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Using an Ontology-Based Neural Network and DEA to Discover Deficiencies of Hotel Services
Companies can gain critical real-time insights into customer requirements and service evaluation by mining social media. To acquire the service performance and improve the service deficiencies for hotels, this research proposes...
Published by: IGI Global
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Performance on Competitive Advantage and Business Success
This study investigates how types of corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices (economic, legal, ethical, philanthropic, and environmental) affect competitive advantage and business success in an emerging country. Data...
Published by: IGI Global
Tirana as an Open Lab
The event we are facing at a global scale, the COVID-19 pandemic, can be considered a real death blow to the real markets, in general, as well as to a local heritage-based tourism market, in particular. The closing of both near...
Published by: IGI Global
An Intersectional Exploration
Intersectionality is gaining ground as a desired way of deepening our understanding of persisting inequalities engendered by poverty. Combining an intersectional framework and the idea of strategic gender needs developed by...
Published by: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Evaluation of Teachers' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ability in Universities Based on Artificial Neural Networks
Based on iceberg theory and the questionnaire of competency's elements, hierarchical index system of evaluation of teachers' innovation and entrepreneurship competency in universities is established. Through researches, the...
Published by: IGI Global
Towards Reviewing an Immediate Impact of COVID-19 on the Integrative World Economy
On 31 December 2019, WHO received inputs of pneumonia cases in Wuhan city of China, but the cause of infection could not be known initially. However, after some time, the medical researchers of China disclosed a novel...
Published by: IGI Global
An E-Portfolio as an Assessment Strategy in an Open Distance Learning Context
Matlala Makokotlela
Oct 01, 2020
There has been a growing interest in using an e-portfolio as an alternative method of assessment in an open distance eLearning environment. The use of an e-portfolio as another method of assessment in Environmental Education...
Published by: IGI Global
Marketing in an Economic Downturn – Challenges and Opportunities
Pratap Mandal
Jan 01, 2020
The business environment is uncertain. It becomes even more turbulent during recession. This uncertainty directly affects the investments made by firms. Firms hesitate to invest during a recession because of the belief that the...
Published by: IGI Global
Improved Semantic Representation Learning by Multiple Clustering for Image-Based 3D Model Retrieval
Under the heavy management on the increasing 3D models, the topic of image-based 3D model retrieval which organizes unlabeled 3D models based on abundant knowledge learned from labeled 2D images has drawn attention. However...
Published by: IGI Global
Towards an Insight Into Customer Behavior in Virtual Brand Communities
This study aims at exploring the effects of customer’s personal factors and characteristics of brand community on customers’ behaviors in virtual brand community. The data were collected from customers of virtual brand...
Published by: IGI Global
AN INCLINATION TOWARDS ACCUSATIVE
Alana Johns
Jul 30, 2013
This paper argues that linguistic hierarchies are not real in any linguistic sense but are summaries of linguistic observation or typology. Position in any hierarchy is based on intrinsic properties, specjically complexity of...
Published by: Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association
Ballot Blockchain System Design and Development on Ethereum Platform
Ballots are often hold for fair decisions such as party theme selecting, however, the existing traditional ballot has some problems involving amount of human resources, cost of places, equipment, time and traffic, and repeated...
Published by: IGI Global
Analysis of Asymmetric Quantity Commitment in Decentralized Supply Chains
Quantity commitment chosen by firms in competition has been demonstrated by previous studies to mitigate price competition. This study demonstrates that asymmetric quantity commitment can always arise when one firm (e-tailer)...
Published by: IGI Global
An ‘Amuse-Bouche at Best'
Paul Moody
Jul 01, 2017
Much has been written about the function of narrative in virtual reality (VR) productions (Aylett & Louchart, 2003; Aylett et al, 2005; Ryan, 2001; 2005; 2008; 2009), but the role of the audience, and the relative degree of...
Published by: IGI Global
Reflections of an Academic Father
Trevor Stewart
Apr 15, 2022
This chapter discusses the complexity of balancing the professional and personal goals and identities that can often seem incongruent as teacher educators manage the demands of life in the academy. The author explores that...
Professional Development Education Teacher Education Social Sciences and Humanities Library and Information Science
Published by: IGI Global
An Investigation of Student Satisfaction in an Online Language Learning Course
Online learning's application in the language learning process has become an important topic as the COVID-19 crisis has restricted in-person classes. This study investigates student satisfaction in an online language learning...
Published by: IGI Global
An Empirical Study of Artificial Participants
This study is an investigation of artificial participants operating in their appropriate environment. The artificial participants in this study are artificial chess players and their appropriate environment is a chess game. This...
Global Information Technology Computer Science and Information Technology Global Information Technology
Published by: IGI Global
Understanding Knowledge Sharing in an Organization
This paper set out to propose the actor-network theory (ANT) as a lens through which to understand and interpret the sociotechnical knowledge sharing challenges in organisations. The methodology for this study was developed...
Published by: IGI Global
An Ontology-Based Automation System
This paper presents an ontology-based approach to benefit automatic fertilization management for citrus orchards located in mountainous region. The core of the fertilization approach is the citrus fertilization ontology, which...
Published by: IGI Global
An Architecture for Bidirectional Learning Games
Dynamic personalization of learning trajectories that integrate different perspectives and variable scenarios is a viable way to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of training and education. Serious games offer a...
Published by: IGI Global
Sheaf Representation of an Information System
Ever since Pawlak introduced the concepts of rough sets, it has attracted many researchers and scientists from various fields of science and technology. Particularly for algebraists as it presented a gold mine to explore the...
Published by: IGI Global
An Arabic Dialects Dictionary Using Word Embeddings
The dialectical Arabic and the Modern Standard Arabic lacks sufficient standardized language resources to enable the tasks of Arabic language processing, despite it being an active research area. This work addresses this issue...
Published by: IGI Global
A Flipped Instructional Design as an Online Pedagogy Enabling Student Learning in an ODeL Course
Micheal van Wyk
Nov 01, 2021
The growing body of literature is reporting positive results when it comes to flipped learning which across disciplines and contexts involves student-centered, technology-integrated teaching. Using a systematic scoping review...
Published by: IGI Global
An Adaptive Neural-Fuzzy Inference System for Prediction of Muscle Strength of Farmers in India
In the present study, 13 anthropometric hand dimensions, hand grip strength, push strength, and pull strength of 90 male farmers of Odisha in India were statistically analyzed and then, fuzzy logic toolbox of MATLAB version 2010...
Published by: IGI Global
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