Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Absorptive capacity, technological innovation, and product life cycle: a system dynamics model2016 / Bo Zou, Feng Guo, Jinyu Guo
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Optimal Customer Targeting for Sustainable Demand Response in Smart Grids1
Abstract Demand Response (DR) is a widely used technique to minimize the peak to average consumption ratio during high demand periods. We consider the DR problem of achieving a given curtailment target for a set of consumers equipped with a set of...
2016 / Sanmukh R. Kuppannagari, Rajgopal Kannan, Charalampos Chelmis, Arash S. Tehrani, Viktor K. Prasanna -
Sustainability Factors for PSS Business Models
Abstract A fundamental change in how businesses are conducted and operated is an essential factor to reach more sustainable solutions not only on the industry level but also for the entire society. In this sense, the importance of developing and...
2016 / Ana Paula Barquet, Johannes Seidel, Günther Seliger, Holger Kohl -
Recommendations for Transforming the Syrian Humanitarian Crisis
Abstract This position paper presents a set of recommendations, advocating that all stakeholders concerned with tackling the Syrian humanitarian crisis should adopt a new scheme for emerging from this crisis. It draws the initial features of a...
2016 / Amira Buz Khallouf -
Directive 2008/96/EC On Road Infrastructure Safety Management: An Ex-post Assessment 5 years After its Adoption
Abstract This research presents the ex-post evaluation results linked to the implementation of Directive 2008/96/EC on road infrastructure safety management (RISM) five years after its adoption. The Directive has led to the establishment of...
2016 / A. Sitran, E. Delhaye, I. Uccelli -
Laboratory Verification of Water Vapour Permeability of Plaster Compositions
Abstract There are many significant historic buildings of our national heritage in the Czech Republic that worth protecting. These astonishing buildings are most frequently damaged by water, precisely speaking by moisture. The moisture can come from ...
2016 / Šárka Nenadálová, Lukáš Balík, Milan Rydval, Tomáš Bittner -
Management control systems and performance in small and medium family firms
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether family influence impacts on the degree of utilization of the management control systems (MCS), and the relationship between the former and performance. To this end, this study was carried out...
2016 / Antonio Duréndez, Daniel Ruíz-Palomo, Domingo García-Pérez-de-Lema, Julio Diéguez-Soto -
Manufacture and Characterisation of Porous PLA Scaffolds
Abstract Bone scaffolds must have an appropriate porosity range with an interconnected and open porosity, and have a biodegradable rate and mechanical properties that match the injured tissue. The use of commercially available and low cost 3D...
2016 / Natacha Rodrigues, Matthew Benning, Ana M. Ferreira, Luke Dixon, Kenny Dalgarno -
Customer Satisfaction with Presentation of the Department of Communication of Zilinska Univerzita v Ziline
Abstract In this paper are discussed the tools of marketing communication which the Department of communication of The Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications of Zilinska univerzita v Ziline uses in its activities....
2016 / Juraj Fabus, Viktoria Fabusova -
Clinical Effectiveness and Impact on Insulin Therapy Cost After Addition of Dapagliflozin to Patients with Uncontrolled Type 2 Diabetes2016 / Bhavana Sosale, Aravind Sosale, Arpandev Bhattacharyya
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Fractal Approach for the “Teeth Ends - Footstep” Friction Couple Loads Estimation of the Long - Stroke Low - Speed Compressors Cooling System Pump
Abstract The paper deals with the “teeth ends - footstep” friction couple operating conditions of the gear pump applied in the long - stroke low - speed compressors cylinders cooling systems. The NSh-32K gear pump “teeth ends - footstep” friction...
2016 / I.P. Aistov, A.V. Svishchev -
Automatic Meal Intake Monitoring Using Hidden Markov Models
Abstract In the latest years, the number of elderly people that has been living alone and need regular support has highly increased. Meal intake monitoring is a well-known strategy that enables premature detection of health problems. There are...
2016 / Luís Costa, Paula Trigueiros, António Cunha -
Women Engineering in Turkey: Case of Istanbul
Abstract There are fewer women prefer the engineering fields compared to men. Many obstacles are existed which suspend women from the engineering, and examinations of three of them is the aim of this study. The obtained findings from the literature...
2016 / Havva Çaha, Jarkynay Turgunali -
Optimal Integration of the Ensemble Forecasts from an Ensemble Quantitative Precipitation Forecast Experiment
Abstract For providing precipitation forecasts in Taiwan, Taiwan Typhoon and Flood Research Institute of the National Applied Research Laboratories executes a numerical weather model based quantitative precipitation forecast experiment. In this...
2016 / Ming Chang Wu, Gwo Fong Lin, Li Rung Hwang, Della Yen Chu Chen, Chou Chun Chiang, et al. -
Toward Development of PSS-oriented Business Models for Micro-manufacturing
Abstract Micro-parts and microsystems-based products are considered as a crucial value-adding factor for many industrial sectors and thus an increasingly important contributor for the industrial and economic future. The rapid growth of deployment of ...
2016 / Golboo Pourabdollahian, Giacomo Copani -
Dual approach for modelling demand saturation levels in the automobile market. The Gompertz curve: Macro versus micro data
Abstract We propose the use of a dual approach for modelling the saturation levels in the automobile market. We combine macro data coming from a pool of observations corresponding to the vehicle fleet and per capita income in a broad set of...
2016 / Marta Felis Rota, Julián Moral Carcedo, Julián Pérez García -
Categorization of Organizational Factors and Their Impact on Project Performance
Abstract The new era of project management has tendency to move away from the linear and predictable practice in projects to one that embrace the complex nature and role of the human element and interrelations. This tendency would make projects to...
2016 / Youcef J-T. Zidane, Bassam A. Hussein, Johann Ørn Gudmundsson, Anandasivakumar Ekambaram -
Interpreting and Predicting Pedestrian Movement in Public Space through Space Syntax Analysis
Abstract Creating quality and sustainable urban environments has always been a challenge for urban planners and designers. The modern perception of urban planning is directed towards promoting pedestrian movement and, at the same time, limiting the...
2016 / Klio Monokrousou, Maria Giannopoulou -
Diverse Talent: Enhancing Gender Participation in Project Management
Abstract This paper argues that a strategic response prioritising diverse talent as a key resource for delivering projects and programmes will not only enhance project success by increasing skilled project personnel but also ultimately increase...
2016 / Teri Okoro -
Towards Safer Helmets: Characterisation, Modelling and Monitoring
Abstract Bike and ski helmets are mainly made up of two layers: the external shell and the foam liner. The foam liner, typically made of expanded polystyrene (EPS) or polypropylene (EPP), is asked to provide energy absorption in case of impacts....
2016 / L. Andena, F. Caimmi, L. Leonardi, A. Ghisi, S. Mariani, et al.