Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Disposition and Repurchase Intention: A Preliminary Study of the How and Why
Abstract This study is groundwork to look into disposal behaviours in Malaysia. Despite the importance of sustainable waste management, most studies are carried out in the West and developed countries with limited relevance to developing countries...
2016 / Jee Teck Weng, Hiram Ting, Ernest Cyril de Run, Sharon Tan -
What are the biggest obstacles to growth of SMEs in developing countries? – An empirical evidence from an enterprise survey
Abstract SMEs are drivers of economic growth and job creation in developing countries. It is paramount to determine the factors that hinder their growth. This paper uses the Enterprise Survey from the World Bank which covers data from 119 developing ...
2016 / Yao Wang -
Ownership identity, strategy and performance: Business group affiliates versus independent firms in India2016 / Sumon Kumar Bhaumik, Saul Estrin, Tomasz Mickiewicz
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A Personal Credit Rating Prediction Model Using Data Mining in Smart Ubiquitous Environments2015 / Jae Kwon Bae, Jinhwa Kim
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Dynamic portfolio choice with frictions
Abstract We show how portfolio choice can be modeled in continuous time with transitory and persistent transaction costs, multiple assets, multiple signals predicting returns, and general signal dynamics. The objective function is derived from the...
2016 / Nicolae Gârleanu, Lasse Heje Pedersen -
Financial stress in emerging markets: Patterns, real effects, and cross-country spillovers
Abstract We extend the conventional approach to the construction of financial stress indices (FSI) for emerging economies proposed by Balakrishnan et al. (2011). Based on the principal component analysis, our index accounts for developments in the...
2016 / Mikhail Stolbov, Maria Shchepeleva -
Effectiveness of an intervention to improve diabetes self-management on clinical outcomes in patients with low educational level
Abstract Objective To determine whether an intervention based on patient-practitioner communication is more effective than usual care in improving diabetes self-management in patients with type 2 diabetes with low educational...
2016 / Antonio Olry de Labry Lima, Clara Bermúdez Tamayo, Guadalupe Pastor Moreno, Julia Bolívar Muñoz, Isabel Ruiz Pérez, et al. -
The Psychology and Neuroscience of Financial Decision Making
Financial decisions are among the most important life-shaping decisions that people make. We review facts about financial decisions and what cognitive and neural processes influence them. Because of cognitive constraints and a low average level of financial...
2016 / Cary Frydman, Colin F. Camerer -
Open data and its usability: an empirical view from the Citizen’s perspective2016 / Vishanth Weerakkody, Zahir Irani, Kawal Kapoor, Uthayasankar Sivarajah, Yogesh K. Dwivedi
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Location, quality and choice of hospital: Evidence from England 2002–2013
Abstract We investigate (a) how patient choice of hospital for elective hip replacement is influenced by distance, quality and waiting times, (b) differences in choices between patients in urban and rural locations, (c) the relationship between...
2016 / Giuseppe Moscelli, Luigi Siciliani, Nils Gutacker, Hugh Gravelle -
Examining the differences between the motivations of traditional and entrepreneurial scientists2016 / Sándor Huszár, Szabolcs Prónay, Norbert Buzás
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Ecotourism and World Natural Heritage: Its influence on islands in Japan
Abstract The article discusses the influence of World Natural Heritage registration on ecotourism by looking at the cases of Yakushima as the first World Natural Heritage site and Ogasawara as an advanced region of ecotourism in Japan, and also the...
2016 / Dajeong Song, Sueo Kuwahara -
Evaluation of Cutoff Walls Influence on Stresses Distribution under Adjacent Foundations
Abstract This article describes the results of experimental research and computational modeling of separating cutoff walls influence on stress condition development in soil of adjacent foundations. Those experiments were held in MF-1 universal...
2016 / G.M. Skibin, I.N. Chizh -
Method for an Energy-oriented Production Control
Abstract Increasing energy costs as well as a growing awareness for sustainability are challenging companies to use energy more efficiently. Therefore, a company's production planning and control strategies have to be adapted. This paper presents a...
2016 / Cedric Schultz, Stefan Braunreuther, Gunther Reinhart -
Incentives and intrinsic motivation in healthcare
Abstract Objective It has been established in the literature that workers within public organisations are intrinsically motivated. This paper is an empirical study of the healthcare sector using methods of qualitative analysis...
2016 / Mikel Berdud, Juan M. Cabasés, Jorge Nieto -
Editorial: Journal of Shipping and Trade2016 / T.C. Edwin Cheng, Y.H. Venus Lun, K.H. Lai
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Modeling Transfer of Knowledge in an Online Platform of a Cluster
Abstract Dealing with knowledge as a relevant resource and factor for production has become increasingly important in the course of globalization. This work focuses on questions about transferring knowledge when many companies work together in a...
2016 / Danilo Marcello Schmidt, Lena Böttcher, Julian Wilberg, Daniel Kammerl, Udo Lindemann -
The Impact of the Structure of the Economy on the Evolution of Road Freight Transport: A Macro Analysis from an Input-output Approach
Abstract Understanding the link between transport and the economy has been of the greatest concern among researchers and practitioners. This research explores the impact of the economic restructuring processes in the aggregate road freight transport ...
2016 / Ana Alises, José Manuel Vassallo -
Analytical Model for the Wide-Strip Rolling Mills Working Rolls Wear-Out Failures
Abstract The paper proposes a mathematical model for the gradual shape deterioration of wide-strip rolling mills working rolls active generatrixes subject to wear within the working zone during tandem rolling strips of a specified gauge. While...
2016 / A.V. Antsupov, V.P. Antsupov, M.G. Slobodianskii -
Transforming a Traditional Product Offer into PSS: A Practical Application
Abstract In the last decades, companies have shifted from traditional business models based on selling products to product-service systems (PSS). Despite this tendency, there is a paucity of complete methodologies and tools to guide companies on how ...
2016 / Marina Pieroni, Caio Marques, Carina Campese, Daniel Guzzo, Glauco Mendes, et al.