Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Top Journal'

The thesis takes as its starting point the alleged “founder” of “scientific” economics, Lionel Robbins, and investigates how economics has evolved in time, detaching itself ever more from the richer texture of Robbins’ view which was more akin to classical political economy. I argue that the top journals of economics were key players in the significant epistemological changes the discipline underwent after the 1940s, first with the increasing mathematical formalization, and later with the rise of empiricism in an attempt to mimic the natural sciences. If the 1940s and 1950s marked the rise of formalization in economics, there has been a more recent shift from the Cowles econometric approach to quasi-experimental methods, which have grown considerably in importance since 1990. This shift originated with the disarray in which the simultaneous equations approach fell during the 1980s, with its contested reliance on economic theories based on the optimization of agents or firms. If economics has certainly been relying less on theoretical models and becoming more data-driven in recent decades, hence more applicable to policy matters, this does not necessarily mean that political economy is resurfacing. Economics may be turning into a more useful instrument for designing public policies, but it remains to be seen whether the social, political and institutional elements that were extruded in the transition from political economy to economics will have any important role to play in the new era ofdata-driven economics. Chapter one argues that parallel to the mathematization of economics there was a redefinition of the methodology of economics. In order to do so I assess the influence of British classical economists on Lionel Robbins in what concerns the demarcation between the epistemology of the natural and the social sciences. With the mathematization of economics this distinction was displaced and economists increasingly started to mimic the methods of natural sciences, leading to the dehistorization and desocialization of economics. Lionel Robbins provides an interesting window into investigations of the changing nature of economics not only because he was concerned about the methodology of economics, but also because he wrote in a period when economics was quickly becoming more quantitative. In this sense the lingering influence of British classical economists on Lionel Robbins shows that the mathematization of economics after the 1930s happened in tandem with an epistemological change whereby economists increasingly endorsed the methods of the natural sciences as the proper way to approach their subject matter. In recent years the role of top journals of economics in molding research has been widely debated and the chapters 2 and 3 of the thesis contribute to this debate by examining how the language used by economists evolved since the foundation of Econometrica in 1933 until recent years. The second chapter focuses on the consolidation of mathematical economics between the 1930s and the 1960s. I argue that one of the drivers of the mathematization of economics was the ideological context of the period. As a response to totalitarian tendencies taking place in Europe, quantitative methods grew in importance because they were perceived as being value-free. Using latent semantic analysis I show that there was a convergence in the language used by the top journals of economics and in this sense the origins of the so-called top five journals can be traced back to the 1960s when they endorsed the methods championed by the Econometric Society. Chapter three then investigates the role of the American Economic Review, the Journal of Political Economy, and the Quarterly Journal of Economics in the development of mathematical economics. Using bibliometrics it is shown that the papers published in these journals are strikingly similar between 1940 and 2010. In this sense I argue that mathematical economics was increasingly incorporated by the top general journals and the rest of the profession followed suit, not least because the creation of citation metrics in the 1960s created a hierarchy within

Promotion to partner has always been a future goal for auditors, still becoming a partner is not an easy task, and it has many requirements, and since the audit profession is a sensitive profession and it concern everyone in the society, and since partners are the most important capital that audit firms have, so that is why we thought it is very important to investigate how this position can be reached?This research has a qualitative methodology and has interviews and internal documents as research strategy. The research consist of 7 interviews varied between authorized auditors who are still working in auditing firms or left it before becoming partners, partners and HR, the interviews were performed personally via phone or face to face.The findings are based on semi structured interviews and internal documents. There is significant effect between profitability and promotion to partner beside many more aspects such as Reputation, personal characteristics, promotion systems, personal branding, overtime, industry specialized, education and gender, but being profitable was the most important one.

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Background Missing outcome data is a threat to the validity of treatment effect estimates in randomized controlled trials. We aimed to evaluate the extent, handling, and sensitivity analysis of missing data and intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in top tier medical journals, and compare our findings with previous reviews related to missing data and ITT in RCTs. Methods Review of RCTs published between July and December 2013 in the BMJ, JAMA, Lancet, and New England Journal of Medicine, excluding cluster randomized trials and trials whose primary outcome was survival. Results Of the 77 identified eligible articles, 73 (95%) reported some missing outcome data. The median percentage of participants with a missing outcome was 9% (range 0 – 70%). The most commonly used method to handle missing data in the primary analysis was complete case analysis (33, 45%), while 20 (27%) performed simple imputation, 15 (19%) used model based methods, and 6 (8%) used multiple imputation. 27 (35%) trials with missing data reported a sensitivity analysis. However, most did not alter the assumptions of missing data from the primary analysis. Reports of ITT or modified ITT were found in 52 (85%) trials, with 21 (40%) of them including all randomized participants. A comparison to a review of trials reported in 2001 showed that missing data rates and approaches are similar, but the use of the term ITT has increased, as has the report of sensitivity analysis. Conclusions Missing outcome data continues to be a common problem in RCTs. Definitions of the ITT approach remain inconsistent across trials. A large gap is apparent between statistical methods research related to missing data and use of these methods in application settings, including RCTs in top medical journals.

