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أستخدام التحليل المالي في تحليل الائتمان دراسة حالة في شركة وطن الخير للمقاولات العامة المحدودة للمدة 2010-2012المالية, عماد غفوري عبد النجار Jun 2015

أستخدام التحليل المالي في تحليل الائتمان دراسة حالة في شركة وطن الخير للمقاولات العامة المحدودة للمدة 2010-2012المالية, عماد غفوري عبد النجار

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

ملخص الدراسة يؤدي الائتمان المصرفي دوراً مهماً في دعم عملية التنمية الاقتصادية وان النشاط الائتماني ذات أهمية كبيرة ومتميزة في نجاح المصارف التجارية لذلك توجه معظم إمكانياتها نحو أدارة الائتمان بشكل ناجح كون الائتمان المصرفي يمثل أهم مصادر الإيرادات التي تحصل عليها المصارف وتزيد من ربحيتها، وحتى يتخذ قرار الائتمان بشكل أكثر رشداً وأمانا من قبل المصرف لابد من الاعتماد بدرجة كبيرة على المعلومات والبيانات المالية وتحليلها لغرض دراسة المؤشرات المالية التي تقيس المركز المالي للزبون ، ويهدف الباحث من هذه الدراسة إلى أبراز أهمية عملية تحليل البيانات المالية لطالب الائتمان للكشف والتحقق من سلامة المركز المالي وقدرته على سداد …


Creativity Inspired Community: A Practice And Process For Growing Communities Through Group Creativity, David Eyman Jun 2015

Creativity Inspired Community: A Practice And Process For Growing Communities Through Group Creativity, David Eyman

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

This project explores the use of group creativity practices to support changing attitudes and the formation of cohesive communities in civic and business settings. More specifically this project explores the use of a predetermined sequence of group creativity tools to facilitate a change in participant mentality. The attitudinal shift is from self-serving to engaged and collaborative. The ultimate outcome of using the proposed framework is the bonding of incompatibly opinionated people into a solidified community that is responsible for implementing their novel ideas. Ideas formed within this process are a reflection of the individual’s personal life objectives as they relate …


Gdp Per Capita In Africa Before The Global Financial Crisis: Persistence, Mean Reversion And Long Memory Features, Luis A. Gil-Alana, Olaoluwa S. Yaya, Olanrewaju I. Shittu Jun 2015

Gdp Per Capita In Africa Before The Global Financial Crisis: Persistence, Mean Reversion And Long Memory Features, Luis A. Gil-Alana, Olaoluwa S. Yaya, Olanrewaju I. Shittu

CBN Journal of Applied Statistics (JAS)

This paper examined the long memory features of GDP per capita data before the global financial crisis, using a sample of 26 African countries. The study employed fractional integration and tested the stability of the differencing parameter across the sample period for each country. The results indicated that most of the countries’ GDP series were I(1) or higher. Evidence of mean reversion was observed in 10 countries where the disturbances were autocorrelated. There was strong evidence against mean reversion in the remaining 16 countries. The results also indicated that the fractional differencing parameter was stable in 17 countries, while the …


An Experiment: Instagram Marketing Techniques And Their Effectiveness, Ashley Ha Jun 2015

An Experiment: Instagram Marketing Techniques And Their Effectiveness, Ashley Ha

Communication Studies

Social media marketing has become the newest form of advertising for companies. The mobile-social platform, Instagram, has become an important tool for marketing. About two-thirds of big companies are already using Instagram to their advantage. There are no set guidelines on how companies should be advertising themselves on Instagram but there are patterns. The purpose of the study is to find out which Instagram marketing technique out of the three I’ve chosen can be the most successful when trying to achieve more followers, have a wider brand recognition, and increase sales. The marketing techniques I’ve chosen are Instagram posts showing …


The State Of Open Data In American Local Governments, Alice Zanmiller Jun 2015

The State Of Open Data In American Local Governments, Alice Zanmiller

City and Regional Planning

No abstract provided.


John W. Robinson Iii, Protective Order, John Goger Jun 2015

John W. Robinson Iii, Protective Order, John Goger

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.


