Road-kill of Mammals in Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia University of Windsor

Commonly recognized as one of the most significant innovations in the information systems (IS) area, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have been widely adopted by organizations in both public and private sectors worldwide. Their widespread adoption marks a paradigm shift in the organizational approach to IS, as the adopting organizations in most cases have moved from a proprietary made...

Aleutian mink disease virus in furbearing mammals in Nova Scotia, Canada

BACKGROUND Aleutian mink disease virus (AMDV) is widespread among ranched and free-ranging American mink in Canada, but there is no information on its prevalence in other wild animal species. This paper describes the prevalence of AMDV of 12 furbearing species in Nova Scotia (NS), Canada. METHODS Samples were collected from carcasses of 462 wild animals of 12 furbearing species, trapped in 10...

ASAC 2008 Halifax, Nova Scotia

The upper echelon theory (Hambrick and Mason 1984) posits that the firm is a reflection and extension of the entrepreneurs that manage it. As such, the firm’s strategic choices, behaviours, and performance are, to a large extend, influenced by the demographic characteristics of the entreprenurs (Smith et al. 1996), their social connections (Geletkanycz and Hambrick 1997), their perceptions of t...

WHO IS DEFENDING NOVA SCOTIA'S COASTLINE? A Paper by the Royal United Services Institute of Nova Scotia Halifax Nova Scotia

Fast food and deprivation in Nova Scotia.

OBJECTIVE To examine the relationship between density of fast food restaurants and measures of social and material deprivation at the community level in Nova Scotia, Canada. METHODS Census information on population and key variables required for the calculation of deprivation indices were obtained for 266 communities in Nova Scotia. The density of fast food restaurants per 1000 individuals fo...