implementing information technology projects requires a calculated process to prevent failure. at the same time application of information technology in organizations faces various potential risks. exploring information technology environment in organizations reveals the potential risks and provides a structure for comprehensive risk management. there are various methods available for risk mana...

0361-3682/$ see front matter 2012 Elsevier Ltd http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aos.2012.09.001 ⇑ Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 412 268 9861; fa E-mail address: [email protected] (R. G We provide a behavioral account of subjective performance evaluation inflation (i.e., leniency bias) and compression (i.e., centrality bias). When a manager observes noisy signals of employee performance and the...

This paper discusses how students understand and interpret credibility in their search for online information, especially in relation to websites such as Wikipedia, which present new approaches to authority and information management. Based on focus group and survey data, we found that source authority is not a major determinant in students’ informational evaluations, in contrast to some previo...

Economic evaluation involves the comparative analysis of the costs and consequences of alternative programmes or interventions. It has increasingly been used to inform decision making about healthcare in the United Kingdom and other industrialised nations. Randomised controlled trials are commonly used as a vehicle for economic evaluations. Indeed, many funders, such as the UK National Institut...

While biological risk assessments dominate the academic and political debate concerning the introduction of the non-native oyster (Crassostrea ariakensis) in Mid-Atlantic States, opportunity assessments of market potential are also needed. The successful introduction of a new species hinges in part on consumer and commercial quality evaluations compared to the established eastern oyster, Crasso...

Abstract Risk measures such as expected shortfall (ES) and value-at-risk (VaR) have been prominent in banking regulation financial risk management. Motivated by practical considerations the assessment management of risks, including tractability, scenario relevance robustness, we consider theoretical properties scenario-based evaluation. We establish axiomatic characterisations that are comonoto...