Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Pricing in inflationary times: The penny drops
Abstract How does the frequency and magnitude of micro-price rises and falls relate to macroeconomic crisis, as well as moderation? Weekly micropricing behaviour in British groceries was investigated across three leading retailers over the...
2015 / Ratula Chakraborty, Paul W. Dobson, Jonathan S. Seaton, Michael Waterson -
Real-time Burst Detection in Water Distribution Systems Using a Bayesian Demand Forecasting Methodology
Abstract The negative consequences of non-revenue water losses from Water Distribution Systems (WDS) can be reduced through the successful and prompt identification of bursts and abnormal conditions. Here we present a preliminary investigation into...
2015 / Christopher Hutton, Zoran Kapelan -
Emerging Markets Integration in Latin America (MILA) Stock market indicators: Chile, Colombia, and Peru
Abstract This study aims to determine the impact of the Latin American Integrated Market (MILA) start-up in the main indicators of the stock markets of the countries that conform it (Chile, Colombia, and Peru). At the end, several indicators were...
2015 / Edmundo R. Lizarzaburu Bolaños, Kurt Burneo, Hamilton Galindo, Luis Berggrun -
Strategic governance: Addressing neonatal mortality in situations of political instability and weak governance
Abstract Neonatal mortality is increasingly concentrated globally in situations of conflict and political instability. In 1991, countries with high levels of political instability accounted for approximately 10% of all neonatal deaths worldwide; in...
2015 / Paul H. Wise, Gary L. Darmstadt -
Multinational Enterprises' strategic dynamics and climate change: drivers, barriers and impacts of necessary organisational change2015 / Silvester Ivanaj, Vera Ivanaj, John McIntyre, Nuno Guimarães Da Costa, Rodrigo Lozano
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Coping Efficacy and Project Involvement Effects on Personal and Professional Expectations
Abstract Commitment to actual project and beliefs about own efficacy to cope with complex problems displayed a positive impact on future and work representations. With regard to coping efficacy, Emotional maturity was positively related to Future...
2015 / Orazio Licciardello, Claudia Castiglione, Alberto Rampullo -
The Zipf's law and the effects of free trade: The case of Guatemala
Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the impacts of trade policy changes on the order of the size of cities and economic growth of Guatemala between 1921 and 2002. The Pareto coefficient was estimated and an index was used to measure the ...
2014 / Jorge Alberto Orellana Aragón, Vívian dos Santos Queiroz -
Causal Nexus between Economic Growth, Exports and Government Debt: The case of Greece
Abstract This paper examines the relationship between economic growth, exports and government debt of Greece over the period 1960-2011. We investigate this relationship using the vector error correction models (VECM) and we employ Granger causality...
2013 / Chaido Dritsaki -
Innovative Technology for Sustainable Development of Human Resource Using Non-formal and Informal Education
Abstract The paper objective is to create and develop an innovative technology for sustainable development of human resources using non-formal and informal education – for student practice. As a result of collaboration among universities,...
2014 / Avram Tripon -
The Impact of Total Risk Management on Company's Performance
Abstract Traditionally risk management used to be considered as a means to alleviate perhaps eliminate negative outcomes of exposures. However, the result of this and other empirical studies shows the ability of risk management to go beyond this and ...
2016 / Hamdu Kedir Mohammed, Adriana Knapkova -
Consumer Behaviour towards Electricity–A Field Study
Abstract Statistics focus on Generating Capacities, Transmission and Distribution. But consumer and his demand for power sourceare crucial for Electrical system and its sustenance. In fact, there is less or no study to predict consumer demand. Their ...
2014 / Matam Manjunath, Prashant Singh, Abhilash Mandal, Gaurav Singh Parihar -
Performance-based Fire Safety Evacuation in High-rise Building Flats in Indonesia – A Case Study in Bandung
Abstract This paper presented assessment of performance-based fire safety evacuation in RUSUNAMI (Prosperous Ownership Flats) with case studies BB RUSUNAMI Bandung (21 floors), which rely on natural ventilation. This concept is incompatible with the ...
2014 / Wahyu Sujatmiko, Hermawan K. Dipojono, F.X. Nugroho Soelami, Soegijanto -
Territorial Distribution of Creative Poles in Romania
Abstract The authors of the present study aim to highlight the territorial distribution of creative industries at the level of national settlement network and the way that the pattern of distribution is influenced by the territorial systems...
2014 / Stoian Daniela, Peptenatu Daniel, Pintilii Radu, Schvab Andrei -
Bullwhip Effect Study in a Constrained Supply Chain
Abstract Well organized supply chains are one of the best ways to compete in today's marketplaces. For make-to-stock production systems the production plans and activities are based on demand forecasting, which is one of the key causes of the...
2014 / Borut Buchmeister, Darko Friscic, Iztok Palcic -
A Novel Improved Truncated Unscented Kalman Filtering Algorithm
Abstract For the conventional truncated unscented Kalman filtering (TUKF) algorithm requires the measurement to be a bijective function, a novel improved truncated unscented Kalman filtering is proposed. In the proposed algorithm, we linearize the...
2014 / Chao Hou, Liang-qun Li -
Analysis of Financial Performance of Private Banks in Pakistan
Abstract This study deals with financial performance of private banks in Pakistan. The data is collected from Financial Statements Analysis of Financial Sector issued by State bank of Pakistan. The sample size consists of top ten Private commercials ...
2014 / Syed Qasim Shah, Rizwan Jan -
Calling on Europe to support operational research in low-income and middle-income countries2014 / GianLuca Quaglio, Andy Ramsay, Anthony D Harries, Theodoros Karapiperis, Giovanni Putoto, et al.
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Analysis of the skilled work force effect on the logistics performance index—case study from India2014 / Amrita Jhawar, S. K. Garg, Shikha N. Khera
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Implementation of DRG Payment in France: Issues and recent developments
Abstract In France, a DRG-based payment system was introduced in 2004/2005 for funding acute services in all hospitals with the objectives of improving hospital efficiency, transparency and fairness in payments to public and private hospitals....
2014 / Zeynep Or. -
Direct cost of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus healthcare and its complications in Lithuania
Abstract Objective The main objective of this study was to estimate the annual direct healthcare cost of type 2 diabetes mellitus healthcare and its complications in Lithuanian population. ...
2014 / Auksė Domeikienė, Justina Vaivadaitė, Rugilė Ivanauskienė, Žilvinas Padaiga