Coping With Information Technology: Mixed Emotions, Vacillation, And Nonconforming Use Patterns, Mari-Klara Stein, Sue Newell, Erica L. Wagner, Robert D. Galliers Jun 2015

Coping With Information Technology: Mixed Emotions, Vacillation, And Nonconforming Use Patterns, Mari-Klara Stein, Sue Newell, Erica L. Wagner, Robert D. Galliers

Business Faculty Publications and Presentations

Achieving the promised business benefits of an IT system is intimately tied to the continued incorporation of the system into the work practices it is intended to support. While much is known about different social, cognitive, and technical factors that influence initial adoption and use, less is known about the role of emotional factors in users' behaviors. Through an in-depth field study conducted in two North American universities, we examine the role of emotions in how specific IT use patterns emerge. We find that there are five different characteristics of an IT stimulus event (cues) that, when interacting in a …


Bilanci Dhe Pasqyra E Të Ardhurave Si Instrumente Të Konsolidimit Financiar, Egzona Loshaj Jun 2015

Bilanci Dhe Pasqyra E Të Ardhurave Si Instrumente Të Konsolidimit Financiar, Egzona Loshaj

Theses and Dissertations

Është e ditur se pasqyrat financiare janë raporte që u lejojnë palëve të interesuara që të vlerësojnë profitabilitetin dhe aftësinë e pagesës së biznesit, dhe përbëjnë tiparin kryesor të kontabilitetit, sepse ato janë mjetet e para të komunikimit dhe të informimit kontabël, si dhe produkti final i analizave financiare kontabël i transaksioneve të biznesit

Në këtë temë diplome do të trajtohen çështjet që kanë të bëjnë me bilancin dhe pasqyrën e të ardhurave duke përmbledhur aktivitetin e një ndërmarrjeje. Në mënyrë që ndërmarrja të sigurojë një pasqyrë të qartë të situatës momentale dhe të përparimit të kompanisë, për të realizuar …


دور القابليات الديناميكية في تعزيز الميزة التنافسية دراسة تحليلية في مصرف إيلاف الإسلامي, صالح عبد الرضا رشيد, علي عبد الرزاق لفته العبودي Jun 2015

دور القابليات الديناميكية في تعزيز الميزة التنافسية دراسة تحليلية في مصرف إيلاف الإسلامي, صالح عبد الرضا رشيد, علي عبد الرزاق لفته العبودي

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

ملخص الدراسةحاولته هتلد الدراستة استلدتاا التدور التلي ياد ته القاكليتا الد اميليتة تي يع ت ال يت ةالت ا سية لل ظ ا ، إذ حاولته يقتد إ إرتار يظتري لتبع م تا يتإ ررحته متت قبت اللتتاوالباحثيت حول متغيري الدراسة ، كالإضا ة إلى إرار ع لي يحليلتي ررا 40 ( تردا متتالقيتتتادا ال صتتتر ية تتتي مصتتترا إ تتت ا الإستتت مي ا الإدارة العامتتتة و 6( متتتت روعتتتهال تدتترة تتي م اقتتة الفتترا ا وستت . وقتتد يتتإ التعبيتتر عتتت القاكليتتا الد اميليتتة كوصتتف امتغيرا مستق مت خ ل ث ثتة بكعتاد هتي قاكليتة الاستدتعار ، وقاكليتة …


Marketing Deception And Its Impact On The Customer’S Decision In The Stages Of Purchase “An Analytical Study On A Sample Of Private Hospitals”, Dhahir Raddad Al-Qurashi, Muhammad Kamel Al-Sleihat Jun 2015

Marketing Deception And Its Impact On The Customer’S Decision In The Stages Of Purchase “An Analytical Study On A Sample Of Private Hospitals”, Dhahir Raddad Al-Qurashi, Muhammad Kamel Al-Sleihat

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

المستخلصهدفت هذه الدراسة إلى بيان أثر الخداع التسويقي على القرار الشرائي لزبائن المستشفيات الخاصة في مدينة عمان، ولتحقيق ذلك فقد قاما الباحثان بتصميم استبانة من أجل جمع البيانات الخاصة بالدراسة حيث قاما بتوزيعها على عينة الدراسة ومقدارها (500) مبحوثٍ جميعهم من زبائن المستشفيات الخاصة في مدينة عمان وقد شملت العينة جنسيات مختلفة من الزبائن ولم تقتصر على جنسية دون الأخرى. أظهرت: إن الخداع التسويقي في جميع المجالات يؤثر بشكل كبير على القرار الشرائي بجميع مراحله (ما قبل الشراء، الشراء، ما بعد الشراء) بنسبة بلغت (71.62%). كما تبين من التحليل أنه لا توجد فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية عند مستوى الدلالة (0.05=α) …


State Of Nonprofits Annual Report: 2015, Laura Deitrick, Mary Jo Schumann, Dominika Bukalova, Kim Hunt, Crystal Trull Jun 2015

State Of Nonprofits Annual Report: 2015, Laura Deitrick, Mary Jo Schumann, Dominika Bukalova, Kim Hunt, Crystal Trull

State of Nonprofits and Philanthropy in San Diego

For nearly a decade, The Caster Family Center for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Research (Caster Center) has gathered and analyzed data to tell the story of San Diego’s diverse, growing, and influential nonprofit and philanthropic sector.

