...International Business, Chang Jung Christian University, Kway Jen, Sector 1, 396 Chang Jung Road, Tainan, 71101 Taiwan E-mail: charles@mail.cjcu.edu.tw This study reports the results of a study of Management Innovation of Taiwanese businesses in China. Over 800 questionnaires were sent out to the Taiwanese owners/managers in Kun-Shan City, China, with 260 valid responses included in the study. Four relationships were examined in the study: the correlation between management innovation and corporation core competence, between management innovation and the corporate culture, between corporation core competence and the corporate culture and finally the effect of the corporate culture on the relationship between management innovation and corporation core competence. Findings and conclusions are discussed. I. Introduction Management innovations are processes such as new distribution methods or novel applications of technology in the management process, which enable organizations to reach their goals, and include object management, environmental research and judgment, coordination, integration and schedule control (Van de Ven, 2003; Van Ark et al., 2003b). Van Ark et al. (2003a) defined management innovation as a management product or management process that is based on some technology or systematic method, and it includes replicable elements that can be identified and systematically reproduced in other cases or environments. Sie et al. (2007) organized management innovation...
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...------------------------------------------------- Essentials of Psychology Case Studies ------------------------------------------------- 250630 ------------------------------------------------- Student name/number: Mya Lang / 22256483 ------------------------------------------------- Exam grade: 56% ------------------------------------------------- Date/Instructor: 3/29/16 / CK ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Please review the instructor feedback and the reference pages given before resubmitting your assignment. ------------------------------------------------- Review all the study materials and self-checks for the lesson related to this assignment. Contact the school with any questions about the requirements. As you draft and revise be sure to incorporate the instructional tips provided in the evaluation of your first attempt and in the Retake Guidance that follows this form. ------------------------------------------------- Submit the required retake assignment to the school with this form. If submitting your retake online, copy and paste this form as the first page of the document containing your exam. If you do not include this form, ten additional points may be deducted from your retake score. *Retake Grade: Date: Instructor: *Please note the highest score that can be posted for this retake assignment is a 70% Essentials of Psychology Case Studies Project Evaluation of 250630 Name: Mya LangStudent Id: 22256483...
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...UNIVERSITY SELF – STUDY Ranesh Shevam 2k12/EC/139 Self study on : Object Tracking ( Structural partial least square for simultaneous object tracking and segmentation.) Report : * Definition * Applications * Challenges * Simplification of Tracking DEFINITION : * Tracking can be defined as the problem of estimating the trajectory of an object in the image plane as it moves around a scene * Three steps in video analysis: 1. Detection of interesting moving objects 2. Tracking of such objects from frame to frame 3. Analysis of object tracks to recognize their behavior 1) Applications : * motion-based recognition * human identification based on gait, automatic object detection, etc * automated surveillance * monitoring a scene to detect suspicious activities or unlikely events * video indexing * automatic annotation and retrieval of the videos in multimedia databases * human-computer interaction * gesture recognition, eye gaze tracking for data input to computers, etc. * traffic monitoring * real-time gathering of traffic statistics to direct traffic flow * vehicle navigation * video-based path planning and obstacle avoidance capabilities. Challenges : * loss of information caused by projection of the 3D world on a 2D image * noise in images * complex object motion * nonrigid or articulated nature of objects * partial and full object...
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...Course 1 1. Series 1.1 Numerical series Definitions ➢ Let (an)n(1 a sequence of real numbers. The infinite sum (a1+a2+…+an+…) is called (numerical) series of general term an and is denoted by [pic] (or [pic]). ➢ The finite sum Sn= a1+a2+…+an=[pic], n(1 is named partial sum of order n, associated to the series[pic]. ➢ The series [pic] is convergent if and only if (iff) the sequence (Sn)n(1 is convergent (( S=[pic](R). In this case the limit S is named the sum of series[pic]. ➢ The series [pic] is divergent iff the sequence (Sn)n(1 is divergent (the limit [pic] is +(, -( or doesn’t exists). Exercises Study the nature (convergent or divergent) and if the case, compute the sum of the following series: a)[pic]; b) [pic](geometric series); c) [pic]. Properties 1) If in a series the order of a finite number of terms is changed then we get a series having the same nature as the first one. 2) If in a series a finite number of terms is added or subtracted the result is a series with the same nature as the first one. 3) The remainders of a convergent series, Rn= S-Sn form a sequence convergent to 0. 4) If the series [pic]is convergent then the sequence of partial sums (Sn)n(1 is bounded. 5) If the series [pic] and [pic]are convergent and have the sums A and, respectively B then the series [pic] is convergent and has the sum ((A+(B),( (, ((R. 6) If the series [pic]is convergent then[pic]=0. Remarks 1) (Divergence criterion) If [pic]is a series such that...
