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Sedighimornani, Neda. "Inquiry into shame : exploring mindfulness, self-compassion, acceptance, and mind-wandering as methods of shame management." Thesis, University of Bath, 2015. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.687350.
Full textShin, Hwayeon Helene, and helene shin@abs gov au. "Institutional safe space and shame management in workplace bullying." The Australian National University. Research School of Social Sciences, 2006. http://thesis.anu.edu.au./public/adt-ANU20061114.142503.
Full textShin, Hwayeon Helene. "Institutional safe space and shame management in workplace bullying /." View thesis entry in Australian Digital Thesis Program, 2005. http://thesis.anu.edu.au/public/adt-ANU20061114.142503/index.html.
Full textHerrmann, Andrew F. "The Nature and Management of Shame from a Multiple Identities StructurationPerspective." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/821.
Full textPiazza, J. R. "The Evolutionary Psychology of Information Management : Gossip, Secrecy and Shame in Evolutionary Perspective." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.527889.
Full textDaniels, Michael A. "Shame as an Alternate Mechanism for the Abusive Supervision-Performance Relation and the Role of Power Distance Values." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1436002331.
Full textJimenez-Andrade, Jesus Rodolfo. "Fifteen Minutes of Shame: A Multilevel Approach of the Antecedents and Effects of Corporate Accounting Scandals." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1525741512409321.
Full textRojas, Rojas William. "Humiliation et honte causées par des pratiques de gestion inhumaines : Étude de cas (Cali-Colombie)." Thesis, Paris, CNAM, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015CNAM1001/document.
Full textInhumane Administrative Practices (IAP) refer to certain systematic, calculated and planned violent exercises on the part of management, by which the termination of contracts with workers who are considered to be replaceable or are disruptive to the instrumental ends of an organization are possible. The theoretical perspective of IAP presented here examines and details strategies, actions, omissions and other administrative acts through which workers are mistreated, humiliated and shamed, so that they passively submit to productive dynamics, reject the possibility to join unions, accept “voluntary work arrangements”, or quit their labor affiliation. IAP is characterized, therefore, by the use of intimidation and degrading methods that injure the humanity of workers in the context of a production logic centered on the laws of the market and maximization of profits. IAP in organizations does not go against the essential condition of human behavior; therefore, it is not carried out from a generalist perspective, but rather from the specificity of place and prescribed timeframes. For this reason the practices through which IAP violates workers' humanity are characterized at the local level. In this study, conceptual reference in humanities are applied and are fundamental to examine the relationship of labor subordination, which, while it is possible to eliminate, is a continually weakening factor because of an abuse of power that fails to recognize working people as individuals who are dignified, free, equal, autonomous, respectable and therefore, individuals who have the right to a good life.The creation of a theoretical framework, then, seeks to contribute to the epistemological foundation that provides new analytical elements to the science of management in order to focus concrete practices of workplace violence far from the philosophical perspective of a modern culture with ideological, legal and political foundations that recognize the human condition of every person. Ethnographic fieldwork was carried out in the organization C-Colombia between 1993-2005 and is presented in two accounts: one from the perspective of management and another from the perspective of workers. The result demonstrates that power and authority in this enterprise was always applied with disregard to psychological human suffering. This behavior is a product of mistreatment and humiliation of workers, and is incapable of applying alternative approaches to those of narcissistic and productionist ends, in order to resolve problems that could be dealt with technically and morally in a more dignified manner.Key words: Inhumanity, work, enterprise, inhumane administrative practices, workplace violence, humiliation, mistreatment, shame
Randell, Eva. "Adolescent boys’ health : managing emotions, masculinities and subjective social status." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-23324.
