ICT is becoming a prominent part of healthcare delivery but brings with it information privacy concerns for patients and competing concerns by caregivers. A proper balance between these must be established in order to fully utilise ICT capabilities in healthcare. Information accountability is a fairly new concept to computer science which focuses on fair use of information. In this paper we inv...

Growth in electronic commerce has enabled businesses to reduce costs and expand markets by deploying information technology through new and existing business practices. However, government laws and regulations require businesses to employ reasonable security measures to thwart risks associated with this technology. Because many security vulnerabilities are only discovered after attacker exploit...

background and aim: multiple sclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of demyelinating lesions in the brain, spinal cord and optic nerve. one of the most debilitating symptoms of multiple sclerosis (ms) patients is impaired balance. thus in people with ms, collecting information about the impact of impaired balance on life style and the disability which is being perceived by the patient is e...

Firms that outsource production to supply partners are at risk if those suppliers engage in unethical behavior. Such issues have been particularly acute in the apparel industry. If suppliers engage in unethical practices, firms may suffer brand and reputation damage, lost sales, cancelled contracts, legal penalties, lower employee morale, and more. An innovative program, originated at Reebok an...

the aim of this study was to investigate the role of international sporting goods fair in developing sport market regarding marketing mix (5ps). the study used a descriptive and field method and was conducted as a survey. the statistical population included all sporting equipment and goods producers who participated in the international fair (n=72 companies) and the sample equaled the populatio...

A critical requirement of direct-to-consumer (DTC) drug promotion on the Internet is the concept of fair balance. This means that prescription drug Web sites should provide an accurate, balanced portrayal of the risks relative to the benefits of using prescription medications. However, one of the most pervasive findings in consumer research is that risk perceptions are often not aligned with th...

Abstract The objective of this paper is to determine if fair value measurement for inventories value‐relevant. Inventories are measured at historical cost and investors will have estimate the themselves. For a sample firms listed in UK reporting from 2009 2018, multivariate regression results show that component on balance sheet value‐relevant, but not. By contrast, both earnings changes Result...

Strategic planning is now a ubiquitous practice in U.S. governments and nonprofi t organizations. Th e practice has become widespread for many reasons, but the chief one is the evidence that strategic planning typically “works,” and often works extremely well. Improvements in strategic planning practice are likely to come as it is seen and researched in its full richness as a practice, or set o...