of the nature and significance of the study guided by the logical world views and perspectives of the researcher. Chapter One consists of five parts namely, (1) Background of the Study, which presents the circumstances and situations leading to the choice of the problem including the explanation of the area of research to set context for the problem (s) at hand; (2) Epistemological and Theoretical Research Perspective, which looks at the theory of knowledge that informs the study and the philosophical
Words: 3939 - Pages: 16
the implementation of rapidly advancing technology. The course presents fundamental knowledge essential to managing an information technology successfully within a larger organization. It considers strategic and operational issues, the significance of rapidly advancing technology, and human and organizational issues related to technology introduction and use. The course describes management systems and models of successful behavior that capitalize on opportunities and avoid the numerous potential
Words: 4760 - Pages: 20
A STUDY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING PURCHASE DECISION IN AN ONLINE JEWELRY STORE A STUDY OF FACTORS INFLUENCING PURCHASE DECISION IN AN ONLINE JEWELRY STORE An Independent Study Presented to The Graduate School of Bangkok University In Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Business Administration by Risto-Pekka Myllymäki 2010 © 2010 Risto-Pekka Myllymäki All Right Reserved i Myllymäki, Risto-Pekka. M.B.A. (Master of Business Administration), August 2010, Graduate School
Words: 18252 - Pages: 74
Case study: Getting together for street kids JW Player, Video 1 of 1, Skip this videoKey Drive for JW Player, Video 1 of 1, Type Question mark?JW to enable The challenge Globally, there are tens of millions of children living or working on the streets. Some are born there. Others just end up there. And many don’t want to be found. It’s a complex and diverse problem – and one that some people don’t even acknowledge exists. But whatever their story, Aviva believes in standing up for these street
Words: 1557 - Pages: 7
support from the Center for Financial Policy, University of Maryland and the Judy Olian award for research support. ∗ Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1681472 CEO-Director Connections and Corporate Fraud ABSTRACT We study the propensity of firms to commit financial fraud using a sample of SEC enforcement actions from 2000 to 2006. Controlling for year effects, Fama-French 48-industry
Words: 17245 - Pages: 69
academic and business experts as the next frontier of the ways in which communication is enacted by individuals in contemporary society. It is easy to infer how relevant are social networks in the private lives of many individuals. The social network Facebook has now experienced more than 1.5 nillion active users worldwide. This surge is justified in part by the ease through which social media users can interact instantaneously without the necessity to be in the same place, and in part by the fact that
Words: 2737 - Pages: 11
vast majority of businesses throughout the world (two thirds of all businesses around the world )—from corner shops to multinational publicly listed organizations with hundreds of thousands of employees and best known brands like Novartis, Walmart, Facebook, Samsung Electronics, Volkswagen, Mars, are rooted family businesses. Kongo Gumi, one of the oldest Japanese construction family businesses funded in 578 till today with the 40 th generation. Prince Shotoku got Kongo family members to Japan from
Words: 1374 - Pages: 6
Majority of medical facilities will use a communications coordinator or a professional communicator. There are still issues with this type of communication. According to Piening, Haaijer-Ruskamp, de Graeff, Straus, S. M. & Mol, (2012), “Recent studies have shown that 10-14% of medicinal products require a Direct Healthcare Professional Communication to inform healthcare professionals of newly identified risks within the first 3 years of market approval” (para. 1). Within all these different types
Words: 1176 - Pages: 5
Volume–VI, Number-01, January-June, 2011 Customers’ Attitude towards Wireless Internet Services in Bangladesh: An Empirical Study Comparing WIMAX Based and EDGE/EVDO Based Internet Service S.M. MONIRUL ISLAM* BULBUL AHAMED** Abstract This study is an attempt to measure the attitude of customers towards the wireless Internet services in Bangladesh based on the Mertin Fishbein’s multi attribute attitude model. Some salient attributes (i.e., speed, bandwidth fluctuation rate) of WIMAX based
Words: 3584 - Pages: 15
A J M M C H S A SIGNIFICANT STUDY ON FILIPINO EXPRESSIONS USING A CONFLICT THEORY PERSPECTIVE A Performance Task Output in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Social Studies 11 – Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics presented by Carla Lumba Alyssa Padilla Lilia Umali Grade 11 – Ban to Ms. Mary Ann Lascano Department of Social Sciences Miriam College High School 28 August 2015 INTRODUCTION Filipino culture, especially our language,
Words: 2515 - Pages: 11
