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Impersonal efficiency and the dangers of a fully automated securities exchange
This report identifies impersonal efficiency as a driver of market automation during the past four decades, and speculates about the future problems it might pose. The ideology of impersonal efficiency is rooted in a mistrust of financial intermediaries such as floor brokers and specialists. Impersonal efficiency has guided the development of market automation towards transparency and impersonality, at the expense of human trading floors. The result has been an erosion of the informal norms and human judgment that characterize less anonymous markets. We call impersonal efficiency an ideology because we do not think that impersonal markets are always superior to markets built on social ties. This report traces the historical origins of this ideology, considers the problems it has already created in the recent Flash Crash of 2010, and asks what potential risks it might pose in the future
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Disclosure measurement in the empirical accounting literature: A review article
This is the first study to provide an extensive and critical review of different
techniques used in the empirical accounting literature to measure disclosure. The
purpose is to help future researchers to identify exemplars and to select suitable
techniques or to develop their own techniques. It also provides in depth discussion of current measurement issues related to disclosure and identifies gaps in the current literature which future research may aim to cover
Analyzing of MOS and Codec Selection for Voice over IP Technology
In this research, we propose an architectural solution to implement the voice
over IP (VoIP) service in campus environment network. Voice over IP (VoIP)
technology has become a discussion issue for this time being. Today, the
deployment of this technology on an organization truly can give a great
financial benefit over traditional telephony. Therefore, this study is to
analyze the VoIP Codec selection and investigate the Mean Opinion Score (MOS)
performance areas evolved with the quality of service delivered by soft phone
and IP phone. This study focuses on quality of voice prediction such as i)
accuracy of MOS between automated system and human perception and ii) different
types of codec performance measurement via human perception using MOS
technique. In this study, network management system (NMS) is used to monitor
and capture the performance of VoIP in campus environment. In addition, the
most apparent of implementing soft phone and IP phone in campus environment is
to define the best codec selection that can be used in operational environment.
Based on the finding result, the MOS measurement through automated and manual
system is able to predict and evaluate VoIP performance. In addition, based on
manual MOS measurement, VoIP conversations over LAN contribute more reliability
and availability performance compare to WAN.Comment: 14 pages, exposed on 5th International Conference "Actualities and
Perspectives on Hardware and Software" - APHS2009, Timisoara, Romani
Management Accountant's Role and Functions in the Enterprise Resource Planning Environment - Author's Own Research into Enterprises in Poland
This article seeks to answer whether the implementation of an ERP system has an effect on the management accountant's tasks and functions, especially in the field of performance measurement and internal reporting. The ERP impacts on the controller's role in the organization will be evaluated using field studies on six enterprises owned by multinational corporations. The question that should be asked here is whether controller's functions and tasks will also be unaffected.Celem badania jest próba odpowiedzi na pytanie czy zastosowanie zintegrowanego systemu informatycznego w przedsiębiorstwie zmienia zadania i funkcje specjalisty do spraw rachunkowości zarządczej. Na podstawie studium przypadku sześciu przedsiębiorstw będących częścią koncernów międzynarodowych zostaje dokonana ocena wpływu zastosowania ERP na rolę kontrolera w organizacji. Autor odpowiada również na pytanie czy w funkcjach i zadaniach kontrolera nie zaobserwowane zostaną zmiany w związku z implementacją ERP
Catalog of Approaches to Impact Measurement: Assessing Social Impact in Private Ventures
To inform action impact investors could take to measure impact in a coordinated manner, The Rockefeller Foundation commissioned the study of impact assessment approaches presented here.It is natural to hope to find a single, turnkey solution that can address all measurement needs. In this study we conducted a survey of impact investors and complemented it with seven years of experience in the field of impact investing to discover what these investors want from impact measurement, and conducted in-depth interviews with over twenty entities that have developed and implemented approaches to measuring impact. Our survey of existing approaches was thorough but surely is not comprehensive; however the approaches are a good representation of the current state of play. What we found is that there is not one single measurement answer. Instead the answer depends on what solution is most appropriate for a particular investor's "impact profile" defined as the investor's level of risk tolerance and desired financial return, the particular sector in which the investor operates, geography, and credibility level of information about impact that the investor requires
Technology and Service Quality in the Banking Industry: An Empirical Study of Various Factors in Electronic Banking Services
Technology-based self service has greatly changed the way that service Firms and consumers
interact and are raising a host of research and practice issues relating to the delivery of e-service which has
become increasingly important not only in determining the success or failure of electronic commerce but also
in providing consumers with a superior experience with respect to the interactive flow of information. The
purpose of this research study was to establish the relationship between technology and service quality in the
banking industry in Nigeria. The research was carried out through a cross sectional smvey design which
questioned respondents one e-banking services. The population of study mainly constituted of customers of
Oceanic bank within Lagos metropolis and its environs. The respondents of the study were customers of banks
using e-banking services (internet banking, mobile banking and AIM). The sample in this study consisted of
120 respondents who are users of thee-banking services. The data collected was analyzed by use of frequency,
percentage, means and correlation analysis. The findings revealed that secure services as the most important
dimension, followed by convenient location of AIM, efficiency (not need to wait, ability to set up accounts
so that the customer can perform transactions immediately, accurately of records, user friendly, ease of user,
complaint satisfaction, accurate transactions and operation in 24 h)
Troli tong gas
Tong gas adalah sebahagian daripada keperluan rumah yang sangat penting untuk kegunaan dapur. LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas), atau petroleum gas biasanya digunakan untuk aplikasi perumahan (tong gas masak) dan tujuan komersial. LPG terutamanya terdiri daripada campuran hidrokarbon seperti propana (C3H8), propene (C3H6), n-butana (C4H10), isobutena (metil-propana), dan pelbagai butanes lain (C4H8) (Mustapa, Gitano Briggs, 2008). LPG disimpan cair dalam tong pada tekanan tinggi, tekanan wap sekitar 6 hingga 7 bar (Petrolium Nasional Berhad, 2013). Oleh itu, tong gas perlu diperbuat daripada silinder keluli bertekanan tinggi. Tong gas digunakan hampir di semua perumahan, termasuk rumah pangsa, kondominium dan apartment. Kebiasaan penghuni perumahan bertingkat yang tidak mempunyai lift terpaksa mengangkat tong gas menggunakan tenaga empat kerat, kadang kala menggunakan troli biasa untuk menggangkut tong gas tersebut bagi memudahkan dan meringankan kerja. Troli adalah peranti yang digunakan untuk membawa beban atau memindahkan bahan dari satu tempat ke yang lain. Untuk aplikasi yang berbeza pelbagai jenis troli digunakan Kebanyakan pekerja domestik juga menggunakan tenaga tulang empat kerat untuk kerja-kerja pemindahan troli .
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