This year’s State of Nonprofits and Philanthropy report documents the increased economic impact of the sector as revenue, assets, and employment continue to grow. Furthermore, our State of Nonprofit Quarterly Index (SONP) and survey data from nonprofit leaders indicate that, overall, the sector is moving in a positive direction.


An Investigation Into The Training Needs Of Social Entrepreneurs In Ireland, Gerard White Jun 2015

An Investigation Into The Training Needs Of Social Entrepreneurs In Ireland, Gerard White

Theses

Internationally, social entrepreneurship is a relatively recent phenomenon; an expanding area of interest to researchers, academia, policy makers and the general public. Social entrepreneurship seeks to create and sustain social value. The concept of social entrepreneurship is contested, because it is capable of multiple interpretations. The concept is informed by a number of academic, practitioner and policy streams across a number of jurisdictions. The concept encompasses themes of social economic activity; activities of nonprofit organisations; the promotion of social innovation; new types of philanthropy and a corporate sector intent on behaving in a more socially responsible way.

This sphere of …


بعض ملامح القطاع المصرفي العراقي ومتطلبات إصلاحه للمدة (2003-2013)., كاظم خماط سلمان, علي كاظم هلال هلال Jun 2015

بعض ملامح القطاع المصرفي العراقي ومتطلبات إصلاحه للمدة (2003-2013)., كاظم خماط سلمان, علي كاظم هلال هلال

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

ملخص الدراسة يواجه الجهاز المصرفي في العراق صعوبات وتحديات المرحلتين الراهنة والمقبلة، كون الصناعة المصرفية والمالية تتسم بالتطور المستمر على صعيد الإطار المؤسسي لجهة خلق مؤسسات مالية جديدة، أو الخدمات المالية التي تتجه نحو الشمولية، أو الاندماج لخلق وحدات مصرفية ضخمة، أو بلورة معايير مصرفية جديدة للعمل المصرفي بشكل مستمر، وكل ذلك في مناخ عالمي تتسارع وتتشابك فيه التطورات والتحولات الاقتصادية والمالية والمصرفية.وعليه فالجهاز المصرفي العراقي يجب أن يكون على إستعداد من أجل استيعاب التحديات الجديدة: (التطور والتقدم التكنولوجي المتسارع ، والثورة المصرفية والمالية المتجددة، وتغيير المعايير العلمية بشأن الرقابة والملاءمة المالية). ففي ظل التغيرات السياسية والاقتصادية التي شهدها العراق …


An Assessment Of Microlending Programs In The Alabama Black Belt Region, Md Z. Mutaleb, Ntam R. Baharanyi, Nii O. Tackie, Robert Zabawa Jun 2015

An Assessment Of Microlending Programs In The Alabama Black Belt Region, Md Z. Mutaleb, Ntam R. Baharanyi, Nii O. Tackie, Robert Zabawa

Professional Agricultural Workers Journal

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the impact of selected socioeconomic factors on microlending in the Alabama Black Belt. It used logistic regression to identify the link between borrower socioeconomic characteristics and loan repayment rate from existing and previous microloan programs. It was hypothesized that borrower gender, age, level of education, household income, and credit score has a major impact on loan repayment. The results of study indicated that only credit score had a statistically significant effect on loan repayment. This finding underscores the importance of credit score and credit repair management in existing microloan programs, given …


Thornton's Restaurant : Surprise Canapé Tasting Menu, Thornton's Restaurant Jun 2015

Thornton's Restaurant : Surprise Canapé Tasting Menu, Thornton's Restaurant

Menus of the 21st Century

1st Floor, The Fitzwilliam Hotel, 128 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2

Thornton's Restaurant, located in Dublin City Centre overlooking St Stephen's Green is an award winning Michelin starred restaurant.

Kevin Thornton was the first Irish chef to achieve two Michelin stars. His cooking, while contemporary, is informed by the distinctive flavours of local produce, and by his vivid memories of the food of his childhood.


