Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
The Quality of Interactive Multimedia in Indonesian Language Learning at the 5th Grade of Elementary School: The Practicality and Effectiveness after Wide-Scale Tryout

Development of interactive multimedia is one solution to problem unsatisfactory Indonesian language learning outcomes. This research is a research and development, especially the development phase, namely a wide-scale tryout. From the data analysis, it's found that the media is very practical seen from the students and teachers' responses. The media are also very effective from two aspects, namely the studentsâ€™ learning outcomes and the studentsâ€™ activities. Thus, the developed media can be applied and disseminated for Indonesian language learning in 5th elementary schools.
Powerful CEOS, Cash Bonus Contracts and Firm Performance

We investigate whether powerful chief executive officers (CEOs) influence the conditions of their cash bonus contracts. Specifically, we examine (i) the association between CEO power and the proportion of ex&#8208;ante cash bonus to base salary (bonus ratio), (ii) the association between CEO power and the relative use of non&#8208;financial to financial performance targets in cash bonus contracts, and (iii) the performance consequences of incorporating non&#8208;financial targets in cash bonus contracts. Results show that powerful CEOs are associated with greater ex&#8208;ante bonus ratios and higher proportions of non&#8208;financial performance targets compared to less powerful CEOs. Furthermore, the use of quantitative and corporate social responsibility (CSR)&#8208;related non&#8208;financial performance targets is positively associated with subsequent firm performance, and the use of undefined non&#8208;financial performance targets is negatively associated with subsequent firm performance. These results are robust to alternative econometric specifications and variable definitions.
The Protestant Ethic Reexamined: Calvinism and Industrialization

Can cultural differences affect economic change? Max Weber famously argued that ascetic Protestants’ religious commitments—specifically their work ethic—inspired them to develop capitalist economic systems conducive to rapid economic change. Yet today, scholars continue to debate the empirical validity of Weber’s claims, which address a vibrant literature in political economy on the relationship between culture and economic change. We revisit the link between religion and economic change in Reformed Europe. To do so, we leverage a quasi-experiment in Western Switzerland, where certain regions had Reformed Protestant beliefs imposed on them by local authorities during the Swiss Reformation, while other regions remained Catholic. Using 19th-century Swiss census data, we perform a fuzzy spatial regression discontinuity design to test Weber’s hypothesis and find that the Swiss Protestants in the Canton of Vaud industrialized faster than their Catholic neighbors in Fribourg.
Predictive analytics in facilities management

Purpose Advancements in wireless sensor technology and building modelling techniques have enabled facilities managers to understand the environmental performance of the workplace in more depth than ever before. However, it is unclear to what extent this data can be used to predict subjective environmental comfort. This study aims to pilot test a methodological framework for integrating real-time environmental data with subjective ratings of environmental comfort. Design/methodology/approach An open-plan office was fitted with environmental sensors to measure key indoor environmental quality parameters (carbon dioxide, temperature, humidity, illumination and sound pressure level). Additionally, building modelling techniques were used to calculate two spatial metrics (“workspace integration” and workspace density) for each workspace within the study area. In total, 15 employees were repeatedly sampled across an 11-day study period, providing 78 momentary assessments of environmental comfort. Multilevel models were used to explore the extent to which the objective environmental data predicted subjective environmental comfort. Findings Higher carbon dioxide levels were associated with more negative ratings of air quality, higher “workspace integration” was associated with higher levels of distractions, and higher workspace density was associated with lower levels of social interactions. Originality/value To our knowledge, this is the first field study to directly explore the relationship between physical environment data collected using wireless sensors and subjective ratings of environmental comfort. The study provides proof-of-concept for a methodological framework for the integration of building analytics and human analytics.
High-performance work systems and job engagement: The mediating role of psychological empowerment

Abstract Drawing on the social exchange theory, this study aimed to investigate the mediating role of psychological empowerment in the relationship between high-performance work systems and job engagement. Data collected from 287 employees in a large manufacturing organization was analyzed using structural equation modeling and hierarchical regression analysis. The results showed that perceived high-performance work systems and psychological empowerment positively influenced job engagement. The results of the study also revealed that psychological empowerment mediated the influence of high-performance work systems on job engagement. The results further suggest that organizational human resources systems impact job engagement through psychological empowerment. The theoretical contribution and managerial implications have been thoroughly discussed in this paper.
Emotion and Knowledge in Decision Making under Uncertainty

