We discuss the scalar propagator on generic AdSd+1 × S ′+1 backgrounds. For the conformally flat situations and masses corresponding to Weyl invariant actions, the propagator is powerlike in the sum of the chordal distances with respect to AdSd+1 and S d′+1. In these cases we analyze its source structure. In all other cases the propagator depends on both chordal distances separately. There an e...

This study examines how national culture influences the likelihood and rate of buyouts among R&D equity alliances and joint ventures in the biotechnology industry. We hypothesize that the interaction of specific national culture attributes and cultural differences between alliance partners bear upon: a) the amount of endogenous uncertainty surrounding the potential integration of the target fir...

This paper is an attempt to develop a model that explores the factors that affect the frequency of violations of information security policies (ISPs). Additionally, it examines the moderating effect of cultural attributes on the frequency of ISP violations. Does national culture affect the way managers and employees perceive and practice ISPs? If we understand why ISPs are violated, perhaps we ...

This study sought to measure the relationship between national culture and the usability of an e-Learning system by using Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and Nielson’s usability attributes. The study revealed that high uncertainty avoidance cultures found the system more frustrating to use. The study also revealed that individuals from cultures with low power distance indicators (e.g., people mo...

Purpose – The main purpose of this paper is to examine empirically whether national culture has an impact on e-government development in 84 countries around the world. Design/methodology/approach – We used statistic methods of correlation and multiple regression to analyze the two sets of indexes – E-government Development Index from the United Nations E-government Survey 2010 and Hofstede’s cu...

Using a standard model of the US legislative system as a monotonic simple game, we look at rankings of the four types of players – the president, the vice president, senators, and representatives – induced by power indices. We show that regardless of the power index used, the president is always ranked above the other players, and a senator is always ranked above the vice president and a repres...

This brief comment, written in response to Professor Lisa Alexander’s, “The Promise and Perils of ‘New Regionalist’ Approaches to Sustainable Communities,” reviews Professor Alexander’s assessment of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Grant Program. This comment suggests that although the ability to approach regionalism from a national...

This paper deals with the question of how intranets impact on employee perception and behavior. The study uses a five year longitudinal study following the evolution of an intranet in a UK bank to analyze how it changed the relationships between employees and between managers and employees. The discussion integrates two different research domains, the intranet literature and the organizational ...

In previous work the distance travelled by UK football clubs, and their supporters, over the Christmas/New Year period was minimised. This is important as it is not only a holiday season but, often, there is bad weather at this time of the year. Whilst searching for good quality solutions for this problem, various constraints have to be respected. One of these relates to clashes, which measures...

and Applied Analysis 3 We use the formula of the product of two series ∑∞ n 0 an and ∑∞ n 0 bn: ∞ ∑ n 0 an ∞ ∑ n 0 bn ∞ ∑ n 0 n ∑ k 0 akbn−k. 2.3 The right side of formula 2.2 becomes ∞ ∑ i 0 i ∑ j 0 aij t i jxi−j · ∞ ∑ d 0 tpd x ∞ ∑ i 0 i ∑ k 0 i−k ∑ j 0 ai−k,jpk x t jxi−k−j . 2.4 Let us change the order of addition with respect to the indices j and k: i ∑ k 0 i−k ∑ j 0 ai−k,jpk x t jxi−k−j i ...