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RFID security threats to consumers: Hype vs. reality

Rao, S.; Thanthry, N.; Pendse, Ravindra - 2007

Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags are being adopted rapidly by retail giants such as Wal-Mart In the near future these tags will be used for item level tracking of consumer products such as milk cartons, television sets, and clothing. While this technology brings many benefits to...

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Measuring the Global Research Environment: Information Science Challenges for the 21st Century

Anderson, Caryn; Bammer, Gabriele - 2005

â What does the global research environment look like?â This paper presents a summary look at the results of efforts toaddress this question using available indicators on global research production. It was surprising how little information is available, how difficult some of it is to access...

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A Decision-Theoretic Approach to Data Mining

Elovici, Yuval; Braha, Dan - 2003

In this paper, we develop a decision-theoretic frameworkfor evaluating data mining systems, which employ classification methods, in terms of their utility in decision-making. The decision-theoretic model provides an economic perspective on the value of â extracted knowledge,â in terms of its...

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Financial Literacy and Women: Overcoming the Barriers

Donohue, Melissa A - 2011

Women are facing increasing financial responsibility, while at the same time, the consumer financial world is evolving at an extraordinary pace. These trends make a imperative that we better understand the evolving nature of gender-based inequities across our current socio-economic systems and...

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Exploring the marketing - entrepreneurship interface: bringing an understanding of small business marketing into the curriculum

Day, John; Reynolds, Paul Lewis - 2011

The success of small firms worldwide is determined by entrepreneurship and marketing (Hills, 1995). 95% of firms worldwide are small (less than 250 employees) – and often smaller than that. Marketing and entrepreneurship are not the same but they are interconnected. Consider Apple, the fabled...

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The shaping of student knowledge: learning with dynamic geometry software

Jones, Keith - 2005

suggest that curriculum initiatives that encourage the use of dynamic geometry software are appropriate but that the …

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Interrogating the crisis in higher education marketing: the CORD model

Maringe, Felix - 2005

curriculum focused marketing model which should help refocus HE marketing, domesticate it appropriately and reduce the internal … of the world. It concludes by offering a curriculum focused marketing model (CORD) which could serve the basis for future … curriculum centred marketing model. Originality/value - The CORD model represents an attempt at addressing the crisis that HE …

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I'm gonna live forever: realities of long-term post investment performance for venture-backed enterprises

Reid, J.G.C.; Smith, J.A. - 2006

This paper constructs a model of long-run performance for SMEs that have received venture capital backing. The model explains performance by financial structure. FAME data are used for estimating performance equations over the period 1989 to 2004 for UK businesses in their post-investment...

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Exploring design and innovation: further developments in the innovation curriculum

Tabor, Emma; Chappell, Alison - 2001

The Exploring Design and Innovation booklet was developed as a curriculum resource to disseminate information about … innovation. Part of the research will also be looking at ways of extending the curriculum developments in the teaching of …

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Taking on Australian industrial design education: Current practices and future directions

Trathen, S; Varadarajan, S - 2009

There is much international discussion regarding the role of industrial design in a rapidly changing world. Immediate employment needs can lead to a focus on design skills and knowledge needed today. However, we also need to predict the needs of tomorrow, and recognize that industrial design...

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