18 research outputs found
Car Accident Lawyer Chicago
No full text<p>At Drake & Collopy, P.C., we have devoted our careers to zealously advocating for the rights of those who have been injured due to the negligence of others. We understand the enormous impact an accident and injury can have on one’s life, and we are passionate about seeking justice on behalf of our clients. </p>
Portfolio Planning Methods: Faulty Approach or Faulty Research? A Rejoinder to 'Making Better Decisions' by Wensley
No full textWensley (1994) makes three key points. First, it is worthwhile to conduct empirical studies of the value of management techniques. Second, managers probably misuse portfolio methods. Third, the Armstrong and Brodie study is flawed. We agree with all three points.marketing, portfolio planning methods
The Authorpreneur
No full textabstract: The objective of this paper is to give information that can assist Independent (indie) authors at every stage of the book process: development, promotion and distribution of their books. The book market is changing, and it's changing today. As the market evolves it is essential for authors to evolve as well. Due to the market's evolution, authors must question every stage of the book process, from beginning to end. It is due to these significant changes that my paper will be formatted more as a guide for newer indie authors or authors who are having trouble keeping up with the new market. The guide will assist indie authors at every stage of the book process and will also make clear where the new market stands. In order to create a more credible guide, I collected large amounts of primary data and entered the market myself in order to truly understand the new market from an indie author's position. I found this approach essential due to the near absence of credible secondary data and because of the plethora of nuances at every stage of the book process. For primary data, I created and distributed an in-depth survey with the purpose of revealing book blogger preferences, online habits, and preferred methods of contact. The reason for my focus on book bloggers is because of the greatly increased importance of book reviews. I also believe that book blogger preferences are a good indicator of what the typical reader enjoys, giving me further insight into market preferences as a whole. I became an indie author in order to better understand the market so that I could ask the right questions and be better able to give practical suggestions. I wanted to create a guide that real indie authors could use, so it seemed natural that I should become a real indie author. This guide is structured in the way indie authors would create their book
Which Kind of Science Is Construction Management?
No full textIt is argued that the mainstream views on the nature of construction management are insufficient, and as one consequence of this, the relevance of construction management has been questioned. As a solution to this situation, construction management is suggested to be repositioned as a design science, rather than as an explanatory science. A historical consideration reveals that design science equals to one of the sciences proposed by Aristotle, however, the suggestion of Aristotle has been forgotten. Thus, there has been a long-standing neglect of the design science, which explains the present fragmentation of this field. It is argued that this redefinition of construction management will solve several problems plaguing this discipline, including the problem of relevance
Editorial
No full textThis October 2014 issue of the International Journal of Music Business Research opens with the award-winning paper from the 4th Vienna Music Business Research Days 2013. In this Francisco Bernardo & Luís Gustavo Martins of the Catholic University of Portugal in Porto pose the crucial question of whether, in the digital age, disintermediation is re-shaping the music industry and fostering independent approaches to the market. Aspects of Bernardo & Martins' article are echoed in the subsequent paper by O'Hare entitled, "Creativity, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Music Business Education". The author argues these days a music business education is essential to achieve success in the music business. The third article in this volume is a contribution by Beatrice Jetto of the University of Technology and Notre Dame University in Sydney, Australia. In this she focuses on the relationship between music blogs and the music industry by analysing 18 semi-structured interviews with bloggers specialising in music
A generic tool for cost estimating in aircraft design
No full textA methodology to estimate the cost implications
of design decisions by integrating cost as a design
parameter at an early design stage is presented. The model
is developed on a hierarchical basis, the manufacturing cost
of aircraft fuselage panels being analysed in this paper. The manufacturing cost modelling is original and relies on a
genetic-causal method where the drivers of each element of
cost are identified relative to the process capability. The
cost model is then extended to life cycle costing by computing the Direct Operating Cost as a function of
acquisition cost and fuel burn, and coupled with a semiempirical numerical analysis using Engineering Sciences
Data Unit reference data to model the structural integrity of the fuselage shell with regard to material failure and various modes of buckling. The main finding of the paper is
that the traditional minimum weight condition is a dated
and sub-optimal approach to airframe structural design
Modelo de previsão da demanda para as indústrias atuantes no setor de infra-estrutura brasileiro dos segmentos de energia elétrica e telecomunicações
No full textDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenhara de Produção.Proposição de um modelo de processo de previsão da demanda - combinando métodos quantitativos e qualitativos - para as indústrias atuantes no setor de infra-estrutura brasileiro dos segmentos de Energia Elétrica e Telecomunicações, baseando-se em recentes pesquisas e bibliografia sobre o tema e no estudo de caso do processo de previsão em empresas destes segmentos. O modelo consiste em um processo que combina métodos quantitativos e qualitativos de julgamento, ressaltando a necessidade de se utilizar os primeiros sempre que as séries temporais permitirem - preferencialmente os mais simples - e sistematizando o emprego das técnicas qualitativas de modo a minimizar a introdução de viés por julgamento
Discovery and Communication of Important Marketing Findings: Evidence and Proposals
No full textMy review of empirical research on scientific publication led to the following conclusions. Three criteria are useful for identifying whether findings are important: replication, validity, and usefulness. A fourth criterion, surprise, applies in some situations. Based on these criteria, important findings resulting from academic research in marketing seem to be rare. To a large extent, this rarity is due to a reward system that is built around subjective peer review. Rather than using peer review as a secret screening process, using an open process likely will improve papers and inform readers. Researchers, journals, business schools, funding agencies, and professional organizations can all contribute to improving the process. For example, researchers should do directed research on papers that contribute to principles. Journals should invite papers that contribute to principles. Business school administrators should reward researchers who make important findings. Funding agencies should base decisions on researchers' prior success in making important findings, and professional organizations should maintain web sites that describe what is known about principles and what research is needed on principles.marketing, marketing findings
Papua New Guinea Primary School Technology Teachers: The Impacts of Support Materials on Their Perceptions and Practices
No full textThis thesis explores the perceptions of technology and technology education held by
six primary school teachers in Papua New Guinea, and their views of the materials
developed to use as a support for teaching technology and the impacts on their
perceptions and their teaching practices of technology. Based on the interpretivist
paradigm, a case study approach and qualitative data collection methods were used to
explore the teachers' views of technology and technology education and how the support materials influenced these perceptions and practices. One to one, semistructured
interviews with the teachers, and an analysis of their planning documents were used to collect data.
As part of the curriculum reforms, technology education was introduced as a new
subject into primary education in PNG in 1994. However, no formal professional
development was provided for helping the primary teachers implement technology
education. Instead, curriculum materials were developed and distributed to teachers in
2005 as a support for their technology teaching.
This thesis supports the idea that teachers need support to help them learn. It is also
argues that teachers' beliefs about subject areas, teaching, their students, and
curriculum materials influence how they interact with these support materials. The
findings show that the support materials were very useful in enhancing the teachers'
knowledge of technology and effective teaching of technology.
There were changes to teachers' perceptions of technology and technological
practices when they began to use the support materials. Changes included the views of
technology as more than modern artefacts to include traditional technology, that
technology was more than just practical. It also has a knowledge base. However, not
all aspects of technology as advocated in the support materials have been taken up by
these teachers. Problem-solving and design aspects have received marginal attention.
Other factors were at play including subject subcultures, subject backgrounds, past
hands-on experiences and ownership of personal technological artefacts. To be even
more effective technology teachers, it is advocated that teacher professional
development is required for Papua New Guinean primary teachers to implement the
technology successfully
