Governance Disclosure on the Internet by Leading Indian Public Sector Companies

Think India ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-187
Author(s):  
Harmandeep Singh ◽  
Arwinder Singh
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Index Approach ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Governance Disclosure ◽  
The Web

Nowadays, internet satisfying people with different services related to different fields. The profit, as well as non-profit organization, uses the internet for various business purposes. One of the major is communicated various financial as well as non-financial information on their respective websites. This study is conducted on the top 30 BSE listed public sector companies, to measure the extent of governance disclosure (non-financial information) on their web pages. The disclosure index approach to examine the extent of governance disclosure on the internet was used. The governance index was constructed and broadly categorized into three dimensions, i.e., organization and structure, strategy & Planning and accountability, compliance, philosophy & risk management. The empirical evidence of the study reveals that all the Indian public sector companies have a website, and on average, 67% of companies disclosed some kind of governance information directly on their websites. Further, we found extreme variations in the web disclosure between the three categories, i.e., The Maharatans, The Navratans, and Miniratans. However, the result of Kruskal-Wallis indicates that there is no such significant difference between the three categories. The study provides valuable insights into the Indian economy. It explored that Indian public sector companies use the internet for governance disclosure to some extent, but lacks symmetry in the disclosure. It is because there is no such regulation for web disclosure. Thus, the recommendation of the study highlighted that there must be such a regulated framework for the web disclosure so that stakeholders ensure the transparency and reliability of the information.

Municipal E-Government Services in Emerging Economies

2012 ◽  
pp. 198-226
Author(s):  
Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar ◽  
Maria del Carmen Caba Pérez ◽  
Antonio Manuel López Hernández
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Government Reforms ◽  
Great Scope ◽  
Latin American And Caribbean ◽  
The Web

This chapter examines and discusses the approach taken by local governments in developing countries to using the Web as a means of providing e-services. In particular, we focus on the capital cities of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to discover whether their public administrations are using the Internet to transform how they interact with citizens through the delivery of online public sector services, thus advancing a benchmarking process. An empirical study was carried out of e-government services in these cities, focusing on the content of e-services by applying the CapGemini (2009) methodology, which has been widely used in prior research. Our findings confirm the existence of a wide variety of e-services among the cities examined, with many of these local administrations remaining unaware of the possibility of using Internet to facilitate the delivery of public sector services. Therefore, there is great scope for improvement in the field of e-government. Reforms in public administration are needed in order to make government more participative and open. Likewise, setting effective policies to ensure e-inclusion is the key to the future of LAC’s new empowered societies, with a more visible voice and more chances to express their concerns.

Web Authoring

2011 ◽  
pp. 122-156
Author(s):  
John DiMarco
Keyword(s):  
Web Applications ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Development ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Content Creation ◽  
Microsoft Word ◽  
Software Skills ◽  
The Web

Web authoring is the process of developing Web pages. The Web development process requires you to use software to create functional pages that will work on the Internet. Adding Web functionality is creating specific components within a Web page that do something. Adding links, rollover graphics, and interactive multimedia items to a Web page creates are examples of enhanced functionality. This chapter demonstrates Web based authoring techniques using Macromedia Dreamweaver. The focus is on adding Web functions to pages generated from Macromedia Fireworks and to overview creating Web pages from scratch using Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver and Fireworks are professional Web applications. Using professional Web software will benefit you tremendously. There are other ways to create Web pages using applications not specifically made to create Web pages. These applications include Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint. The use of Microsoft applications for Web page development is not covered in this chapter. However, I do provide steps on how to use these applications for Web page authoring within the appendix of this text. If you feel that you are more comfortable using the Microsoft applications or the Macromedia applications simply aren’t available to you yet, follow the same process for Web page conceptualization and content creation and use the programs available to you. You should try to get Web page development skills using Macromedia Dreamweaver because it helps you expand your software skills outside of basic office applications. The ability to create a Web page using professional Web development software is important to building a high-end computer skills set. The main objectives of this chapter are to get you involved in some technical processes that you’ll need to create the Web portfolio. Focus will be on guiding you through opening your sliced pages, adding links, using tables, creating pop up windows for content and using layers and timelines for dynamic HTML. The coverage will not try to provide a complete tutorial set for Macromedia Dreamweaver, but will highlight essential techniques. Along the way you will get pieces of hand coded action scripts and JavaScripts. You can decide which pieces you want to use in your own Web portfolio pages. The techniques provided are a concentrated workflow for creating Web pages. Let us begin to explore Web page authoring.