Thornton's Restaurant : Lunch Menu, Thornton's Restaurant Jun 2015

Thornton's Restaurant : Lunch Menu, Thornton's Restaurant

Menus of the 21st Century

1st Floor, The Fitzwilliam Hotel, 128 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2

Thornton's Restaurant, located in Dublin City Centre overlooking St Stephen's Green is an award winning Michelin starred restaurant.

Kevin Thornton was the first Irish chef to achieve two Michelin stars. His cooking, while contemporary, is informed by the distinctive flavours of local produce, and by his vivid memories of the food of his childhood.


Thornton's Restaurant : Pre-Theatre Menu, Thornton's Restaurant Jun 2015

Thornton's Restaurant : Pre-Theatre Menu, Thornton's Restaurant

Menus of the 21st Century

1st Floor, The Fitzwilliam Hotel, 128 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2

Thornton's Restaurant, located in Dublin City Centre overlooking St Stephen's Green is an award winning Michelin starred restaurant.

Kevin Thornton was the first Irish chef to achieve two Michelin stars. His cooking, while contemporary, is informed by the distinctive flavours of local produce, and by his vivid memories of the food of his childhood.


Thornton's Restaurant : Tasting Menu, Thornton's Restaurant Jun 2015

Thornton's Restaurant : Tasting Menu, Thornton's Restaurant

Menus of the 21st Century

1st Floor, The Fitzwilliam Hotel, 128 St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2

Thornton's Restaurant, located in Dublin City Centre overlooking St Stephen's Green is an award winning Michelin starred restaurant.

Kevin Thornton was the first Irish chef to achieve two Michelin stars. His cooking, while contemporary, is informed by the distinctive flavours of local produce, and by his vivid memories of the food of his childhood.


Renting Trouble: Current Government Policy Of Relying On The Private Rented Sector To Deliver Social Housing Is Unlikely To Succeed, Tom Dunne Jun 2015

Renting Trouble: Current Government Policy Of Relying On The Private Rented Sector To Deliver Social Housing Is Unlikely To Succeed, Tom Dunne

Reports

A review of the history of housing in Ireland shows that owner occupancy and social housing were policy choices by successive governments. Owner occupancy was heavily supported through a system of grants and tax breaks and social housing was directly provided through local authorities at subsidised rents. In recent years policy has changed and tenure neutrality is now guiding the government’s attitude to housing. This is a significant change which has not been sufficiently discussed and has consequences which are not appreciated. Relying on the market to provide rental housing for people on low incomes and who may be in …


An Examination Of Service Level Agreement Attributes That Influence Cloud Computing Adoption, Howard Gregory Hamilton Jun 2015

An Examination Of Service Level Agreement Attributes That Influence Cloud Computing Adoption, Howard Gregory Hamilton

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

Cloud computing is perceived as the technological innovation that will transform future investments in information technology. As cloud services become more ubiquitous, public and private enterprises still grapple with concerns about cloud computing. One such concern is about service level agreements (SLAs) and their appropriateness.

While the benefits of using cloud services are well defined, the debate about the challenges that may inhibit the seamless adoption of these services still continues. SLAs are seen as an instrument to help foster adoption. However, cloud computing SLAs are alleged to be ineffective, meaningless, and costly to administer. This could impact widespread acceptance …


2015-June-01-Andrew Bathon, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Jun 2015

2015-June-01-Andrew Bathon, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.


The Nostalgia Effect: A Field Investigation Of Satisfaction Among Is/It Professionals In India, Robert O. Briggs Jun 2015

The Nostalgia Effect: A Field Investigation Of Satisfaction Among Is/It Professionals In India, Robert O. Briggs

Marketing and Management Faculty Publications

Satisfaction is a key indicator of system success, and so it has been the subject of much Information System (IS) research. The nostalgia effect, whereby individuals feel satisfied or dissatisfied when thinking about past goal attainment or failure, has been observed to influence analysts’ decisions with respect to ongoing systems development. The Yield Shift Theory (YST) of Satisfaction explains the nostalgia effect as a function of changes in yield for an individual’s active goal set. This paper reports on an exploratory field investigation of the nostalgia effect among 105 working IS/IT professionals in India reflecting on past collaboration experiences. The …


A Healthy Indulgence? Wine Consumers And The Health Benefits Of Wine, Lindsey Higgins, Erica Llanos Jun 2015

