CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction The property development industry is considered one of the major industries contributing significant growth to socio-economic development in Malaysia, as it constitutes an important element of Malaysian economy. The economics of Malaysia has experienced rapid growth with thousands of houses are built every year to fulfill the demand of rising population and economy activities. According to tradingseconomics.com (2011), Malaysia has been undertaking
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Essays on the Structure of Financial Markets A thesis presented by Oved Yosha to The Department of Economics in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of Economics Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts May 1992 Abstract Chapter I: Adverse selection in an insurance market may result in low-risk individuals remaining uncovered. In the framework of a monopolistic insurance market with private information, it is shown that government
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participation could take (Nientied et al., 1990: p. 53; Oakley, 1991, p. 269; Gaigher, 1992, p. 11). But, as development scientists it is our obligation to apply our analytical skills in the examining of any set of beliefs, something which is no less the case for participatory development as a paradigm. This in itself is a difficult
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types that are involved in the learning process. We also present the results of a study on cognitive development applied to the problem of face recognition for social robotics. Ó 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Keywords: Intelligent systems; Cognitive development; Context; Social robotics; Face recognition 1. Introduction The golden dream of artificial intelligence (AI) remains to design and build systems showing human-like intelligence. Nowadays, the machines can perform remarkable things:
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at ScienceDirect Journal of Business Research Marketing to subsistence consumers: Lessons from practice Kelly L. Weidner a,⁎, José Antonio Rosa b, Madhu Viswanathan c a b c University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Managerial Studies, 601 S. Morgan Street (MC 243), Chicago, IL 60607, United States University of Wyoming, Department of Management and Marketing, Dept. 3275, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071, United States University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61
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the process in the book Critical Chain. Applying Critical Chain protocol will improve the projects due date performance and the quality of deliverables, whatever the project or circumstance. To prove these claims this document explores specific case studies of recent implementations of Critical Chain. It then goes back to look at the history of project management and some of the innovations that led to Critical Chain, including an in depth look at Theory of Constraints. It concludes by exploring the
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UNIVERSITY OF KERALA B. TECH. DEGREE COURSE 2008 ADMISSION REGULATIONS and I VIII SEMESTERS SCHEME AND SYLLABUS of COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING B.Tech Comp. Sc. & Engg., University of Kerala 2 UNIVERSITY OF KERALA B.Tech Degree Course – 2008 Scheme REGULATIONS 1. Conditions for Admission Candidates for admission to the B.Tech degree course shall be required to have passed the Higher Secondary Examination, Kerala or 12th Standard V.H.S.E., C.B.S.E., I.S.C. or any examination accepted
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Module code | Title | TFDS9001 | Postgraduate Dissertation | | Pre-Requisite Module Code(s) | Co-Requisite Module Code(s) | Last Revision Date | ECTS Credits | | | | | | | TFRM9001 (2011-12) Research Methods for Masters Thesis | TFRM9001 (2011-12) Research Methods for Masters Thesis | | 30 | | | | | | Contact Hours | Max Class Size | Duration
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The Methodology of Positive Accounting Charles Christenson The Accounting Review, Vol. 58, No. 1. (Jan., 1983), pp. 1-22. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0001-4826%28198301%2958%3A1%3C1%3ATMOPA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Z The Accounting Review is currently published by American Accounting Association. Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at http://www.jstor.org/about/terms.html. JSTOR's Terms and Conditions of Use provides,
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technologies and systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) facilitate the desired level of integration. There are cases of successful and unsuccessful implementations. The principal reason for failure is often associated with poor management of the implementation process. This paper examines key dimensions of implementation of ERP system within a large manufacturing organisation and identifies core issues to confront in successful implementation of enterprise information system. A brief overview
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