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...i n e clinical practice Rotator-Cuff Failure Frederick A. Matsen III, M.D. This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the author’s clinical recommendations. A 63-year-old woman presents with a 2-year history of progressive weakness and discomfort in her right shoulder, especially when she puts dishes on the top shelf in her kitchen. She is otherwise healthy and has had no injuries. Her physician diagnosed “bursitis” and gave her four subacromial corticosteroid injections; the first two seemed to relieve her symptoms temporarily, but the last two were ineffective. Physical examination reveals some atrophy of the muscles of the right shoulder and weakness when her right arm is elevated. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) reveals a large defect in the rotator cuff. How should her case be managed? The Cl inic a l Probl e m From the Department of Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle. N Engl J Med 2008;358:2138-47. Copyright © 2008 Massachusetts Medical Society. The rotator cuff is a synthesis of the capsule of the glenohumeral joint with the tendons of the subscapularis, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, and teres minor muscles (Fig. 1).1 The rotator-cuff mechanism precisely centers the humeral head by compressing it into the glenoid concavity. The individual...
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...AMRITA VISHWA VIDYAPEETHAM Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore BTECH PROJECT REPORT GUIDELINES 1. SEQUENCE OF PROJECT REPORT DOCUMENT: The sequence in which the project report material to be arranged and bound should be as follows: 1. Cover Page and Title Page 2. Bona fide Certificate 3. Certificate from the external agency ( wherever the project has been undertaken in an external institution / organization) 4. Acknowledgement 5. Abstract 6. Table of Contents 7. List of figures 8. List of tables 9. List of Symbols, Abbreviations and Nomenclatures 10. Chapters 11. Bibliography/References 12. Appendices The tables and figures shall be introduced in the appropriate places in each chapter. Spelling to be British English. 2. PAGE DIMENSION AND BINDING SPECIFICATIONS: The project report should be in A4 size, should be bound using flexible cover of thick art paper with Blue colour. The cover should be printed in black letters. 3. FORMAT FOR THE REPORT DOCUMENT: Cover Page & Title Page – A specimen copy of the Cover page and Title page of the project report is given in Annexure 1. Bona fide Certificate – The Bona fide Certificate shall be in double line spacing using Font Style – Times New Roman and Font Size - 12, as per the format in Annexure 2A/2B as applicable. Certificate – A Certificate is to be attached wherever the student has undertaken the project work in an external Institution / Organization. ...
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...review of the extant econometrics literature through a meta-regression analysis of 64 empirical studies that collectively report 868 estimates of the effects of education on inequality. We find that education affects the two tails of the distribution of incomes; it reduces the income share of top earners and increases the share of the bottom earners, but has no effect on the share of the middle class. Inequality in education widens income inequality. Education has a larger negative effect on inequality in Africa. The heterogeneity in reported estimates can be largely explained by differences in the specification of the econometric model. JEL Codes: I24, C01 Keywords: Education, inequality, meta-regression analysis Number of words: 12,683 * Corresponding author. Abdullah: Universiti Teknologi Mara Sarawak Campus, Malaysia and PhD Candidate Deakin University, ajabd@deakin.edu.au Doucouliagos: School of Accounting, Economic and Finance, Deakin University, douc@deakin.edu.au Manning: School of Accounting, Economic and Finance, Deakin University, elizabem@deakin.edu.au 1 Education and Income Inequality: A Meta-Regression Analysis 1. Introduction Income inequality is a critically important social, political and economic issue in the study of economic development. Inequality can affect economic growth and development and it can impact upon political stability and class and ethnic tensions.1 The empirical literature identifies various factors that shape inequality, such as...