“What is Palliative Care?”

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 241-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elissa Kozlov ◽  
Brian D. Carpenter
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Broad Concept ◽  
Information Page ◽  
Care Information ◽  
Content Coverage ◽  
Basic Facts ◽  
Expert Ratings ◽  
The Web

Background and Aim: Americans rely on the Internet for health information, and people are likely to turn to online resources to learn about palliative care as well. The purpose of this study was to analyze online palliative care information pages to evaluate the breadth of their content. We also compared how frequently basic facts about palliative care appeared on the Web pages to expert rankings of the importance of those facts to understanding palliative care. Design: Twenty-six pages were identified. Two researchers independently coded each page for content. Palliative care professionals (n = 20) rated the importance of content domains for comparison with content frequency in the Web pages. Results: We identified 22 recurring broad concepts about palliative care. Each information page included, on average, 9.2 of these broad concepts (standard deviation [SD] = 3.36, range = 5-15). Similarly, each broad concept was present in an average of 45% of the Web pages (SD = 30.4%, range = 8%-96%). Significant discrepancies emerged between expert ratings of the importance of the broad concepts and the frequency of their appearance in the Web pages ( rτ = .25, P > .05). Conclusion and Implications: This study demonstrates that palliative care information pages available online vary considerably in their content coverage. Furthermore, information that palliative care professionals rate as important for consumers to know is not always included in Web pages. We developed guidelines for information pages for the purpose of educating consumers in a consistent way about palliative care.

scholarly journals The MPI-Mainz UV/VIS Spectral Atlas of Gaseous Molecules of Atmospheric Interest

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 365-373 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Keller-Rudek ◽  
G. K. Moortgat ◽  
R. Sander ◽  
R. Sörensen
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Wavelength Region ◽  
Quantum Yields ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Absorption Cross ◽  
Large Collection ◽  
Data Files ◽  
The Web

Abstract. We present the MPI-Mainz UV/VIS Spectral Atlas of Gaseous Molecules, which is a large collection of absorption cross sections and quantum yields in the ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS) wavelength region for gaseous molecules and radicals primarily of atmospheric interest. The data files contain results of individual measurements, covering research of almost a whole century. To compare and visualize the data sets, multicoloured graphical representations have been created. The MPI-Mainz UV/VIS Spectral Atlas is available on the Internet at http://www.uv-vis-spectral-atlas-mainz.org. It now appears with improved browse and search options, based on new database software. In addition to the Web pages, which are continuously updated, a frozen version of the data is available under the doi:10.5281/zenodo.6951.

Albert Einstein online

First Monday ◽  
1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Hierarchical Tree ◽  
The World ◽  
Random Nature ◽  
The Web ◽  
Online Web

The power of the World Wide Web, it is commonly believed, lies in the vast information it makes available; "Content is king," the mantra runs. This image creates the conception of the Internet as most of us envision it: a vast, horizontal labyrinth of pages which connect almost arbitrarily to each other, creating a system believed to be "democratic" in which anyone can publish Web pages. I am proposing a new, vertical and hierarchical conception of the Web, observing the fact that almost everyone searching for information on the Web has to go through filter Web sites of some sort, such as search engines, to find it. The Albert Einstein Online Web site provides a paradigm for this re-conceptualization of the Web, based on a distinction between the wealth of information and that which organizes it and frames the viewers' conceptions of the information. This emphasis on organization implies that we need a new metaphor for the Internet; the hierarchical "Tree" would be more appropriate organizationally than a chaotic "Web." This metaphor needs to be changed because the current one implies an anarchic and random nature to the Web, and this implication may turn off potential Netizens, who can be scared off by such overwhelming anarchy and the difficulty of finding information.