Full textTonårspojkars hälsa är komplex och det finns förvånansvärt lite forskning gällande hur tonårspojkar uppfattar, konceptualiserar och upplever hälsa. Därför var det övergripande syftet med denna avhandling att undersöka tonårspojkars uppfattningar och upplevelser av hälsa, emotioner, maskuliniteter och subjektiv social status. Denna avhandling består av tre delstudier: en kvalitativ, en kvantitativ och en mixed metod studie. Den kvalitativa studien syftade till att undersöka hur tonårspojkar uppfattar begreppet hälsa och vad de tyckte var viktigt för att uppnå hälsa, samt deras syn på manlighet, känslohantering och potentiell påverkan på deras välbefinnande. För detta ändamål genomfördes individuella intervjuer med 33 unga pojkar i åldern 16-17 år. Den kvantitativa studien syftade till att undersöka sambandet mellan stolthet, skam och hälsa i tonåren, och data samlades in genom en postenkät där 705 ungdomar deltog. Syftet med mixed metod-studien var att undersöka sambanden mellan subjektiv social status (SSS) i skolan, socioekonomisk status (SES) och självskattad hälsa (SRH) samt att undersöka innebörden av begreppet subjektiv social status. Data från en enkät kombinerades med intervjudata av 35 ungdomar i åldern 17-18 år. I den kvalitativa studien analyserades data med hjälp av Grounded Theory metoden. I den kvantitativa studien användes statistiska analysersåsomchi-två-test samt uni- och multivariabel logistisk regressionsanalys. I mixedmetod-studien användes en kombination av statistiskaanalyser ochtematisknätverksanalys. Resultaten visade att det fanns en komplexitet i hur unga pojkar uppfattade, upplevde, hanterade och värderade hälsa. På en teoretisk nivå uppfattade de hälsa som holistisk men när det handlade om att hantera svåra känslor, var de benägna att separera kroppen från sinnet. Således upplevde de en skillnad mellan hälsa som begrepp och hälsa som upplevelse (I). Gällande den känslomässiga maskulina orienteringen, identifierades två huvudkategorier av maskulina föreställningar: könsnormativ och icke-könsnormativ maskulinitet (II). Könsnormativ maskulinitet bestod av två till synes motsatta maskulinitetsorienteringar, en mot tuffhet och den andra mot känslighet, som båda var starkt påverkad av kontextuella och situationella gruppnormer och krav, trots att deras uttryck kontrasterade varandra. Icke-könsnormativ maskulinitet inkluderade en inriktning mot uppriktighet som betonade de personliga värdena för pojkar; känslor kunde uttryckas mer oberoende av kamratgruppens normer. Resultaten tyder på att olika maskuliniteter och känslouttryck är starkt sammanflätade och att känslohantering är avgörande för välbefinnandet. Resultat visade också att upplevelser av skam och stolthet var signifikant associerade med självskattad hälsa, och att stolthet verkar ha en skyddande effekt för hälsa (III). Vidare visade resultaten att det finns ett starkt samband mellan subjektiv social status och självskattad hälsa och att mycket god självskattad hälsa är relaterad till hög subjektiv social status. Positioneringarna gjordes i en starkt genuskodad skolmiljö (IV). Resultat från allastudier visarattde känslomässiga ochrelationellaaspekternavaravgörandeförhälsa, liksomden subjektivt upplevda statussomvar starktrelaterad tillsjälvskattad hälsa. Positivakänslor och tillitsfulla relationer, och att känna tillhörighet och stolthet varviktiga faktorerförhälsa. Fysiskhälsa å andra sidan hadeettmerunderordnat värde menkroppen var ettviktigt verktyg för attuppnåhälsa. Även omhälsauppfattadespå ett holistiskt sätt av de flesta pojkarna, fanns det pojkar som varbenägna att dela upp hälsoupplevelsen i kropp och sinne när det gällde att hantera svåra känslor. Sammanfattningsvis visar denna avhandlingatt den unga, manligahälsantill stor delupplevs genomkänsloroch relationermellanindivider och derassammanhang som är starkt genuskodade. Resultaten stöderteorier omhälsasomensocial konstruktionav sammankopplade processer. Hälsa är att må och fungera bra i kropp och sinne och ha tillgång till tillitsfulla relationer. Att ha självkänsla, tillgång till förtroendefulla relationer och att våga stå emot traditionella maskulinitetsnormer utan att tappa status bidrar positivt till hälsa. Forskare samt yrkesverksamma måste ta hänsyn till komplexiteten i unga pojkars hälsa, där normer, värderingar, relationer och genus utgör dess sociala bestämningsfaktorer. De som arbetar med unga pojkar bör uppmuntra dem att integrera fysiska, sociala och känslomässiga aspekter av hälsa till en sammanlänkad helhetsupplevelse.
Ståhl, Johanna, and Julia Jönsson. "Skolmedling : En undersökning om en konflikthanteringsmetod i skolan." Thesis, Halmstad University, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-3729.
Full textSyftet med studien är att undersöka hur skolmedling kan ses som en effektiv och nyanseradmetod för konflikthantering i grundskolan. Vi tar även del av kompissamtal, som är en redanetablerad konflikthanteringsmetod i skolan för att på så sätt se hur skolmedling kan bli enkompletterande konflikthantering till detta. Studien bygger på tio intervjuer varav fem ärenskilda och de resterande är gruppintervjuer. Intervjufrågorna behandlar skolmedling utifrånperspektiv såsom frivillighet/ofrivillighet, medlarens neutralitet, distans/närhet, skam, makt,kön och ålder samt kritik/hinder. Det insamlade materialet visar att samtliga respondenterställer sig positiva till skolmedling som metod men att information och kunskapsspridning ommetoden är bristfällig. Utifrån materialet har även grundkomponenter framkommit för hur engivande skolmedling bör se ut enligt oss. Vidare i analysavsnittet behandlas tolkningar avmaterialet och socialpsykologiska perspektiv som skam, makt, sociala band ochkonflikthantering.
