Data Mining Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Data Management Systems Series Editor: Jim Gray, Microsoft Research Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, Second Edition Ian H. Witten and Eibe Frank Fuzzy Modeling and Genetic Algorithms for Data Mining and Exploration Earl Cox Data Modeling Essentials, Third Edition Graeme C. Simsion and Graham C. Witt Location-Based Services Jochen Schiller and Agnès Voisard Database
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UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Bui Trung Kien FACTORS AFFECTING THE FLUCTUATION OF LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS MASTER OF BUSINESS (Honours) Ho Chi Minh City - 2012 UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS HO CHI MINH CITY International School of Business ------------------------------ Bui Trung Kien FACTORS AFFECTING THE FLUCTUATION OF LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS ID: 60340102
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Does Mandatory Adoption of IFRS Improve Accounting Quality? Preliminary Evidence* ANWER S. AHMED, Texas A&M University MICHAEL NEEL, University of Houston DECHUN WANG, Texas A&M University 1. Introduction We provide evidence on the preliminary effects of mandatory adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on accounting quality for a relatively broad set of firms from 20 countries that adopted IFRS in 2005 relative to a benchmark group of firms from countries that did not
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the fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hr average over a 24-hr period. Based on recent monitoring data, U.S. ozone levels still exceed this standard in numerous locations, resulting in avoidable adverse health consequences. Objectives: We sought to quantify the potential human health benefits from achieving the current primary NAAQS standard of 75 ppb and two alternative standard levels, 70 and 60 ppb, which represent the range recommended by the U.S. EPA Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee
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working papers The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Technology Transfer and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence UNITED NATIONS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION The Role of Intellectual Property Rights in Technology Transfer and Economic Growth: Theory and Evidence By Rod Falvey Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy, School of Economics, The University of Nottingham and Neil Foster Department of Economics, University of Vienna In cooperation
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value around the most significant rulemaking events amounts to $1.4 trillion. I then examine the private benefits and costs of major provisions of the Act by investigating the cross-sectional variation in market reactions to the rulemaking events. Regression results are consistent with the hypothesis that shareholders consider both the restriction of nonaudit services and the provisions to enhance corporate governance costly to business. The results also show that Section 404 of SOX, which mandates
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and Portfolio Management for Active Australian Equity Funds † Andrew B. Ainsworth ∗ Kingsley Fong David R. Gallagher Current Draft: 30 April 2007 Australian School of Business, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, N.S.W. 2052 Abstract Using monthly active equity fund portfolio holdings, we examine the magnitude of style drift and decompose it into active and passive components. We find that while fund style tilts are consistent with their self-stated investment objective, there is variation
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Performance Evaluation of Optimal Hedge Ratios in the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme John Hua Fan, Eduardo Roca and Alexandr Akimov Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia 4111 Abstract Following the introduction of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme, CO2 emissions have become a tradable commodity. As a regulated party, emitters are forced to take into account the additional carbon emissions costs in their production costs structure
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be made by the farmers out of their own funds because of their low level of incomes. Even though there are attempts to solve these rural financial difficulties by the government through extending rural financial institutions, because of social, economic and institutional factors, a number of farmers turned out to be defaulters. When such difficulty arises, the lending institution faces a problem. This study focused on the analysis of determinants of loan repayment performance of smallholder farmers
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UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE AMONG THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH TONGU DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA DANIEL KWASI GAMELI AVUGLA JULY, 2011 UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY AND EDUCATION FACTORS INFLUENCING CAREER CHOICE AMONG THE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE SOUTH TONGU DISTRICT OF VOLTA REGION, GHANA DANIEL KWASI GAMELI
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