... Marriages in India are usually arranged by parents and the wife becomes a member of the husband's family, in most cases moves in with them. Since most marriages are arranged with the assistance of third parties, the family generally do not know each other well. Nevertheless, the newly wedded bride is expected to switch her principal loyalty overnight to her husband's family. The husband's family may make little accommodation to the bride, but expect her to adjust to them. Since they are now supporting her, the husband’s family believes that she must be considerate to their wishes. If they think she is not, they may feel justified in treating her harshly, even violently. In the early stages of a marriage, a new bride who is being mis-treated by her husband's family may not seek help from her own parents because they will...
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...Laudon New York University f Jane P. Laudon Azimuth Information Systems PEARSON feerttifie tall Pearson Education International Brief Contents Part One Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Part One Project Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterprise 1 Information Systems in Global Business Today 2 Global E-Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems 38 Information Systems, Organizations, and Strategy 80 Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems 124 Analyzing Business Processes for an Enterprise System 165 Part Two Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Part Two Project Information Technology Infrastructure 167 IT Infrastructure and Emerging Technologies 168 Foundations of Business Intelligence: Databases and Information Management 222 Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology 260 Securing Information Systems 312 Creating a New Internet Business 351 Part Three Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Part Three Project Key System Applications for the Digital Age 353 Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy: Enterprise Applications 354 E-Commerce: Digital Markets, Digital Goods 388 Managing Knowledge 428 Enhancing Decision Making 470 Designing an Enterprise Information Portal 508 Part Four Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Part Four Project Building and Managing Systems 509 Building Systems 510 Project Management: Establishing the Business Value of Systems and Managing Change 552...
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...ENG 102 ENG 105* ENG 106 ENG 202 Listening and Speaking Skills English Reading Skills Business English Advanced English Skills Introduction to English Literature 40-41 Credits 9 3 3 3 3 3 * Prerequisite ENG 101 & 102 Note: students not exempted from ENG 101 and ENG 102 will have to take ENG 101, ENG 102 and ENG 105. Note: students exempted from ENG 101 and ENG 102 will have to take ENG 105, ENG 106, ENG 202 Computer Skills CIS 101* CSC 101** Fundamentals of Computer System Introduction to Computer Science 3 3 3 * For students without basic knowledge of computer **For students with basic knowledge of computer & mandatory for students with Major in subjects offered from the SECS Numeracy MAT 100* MAT 210* Basic University Mathematics 1 Basic University Mathematics 2 6 3 3 3 *MAT 100 and MAT 210 mandatory for SLAS majors(English, Media & Communication, Anthropology) other than Sociology MAT 101* MAT 211* MAT 102* MAT 212* Intermediate University Mathematics II Probability and Statistics Introduction to Linear Algebra & Calculus Probability & Statistics for Sc. & Engr. 3 3 3 3 **MAT 101and MAT 211 mandatory for Business/SESM/Sociology majors $MAT 102 and $MAT 212 is mandatory for students with major in Engineering and Computer Science Natural 7-8 Sciences CHE 101* Chemistry 3 CHE 101L* PHY 101** PHY 101L** PHY 102** PHY 102** BIO 102 BIO 102T CHE 102 CHE102T ENV 101 ENV 102 ENV 102T PSY 201 Chemistry Lab University Physics-I University Physics-I Lab University Physics-II...
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...(continued) 2013 Metropolitan Crime Rate Rankings* (continued) RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 METROPOLITAN AREA Logan, UT-ID Provo-Orem, UT State College, PA Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY Appleton, WI Dutchess-Putnam, NY M.D. The Villages, FL Kingston, NY Nassau-Suffolk, NY M.D. Harrisonburg, VA Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Montgomery County, PA M.D. Wausau, WI Corvallis, OR Carson City, NV Staunton-Waynesboro, VA Gettysburg, PA Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Lake Co.-Kenosha Co., IL-WI M.D. Idaho Falls, ID Silver Spring-Frederick, MD M.D. Elgin, IL M.D. Boulder, CO Lebanon, PA Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA Lynchburg, VA Fond du Lac, WI Punta Gorda, FL Ogden-Clearfield, UT Portland, ME California-Lexington Park, MD Naples-Marco Island, FL Blacksburg, VA Rockingham County, NH M.D. Albany, OR Owensboro, KY Fort Collins, CO Lancaster, PA Boise City, ID St. George, UT Williamsport, PA Elmira, NY Charlottesville, VA Green Bay, WI Manhattan, KS Glens Falls, NY Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA Lewiston, ID-WA Cambridge-Newton, MA M.D. Sheboygan, WI Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL Winchester, VA-WV Wheeling, WV-OH Utica-Rome, NY Ames, IA Pocatello, ID Bangor, ME Midland, MI Oxnard-Thousand Oaks, CA Hattiesburg, MS Madison, WI Great Falls, MT ...
