Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Cross-understanding and trust formation within medical emergency intervention teams
Abstract The present study investigates elements of trust and cross-understanding within medical emergency intervention teams. Individual and group interviews were conducted with paramedics working for a medical emergency intervention service. Our...
2012 / Căţălina Oţoiu, Daniela Andrei, Adriana Băbana -
Comparative Evaluation of Resilience Quantification Methods for Infrastructure Systems
Abstract Resilience engineering has become an important field representing a new way of understanding and management of safety. The rising interest for resilience engineering and the rapid application of the respective theoretical basis to several...
2013 / Pavlos Tamvakis, Yiannis Xenidis -
Analyzing the Influence of Creative Industry Sector to the National Economic Structural Changes by Decomposition Analysis: The Case of Indonesia
Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze, from macroscopic view, the influence of creative industry sectors to the national economic activity of Indonesia. The term of national economic activity used in this study refers to the national...
2013 / Ubaidillah Zuhdi -
The promises and perils of hospital autonomy
Abstract This article investigates impacts of hospital autonomization in Viet Nam employing a “decision-space” framework that examines how hospitals have used their increased discretion and to what effect. Analysis suggests autonomization is...
2013 / Jonathan D. London -
Three Quantitative Management Problems in Public Procurement and Decision Procedures for their Analysis and Solving
Abstract Three management problems that a state (or a public administration acting on its behalf) faces in procuring goods and/or services are considered: a) choosing the type of a contract to be awarded and the type of a competitive bidding to...
2013 / Alexander S. Belenky -
Performance Improvement Suggestions for Ground Handling using Lean Solutions Approach
Abstract PT Garuda Indonesia, Tbk is the largest airline in Indonesia when it is categorized from its flying scope and number of passengers carried each year. This study aimed to design proposed improvements to improve the performance of PT Garuda...
2013 / Ibrahim A. Nugroho, Ustica H. Riastuti, Hardianto Iridiastadi -
Designing a Psychologists’ Core Competencies Validation Method using Behaviorally Anchored Rated Scales
Abstract The current study presents a model for validation of a battery of aptitude tests for psychologists using the criterion method of behavioural anchors based on core competences. The participants were 173 psychologists registered at the...
2013 / Mihai Anitei, Mihaela Chraif -
Incremental cost-effectiveness evaluation of vaccinating girls against cervical cancer pre- and post-sexual debut in Belgium
Abstract Background Vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) to prevent cervical cancer (CC) primarily targets young girls before sexual debut and is cost-effective. We assessed whether vaccination with the HPV-16/18...
2013 / Nadia Demarteau, Georges Van Kriekinge, Philippe Simon -
Towards an Efficient Level of Centralization in MNEs
Abstract The alignment of strategy with organizations structure, process and environment is at the heart of contingency theories. However, transition and dynamically changing environment are challenging the existing models of “strategic fit”. In...
2013 / Francesco Scalera, Sylva Žáková Talpová -
Understanding Music Pre-Service Teachers’ Vocational Satisfaction
Abstract People's job satisfaction depends partly on the degree to which their needs and desires are met. People whose needs and values are not met in their job are, in general, are not satisfied and have low motivation and performance. According to ...
2012 / Beste Cevik, Fatih Yavuz, Mahir Alkan, Serkan Perkmen -
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Effects of an Experimental Program to Improve the Motivation in Physical Education of Spanish Students
Abstract The aim was to analyze the impact of an intervention program of physical education (PE) for improvement the motivation among secondary students in Spain. Using the Achievement Goals Theory as a guide framework, two groups were used for the...
2012 / Ricardo Cuevas, Onofre Contreras, Tomás García-Calvo -
Discussing Two New Approaches to Analyze Knowledge Construction in TEL Environments
Abstract The study of collaborative knowledge building processes in Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) environments is n important research topic in the field of Education and the Learning Sciences. In the last five years, the emergence of new...
2012 / Margarida Lucas, Bram De Wever -
A Framework for Developing the Structure of Public Health Economic Models
Abstract Background A conceptual modeling framework is a methodology that assists modelers through the process of developing a model structure. Public health interventions tend to operate in dynamically complex systems. Modeling...
2016 / Hazel Squires, James Chilcott, Ronald Akehurst, Jennifer Burr, Michael P. Kelly -
Colgajo sinovial como tratamiento de neuromas del nervio mediano
Resumen El desarrollo de un neuroma es una temida complicación tras la cirugía de los nervios periféricos. El tratamiento es de gran complejidad, especialmente cuando afecta a los principales nervios a nivel de la muñeca. Presentamos un caso de...
2015 / I. Jiménez, A. Marcos-García, J. Medina, G. Muratore-Moreno -
Commercial value chain optimization and economic modelling for the Barendrecht CO2 storage project
Abstract Shell CO2 Storage B.V. (SCS) is planning to inject up to 10 million tonnes of CO2 in two depleted gas fields: Barendrecht (BRT) and Barendrecht-Ziedewij (BRTZ). This paper describes the process of selecting an optimised commercial value...
2011 / Marten J. Adema, Gareth W.M. Noble -
Empirical Research of the Environmental Responsibility Affected on the Urban Residential Housing Energy Saving Investment Behavior
Abstract Based on the literature research, this paper establishes a conceptual model of the environmental responsibility affected urban residential housing energy saving investment behavior, and taking Xuzhou as an example, through the 212 valid...
2011 / Wang Wenshun, Li Xiaohua, Li Hualong -
Energy Demand Forecast based on the new weakening buffer operators with exponential type
Abstract Under the axiomatic system of buffer operator in grey system theory, a new class of weakening buffer operators with exponential type are established, which have the universality and practicability. The problem that there are some...
2011 / Liu Chenchen, Gao Yan, Shao Zhuyan -
Assessing innovative national policy options and roles for CCS in a post-kyoto framework
Abstract The highly contentious, complex negotiations over the past several years to establish a globally more-inclusive, post-Kyoto Framework illustrate the daunting complexity and diversity of interests, which had to be accommodated....
2011 / David J. Beecy, Dale Simbeck -
Promoting oral and general health behaviors in rural Kenyan schoolchildren – challenges in private versus public school settings2015 / P.M. Loomer, Y. Buischi