Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Cycling Power Optimization System Using Link Models of Lower Limbs with Cleat-shaped Biaxial Load Cells
Abstract A new optimization system of cycling power was investigated in this paper. The developed system consisted of a newly designed biaxial load cells and analytical system using mechanical model of lower limb. The new biaxial load cells which...
2014 / Akihiro Matsuda, Kento Yamashita, Keisuke Ishikura, Hideki Takagi -
Incidence of Eating Disorders in Family Environment in High School Adolescents
Abstract The impact of risk factors occurring in families on the adolescents’ attitude towards food, using the EAT-26 questionnaire and the Short (s)-EMBU was examined. Respondents were 464 high school students. Results show that in nearly 79%...
2014 / Katarína Levická, Nadežda Kovalčíková, Lucia Kováčová -
Representation of the Concepts “Happiness & Unhappiness” in the Kazakh Proverbs and Sayings
Abstract The paper deals with the representation of the concepts “Happiness & Unhappiness” in the Kazakh proverbs and sayings. The topicality of the study is defined by the significance of the intersection between culture and language,...
2014 / Botagoz Suiyerkul, Altynshash Kurmanali Chakyroglu -
Lifelong Education and Training of Teacher and Development of Human Capital
Abstract Currently, teachers’ education and training are worldwide considered crucial for every country with globalized, advanced and knowledge-based economy, even in a period of widespread economic and financial crisis. “Equipping people to deal...
2014 / Gabriella Aleandri, Luca Refrigeri -
Recent Work by the euroCRIS Best Practice/DRIS Task Group: A Way Forward for Engaging with the CRIS Community
Abstract Providing specific outputs for the CRIS community from the euroCRIS Best Practice/DRIS Task Group has remained a pending task for quite a long time. This is a description of the strategy laid out by the new Best Practice/DRIS Task Group...
2014 / Pablo de Castro, Michele Mennielli -
Epidemiology of prostate cancer in India
Abstract Data from national cancer registries shows that incidence of certain cancers are on rise in India. The cancers which are showing significant increase in incidence rates include prostate, mouth and kidney among male population, corpus uteri, ...
2014 / Shalu Jain, Sunita Saxena, Anup Kumar -
Investigating Best Capacity Scaling Policies for Different Reconfigurable Manufacturing System Scenarios
Abstract This research presents a System Dynamics approach to model and analyze a single stage Reconfigurable manufacturing system (RMS). The model is a continuous time model. The system is exposed to a random demand that is assumed to follow a...
2014 / Shady S. Elmasry, Ayman M.A. Youssef, Mohamed A. Shalaby -
The role of injection drug use in the emergence of human immunodeficiency virus infection in Estonia
Abstract Objective: This article reviews the marked increase in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) among injection drug users (IDU) in Estonia, a former Soviet Union republic bordering the Baltic Sea. HIV infection associated...
2004 / Anneli Uusküla, Aneli Kalikova, Kai Zilmer, Lea Tammai, Jack DeHovitz -
The Importance of Collaboration in Construction Industry from Contractors’ Perspectives
Abstract Collaboration is essential to the success of construction projects; the project participants are realizing that sharing of knowledge and information is one of the key elements of a successful contractual relationship. There appears to be no ...
2014 / Siti Hamidah Abdull Rahman, Intan Rohani Endut, Nasruddin Faisol, Soleyman Paydar -
Designing a Learning Model Using the STAD Technique with a Suggestion System to Decrease Learners’ Weakness
Abstract The purpose of this research is to synthesize a learning model using the Student Teams - Achievement Divisions (STAD) technique with a suggestion system according to learners’ capability to decrease learners’ weakness. The research and...
2014 / Pensri Amornsinlaphachai -
Architectural Innovations are Competitive Advantage for Hotels in Tourism Industry?: What Customers, Managers and Employees Think about it?
Abstract This study aims to find an answer for the question that is whether architectural innovations are supplying an advantage for hotels in tourism sector. So, the study focuses on measuring and comparing the perceptions of tourists, managers and ...
2013 / Hulusi Doğan, Oğuz Nebioğlu, Oğuzhan Aydın, İlknur Doğan -
Internationalization and Quality Control of Education in TEI of Athens. Evaluation of the Erasmus Programme
Abstract The international student appeared the last decades in the educational vocabulary in order to reveal a new aspect of Higher Education, that of internationalization. Towards this direction, mobility programmes such as Erasmus have a...
2014 / Panagiota Pappa, Konstantinos Sflomos, Georgios Panagiaris -
EARNINGS BENCHMARKS EN EL SECTOR HOTELERO: DECISIONES BASADAS EN VARIABLES FINANCIERAS Y REALES
RESUMEN Este trabajo se centra en la gestión del resultado hacia unos umbrales de rentabilidad que se consideran críticos: evitar declarar pérdidas y descensos en resultados, en una muestra de empresas hoteleras. El estudio empírico se divide en dos ...
2012 / Parte Esteban Laura, M Jesús Such Devesa -
The Higher Education System in Romania:-Past - Present - Future-
Abstract The study of the higher education system is of an important topicality in Romania in the recent years due to the severe changes that affected the field and also due to the new economical conditions. The necessity of a new approach at the...
2013 / Strat Vasile Alecsandru, Danciu Aniela Raluca -
Corporate Governance and Earnings Management: A Study on the Malaysian Family and Non-family Owned PLCs
Abstract This study supported the claim that corporate governance (CG) mechanisms are able to overcome earnings management (EM) activities specifically from the perspective of family owned companies (FOC) and the non-family owned companies (NFOC). A ...
2014 / N. Mansor, A. Che-Ahmad, N.A. Ahmad-Zaluki, A.H. Osman -
Can Trust Explain Social Capital Effect on Property Rights and Growth?
Abstract The consensus in growth literature has recognized the significant effects of institutions (including social capital and political institutions) towards economic growth. Utilizing the World Value Survey (WVS)’s trust variable that has often...
2014 / Stephen G. Hall, Mahyudin Ahmad -
State Budget Constrains for 2013
Abstract The state budget for 2013 is characterized by major constraints generated by the date of payment for the loans committed in the previous period, the high level of the payment arrears from the budget to the real economy, the insurance of the ...
2013 / Iosif Moldovan -
Taxes, Fees and Obligations in Romania – Main Components of Companies’ Fiscal Costs
Abstract The present paper introduces theoretical aspects of taxes, fees and obligations and the synthesis of the system structure for taxes and fees as an expression of company fiscal costs at the same time capturing the current issues when...
2014 / Mihaela Popa -
The Influence of Economic and Financial Crisis on Human Resources Management
Abstract There is no doubt that the way in which entities operate and engage with each other, locally, nationally and internationally, will be profoundly influenced by the factors that are rapidly gaining attention: economic collapse of nation...
2013 / Claudiu Mircea Traian Ochetan, Dalina Andrei Ochetan -
Towards Identification of Students’ Holistic Learning Process through Facebook in Higher Education
Abstract This paper describes an approach for analysing the learning process that takes place in Facebook. The approach is based on a five-dimensional model that includes a participative, an interactive, a social, a cognitive and a value dimension....
2013 / Mohd Nihra Haruzuan Mohamad Said, Lokman Mohd Tahir