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Shahbaz, Muhamm; Aamir, Naveed - 2008

that this is qualitative and subjective phenomena are not easily captured by measurement. In the present endeavour, the …

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Ist das Bruttoinlandsprodukt als Wohlstandsindikator noch zeitgemäß? Eine kritische Analyse alternativer Ansätze

Schwarz, Markus - 2011

Diese Bachelorarbeit führt in den Themenkomplex Wohlstand und dessen Messung ein. Es wird gezeigt, wer oder was … auszeichnen. Es folgt eine Überleitung zu Grundprinzipen der Messung des Wohlstands. Anschließend wird im Hauptteil der Arbeit das …, the different dimensions of wealth are explained. This is followed by basic principles which introduce the measurement of …

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Internationalit?t der Unternehmung - Aktueller Forschungsstand, Analyse und Konzeptualisierung

Fischer, Laura Denise - 2006

The research field of (measurement) concepts depicting the degree of multinationality of a firm is vast and complex … multinationality is, however, a precondition for the validity of measurement concepts. Hence, the development of a well … framework as well as recommendations for the construction of measurement concepts of firm multinationality are identified and …

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Forecasting Field Defect Rates Using a Combined Time-based and Metrics-based Approach: a Case Study of OpenBSD

Luo Li, Paul; Herbsleb, James; Shaw, Mary - 2005

Open source software systems are critical infrastructure for many applications; however, little has been precisely measured about their quality. Forecasting the field defect-occurrence rate over the entire lifespan of a release before deployment for open source software systems may enable...

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A retrospective view of the South African excellence model

Williams, June C. - 2008

, however, performance measurement systems ofworld-class organisations are tailored to drive manufacturing and service …

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Development and Application of an Analytical Framework for the Measurement of Customer Service Quality in the Banking Industry of Cyprus

Rossides, Yiannos - 2011

banking industry, and consequently establish a reliable and valid service quality measurement instrument for Cypriot banks … result of this analysis, a modified version of the perceptions’ side of SERVQUAL was constructed as a measurement scale of … consistency measurement. This analysis helped to prove the validity and reliability of the modified instrument used to measure …

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Optimality, Sub-optimality, Nirvana, and Transaction Costs Foraging on the Commons

Feeny, David - 1995

choice of viewpoint from which to assess outcomes, time horizon, choice of normative system, measurement properties of the …

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Designing Incentives for Inexpert Human Raters

Chen, Daniel L.; Horton, John J.; Shaw, Aaron D. - 2011

The emergence of online labor markets makes it far easier to use individual human raters to evaluate materials for data collection and analysis in the social sciences. In this paper, we report the results of an experiment - conducted in an online labor market - that measured the effectiveness of...

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Ability Estimation Under Different Item Parameterization and Scoring Models

Si, Ching-Fung B. - 2002

A Monte Carlo simulation study investigated the effect of scoring format, item parameterization, threshold configuration, and prior ability distribution on the accuracy of ability estimation given various IRT models. Item response data on 30 items from 1,000 examinees was simulated using known...

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The implications of a switch to locally varying business rates

Denny, Kevin; Ridge, Michael - 1992

It has been nearly 2 years since the UK government reformed the system of local business rates to introduce a uniform business rate (UBR), but the debate continues over the merits of the new system. The change across regions in the revenues raised by the uniform system of business rates...

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