17 research outputs found
Text mining and the information content of Bank of Canada communications
No full textThis paper uses Latent Semantic Analysis to extract information from Bank of Canada communication statements and investigates what type of information affects returns and volatility in short-term as well as long-term interest rate markets over the 2002-2008 period. Discussions about geopolitical risk and other external shocks, major domestic shocks (SARS and BSE), the balance of risks to the economic projection, and various forward looking statements are found to significantly affect market returns and volatility, especially for short-term markets. This effect is over and above that from the information contained in any policy interest rate surprise
Text Mining and the Information Content of Bank of Canada Communications
No full textThis paper uses Latent Semantic Analysis to extract information from Bank of Canada communication statements and investigates what type of information affects returns and volatility in short-term as well as long-term interest rate markets over the 2002-2008 period. Discussions about geopolitical risk and other external shocks, major domestic shocks (SARS and BSE), the balance of risks to the economic projection, and various forward looking statements are found to significantly affect market returns and volatility, especially for short-term markets. This effect is over and above that from the information contained in any policy interest rate surprise.Financial markets; Monetary policy implementation
The Philosophy of Composition: Edgar Allan Poe, Sarcasm, and a Hoax
No full textThe Philosophy of Composition is one among many literary hoaxes that Edgar Allan Poe perpetrated throughout his life. Although it has been considered an essay of personal beliefs , the content clearly shows otherwise. The essay can obviously be considered a hoax for three reasons: First, Poe\u27s fiction writing stands in direct contrast with the theories that he proposes in the essay. Second, the ideas discussed in the essay go against Poe\u27s ideologies in the outside world, particularly those concerning the dark and devilish. Lastly, the overarching theme, The Unity of Effect, is so clearly against any the author\u27s practices that the theory itself collapses throughout the entire essay
Australian patent documents as an information source for technology assessment and forecasting
No full textThis thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
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Fair trade in food: the role of purchasing policy
No full textThis thesis examines the role of Alternative Trade Organisations (ATOs) in linking food producers in the developing world with consumers in the UK. 'Fair trade', as it has become known, involves consumers making purchases on the understanding that producers will receive benefits as a result of the trade. The inequities of the international trading system for developing countries is discussed, followed by a chapter which considers the expansion of the fair trade movement as a response to those inequities. Fair trade is facing new opportunities as it moves from a predominantly craft sales base towards more food products. The thesis explores the specific issues which ATOs must consider when trading in foods. Two chapters discuss the problems of trading with small, rural and often vulnerable producers in developing countries, and the role that ATOs can play in providing a more certain environment. The provision of appropriate information is shown to fulfil a particularly important function. It is argued that trade can be beneficial at a micro level but that ATOs must use policies which can help them 'maximise-the-best and minimise-the-worst' effects of the trade. These policies can guide them to trade relationships which are most likely to realise positive benefits to the producers. Part 2 of the thesis covers a case study with a large ATO, Traidcraft, whose strategy for the 1990s is to expand food sales. As part of this agenda the company wanted to re-write their Food Purchasing Policy and the research process to achieve this is described. All existing food products were reviewed against the new policy and the product group of dried fruit illustrates some of the issues which have to be considered by the company in the light of the findings. The thesis seeks to demonstrate how the purchasing policy can guide Traidcraft in their selection of producers. It also considers the complexity of bringing together producers and consumers in a way which is both profitable and sustainable
Estrategias de marketing digital para la internacionalización del hotel Huanchaco Paradise en el año 2019
No full textRESUMEN
En el presente estudio tiene como principal problema; determinar en qué medida las estrategias de
marketing digital permitirán la internacionalización del Hotel Huanchaco Paradise. En el año 2019 Y
está dirigida a los empresarios hoteleros así como también a empresarios que brindan servicios
enfocándose a un público extranjero. La investigación está basada en la hipótesis, que las
estrategias de marketing digital permitirán en gran medida mejorar el proceso de
internacionalización del Hotel Huanchaco Paradise en el año 2019.
La presente investigación por su finalidad es básica, por su nivel de alcance descriptivo y por su
constatación de hipótesis es no experimental de tipo transversal. Para realizar la investigación el
autor hizo uso de fuentes primarias como entrevistas a expertos en marketing digital. Así mismo
recurrió a información secundaria, como informes y estudios de marketing digital, entre otros.
Se pudo observar que el Hotel Huanchaco Paradise realiza actividades de marketing digital pero no
cuenta con estrategias definidas por esta razón se observa en el estudio la deficiencia y
desactualización en sus redes sociales y sitios web. Para dicha problemática, el autor de la presente
investigación propone estrategias de marketing digital recomendando acciones a seguir para
mejorar el proceso de internacionalización del Hotel Huanchaco Paradise.
Finalmente el presente estudio describe las estrategias de marketing digital para que de esta manera
puedan lograr la captación de nuevos clientes extranjeros, convirtiéndose en una oportunidad.ABSTRACT
In the present study's main problem; determine to what extent digital marketing strategies allow the
internationalization of Huanchaco Paradise Hotel. In 2019 and is aimed at hotel owners as well as
entrepreneurs who provide services focusing on a foreign audience. The research is based on the
assumption that digital marketing strategies allow greatly enhance the internationalization of
Huanchaco Paradise Hotel in 2019.
