sSeven excerpts from Erving Goffman’s 1974 remarks on fieldwork can serve as his virtual preface to this narrative about his legacy. I begin with Goffman’s definition of participant observation: “By participant observation‚” he said‚ “I mean a technique . . . of getting data . . . by subjecting yourself‚ your own body and your own personality and your own social situation‚ to the set of contingencies that play upon a set of individuals so that you can physically and ecologically penetrate their circle
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The determinants of non-performing loans: an econometric case study of Guyana[1] Tarron Khemraj Assistant Professor of Economics New College of Florida Sukrishnalall Pasha Lecturer University of Guyana ABSTRACT The study attempts to ascertain the determinants of non-performing loans in the Guyanese banking sector using a panel dataset and a fixed effect model similar to Jimenez and Saurina (2005). Consistent with international evidence we find that the real effective exchange
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Assignment 2: Lahari Edulla Chapter 2 Question #1 response: 2. How could a business use information technology to increase switching costs and lock in its customers and suppliers? Use business examples to support your answers. Answer Interest in information technology permits a business to lock its customers and suppliers and in addition different contenders by building profitable and advantageous new business association with them. Such relationship dissuades the gatherings from forsaking
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present paper aims at finding the institutional consumer behavior. The research problem investigated here in has been precisely defined as- “Analysis of Business Buying Behaviour: A study of Educational Institutes” based on empirical research. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES: The research objectives of this study are stated as below:- 1. Factors affecting the buying behavior of laptops. 2. Determination of customer satisfaction level in regard to various brands. 3. Perception & awareness level of all companies
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Participant subsection: Students attending full-time schooling at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The participants are from different racial backgrounds‚ age groups‚ are both male and female‚ and are enrolled in the spring section one research methods class. Material and Methods subsection: For this experiment‚ we used a stress related quiz from MacArthur SES and Health Network. This quiz is designed to test the subjects stress levels before and after the independent variable is manipulated
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formation of a virtual community of learners and compromise everyone’s education” (pg. 50). Being a read-only participant can not only affect that student’s learning‚ but hinder the other students’ education and learning. In a virtual classroom‚ successful students interacted more with their peers (Nagel et al.‚ 2009). This paper will address the main points from the article Read-Only Participants: A Case for Student Communication in Online Classes by Nagel‚ Blignaut‚ and Cronje (2009) regarding characteristics
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Business Process Outsourcing in the Insurance Industry In the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis‚ insurance companies around the world have taken action to ensure their survival. To assist insurance companies determine ways to improve efficiencies‚ Accenture has developed a guide to business process outsourcing (BPO) for the insurance sector. BPO can play an important role in realizing a company’s growth strategy. Specifically‚ highly routine work involving large-volume processing
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Governments. NSDL has requested for a revenue- neutral policy change which will imply the levying of a one-time charge at the time of issue and eliminating duty at the time of transfer.This research paper explain different advantages whichdebt market participants will enjoy if they join the NSDL LC Gupta‚ Naveen Jain‚ 2003‚ “Indian Securities Depository system‚ what has Gone Wrong?” Unknowingly and unintentionally’ the share depository system is adversely affecting million of small investors and hurting
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e l s e v i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / g o v i n f Transformational change and business process reengineering (BPR): Lessons from the British and Dutch public sector Vishanth Weerakkody a‚ Marijn Janssen b‚⁎‚ Yogesh K. Dwivedi c a b c Business School‚ Brunel University‚ Uxbridge‚ Middlesex‚ UK Delft University of Technology‚ Faculty of Technology‚ Policy and Management‚ The Netherlands School of Business and Economics‚ Swansea University‚ Wales‚ UK a r t i c l e i n f o Available
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Artifact-Centric Business Process Models: Brief Survey of Research Results and Challenges Richard Hull IBM T.J. Watson Research Center‚ Yorktown Heights‚ NY‚ USA Abstract. A data-centric approach to business process and workflow modeling has been emerging over the past several years. This short paper presents a structured framework for a class of data-centric business process models‚ which are based on “business artifacts”. The paper provides a brief survey of research results on artifact-centric
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