INTA\u27s Careers in Trademark Law: A Panel Discussion for Students

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Investigating the Determinants of Banking Coexceedances in Europe in the Summer of 2008

We examine the nature, extent and possible causes of bank contagion in a high frequency setting. Looking at six major European banks in the summer and autumn of 2008, we model the lower coexceedances of these banks returns. We find that market microstructure, volatility (measured by range based measures) and limited general market conditions are key determinants of these coexceedances. We find some evidence that herding occurred.

The big squeeze: Monopolies and the stifling of Malaysian businesses

By definition, a monopoly is a company or group which controls all or nearly all of the market for a given product or service. As any competition is rendered ineffective, a major problem is that consumers are at the mercy of the monopoly which can raise prices or lower quality or both, without any worry of being affected by negative market reaction. While both the EU and the United States have competition or antitrust laws to prevent predatory monopolies from taking form, such a concept has only recently been introduced to Malaysia. Furthermore, despite the passing of a Competition Act and the setting up of the Malaysia Competition Commission, monopolies still dominate certain sectors of Malaysia's economy

Taking On the World: Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business, UUM

Two decades of producing successful leaders and entrepreneurs puts Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in the top tier of local business schools. In fact, with more that 3,000 postgraduate students, UUM's Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business can lay claim to the accolade of being the largest graduate business school in Malaysia. But UUM and the OYA Graduate School of Business are not resting on their laurels - a new mandate is in place to propel the university into the global limelight as well

Theoretical Framework and Empirical Modeling for Time Required to Vaccinate a Population in an Epidemic

The paper describes a method to understand time required to vaccinate against viruses in total as well as subpopulations. As a demonstration, a model based estimate for time required to vaccinate H1N1 in India, given its administrative difficulties is provided. We have proved novel theorems for the time functions defined in the paper. Such results are useful in planning for future epidemics. The number of days required to vaccinate entire high risk population in three subpopulations (villages, tehsils and towns) are noted to be 84, 89 and 88 respectively. There exists state wise disparities in the health infrastructure and capacities to deliver vaccines and hence national estimates need to be re-evaluated based on individual performances in the states.Comment: 14 pages, 1 Table, 5 Figures (A preliminary draft

The students’ acceptance and use of their university’s virtual learning environment

The proliferation of digital and mobile devices, including; smartphones and tablets has led policy makers and practitioners to include these ubiquitous technologies in the realms of education. A thorough review of the relevant literature suggests that both students as well as their course instructors are becoming increasingly acquainted with the adoption of education technologies in the higher educational context. Hence, this study explores the university students’ readiness to engage with the virtual learning environment (VLE). The methodology has integrated measuring items that were drawn from the educational technology literature, including the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, to better understand the students’ perceptions towards VLE. It investigated whether they were influenced by their instructors or by fellow students to use VLE. The results suggest that most of the research participants were using this technology as they believed that it supported them in their learning outcomes. The findings also revealed that the students were not coerced by their course instructors or by other individuals to engage with VLE. Moreover, the university’s facilitating conditions had a significant effect on the participants’ usage of VLE. In conclusion, this contribution puts forward key implications to practitioners. It also clarifies the limitations of this study and proposes future research directions.peer-reviewe

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