This research purpose is basic, descriptive level for its scope and its finding experimental hypothesis
is not transversal. To conduct the research the author made use of primary sources such as
interviews with experts in digital marketing. Likewise he resorted to secondary information, such as
reports and studies of digital marketing, among others.
It was observed that the Paradise Hotel Huanchaco makes digital marketing activities but does not
have defined strategies for this reason is seen in the study and desactualización deficiency in their
social networks and websites. For this problem, the author of this research proposes digital marketing
strategies recommending actions to be taken to improve the process of internationalization of
Huanchaco Paradise Hotel.
Finally, the present study describes the digital marketing strategies and thus achieve higher revenue
for the hotel, making it an opportunity to attract foreign customers
A secular age beyond the west: forms of differentiation in and around the religious field
No full textBased on an international research cluster of country specialists interested in the nexus between politics and religion in countries of Asia, Africa and the Middle East, we have edited, together with Shylashri Shankar, a volume that compares the place of religion and the secular in countries outside the West.1 All contributors took as their starting point Charles Taylor’s “A Secular Age” (2007), in which the author argues that the widespread availability of an option of not believing first evolved in the North Atlantic world. He examines the processes by which this option emerged, mostly by focusing his inquiry 2 on developments in philosophy and religion (specifically, Western Christianity), while social, economic, and political developments for a large part remain back stage. In the following, we summarize some of the lessons our contributors have drawn from their case studies, sometimes paralleling, often contrasting those developments Taylor found to be key in the emergence of a secular age in the West. We close with a sociological framework through which contestations around religion and state can be systematically schematized and compared.Partiendo de un estudio internacional de especialistas que se ocupan de la relación entre política y religión en los países de Asia, África y Oriente Medio, junto con Shylas¬hri Shankar los autores han editado un libro que confronta el papel de la religión y de la secularización en los países no occidentales. Todos los ensayos presentes en la obra toman como punto de partida A Secular Age de Charles Taylor, donde el autor sostiene que la difundida costumbre de no creer se ha afirmado antes que todo en el mundo norteatlántico. Él examina los procesos por medio de los cuales ha emergido esta opción, deteniéndose sobre todo en los desarrollos de la filosofía y de la religión (en particular, la cristiandad occidental), mientras que las evoluciones sociales, económicas y políticas pasan en silencio en su mayoría. Este artículo resume algunos de los resultados que los varios autores han sacado de sus case-studies, a veces similares, otras veces opuestos respecto de las elaboraciones que Taylor ha considerado necesarias para el nacimiento de una edad secular en Occidente. Los autores concluyen con un cuadro sociológico mediante el cual las controversias que atañen a la religión y al Estado pueden ser esque¬matizadas y confrontadas de manera sistemática
CH 650 John W. Fletcher: His Life and Theology
No full textStreiff, Patrick, Reluctant Saint? A Theological Biography of Fletcher of Madeley. Epworth Press, Peterborough 2001. (350 pages with notes; without index of sources) From the Works of John Fletcher (to be found in the printed editions of his works; pages according to the edition in 9 volumes of 1806-08): - A Vindication of the Rev. Mr. Wesley’s Last minutes: In five letters to the Hon and Rev. Author of the circular letter. By a Lover of quietness and liberty of conscience. (later called: First Check to Antinomianism) (1771) (95 pages) - The fictitious and the genuine creed; being ‘A creed for Arminians’ composed by Richard Hill, Esq; to which is opposed A creed for those who believe that Christ tasted Death for every man. (1775) (45 pages) - The Last Check to Antinomianism. A polemical essay on the twin doctrines of Christian Imperfection and a Death Purgatory. (1775) (305 pages) - The Doctrines of Grace and Justice. Equally essential to the pure Gospel. (1777) (39 pages) - The Reconciliation: or, An easy method to unite the professing people of God … (containing: Bible Arminianism and Bible Calvinism, a twofold essay.) (1777) (130 pages) From previously unpublished works: - The Asbury Theological Journal, Spring 1998, Vol. 53, No. 1 (90 pages)https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2248/thumbnail.jp
Prerogative legislation as the paradigm of bad law-making: The Chagos Islands
No full textThrough a detailed examination of the British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 and its impact on the Chagos Islands (a small archipelago of coral atolls in the Indian Ocean and a British Overseas Territory) this dissertation describes the characteristics of bad law - law that is low quality, inaccessible and ultra vires. The author identifies the anti-democratic dimensions of the law-making involved, highlighting the ways in which the 2004 Order is legislation without a legislature; was not voted upon or assented to by the British Parliament; was not the subject of a referendum among the Chagossians and was not voted upon by any representatives of the Chagossians
Products of their Past? Cleavages and Intra-Party Dissent Over European Integration. IHS Political Science Series Paper No. 118. February 2009
No full textWhat explains contemporary intra-party dissent on EU issues? This article develops a cleavage theory model of internal party dissent over European integration. Drawing on Lipset and Rokkan’s classic model of political cleavages and on its applications to party positioning on European integration, I argue that if one seeks to understand when, where, and to what extent internal divisions manifest themselves, one must look to the particular historical vulnerabilities of political parties. Using expert survey data, I demonstrate that the ease with which political parties are able to assimilate the issue of European integration is influenced by the legacy of past political tensions and the extent to which the economic and political aspects of the EU reactivate pre-existing cleavages
