An Exploratory Study on the Determinants of the Report of Theft in Businesses : Focusing on Cost-Benefit Theory

This paper describes an exploratory study that examined the perceived costs and benefits and general attitudes toward dietary supplements and seeking a doctor's dietary advice. Thirty-five undergraduates completed a survey packet that used various methods to assessed attitudes toward dieting and obesity (i.e. Likert scales, cost-benefit generation, scenario-based decision tasks). Results generally replicate past work, in that participants were unsure about the safety and regulation of dietary supplements, and although physician's advice is important, they were unlikely to seek their doctor's advice prior to beginning to try and lose weight. Further, responses indicated a perception of few risks associated with seeking physician's advice; however, these appear to be weighted heavily when deciding on a dietary method based on the scenario decision-making task. The implications of these results on planned future research are discussed.

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Economic Evaluation of High-Speed Railway Development Based on Cost-Benefit Theory

ICTE 2011 ◽

10.1061/41184(419)220 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Junzhong Tang ◽

Li Li

Keyword(s):

Economic Evaluation ◽

High Speed ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

High Speed Railway ◽

Benefit Theory

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The Case For Corporate Responsibility: An Exploratory Study

SA Journal of Human Resource Management ◽

10.4102/sajhrm.v4i2.89 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lucy Da Piedade ◽

Adele Thomas

Keyword(s):

South African ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Corporate Responsibility ◽

Delphi Technique ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Well Being ◽

Development Cost ◽

Bottom Line ◽

Management Recommendations ◽

Health And Well Being

Stakeholder demands and the introduction of the ‘triple bottom line’ as a means of reporting corporate performance, make it critical that South African companies assess why they should undertake corporate responsibility initiatives. This exploratory study (part two of a two-part study) investigated the issues that are being or should be addressed by companies under the banner of corporate responsibility and the reasons for this. The views of a convenience snowball sample of consultants, academics and practitioners of corporate responsibility, was gained by means of a Delphi technique. Content analysis was employed to categorise the views into themes. The findings indicate the need for corporate responsibility action in the areas of ecology, the environment, health and well-being, building human capital and in the encouragement of economic development. Cost benefit and defensive arguments dominate the case for corporate responsibility. There is little indication that organisations have identified the opportunity of corporate responsibility initiatives to increase innovation and organisational learning and its contribution to risk management. Recommendations are made regarding the assessment of investment in this area.

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A Cost-benefit Theory of Social Institutions

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.511922 ◽

2004 ◽

Author(s):

Irit Haviv-Segal

Keyword(s):

Cost Benefit ◽

Social Institutions ◽

Benefit Theory

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The Effect of Benefits and Risks On E-procurement Implementation: An Exploratory Study of Swedish and Indian Firms

Interscience Management Review ◽

10.47893/imr.2008.1005 ◽

2008 ◽

pp. 38-49

Author(s):

Vinit Parida ◽

Kittipong Sophonthummapharn

Keyword(s):

Growth Rate ◽

Cost Saving ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Government Agencies ◽

Global Business ◽

Procurement Process ◽

Strategic Approach ◽

Main Driver ◽

Holding Back

E-procurement is constantly receiving lot of attention from industries, and government agencies. Analysts believe that utilization of e-procurement can lead to enormous cost saving and efficiency in procurement process. Though, e-procurement has benefited the global business tremendously, its expected growth rate has been moving downwards. The present study explores how the benefits and risks associated to e-procurement affect the e-procurement implementation. The differences and similarities among firms in different setting are also investigated. By using Swedish and Indian firms, the results show that cost benefit is the main driver for companies to implement e-procurement. The problems of implementation and integration of existing infrastructure are holding back companies from implementing e-procurement. But benefits are overpowering risks and companies are moving toward more aggressive strategic approach of implementing e-procurement. Finally, e-procurement is typically used for buying indirect material and the buyer side model is most dominated in industry.

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Economic Aspects of Marine Navigational Casualties

Journal of Navigation ◽

10.1017/s0373463300021846 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 35 (3) ◽

pp. 466-478 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kostas Giziakis

Keyword(s):

Environmental Protection ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Decision Makers ◽

Economic Aspects ◽

Research Project ◽

The Cost ◽

Marine Safety ◽

Benefit Theory

The present paper reports a small part of a research project aimed at finding the cost of marine casualties. It is hoped first to find acceptable ways of estimating the cost of casualties and, by applying cost/benefit theory, to help decision makers to choose the most cost-effective programmes of marine safety and environmental protection.

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Investigating the suitability and cost-benefit of copper tailings as partial replacement of sand in concrete in Zambia: an exploratory study

Journal of Engineering Design and Technology ◽

10.1108/jedt-05-2020-0186 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽

Author(s):

Franco Muleya ◽

Bodwin Mulenga ◽

Sambo Lyson Zulu ◽

Sunday Nwaubani ◽

Chipozya Kosta Tembo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Compressive Strength ◽

Cost Reduction ◽

Exploratory Study ◽

Cost Benefit ◽

Raw Material ◽

Partial Replacement ◽

Composition Analysis ◽

Content Type ◽

Copper Tailings ◽

Concrete Production

Purpose This study aimed to investigate the suitability and cost-benefit of using copper tailings as partial replacement of sand in concrete production. The study was motivated by the accumulation and non-use of copper tailings in dams among them tailing dam 25 also known as TD 25 in Kitwe city of the Copperbelt province in Zambia that take up approximately 111 hectares of unused land. Design/methodology/approach Laboratory experimental approach of concrete production based on water/cement ratios of 0.3 and 0.5 was used because this was an exploratory study designed to establish the primary performance of concrete. In total, 30 concrete cubes were cast based on the two water-cement ratios. In total, 0% to 30% partial sand replacement with copper tailings was used in both mixes with the 0% copper tailings replacement being the control mix and reference point. Other concrete tests included workability, density, compressive strength and element composition analysis. Findings Results revealed that copper tailings from TD 25 were suitable for partial replacement of sand in concrete. Thirty per cent of sand replacement with copper tailings was established as the maximum replacement amount to produce optimum compressive strength values from both mixes. The drier mix of 0.3 water-cement ratios produced higher compressive strength results of 23 MPa at 28 days of concrete curing with 2.34% as optimum concrete cost reduction. Practical implications The research results provide the cost-benefit analysis and savings that can be attained from using cheaper copper tailings based concrete. The study further provided the quantity of land available for development arising from absorption of copper tailings as a sustainable construction material. The local authority now has statistics and numerical values that it can use to absorb copper tailings as a concrete raw material. Originality/value The study provides guidance on optimum concrete grade produced and cost reduction details of copper tailing-based concrete to support for local authorities in suitable land wand waste management using real data.

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