Improvements in energy consumption in the chilled water plant at the University of Arizona in Tucson were significant enough in recent years that the electric utility felt they should check their metering equipment. Plant improvements led to an electric demand reduction with a magnitude of two megawatts. The improvements included...
Improvements in energy consumption in the chilled water plant at the University of Arizona in Tucson were significant enough in recent years that the electric utility felt they should check their metering equipment. Plant improvements led to an electric demand reduction with a magnitude of two megawatts. At the same...
The goal of this paper is to explain why many companies are seeking vendors that focus on taking accounting, IT, human resources, and other functions out of their client's hands allowing that company to focus on their manufacturing, services, customer service, and/or core competency. The paper will begin by providing...
Purchases by government agencies from private sector firms are often initiated by solicitation of bids to supply the desired items. Payment to the firm that is awarded the supply contract may be determined by a the bid price or b bid price plus a share of the difference between observable...
Competition of incompatible technologies can lead to outcomes where more than one technology takes a significant share of the market. Instant messengers are one such example, since a significant fraction of people uses more than one messenger, and no provider dominates the market. This outcome is contrary to the usual...
The purpose of this paper is to explore the potential for a new niche in real estate investing, focused on "Socially responsible" property investments. Socially Responsible Investing SRI in general, according to the Social Investment Forum SIF means investing "That considers the social and environmental consequences of investments, both positive...
There is a large and growing price gap between the marginal value of water used in agriculture relative to urban and environmental applications in the American West. Arbitrage typically would cause resource values to equilibrate up to the cost of re-allocation. But this has not happened for water, and the...
The terrorist organizations have found a cost-effective resource to advance their courses by posting high-impact Web sites on the Internet. This alternate side of the Web is referred to as the 'Dark Web.' While counterterrorism researchers seek to obtain and analyze information from the Dark Web, several problems prevent effective...
Outsourcing industry has been gaining momentum for last couple of years and it has been estimated that IT outsourcing alone in India would reach about $55 billion dollars by 2008. India has been described as the myriad of challenges and opportunities. To attract new businesses, Indian companies are offering services...
Information sharing and knowledge management have become a major focus in Digital Government research. The "COPLINK BorderSafe Research and Testbed" project funded by NSF KDD program and the BorderSafe project funded by Department of Homeland Security DHS and the Corporation for National Research Initiatives CNRI aim to develop, foster, and...
National security policies adopted after 9/11 have generated an intense and polarized national debate on privacy versus security. Privacy advocates fight to reveal nothing about individuals while security advocates would have authorities know everything. There is, however a middle ground if one decomposes privacy into a basic set of two...
This paper documents substantial variation in the prices of common stocks in U.S. markets due to firms selecting particular price ranges for their shares. Cross-sectional evidence indicates that variables consistent with Merton's (1987) model of capital market equilibrium explain roughly two thirds of this variation in share prices. In addition,...
These policies and procedures are established pursuant to Section 6-301M of the Arizona Board of Regents Policy Manual (ABOR-PM). They are intended for use in conjunction with the ABOR Conditions of Professional Service and supersede all previous professional personnel policies and procedures.Read on to know more.
Once the environment is scanned for strategic formulation and it is implemented, the Hercules Task would be evaluate the process and take a complete control over the same. Anything that cannot be measured cannot be improved. This paper provides eight elements of strategic audit apart from the mundane benchmarking, balance...
A budget is a quantitative plan detailing out the methodology to be followed in resource acquisition, allocation, and utilization over a specified period of time. An effective budget is instrumental in controlling costs. It is a tool for performance evaluation and motivation at the workplace. There are different types of...
This paper proposes a procedure to track and predict traffic patterns based on an accelerated version of the Method of Successive Averages MSA for obtaining traffic equilibrium. The model keeps track of the travel times experienced by the travelers impacted by a work zone or, in general, by a network...
Benchmarking is the process of evaluating and comparing organizational processes and systems against those that are rated best in the industry. It involves collecting, analyzing, and reporting critical operational data. Benchmarking helps to identify the operational areas needing improvements and compares the organizational effectiveness with those of the competitors. The...
Niche marketing services a unique market, or a unique portion of a common market, that is not already served. Niche market opportunities are sparked by an observation that a specific consumer preference is not being met, and a business venture develops in response to that preference. Most livestock and meat...
Professional golfer and course designer DanPohl is the new Vice President of VIP Golf Operations for Verona Golf Company , aninnovative new resort style country club and international membershipprogram launched earlier this month. Dan's contributions to golf are world-renowned. His achievements include anillustrious professional golf career, course...
A practice round at Royal Birkdale offers the perfect backdrop for the Ryder Cup stalwart to demonstrate he has the commitment and the quality to triumph this week THE BRIAN VINER INTERVIEW PAUL CASEY When Vijay Singh accused British...
