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WorldCom, Enron, and the Application of Business Failure Prediction Models

known as the going concern concept1. In looking at the viability of the business the potential creditors are seeking to ensure tha...

A Hope in the Unseen by Ron Suskind and the Character of Cedric

to nothing more than a continued life of misery and hatred. He determines that his ticket out of the projects is to get a good ed...

Definition of Ecological Footprints

consideration how rich countries use trade and technology to import resource they do not possess (Holtzman, 1999). Other factors...

Play Therapy and Behavior

allowed for recognition of human thought as an "integral part of human behavior" (OConnor, 1991, p. 26). Prior to this point, beha...

Processes of Decision Making

present in some models, however, the older models still remain as the basis of decision making theory, with most studies still loo...

Model of Parenting Developed by Jay Belsky

to Belsky. These factors include the quality of the maternal relationship. Child characteristics that may influence how parents re...

Models for eBusiness

purchase also includes a range of added extras, such as extended warranties and on site maintenance agreements as well as training...

Applications of the Social Ecology Model

Social Ecology Model that have appeared in scholarly literature; however, the original and most highly utilized version of this mo...

The Harm Reduction Model

than before the treatment started. Obviously, the harm reduction is controversial in a world where the most acceptable paradigm is...

Contrasting 2 Criminology Models

competing models: the "Crime Control and Due Process models" (Klein, 2006, p. 2023). The following discussion contrasts and compa...

The Strengths Model and Leadership

of distillation on information into the most compact form, and extrapolated this trend to a more philosophical inclination towards...

Comparing and Contrasting TQM and BPR

result in improvements (Mintzberg et al, 2008; Reed et al, 1996). Defining TQM is difficult, there is no standard definiti...

The Use of Real Options Theory in Financial Management/Modeling

may be hypothesised that real options theory may be seen as a theory more suited to real world applications than the discounted ca...

Environmental Science and the Importance of Models

same as a real swing of the bat; nevertheless, these models of chemical makeup and statistical probability convey meaningful infor...

Health Care Management Models

there is a pressing need to "make clinical goals specific, roles explicit, [and] processes clear" (Phillips, 2005). For instance, ...

Proposal for a New Assessment Model Aimed at Analysis of Information Technology Use within a Firm

which an organisation competes. Porter (1985, p13) has designed two differing categories of competitive advantage; cost advantage ...

Assessing Investment Models

investment will provide. This is not undertaken by speculating the future value of the share, but assessing the cash generated. It...

Assessing a Potential Investment - Southwest Airlines

customer service (Southwest, 2012). The firm has been highly regarded by investor due to the strong financial results that have be...

Utilizing 3 Theories

colleagues developed the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) at the University of Rhode Island Cancer Prevention Research Center in the e...

Tax Reduction and Economic Systems

gains tax may be reduced with tools such as a 401k and IRAs, these are tax deferred tools, where tax is only payable when the fund...

The Development and Value of Alternate Education

students. In research by Green and Winters in 2006 it was found that African male students only had a graduation weight of 48%, co...

The Attraction of Environmentally Sustainable Commercial Policies - The Case of Bahrain

for new equipment, manufacturing techniques and goods as well as general behavioural patterns. There are a number of tools or f...

Resolving the Production Problem with ITEC

there is deficient quality being delivered form that expected; This is a key issue and the problems that may be identified by look...

Addiction Theories, Definitions and Issues

basis. Rather than automatically discount such plans, practitioners must always evaluate these tentative suicide plans and the int...

Enhancing Aboriginal Students Experience of School with the Waldorf Model

to as the Waldorf model (Grindley and Hampson, 2008). To assess how and why this model may be appropriate some of the influences t...

Case Study: Nadler-Tushman Congruence Model

is based on systems theory as are most congruence models. It is an attempt to understand the very complex dynamics in an organizat...

Models of Leadership

reflect not the leadership skills themselves, but the way that the leader chooses to use them. In the commercial environment lea...

A Causal Model of Change

complex of all. The model was developed during the process of dramatically changing British Airways, which was in disarray and nea...

The Concept of Mercantilism

a significant shift in the way that the supporting military forces were utilized. Prior to the mercantilist period the dominant mi...

British Airways - Quality of Operations

good definition, but it does not help with a framework, the key is to assess how this may be assessed in a measurable manner....