Economics and business topic list of research papers
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An alternative model to the open-economy “new consensus” for the analysis of inflation targeting
Abstract In this paper we will discuss a demand-led growth model which is constrained by economic policy. In this way, we will incorporate an inflation targeting regime in the sraffian supermultiplier model in order to analyze how economic policy...
2016 / Ricardo Summa -
The Foot’s Arch and the Energetics of Human Locomotion2016 / Sarah M. Stearne, Kirsty A. McDonald, Jacqueline A. Alderson, Ian North, Charles E. Oxnard, et al.
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Mobile Platform in the Workplace: The Next Generation Practice in Human Resource
Abstract This research paper uncovers the practice and challenges of implementing mobile platform in the workplace. The key contribution of this research study will enlighten business community to be open to the use of this platform in order to...
2016 / M.I. Tawadrous, D.F. Antiado, F.G. Castillo -
The changing indications and rates of cesarean section in one academic center over a 16-year period (1997–2012)
Abstract Objective To compare trends and rates of cesarean section delivery by indication in one academic center. Materials and Methods A retrospective analysis of ...
2016 / Samuel Lurie, Amir Shalev, Oscar Sadan, Abraham Golan -
Transformational Leadership of School Principals and Organizational Health of Primary School Teachers in Malaysia
Abstract Click This study aimed to determine the level of transformational leadership practices by school principals in the national primary schools in the district of Kinta Selatan, Perak, Malaysia. The four dimensions of transformational...
2016 / Anantha Raj A. Arokiasamy, Abdul Ghani Kanesan Abdullah, Mohammad Zohir Ahmad @ Shaari, Aziah Ismail -
Understanding Cultural Intelligence Factors among Business Students in Romania
Abstract Cultural intelligence (CQ) is a relatively new concept, one that explains why certain individuals can adapt to different cultural contexts more efficiently than others. Using Earley & Ang's (2003) multidimensional concept as an analysis ...
2016 / Laura Brancu, Valentin Munteanu, Ionut Golet -
A Study of the Connected Smart Worker's Techno-stress
Abstract This study aimed to figure out the effects of ‘technostress’ and ‘work continuity after daily work’ on ‘job satisfaction’ and the influence of ‘factors easing stress’ through empirical research by taking ‘work-life conflict’ of connected...
2016 / Seong Tak Oh, Sungbum Park -
The Effects of Earnings Quality Criteria on the Agency Costs: (Evidence from Tehran Stock Exchange Market)
Abstract This research explores the effects of various criteria of the earnings quality on the agency costs of the companies. It attempts to respond to the following queries: “what are the effects of the earnings quality on the agency costs? The...
2016 / Mohammad Namazi, GholamReza Rezaei -
Impulsive buying tendency: Measuring important relationships with a new perspective and an indigenous scale
Abstract With the opening up of the economy and the proliferation of mall culture, the economic relevance of impulsive buying behaviour has assumed significance. Impulsive buying behaviour is better understood by examining the impulsive buying...
2016 / Anant Jyoti Badgaiyan, Anshul Verma, Saumya Dixit -
Performance persistence in institutional investment management: The case of Chinese equity funds
Abstract This paper investigates the performance and persistence in performance of equity funds in China. We apply the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) and the Carhart four-factor model to examine 520 equity funds for an eleven-year period with...
2016 / Zia-ur-Rehman Rao, Amjad Iqbal, Muhammad Zubair Tauni -
Internet of Things Approach to Cloud-based Smart Car Parking
Abstract Concerns for parking are becoming imminent to best support the urban core. These persistent parking problems could be turned into new opportunities, brought by current trends in meeting the globally connected continuum. This paper reveals a ...
2016 / Yacine Atif, Jianguo Ding, Manfred A. Jeusfeld -
An investigation of the health value and self-care capabilities of the elderly in urban-rural fringe area nursing homes and the related influencing factors2016 / Ju-Ying Luo, Ling-Lin Kong, Zhi-Xia Zhang, Yan-Sheng Ye, Cui-Yu Bao, et al.
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Financing higher education in sub-Saharan Africa: some reflections and implications for sustainable development2016 / Moses Oketch
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Interformat reliability of the patient health questionnaire: Validation of the computerized version of the PHQ-9
Abstract Background Computerized versions of well-established measurements such as the PHQ-9 are widely used, but data on the comparability of psychometric properties are scarce. ...
2016 / Doris Erbe, Hans-Christoph Eichert, Christian Rietz, David Ebert -
The Study of Internal Control and over-investment on Corporate Credit Risk
Abstract This paper is based on a sample of A-stock Chinese listed firms in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges from year 2009 to 2013, studying the impact of over-investment on the corporate credit risk, testing whether the improvement of the...
2016 / Chaohui Xu, Zongfang Zhou -
Frequency and intensity of alcohol consumption: new evidence from Sweden2016 / Gawain Heckley, Johan Jarl, Ulf-G Gerdtham
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Medial-lateral centre of mass displacement and base of support are equally good predictors of metabolic cost in amputee walking
Abstract Amputees are known to walk with greater metabolic cost than able-bodied individuals and establishing predictors of metabolic cost from kinematic measures, such as centre of mass (CoM) motion, during walking are important from a...
2016 / R.A. Weinert-Aplin, M. Twiste, H.L. Jarvis, A.N. Bennett, R.J. Baker -
Develop an Information Technology Model to Improve Customer Service in NIGCS1
Abstract Organizations increasingly rely on information technology to improve performance. Less researches and empirical data's exist about the integrated relation between IT and the companies’ performance in gas industry. IT made the companies more ...
2016 / Arash Porssa, Hojjat Mirzazadeh -
Designing and conducting online interviews to investigate interesting consumer phenomena2008 / Thorsten Gruber, Isabelle Szmigin, Alexander E. Reppel, Roediger Voss
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Evaluating foresight in transnational research programming
Abstract Global societal challenges require global efforts to address them. Research and innovation are increasingly expected to support such efforts, with limited resources. In this context of high expectations towards R&I, collaboration across ...
2016 / Karel Haegeman, Manfred Spiesberger, Totti Könnölä