This paper presents four incentivised experiments analysing jointly the separate role of immediate integral emotions and knowledge in individual decision making under ambiguity. Reactions to a natural source of uncertainty (i.e., forthcoming real-world election results) were measured using both computed decision weights derived from individual choices and judgmental probabilities determined from the subjects’ estimated likelihood of election outcomes. This study used self-reports to measure emotions aroused by the prospective election victory of a party/coalition of parties, and both self-assessed and actual competence to measure knowledge of politics. This paper found evidence of both preference for ambiguity in the gain domain and of likelihood insensitivity, namely the tendency to overweight unlikely events and to underweight likely events. This paper also shows that a superior knowledge of politics was associated with a preference for ambiguity (i.e., the elevation of the decision weighting function for gains). Both stronger positive emotions and superior knowledge generally have asymmetric effects on likelihood insensitivity (i.e., the curvature of the decision weighting function), each being associated separately with higher overweighting of unlikely election outcomes.
A cognitive ergonomics design framework for future electronic textbooks

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Preferences and behavioral decision-making in operations-related settings

Diese Dissertation befasst sich mit Verhaltenseinflussen auf Operational Settings, primar im Zusammenhang mit Bestellverhalten. Die bestehende Literatur wird im Bezug auf die bisherige normative Theorie um das Wissen erweitert, wie Wirtschaftssubjekte Produkte bestellen und Zuteilungsentscheidungen unter verschiedenen Szenarien treffen. Das Hauptziel dieser Arbeit besteht in der Beantwortung der Frage, welche Praferenzen und Verhaltenstendenzen fur diese Entscheidungen von Relevanz sind. In der Verhaltensokonomie gibt es viele Moglichkeiten, Praferenzen in unterschiedlichsten Domanen zu messen, meistens mit Hilfe von mehreren Methoden. Unser Ziel ist es, eine Empfehlung abzugeben, wie jene Praferenzen konsistent und stabil zu messen sind. Daher betrachten wir mehrere unterschiedliche Arten von Praferenzen gleichzeitig im Newsvendor-Setting. Wir konzentrieren uns hierbei auf zwei Themen: Die Quantifizierung von individuellen Praferenzen, sowie wie und warum sich Bestellmengen im Laufe der Zeit verandern. Diese Dissertation betrachtet ebenso den Spezialfall des Bestellverhaltens wenn das Angebot beschrankt ist, oder wenn Produkte extern von einem zentral gesteuerten Warenhaus bereitgestellt werden. Wir erweitern unsere Analyse auserdem auf Szenarien mit mehreren Bestellmoglichkeiten fur Handler, im Speziellen mit schnellen und teuren sowie langsamen und billigen Lieferanten. Wir kommen zu dem Schluss, dass Methoden, die Praferenzen messen, stark abhangig von der verwendeten Methode sind, und viele von ihnen wesentliche Unterschiede bei mehrmaligen Messungen innerhalb von 30 Minuten liefern. Unsere Resultate zeigen Verbindungen zwischen mehreren Arten von Praferenzen, im Besonderen von Einkommen, Extrovertiertheit, Verlustaversion und Bestellmengen im Newsvendor-Setting. Wir zeigen, dass die von Subjekten gemachten rein stochastischen Erfahrungen das zukunftige Verhalten beeinflussen. Des Weiteren geben wir mehrere Erklarungen ab, warum Subjekte nicht genugend auf Engpasse im Angebot reagieren. Dies geschieht, wenn Warenhauser ihren Bestand nach den georderten Mengen der Handler und nicht nach der Nachfrageverteilung bestimmen. Am Uberraschendsten war allerdings die Untersuchung unterschiedlicher Bestellmoglichkeiten fur Handler: Trotz ihres hohen Preises fuhrt eine zusatzliche schnelle aber teure Bestellmoglichkeit fur Handler zu hohen Ersparnissen. Im Grosen und Ganzen konnen wir wertvolle Lektionen uber menschliche Verhaltensmuster bezuglich des Designs von Lieferketten oder des Bestellverhaltens lernen.
Enterprise Architecture: A Reconceptualization Is Needed

