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Strategic planning and decision-making require that a strategic plan and an action plan be established, while the establishment of an innovation strategy plays a major role in an enterprise’s continued operation over the longer term. In this study we will use the value-focused thinking model and will combine the random-word method, SWOT analysis, the TOWS matrix and AHP analysis to examine the ...

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Some nouns can be counted—we term these countable; other nouns cannot—we term these uncountable. By and large this distinction makes sense in terms of how we humans view the real world. Thus, for example, horses are countable, while flour is obviously not. Such cases are generally not a problem. However, there are entities that are, from a human perspective, on the borderline, which do cause pr...

We analyze how network effects affect competition in the nascent cryptocurrency market. We do so by examining early dynamics of exchange rates among different cryptocurrencies. While Bitcoin essentially dominates this market, our data suggest no evidence of a winner-take-all effect early in the market. Indeed, for a relatively long period, a few other cryptocurrencies competing with Bitcoin (th...

It is important for MIS educators to have a good understanding of what IT knowledge and skill are required in business. In this study, a total of 103 semi-structured interviews were conducted with hiring companies in the Midwest region. The interviews with key business recruiters suggest that IT knowledge and skills are significantly considered during the recruiting process, even if the target ...

Artificial spike-based computation, inspired by models of computations in the central nervous system, may present significant performance advantages over traditional methods for specific types of large scale problems. In this paper, we study new models for two common instances of such computation, winner-take-all and coincidence detection. In both cases, very fast convergence is achieved indepe...

Definition 2.1. When a and b are integers, we say a divides b if b = ak for some k ∈ Z. We then write a | b (read as “a divides b”). Example 2.2. We have 2 | 6 (because 6 = 2 · 3), 4 | (−12), and 5 | 0. We have ±1 | b for every b ∈ Z. However, 6 does not divide 2 and 0 does not divide 5. Divisibility is a relation, much like inequalities. In particular, the relation 2 | 6 is not the number 3, e...

The variability in topological shapes of observed neuronal branching patterns can accurately be described by a simple model for random sequential growth. This finding is remarkable in view of the fact that the actual neuritic growth process can vary, and includes phases of regression and removal of branches which were not considered in the model. The aim of the present study is to investigate t...

We derive addition formulas at the combinatorial level, that is equations of the form F (X1+ X2 + +Xk) = F (X1; X2; : : : ; Xk), where F = F (X) is a given combinatorial species and F is a species on k sorts of singletons X1; X2; : : : ; Xk; depending on F . General results are given in the case of a molecular species M = X=H. Speci c formulas are also presented in the cases of the species Ln o...