... iii CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION 1-1. 1-2. 1-3. 1-4. 1-5. 1-6. 1-7. PURPOSE .................................................................................................................................. 1-1 AUTHORITY............................................................................................................................... 1-1 FREQUENCY ............................................................................................................................. 1-1 EXCEPTIONS
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION In the beginning of civilization, people used fingers and pebbles for computing purposes. In fact, the word 'digit us' in Latin actually means 'finger' and 'calculus' means 'pebble'. This gives a clue into the origin of early computing concepts. With the growth of civilization, the computing needs also grew. The need for a mechanism to perform lengthy calculations led to the invention of the first calculator and then the computers. The term 'computer' is derived from
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 1.1 Introduction Modern civilization has become so complicated and sophisticated that to survive one has to be competitive. This compels people to keep themselves informed of all types of happening in the society. And this in turn entails the need for an infrastructure of information. This is the point where information technology or IT becomes most important, as it is the infrastructure that allows us to get information accurately and in time. Before
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Bus 252a Marketing Management Mondays and Wednesdays 2: 11:00 – 12:20pm Fall Semester 2014 International Hall Sachar Building Grace Zimmerman Senior Lecturer Email: gzimmerm@brandeis.edu Office: Lemberg 161 Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00 – 12:20 and 2:00 – 3:00 pm, or by appointment
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MODERN DATABASE MANAGEMENT / JfFFREY A. HOFFER . Warehousing Success 426 Data Warehouse Architectures 428 Generic Two-Level Architecture 428 Independent Data Mart Data Warehousing Environment 426 429 C O NTENTS Dependent Data Mart and Operational Data Store Architecture: A Three-Level Approach Logical Data Mart and Real-Time Data Warehouse Architecture 432 Three-Layer Data Architecture 435 Role of the Enterprise Data Model 435 Role of Metadata 436 Some Characteristics
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Lecture 1 Lecture 2 Lecture 3 Lecture 4 Lecture 5 Lecture 6 Lecture 7 Lecture 8 Lecture 9 Lecture 10 Static Economic Models and The Concept of Equilibrium Matrix Algebra Vector Space and Linear Transformation Determinant, Inverse Matrix, and Cramer’s rule Differential Calculus and Comparative Statics Comparative Statics – Economic applications Optimization Optimization–multivariate case Optimization with equality constraints and Nonlinear Programming General Equilibrium and Game Theory 1 5 10 16 25
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ros57395_ch01.qxd 12/21/04 2:45 PM Page 1 Part 1 The Global Financial System in Perspective Try to imagine living in a world in which there are no financial institutions, no financial markets, and no financial assets. In such a world, there would be no opportunity to borrow against future income in order to purchase a home or an automobile, or to finance an education. Nor would you be able to save some of your current income (and, thereby, accumulate wealth over time) to handle the future
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HUE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ------***------ NGUYEN VAN TUAN TRANSLATION 5 HUE - 2006 1 INTRODUCTION TRANSLATION 5 is a basic course book written for the second-year students of the Department of English, College of Foreign Languages, Hue University. It is intended to equip the students with an overview of translating Vietnamese and English scientific texts. It also helps the students get familiar with the terms related to science and technology
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ehabmes@yahoo.com Chapter 2: Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity Definitions: Competitiveness: How effectively the organization meets the needs of the customers relative to others that offer similar goods or services. Strategy: Plans to achieve organization goals. Productivity: Measure of effective use of resources, usually expressed as the ratio of outputs to inputs. Productivity =Output / Input Competitiveness: Organizations compete with each other in various ways including: 1. Price: amount
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M02_TURB3315_05_SE_C02.QXD 9/4/07 7:54 PM Page 42 2 E-MARKETPLACES: STRUCTURES, MECHANISMS, ECONOMICS, AND IMPACTS Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Define e-marketplaces and list their components. 2. List the major types of e-marketplaces and describe their features. 3. Describe the various types of EC intermediaries and their roles. 4. Describe electronic catalogs, shopping carts, and search engines. 5. Describe the major types of auctions
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