This document lists relevant literature for the DSTC Spectrum project on Trust Management in Open Computer Networks. 1 The Concept of Trust

The Standard Model does not provide a very good fit to the most recent precision electroweak data from LEP, due primarily to the observed branching ratios for Z decay to bb̄ and cc̄. The possibility that an extension of the Standard Model with low-energy supersymmetry can improve the agreement between data and theory is considered. Invited Talk at the 1995 International Europhysics Conference on ...

Across the industries, management faces increasing pressure to make digital transformation a strategic priority and embrace opportunities offered by digitalization, mining sector is not an exception in this regard. Whereas it recognized that within industry digitalization will be driving force has great potential transform nature of companies their interaction with stakeholders at every stage v...

Much of the evidence on managerial biases in corporate finance focuses CEO and, particular, overconfidence. This singular focus can lead to misattribution as it ignores roles other managers who are responsible for a given outcome. We evaluate influence CFO and C-suite executives compared with CEO. Mirroring widely used Longholder measure overconfidence, we construct Other measures. For financin...

Despite taking advantage of established learning from other industries, quality improvement initiatives in healthcare may struggle to outperform secular trends. The reasons for this are rarely explored in detail, and are often attributed merely to difficulties in engaging clinicians in quality improvement work. In a narrative review of the literature, we argue that this focus on clinicians, at ...

TECHNOLOGY, ECONOMIC FACTORS, AND changes in the educational system are major factors in what is being termed a “revolution” in libraries. Does library user education have a place in that future? Some believe that libraries would be more effective concentrating their resources elsewhere. To put library instruction in perspective requires a look at its past and the status of programs in terms of...

Purpose: The aim of the study is to compare the perceived benefits of public libraries between five culturally different countries: Finland, Norway, the Netherlands, South Korea and the U.S. Design/methodology/approach: The data was based on representative samples of Finnish, Norwegian, Dutch, Korean and American adult library users. In Finland a mail survey was used and in other countries web ...

We believe that the Internet and related technologies will help change the role of the purchasing department, from a transaction-oriented function to a more managerial one that focuses on establishing and maintaining relationships with suppliers, third parties, and internal customers, and leveraging corporate buying power. In its new role, procurement will also manage the technological infrastr...

The primary purpose of this study is to uncover the future FMCG industry trend in the Taiwanese market. After literature review, five aspects of industrial forces based on Porter’s Five-Force Model are used as the framework of this study. Qualitative research method is used to generate insight understanding of FMCG industry phenomena and the meanings behind each one of them. Three consumer manu...