First Round Of Buzzini/Stanislaus Invitational, Nova Southeastern University Apr 2004

Nsu News Release - 2004-04-12 - Nova Southeastern Men’S Golf Team Sixth After First Round Of Buzzini/Stanislaus Invitational, Nova Southeastern University

NSU Athletics Press Releases

No abstract provided.


Lu Grad Wins Miss Usa, Lindenwood University Apr 2004

Lu Grad Wins Miss Usa, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.