The purpose of this paper is to look at if mediation in school can be seen as an effective andfruitful method in conflict management in the elementary school. We also look into anestablished method in Swedish schools called “friend-talk” to see how mediation in schoolcan be a completing version of conflict management in schools. We base this study on teninterviews from which five were made individually and the others were made in groups. Theinterviews deal with mediation in school and it is based on the concepts of voluntariness/unvoluntariness, the mediators neutrality, distance/closeness, shame, power, gender and ageand criticism/obstacles. The collected material shows that all the respondents are positive tothe method but they consider the information and knowledge about the subject insufficient.From the material, crucial components arise for a profitable solution of mediation in school.Later on in the analysis, interpretations of the material will be based on social psychologicalperspectives like power, shame, social bonds and conflict management.
Botsari, Antonia. "Earnings management ahead of share-for-share financed takeover bids." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.613007.
Full textBalaraman, Subha. "Bill Share - Capacity Planning and Management." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1339698740.
Full textDanielsson, Anna. "The Role of Menstruation : a Case Study amongst Women from Nakwa Village in Tanzania." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Utveckling och internationellt samarbete, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32689.
Full textGreyling, Christoffel Jacobus Coetzer. "Value-based management : shareholder value creation and management / Christoff Greyling." Thesis, North-West University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/4780.
Full textThesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Vaal Triangle Campus, 2010.
Sarkadi, Anna. "The borderland between care and self-care." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Univ.-bibl. [distributör], 2001. http://publications.uu.se/theses/91-554-4901-8/.
Full textMa, Jing, and 馬靜. "Real earnings management around open market share repurchases." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/202368.
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Siddle, Richard. "Active share, fund style and performance." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13300.
Full textThe South African unit trust industry was found to display low levels of Active Share compared to international levels. A sample of unit trusts, representing approximately 58.2% of assets under management in the South African general equity fund industry, was selected based on the availability of the information necessary to perform this analysis. The average Active Share demonstrated by the sample of unit trusts has decreased from 60.85% in June 2007 to 55.65% in June 2013. A fund flow analysis confirmed that fund managers' portfolio decisions are highly affected by the risk of outflows and possibility of inflows. Managers faced with a high risk of outflows and low possibility of inflows adjusted their Active Share by approximately double that of managers with a moderate risk of outflows and inflows. A similar result was found when comparing managers experiencing a low risk of outflows and a high possibility of inflows, to managers experiencing a moderate risk of outflows and inflows. Under varying market conditions, unit trusts exhibiting the highest Active Share and tracking error (concentrated stock picker) earned a significantly higher alpha than unit trusts exhibiting the lowest Active Share and tracking error (closet indexer). During the financial crisis and in the subsequent bull market to previous highs, concentrated stock pickers earned a significantly higher alpha than closet indexers. In bull markets breaking through previous highs, concentrated stock pickers earned the lowest alpha. The alpha earned by unit trusts exhibiting the highest level of Active Share was significantly higher than the alpha earned by unit trusts exhibiting the lowest level of Active Share. The benefit of distinguishing between truly active (concentrated stock picker) unit trusts and closet indexer unit trusts is clear.
Waldspurger, Carl A. "Lottery and stride scheduling : flexible proportional-share resource management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36071.
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Carrero-Parreño, Alba. "Modeling and optimization of shale gas water management systems." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/102228.
Full textMara-Tjingaete, Cashandra Candice. "An investigation into the extent to which a share price is influenced by earnings per share, dividends per share and cash flow per share of industrial companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52114.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This research involves the study of the relationship between share prices, earnings per share, dividends per share and cash flow per share. The aim is to estimate the extent of the effect of earnings per share, dividends per share and cash flow per share on share prices. A sample of industrial companies, all listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is used. The sample includes 17 sectors, containing a total of 326 companies. The data relating to these companies is sourced from the database of the University of Stellenbosch Business School. Twenty consecutive years of reported financial results are used. This includes (i) share prices as at the company's year-end, (ii) earnings per share, (iii) dividends per share and (iv) cash flow per share for the financial year. The data for each individual company is arranged in three separate structures. One structure, known as levels, is created using the data in their original form. A second structure, first differences, is constructed using the annual changes in the original data. The third structure, first