THE IMPACT OF DATA MINING ON MARKET PLACE Abstract Knowledge discovery and data mining are powerful automated data analysis tools and they are predicted to become the most frequently used analytical tools in the near future. This article has shed light on the various market places that arises due to the data mining function. Data mining is concerned with the secondary analysis of large market place in order to find previously unknown relationships which are of importance to the organization owners
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TYPES OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS An information system is a collection of hardware, software, data, people and procedures that are designed to generate information that supports the day-to-day, short-range, and long-range activities of users in an organization. Information systems generally are classified into five categories: office information systems, transaction processing systems, management information systems, decision support systems, and expert systems. The following sections present each
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workplace violence by analyzing two actual incidents which took place at two renowned multinational firms, which are “DaimlerChrysler’s Toledo, Ohio, assembly plant” and “Lockheed Martin”. The purpose of this study is to help finding a useful managerial tool to decrease the potential for future workplace violence that may lead to loss of life and unnecessary monetary loss. Managers are not necessarily equipped to develop appropriate measures to effectively deal with violent issues. Given the
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1. Introduction Accounting practices have been argued to reflect information quality of the firm in the market. Recently, there has been renewed interest in the relation between information asymmetry and conservative financial reporting practices. Many theorists have critiqued this aspect of information asymmetry, which has garnered significant interest in the accounting arena in the world today. This paper is set out to analyze the literature on conservative financial reporting, dissecting Akerlof’s
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1.0. Introduction The term ‘dividend policy’ refers to “the practice that management follows in making dividend payout decisions or, in other words, the size and pattern of cash distributions over time to shareholders” (Lease et al., 2000, p.29). This issue of dividend policy is one that has engaged managers since the birth of the modern commercial corporation. Surprisingly then dividend policy remains one of the most contested issues in finance. Dividend policy is concerned with financial policies
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Gender-Based Analyses of Stress Among Professional Managers: An Exploratory Qualitative Study Yoshi Iwasaki, Kelly J. MacKay, and Janice Ristock University of Manitoba The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of stress among both female and male managers, using a series of single-sex and mixed focus groups. In addition to substantial similarities between female and male participants’ descriptions about their experiences of stress (e.g., negative and positive aspects of stress
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This article was downloaded by: [University of Derby] On: 16 May 2013, At: 01:31 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Journal of Hospitality Marketing & Management Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/whmm20 Service Orientation, Service Quality, Customer Satisfaction, and Customer
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been found to have entrepreneurship-related knowledge structures more closely resembling non-entrepreneurs than entrepreneurs, implying that the franchise business model may in many ways compensate for a franchisees’ lack of entrepreneurial skills. Applied to a development context, franchising can be employed as a social innovation—compensating for some of the shortcomings of traditional microfinance strategies that often assume a minimum level of entrepreneurial ability in their borrowers. The purpose
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Three characteristics of the marketing concept applied by a successful organisation are customer satisfaction, where the company will aim to find out through research, what product their target customer needs and wants and supply this. Supplying the right product at the right price in the right place with the right promotional information is key to a company running a profitable business. The company will work together applying a systematic managerial function or philosophy to achieve this. 2
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CHAPTER ONE Introduction Understanding and being able to use capital budgeting techniques and investment appraisal tools is usually a standard requirement for most business degrees. In addition learning such methods will also give one an advantage in a real business situation, in which there is the consideration of significant capital expenditure project. Capital budgeting assists management decisions making on the process of ensuring growth of the organization. The techniques are divided into
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