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• Institutionalizing Community Mediation: Can Dispute Resolution "Of, By, And For The People" Long Endure?

  BNET - 2004-02-01

  Conflict arises from a clash of divergent perspectives and ideas on a particular issue. Several methodologies are available for amicable resolution of conflicts. The same help to minimize the escalation of conflict and, thereby, reduce litigation costs. One of the methodologies of conflict resolution is to let community play a...

  Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Conflict Resolution, Communication Skills, Litigation, Career, Business Operations

• Using Virtual Reality To Improve Construction Engineering Education

  BNET - 2003-04-09

  This paper presents ongoing research to improve construction education through the use of virtual reality and 4D CAD Computer Aided Design modeling (3D design plus time) of construction processes and projects. The authors have implemented 4D CAD modeling into the undergraduate Architectural Engineering program. The authors are also experimenting with...

  Tags: Education, Pennsylvania State University, Modeling, Virtual Reality, Research & Development, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations

• Statistical Process Adjustment Methods for Quality Control in Short-Run Manufacturing

  BNET - 2002-08-01

  Process adjustment techniques based on the feedback control principle have become popular among quality control researchers and practitioners, due to the recent interest on integrating Statistical Process Control SPC and Engineering Process Control EPC techniques. This paper focuses on studying sequential adjustment methods, closely related to well-known Stochastic Approximation procedures,...

  Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Quality Control, Adjustment, Quality, Business Operations

• Are Property-Casualty Insurance Reserves Biased?

  BNET - 2001-12-02

  This paper investigates whether insurance companies systematically over- or underestimate their reserves, in the sense that the reported reserves deviate from the expected future losses and if so by how much, by focusing on reported reserves for covering losses from previous accident years, in five policy lines. An important part...

  Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Reserve, Policies And Procedures, Insurance, Human Resources, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance

• Strategic Plan for System-Wide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Shared Information Technology Services

  BNET - 2001-03-01

  Obtaining, implementing, and creating a state-of-the-art, enabling technological environment is a challenge unto itself. Many universities lack the resources to independently acquire truly state-of-the-art tools. Costs of procurement and implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solutions in higher education have been increasing over time - primarily due to the rapid...

  Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Information Technology, Purchasing & Procurement, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Strategy, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Management

• A Note on Intracity Geographic Diversification of Real Estate Portfolios

  BNET - 2001-01-18

  There is mixed evidence on the effectiveness of diversifying real estate portfolios geographically. Some suggest disappointing results are traceable to the use of geographic areas that are too crudely defined. This article divides Hong Kong into submarkets, and finds that this intracity geographic diversification produces marginally improved portfolio performance in...

  Tags: Pennsylvania State University, Diversification, Real Estate, Business Operations