The Impact of Autonomous Vehicles on the Economy

 Autonomous vehicles fulfill the human need for transportation without human input by sensing the environment, interpreting using algorithms and navigating. Autonomous vehicles (self-driving cars) will occupy a majority of the roads by 2030 (Alexiou, 2017) and will amount to $5.6 trillion in savings globally (RobotEnomics, 2017). Since this idea of driverless cars has become … Read more

Athens vs. Sparta: An In-Depth Look at the Differences between Two Legendary Greek City-States

 1D)At the end of the Greco-Persian Wars, Athens assumed preeminence in Greece, becoming increasing imperialistic. While victory over Persia was due to the synergetic unity of Hellenic military forces, cooperation rapidly evaporated when Sparta, alarmed by domestic Helot rebellions, withdrew and became politically isolated. In doing so, it left Athens’ military unchecked to, by … Read more

Using the Internet as an Effective Distribution Channel for Insurance Products

 Question 1 – Learning Outcome 1 (10 marks) A) MC plc has established an effective distribution channel, which services many of it’s customers, however the way in which customers purchase insurance is constantly evolving, and it is important for insurance companies to be at the forefront of the evolving changes, in order to capture … Read more

Unethical Behavior: From Academic Fraud to Everyday Dishonesty

 Introduction Instances of unethical behavior are widespread. A big scandal within the academic field was the discovery of academic fraud conducted by Dutch scientist Diederik Stapel. Stapel conducted a lot of popular and highly cited studies in the field of social psychology. However, in 2010 he was found guilty of fabricating and manipulating the … Read more

Modeling Airport Terminal Buildings’ Service Level with Fuzzy Set Method

 HAVALİMANI TERMİNAL BİNALARI HİZMET DÜZEYİNİN BULANIK KÜME YÖNTEMİ İLE MODELLENMESİ İsmail Aydın Mimarlık bölümü, Gebze Teknik Üniversitesi, Cumhuriyet Mahallesi 2254.Sokak No:2 41400 Gebze/Kocaeli, Türkiye Özet.  Dünya sürekli bir gelişim ve değişim göstermeye devam etmektedir. Her sektörde olduğu gibi mimarlık da bu durumdan çok fazla etkilenenler arasındandır. Geçmişte temel ihtiyaçlar doğrultusunda ortaya çıkan mimarlık, çağın … Read more

Trust as an Important Aspect in Accounting and Financial Reporting

 1.1. Latar Belakang Penelitian Menurut Jones dan Dugdale (2001), trust sangatlah penting bagi sistem akuntansi, sebagai fungsi dan kekuatan dari akuntansi atas kemampuannya untuk memberikan jaminan pada saat adanya risiko. Trust juga berfungsi sebagai fasilitator untuk hubungan antar dan intra-organisasi serta hubungan antara korporasi dan pemangku kepentingan (Tomkins, 2001), sebagai pelumas dari hubungan sosial … Read more

The Core Characteristics of CSR: Theories and Frameworks

 III. Theories and Frameworks The Core Characteristics of CSR Voluntary CSR has been defined as a representation of various corporate initiatives which are non-mandatory and which go out of pre defined boundaries dictated by the law. The perspective of both the government as well as the other stakeholders in many developing nations place a … Read more