149 research outputs found
The Impact of Business Intelligence Systems on Profitability and Risks of Firms
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The Vehicle, June 1960, Vol. 2 no. 3
Vol. 2, No. 3
To the ReaderRobert Mills Frenchpage 2
Blue-Nosed RobinThomas McPeakpage 3
Forest EtudeJames M. Jenkinsonpage 7
Chant For The MenJerry Whitepage 8
It\u27s OK Now, Chief J.B. Youngpage 9
Magic WordsKathleen Ferreepage 11
SpurnedRay Hoopspage 12
Danger!A. Seerpage 13
GenecideGeorge Fosterpage 14
To a Stern ParentC.E.S.page 14
ReservationNeil O. Parkerpage 14
The Worm and IRichard Blairpage 15
One Way -- Non-TransferableRobert Mills Frenchpage 15
NorthlightEDSpage 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1007/thumbnail.jp
The Vehicle, April 1960, Vol. 2 no. 2
Vol. 2, No. 2
Table of Contents
A White Man\u27s BurdenRobert Mills Frenchpage 2
RealistA.B. Carterpage 4
The Two MatchesLouise A. Kemperpage 5
Thought Upon Looking at a Modern Painting Titled Grass Thomas McPeakpage 7
BewareDennis Lewispage 7
WavesJean Nightingalepage 7
The SpectatorKathleen Ferreepage 8
Animal RugAl Brookspage 8
Success Comes to CulturevilleJ.B. Youngpage 9
On Giving Up Religion in DespairThe Skepticpage 11
The DecisionGeorge Fosterpage 12
Wisdom ConfoundedJames D. Rannepage 15
Smalltown: 5 A.M.James M. Jenkinsonpage 15
Man of MettleC.E.S.page 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1005/thumbnail.jp
The Vehicle, April 1960, Vol. 2 no. 2
Vol. 2, No. 2
Table of Contents
A White Man\u27s BurdenRobert Mills Frenchpage 2
RealistA.B. Carterpage 4
The Two MatchesLouise A. Kemperpage 5
Thought Upon Looking at a Modern Painting Titled Grass Thomas McPeakpage 7
BewareDennis Lewispage 7
WavesJean Nightingalepage 7
The SpectatorKathleen Ferreepage 8
Animal RugAl Brookspage 8
Success Comes to CulturevilleJ.B. Youngpage 9
On Giving Up Religion in DespairThe Skepticpage 11
The DecisionGeorge Fosterpage 12
Wisdom ConfoundedJames D. Rannepage 15
Smalltown: 5 A.M.James M. Jenkinsonpage 15
Man of MettleC.E.S.page 16https://thekeep.eiu.edu/vehicle/1005/thumbnail.jp
Compositional Satisfiability Solving in Separation Logic
We introduce a novel decision procedure to the satisfiability problem in array separation logic combined with general inductively defined predicates and arithmetic. Our proposal differentiates itself from existing works by solving satisfiability through compositional reasoning. First, following Fermat’s method of infinite descent, it infers for every inductive definition a “base” that precisely characterises the satisfiability. It then utilises the base to derive such a base for any formula where these inductive predicates reside in. Especially, we identify an expressive decidable fragment for the compositionality. We have implemented the proposal in a tool and evaluated it over challenging problems. The experimental results show that the compositional satisfiability solving is efficient and our tool is effective and efficient when compared with existing solvers
Going beyond environmental regulations—The influence of firm size on the effect of green practices on corporate financial performance
Despite the various environmental regulations to address the negative effect of construction activities on the environment, the construction sector is still slow to implement green practices (GPs). To encourage construction firms to implement GPs, these firms should be convinced that GPs are a financially viable endeavour. This paper aimed to analyse the influence of GPs on corporate financial performance (CFP) and investigate whether firm size influences that effect. A survey was employed to gather information from Malaysian construction firms, and the data were analysed using partial least squares structural equation modelling. The findings indicate that green supplier management, green subcontractor management, and green project management have significant effects on CFP and that large firms with high levels of green business practices and green project management attained higher CFP than small and medium enterprises. Policymakers and managers should take a flexible approach to boost GPs in the construction industry
Climate change adaptation among female-led micro, small, and medium enterprises in semiarid areas: a case study from Kenya
This chapter contributes to the literature on private sector adaptation by empirically exploring how female-led micro, small, and medium enterprise (MSMEs) in Kenya’s semiarid lands (SALs) experience and respond to climate risk. The chapter argues that strong sociocultural orientations around gender roles and resource use and access not only confine female-led MSMEs to sectors that experience higher exposure to climate risk – most notably agriculture – but also trigger more pronounced barriers to building resilience within their businesses, including reduced access to land, capital, markets, new technology, and educational opportunities. Faced by these barriers, female entrepreneurs may pursue unsustainable forms of coping, as part of which business activity is scaled back through reduced profits, loss of business, and the sale of valuable business assets. Such strategies may help enterprises to cope in the short term but may undermine longer-term MSME adaptive capacity. Social networks, such as women’s groups and table banking initiatives, appear to be crucial adaptation tools. Additionally, a strong dependency exists between household resilience and business resilience, implying that building resilience at the household level could support adaptive capacity among female-led MSMEs. Supporting the adaptive capacity of women in business should be a policy priority
Pastoral Herding Strategies and Governmental Management Objectives: Predation Compensation as a Risk Buffering Strategy in the Saami Reindeer Husbandry
Previously it has been found that an important risk buffering strategy in the Saami reindeer husbandry in Norway is the accumulation of large herds of reindeer as this increases long-term household viability. Nevertheless, few studies have investigated how official policies, such as economic compensation for livestock losses, can influence pastoral strategies. This study investigated the effect of received predation compensation on individual husbandry units’ future herd size. The main finding in this study is that predation compensation had a positive effect on husbandry units’ future herd size. The effect of predation compensation, however, was nonlinear in some years, indicating that predation compensation had a positive effect on future herd size only up to a certain threshold whereby adding additional predation compensation had little effect on future herd size. More importantly, the effect of predation compensation was positive after controlling for reindeer density, indicating that for a given reindeer density husbandry units receiving more predation compensation performed better (measured as the size of future herds) compared to husbandry units receiving less compensation
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