Serving over two million students, the California Community College (CCC) system is a powerhouse in the nation for academics. Though many students attend and successfully complete this educational system, challenges for Black females are often overlooked for the mere fact that they complete at a slightly higher rate compared to their Black male counterparts. The purpose of this study is to explore how Black females within the CCC system make sense of their journey as they move towards graduation and/or transfer. To gain a better understanding of the lived experiences of Black women in the CCC, qualitative ethnographic interviews were conducted. The sample group included 15 Black female participants who are currently attending a community college in California. Four major themes emerged: support systems, educational awareness and expectations, self-awareness and foresightedness. These findings provide a new perspective that can assist in the promotion of programs, policies and resources specific to the needs of this population in order for them to be successful.

Tato diplomová práce pojednává o návrhu ložisek kompresoru. Za tímto účelem byl zakoupen speciální program JDynamic. Tento software poskytuje cenný přínos při navrhování kluzných ložisek a s tím spojených problémů. Programové výsledky reálného kompresoru jsou obsaženy v parametrické studii. Byl proveden test reálného kompresru. Modifikace kluzných ložisek byly zaměřeny na snížení ztrát.

In this thesis we study the problem of forecasting the final score of a football match before the game kicks off (pre-match) and show how the derived models can be used to make profit in an algorithmic trading (betting) strategy. The thesis consists of two main parts. The first part discusses the database and a new class of counting processes. The second part describes the football forecasting models. The data part discusses the details of the design, specification and data collection of a comprehensive database containing extensive information on match results and events, players' skills and attributes and betting market prices. The database was created using state of the art web-scraping, text-processing and data-mining techniques. At the time of writing, we have collected data on all games played in the five major European leagues since the 2009-2010 season and on more than 7000 players. The statistical modelling part discusses forecasting models based on a new generation of counting process with flexible inter-arrival time distributions. Several different methods for fast computation of the associated probabilities are derived and compared. The proposed algorithms are implemented in a contributed R package Countr available from the Comprehensive R Archive Network. One of these flexible count distributions, the Weibull count distribution, was used to derive our first forecasting model. Its predictive ability is compared to the models previously suggested in the literature and tested in an algorithmic trading (betting) strategy. The model developed has been shown to perform rather well compared to its competitors. Our second forecasting model uses the same statistical distribution but models the attack and defence strengths of each team at the players level rather than at a team level, as is systematically done in the literature. For this model we make heavy use of the data on the players' attributes discussed in the data part of the thesis. Not only does this model turn out to have a higher predictive power but it also allows us to answer important questions about the 'nature of the game' such as the contribution of the full-backs to the attacking efforts or where would a new team finish in the Premier League.