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...25063000 Case Studies Assignment By: Shani McGee Student ID: 21890987 Date: August 18, 2014 Essentials of Psychology SSC 130 Case study 1: 1. How did Cliff take advantage of principles of operant conditioning to modify his staff’s behavior? Cliff took advantage of principles of operant conditionings modify his staff’s behavior by giving them small rewards when they were found working hard. 2. Why did Cliff’s predecessor’s strategy of punishing undesirable behavior not work very well? Even if punishment and reinforcement strategies were equally effective at controlling behavior, why would reinforcement remain preferable? It didn’t work because it was not what he was used to doing or what he was known for; he was more at ease with reinforcements over punishment because there were positive connotations to this method. Reinforcement works best because it bring about the positive and show how and why it is rewarded, while punishment only focuses on the negative and therefore results in demoralization 3. How did Cliff make use of partial reinforcement schedules? What kinds of schedules did he use? Cliff made use of partial reinforcement schedule by frequently complimenting staff whenever...
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...QUESTION 1: According to 21 CFR 314.80, “Any adverse drug experience that is not listed in the current labelling for the drug product”. Since the patient is hospitalized and the side effect is not listed in the package insert this is considered as unexpected serious adverse event. As the product used is an approved product, as per 21 CFR 313.80, this case should be reported to FDA within 15 calendar days of the initial receipt. Reference: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/CFRSearch.cfm?fr=314.80 QUESTION 2: Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 312.42 describes a clinical hold as a clinical hold is an order issued by FDA to the sponsor to delay a proposed clinical investigation or to suspend an ongoing investigation. The clinical hold order may apply to one or more of the investigations covered by an IND. When a proposed study is placed on clinical hold, subjects may not be given the investigational drug. When an ongoing study is placed on clinical hold, no new subjects may be recruited to the study and placed on the investigational drug; patients already in the study should be taken off therapy involving the investigational drug unless specifically permitted by FDA in the interest of patient safety....
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...together to form six membered oxygen heterocycles (1). The synthesis of oxygen heterocycles is a valuable tool, as these molecules are precursors to some natural products and they are also components in the synthesis of various carbohydrates (4). The general method utilized to form oxygen heterocycles was to combine an aldehyde as the heterodienophile and a diene in a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction. Extensive studies on this reaction have been completed. Huang and Rawal chose to study this reaction using hydrogen bond promoted ketones as the heterodienophile rather than aldehydes. This is the first time that unactivated ketones have been successfully utilized in a hetero-Diels-Alder reaction. This research is extremely valuable as it expands the extent by which oxygen heterocycles can be formed. This is extremely important to the biological chemists who study and utilize oxygen heterocycles frequently (1). Huang and Rawal began their study by observing the hetero-Diels Alder reaction rates between various aldehydes and the diene 1-amino-3-siloxybuadiene. They found that the reaction rate was siginificantly higher in polar protic solvents rather than polar aprotic solvents (2). They attributed this change in the reaction rate to the fact that the carbonyl oxygen in the aldehyde could readily hydrogen bond to the hydrogen in the polar protic solvents. This hydrogen bonding causes the carbonyl carbon to develop a partial positive charge, thus enabling the aldehyde to...
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...TOWARDS THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF POST GRADUATE DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS | | |Recruitment And Selection | Company Certificate (LETTER HEAD of the Company) TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN This is to certify that _____________________, a student of Amity International Business School, Noida, undertook a project on “___________________” at ________________________ from __________to _____________. Ms./Mr.________________ has successfully completed the project under the guidance of Mr./Ms.____________________. She/He is a sincere and hard-working student with pleasant manners. We wish all success in her/him future endeavours. Signature with date (Name) (Designation) (Company Name) CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN This is to certify that Ms./Mr.___________________, a student of Post Graduate Degree in _____________________, Amity International Business School, Noida has worked in the ____________________, under the able guidance and supervision of Mr./Ms._________________________, designation______________, Company___________________________. The period for which he/ she was on training was for ______weeks, starting from ___________to _____________. This Summer Internship report has the requisite standard for the partial fulfillment...
