Social Capital and Risk Sharing
Social Capital and Risk Sharing

Author: Abbas Mirakhor

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2015-09-22

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781137476043

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This exciting new addition to Palgrave Studies in Islamic Banking, Finance, and Economics argues that social capital can facilitate rule-compliance and co-operation in the sharing of risk in financial and economic activities.

Integrated Learning for ERP Success
Integrated Learning for ERP Success

Author: Karl M. Kapp

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2001-03-23

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1420025546

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The results are in. The evidence has been analyzed. Research shows that the lack of enterprise-wide training is the biggest reason for ERP implementation failures. It is the single most important precursor to achieving success. Integrated Learning for ERP Success is the first resource to offer a specifically defined, comprehensive method fo

Visual Informatics: Bridging Research and Practice
Visual Informatics: Bridging Research and Practice

Author: Halimah Badioze Zaman

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-11-14

Total Pages: 938

ISBN-13: 3642050360

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Visual informatics is a field of interest not just among the information technology and computer science community, but also other related fields such as engineering, me- cal and health informatics and education starting in the early 1990s. Recently, the field is gaining more attention from researchers and industry. It has become a mul- disciplinary and trans-disciplinary field related to research areas such as computer vision, visualization, information visualization, real-time image processing, medical image processing, image information retrieval, virtual reality, augmented reality, - pressive visual mathematics, 3D graphics, multimedia-fusion, visual data mining, visual ontology, as well as services and visual culture. Various efforts has been - vested in different research, but operationally, many of these systems are not pro- nent in the mass market and thus knowledge and research on these phenomena within the mentioned areas need to be shared and disseminated. It is for this reason that the Visual Informatics Research Group from Universiti - bangsaan Malaysia (UKM) decided to spearhead this initiative to bring together experts in this very diversified but important research area so that more concerted efforts can be undertaken not just within the visual informatics community in Malaysia but from other parts of the world, namely, Asia, Europe, Oceania, and USA. This first International Visual Informatics Conference (IVIC 2009) was conducted collaboratively, by the visual informatics research community from the various public and private institutions of higher learning in Malaysia, and hosted by UKM.

Strengthening Electoral Integrity
Strengthening Electoral Integrity

Author: Pippa Norris

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-08-29

Total Pages: 391

ISBN-13: 1108508766

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Today a general mood of pessimism surrounds Western efforts to strengthen elections and democracy abroad. If elections are often deeply flawed or even broken in many countries around the world, can anything be done to fix them? To counter the prevailing ethos, Pippa Norris presents new evidence for why programs of international electoral assistance work. She evaluates the effectiveness of several practical remedies, including efforts designed to reform electoral laws, strengthen women's representation, build effective electoral management bodies, promote balanced campaign communications, regulate political money, and improve voter registration. Pippa Norris argues that it would be a tragedy to undermine progress by withdrawing from international engagement. Instead, the international community needs to learn the lessons of what works best to strengthen electoral integrity, to focus activities and resources upon the most effective programs, and to innovate after a quarter century of efforts to strengthen electoral integrity.

Distributive Politics in Malaysia
Distributive Politics in Malaysia

Author: Hidekuni Washida

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-10-11

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1351797980

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The election on 9 May 2018 ended six decades of rule by the ruling coalition in Malaysia (Barisan Nasional or BN, formerly the Alliance). Despite this result, the BN’s longevity and resilience to competition is remarkable. This book explores the mechanisms behind the emergence, endurance, fight for survival and decline of the party’s dominance. Using a systematic analysis of key resources (budgets, posts, and seats), Washida challenges the conventional argument that a punitive threat to exclude opposition supporters from distributive benefits sustained the loyalty of the masses as well as the elites. He also calls into question whether the mere existence of party organization in and of itself enables leaders to credibly commit to power-sharing. Instead he posits a theory of mobilization agency, in which a party leader needs to design an effective incentive mechanism. In addition, he explains how the BN had manufactured legislative dominance by tactical gerrymandering and malapportionment. The insights drawn from the Malaysian case can help deepen our understanding of the rise and fall of authoritarian parties and distributive politics in general.

Regional Studies on Economic Growth, Financial Economics and Management
Regional Studies on Economic Growth, Financial Economics and Management

Author: Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-04-13

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 3319541129

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This volume presents selected papers from the 19th Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference held in Istanbul. Its primary emphasis is on showcasing the latest empirical research on social change, sustainable development and the management of public and private organizations in emerging economies. The respective articles also address more specialized and related topics such as financial risk tolerance, international strategic partnerships, female labor force participation, human capital dynamics, and economic integration, among others.

Information and IT Literacy
Information and IT Literacy

Author: Allan Martin

Publisher: Neal-Schuman Publishers

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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This collection of papers from practitioners in the field surveys and analyses current practice, emerging directions and ongoing issues relating to information and IT literacy, focusing on all aspects of learning enablement, including education and training, lifelong learning and e-learning.