Auf der Basis des Impact-Faktors, entsprechend der Definition Eugene Garfields, werden die Implikationen dieses IF für szientometrische Überlegungen und deren Folgen für das Zeitschriftenwesen untersucht. Die Ergebnisse der vorliegenden Arbeit zeigen: Der Impact-Faktor ist ein Wert, der einen Hinweis auf den durchschnittlichen Bekanntheitsgrad eines Beitrags in einer vom SCI erfassten Zeitschrift gibt. Der Impact-Faktor ist ein Wert, der in hohem Maße vom Umfang des SCI bestimmt ist. Über die dort erfassten Zitationen wird ermittelt, wie oft eine Zeitschrift zitiert worden ist. Der Impact-Faktor ist in hohem Maße davon bestimmt, in wieweit die Quellen zugänglich sind, die zitiert werden. Der lineare Zusammenhang, den R. Rousseau und G.V. Hooydonk (1996) zwischen dem Impact-Faktor von Zeitschriften und der Zahl der darin erschienenen Aufsätze (Produktion) hergestellt haben, gilt nur in dem von ihnen untersuchten Bereich des Impact-Faktors 0,5 – 3. Bei höheren Werten kommt es zu einer Abflachung, bei Werten über 7 sogar zu einer Umkehr der Steigung. Es gibt einen Zusammenhang zwischen der Höhe des Impact-Faktors und seinem jährlichen Zuwachs im SCI. Je höher der IF, desto höher ist auch sein jährlicher Anstieg. Bei genauerer Analyse zeigte sich, dass der Zuwachs, zum Zeitpunkt der vorliegenden Untersuchung, gegen einen Grenzwert von 0,42 ging. Die Impact-Faktoren von Zeitschriften und deren Preise für die Abonnements hängen statistisch nur schwach voneinander ab. Ob Zeitschriften erworben werden müssen ist weitaus stärker von den Zitationen abhängig, die diese Zeitschriften auf sich versammeln. Der IF steigt mit der Auflagenhöhe von Zeitschriften, wenn diese bereits einen höheren IF aufweisen. Für wissenschaftliche Autoren ist der Druck, in Zeitschriften mit einem hohen IF zu publizieren, beobachtsam. Je höher dieser allgemeine Druck ist, desto geringer ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit für einen einzelnen Autor wiederholt in derartigen Zeitschriften publizieren zu können.
The current thesis investigates the Impact Factor (IF) in scientific journals and its consequences for scientometric considerations. The results are: The Impact Factor is a value for Journals listed in the Science Citation Index, which show the average degree of acquaintance in the scientific community. It is much less a sign of quality than often believed. The IF is highly determined by the degree of the extent of the SCI. The Impact Factor is also, to a considerable degree determined by the availability of the cited sources. Methodological the IF depends strongly on the topical adjustment of the SCI. A linear correlation, found by R. Rousseau and G.V. Hooydonk (1996) between the Impact Factor and the number of papers per journal, is only valid in the analysed range of 0.5 - 3 examined by these authors. At higher IF values it comes to a flattening, and for values greater 7 even to a reversal of the curve. There is an annual increase of the Impact Factor in the SCI, in which the annual rate is rising as higher the IF is. More exact analyses have shown that the increase had an upper of 0.42, at the investigated time. Impact factors of Journals and prices for their relations depend only on a weak statistic from each other. Whether Journal is acquired, depends by far more strongly on the citations, which meets these magazines on itself. The IF rises with the number of copies of magazines if these already exhibit a higher IF. A clear separation between a cause and effect cannot be recognized here. It would be both possible that Journals with high IF experience increased demand, so that the copy number thereby rises and that the IF rises, because the Journal enjoys a high interest. Scientific authors are under pressure to publish in journals with Ifs as high as possible. The higher this general pressure is the smaller is the probability for an author to publish in such journals repeatedly. Exceptions are the publishers or editors of these Journals.

You could say that the Swedish artist Felix Gmelin in his art uses media to get closer or further away from what we consider to be the reality and also truth. The purpose of this study is to discuss what this means for the intention of his art works. The starting point is my own aesthetic experience of his painting and the installations A Gentleman’s agreement (1996), Farbtest, Die Rothe Fahne II (2003) and Tools and Grammar 2.5 (2007). Each of these works of art consists of different kinds of prefabricated material such as articles, films and documents. These kinds of material are often considered to stand in the way of the aesthetic experience, maybe because they are supposed to be closer to reality and therefore to truth. The thesis of this study is that the truth in art is inscribed in the aesthetic framework of each art piece and also in the technical support it uses. If for example the support consists of an investigative journalist’s documentary research, in Rosalind Krauss’ description, the truth might be found in the authenticity of the documentary material. If the technical support has to do with sampling instead, as in the re-use of existing materials to create new works of art, the truth can probably not be found in the different pieces of material but in the work ofart in itself. It does not matter then if the different pieces of material it consists of is traditionally considered unaesthetic. The conclusion of this study is that Gmelin’s Gentleman’s agreement, Farbtest, Die Rothe Fahne II and Tools and Grammar 2.5 actually discuss what truth is and if there is an aesthetic truth.

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碩士
國立屏東科技大學
資訊管理系所
100
Information technology (also known as IT) is inseparable existence for people in modern age. Many organizations are highly dependent on IT, however, information security problems are emerging endlessly with the rapid growth of IT usage. According to CERT, the number of reported information security events is increasing over time. Nowadays, most information security research focuses on solving specific security issues. It is difficult to have a good understanding for the overall development of information security research trend. Therefore, the goal of this study is to present the current research situation of information security by reviewing related literatures historically. By adopting content analysis as the main research method, we analyze top-quality computer science journal articles published in English, and use ISO27001 to properly classify these papers into certain research interests in order to get a clearer picture of research trend for information security. The results showed that information security research articles published at the top-quality journals were increasing by years. Research for management- orientedtype drew equal attention as the type of technical-oriented in the field of information security in recent years. Research subjects focusing on "Communication and operational management", "Systems development and maintenance" and "Business continuity management" were major trends for information security research. Working area for most of the authors was America, and many of them worked at universities or institutions. Comparing to other authors, Rao, Siponen and Zhang were the most active researchers publishing research articles in the field of information security. Studies titled "Language-based information- flow security", "RFID security and privacy: a research survey" and "Impact of customer trust and perception of security control on the acceptance of electronic commerce" were found to be the most commonly cited journal articles in this study.