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...Roy D. Shapiro b,1 , Ari-Pekka Hameri a,2 a Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, University of Lausanne, 1015 Dorigny, Switzerland b Harvard Business School, Boston, MA 02163, USA Received 1 December 2002; received in revised form 1 October 2003; accepted 1 October 2003 Abstract To improve demand chain performance, is it better for parties in a supply chain to focus first on lead time reduction, or instead concentrate on improving the transfer of demand information upstream in the chain? Even though the theory of supply and demand chain management suggests that lead time reduction is an antecedent to the use of market mediation (i.e., adjusting production to fit actual customer demand as it materializes) [Harvard Business Rev. 75 (2) (1997) 105] to reduce transaction uncertainty in the chain, which can be conceptualized as the primary goal of supply chain management [J. Operat. Manage. 11 (3) (1993) 289], demand chain parties often are observed in practice to begin with information transfer improvement, ignoring the problem of long lead times. In this paper, we propose a framework for prioritizing lead time reduction in a demand chain improvement project, using a typology of demand chains to identify and recommend trajectories to achieve desirable levels of market mediation performance. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Demand chain management; Supply chain management; Lead time; Logistics; Information transfer; Market mediation 1. Introduction A...
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...University of Trinidad and Tobago O’Meara Campus 78-94 O’Meara Industrial Park, Arima, Trinidad, West Indies. shellyanne.wilson@utt.edu.tt Telephone: 868-685-8744 POMS 20th Annual Conference Orlando, Florida U.S.A. May 1 to May 4, 2009 Just-In-Time Manufacturing – By Design or By Default ABSTRACT Just-In-Time (JIT) manufacturing implementation in small manufacturing companies is often not a sophisticated exercise, following a series of well-prescribed steps. Instead, JIT implementation can involve a series of incremental steps, and missteps, before the desired outcome is achieved. In some cases, JIT is less of a conscious design and more of a default position. This paper will examine the role of a company’s resource configuration in leading to the use of JIT manufacturing. The research paper reports on a single case study of a small manufacturer that altered its resource configuration from a producer – consumer relationship separated by a buffer, to a simultaneity constraint. The results of the case study show that the removal of the buffer system increased the manufacturing system’s need for mix flexibility, and the final implementation required unplanned structural and infrastructural changes to adequately meet marketing requirements. 1. INTRODUCTION Just-In-Time (JIT) is a system that focuses on waste reduction and continuous improvement to achieve operational excellence (Moreira & Alves, 2006). In a manufacturing context, JIT involves a manufacturing system...
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...inbreeding depression is crucial to the conservation of endangered species, and to the understanding of genetic diseases encountered in certain human populations. Inbreeding depression is an overall reduction in the fitness of a population due to mating between close relatives. There are two prevailing hypotheses for the genetic basis for inbreeding depression; the partial dominance theory and the overdominance theory. The partial dominance theory essentially states that the reduction in fitness associated with inbreeding is due to an increase in frequency of homozygosity for deleterious alleles. The overdominance theory states that the reduction in fitness is due to a decrease in the frequency of heterozygotes,...
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...Abstract The present study aims to outline the characteristics of the cost systems used in banking Institutions. It does so by describing the partial costs and full cost systems in banking institutions. It then looks at the limitations of these approaches to the current competitive conditions and goes on to consider the applicability of the activity based costing system in the allocation of indirect transformation costs to branches, products and customers. Finally, we will look at the findings of a questionnaire to Spanish savings banks in order to evaluate how widespread these systems are and how they are used in savings banks. We found that direct costs systems predominate in customer and products entries whereas full costs systems are much more widespread in the case of branches. Furthermore, we also found that the use of activity based costs systems is very limited. 1. Introduction Historically, management accounting in banking institutions was introduced considerably later in comparison with companies in other sectors. There are a number of reasons for this limited development. This was due, on the one hand, to external causes. For example, it was not until the 80's that competitive conditions in the banking sector fostered the development of accounting management planning and control systems. On the other hand, there were also internal conditions that had to do with the nature of the banking business and the operations that these companies carry out, which differ significantly...
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