difference percentages, is created using the annual changes in the original data calculated as a percentage of the previous year's figure. Several methods are used to analyse data, by way of statistical models known as linear regression, multiple regression and stepwise regression, which is a variation of multiple regression. Regression analysis is used in deterministic models because the value of one variable is predicted on the basis of other variables. Such models are called deterministic because they allow users of data to determine the value of the dependent variable from the value of the independent variable(s). Linear regression is capable of calculating the relationship between variables, which are dependent on each other and represents the dependency as a percentage. Multiple regression is a statistical model, which calculates and represents the relationship between three or more variables as an equation. Multiple regression is capable of calculating the relationship between the three or more variables which are dependent on each other and represents the dependency as a percentage. The statistical models are applied to each company individually, based on the three structures of the data. The conclusions of this research are based upon the results of the dependency of the variables, calculated by the various statistical models. The conclusions arrived at were that (1) the first differences structure is best suited to this model, (2) by placing the data of individual companies together in one pool, the problem of weighing each company was overcome, and (3) using linear regression results together with the multiple and stepwise regression results added value in terms of comparison of the accuracy of results. A comparison was drawn between the findings of this study and those of previous writers and is referred to in the text. Four researchers namely Strong, Board and Day, Brown and Mara-Tjingaete, regressed the results of earnings versus share price and produced R2 values of 12,8 percent, 13 percent, 7 percent and 7,8 percent respectively. Brown and Mara-Tjingaete found R2 results of 14 percent and 0,6 percent respectively for dividends versus share price and this study also produced an R2 result of 0,4 percent for cash flow versus share price.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsing behels die studie van die verwantskap tussen aandeelpryse, verdienste per aandeel, dividende per aandeel en kontantvloei per aandeel. Die doel daarvan is om die uitwerking van verdienste per aandeel, dividend per aandeel en kontantvloei per aandeel op aandeelpryse te bereken. 'n Steekproef van industriële maatskappye genoteer op die Johannesburgse Effektebeurs is gebruik. Die steekproef strek oor 17 sektore en sluit 326 maatskappye in. Die data van hierdie maatskappye is verkry van die databank van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch Bestuurskool. Twintig opeenvolgende jare se gepubliseerde finansiële state word in die steekproef gebruik. Dit sluit in (i) aandeelpryse soos op die maatskappye se finansiële jaareinde, (ii) verdienste per aandeel, (iii) dividende per aandeel en (iv) kontantvloei per aandeel vir die finansiële jaar. Die data vir elke maatskappy is in drie verskillende strukture gerangskik. Een struktuur, bekend as vlakke, is geskep deur die data in hulle oorspronklike vorm te gebruik. 'n Tweede struktuur, eerste verskille, is saamgestel deur die jaarlikse verandering in die oorspronklike data te gebruik. Die derde struktuur, eerste verskille-persentasies, is geskep deur die jaarlikse veranderinge in die oorspronklike data, bereken as 'n persentasie van die vorige jaar se syfer, te gebruik. Verskeie metodes word gebruik om data te ontleed, deur middel van statistiese modelle bekend as lineêre regressie, meervoudige regressie en stapsgewyse regressie, 'n variasie van meervoudige regressie. Regressie ontledings word gebruik in bepalende modelle omdat die waarde van een veranderlike gebruik word as basis om die waarde van die ander veranderlike te probeer voorspel. Sulke modelle word bepalend genoem vanweë die feit dat dit gebruikers van data in staat stel om die waarde van die afhanklike veranderlike te bepaal deur middel van die waarde van die onafhanklike veranderlike(s). Lineêre regressie kan die verwantskap tussen interafhanklike veranderlikes bereken en die afhanklikheid as 'n persentasie uitdruk. Meervoudige regressie is 'n statistiese model wat die verwantskap tussen drie of meer veranderlikes as 'n vergelyking bereken en voorstel. Meervoudige regressie kan die verwantskap tussen drie of meer interafhanklike veranderlikes bereken en die afhanklikheid as 'n persentasie uitdruk. Die statistiese modelle word toegepas op elke individuele maatskappy, gebaseer op die bogenoemde drie strukture. Die bevindinge van die navorsing is gebaseer op die resultate van die afhanklikheid van die veranderlikes soos deur die verskillende statistiese modelle bereken. Die uiteindelike gevolgtrekking was dat (1) die eerste verskille-struktuur die mees gepaste vir hierdie model is, (2) deur die data van die afsonderlike maatskappye in een poel te plaas, is die probleem van die gewig per maatskappy oorkom, (3) die gebruik van lineêre, meervoudige en stapsgewyse regressie het baie waarde ten opsigte van die vergelyking van akkuraatheid van die resultate toegevoeg. Vergelykings is getref tussen bevindinge in hierdie werkstuk en die van ander navorsers. Vier navorsers, naamlik Strong, Board en Day, Brown en Mara- Tjingaete het R2 resultate vir verdienste per aandeel teenoor aandeelpryse van onderskeidelik 12,8 persent, 13 persent, 7 persent en 7,8 persent gekry. Brown en Mara-Tjingaete het R2 resultate van onderskeidelik 14 persent en 0,6 persent bevind vir dividende per aandeel teenoor aandeelpryse en hierdie studie het ook R2 resultate van 0,4 persent vir kontantvloei per aandeel teenoor aandeelpryse gelewer.
Siddle, Andrew McCalman. "Share repurchases in South Africa : reasons and returns." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11675.