Classificação JEL: M40; M41
Este estudo tem como objetivo analisar a adoção da teoria institucional como lentes teóricas na investigação em contabilidade. Procedi assim, à pesquisa de artigos no período entre 2005 e 2014 que tivessem recorrido a esta teoria no desenvolvimento dos trabalhos de investigação conduzidos. Conduzi esta pesquisa nos seguintes seis journals de topo na área da contabilidade: (1) Accounting, Auditing & Accountability (AAA); (2) Accounting, Organizations & Society (AOS); (3) British Accounting Review (BAR); (4) Critical Perspectives on Accounting (CPA); (5) European Accounting Review (EAR); e (6) Management Accounting Research (MAR). Tendo em conta, o período e os journals mencionados, nesta análise foram consideradas as seguintes variáveis: (1) autores; (2) género dos autores; (3) países afiliados dos autores; (4) método de investigação escolhido; (5) temas abordados; e (6) associação entre continentes e método de investigação. Os resultados deste estudo mostram que existem mais investigadores do sexo masculino (mais de dois terços) do que feminino a adotar a teoria institucional nos seus estudos de investigação. Tendo em conta os países a que os autores são afiliados, pode-se constatar que, a maioria pertence a universidades europeias, americanas ou da Oceânia. Os métodos de investigação privilegiados são arquivos históricos (AH) e case study (CS). A nível de temas, management accounting change (MAC), teoria institucional (TI) e new institutional sociology (NIS) são considerados os mais investigados nos artigos estudados. Finalmente, a associação entre continentes e método de investigação indica que os continentes mais conservadores (América) preferem AH e os mais modernos (Europa, Oceânia) optam por CS.
This study aims to analyze the adoption of institutional theory as theoretical lenses in research in accounting. To achieve this goal, I proceeded to do an article search between 2005 and 2014, to analyze who had resorted to this theory as a support developing new research. The journals researched were six top journals in the field of accounting: (1) Accounting, Auditing & Accountability (AAA); (2) Accounting, Organizations & Society (AOS); (3) Accounting Review British (FAB); (4) Critical Perspectives on Accounting (CPA); (5) European Accounting Review (EAR); and (6) Management Accounting Research (MAR). Given the time period and journals mentioned, in this investigation, the following variables were considered: (1) authors; (2) gender of the authors; (3) Affiliate countries of the authors; (4) chosen method of investigation; (5) themes; and (6) association between continents and investigation method. The results of this study show that there are more researchers male (over two thirds) than women to adopt the institutional theory in their research studies. Taking into account the countries to which the authors are affiliated is easy to see that the majority belongs to European universities, American and from Oceania. The privileged research methods are historical archives (AH) and case study (CS). In terms of themes, management accounting change (MAC), institutional theory (IT) and new institutional sociology (NIS) are considered the most investigated in the articles. Finally the association between continents and research method indicates that the most conservative continents (America) prefer AH and the most modern (Europe, Oceania) opt for CS.

碩士
銘傳大學
資訊管理學系碩士班
97
It has been forty years to develop in Information Management from now. In the past, the development of Information Management research was too divergent to have no own theory method. Most of theories were from other field to solve the problem in Information Management. The Journal and conference which are related to Information Management are increasing by domains development, research issues and research methods unceasing evolution. These Journals are accumulated and grow through a long time in Information Management research science area, so that it can be the base to be cited. The themes develop and evolve continuously in Information Management field. It is important to know how to overall literature review of the evolution in Information Management, so we analysis the contents of Journal Article to find out the future trends. The purpose of this research is to know the current development situations, the future trend and the direction of research in Information Management field by analysis two Top Journal, ISR and MIS Q. First, to build the classification structures of information Management research issue and develop the tools to classify the literature review automatically, and then through the methods to discuss the change of historical trend in Information Management field. It will help to be easier to find own research directions for the researchers when they do research in this area from the future trend.

