Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Communities of Practice as a Mean for Decentralization
Abstract School as an institution that nurtures education is heavily criticized nowadays, because it is not doing what it supposed to do. We try to propose a new vision. One answer is decentralization so curricula can be more versatile and adapted...
2015 / Daniela Dumitru, Vladimir Enăchescu -
Perceived Safety Climate and Organizational Trust: The Mediator Role of Job Satisfaction
Abstract Objectives The goal of the current study is to emphasize the mediating role of job satisfaction in the relationship between the perception of safety climate and organizational trust and to highlight the impact of the...
2015 / Eugen Avram, Daniela Ionescu, Cornel L. Mincu -
Knowledge Management Embedment in Company, Knowledge Repositories, Knowledge Management Significance and Usage in Company
Abstract Enterprises (regardless of size, hence small and medium sized including), in order to flourish and stay competitive in the future, have to face and properly address current challenges of market economy. To address them properly, means to...
2015 / Ivan Litvaj, Dana Stancekova -
Household Income in Romania. A Challenge to Economic and Social Cohesion
Abstract Statistic data seem to indicate that the trend in household revenues in European Union is not of a nature to sustain economic and social cohesion. In Romania's case, such a conclusion is a solid reason to reconsider the fundamentals of the...
2015 / Luminita Chivu, Constantin Ciutacu, Laurentiu Georgescu -
Capacity Building of Parliamentarians: Problems and Perspectives in Lithuania
Abstract Members of parliament have central constitutional roles in passing laws, approving budgets, being accountable to the people and making decisions on behalf of the entire nation. Thus they have necessarily to possess the needed capacities and ...
2015 / Saulius Nefas, Andrius Valickas, Rasa Pilkauskaite-Valickiene -
Marketing Specialists’ Professional Activities Model As A Foundation For Training Content Design
Abstract The paper addresses problems of marketing education and alignment of the content and structure of professional education with the needs of labor market. Scientific and methodological basis for marketer's professional activities’ mode was...
2015 / Railya B. Galeeva -
The Importance of Psychomotricity in Developing of Perceptual – Motor Structures
Abstract Psychomotricity has an important role in the development of preschool age children and it is a necessity of the educational process of this age. This study is part of a wider research project that has as its goal the...
2014 / Pia Simona Făgăraş, Cristian Mihail Rus, Gynetta Vanvu -
A Causal Relationship of Living Behavior Based on Sufficiency Economy Philosophy for Thai University Students
Abstract The main purpose of this study was to conceptualize and investigate a causal relationship model of Thai university students’ living behavior based on sufficiency economy philosophy. The model posits that psychological immunity, family...
2015 / Oraphin Choochom -
Identifying Interprofessional Global Health Competencies for 21st-Century Health Professionals
Abstract Background At the 2008 inaugural meeting of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH), participants discussed the rapid expansion of global health programs and the lack of standardized competencies and...
2015 / Kristen Jogerst, Brian Callender, Virginia Adams, Jessica Evert, Elise Fields, et al. -
Determinant Factors of E-commerce Adoption by SMEs in Developing Country: Evidence from Indonesia
Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate those factors that influence SMEs in developing countries in adopting e-commerce. This study is motivated by the fact that the adoption of e-commerce by SMEs, especially in developing countries, is...
2015 / Rita Rahayu, John Day -
Methodology for Mechanical Characterization of Soft Biological Tissues: Arteries
Abstract Several methods and types of mechanical tests have been used to estimate the mechanical properties of soft biological tissues such as arteries. The load environment that an artery is subjected can be simulated in vitro through biaxial...
2015 / A.I. Arroyave G., R.G. Lima, P.A.L.S. Martins, N. Ramião, R.M.N. Jorge -
Towards a Taxonomy for Project Management Competences
Abstract Recent research on project management competences did not use a standard set of competences. Twenty-five publications, published in or after 2000, show little agreement on their competences: of the 353 only twelve percent is named more than ...
2015 / S.A. Nijhuis, R. Vrijhoef, J.W.M. Kessels -
The Importance of Geographic Information Systems Education at Universities in the Process of Building a European Knowledge-based Society
Abstract Geoinformatics represented by its most powerful technology - Geographic Information Systems (GIS) has become an important part of many disciplines and cuts across all areas of modern information society. Geoinformation industry has seen in...
2015 / Peter Blišťan, Ľudovít Kovanič, Milana Kovaničová -
Majoritarian democracy undermines truth-finding in deliberative committees2015 / J. Lorenz, H. Rauhut, B. Kittel
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Functional Product Business Models: A Review of the Literature and Identification of Operational Tactical Practices
Abstract Offering functional products (FP) are beginning to emerge as a growing trend within industrial firms driven by the desire to achieve economic performance and sustainable resource management goals. Nevertheless, our knowledge about how...
2014 / Wiebke Reim, David Rönnberg Sjödin, Vinit Parida, Andreas Persson -
The Relative Efficiency of Container Terminals in Small and Medium-Sized Ports in China
Abstract The promotion of domestic consumption in China will gradually ramp up the small and medium-sized port container industry, and this will require greater port efficiency and an updated development strategy. The aim of this paper is to...
2015 / Zi-Yao Ding, Geon-Sik Jo, Ying Wang, Gi-Tae Yeo -
Estimation of in-use Guaranteed Rubber Lifetime test methods
Abstract With the purpose to estimate the existing methodologies of in-use guaranteed rubber life-time test, the processing of the accelerating rubber ageing results according to State Standard GOST, ISO and Research and Production Enterprise...
2015 / N.V. Vakulov, А.V. Myshlyavtsev, V.I. Malyutin -
Host Country Marketing Culture and Foreign Direct Investment
Abstract This paper attempts to analyze the impact of host country competitive environment on the level of FDI that the host country receives. Specifically, we consider two features of the competitive environment: buyers’ sophistication and firms’...
2014 / Ilkay Yilmaz, Mehmet Nasih Tag, Ceren Ozkan, Suleyman Degirmen -
The Examination of the Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer Composite Rods in Terms of the Application for Concrete Reinforcement
Abstract GFRP (Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer) rods have found a wide range of applications in building structures as reinforcement of concrete bearing elements. In no time on the market appeared a few producers who are offering a wide assortment of ...
2015 / Bogusław Jarek, Aleksandra Kubik -
A Multi-objective Optimization Model for Building Envelope Retrofit Planning
Abstract The building sector is a large consumer of the world's energy and is responsible for 40% of the European Union's (EU) total final energy consumption. The most effective and efficient method to reduce energy consumption of buildings is to...
2015 / Yuling Fan, Xiaohua Xia