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Product Quality and the Direction of Trade
, 2006
"... A substantial amount of theoretical work predicts that quality systematically affects the direction of international trade. In spite of the theoretical predictions, there is yet no ..."
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A substantial amount of theoretical work predicts that quality systematically affects the direction of international trade. In spite of the theoretical predictions, there is yet no
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"... QUALITY is a topic which economists, by and large, have swept under the rug.1 This paper faces up to the problem by proposing, and arguing for, a concept of product quality, and by showing how it might be measured empirically. ..."
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QUALITY is a topic which economists, by and large, have swept under the rug.1 This paper faces up to the problem by proposing, and arguing for, a concept of product quality, and by showing how it might be measured empirically.
A Field Study of the Software Design Process for Large Systems
- Communications of the ACM
, 1988
"... The problems of designing large software systems were studied through interviewing personnel from 17 large projects. A layered behavioral model is used to analyze how three lgf these problems-the thin spread of application domain knowledge, fluctuating and conflicting requirements, and communication ..."
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, and communication bottlenecks and breakdowns-affected software productivity and quality through their impact on cognitive, social, and organizational processes.
Yago: A Core of Semantic Knowledge
- IN PROC. OF WWW ’07
, 2007
"... We present YAGO, a light-weight and extensible ontology with high coverage and quality. YAGO builds on entities and relations and currently contains roughly 900,000 entities and 5,000,000 facts. This includes the Is-A hierarchy as well as non-taxonomic relations between entities (such as hasWonPrize ..."
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We present YAGO, a light-weight and extensible ontology with high coverage and quality. YAGO builds on entities and relations and currently contains roughly 900,000 entities and 5,000,000 facts. This includes the Is-A hierarchy as well as non-taxonomic relations between entities (such as has
Consumers and Their Brands: Developing Relationship Theory
- Journal of consumer research
, 1998
"... Although the relationship metaphor dominates contemporary marketing thought and practice, surprisingly little empirical work has been conducted on relational phenomena in the consumer products domain, particularly at the level of the brand. In this article, the author: (1) argues for the validity of ..."
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Although the relationship metaphor dominates contemporary marketing thought and practice, surprisingly little empirical work has been conducted on relational phenomena in the consumer products domain, particularly at the level of the brand. In this article, the author: (1) argues for the validity
Quicktime VR - an image-based approach to virtual environment navigation.
- In SIGGRAPH 95 Conference Proceedings,
, 1995
"... ABSTRACT Traditionally, virtual reality systems use 3D computer graphics to model and render virtual environments in real-time. This approach usually requires laborious modeling and expensive special purpose rendering hardware. The rendering quality and scene complexity are often limited because of ..."
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ABSTRACT Traditionally, virtual reality systems use 3D computer graphics to model and render virtual environments in real-time. This approach usually requires laborious modeling and expensive special purpose rendering hardware. The rendering quality and scene complexity are often limited because
Illusion and well-being: A social psychological perspective on mental health.
- Psychological Bulletin,
, 1988
"... Many prominent theorists have argued that accurate perceptions of the self, the world, and the future are essential for mental health. Yet considerable research evidence suggests that overly positive selfevaluations, exaggerated perceptions of control or mastery, and unrealistic optimism are charac ..."
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are characteristic of normal human thought. Moreover, these illusions appear to promote other criteria of mental health, including the ability to care about others, the ability to be happy or contented, and the ability to engage in productive and creative work. These strategies may succeed, in large part, because
Motivation through the Design of Work: Test of a Theory. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance,
, 1976
"... A model is proposed that specifies the conditions under which individuals will become internally motivated to perform effectively on their jobs. The model focuses on the interaction among three classes of variables: (a) the psychological states of employees that must be present for internally motiv ..."
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increasingly prominent as a strategy for attempting to improve simultaneously the productivity and the quality of the work experience of employees in contemporary organizations. Although the benefits of work redesign (or "job enrichment" or "job enlargement") are widely touted
Paradox lost? Firm-level evidence on the returns to information systems.
- Manage Sci
, 1996
"... T he "productivity paradox" of information systems (IS) is that, despite enormous improvements in the underlying technology, the benefits of IS spending have not been found in aggregate output statistics.One explanation is that IS spending may lead to increases in product quality or varie ..."
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T he "productivity paradox" of information systems (IS) is that, despite enormous improvements in the underlying technology, the benefits of IS spending have not been found in aggregate output statistics.One explanation is that IS spending may lead to increases in product quality
Product Quality
- Consumer Information, and ’Lemons’ in Experimental Markets," in Empirical Approaches to Consumer Protection Economics
, 1984
"... Comments for its application ..."
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