Enterprise architecture (EA) is a description of an organization from an integrated business and IT perspective. Current literature conceptualizes EA as a comprehensive blueprint of an enterprise organized according to a logical framework and describing its current state, desired future state and migration roadmap. However, the current concept of EA originates from non-empirical sources, lacks demonstrated examples of its successful practical implementation and deviates from the real practical use of EA in organizations in multiple important aspects. Due to these and other problems the notion of EA needs to be reconceptualized in order to more accurately reflect empirical realities. In this paper, based on an extensive EA literature review, I describe the problems with the current concept of EA, demonstrate the critical inconsistencies between this concept and the real practice use of EA in organizations and illustrate them based on a recent exemplary case study of a successful EA practice. Although this paper justifies the need for the reconceptualization of EA and points to the most essential aspects of this reconceptualization, it does not offer an alternative ready-to-use conceptualization and represents only the first step towards developing a new, evidence-based concept of EA.
Securing BGP using blockchain technology

The Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is an important routing protocol used to exchange routing information among autonomous systems on the Internet. The BGP version 4 does not include specific protection mechanisms against attacks or deliberate errors that could cause disruptions of routing behavior. There were several securing solutions developed to mitigate security issues of BGP. In this thesis, current secure solutions are reviewed and evaluated against a list of security and deployment requirements. Furthermore, a new BGP securing solution is proposed which uses blockchain technology and smart contracts to exchange information required for messages validation among peers. This allows to decouple security-related data from the protocol itself and fix the problems introduced in other BGP solutions.
Making Food Rescue Your Business: Case Studies in Germany

Initiatives of the European Union in the context of food waste running governmental and nonprofit campaigns strive to reach waste reduction goals. The study investigated entrepreneurial business models in the arena of food waste in Germany with a multiple case study research approach. Business entrepreneurs seek to reduce waste through its monetarization. After the initial identification of close to all current entrepreneurial businesses, ten entrepreneurs in retail, processing, and food service were interviewed to determine barriers and challenges to the models’ success and analyze their motivation to start these businesses. The most important barriers constituted logistical problems regarding supply as well as marketing; and the need for close collaboration with suppliers constituted another important challenge. Their motivations combine sustainability-oriented goals with a profit goal. To scale up, an increase in collaboration and data exchange is needed across the supply chain.
PENGARUH KEBIJAKAN DIVIDEN, KEPUTUSAN INVESTASI, UKURAN PERUSAHAAN DAN KEPEMILIKAN MANAJERIAL TERHADAP NILAI PERUSAHAAN

Firm value is investor’s view on the company which is related with stock price that may foster a positive signal to open the investment opportunities. This research aims to determine the effect of dividend policy, investment decision, firm size and managerial ownership on firm value of consumer good industry sector at Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2013-2017. The sample is selected using purposive sampling method on 11 companies. Furthermore, the data is processed using multiple linear regression analysis. The Results of research showed that dividend policy and investment decision have significant positive effect on firm value. But firm size and managerial ownership have significant negative effect on firm value.
Moderating Effect of Planning on the Relationship between Administration of Devolved Water Services and Water Provision in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in Kenya

The Government of Kenya introduced Sessional Paper no 10 in 1965 that stated that for the economy to grow as a whole and as fast as possible, development money should be invested where it will yield the largest increase in net output. It further stated that this approach favored development of areas with abundant natural resources, good land and rainfall, transport and power facilities and people receptive to and active in development. For many years, this statement guided direction of government resources hence neglecting ASAL areas. Even though, and with promulgation of Constitution (2010), Kenya as a water scarce country did devolve water provision to counties, the question of whether administration of devolved water services has assisted in solving challenges related to water provision as desired and anticipated by target six (6) of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as well as Kenya’s Vision 2030 still remain unresolved. The purpose of this study was therefore to establish the moderating effect of planning on the relationship between administration of devolved water services and water provision in ASAL in Kenya. The study used positivism research orientation.Cross- sectional survey research design was adopted. The target population entailed the 113 sub-counties in ASAL where a sample of 89 sub-counties was targeted. Questionnaire helped in collecting primary data. Secondary data collection was done via desk study. planning has a significant moderating effect on the relationship between administration of devolved water services and health-care service delivery in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands in Kenya given that ΔR2 = 0.003, ΔF(1, 70) = 25.1907, b = 0.763, t(72) = 5.824, p-Value=0.000 < 0.05. Findings of this study would contribute useful information that would help in the formulation of an action plan for sustainable water management and conservation in the devolved systems in ASAL in Kenya and the entire country in general. From the findings, the study recommended the need to improve water conservation, protection of catchments and water sources. It should be ensured that there is effective, efficient and sustainable management of both urban and rural water services.
Transforming Education Outcomes in Africa : Learning from Togo