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...SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ....................................................................................................................3 Defining the Name “Yahweh” .......................................................................................4 Defining the Name “Yahweh Shammah”……………………………………………...5 Biblical & Historical Context……………………………..........................................6 The Connection of Christ…………………………………………………………..10 Conclusion....................................................................................................................12 Bibliography…….........................................................................................................14 INTRODUCTION There are many names of God that are mentioned in the Bible. All of them have a specific meaning that describes His character and a significant attribute that He possesses. Each name is introduced to us in the midst of a specific moment when God chose to reveal himself to His people, Israel. The subject of this paper deals with one of those names of God: “Yahweh Shammah,” which means “The Lord is There.” It is my intention to explore the in-depth significance and intricate meaning behind Yahweh Shammah. My thesis is simply to uncover the divine truth that God is always there, ready to hear our prayers, ready to lift and support us, ready to be “a very present help in trouble” (Ps. 46:1). This study is...
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...Portada Management information systems managing the digital firm Part One. Organizations, Management, and the Networked Enterprise ....1 Chapter 1. Managing the Digital Firm ....2 Opening Case: DaimlerChrysler's Agile Supply Chain ....3 1.1 Why Information Systems? ....4 Why Information Systems Matter 4 • How Much Does IT Matter? 6 • Why IT Now? Digital Convergence and the Changing Business Environment ....7 1.2 Perspectives on Information Systems ....13 What Is an Information System? ....13 Windows on Organizations: Cemex: A Digital Firm in the Making ....14 Window on Technology: UPS Competes Globally with Information Technology ....17 It Isn't Just Technology: A Business Perspective on Information Systems 18 • Dimensions of Information Systems ....20 1.3 Contemporary Approaches to Information Systems ....25 Technical Approach 26 • Behavioral Approach 26 • Approach of This Text: Sociotechnical Systems ....27 1.4 Learning to Use Information Systems: New Opportunities with Technology ....27 The Challenge of Information Systems: Key Management Issues 28 • Integrating Text with Technology: New Opportunities for Learning ....30 Make IT Your Business ....31 Summary, 31 • Key Terms, 32 • Review Questions, 32 • Discussion Questions, 33 • Application Software Exercise: Database Exercise: Adding Value to Information for Management Decision Making, 33 • Dirt Bikes USA: Preparing a Management Overview of the Company, 33 • Electronic Commerce Project: Analyzing...
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...Marketing Intelligence & Planning Emerald Article: Improving Marketing Intelligence at Du Pont UK B.A. Tibbert Article information: To cite this document: B.A. Tibbert, 1987"Improving Marketing Intelligence at Du Pont UK", Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Vol. 5 Iss: 4 pp. 23 - 30 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/eb045756 Downloaded on: 16-10-2012 To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com Users who downloaded this Article also downloaded: * Andrea Carpignano, Chiara Nironi, Francesco Ganci, (2011),"Technological risk: a criterion for the optimisation of future EU energy supply scenarios", International Journal of Energy Sector Management, Vol. 5 Iss: 1 pp. 81 - 100 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17506221111120910 Lord Ezra, 1992"Energy, Politics and the Environment", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 7 Iss: 2 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000001777 Colin Turner, Paul D. Gardiner, (2007),"De-internationalisation and global strategy: the case of British Telecommunications (BT)", Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, Vol. 22 Iss: 7 pp. 489 - 497 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/08858620710828863 Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by NANJING AUDIT UNIVERSITY For Authors: If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service. Information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines...
