What and Where are the Risks of International Terrorist Attacks

Strang, Kenneth David; Alamieyeseigha, Serafina

doi:10.4018/ijrcm.2015010101

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“…No older than six years. A current relevant literature review is important to establish research credibility because the worldwide business macroenvironment is changing rapidly owing to key megatrends such as the continuing economic instability after the 2008 global fiscal collapse (Mataira et al, 2014, Read, 2012, Strang, 2012c, longitudinal global terrorism-data security threats, (Strang, 2014c, Strang andAlamieyeseigha, 2015) and increased cross-cultural sharing of knowledge through the Internet (Goodwin andStrang, 2012, Strang andVajjhala, 2015).…”

Section: Contemporary Not-for-profit Critical Success Factorsmentioning

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Strategic analysis of CSF’s for not-for-profit organizations

Strang

2018

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to analyze how strategic planning is used as critical success factors (CSF’s) in not-for-profit (NFP) organizations. This was because many nonprofits had to innovate their operations owing to the global fiscal crises, the continuing international economic instability, natural disasters or the increasing man-made worldwide terrorism. Additionally, the objective is to identify what successful nonprofit organizations actually do to remain effective at the national association level of analysis. Design/methodology/approachA constructivist research design ideology is applied (in contrast to the customary positivist philosophy to collect quantitative). The literature is critically reviewed to identify NFP CSF’s and terms such as capacity building. NFP institutions are theoretically sampled using US-based retrospective data to identify practitioner CSF activities. Applying a constructivist research design ideology, the theoretical CSF’s from the literature review are compared to practitioner activities. Representatives of NFP organizations are invited to participate in a strategic planning exercise to identify the most important CSF’s from the literature and practice that would be needed in the future. FindingsSeven of the nine United Nations NFP capacity building CSF’s are similar to NFP nine practitioner best practices. In comparison to the general literature, NFP practitioners applied leadership, strategic planning, innovation, documented procedures/training, human/technology resource management, financial management, accountability practices, ethical standards with professional communications policies, collaborative fundraising and marketing initiatives along with performance success evaluations. Research limitations/implicationsThe sample was drawn theoretically from 44 nonprofit state-centered institutions in the USA. Although statistically the results pertain strictly to US-based nonprofits, the principles should generalize to other countries as revealed by the similarity with United Nations innovation and strategic planning recommendations. Originality/valueThe authors applied a strategic planning exercise with the 44 participants at their recommendations to prioritize the CSF’s. The result was an innovative SWOT-TOWS diagram that summarized how the nine CSF’s were prioritized and grouped into the three categories of market performance, ethical responsibility and human resources.

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Section: Contemporary Not-for-profit Critical Success Factorsmentioning

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Strategic analysis of CSF’s for not-for-profit organizations

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2018

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“…On the other hand, constant deprivation can render violence a more appealing way of earning a living (Kivel, ), while peaceful options offer few prospects. However, there is very little empirical evidence on socioeconomic profiles of conflict‐affected populations (Strang & Alamieyeseigha, ). An expanding body of literature has acknowledged many features connected with the likelihood of a person or family being or becoming poor (Nelson, ), including very few financial assets such as land, salary, livestock, housing and lack of education and illiteracy, poor nutrition and, usually, bad health and lack of established sources of social capital, networks and political voice.…”

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Living in protracted communal conflict: Socioeconomic trends and household poverty in Ghana's Yendi area

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Adonteng-Kissi

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Development Policy Review

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Motivation The conflict in Yendi, which dates to the colonial period, was one of the major sources of conflict in northern Ghana. The conflict was partly attributed to the contention on whether it is a convention that succession to the Yendi throne must essentially rotate between the two warring royal factions or revert to the primogenital tradition of unilateral royal family succession to the Ya Na Skin. Purpose This article provides a critical synthesis of the impact of communal conflict on household poverty and economic empowerment of the poor to achieve decent standards of living in Ghana's Yendi area. It is therefore necessary to answer the research question, what is the impact of the Yendi communal conflict on socioeconomic trends and household poverty? Methods We aimed to ascertain the impact of the Yendi conflict on 20 local government officials, NGO representatives, traders, parents, teachers, students, farmers, nurses, members of the traditional authority and security personnel. The average age of participants was 35. Unstructured interviews were conducted with key informants using in‐depth interview techniques to gather the necessary data and purposively sampled across Ghana's Yendi. Interviews were recorded, transcribed using a framework approach Results The article finds that families that were rich in landed assets and had sufficient income but were most impacted by the conflict have seen their economic conditions deteriorate. This study further reveals that conflict impacts negatively on the welfare of families in different ways. Families endowed with more assets and higher education are identified as having better capacity to withstand economic shocks. Conclusion There is a need for agricultural industrialization to offer spin‐offs and the generation of backward and forward linkages. To create strong linkages within the agriculture industry, it must become a resourceful business environment that offers a steady supply of quality raw materials at low costs. Government must help transform the rural environment from its subsistence structure to a commercially appealing, feasible and active sector, one which is critical for the accomplishment of sustained equitable growth.

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“…Another constraint associated with MAC addresses is that they are useful to investigate criminal activity as well as domestic and global terrorism [26,49]. More research into this problem and these proposed solutions will be needed.…”

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Problems with research methods in medical device big data analytics

Strang

2019

Int J Data Sci Anal

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This paper reviews the literature as well as subject matter expert opinions and examines how research methods are being applied in medical device big data analytics. The focus of the study is to identify benefits and illustrate problems when applying certain research methods with healthcare big data. The intended audience is high-level healthcare decision makers, data science researchers, and healthcare big data practitioners. The key results address unintended access to healthcare data, statistical sampling violations with the use of healthcare big data, and the challenges associated with statistical false positives in big data. Solutions for these problems are proposed along with recommendations for further research.

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What and Where are the Risks of International Terrorist Attacks

Cited by 21 publications

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Strategic analysis of CSF’s for not-for-profit organizations

Strategic analysis of CSF’s for not-for-profit organizations

Living in protracted communal conflict: Socioeconomic trends and household poverty in Ghana's Yendi area

Problems with research methods in medical device big data analytics

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