BUILDING A KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR IMPLEMENTING A WEB-BASED COMPUTERIZED RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (05) ◽  
pp. 793-828 ◽  
Author(s):  
JUAN D. VELÁSQUEZ ◽  
VASILE PALADE
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Web Site ◽  
Web Mining ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Web Logs ◽  
Mining Tools ◽  
The Web

Understanding the web user browsing behaviour in order to adapt a web site to the needs of a particular user represents a key issue for many commercial companies that do their business over the Internet. This paper presents the implementation of a Knowledge Base (KB) for building web-based computerized recommender systems. The Knowledge Base consists of a Pattern Repository that contains patterns extracted from web logs and web pages, by applying various web mining tools, and a Rule Repository containing rules that describe the use of discovered patterns for building navigation or web site modification recommendations. The paper also focuses on testing the effectiveness of the proposed online and offline recommendations. An ample real-world experiment is carried out on a web site of a bank.

scholarly journals Effective Genre Classification - Understanding Url And Webpage Attributes For Classification

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2S11) ◽  
pp. 2011-2016
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Exchange Method ◽  
Genre Classification ◽  
Internet Application ◽  
Reliable Classification ◽  
Time Eating ◽  
The Web

With the boom in the number of internet pages, it is very hard to discover desired records effortlessly and fast out of heaps of web pages retrieved with the aid of a search engine. there may be a increasing requirement for automatic type strategies with more class accuracy. There are a few conditions these days in which it's far vital to have an green and reliable classification of a web-web page from the information contained within the URL (Uniform aid Locator) handiest, with out the want to go to the web page itself. We want to understand if the URL can be used by us while not having to look and visit the page due to numerous motives. Getting the web page content material and sorting them to discover the genre of the net web page is very time ingesting and calls for the consumer to recognize the shape of the web page which needs to be categorised. To avoid this time-eating technique we proposed an exchange method so one can help us get the genre of the entered URL based of the entered URL and the metadata i.e., description, keywords used in the website along side the title of the web site. This approach does not most effective rely upon URL however also content from the internet application. The proposed gadget can be evaluated using numerous available datasets.

UK Hotel Web Page Accessibility for Disabled and Challenged Users

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 255-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Russell Williams ◽  
Rulzion Rattray
Keyword(s):  
Hotel Industry ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Page ◽  
Legal Mandates ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Hotel Websites ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The Web

Organisations increasingly use the internet and web to communicate with the marketplace. Indeed, the hotel industry seems particularly suited to the use of these technologies. Many sites are not accessible to large segments of the disabled community, however, or to individuals using particular hard and softwares. Identifying the competitive and legal mandates for website accessibility, the study looks at the accessibility of UK-based hotel websites. Utilising the accessibility software, Bobby, as well as making some additional manual accessibility checks, the study finds disappointingly low levels of website accessibility. If organisations want to make more effective use of the web then they need to ensure that their web pages are designed from the outside-in — from the user's perspective.

”Extended infomercials” or ”Politics 2.0”? A study of Swedish political party Web sites before, during and after the 2010 election

First Monday ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Olof Larsson
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Political Campaigns ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
Research Gap ◽  
The Web

Although many of the initial hopes regarding the Internet's effect on political engagement and participation has largely gone unfulfilled, it is generally held that the Internet still plays substantial role in political campaigns. Several studies have focused on how the Internet is employed for such purposes during an actual election campaign, but rather few studies have adopted a broader temporal scope, examining Web sites of political parties before, during and after an election. This paper fills this research gap by presenting a longitudinal analysis of the Web sites of Swedish political parties during the election year of 2010. Starting in January of 2010, these Web pages were downloaded on a monthly basis, a practice continued until the end of the year. By studying the Web sites of political parties before, during and after an election campaign, this project provides unique insights into Web campaigning rationale.

Internet surfing for kindergarten children

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Loo
Keyword(s):  
Reading Ability ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Web Browser ◽  
Human Speech ◽  
Effective Learning ◽  
The Web

The Internet is an effective learning tool for gifted children because it allows them to independently select the areas in which they have talent. The Internet also enables children to discover and maximize their potential. However, younger children might not have a large enough vocabulary to surf the Internet, even if they are gifted. For example, children who are creatively gifted might not have exceptional reading ability. To solve this problem, a special web browser was used to generate human speech according to the words that appeared on the web pages displayed. Experiments involving about 100 kindergarteners were conducted to assess the effectiveness of our approach. This paper demonstrates the feasibility of this web browser in enabling kindergarten children aged 3–6 years old to surf the Internet.

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