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...under EDGAR Online, Inc. Terms of Use. UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 6-K REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the month of February 2012 Commission File Number: 001-34929 SodaStream International Ltd. (Translation of Registrant’s Name into English) Gilboa Street, Airport City Ben Gurion Airport 70100, Israel (Address of Principal Executive Office) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F: Form 20-F R Form 40-F £ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): Yes £ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): Yes £ No R No R Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: Yes £ No R If “Yes” is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): 82-_______________. EXPLANATORY NOTE On February 29, 2012, SodaStream International Ltd. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing its fourth quarter and full fiscal year results for the period ending December 31, 2011. A copy of the...
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...diffusion process and features of the articles. More specifically, parameters measuring citations’ ceiling and the timing of peak citations are correlated with specific features of the articles like the number of pages and the number of authors. Our approach amounts to a multi-level non-linear regression for a panel of time series. We illustrate our model for citations to articles that were published in Econometrica and the Journal of Econometrics. Amongst other things, we find that more references lead to more citations and that for the Journal of Econometrics peak citations of more recent articles tend to occur later. r 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. JEL classification: C33; M21 Keywords: Diffusion of innovations; Multi-level regression 1. Introduction Citations to scientific publications like journal articles often show characteristics that bear similarities with the diffusion of a new product. Shortly after publication, there are not many citations. Then, the number of citations starts to grow, and after a few years, citations may peak. Finally, after this peak, citations eventually level off towards zero. The reason for this may vary across articles. The article may become outdated or it may be ÃCorresponding author. Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR...
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...The sweet delight coffee house is a new venture an expected to open the business in March 10, 2014 in Muskegon, MI. The business going to be located outside of Muskegon, MI. This is upscale town. We will specialized in coffee, tea, soda, juice, ice coffee, cappuccinos, brownies, cookies, bagels, muffins, and pizza too. There is no other shop that sells pizza in this town. Our target audience is families, college students, middle and high school students and all ages. The sweet delight coffee house will serve this area well and become well known for years to come. The sweet delight coffee house will become the most amazing coffee house in the area. Our company will serve a sweet delight product at veryn reasonable price. Our company will be a meeting place for everyone to show off their talents and work that they might have. We will create an atmosphere for everyone to express and promote a creative way. The primary goals over the next three years are as follow: 1. Secure financing for start-up cost of $100,000 for space and equipment 2. Acquire equipment necessary for business such as coffee pots, cappuccino machines, blenders, and so on. 3. Make agreement with coffee distributors and bakery vendors 4. Create a cozy, friendly environment (choice of colors, choice of music, and décor). 5. Open for business and become the foremost coffee house in the area. STATEMENT OF PARTICIPATION This is to verify that Natalie Lange Richard Levine Kyle Lighter Silvia Moran ...
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...REFERENCES Ali, N. (2007). “Factors Affecting Overall Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention”, Journal of Managerial Sciences. Volume number 2, Issue number 2, Page number 240-252. Allen, N., and Meyer, J. (1990). “The Measurement and Antecedents of Affective, Continuance, and Normative Commitment to the Organization,” Journal of Occupational Psychology. Volume number 63, page number 1-18. Arnold, H.J. and Feldman, D.C. (1982). “A multivariate analysis of the determinants of job turnover”, Journal of Applied Psychology. Volume number 67, Issue number 3, Page number 350-60. Babbie, E. (2007). SocialResearch (11th Ed.). Belmont, CA: Thomson Wadworth. Backman, P. (1994). “Fast Food explosion”, Caterer and Hotelkeeper, Volume number 10, Page number 214-220 Becker, T. E. (1992). “Foci and bases of commitment: Are they distinctions worth making?”, Academy of Management Journal, Volume number 35, Page number 232 -244. Becker, T. E., & Billings, R. S. (1992). “Profiles of commitment: An empirical test”, Journal of Organizational Behavior. Volume number 14, Page number 177-190. Bryman, A. and Cramer, D. (1999). Quantitative data analysis with SPSS for windows. A guide for social scientists. New York: Routledge. Campion, M.A. (2008). “Meaning and Measurement in Turnover: Comparison of Alternative Measures and Recommendations for Research”, Journal of Applied Psychology, Volume number 76, Page number 199-212. Carsten, J., and Spector, P. (1987). “Unemployment, Job Satisfaction, and...