Full textShare repurchases have long been permitted in the United States of America, but it is only relatively recently that they have become a frequently-used means of returning funds to shareholders in that country. In other countries, it was also only relatively recently that share repurchases were even permitted, and in South Africa, repurchases have been permitted only since 1999, when the Companies Act was amended to allow for them. Repurchases in South Africa are fairly closely regulated, not only by statute, but also, in the case of listed shares, by regulations contained in the Listing Requirements of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. In essence, the regulations, read with the legislation, allow for three types of repurchase, namely, a specific repurchase incorporating a pro-rata offer; a specific purchase incorporating a specific offer, and a general repurchase. Specific repurchases have more demanding requirements than general repurchases as far analysis in the context of the "signalling hypothesis," and for that reason, the focus of this study is on specific repurchases. Studies in the USA and elsewhere have shown that repurchases may be carried out for any of a number of reasons. Most studies in the USA have also shown that repurchases are associated with significant positive abnormal returns on the share prices; the increase in prices is usually attributed to the signalling hypothesis, which holds that managers use repurchases as a means of signalling to the market that they believe that the shares are underpriced. The objectives of the present study are twofold: - To identify the reasons for South African companies carrying out repurchases; and - To determine whether such repurchases create shareholder value.
Siddle, Andrew McCalman. "Share repurchases in South Africa : reasons and returns." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11675.
Full textShare repurchases have long been permitted in the United States of America, but it is only relatively recently that they have become a frequently-used means of returning funds to shareholders in that country. In other countries, it was also only relatively recently that share repurchases were even permitted, and in South Africa, repurchases have been permitted only since 1999, when the Companies Act was amended to allow for them. Repurchases in South Africa are fairly closely regulated, not only by statute, but also, in the case of listed shares, by regulations contained in the Listing Requirements of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. In essence, the regulations, read with the legislation, allow for three types of repurchase, namely, a specific repurchase incorporating a pro-rata offer; a specific purchase incorporating a specific offer, and a general repurchase. Specific repurchases have more demanding requirements than general repurchases as far analysis in the context of the "signalling hypothesis," and for that reason, the focus of this study is on specific repurchases. Studies in the USA and elsewhere have shown that repurchases may be carried out for any of a number of reasons. Most studies in the USA have also shown that repurchases are associated with significant positive abnormal returns on the share prices; the increase in prices is usually attributed to the signalling hypothesis, which holds that managers use repurchases as a means of signalling to the market that they believe that the shares are underpriced. The objectives of the present study are twofold: - To identify the reasons for South African companies carrying out repurchases; and - To determine whether such repurchases create shareholder value.
Gerlach, Max [Verfasser]. "Decentralized Code-Share Revenue Management in Airline Alliances / Max Gerlach." Berlin : Freie Universität Berlin, 2013. http://d-nb.info/1045604216/34.
Full textPinet-Eve, Alexander. "Employee-share-ownership : Human Resources Management and employees behavioural outcomes." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-182865.
Full textPeswani, Mohnish. "Shape Memory Polymer Composites For Actively-Switched Thermal Management Materials." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1547036586945901.
Full textTavakkoli, Sakineh. "A Systems-level Approach for Integrated Shale Gas Wastewater Management." Thesis, University of Pittsburgh, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13819974.
Full textEconomic benefits of shale gas production in addition to its potential for enabling energy security are driving the strategic development of unconventional natural gas in the U.S. However, shale gas production poses potential detrimental impacts on the surrounding ecosystems. In particular, sustainable management of high salinity wastewater is one of the critical challenges facing shale gas industry. While recycling shale gas wastewater is a practical short-term solution to minimize total water use in the fracturing process it may not be a viable strategy from a long-term management perspective. Moreover, direct disposal into Salt Water Disposal (SWD) wells which is the most common management strategy in the U.S. is not cost effective in Marcellus shale play due to limited disposal capacity.
This work develops a systems-level optimization framework for guiding economically conscious management of high salinity wastewater in Marcellus shale play in Pennsylvania (PA) with a focus on using membrane distillation (MD) as the treatment technology. Detailed technoeconomic assessment (TEA) is performed to assess the economic feasibility of MD for treatment of shale gas wastewater with and without availability of waste heat. Natural gas compressor stations (NG CS) are chosen as potential sources of waste heat and rigorous thermodynamic models are developed to quantify the waste heat recovery opportunities from NG CS. The information from waste heat estimation and TEA are then utilized in the optimization framework for investigating the optimal management of shale gas wastewater. Wastewater management alternatives ranging from direct disposal into SWD wells to advanced centralized, decentralized, and onsite treatment options using MD are included in the optimization model.
The optimization framework is applied to four case studies in Greene and Washington counties in southwest and Susquehanna and Bradford counties in Northeast PA where major shale gas development activities take place. The results of this analysis reveal that onsite treatment of wastewater at shale gas extraction sites in addition to treating wastewater at NG CS where available waste heat could be utilized to offset the energy requirements of treatment process are the most economically promising management options that result in major economic benefit over direct disposal into SWD.
