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Conference Proceedings 1999
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)The Cognitive Style Index and a demographic survey were administered to 524 practising lawyers in Nova Scotia. Results indicate that lawyers, as a group, have a more analytical than intuitive cognitive style. Differences ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)This study empirically examines the value of interim earnings in predicting annual earnings. I find that analysts’ annual earnings forecast revisions are positively associated with interim earnings forecast error when the ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)Activity-Based Costing has been around for over a decade and is used extensively in the for-profit sector. Universities, however, are slow to adopt this innovative costing and management technique in spite of abundant ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)This paper examines the role of academics in the formation of students' perceptions of accounting and the ability to modify those perceptions. The study made use of a single class career-based lecture and a questionnaire ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)The paper examines stability of rankings of National Technology Systems (NTS). It is shown, based on statistical analyses of data from 1993 through 1997, that rankings of NTS have remained stable over the investigated ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)The paper examines stability of Indexes of systems, which are used, at a country level, in order to develop technology. It is shown, based on statistical analyses of data from 1993 through 1997, that the set of variables, ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)Over the last decade many business have begun to recognise the competitive advantages that can be found from developing co-operative partnerships with suppliers. The automotive industry has been in the forefront in developing ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)Disclosures, such as financial statements and annual reports, provide relevant and reliable information for decision-making and general interest. This study evaluates the disclosures by universities to the public using ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)Multiple regression analysis of 402 unionized, public utility employees is used to examine the effects of a final-earnings pension plan and other human resource management programs on the willingness to engage in quit ...
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Negotiation in electronic commerce: integrating negotiation support and software agent technologies (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)Software agent and decision support are rapidly developing information technologies due to their potential in supporting and conducting electronic transactions and other business activities. Negotiation via the Web is ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)This paper presents a model describing the relationship between information technology (IT) use and empowerment. It draws from a cognitive theory of empowerment and suggests that the relationship between IT use and empowerment ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)In this paper, three social entrepreneurs are profiled. We examine some attributes that are shared by social and traditional entrepreneurs including their innovative behavior. As well, we discuss how social entrepreneurs ...
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Hospital management accounting and control systems: a cross-sectional survey of Canadian hospitals (Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)This paper reports the results of a cross-sectional research study of management accounting and control systems in 82 hospitals across Canada. The research aimed to investigate the relationship of budgeting systems and a ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)This paper studies the value of information in an inventory-production system consisting of a warehouse and a workshop. The focal point is the use of information about the production status of the workshop in inventory ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)Entrepreneurship education has grown rapidly over the past few decades. As the field grows and expands, the challenge for business schools is to manage effectively the implementation and development of these programs. The ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)In this paper, a fuzzy multiple attribute decision making model to solve the mutually exclusive project selection problem with qualitative and quantitative attributes in benefit-cost analysis is proposed. The quantitative ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)Stochastic programs are difficult objects to work with. This paper describes various views and representations that may make it easier for the modeller to interact with a model, by way of formulating, archiving and visualizing ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)This study compares the relationship marketing perspective with the service quality perspective in explaining the roles of trust and quality on loyalty. Both perspectives have some support in the study’s data. It is argued ...
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(Atlantic Schools of Business, 1999)L’objectif de cette étude est d’analyser le problème de la capitalisation chez les caisses populaires. L’insuffisance du capital a été reliée à plusieurs variables mesurant la taille de la caisse, les effets de clientèle, ...