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...the weighted similarity model, we present weighted variations of several existing measures like Dice and Cosine similarity measures. We evaluate the proposed similarity model using Spearman’s correlation coefficient, with WordNet as the gold standard. Our method achieves 20% improvement over the traditional similarity measures like dice and cosine similarity and also over the most recent tag similarity measures like mutual information with distributional aggregation. Finally, we show the practical effectiveness of the proposed weighted similarity measures by performing search over tagged documents using Social SimRank over a large real world dataset. Keywords Tagging, Vector Space Model, Tag weighting, Similarity Measures, Tag Similarity 1. INTRODUCTION Social bookmarking...
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...This Analysis provides a discussion of the factors underpinning the credit rating/s and should be read in conjunction with our Credit Opinion. The most recent ratings, opinion, and other research specific to this issuer are provided on Moodys.com. Click here to link. Analysis SOUTH AFRICA Europe/M.East/Africa January 2006 Contact Limassol Phone 357.25.586.586 Mardig Haladjian George Chrysaphynis Capitec Bank Limited Strategy and Competitive Position A YOUNG AND SMALL INSTITUTION EXPERIENCING RAPID GROWTH Although Capitec Bank is one of the main players in the South African microlending industry1 and has an estimated 10% share of the market (40% share of the one-month loans market), it remains a very small institution even by local standards (total assets of USD 137mn as at February 2005, one-tenth the size of African Bank, the largest microlender). We do see possible risks in the development stage of a young institution growing at a rapid rate, but we take comfort from its good understanding of the microlending business, its careful risk management, prudent approach to liquidity, good information systems used to manage the risks and supervision by the SARB.2 TECHNOLOGY-DRIVEN, EFFICIENT PROVIDER OF BANKING SERVICES TO LOW-INCOME EARNERS We believe that Capitec’s technology-driven business model is the right approach to serving the low-income-earning population. The bank has strong front-end information technology, including the paperless (no forms to...
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...vulnerable to SQL injections and command injections. Our contribution consists of an analysis of the QR Code as an attack vector, showing different attack strategies from the attackers point of view and exploring their possible consequences. Figure 2: QR Code cards, public transport vehicles, etc. Indeed, this mechanism has a vast number of potential applications [4, 1, 2, 13, 9]. For instance, the sports brand Umbro have embedded QR codes into the collars of England football shirts, sending fans to a secret website where prizes can be won. In this paper, we explore the structure and creation process of QR codes as well as potential attacks against or utilizing QR codes. We give an overview of the error correction capabilities and possible ways to alter both error correction data and payload in order to either modify or inject information into existing codes. Furthermore, we explore numerous vectors that might enable an attacker to exploit either the user’s trust in the content embedded in the code or automated processes handling such codes. Our main contributions are: • to outline possible modifications to different parts of QR Codes such as error correction codes or masking, • to describe resulting attack vectors, both against humans (e.g. phishing attacks) and automated processes...
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...BUSINESS MODEL Sunflower Cafe is an eating establishment focusing on heathy, nutritious, and fast food to the local downtown area. The Sunflower Cafe will be an upscale deli specializing in a combination of fast hot or cold sandwiches. Based on this distinct menu, Sunflower Cafe will follow a differentiation strategy that will provide unique, or hard to find choices to deli patrons. The company will be a LLC owned by Ms. Jane Smith. Ms. Smith will be providing $20,000 capital investment and there will be an additional $30,000 raised in short-term loan. Non-Franchise Vs. Franchise When deciding on the business model we looked at the pros and cons of both the franchise vs. non-franchise method. Pros of the franchise model include the following: Franchising is a great way to find talented people to manage your locations and give them an incentive to work hard. The most qualified and hardest working people generally prefer to invest in running a business in return for profits rather than taking a salary as an employee. So by franchising, you are going to get better talent that will work harder to build the business than you would by hiring someone to work for you. Franchising is a good way to obtain expansion capital. Because your franchisees pay to buy outlets in your chain, you can grow the number of locations without tapping much of your own capital or needing to request financing from banks or investors. Franchising can generate high financial returns for relatively...
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