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Role-Based Access Control
- In 15th NIST-NCSC National Computer Security Conference
, 1992
"... While Mandatory Access Controls (MAC) are appropriate for multilevel secure military applications, Discretionary Access Controls (DAC) are often perceived as meeting the security processing needs of industry and civilian government. This paper argues that reliance on DAC as the principal method of a ..."
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While Mandatory Access Controls (MAC) are appropriate for multilevel secure military applications, Discretionary Access Controls (DAC) are often perceived as meeting the security processing needs of industry and civilian government. This paper argues that reliance on DAC as the principal method
The Determinants of Credit Spread Changes.
- Journal of Finance
, 2001
"... ABSTRACT Using dealer's quotes and transactions prices on straight industrial bonds, we investigate the determinants of credit spread changes. Variables that should in theory determine credit spread changes have rather limited explanatory power. Further, the residuals from this regression are ..."
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ABSTRACT Using dealer's quotes and transactions prices on straight industrial bonds, we investigate the determinants of credit spread changes. Variables that should in theory determine credit spread changes have rather limited explanatory power. Further, the residuals from this regression
A Functional Basis for Engineering Design: Reconciling and Evolving Previous Efforts
"... In engineering design, all products and artifacts have some intended reason behind their existence: the product or artifact function. Functional modeling provides an abstract, yet direct, method for understanding and representing an overall product or artifact function. Functional modeling also stra ..."
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and Technology (NIST) and two U.S. universities, and their industrial partners. The overall approach for integrating the functional representations and the final results are presented. This approach also provides a mechanism for evaluating if future revisions are needed to the functional basis and, if so, how
California's cattle and beef industry at the crossroads
"... Beef cattle remain one of California's most important agricultural products, ranking fifth in 2001 at 51.35 billion in value of production, behind dairy' grapes, nursery products and lettuce. However, technological change, coupled with declining consumption of red meats during the 1970s an ..."
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and 1980s, triggered a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the beef-processing sector. To evaluate how such trends are affecting the industry in Calif-ornia, we undertook a survey during 2000 and 2001 and obtained responses from ranchers in 40 counties. Our results confirm that the industry appears
Traceability and Process Verification in the Canadian Beef Industry
"... Report prepared for Canfax Research Services ..."
Internationalization Strategies of the Brazilian Beef Industry
, 2009
"... The world market for beef is increasingly competitive. To advance toward new markets, Brazilian companies in the industry need to invest in the improvement of their internationalization strategies. This study examines the approaches pursued by the Brazilian Beef Industry, with the following objectiv ..."
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objectives: (i) review the modes of entry abroad, the economic motives for internationalization; the degree of diversification or specialization adopted, how the coordination of the firm is organized abroad (ii) monitor the adherence of the processes of internationalization of Brazilian Beef Industry
EMPIRICAL EXPLORATION OF THE US BEEF INDUSTRY
"... The U.S. beef industry is currently in a transition phase. As with most agricultural commodity sectors, beef producers generally perceive themselves as anonymous price takers in the market. As a result, most producers view increased operational efficiency as their only viable strategy available for ..."
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The U.S. beef industry is currently in a transition phase. As with most agricultural commodity sectors, beef producers generally perceive themselves as anonymous price takers in the market. As a result, most producers view increased operational efficiency as their only viable strategy available
National Beef Industry Development Fund
, 2007
"... Development Fund. Primary objectives of this research component were to assess the current state of fresh branded beef offerings in Canada and to determine the willingness-to-pay of Canadian consumers for such products. A second component of the research, “pricing to value in the beef supply chain”, ..."
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products. By contrast, many of the early branding efforts for beef products in the U.S. were undertaken by producer groups. In order to measure willingness-to-pay for branded beef products, four hypothetical brands were devised: a guaranteed tender brand (Tender Grill), a premium brand (Prairie
40 Price Discovery and Captive Supply Implications for the Canadian Beef Industry1
"... As cattle markets have transitioned from predominantly cash market sealed-bid or negotiated price discovery to more formula pricing, marketing agreements, forward contracts, and packer-owned cattle feeding, concerns about methods of price discovery for fed cattle have escalated. High levels of conce ..."
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of concentration in beef packing in Canada were exacerbated by cattle trade restrictions with the United States that limited market access and thus caused further unease with the price discovery process for fed cattle in Canada. Implications and Conclusions Findings from U.S. studies on captive supply impacts
3 Cattle and the Environment: What’s the Beef?
"... Worldwide debate on the environmental impact of the livestock industry is intensifying (see Rifkin; Steinfield, de Haan, and Blackburn). In most of the world, beef cattle are produced primarily with forage-based feeds. Consequently, the chief global environmental concern related to cattle is the dir ..."
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is the direct impact of production and processing systems on air and water quality, soil structure and erosion, plant composition, wildlife interactions, and biodiversity. In the U.S., however, most beef cattle are grain-fed prior to slaughter, adding an important indirect linkage between the cattle industry
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