Economics and business topic list of research papers
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E-learning Platforms in Higher Education. Case Study
Abstract This paper describes our experience in using e-learning platforms to support face to face instruction in academic field. We used Moodle as interactive e-learning tool to motivate students and involve them in resolving single and...
2014 / D. Benta, G. Bologa, I. Dzitac -
Windsurf Ergometer for Sail Pumping Analysis and Mechanical Power Measurement
Abstract Sail pumping in windsurfing is a manoeuvre in which the surfer pulls and pushes the sail rhythmically so that it acts as a wing, thus providing the board with additional propulsion especially in weak and moderate winds. In windsurfing, sail...
2014 / Nazim Ouadahi, Amina Ababou, Noureddine Ababou, Mohamed Ait Larbi -
Awareness and Demand for 100% Halal Supply Chain Meat Products
Abstract Muslim consumers globally must assure that the food they consume meets halal requirements under Islamic law. Meat and poultry must be slaughtered in accordance with Islamic rites to render them halal. It is also important that these meat...
2014 / Syed Ghazaly Alqudsi -
Is the pharmaceutical industry improving with regard to access to essential medicines?2014 / Hans V Hogerzeil, Jayasree K Iyer, Lisanne Urlings, Tara Prasad, Sara Brewer
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Dynamic Provisioning: Case of Mongolia
Abstract The recent financial crisis has required implementing specific macro approach of financial regulation and supervision. Thus, macro-prudential policy recently attracted considerable attention among global central banks. ...
2014 / Nomun Bukh-Ochir -
Biomass Gasification Utilization for Double-chambered Crematory
Abstract Cremation is a tradition that Buddhist and Brahmin people usually perform on the deceased according to their beliefs and local customs. Old-fashioned crematories using wood or charcoal as fuel cannot prevent emission release, which affects...
2014 / Yaowateera Achawangkul, Naoki Maruyama, Chatchawan Chaichana, Masafumi Hirota -
Quality, Competence and ISO Certification in Romania
Abstract The added value of certification of quality management systems (QMS) is the ability to replicate the success of an organization. Product certificate and certificate of quality management system of the manufacturer constitute a guarantee for ...
2014 / Liviu Pop, Liviu Marian -
Fleet Sizing for Offshore Supply Vessels with Stochastic Sailing and Service Times
Abstract In this paper we address a supply vessel planning problem arising in servicing oil and gas offshore installations. Supply vessels provide offshore installations with necessary supplies on periodic basis from offshore supply bases according...
2014 / Yauhen Maisiuk, Irina Gribkovskaia -
Long Term Freight Market Index and Inferences
Abstract This paper proposes to establish a long term shipping freight index for dry cargo transportation and investigates its particulars among the cyclic fluctuations. Many scholars investigated dry cargo shipping markets and some of them...
2012 / Okan Duru, Shigeru Yoshida -
Data Mining on Fire Records of New South Wales, Sydney
Abstract This study gathered fire records from the Fire and Rescue New South Wales (F&RNSW) for investigating the most relevant event to the fire accident. Support vector machine was adopted to mimic the correlation between the information of...
2014 / Eric Wai-ming Lee, Guan-heng Yeoh, Morgan Cook, Chris Lewis -
A Comparison of Traditional and Neural Networks Forecasting Techniques for Container Throughput at Bangkok Port
Abstract Containerization is one of the important factors for Thailand's economics. However, forecasts of container throughput growth and development of Bangkok Port, the significant port of Thailand, have been scant and the findings are divergence. ...
2012 / Veerachai Gosasang, Watcharavee Chandraprakaikul, Supaporn Kiattisin -
Prediction of Marital Satisfaction based on Spiritual Intelligence
Abstract The aim of the present study is to predict marital satisfaction based on spiritual intelligence. The statistical population of the study consisted of all couples who referred to [family] counseling centers of Tehran in 2012. A sample of 240 ...
2014 / Amir Masood Rostami, Hayedeh Cheraghali Gol -
Classification to guide internal fixation for tibial fracture
Objective To explore a classification method which can provide the clinical guidance for internal fixation of tibial fracture. Methods The different fractures were fixed...
2008 / Wen-xi ZHANG, Zhi-liang ZHENG, Yue-ping JI, Zhi-jun QIAO -
Financial Crisis, Regulation and Competition: The Romanian Banking Experience
Abstract By the early 1970s, competition in the banking system was limited. Reduced competition in the banking system was due to regulations adopted by many countries after the financial crisis of the 1930s. At that time, authorities believed that...
2013 / Claudia Gabriela Baicu -
Research on Simulation of Credit Risk of Credit Card based on Multi-Agent
Abstract Banks are not able to identify every cardholder's credit information in their credit card business, so they can’t control the credit risk effectively. To solve this problem, this paper establishes a complex credit risk system of credit card ...
2014 / Shuai Li, Xu Chao, Lai Hui, Zongfang Zhou -
Overbidding and overspreading in rent-seeking experiments: Cost structure and prize allocation rules
Abstract We study experimentally the effects of cost structure and prize allocation rules on the performance of rent-seeking contests. Most previous studies use a lottery prize rule and linear cost, and find both overbidding relative to the Nash...
2014 / Subhasish M. Chowdhury, Roman M. Sheremeta, Theodore L. Turocy -
Use of Music in Special Education and Application Examples from Turkey
Abstract Music, as in the case of every individual, is an essential element which makes life liven up and raises its quality for the individuals with special needs as well. Music, besides being entertaining, provides educators and/or therapists with ...
2014 / Bilgehan Eren -
The Reduction of Inventory and Warehouse Costs for Thai Traditional Wholesale Businesses of Consumer Products
Abstract This paper deals with the problems of inventory and warehouse costs for Thai traditional wholesale businesses in consumer products. The wholesale businesses of consumer products consist of a few hundred of suppliers and almost fifty...
2013 / Veeraphat Krittanathip, Suriyan Cha-um, Senee Suwandee, Sakchai Rakkarn, Chiratus Ratanamaneichat -
Australian Attitudes to China's Global Role—The Politics of Changing Expectations2013 / Rodney Tiffen
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Typological Characteristics of Innovatively Active Student Youth
Abstract This paper focuses on the results of the research on the psychological features determining the degree of success of the involvement of students into innovative activity as well as the efficiency of its implementation within a four-year...
2013 / Eduard V. Galazhinskiy, Olga M. Krasnoryadtseva