Wang, Sheng. "To share or not to share an examination of the determinants of sharing knowledge via knowledge management systems /." Connect to this title online, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1117177005.
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Kokokoane, Nimrod. "Share buybacks in South Africa : an empircal investigation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20834.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Share repurchase activity (or buybacks), as a corporate finance decision-making tool, has increased steadily over the years, both in the USA and in other markets around the world. This research report investigates share repurchase (of ordinary shares) activity in South Africa between July 1999 (when buybacks were legalised) and December 2006. Consistent with empirical evidence elsewhere in the world, the results show that South African companies have increased their share repurchase activity in absolute terms (volume and value). Corporate South Africa is estimated to be sitting on a huge cash pile of approximately R600 billion (or 38% of GOP) - a significant prerequisite for share repurchases. In the absence of potential projects and acquisitions that meet the firms' weighted average cost of capital, it is reasonable to expect that the level and value of buyback activity will increase in the foreseeable future.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die aandeleterugkoop-bedrywigheid (of aandeleterugkope), as 'n korporatiewe finansiele besluitnemingshulpmiddel, het geleidelik toegeneem oor die jare, beide in die VSA en in ander markte wereldwyd. Hierdie navorsingsverslag ondersoek die aandeleterugkoop-bedrywigheid in Suid-Afrika tussen Julie 1999 (toe terugkope wetlig geword het) en Desember 2006. In Iyn met empiriese bewyse elders in die wereld, toon die resultate dal Suid-Afrikaanse maatskappye hul aandeelterugkoop-bedrywighede in absolute terme (volume en waarde) verhoog het. Oit word beraam dat korporatiewe Suid-Afrika 'n groat kontantreserwe van bykans R600 biljoen (of 38% BBP) het - 'n noemenswaardige voorvereiste vir aandeleterugkoop. In die afwesigheid van potensiele projekte en aankope wat die firmas se geweegde gemiddelde koste van kapitaal behaal, is dit aanvaarbaar om te verwag dat die vlak en waarde van terugkoopbedrywigheid in die afsienbare toekoms sal verhoog.
Geswein, Bradley C. (Bradley Carl). "Optimization of shake inspections." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/66069.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-89).
The Boeing 737 program has recently announced an increase in the production rate from 31.5 airplanes per month to 35 airplanes per month. Throughout the production value stream, opportunities to improve quality and reduce flow time are being thoroughly investigated. This thesis contributes to the investigation by focusing on improving the inspection process through a prototype computer data collection tool and the formation of a corrective action team.
by Bradley C. Geswein.
S.M.
M.B.A.
Kruger, Sarah Debora. "The prediction value of the price/earnings ratio for headline earnings per share, dividend yields and share returns." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/70304.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This mini study project aims to investigate the prediction value ofpricelearnings (pIE) ratios. The ability of investors to predict earnings growth is tested by examining the relationship between PIE ratios and excess earnings growth. The study further also investigates the relationship between PIE ratios and two other variables: share returns and dividend yields. The study design was based on that of two other studies: Fuller, Huberts and Levinson (1993) and Hamman, Jordaan and Smit (1995). These studies specifically tested the random walk theory of earnings. In this study all the companies were allocated to one of four PIE portfolios according to the magnitude of their PIE ratio. The relationship between PIE ratios and the dependent variables (earnings growth, share returns and dividend yields) was then analysed by comparing the medians of the dependent variables of the different quartiles (pIE portfolios). The investigation into the relation between PIE ratios and excess earnings growth indicated that companies with high PIE ratios tend to have higher excess earnings growth. The relationship, however, seemed to be more pronounced in the one year results than in the two and four year results. The share returns seemed to be randomly distributed and it was more difficult to identify the correlation with PIE ratios. For a two and four year period however, the lowest PIE quartile delivered the highest returns and the highest PIE quartile performed very poorly. Lastly it was found that companies with high PIE ratios had lower dividend yields and companies with lower PIE ratios had higher dividend yields. Even though some departures from randomness were observed when comparing the PIE quartiles, the variability of the dependant variables at individual stock level was high and indicated random distribution.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie ministudieprojek het ten doelom die voorspellingvermoë van prys/verdienste (PN) verhoudings te ondersoek. Die vermoë van beleggers om winsgroei te voorspel word getoets deur die verwantskap tussen PN-verhoudings en surplus winsgroei te ondersoek. Verder ondersoek die studie ook die verwantskap tussen PN-verhoudings en twee verdere veranderlikes: aandeelopbrengste en dividendopbrengste. Die ontwerp van die studie is gebaseer op dié van twee ander studies: Fuller, Huberts en Levinson (1993) en Hamman, Jordaan en Smit (1995). Die twee studies het spesifiek die ewekansige verspreiding van winste ondersoek. Alle maatskappye in hierdie studie is geallokeer aan een van vier PN-protefeuljes volgens die vlak van hulle PNverhouding. Die verwantskap tussen PN-verhoudings en die afhanklike veranderlikes (winsgroei, aandeelopbrengste en dividendopbrengste) is dan ondersoek deur die mediane van die afhanklike veranderlikes van die verskillende PN-kwartiele (portefeuljes) te vergelyk. Die analise van die surplus winsgroei het aangedui dat maatskappye met hoë PNverhoudings geneig is om beter surplus winsgroei te toon. Die verwantskap blyk egter om duideliker te wees vir 'n eenjaar-periode as vir 'n tydperk van twee of vier jaar. Die aandeelopbrengste het 'n ewekansige verspreiding getoon en dit was moeilik om 'n verwantskap met die PN-verhoudings te identifiseer. Vir 'n twee en vier jaar periode het die laagste PN-kwartiel die hoogste aandeelopbrengs gelewer en die hoogste PNkwartiel het baie sleg presteer. Laastens is daar gevind dat maatskappye met hoë PN-verhoudings laer dividendopbrengste gelewer het en maatskappye met lae PN-verhoudings hoë dividendopbrengste. Alhoewel afwykings van ewekansigheid geïdentifiseer is met die vergelyking tussen kwartiele, was die variansie van die afhanklike veranderlikes op individuele aandelevlak hoog en het gedui op 'n ewekansige verspreiding.
