Search results for "Data Warehouse"
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Market orientation, trust and satisfaction in dyadic relationships:a manufacturer‐retailer analysis
2003
This paper studies the relationships between the manufacturer's market orientation behaviours and the distributor's trust in the relationship and satisfaction with it. It also analyses the effect of the distributor's trust on his/her satisfaction. Following a review of the literature, three alternative models of relationships between trust and satisfaction are compared. For this purpose the article presents the results of a study of the Spanish ceramic industry. These establish that the effect of the manufacturer's market orientation on the distributor's trust and on its satisfaction with the relationship is different depending on which dimension is considered. The model that best fits the …
A SYNTHETIC MEASURE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PROJECT PERFORMANCE
2009
The present paper aims to offer a synthetic project performance indicator (PPI) that aggregates two input parameters obtained by the Earned Value Analysis. The PPI is calculated by using a Fuzzy Inference System (FIS) able to single out a measure based on the input parameters, instead of formulating a mathematical model that could be a troublesome task whenever complex relations among the input variables exist. The purpose is to communicate the project performance to the stakeholders in a clear and complete way, for example, describing the PPI by means of contour lines.
Wartość informacji w systemie informacyjnym w ocenie jej jakości
2018
The purpose of the article is to determine to what extent and how to evaluate the value of information available in the information system when assessing its quality. Such an evaluation, especially for systems operating on the Internet, is absolutely necessary because of the constant and rapid growth of the information resources available there, bearing the unnecessary economic costs of their poor quality and related to that negative social phenomena. The quality of information is a multidimensional category and requires evaluation of great number of different attributes. Are there among conceptual models for evaluating the quality of information also such that require evaluating the value …
Consumers’ Sustainability Perceptions of the Supply Chain of Locally Produced Food
2010
This article is based on a qualitative focus group study regarding consumer perceptions about the sustainability of locally produced food supply chains. Sustainability perceptions were analyzed through thematic content analysis, where the most important economic, environmental and social themes of the supply chain were emphasized. According to the research findings, the socio-cultural aspects encompassing locally produced food form the most important sustainability dimension for consumers. Although the sample size is small, consisting of 19 consumers and limited to Central Finland, the findings suggest that the sustainability of local food should be promoted via socio-cultural arguments alo…
THE HOUSE THAT IS NOT THERE: THE HOME FEELING IN JONATHAN RABAN’S LANGUAGE IN FOREIGN LAND
2021
This work aims to analyse the novel of the journalist and novelist Jonathan Raban, Foreign Land, trying to highlight how, through the language used, the author manages to elaborate a personal, intimate and even dramatic vision of themes such as the relationship between man and the environment, the sense of uprooting and the love for the sea that are typical themes of travel literature within which this novel is enrolled. More specifically, the text, taken from a work of reading analysis and translation of the Rabanian work from English to Italian, aims to highlight the metaphorical dimension of the home feeling made particularly effective by the parallelism between the inner dimension of th…
Near Real-Time Data Warehousing with Multi-stage Trickle and Flip
2011
A data warehouse typically is a collection of historical data designed for decision support, so it is updated from the sources periodically, mostly on a daily basis. Today’s business however asks for fresher data. Real-time warehousing is one of the trends to accomplish this, but there are a number of challenges to move towards true real-time. This paper proposes ‘Multi-stage Trickle & flip’ methodology for data warehouse refreshment. It is based on the ‘Trickle & flip’ principle and extended in order to further insulate loading and querying activities, thus enabling both of them to be more efficient.
Testing a hierarchical and integrated model of quality in the service sector: functional, relational, and tangible dimensions
2009
Prior research has revealed limitations of the dominant SERVQUAL model of service quality. Some authors have pointed out the SERVQUAL model somewhat neglects the tangible and relational facets of quality in the service sector, and, therefore, there is a need to obtain a comprehensive and adaptable structure of quality for different types of services. Consequently, we propose and test a hierarchical and integrated model of service quality, hypothesising the existence of three second-order dimensions: functional quality (describing the efficiency with which the service core is provided); tangibles (the quality of physical service environment); and relational quality (relational or emotional b…
Techniques to measure sorption and migration between small molecules and packaging. A critical review
2015
The mass transfer parameters diffusion and sorption in food and packaging or between them are the key parameters for assessing a food product's shelf-life in reference to consumer safety. This has become of paramount importance owing to the legislations set by the regulated markets. The technical capabilities that can be exploited for analyzing product–package interactions have been growing rapidly. Different techniques categorized according to the state of the diffusant (gas or liquid) in contact with the packaging material are emphasized in this review. Depending on the diffusant and on the analytical question under review, the different ways to study sorption and/or migration are present…
Infoética y derechos humanos.
2009
En los últimos años, se ha popularizado el término “Infoética”, empleado para analizar los problemas éticos que está generando la sociedad de la información, de ahí que en este texto se realice una aproximación a este concepto, describiendo algunos de sus usos más habituales. Este análisis se completa con un repaso de las razones que han llevado a algunos autores a revisar el planteamiento de los derechos humanos como consecuencia de las transformaciones que provoca la sociedad del conocimiento. Finalmente, se abordan las posibilidades que presenta la Infoética para construir una nueva dimensión de la ciudadanía: la ciudadanía digital, que surge por la aparición del ciberespacio, la socieda…
Conceptualizing Online Discussion Value: A Multidimensional Framework for Analyzing User Comments on Mass-Media Websites
2013
This chapter provides a micro-framework for analyzing the quantity and quality of online user comments on mass-media websites. On one dimension, news factors of news items and discussion factors of existing user comments are assumed to indicate the relevance of participating in online discussions. On a second dimension, specific motivational, social, and design factors are influential when reconstructing users’ decisions to participate in online discussions and when analyzing the content of online user comments. The two dimensions in combination describe the discussion value of news items. Potential applications of this framework on other forms of interpersonal communication are discussed.