Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Transportation Expenditure Frontier Models in Jakarta Metropolitan Area
Abstract The aim of this study is to explore how the household spends the money for transportation as well as how life stages and related household attributes contributed to transportation fee expenditures in Jakarta Metropolitan Area. The...
2014 / Sugiarto, Tomio Miwa, Hitomi Sato, Takayuki Morikawa -
The Custom Made Strategy of “Satu Kayu Desain Enterprise” in Efforting to Achieve Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Abstract Facing a very tight competition nowdays, a businessmen are required to have strong strategy in order to remain able to survive. In other words, if they want to survive in the competition, they must have competitive advantage. For achieving...
2013 / Agus Priyanto, Lilik Aslichati, Setyo Kuncoro -
Differences in the Use of Learning Strategies in Mathematics in 8th and 9th grade
Abstract Learning strategies are indispensable tools for autonomous and self-regulated learning. The objective of this research is to identify differences in the use of learning strategies in the area of mathematics in 8th and 9th grade, that is, in ...
2014 / Javier Gasco, Jose Domingo Villarroel, Alfredo Goñi -
Using Diaries - A Real Challenge for the Social Scientist
Abstract This article is divided into two main parts and aims, on the one hand, at explaining the origins and chronology of the phenomenon called the “diary”, and on the other hand, at the sociological aspects of its use and role in social research. ...
2013 / Ozana Cucu-Oancea -
Using Cluster Analysis Study to Examine the Successful Performance Entrepreneur in Indonesia
Abstract In every country, the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) always give a lot contribution in the industrial development. This study tries to examine the successful performance SMEs using cluster analysis to map the pattern of growth mode and ...
2013 / Santi Setyaningsih -
Two Level of Trade Credit
Abstract In this paper, an attempt is made to characterize the preservation technology for deteriorating items to reduce the deterioration rate. This model formulates an inventory model for deteriorating items, where demand depends on selling price...
2014 / S.R. Singh, Vandana Gupta, Abhinav Goel -
Trust, Knowledge Transfer and Control in IJVs: The Case of Four Greek Firms
Abstract The main objective of this paper is to investigate specific factors and their impact on the development of trust and on knowledge transfer success in International Joint Ventures (IJVs) with at least one Greek partner. We further expand our ...
2014 / Konstantinos P. Rotsios, Nikolaos S. Sklavounos, Yannis A. Hajidimitriou -
Using Onicescu's Informational Energy to Approximate Social Entropy
Abstract The informatics revolution and the major transformations induced by this to the technology, economics, politics, culture, and social systems led to a significant increase in complexity and dynamics of systems. The complexity theory has...
2014 / Diana Rizescu, Vasile Avram -
The Potential Dimension of Value in Business Management
Abstract The potential of the dimension of value, through which the communication process is structured by the explanatory functional field, reflects several methodological openings, in relation to the effectiveness of a socio- economic system....
2013 / Raluca Zoltan, Marius-Costel Esi, Romulus Vancea -
Indirect Reinforcement Learning for Incident-responsive Ramp Control
Abstract A centralised strategy named indirect reinforcement learning ramp controller (IRLRC) has been developed in this paper to deal with ramp control problems for the congested traffic caused by incidents. IRLRC is developed on the basis of...
2014 / Chao Lu, Haibo Chen, Susan Grant-Muller -
The Causal Impact of Economic Education on Achievement of Optimum Outcomes
Abstract It seems nowadays that economic education in vulnerable and complex environment provides helpful option, how to isolate and use information in the most effective way. However, various considerations emerge, among others Stigler (1970), if...
2014 / Helena Chytilova -
Goal-driven Approach for Business/IT Alignment Evaluation
Abstract The alignment degree existing between a business process and the supporting software systems strongly affects the performance of the business process execution. Methodologies and tools are needed for detecting the alignment level and either ...
2014 / Lerina Aversano, Carmine Grasso, Maria Tortorella -
The challenge of reforming child protection in Eastern Europe: The cases of Hungary and Romania
Abstract This paper discusses the challenges of reforming the child welfare and protection systems in Hungary and Romania –two countries in transition from socialism to capitalism– and the impact on children, young people, families, and...
2014 / Roxana Anghel, Maria Herczog, Gabriela Dima -
A post hoc pooled analysis of exacerbations among US participants in randomized controlled trials of tiotropium
Summary Background Exacerbations are a defining outcome of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We evaluated the effect of tiotropium on COPD exacerbations and related hospitalizations among patients from the USA enrolled...
2013 / Antonio Anzueto, Dennis E. Niewoehner, Inge Leimer, Fee Rühmkorf, Bartolome R. Celli, et al. -
Scale, Speed, and Persistence in an Analytics Age of Efficiency: How Deep Data Meets Big Savings to Deliver Comprehensive Efficiency
By deploying advanced analytics, leading utilities are transforming their demand-side efficiency programs to target customers across portfolios, identify efficiency opportunities, engage customers continuously, implement measures, and monitor savings and ensure...
2014 / Dian Grueneich, David Jacot -
Importance of Managing PMO in Croatian PM Market
Abstract In today's rapidly changing world where only change is constant and traditional sources of competitive advantage have less meaning, project management is becoming an increasingly more accepted and applicable discipline in a variety of...
2014 / Gordana Blažević, Sandra Mišić, Marko Šimac -
Technical-economic Analysis of Ensuring the Heat Independence for Residential Building in Romania
Abstract This paper presents a comparative study between two systems for production of thermal energy for heating and hot water for a residential building. The first system using non-conventional energy sources (proposed and analyzed) and the second ...
2014 / Marius-Costel Balan, Marina Verdes, Ion Serbanoiu, Vasilica Ciocan, Gabriel Teodoriu -
Significance of vulnerability assessment in establishment of Hainan provincal disaster medical system
Abstract Hainan is an island province in south China with a high frequency of unconventional emergencies due to its special geographic location and national military defense role. Given the limited transportation route from Hainan to the outside...
2011 / Min Li, Chuanzhu Lu, Wei Son, Junhong Miao, Yipeng Ding, et al. -
Is tuberculosis elimination a reality?2014 / Giovanni Sotgiu, Giovanni Battista Migliori
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Effects of Information Filtering on Driving
Abstract As Connected Vehicle (CV) communicates information to the driver using safety and non-safety applications, problems can occur when these individual CV applications fail to communicate effectively, or when several CV technologies attempt to...
2013 / Zhirui Ye, Yuan Wang, Yuan Wen