Otto, Kathryn L. "Organizational wellness and productivity evaluation at Hutchinson Technology, Inc." Menomonie, WI : University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2006. http://www.uwstout.edu/lib/thesis/2006/2006ottok.pdf.
Full textHu, Xiaorui. "Three essays on auction, retail risk management and market share evolution /." Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2000. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3004291.
Full textMcDonald, Samuel Jacob. "Haptic Shape-Based Management of Robot Teams in Cordon and Patrol." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6100.
Full textLiu, Michael Kaiping. "Beamforming performance enhancement by adaptive hyperbola array shape estimation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/127044.
Full textThesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, May, 2020
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-112).
Analysis of U.S. Navy Ice Exercise 2016 (ICEX16) data, through a collaboration with MIT Lincoln Laboratory, demonstrated that towed array curvature commonly exhibited heading differences up to 100° and never maintained heading differences less than 30° between the forward compass and the aft compass. These deviations reflected a disparity from the underlying assumption that the towed array remained rigid with no deviations from a rigid, straight-line configuration. Using lessons learned from ICEX16, a field experiment in Massachusetts Bay 2019 (FEX19) tested whether a hexagonal search pattern would sufficiently address the curvature concern, thereby, validate the underlying rigid, straight-line beamformer assumption more commonly used. Results from the experiment showed that a hexagonal search pattern maintained a heading differences of less than 4° within 79 seconds of an initiation of a 60° maneuver.
This was a marked improvement when compared to ICEX16's vehicle maneuvers, which never maintained a heading difference of less than 30°. Even with this improvement in FEX19, 39.6% of the acoustic data was collected when the towed array did not meet the straight-line assumption. Use of the hexagonal search pattern, in two instances during U.S. Navy Ice Exercise 2020 (ICEX20), showed that 45.1% and 27.1% of the collected acoustic data did not meet the towed-array straight-line assumption. Although this realization will influence operators to minimize maneuvers that introduce significant deviations from the underlying beamforming model, field experiments often call for sharper maneuvers. This realization spurred the development of a beamformer that modeled towed array curvature using headings, effectively tangential slopes, at either end of the hydrophone portion of the towed array with a known fixed length to predict how the towed array bends.
Analysis of FEX19 showed that the hyperbola-shaped beamformer output aligned to GPS heading data over 30% of the experimental window compared to less than 10% for the straight-line beamformer. This improvement held true even when the towed array had little or no curvature.
by Michael Kaiping Liu.
Nav. E.
S.M. in Engineering and Management
Nav.E. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering
S.M.inEngineeringandManagement Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program
Alur, Rushikesh. "Short-term share price overreaction : evidence from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21748.
Full textChan, Ching Yee. "Active fund management and crosssectional variance of returns." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29434.
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Dahya, Jay. "A market- and accounting-based analysis of changes in UK corporate management." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.389870.
Full textYang, Linlin. "Optimization Models for Water Management in Chemical Processes and Shale Gas Production." Research Showcase @ CMU, 2014. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/433.
Full textYe, Tai-Kun. "Modeling and management of process-induced shape distortion of sheet metal products /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3036870.
Full textRen, Qun. "Market share competition in the Chinese online game industry." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2010. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/17505/.
Full textMoore, David. "ESSAYS ON SHARE REPURCHASES." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/finance_etds/7.
Full textVanderplank, Kevin N. "Share price response associated with additions to and deletions from the S&P ASX 200 share price index." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2009. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1895.