A Healthy Indulgence? Wine Consumers And The Health Benefits Of Wine, Lindsey Higgins, Erica Llanos

Agribusiness

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US. Moderate red wine consumption has been linked to a reduction in the risk of death by heart disease and heart attack by 30–50%. With about 600,000 people dying from heart disease in the US each year, red wine has become increasingly popular among health conscious consumers. Wine is often touted for its potential health benefits, but to what extent is “health” a factor when consumers make their consumption decisions for alcoholic beverages? This study aims to further understand how consumers make their beverage choices and to understand the role …


Chipper: Capacitive Bed Occupancy Sensing For An Intelligent Alarm Clock, David Levi Jun 2015

Chipper: Capacitive Bed Occupancy Sensing For An Intelligent Alarm Clock, David Levi

Electrical Engineering

What if your alarm clock knew when you got out—and stayed out—of bed? Current alarm clocks happily let you go back to bed after turning them off. In this project, I build an alarm which only stops ringing when you get out bed, and starts ringing again if you lie back in bed.

This project uses capacitance to detect bed occupancy. A person on or near the bed creates a tiny, picofarads level increase in capacitance, as seen by a sensor placed under the mattress. A microprocessor interprets this signal, and also drives an audio alarm. Shielding of the sensor …


Profit-Motive And Self-Interest May Require A Demand-Pull Strategy To Reduce Textbook Costs For Students, Anthony J. Cataldo Ii, Brian J. Halsey Jun 2015

Profit-Motive And Self-Interest May Require A Demand-Pull Strategy To Reduce Textbook Costs For Students, Anthony J. Cataldo Ii, Brian J. Halsey

Accounting Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of Local Government Gaap Regulation On Audit Market Concentration, Auditor Specialization, And Audit Fees, Alfred A. Yebba Jun 2015

The Effects Of Local Government Gaap Regulation On Audit Market Concentration, Auditor Specialization, And Audit Fees, Alfred A. Yebba

Dissertations - ALL

This study examines the effects of financial statement disclosure regulation on auditor market concentration and audit fees. I compare auditor industry concentration rates between municipalities reporting under the Single Audit Act in the state of Michigan, which requires all local governments to follow GAAP reporting, with concentration rates in Pennsylvania, which has unregulated reporting. Using both an interstate comparison as well as examining a policy change in the unregulated environment, I find evidence suggesting that auditor concentration is related to disclosure mandates. Through survey data, I then explore the impact of reporting regulation on audit fees. My findings suggest GAAP …


A Close Reading Analysis Of Bud Light's Pacman Super Bowl Commercial, Sally Hurst Jun 2015

A Close Reading Analysis Of Bud Light's Pacman Super Bowl Commercial, Sally Hurst

Communication Studies

This paper offers a close reading analysis of Bud Light's PacMan Super Bowl commercial to uncover what rhetorical strategies are employed to appeal to the millennial generation. It discusses three main strategies: creating a "real" experience, nostalgia marketing, and emphasis on the "experience."


Optimizing Student Team Skill Development Using Evidence-Based Strategies, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, David Jonathan Woehr, Richard Layton, Daniel Michael Ferguson Jun 2015

Optimizing Student Team Skill Development Using Evidence-Based Strategies, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, David Jonathan Woehr, Richard Layton, Daniel Michael Ferguson

Management: Faculty Publications

The critical importance of effective teamwork in engineering is widely recognized. Surprisingly, however, relatively little is known about how to develop teamwork skills in higher education classes, including what factors contribute to effective teamwork, their relative importance in a team's overall performance, and the underlying individual and interpersonal dynamics. Increasing numbers of engineering instructors are adopting instructional practices relying on teamwork, yet many instructors simply form student teams and hope the members individually and collectively learn on their own how to work in teams and succeed in their task(s). Instructors do this because they do not have guidance for a …


The Rapid Adoption Of Smarter Teamwork Tools: The System For Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, And Remediation For Teamwork, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, Richard Layton, David Jonathan Woehr, Daniel Michael Ferguson Jun 2015

The Rapid Adoption Of Smarter Teamwork Tools: The System For Management, Assessment, Research, Training, Education, And Remediation For Teamwork, Matthew W. Ohland, Misty L. Loughry, Richard Layton, David Jonathan Woehr, Daniel Michael Ferguson

Management: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


2015-June-01-Psychologist Leads Workshops In Republic Of Georgia, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Jun 2015

2015-June-01-Psychologist Leads Workshops In Republic Of Georgia, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.