Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Expanding the reach of the Quitline by engaging volunteers to market it in hospitals and shopping venues – a pilot study2015 / Fadi Hammal, Alyssa Chappell, Katherine Pohoreski, Barry A. Finegan
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Postgraduate Digital Badges in Higher Education: Transforming Advanced Programs Using Authentic Online Instruction and Assessment to Meet the Demands of a Global Marketplace
Abstract Post-secondary education is a massive industry undergoing significant growth. The demand for post-secondary education has never been higher, and it is increasing every year (British Council, 2012). Moreover, globalization and technology are ...
2015 / David M. Anderson, Selva Staub -
Training mental health professionals in suicide practice guideline adherence: Cost-effectiveness analysis alongside a randomized controlled trial
Abstract Background There is a lack of information on the cost-effectiveness of suicide prevention interventions. The current study examines the cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted structured intervention aiming to improve...
2015 / Derek P. de Beurs, Judith E. Bosmans, Marieke H. de Groot, Jos de Keijser, Erik van Duijn, et al. -
Emotional Intelligence and the Tendency to Use Dysfunctional Cognitive Schemas
Abstract The present study investigates the connection between emotional intelligence and the tendency to use certain dysfunctional cognitive schemas. We started from the hypothesis that emotional intelligence, or some of its components are...
2015 / Odette Dimitriu, Mihaela Negrescu -
Creativity Process in Innovation Oriented Entrepreneurship: The case of Vakko
Abstract Today the significance of designing, producing and implementing of a project is increasing day by day both in industry and in universities. Moreover, entrepreneurship is also attracting more attention than ever as a rapidly growing and...
2015 / Evrim Kabukcu -
The Relationship between Organizational Citizenship Behaviour and Organizational Silence
Abstract The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the effect of organizational silence dimensions on organizational citizenship behaviours. This study considers organizational silence as a multidimensional construct and compares the...
2015 / Ali Acaray, Abdülkadir Akturan -
Regional initiatives to address the challenges of tuberculosis in children: perspectives from the Asia-Pacific region
Abstract Increasing attention is being given to the challenges of management and prevention of tuberculosis in children and adolescents. There have been a number of recent important milestones achieved at the global level to address this previously...
2015 / Stephen M. Graham, Malgorzata Grzemska, Annemieke Brands, Huong Nguyen, James Amini, et al. -
Measuring changes in multi-factor productivity in U.S. catch share fisheries
Abstract By ending the “race to fish” catch share programs may be expected to lead to improved productivity at the fishery level by retiring redundant capital and by allowing fishing firms to become more technically efficient in their harvesting...
2015 / Eric Thunberg, John Walden, Juan Agar, Ron Felthoven, Abigail Harley, et al. -
Makerspaces and Contributions to Entrepreneurship
Abstract Entrepreneurship is essential to the growth and dynamism of countries and regions, forcing policy makers to search for levers to generate new firms within their municipalities. Without public attention, the maker movement, which refers to...
2015 / Eric Joseph Van Holm -
Positive Influences of Green Innovation on Company Performance
Abstract This study aims to examine the effects of green innovation on environmentally sensitive company performance. Here, green innovation includes green product and process sub-dimensions and environmentally efficient company performance has also ...
2015 / Mübeyyen Tepe Küçükoğlu, R. İbrahim Pınar -
Kenya Inter-agency Rapid Assessment Mechanism (KIRA): A Bottom-up Humanitarian Innovation from Africa
Abstract In a typical year, relief agencies respond to over 338 emergencies throughout the world. Twenty four per cent of those humanitarian crises are centred in Africaand few will rise to international attention unless they are rated as large...
2015 / Minu Limbu, Leticia Wanyagi, Berryl Ondiek, Benoit Munsch, Kioko Kiilu -
The Relationship between Flow and Music Performance Level of Undergraduates in Exam Situations: The Effect of Musical Instrument
Abstract In music education, the study of flow has been employed in a variety of research contexts that demonstrated its effect on students’ musical compositions, rehearsals or music performance. Additionally, a crossover of flow from music teachers ...
2015 / Dorina Iusca -
China's New Third Board Market: Opportunities and Challenges
Abstract The New Third Board Market is China's OTC market, established in 2006. Compared to China's Main Board Market and the Second Board Market, it attracts a lot of start-up companies needing financing with lower listing requirements. Meanwhile,...
2015 / Yumeng Li, Xiangying Meng, Xianhua Wei -
The significance of financial self-efficacy in explaining women’s personal finance behaviour
Abstract Much policy attention has been placed on enhancing individuals’ financial knowledge and literacy, chiefly through financial education programs. However, managing one’s personal finances takes more than financial knowledge and literacy: an...
2015 / Lisa Farrell, Tim R.L. Fry, Leonora Risse -
Health policy for sickle cell disease in Africa: experience from Tanzania on interventions to reduce under-five mortality2014 / Julie Makani, Deogratias Soka, Stella Rwezaula, Marlene Krag, Janneth Mghamba, et al.
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Transformation of Consumption Perceptions: A Survey on Innovative Trends in Banking
Abstract Having a 65 year history, credit cards like we use today brought about a great transformation and dissolved the obligation of being dependent on holding cash. In line with technologic improvements, evolving with increasing acceleration, the ...
2015 / Ceren Türkmen, Alper Değerli -
Cost effectiveness of alternative planned places of birth in woman at low risk of complications: evidence from the Birthplace in England national prospective cohort study2012 / E. Schroeder, S. Petrou, N. Patel, J. Hollowell, D. Puddicombe, et al.
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Screening, isolation, and decolonisation strategies in the control of meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in intensive care units: cost effectiveness evaluation2011 / J. V. Robotham, N. Graves, B. D. Cookson, A. G. Barnett, J. A. Wilson, et al.
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Case Studies from Community Coalitions
Policies that shield people from the harm of tobacco exposure are essential to protect the health of the population. Coalitions have often led the way in safeguarding community health by promoting social norm change though policy adoption. In some states, tobacco...
2014 / Malinda R. Douglas, Candida A. Manion, Vanessa D. Hall-Harper, Kristina M. Terronez, Corey A. Love, et al. -
The mortality of patients with diabetes mellitus in Latvia 2000–2012
Abstract Background and objective In Latvia, like in other European countries, the incidence of diabetes mellitus is increasing and so it is important to find out what the trends in the mortality of diabetes mellitus in Latvia are. ...
2014 / Santa Pildava, Ieva Strēle, Ģirts Briģis