Auditing Symposium VIII: Proceedings of the 1986 Touche Ross/University of Kansas Symposium on Auditing Problems

Discussant\u27s response to On the economics of product differentiation in auditing / Howard R. Osharow; Unresolved issues in classical audit sample evaluations / Donald R. Nichols, Rajendra P. Srivastava, Bart H. Ward; Discussant\u27s response to Unresolved issues in classical audit sample evaluations / Abraham D. Akresh; Under the spreading chestnut tree, accountants\u27 legal liability -- A historical perspective / Paul J. Ostling; Impact of technological events and trends on audit evidence in the year 2000: Phase I / Gary L. Holstrum, Theodore J. Mock, Robert N. West; Discussant\u27s Response to Impact of technological events and trends on audit evidence in the year 2000: Phase I; Is the second standard of fieldwork necessary / Thomas P. Bintinger; Discussant\u27s response to Is the second standard of fieldwork necessary / Andrew D. Bailey; Interim report on the development of an expert system for the auditor\u27s loan loss evaluation / Kirk P. Kelly, Gary S. Ribar, John J. Willingham; Discussant\u27s response to Interim report on the development of an expert system for the auditor\u27s loan loss evaluation / William F. Messier; Work of the Special Investigations Committee / R. K. (Robert Kuhn) Mautz (1915-2002); Discussant\u27s response to Under the spreading chestnut tree, accountants\u27 legal liability -- A historical perspective / Thomas A. Gavin; Assertion based approach to auditing / Donald A. Leslie; Discussant\u27s response to An assertion-based approach to auditing / William L. Felixhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/dl_proceedings/1007/thumbnail.jp

The dominant logic: A new linkage between diversity and performance

Current research offers alternative explanations to the ‘linkage’ between the pattern of diversification and performance. At least four streams of research can be identified. None of these can be considered to be a reliable, predictive theory of successful diversification. They are, at best, partial explanations. The purpose of this paper is to propose an additional ‘linkage’, conceptual at this stage, that might help our understanding of the crucial connection between diversity and performance. The conceptual argument is intended as a ‘supplement’ to the current lines of research, rather than as an alternative explanation.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106722/1/4250070602_ftp.pd

Horizons of Neuromarketing in Consumer Behavior

In the current study, the data of last researches in the field of neuroscience and memory evolution have been presented, keeping in view the fundamental developments of neuromarketing learning and cognitive behavior. Understanding the essential mechanisms behind customer shopping behaviors and the approach that marketing affects such actions are the essential concerns that need more research. The progression is primarily compelled by the belief that the utilization of neuroscientific approaches will add supplementary evidence to existing concepts and theories. Providentially, marketing investigation can significantly benefit from methodological progress in the field of neurosciences. The contributions of this study to the literature are to investigate the multiple and conflicting criteria of neuromarketing technology evaluation. Significant avenues of the research are what usually meant by neuromarketing, which is the concept that can be employed to understand brain neural functions and physiological measurements to advance the forecast of future marketing success and further what is gained by the non-physiological measurements

Nonintrusive mapping of subsurface features for site-specific agriculture : Cumberland Plateau and Loess Uplands physiographic regions of Tennessee

Evaluation studies were conducted to determine if ground-penetrating radar (GPR) could be used to noninvasively map subsurface phenomena that affect the variability of crop yields in two physiographic regions of Tennessee. GPR technology offers great potential to agricultural researchers for noninvasive mapping of the various subsurface features found within these geological regions. Calibration data were collected at three survey locales containing soils similar to those found in the main research areas. GPR survey methodologies within each region were developed, and optimal system settings were obtained. Primary subsurface features of interest to the study were also mapped and methodologies of interpreting the features from GPR imagery were evaluated using a blind test . Results of the blind test indicated a relatively high degree of accuracy and repeatability. Geographic information systems (GIS) were used as a tool to geographically join the GPR data to crop yield values from four primary research plots. Statistical analyses were then performed to determine the correlation between the two types of data. Correlation coefficients indicated that interpretations from GPR imagery were capable of describing a great deal of the spatial variability observed in the crop yield trends. Furthermore, results from the Least Squares Means analysis revealed a yield potential pattern of the soils that each GPR interpretation represented. Recommendations were made concerning survey procedures, equipment, and interpretation methodologies. Difficulties encountered are also discussed along with suggested solutions. Finally, the direction of future research in the area of GPR in site specific farming (SSF) is discussed, and recommendations for this research are presented

Mapping, Modeling, and the Fragmentation of Environmental Law.

In the past forty years, environmental researchers have achieved major advances in electronic mapping and spatially explicit, computer-based simulation modeling. Those advances have turned quantitative spatial analysis — that is, quantitative analysis of data coded to specific geographic locations — into one of the primary modes of environmental research. Researchers now routinely use spatial analysis to explore environmental trends, diagnose problems, discover causal relationships, predict possible futures, and test policy options. At a more fundamental level, these technologies and an associated field of theory are transforming how researchers conceptualize environmental systems. Advances in spatial analysis have had modest impacts upon the practice of environmental law, little impact on environmental law’s structure or theory, and minimal impact on environmental law research. However, the potential legal implications of these advances are profound. By focusing on several of environmental law’s traditional core debates, and by using urban development as a central example, this Article explores those implications. It shows that spatial analysis can change the problems environmental law addresses, the regulatory instruments environmental law uses, the entities law empowers to address those problems, and the methodologies of environmental law research

An overview of decision table literature 1982-1995.

This report gives an overview of the literature on decision tables over the past 15 years. As much as possible, for each reference, an author supplied abstract, a number of keywords and a classification are provided. In some cases own comments are added. The purpose of these comments is to show where, how and why decision tables are used. The literature is classified according to application area, theoretical versus practical character, year of publication, country or origin (not necessarily country of publication) and the language of the document. After a description of the scope of the interview, classification results and the classification by topic are presented. The main body of the paper is the ordered list of publications with abstract, classification and comments.

NASA/American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Summer Faculty Fellowship Program 1992

Since 1964, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has supported a program of summer faculty fellowships for engineering and science educators. In a series of collaborations between NASA research and development centers and nearby universities, engineering faculty members spend 10 weeks working with professional peers on research. The Summer Faculty Program Committee of the American Society for Engineering Education supervises the programs. Objectives of the program are (1) to further the professional knowledge of qualified engineering and science faculty members; (2) to stimulate and exchange ideas between participants and NASA; (3) to enrich and refresh the research and teaching activities of participants' institutions; and (4) to contribute to the research objectives of the NASA center