Good education changes lives. It is therefore unsurprising that improved schooling plays a central part in most development strategies. At the same time, the expansion of school attainment alone is not sufficient to guarantee improved welfare. This open access book focuses on one country in West Africa, Togo, to explore what a country that has successfully increased enrollment rates can do to enhance learning outcomes. The authors explore different avenues for improvement, including enhancing the efficiency with which resources are used; increasing the qualifications of teachers; and through greater community involvement in school management. There is scope for improvement along all these dimensions, yet changes at the margin are insufficient to bring about the transformation needed to bring about acceptable levels of learning. Important reading for anyone interested in understanding the pathways to improving the education system in Togo and other developing countries.
The Role of Due Diligence in Crowdfunding Platforms

Abstract Crowdfunding platform due diligence comprises background checks, site visits, credit checks, cross-checks, account monitoring, and third party proof on funding projects. We evaluate the factors associated with platforms’ compliance expenses, and their due diligence application. We find that due diligence is related to legislation requirement, platform size, and type or complexity of crowdfunding campaigns. In addition, we find that platforms applying due diligence provide more services to project issuers and funders. Furthermore, due diligence is associated with higher percentage of successful campaigns, more fund contributors, and larger amount of capital raised on platforms. Our analyses are supported by platform-level data, covering the period 2014–2017.
The Research of Tripartite Collaborative Governance on Disorderly Parking of Shared Bicycles Based on the Theory of Planned Behavior and Motivation Theories—A Case of Beijing, China

With the maturity of mobile payments and internet technology, a new type of travel mode, shared bicycles, was brought out by China’s urban transport under the impetus of “the last mile” travel demand. Although convenient travel has been achieved by using shared bicycles, the resulting problems such as disorderly parking and the deposition of bicycles could severely influence urban traffic order and impede the sustainable development of shared bicycles. Based on the quasi-public goods property of shared bicycles, this article established a management system for the tripartite collaborative governance of disorderly bicycle parking by virtue of regulating the bicycle parking behavior of users, the promoting of multiple propaganda and macro-institutional controls of the government, and acquiring technique support of enterprise “entry settlement”. Furthermore, considering the influence on the governance effect of user conduct, a structural model for guiding users to regulate bicycle parking to guarantee the governance effect by adopting material incentive and spiritual motivation was established via the utilization of the theory of planned behavior and motivation theories, and multiple hypotheses were also proposed. In this article, users of shared bikes in Beijing, China were selected as the research objects, and a questionnaire survey was adopted as the empirical research method. In addition, the governance validity on disorderly parking of the collaborative governance model was tested via hierarchical regression analysis after the collection and analysis of the factors influencing bicycle parking behavior of users. The obtained results show that the tripartite collaborative governance model could enhance the regular parking consciousness of users and improve the governance effect of disorderly parking. The research conclusion of this article could provide feasible suggestions for the governance of bicycle disorderly parking and propel the sustainable development of shared bicycles.
Life satisfaction and internal migration experience: migrant workers in Guangzhou, China

ABSTRACT Our study links the life satisfaction of internal migrants with assessment of their migration outcomes in relation to the people back home and their integration experience. Our research adds to a growing body of literature on the integration of internal migrants in three ways. First, we extend the understanding of the subjective dimension of integration. Second, we have refined two important concepts for measuring migrant experience in our research. We differentiate local ties between local hukou and non-local hukou ties. Third, we provide a more comprehensive picture of life satisfaction among migrants by comparing relative importance of a set of variables. Data for this study come from a survey of rural–urban migrants in 2015–2016 in Guangzhou, China. The findings show that income, perceived socioeconomic status in comparison to that of local residents, perceived socioeconomic status in comparison to that of fellow villagers back home, and social ties with local hukou relative, and the perception of their own socioeconomic status have significant relationships with life satisfaction. Implications are discussed.
Interest Rate Spillovers from the United States: Expectations, Term Premia and Macro-Financial Vulnerabilities

We analyse how movements in the components of sovereign bond yields in the United States affect long-term rates in 10 advanced and 21 emerging economies. The paper documents significant global spillovers from both the expectations and term premia components of long-term rates in the United States. We find that spillovers to domestic long-term rates in emerging economies from the US expectations components tend to be more sizeable than those from the US term premia. Finally, spillovers from US term premia are larger when an emerging economy displays greater macro-financial vulnerabilities.