碩士
國立高雄第一科技大學
資訊管理所
93
Most of the studies on the information management was evaluated by Survey Research Methodology. In the present study, we analyze the international top 9 journals in the field of information management, that is MISQ (MIS Quarterly), JMIS (Journal of Management Information Systems), ISR (Information Systems Research), I&M (Information & Management), DSS (Decision Support Systems), CACM (Communications of the ACM), MS (Management Science), IJEC (International Journal of Electronic Commerce), and JKM (Journal of Knowledge Management) using the narrative method of meta-research. According to the criterion of ideal Survey Methodological Attributes (SMA) proposed by Grover et al.,(1993), the level and quality of survey research methodology appeared in these previous mentioned journals were evaluated. At the same time, we try to find out the attributes of an ideal survey research by the following 9 criteria, including 1) use a combination of personal, telephone, and mail data collection; 2) adopt a validated instrument or perform a validity or reliability analysis; 3) report characteristics of respondents; 4) the approach used to randomize or select samples; 5) append the whole or part of the questionnaire; 6) the profile of the sample frame; 7) perform an instrument pretest or pilot test; 8) the response rate; 9) the statistical analysis of data from nonrespondents. On the other hand, to find out the point that investigators pay attention, we furthermore to observe the other characteristics in the content of research, for example, the percentage of survey research, the topic category, response rate, statistical analysis, etc. We believe that we will explore the important role of knowledge management in the circles of science industry by screening the rigor, relative thesis, and construct of knowledge management in the survey research methodology from the top 9 journals.

碩士
東海大學
餐旅管理學系
103
In recent years, the growing industry of hospitality and tourism promoting the development of academics, and produced a lot of multiple issues and methodologies in these area. It showed the reputation of academics in hospitality and tourism are more abundant in Taiwan. Therefore, a content analysis approach was used to analyze the research articles which written by Taiwanese in international tourism and hospitality journals, this study can show the industry trend, research preference of scholar and the relationship of corporation between author in Taiwan. This paper aims to provide an overview 345 of articles published from 2000 to 2014, the journals selected from ten leading journals, there are Annals of Tourism Research Tourism Management, Cornell Hotel Quarterly、International Journal of Hospitality Management、Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research 、Journal of Travel Research、 International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management、Journal of Sustainable Tourism、Leisure Sciences and Tourism Geographies. The findings indicate that Tourism was receiving most attention sector in this area, and consumer behavior and operation management was the most researched issue in past 15 years. In recent years, the multiple-authorship was found more frequency than single authorship; the quantitative method got more application than Qualitative method. In addition, this study found that academic performance focused on particular scholars through listed the ranking of author in publication of hospitality and tourism. Hence, this study used the graph social network analysis to comprehensive the relationship between authors.

The thesis explores how elemental architecture in collaboration with the Shield can manifest a threshold condition in which a modern day hero myth can be enacted in the Canadian wilderness. Through the lens of Joseph Campbell, Tom Thomson and the archetypal structures of the Finns and Algonkians, a design proposal is derived for a Waterway Park in the Algonquin region that expands the mandate of the Ontario Parks System. In the realm of psychology, Carl Gustav Jung defines individuation as a universal quest that encourages facing and overcoming ones internal demons in order to live a more integrated existence. Located in Oxtongue River Ragged Falls Provincial Park, this proposed experimental pilgrimage retreat connects a series of primary and secondary paths to cabins, a sweat lodge and a chapel. This model illustrates a method of inhabiting a protected wilderness site that can be applied to existing and future Parks to inspire a condition of corporeal and spiritual rejuvenation in Ontario’s near North.

This work is an in depth reflection on my rehearsal process in the final performance of my graduate career as Esther Mills in Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage. In addition to my work in the aforementioned show, I assess my entire experience as an MFA candidate in acting at the University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Theatre and Dance.
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The thesis presents an analysis of the themes of the city, the journey and the pilgrim in the well known danish novel Havoc by Tom Kristiensen. The introductory part of the thesis includes a brief summary of the changes in the image of the city in the 19th and 20th century works of art and literature. Furthermore, it also focuses on the man-city relationship and stresses its reciprocity and the important role of the city in the process of the formation of individual identity. The following part of the thesis analyses the theme of the city in Havoc and focuses mainly on the influence, which the main character's feeling of alientation has on the depiction of the city in the novel. Another discussed topic is the main character's decision to intentedly reach the bottom of his existence, which is interpreted as the result of the post-world war I. urge to question and reassess the foundations of the society and its principels and values. The thesis compares and contrasts the main character's deroute with other famous litterary journeys and pilgrimages. Furthemore, it also analyses the predominant patterns of the main charcter's movement through the city and interprets its spiral course as emblematic of the main charatcer's search of identity. The final part of the thesis explores the importance of the...