A Composition-Based View of Organizational Ingenuity: Empirical Evidence from SMEs in India

This thesis explores a relatively new concept of organizational ingenuity (OI) through the composition-based view (CBV) theory lens with SMEs in India. The unique conditions of emerging economy context of India are delineated to be factors that compel SMEs to develop ingenuity. Three conceptual properties of OI -strategy, capabilities, and process are validated as the components that support SMEs thrive despite challenging emerging economy conditions. Findings of this thesis are presented in a theoretical framework

The influence of product quality and restaurant environment towards customer return in specialty restaurant / Farah Amalina Ibrahim

The foodservice industry is one of the fastest growing industry and continually develop in the future. As a restaurant service provider, it is important to retain the current customer and to recruit new one in order to sustain the restaurant business. The purpose of this study is to examine the influence of product quality and restaurant environment towards customer return in specialty restaurant. Customer return is often indicated by customer’s satisfaction. Hence, to ensure that the customer will return and spread the positive word-of-mouth, it is important to satisfy the customer. This study was conducted with causal research design and quantitative methods were used to measure the variables. A structured questionnaire was used as the data collection method. Nonprobability sampling method with five points Likert scale was used to measure the customer response. The population study includes customer of specialty restaurant which were randomly chosen around Shah Alam. Approximately, 400 questionnaires were distributed to engage customer’s responses. Descriptive analysis, multiple regressions and mediating analysis were used to analyze the data. The findings showed that the product quality (β = 0.384, p < 0.05) and restaurant environment (β = 0.342, p < 0.05) has significant influence towards customer return and customer satisfaction mediate the relationship (with 95% bias corrected and accelerated confident interval excluding zero 0.127 to 0.299 and 0.188 to 0.327). Offering high quality products with delightful environment will not only increase satisfaction and return intention, but also improve the business reputation and generate better revenue

Meningkatkan tahap penguasaan murid tahun 4 tentang peranan temenggung dengan menggunakan kaedah "treasure house"

Penyelidikan tindakan ini dijalankan untuk menilai sejauh manakah kaedah “Treasure House” dapat meningkatkan penguasaan murid Tahun 4 tentang peranan Temenggung pada zaman Kesultanan Melayu Melaka dengan menggunakan “Treasure House?”. Peserta dalam kajian ini terdiri daripada empat orang murid daripada Tahun Empat yang lemah dalam penguasaan peranan Temenggung dalam proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran Pendidikan Sejarah yang lalu.Data dikumpulkan melalui tiga kaedah iaitu kaedah pemerhatian, kaedah temu bual dan kaedah analisis dokumen serta dianalisis secara deskriptif.Hasil analisis data mendapati bahawa seramai tiga orang murid telah berjaya menguasai peranan Temenggung berdasarkan beberapa fokus kajian.Terdapat empat orang murid telah mencapai tahap cemerlang dengan menunjukkan rumusan tahap penguasaan yang tinggi. Dapatan analisis kajian menunjukkan bahawa kaedah “Treasure House” amat berkesan dalam membantu murid-murid dalam menguasai peranan Tokoh-Tokoh Kesultanan Melayu Melaka

ANALISIS RASIO KEUANGAN UNTUK MENILAI KINERJA KEUANGAN PADA PT PELABUHAN INDONESIA IV (PERSERO)

2013Kinerja keuangan sebuah perusahaan menunjukkan tingkat efektifitas dan \ud efisiensi perusahaan. Semakin baik pengelolaan perusahaan akan semakin baik \ud kinerja perusahaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kinerja keuangan \ud PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Persero) tahun 2009-2011. Metode analisis yang \ud digunakan berdasarkan KEP-100/MBU/2002 untuk menilai aspek keuangan \ud perusahaan. Berdasarkan analisis data keuangan PT Pelabuhan Indonesia IV \ud (Persero) berada pada kondisi yang baik. Secara umum, lima dari delapan \ud indikator berada pada skor maksimal yaitu return on equity (ROE), return on \ud investment (ROI), rasio kas, collection periods, dan perputaran persediaan. Tiga \ud indikator lain mengalami perubahan setiap tahunnya. Total asset turn over \ud (TATO) perusahaan berada pada skor 1,5 pada tahun 2009, pada tahun 2010 \ud dan 2011 skor berada pada 2,5 dengan skor maksimal 4 untuk indikator tersebut. \ud Total modal sendiri terhadap total aktiva perusahaan berada pada skor 4 pada \ud tahun 2009 dan 2010, sedangkan pada tahun 2011 dengan skor 3. Sementara \ud rasio lancar perusahaan tetap berada pada skor 3 pada tiga tahun terakhir. \ud \ud Kata kunci : Kinerja keuangan, kinerja perusahaan, aspek keuangan, analisis \ud data keuangan

