Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Multicultural Counseling in School
Abstract The paper proposes to underline the role of the multicultural counseling, in the multiethnic school organizations, for the school integration of the different ethnical pupils. For the achievement of this purpose the following general goal...
2013 / Alina Anghel, Ramona Adina Lupu -
Analysis of a Dynamic Regional System for the Operationalizing of the Sustainable Development Concept
Abstract This paper aims to explore the interactions, influences, operationalizing and quantification of a Regional Dynamic System (RDS) with the help of new methods appropriate to the study of complex systems and their development for solving...
2014 / Sabin-Ioan Irimie, Jozsef Gal, Constantin Dan Dumitrescu -
Retrofit of an Existing School in Italy with High Energy Standards
Abstract The Tito Maccio Plauto school was built in Cesena during late sixties and, conformingly to the period construction technologies and standards, is characterized by poor energy performances. The retrofit of the school is implemented in the...
2014 / Michele Zinzi, Stefano Agnoli, Giovanni Battistini, Gualtiero Bernabini -
Integrative Smoking Cessation Stage Model for Chinese Students Studying in Korea
Summary Purpose The present study aimed at developing an integrative stage model of smoking cessation behavior by combining highly predictable constructs extracted from previously verified health behavior models. The fitness of the ...
2013 / Hyunsoo Oh, Hyesun Jeong, Whasook Seo -
Financial Literacy – The Urgent Need Today
Abstract Many of us understand the inability to read or write under the term of financial literacy. I this a number of areas which summarily called functional literacy, for example cultural literacy, emotional, media, financial, health literacy and...
2014 / Bohuslava Mihalčová, Adriana Csikósová, Mária Antošová -
Towards the Profitability Trend Extraction from the Board Meeting Proceedings
Abstract This paper provides the board meeting proceedings analysis with text mining. Corporate management is executed based upon the decision made by the board meeting in general. However, the research which considered the contents of proceedings...
2013 / Masakazu Takahashi, Kenji Kido, Kazuhiro Hashimoto -
The Effects of Differentiated Approach in Higher Education: An Experimental Investigation
Abstract The proposed study has focused on investigating some ways of improving the quality of the instructive-educational process in higher education. We hypothesized that those students who derive advantages from the learning-styles-based...
2013 / Cristina Tulbure -
Investigating the Effects of Argumentation, Problem and Laboratory Based Instruction Approaches on pre-service Teachers’ Achievement Concerning the Concept of “acid and Base”
Abstract Herein, we examine the effect of argumentation, problem, and laboratory based instruction methods on acid and base concept. This study has been carried out with 228 pre-service teachers. The participants were divided into three different...
2013 / Cengiz Tuysuz, Ozan Emre Demirel, Bilal Yildirim -
The Hard Challenge of Aid Coordination
Summary Aid coordination is a constant theme of discussion among national and international aid agencies in their search for more effectiveness and efficiency in delivering development assistance. This paper seeks to clarify some of the arguments...
2014 / François Bourguignon, Jean-Philippe Platteau -
Leadership Communication in Project Management
Abstract The purpose of this research was to identify the important characteristics that a construction project manager should possess to ensure successful communication. The characteristics of a project manager indicate the type of leader and...
2014 / Benita Zulch -
Adopting Industrial Organizational Psychology for Eco Sustainability
Abstract Cristina Ciocirlan and Petterson [1] conducted research that investigated the Fortune 500 Companies, “…Workforce Diversity Mattered in the Fight against Climate Change? ...” Among the researchers’ findings, the notion of “Environmental...
2014 / Kastiro Rose -
Design and application of weight gain graphs based on Bandura's self-efficacy theory for patients on maintenance haemodialysis
Abstract Purpose To design interdialytic and daily weight gain graphs for patients on maintenance haemodialysis and to evaluate their effect on patient adherence to restricted fluid intake. ...
2014 / Juan Qiao, Yan Shan, Qin Chen, Zhao-Ping Xu -
Are the Customers of Participation Banks Noise Traders? The Case of Turkey
Abstract The participation banks, which are founded on the base of Profit and Loss Sharing system, are important for behavioral finance. As a matter of fact, these institutions manage the behaviours which are directed by the beliefs. Besides it is...
2014 / Ahmet Hakan Özkan -
Value creation through trust, decision making and teamwork in educational environment
Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the extend of trust element in organization and its relationship with decision making and teamwork. Trust element is an employee's confidence in an organization through the existence of high level of ...
2010 / Reihaneh Shagholi, Sufean Hussin, Saedah Siraj, Zahra Naimie, Fereshteh Assadzadeh, et al. -
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Student Opinions On Teaching Based On Mathematical Modelling
Abstract This study aimed at determining student opinions about teaching based on mathematical modelling were taken. Study was designed according to descriptive research model. Prospective mathematics teachers carried out the teaching based on...
2012 / Emine Özdemir, Devrim Üzel -
On the Causal Relationship between Stock Returns and Exchange Rates Changes for 13 Developed and Emerging Markets
Abstract In this paper, we comparatively investigate the issue of Granger causality between stock prices and exchange rates movements for 13 developed and emerging financial markets during the period 1997-2012. The countries, selected considering...
2012 / Cristiana Tudor, Carmen Popescu-Dutaa -
Effects of Technological Progress And Productivity on Economic Growth In Uganda
Abstract The study focused on the effects of technological progress and productivity on economic growth in Uganda within the, 1971 – 2009 period. The study found out that growth in technological progress resulted in economic growth, whereas increase ...
2012 / Jimmy Alani -
Survey of Sustainability Reporting Integrated into Annual Reports of Estonian Companies for the years 2007-2010: Based on Companies Listed on Tallinn Stock Exchange as of October 2011
Abstract Recent years have seen rapidly growing demand for transparency in companies’ reporting. This trend has led to increased popularity of Corporate Sustainability Reporting - a tool regarded by many as means for companies to create additional...
2012 / Natalja Gurvitsh, Inna Sidorova -
Neonatal, 1–59 month, and under-5 mortality in 597 Indian districts, 2001 to 2012: estimates from national demographic and mortality surveys
Summary Background India has the largest number of child deaths of any country in the world, and has wide local variation in under-5 mortality. Worldwide achievement of the UN 2015 Millennium Development Goal for under-5 mortality...
2013 / Usha Ram, Prabhat Jha, Faujdar Ram, Kaushalendra Kumar, Shally Awasthi, et al.