Full textNarayanan, Christopher Ram. "Landowner survey of a cost-share brush management program in two Texas watersheds." Thesis, Texas A&M University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1295.
Full textDavis, James E. (James Edward) 1962. "Airline market share modeling in originating city markets." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/14176.
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by James Edward Davis.
M.S.
Tolsma, Mischa. "Dispersal of information into share markets : a stochastic model simulation." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/95665.
Full textThis research report examines the dispersal of information into the share market. According to the efficient market hypothesis, the share price always reflects all available information on a company. This information is incorporated into the share price via heterogeneous trader interaction: a transaction between a willing buyer and a willing seller sets the latest share price. Therefore, the dispersal of information is a dynamic process. This process has been modelled with a newly developed micro-economic, stochastic, dynamic model for share price based on trader interaction. The model has been implemented as a Monte Carlo simulation with several supporting metrics to assess simulation results. Extensive Monte Carlo simulations have been performed to validate the model and to examine the dispersal and value of information. Key findings are that trader interaction is a dominant effect in both the dispersal of information and portfolio performance; technical trading, i.e. trading on only past share price information, can be beneficial under certain conditions; technical trading causes the share price to increase significantly compared to rational trading; information is more valuable for fast changing markets and small companies. The findings from Monte Carlo simulation have been compared with sectors of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and advice is provided with regards to the value of information per sector.
Deodhar, Abhijit Anant. "COPS: A Framework for Consumer Oriented Proportional share Scheduling." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/33232.
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Blackwell, Breyanna Marie. ""To Share or Not to Share:" A Study of an Individual's Self-Representation on Instagram in Accordance with Impression Management Theory." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3257.
Full textZheng, Fuling. "An examination of potential backdating of executive share option grants in South Africa." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19385.
Full textThis study investigates whether executives backdate share option grants to their advantage in South Africa. Using data of 175 option grants to executives among the 41 top companies in South Africa between 2001 and 2006, a pattern of negative cumulative abnormal stock returns before the grant dates but positive and increasing returns thereafter is observed. This pattern is much more pronounced for unscheduled grants. Statistical testing shows the mean cumulative abnormal returns are significantly different from zero after the grant date, but are not significantly different from zero before the grant date. The mean differences in average cumulative abnormal stock returns between pre- and post- grant periods are significantly different. The results suggest that some opportunistic behavior might have taken place around the executive option grants, including backdating.
Reid-Grant, Marcia Yvonne. "Share Retention, Underwriter Reputation, and Initial Public Offering Underpricing." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6268.
Full textHagba, Dorbor M. "Can market volume help in predicting share market volatility." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/15043.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This paper explores a number of statistical models for predicting the daily stock return volatility of an aggregate of all stocks traded on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The study is largely inspired by the work of Chris Brooks (1998). The volume of shares traded might be as important as the change in a market index since substantial price increases and decreases are often accompanied by heavy trading activity. An application of linear and non-linear Granger causality tests highlights evidence of bidirectional causality, although the relationship is stronger from volatility to volume than from volume to volatility. The out-of-sample forecasting performance of various linear and non-linear models of volatility are evaluated and compared. The models are also augmented by the addition of a measure of lagged volume to form more general ex-ante forecasting models. The results indicate that augmenting models of volatility with measures of lagged volume leads only to fairly small improvements in forecasting performance. The report also shows that the Johannesburg Stock Exchange is vulnerable to financial turmoil in other major markets.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie navorsingsverslag verken 'n aantal statistiese modelle vir die vooruitskatting van die daaglikse onbestendigheid in aandeleopbrengste van die totaal van alle aandele wat op die Johannesburgse Aandelebeurs (JSE) verhandel word. Hierdie studie is grotendeels geinspireer deur die werk van Chris Brooks (1998). Die volume aandele wat verhandel word, kan net so belangrik wees soos die verandering in 'n markindeks omdat beduidende prysverhogings en -verlagings dikwels met swaar verhandelingsaktiwiteite gepaard gaan. 'n Toepassing van liniere en nie-liniere Grangeroorsaaklikheidstoetse lewer bewys van tweerigting-oorsaaklikheid, hoewel daar 'n sterker verband van onbestendigheid na volume is, as van volume na onbestendigheid. Die buite-steekproef vooruitskattingsprestasie van verskeie liniere en nie-liniere modelle van onbestendigheid word geevalueer en vergelyk. Die modelle word aangevul deur die byvoeging van gesloerde volumes om meer algemene vooruitskattingsmodelle te vorm. Die resultate dui daarop dat aangevulde modelle van onbestendigheid met sloerings in volume slegs tot betreklik klein verbeteringe in vooruitskattingsprestasie lei. Die resultate dui daarop dat die Johannesburgse Aandelebeurs kwesbaar is vir finansiele turbulensie in ander belangrike markte.