31 research outputs found
Communication performance over the TDRS multipath/interference channel
Previously developed models are used to predict communication system performance for two cases: and aircraft/TDRS and a weather satellite/TDRS relay. The magnitude of multipath, differential time delay, Doppler shift, time and Doppler spread, and interference expected to be encountered are reviewed and applied to the two cases of interest
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Of The Attitude Towards Computers Instrument (ATCI)
A confirmatory factoranalysis was performed on the ATCI to test if it has a unidimensional structure. Data from 176 students was used to investigate the hypotheses. The results indicate that the instrument is a good fit with a single factor mode
A Model of the Global and Institutional Antecedents of High-Level Corporate Environmental Performance
Stories of firms that exceed local compliance requirements in their environmental performance appear routinely. However, we have limited theoretical explanations of what propels these firms to exceed compliance. Our theory suggests that global competitive and institutional pressures lead multinational firms to develop highlevel, environmental management systems (EMS) that make them more competitive. For economic and other reasons, select firms make the choice to rationalize their collective environmental performance to the highest common denominator rather than the lowest. Regulations around the world differ widely and are a moving target in many settings. The need to comply with such myriad, shifting rules leads to firms creating EMS to help stay ahead of regulations worldwide. Using institutional and internationalization theories as our basis, we offer a propositional model concerning global competitive/institutional pressures and their effects on corporate environmental performance. We conclude the paper with a discussion of the implications of the model.Yeshttps://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/manuscript-submission-guideline