by Po Chun-Wong. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Incldues bibliographical references (leaves 110-113). / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.iii / LIST OF TABLES --- p.v / ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --- p.vi / Chapter / Chapter I. --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / The Hong Kong Securities Market --- p.1 / The Way How Listed Securities are Traded --- p.4 / The Low Participation Rate of Individual Investors and Its Adverse Consequences --- p.9 / The Services Provided by Stockbrokers --- p.10 / How Listed Securities are Promoted --- p.10 / Internet and Online Financial Information Services --- p.14 / Online Securities Trading via the Internet --- p.18 / The Pros and Cons of Dealing Securities on the Internet --- p.20 / "The Listed Companies, Stockbrokers and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange's Presence on the Internet" --- p.34 / Chapter II. --- THIS STUDY --- p.38 / Purpose of the Study --- p.38 / Justification of the Study --- p.38 / Scope of the Study ………………… --- p.39 / Chapter III. --- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY --- p.40 / Research Design --- p.40 / Sample Selection --- p.41 / Survey Design --- p.42 / Questionnaire Development --- p.43 / Timing of the Study --- p.43 / Chapter IV. --- ANALYSIS OF FINDINGS --- p.44 / Response Rate --- p.45 / Demographics of the Samples --- p.45 / Stock Trading Behaviour --- p.48 / Computer Usage --- p.53 / Internet and Web Usage --- p.54 / "Data Privacy, Censorship & Security of Transaction" --- p.62 / Attitude of Online Securities Trading --- p.66 / Chapter V. --- LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY --- p.67 / Non-Response Bias --- p.67 / Response Bias --- p.67 / Sample Selection Bias --- p.69 / Language Used in Questionnaire --- p.69 / Chapter VI. --- COMPARISON OF STUDIES --- p.70 / Hong Kong Internet User Survey 1996 --- p.70 / GVU's 6th WWW User Survey --- p.72 / "Find/SVP's “The American Home Financial Services Survey""" --- p.77 / IntelliQuest Information Group --- p.80 / Chapter VII. --- RECOMMENDATIONS --- p.81 / Market Segmentation --- p.81 / Market Positioning and Strategy --- p.82 / Other Recommendations --- p.88 / Directions for Future Studies --- p.92 / Chapter VIII. --- CONCLUSIONS --- p.94 / APPENDICES --- p.96 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.110

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The purpose of the project was to develop a rubric to assess whether a selected group of college websites, chosen to represent most of what is available to students, meet the requirements necessary for students to make an informed college choice. The project was undertaken as a way to determine if these sites, individually or as a whole, present enough information for students to make a choice that correctly aligns with their college aspirations.

This thesis investigates how information and communication technologies (ICT), particularly the World Wide Web (Web), can contribute to the role that Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Conventions, and Exhibitions (MICE) properties play in local economic development (LED). The complex linkages between MICE, ICT and LED, are explored through a literature review, a website audit, in-depth interviews, and a case study from Horowhenua, New Zealand (NZ). The findings reveal that the Web has considerable but as yet largely untapped potential to facilitate linkages between MICE and local economies. Such potential can only be reached through careful planning, and the realisation on the part of managers, developers and planners, that the Web is more than simply a marketing tool, but is also an integral part of attempts to improve internal MICE performance and external links to local development.

This thesis investigates how information and communication technologies (ICT), particularly the World Wide Web (Web), can contribute to the role that Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Conventions, and Exhibitions (MICE) properties play in local economic development (LED). The complex linkages between MICE, ICT and LED, are explored through a literature review, a website audit, in-depth interviews, and a case study from Horowhenua, New Zealand (NZ). The findings reveal that the Web has considerable but as yet largely untapped potential to facilitate linkages between MICE and local economies. Such potential can only be reached through careful planning, and the realisation on the part of managers, developers and planners, that the Web is more than simply a marketing tool, but is also an integral part of attempts to improve internal MICE performance and external links to local development.

The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the impact of Internet relationships on regular ongoing relationships from the point of view of those engaged in such relationships. Two studies were conducted. A sample of 75 participants, including 22 females and 53 males who were married or living in defacto relationships and ranging in age from 18 to 75 years completed an anonymous online survey for Study One. Demographic characteristics, frequency and method of communication and relationship satisfaction were investigated. Questions were asked about Internet relationship formation. Respondents were asked to gauge levels of self-disclosure within their regular ongoing relationship and their online relationship. They were also asked about the proximity and physical attractiveness of their online partner. It was found that most respondents communicated daily, were more satisfied with their Internet partner than their regular ongoing partner, considered their Internet partner physically attractive and communicated in a highly intimate manner. The purpose of the second study was to investigate the similarities and differences between the personality characteristics and attachment styles of respondents. Participants in the second study were 133 respondents who were married or living in defacto relationships, including 47 females and 86 males ranging in age from 18 years to 66 years. Respondents completed an anonymous online survey, which included measures of personality (e.g. the International Personality Item Pool, Goldberg, 1999), the Relationship Satisfaction questionnaire (Hendrick, 1988), and the Experiences in Close Relationships Scale (Brennan, Clark, & Shaver, 1998). Respondents were found to be somewhat more agreeable and conscientious, and less narcissistic than previous research had found to be the case for those individuals who engaged in face-to-face infidelity. The preoccupied attachment group was well represented, but was less differentiated from the other attachment groups than was the fearful group, who were mainly female. The personality profile and attachment style of respondents in Study Two was, therefore, found to be different in important ways from that which has been associated with face-to-face infidelity. Findings were discussed in terms of methodological implications, suggestions for future research and also implications for Counselling Psychologists.

Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves: 77-86). Also available online.

Thesis (MTech (Information Technology))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Cape Town, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-142). Also available online.

University of Macau / Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities / Department of English

Visual analytics, defined as "the science of analytical reasoning facilitated by interactive visual interfaces," emerged several years ago as a new research field. While it has seen rapid growth for its first five years of existence, the main focus of visual analytics research has been on developing new techniques and systems rather than identifying how people conduct analysis and how visual analytics tools can help the process and the product of sensemaking. The intelligence analysis community in particular has not been fully examined in visual analytics research even though intelligence analysts are one of the major target users for which visual analytics systems are built. The lack of understanding about how analysts work and how they can benefit from visual analytics systems has created a gap between tools being developed and real world practices. This dissertation is motivated by the observation that existing models of sensemaking/intelligence analysis do not adequately characterize the analysis process and that many visual analytics tools do not truly meet user needs and are not being used effectively by intelligence analysts. I argue that visual analytics research needs to adopt successful HCI practices to better support user tasks and add utility to current work practices. As the first step, my research aims (1) to understand work processes and practices of intelligence analysts and (2) to evaluate a visual analytics system in order to identify where and how visual analytics tools can assist. By characterizing the analysis process and identifying leverage points for future visual analytics tools through empirical studies, I suggest a set of design guidelines and implications that can be used for both designing and evaluating future visual analytics systems.