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Privacy concerns and personality traits influencing online behavior: A structural model.

Grams, Brian C. - 2005

The concept of privacy has proven difficult to analyze because of its subjective nature and susceptibility to psychological and contextual influences. This study challenges the concept of privacy as a valid construct for addressing individuals' concerns regarding online disclosure of personal...

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Who Provides Information Matters: The Role of Source Credibility on US Consumers’ Beef Brand Choices

Dentoni, Domenico; Tonsor, Glynn T.; Calantone, Roger J.; … - 2011

Labels, certifications and endorsements signaling the quality of food have an impact on the purchasing choices of multiple segments of US consumers. At the same time, not much is known about the relationships between the sources providing information through these quality signals and consumer...

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A collaboration leading to the introduction of an innovative medical device to the international market

Walsh, Ian; Clement, Marc - 2000

Development of a medical device is a multi-disciplinary activity. This is particularly the case for laser based instruments which encompass mechanical, optical, hardware and software sub-systems, together with the essential industrial design process. In this field, as in many others, small...

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The Alignment of Partnering Strategy, Governance and Management in R&D Projects: The Role of Contract Choice

MacCormack, Alan; Mishra, Anant - 2010

hypotheses that examine first, how a firm’s choice of contract—whether fixed price, time & materials, or performance … partner performance observed in a project. Our results indicate that the choice of contract is a function of a firm …

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Making connections: the importance of human relationships in innovative practice

Bruce, Fraser; Baxter, Seaton - 2008

For many years, the pharmaceutical industry has been one of the leaders in innovation through R&D and its impact has had both economic and social significance. This paper reports on an exploratory case study of one Small to Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) in the pharmaceutical domain. Here, two...

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7.89 Topics in Computational and Systems Biology, Fall 2007

Burge, Christopher - 2007

This is a seminar based on research literature. Papers covered are selected to illustrate important problems and approaches in the field of computational and systems biology, and provide students a framework from which to evaluate new developments. The MIT Initiative in Computational and Systems...

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Machine Learning methods in climate finance: a systematic review

Alonso, Andrés; Carbó, José Manuel; Marqués, José …

Evitar la materialización del cambio climático es uno de los principales retos de nuestro tiempo. En esta tarea, el sector financiero desempeña un papel fundamental, motivando a economistas académicos a desarrollar un nuevo campo de investigación, las finanzas climáticas. A la vez, el uso...

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Investigating the relationship between the business performance management framework and the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award framework.

Hossain, Muhammad Muazzem - 2009

The business performance management (BPM) framework helps an organization continuously adjust and successfully execute … causal model, (3) to validate and create a common general framework for the business performance model by integrating the … opinions. There is a paucity of academic research on business performance management. Therefore, this study reviewed the …

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Team performance: Using financial measures to evaluate the effect of support systems on team performance.

Kennedy, Frances Anne - 2002

organizational environment, team potency (the team's collective belief it will succeed) and team performance. Results indicate that … the presence of four organizational support systems influences team potency and performance. These support systems are the … mediating variable between the Design and Measurement and Communications Systems and team performance. These results suggest …

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Performance Improvement in an Accounting Firm: Comparing Operational and Financial Data Before and After Process Redesign

Chhabra, Meeta Kaur - 2000

The case study described in this thesis involves a process improvement project in the Tax Department of a Certified Public Accounting firm. A process map was created by interviewing employees involved in the process. A process analysis identified problems and possible solutions. The Partners in...

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