Blending big data analytics : review on challenges and a recent study

With the collection of massive amounts of data every day, big data analytics has emerged as an important trend for many organizations. These collected data can contain important information that may be key to solving wide-ranging problems, such as cyber security, marketing, healthcare, and fraud. To analyze their large volumes of data for business analyses and decisions, large companies, such as Facebook and Google, adopt analytics. Such analyses and decisions impact existing and future technology. In this paper, we explore how big data analytics is utilized as a technique for solving problems of complex and unstructured data using such technologies as Hadoop, Spark, and MapReduce. We also discuss the data challenges introduced by big data according to the literature, including its six V's. Moreover, we investigate case studies of big data analytics on various techniques of such analytics, namely, text, voice, video, and network analytics. We conclude that big data analytics can bring positive changes in many fields, such as education, military, healthcare, politics, business, agriculture, banking, and marketing, in the future. © 2013 IEEE

GAMBARAN STATUS FUNGSIONAL PADA PASIEN GAGAL GINJAL KRONIS YANG MENJALANI HEMODIALISIS DI RSUP DR. HASAN SADIKIN BANDUNG

Tujuan: Penyakit gagal ginjal kronis menyebabkan masalah kesehatan seperti manifestasi klinis, komplikasi dan efek samping terapi yang akan mempengaruhi status fungsional yang berhubungan dengan kinerja, kemandirian, pemeliharaan kesehatan, dan kesejahteraan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran status fungsional pada pasien gagal ginjal kronis yang menjalani hemodialisis di rsup dr. hasan sadikin bandung.   Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kuantitatif dengan jumlah subyek penelitian sebanyak 80 orang yang diambil dengan menggunakan teknik purposive sampling. Penelitian menggunakan instrumen (FACIT), data dianalisis menggunakan nilai mean. Semakin tinggi skor semakin baik status fungsional atau kesejahteraan.   Hasil: Nilai mean status fungsional pada pasien gagal ginjal kronis yang menjalani hemodialisis adalah 2,65 (±3,08) dengan nilai kesejahteraan emosional 2,36 (±0,48), kesejahteraan fisik 2,40 (±0,60), kesejahteraan fungsional 2,58 (±0,72), kesejahteraan sosial/keluarga 2,87 (±0,78) dan kesejahteraan spiritual 3,07 (±0,41).   Simpulan: Dari hasil tersebut terjadi penurunan status fungsional pada kesejahteraan emosional, fisik, dan fungsional. Upaya meningkatkan status fungsional tersebut dapat dilakukan dengan terapi aktivitas kelompok agar pasien dapat mengungkapkan perasaan dan pengalaman selama menjalani hemodialisis

Polysulfone mixed-matrix membrane incorporating talc clay particles for gas separation

Mixed-matrix membranes (MMMs) have showed advantages in membrane-based gas separation in recent years. However, there is still intensive demand for the development of membranes incorporated by proper fillers for further enhancement of gas separation performance. In this study, mixed-matrix membrane (MMMs) has been synthesized by incorporating of different content of talc into polysulfone (PSf) polymer specifically upon the separation of carbon dioxide from methane. The influence of filler content on the gas separation performance of the fabricated membranes was studied. The prepared MMMs were analyzed by thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD), derivative thermo-gravimetric (DTG), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM) and pure gas permeation testing. XRD analysis suggested that talc layers crystalline structure was changed slightly due to blending and just limited PSf chain intercalation occurred. The results showed that the rate of gas permeation increased with increasing talc content while the selectivity declined at 0.5 wt% due to filler agglomeration as confirmed by FESEM. The best results were obtained at 0.1 wt% talc compared to neat PSf with superior gas separation behavior

Implementation of artificial neural network to recognize numbers from voice

Speech recognition is a subjective phenomenon which also an important part of human–machine interaction which still faces a lot of problem. The purpose of this work is to investigate and apply the artificial neural network (ANN) to recognise numbers using voice. In this work, MATLAB neural network toolbox is used to create, train and simulate the ANN. The dataset consisted a voice from ‘one’ to ‘five’ undergo windowing process to view a short time segment of a longer signal and analyse its frequency content and then being filtered by using a band-pass filter to remove the unwanted noise and been converted into histograms as an input for the network. From the experiments, the highest accuracy level obtained is 72.5% by using histograms as Feature Extraction

Bis{2-[(E)-(4-fluoro­benz­yl)imino­meth­yl]-6-meth­oxy­phenolato-κ2 N,O 1}nickel(II)

In the title compound, [Ni(C15H13FNO2)2], the NiII atom is tetra­coordinated by two N atoms and two O atoms from two 2-[(4-fluoro­benz­yl)imino­meth­yl]-6-meth­oxy­phenolate ligands in a square-planar geometry. The two N atoms and two O atoms around the NiII atom are trans to each other, as the NiII atom lies on an inversion centre. In the fluoro­phenyl group, five C atoms and an F atom are disordered over two sets of positions of equal occupancy. In the crystal, the complex mol­ecules are linked via inter­molecular C—H⋯F hydrogen bonds, forming chains along [001]