Searching for Deans: A Political Perspective

Searching Political Data by Strategy

Professional search could benefit significantly from advanced information retrieval techniques. However, current search systems fail in the matching between the conceptual level of the professional information needs and the data processing level of the available search technologies. Search by strategy is a novel paradigm that puts the modelling phase of complex search paths at a central spot. W...

Mental illness: a political perspective

I Cassis, a member of the Swiss National council presented the political perspective regarding mental illnesses. What is the role of drug companies and new definitions in creating a scenario wherein majority of the population are mentally ill? We do not know for sure and whether epidemiology can help in the matter. The responsibility of providing solutions is another vague area. We are not sure...

Web Searching: A Quality Measurement Perspective

The purpose of this paper is to describe various quality measures for search engines and to ask whether these are suitable. We especially focus on user needs and their use of Web search engines. The paper presents an extensive literature review and a first quality measurement model, as well. Findings include that Web search engine quality can not be measured by just retrieval effectiveness (the...

Searching for Opportunistic Political Business Cycles in Turkey

Political Risk Management: A Strategic Perspective

1 Although insurers often treat political risk as a country-specific phenomenon, substantial variation in the probability and magnitude of loss exists at the firm level. Individual firms confront different sources of policy uncertainty and political influence depending on factors such as their size, nationality, familiarity with the local environment, partner status, technological leadership an...