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Title: A Post-Processing Approach for Solar Power Combined Forecasts of Ramp Events
Author: Abuella, Mohamed
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: The growing integration level of wind and solar energy resources introduces new regulating and operating challenges in the electric grid. Ramp-rate limits of conventional power plants in the generation mix impose an operating constraint on renewab...

Title: DIGITAL PIRACY: AN ASSESSMENT OF CONSUMER PIRACY RISK AND OPTIMAL SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION STRATEGIES
Author: Jeong, Bong
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Operations research, Information technology
Description: Digital piracy and the emergence of new distribution channels have changed the dynamics of supply chain coordination and created many interesting problems. There has been increased attention to understanding the phenomenon of consumer piracy behav...

Title: Exchange Rates, Carry Trade Returns and Political Risks
Author: Kesse, Kwabena
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Industrial management
Description: This dissertation elucidates the channels through which sovereign risk, exchange rates and currency risk premia are related. I show that the channels are different depending on whether a country is classified as emerging or an advanced economy. Ge...

Title: Maximizing the performance and job-related behaviors of contract and permanent IT workers
Author: Pai, Tanusree
Date Created: 2010
Subjects--Topical: Management, Information technology, Animal behavior
Description: As the use of contracting for Information Technology (IT) services steadily increases, IT managers are challenged with reconciling the need for flexibility achieved through the use of contract workers, with the need to understand the factors that ...

Title: Modeling the Effects of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems on Driver Behavior
Author: Gouribhatla, Raghuveer
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Transportation
Description: About 38,000 fatalities are reported every year in the United States and traffic crashes (referred to as crashes) are the leading cause of deaths among people up to 54 years. Additionally, economic loss due to crashes is estimated equal to $380 mi...

Title: On the Determinants of Leveraged Buyout activity: A comparison between developed and developing economies
Author: Reddy, Nischala
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Finance
Description: I study Leveraged buyouts (LBOs) internationally over the period 1980-2012. Returns on LBOs are on average higher for developed markets. However, returns of LBOs during high economic growth periods are high for developing nations relative to devel...

Title: Project Management in Higher Education
Author: Alpert, Shannon
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Educational leadership
Description: This study identified factors that influenced the use of project management in higher education research projects. Using a qualitative grounded theory approach that included in-depth interviews with assistant professors, the researcher examined ho...

Title: Project Termination Quality and its Influence on Organizational Learning and Project Management Success
Author: Cardella, Craig
Date Created: 2022
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: Project Management activities have become an integral part of almost every organization. Most of the effort on a project tends to occur in the middle of a project with a substantial focus on the planning and execution phases, but with limited emph...

Title: THE DIFFUSION AND IMPACT OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION IN SUPPLY CHAINS: A MULTI-METHOD APPROACH
Author: Wu, Xiaoran
Date Created: 2012
Subjects--Topical: Information technology, Business
Description: As a promising and emerging technology for supply chain management, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a new alternative to existing tracking technologies and also allows a range of internal control and supply chain coordination. RFID has ge...

Title: TRUST IN CONSUMER ADOPTION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-DRIVEN VIRTUAL FINANCE ASSISTANTS: A TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE MODEL PERSPECTIVE
Author: Nashold, Blaine
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Finance, Information technology, Banks and banking
Description: While numerous studies have investigated technology acceptance through the classical technology acceptance model (TAM), little empirical research has touched on the emerging technology trend of financial technology or "fintech". More specifically,...

Title: The Proposal's Forgotten Effect on Project Risk and Performance
Author: Haynes, Lawrence
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: Industrial management
Description: The Request for Proposal (RFP) process is used extensively for the procurement of products and services internationally by government and industry. The United States Government (USG) is the largest customer in the world, and yet, this important pr...