Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Downward Trend in the Number of Teachers in Romania and Possible Causes
Abstract After the fall of communism in 1989, the Romanian educational system had to go through some major transformation. Some of them being applied suddenly and previously unexamined have left less positive results. Our country was not yet ready...
2014 / Andreea Ardelean -
Using the Web as Part of the Classroom in Numerical Analysis Courses
Abstract Virtual environments are highlighted as a good option to be used as part of the classes and to extend classes outside the classroom. The research group GIE at Facultad Regional San Nicolás from the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional of...
2015 / Marta G. Caligaris, Georgina B. Rodriguez, Lorena F. Laugero -
An Estimate of the Basic Income Costs: Case of the Czech Republic
Abstract The paper examines existing basic income proposals and estimates the costs of their implementation within the Czech Republic. The specific virtues and vices of a basic income guarantee compared to existing social security systems are...
2015 / Jitka Melzochová, Petr Špecián -
The sources of wage growth in a developing country2016 / Ioana Marinescu, Margaret Triyana
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Efficient scale of prefectural government in China2016 / Mototsugu Fukushige, Yingxin Shi
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The relationship between socioeconomic status/income and prevalence of diabetes and associated conditions: A cross-sectional population-based study in Saskatchewan, Canada2015 / Yelena Bird, Mark Lemstra, Marla Rogers, John Moraros
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Development and validation of a brief screener to measure the Health Literacy Responsiveness of Primary Care Practices (HLPC)2015 / Sibel Vildan Altin, Kristina Lorrek, Stephanie Stock
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The role of hazard vulnerability assessments in disaster preparedness and prevention in China2015 / Yan Du, Yibo Ding, Zixiong Li, Guangwen Cao
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Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emission from Ceramic Tableware Production: A Case Study in Lampang, Thailand
Abstract This paper presents energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission from ceramic tableware production in Lampang, Thailand. All data of energy consumption in ceramic production were collected from a small enterprise manufacturing plant ...
2015 / Panatda Riyakad, Siriluk Chiarakorn -
Do industrial companies respond to the guiding principles of the Integrated Reporting framework? A preliminary study on the first companies joined to the initiative
Abstract The current crisis puts pressure on companies to be more transparent about their business model, their value proposal, their risks and future impacts with a short, medium and long term focus. To address this need for...
2016 / Mercedes Ruiz-Lozano, Pilar Tirado-Valencia -
Investigating the Effect of National Park Sustainability on National Park Behavioral Intention: Kinabalu National Park
Abstract National Park Sustainability (NPSus) is an important construct in the context of national parks which will lead tourism industry to move towards sustainable national parks. Although previous studies examined the tourist behavioral intention ...
2016 / Payam Mihanyar, Sofiah Abd Rahman, Norliza Aminudin -
Attribution and Prediction of Maximum Temperature Extremes in SE Australia
Abstract Over half of Australia's population occupy its southeastern quadrant. Temperature records for the 56-year period 1958-2013 reveal increasingly hot summers since the 1990s, with daily maximum temperatures reaching 10oC above normal. The...
2014 / Michael B. Richman, Lance M. Leslie -
The Making of the City of Virtues-a Traditional Perspective on Restoring Values among People
Abstract According to the traditional classification, the source of mind is the brain and that of the inner self is the heart. These sources should be operated in a certain balance so as to decide and behave properly as it was the case in our...
2014 / Nurullah Koltas -
A half-century diversion of monetary policy? An empirical horse-race to identify the UK variable most likely to deliver the desired nominal GDP growth rate
Abstract The financial crisis of 2007–2008 triggered monetary policy designed to boost nominal demand, including ‘Quantitative Easing’, ‘Credit Easing’, ‘Forward Guidance’ and ‘Funding for Lending’. A key aim of these policies was to boost the...
2016 / Josh Ryan-Collins, Richard A. Werner, Jennifer Castle -
Pupil's Self-Concept in Inquiry-based Technical Education
Abstract The paper responds to current educational trends in polytechnic education and presents inquiry-based education as the one of the opportunities for the development and the pupiĺs self-evaluation. On the basis of this contribution is an...
2015 / Pavlína Částková, Jiří Kropáč -
Economic Cost of a Listeria monocytogenes Outbreak in Canada, 20082015 / M. Kate Thomas, Rachael Vriezen, Jeffrey M. Farber, Andrea Currie, Walter Schlech, et al.
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Impact of Recent Megatrends on the Controlling Role Model
Abstract Recent megatrends such as increasing complexity, volatility, internationalization and increased demand for transparency and compliance change the expectation towards the controlling function. The starting point of this paper is a...
2015 / Valerian Laval -
Agricultural technology adoption, commercialization and smallholder rice farmers’ welfare in rural Nigeria2016 / Bola Amoke Awotide, Aziz A. Karimov, Aliou Diagne
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Success factors of overall improvement of microenterprises in Malaysia: an empirical study2016 / Fardous Alom, Moha Asri Abdullah, Abdul Rashid Moten, S. M. Ferdous Azam
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Benefits from Energy Related Building Renovation Beyond Costs, Energy and Emissions
Abstract The relevance of the building sector in the global energy use as well as in the global carbon emissions, both in the developed and developing countries, makes the improvement of the overall energy performance of existing buildings an...
2015 / Marco Ferreira, Manuela Almeida