This exploratory study focuses on ERP post-implementation issues in Small-and-Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The authors conducted a case study in a small Norwegian retail company, which experienced a performance dip that lasted longer than expected. The case demonstrates how overwhelming the ERP competence requirements can be for an SME. Errors in the configuration of the ERP system and impr...

This paper describes the potential contribution of near-miss management systems to improving company profitability and reducing the frequency and severity of major industrial accidents. The near-miss concept has long been understood in both manufacturing and finance, as several examples in this paper illustrate. However, what has been largely missing is the integration of near-miss management i...

Gavagai used its first-generation baseline system for the profiling task for evaluation campaign for online reputation management systems of CLEF 2012. The system builds on large scale analysis of streaming text and performed excellently on this task with standard settings. 1 Profiling corporate reputation in streaming online data The profiling task was defined to be based on real data, using a...

The South Railways Company built two hydrotherapeutic institutions Warm baths (Warmbade-Pavillion) and Hydrotherapeutic Institution (Hydropatische Anstalt) in the Angiolina Park in Opatija in 1884. The both institutions were in operation till 1904. Due to the deterioration of the both hydrotherapeutic institutions and increasing number of guests (in 1899 - 4009 guests, in 1902 - 19.001 guests) ...

This paper studies the minimum score at which machine translation (MT) evaluation metrics report productivity gains in a machine translation post-editing (MTPE) task. We ran an experiment involving 10 professional in-house translators from our company in which they were asked to carry out a real translation task involving MTPE, translation from scratch and fuzzymatch editing. We then analyzed t...

“Do you even COIST, bro?” was the question a young command post non-commissioned officer (NCO) asked one of his Soldiers. The question arose during situational exercise lane training (STX) involving platoon level patrols in the company sector. The young soldier asked his leader how he knew about the enemy’s employment of IEDs and the “hot spot” locations, which are essential to countering asymm...

This paper presents concept of the strategic knowledge resource network for SMEs. A strategic-knowledge resource in a company represents the knowledge, skills and capabilities of the individuals who make up the workforce of that company. In the paper we present a network for the transfer as well as storage of knowledge in enterprises in order to make sure every post is covered by an employee (s...

Why is the cost of resolving insurance company failures so high? Evidence in this article suggests that the state insurance regulatory bodies in charge of the liquidation process turn over an average of only $0.33 for each $1.00 of pre-insolvency assets to the guaranty funds (the state agencies responsible for paying claims). This very low “recovery rate” could result from ex ante regulatory fa...

Disclosure of the NSA’s PRISM program demonstrated that Internet companies have become prime targets of government surveillance. But what role do companies themselves play in putting users’ privacy at risk? By comparing the changes in the privacy policies of ten companies—the nine in PRISM plus Twitter—I seek to understand how users’ privacy shifted. Specifically, I study how company practices ...

This paper presents clinically-based studies of two acquisitions that received very different stock market reactions at announcements one positive and one negative. Despite the differing market reactions, we find that, ultimately, neither acquisition created value overall. In exploring the reasons for the acquisition outcomes, we rely primarily on interviews with managers and on internally gene...