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Understanding consumer buyer behaviour in the EFL market
Al‐Fattal, Anas; Ayoubi, Rami M. - In: Education, Business and Society: Contemporary Middle … 5 (2012) 4, pp. 237-253
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the consumer behaviour when choosing an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) course in the Syrian market. Based on the student choice model, the study aims at exploring motivations, behaviour, decision‐taking factors and evaluation of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014714822
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An evaluation of conflation accuracy using finite‐state transducers
Galvez, Carmen; de Moya‐Anegón, Félix - In: Journal of Documentation 62 (2006) 3, pp. 328-349
Purpose – To evaluate the accuracy of conflation methods based on finite‐state transducers (FSTs). Design/methodology/approach – Incorrectly lemmatized and stemmed forms may lead to the retrieval of inappropriate documents. Experimental studies to date have focused on retrieval...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853196
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A dictionary‐based approach to normalizing gene names in one domain of knowledge from the biomedical literature
Galvez, Carmen; de Moya‐Anegón, Félix - In: Journal of Documentation 68 (2012) 1, pp. 5-30
Purpose – Gene term variation is a shortcoming in text‐mining applications based on biomedical literature‐based knowledge discovery. The purpose of this paper is to propose a technique for normalizing gene names in biomedical literature. Design/methodology/approach – Under this proposal,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014853523
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Fuzzy logic and performance evaluation: discussion and application
Beheshti, Hooshang M.; Lollar, James G. - In: International Journal of Productivity and Performance … 57 (2008) 3, pp. 237-246
Purpose – This paper seeks to describe the development of the fuzzy logic model approach to decision making and its value for managers by illustrating its application to employee performance appraisals. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive literature review provided the framework for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014796585
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An empirical investigation to IT corporation using collocational networks method
Li, Yuanqin - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 106 (2006) 3, pp. 423-436
Purpose – To study how the collocational networks method could be used to analyze textual contents in listed companies' annual reports written in Chinese, in an attempt to identify hidden facts that are not released in a listed company's financial statements. Design/methodology/approach –...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014823951
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Structural, linguistic and rhetorical features of the entrepreneurial pitch
Daly, Peter; Davy, Dennis - In: Journal of Management Development 35 (2016) 1, pp. 120-132
Purpose – As mastering the two-minute entrepreneurial pitch is a key skill required of entrepreneurs and all those who have to sell an idea in a business context, the purpose of this paper is to analyse successful entrepreneurial pitches in order to provide practical pitch-related advice to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014884028
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Perspectives on the recruitment and retention of culturally and linguistically diverse police
McMurray, Adela J.; Karim, Azharul; Fisher, Greg - In: Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal 17 (2010) 2, pp. 193-210
Purpose – The aims of this paper are: to investigate the perceptions held by police (insiders) and community member (outsiders) of the recruitment and retention of culturally and linguistically diverse employees of Victoria Police; and, to develop a model that can assist in future recruitment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014692651
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An inter‐linguistic and inter‐cultural analysis of global corporate web sites
Lee, Miranda Y.P.; So, Daniel W.C.; Wong, Lornita Y.F. - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 11 (2006) 3, pp. 275-287
findings from this research serve as a basis for future investigation for effective bilingual corporate communication from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014691645
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Corporations' ideologies: a new subfield of study of corporate communication
Fox, Renata - In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal 11 (2006) 4, pp. 353-370
' ideologies as a subfield of study of corporate communication. By a corporation's ideology is meant a system of ideas, beliefs …, meanings, and concepts prioritised and institutionalised by a corporation in its internal and external communication. Design …' ideologies creates multiple avenues of enquiry related to corporate communication, corporations, and society. Practical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014691649
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Modelling the information behaviour of children and young people
Shenton, Andrew K.; Hay‐Gibson, Naomi V. - In: Aslib Proceedings 63 (2011) 5, pp. 499-516
existing model associated with linguistics.  …
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