Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Multi-criteria Decision Analysis Approach to Site Suitability of U.S. Department of Defense Humanitarian Assistance Projects
Abstract This paper seeks to provide a framework for determining best locations for US Department of Defense (DOD) Humanitarian Assistance (HA) projects as well as proposing a method to selecting and optimal portfolio of DOD projects for an area of...
2014 / Richard W. Curran, Matthew E. Bates, Heather M. Bell -
Actualization of Future Medical Staff Personality Potential at the Stage of Mastering their Profession
Abstract The article describes the results of the study of psychological characteristics (motivation, value orientations, traits of character, psychological defence mechanisms) of medical college students from the 1st year till the final year. The...
2015 / Svetlana Kostromina -
Assessing the quality of care in a new nation: South Sudan's first national health facility assessment2014 / Sima Berendes, Richard L. Lako, Donald Whitson, Simon Gould, Joseph J. Valadez
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Strategic IS Planning Practices: A Comparative Study of Malaysia and New Zealand
Abstract There is a broad consensus among researchers that culture differences impact management practices. Among the management practices that can be affected by culture are practices relating to human resource, financial, and information systems...
2015 / Raja Haslinda Raja Mohd Ali, Barbara Crump, Suhizaz Sudin -
The Mediating Role of Psychological Empowerment between Transformational Leadership and Employee Work Attitudes
Abstract The aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between transformational leadership with psychological empowerment and employee work attitudes. Paper and pencil questionnaires were mailed to the top management of companies located...
2015 / Xue Mei Lan, Wei Ying Chong -
Adolescents’ Positive Expectations and Future Worries on their Transition to Adulthood
Abstract Problem Statement Adolescence is seen as an important period for youth as they transition to adulthood. Required to manage multiple developmental tasks, adolescents might construct distorted expectations when thinking and...
2014 / Mihai-Bogdan Iovu -
Workforce Turnover at Local Health Departments
Background Employee turnover, defined as total separations from employment, is expensive, can result in lost capacity, and can limit local health departments’ (LHDs’) ability to respond to public health needs. Despite the importance of workforce...
2014 / Sarah J. Newman, Jiali Ye, Carolyn J. Leep -
Determination of the Difficulties that Pre-school Teachers Face with Classroom Management
Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine the classroom management skills of preschool teachers and their relations with other variables. The sample includes 95 preschool teacher that work either state or private preschools in 2012-2013...
2014 / Öğr.Gör. Aygül Aygün, Füsun Yildizbaş, Bilal Aygün -
Philosophical Interpretation of the Visuality Regime: Convergence of Culture Practices, Conventions, and Experience.
Abstract This work is devoted to the importance of the visual turn in the modern society, and to the fact, that the visual turn has drawn attention to the variety of existing scopic regimes and to the system of factors changing them. It deals with...
2015 / Nataliya Kolodii, Vyacheslav Kolodii, Yuliya Chayka, Nataliya Goncharova -
Identifying Typical Urban Water Demand Patterns for a Reliable Short-term Forecasting – The Icewater Project Approach
Abstract This paper presents a computational framework performing, in two stages: urban water demand pattern characterization through time series clustering and reliable hourly water demand forecasting for the entire day based on Support Vector...
2014 / A. Candelieri, F. Archetti -
Effects of financial developments and income on energy consumption
Abstract Extending Sadorsky (2010), this paper focuses on nonlinear effects of financial development and income on energy consumption. Utilizing five alternative measures of financial development, it employs a panel threshold regression approach to...
2014 / Shu-Chen Chang -
Working in the Second Life Environment - A Way for Enhancing Students’ Collaboration
Abstract At present, virtual world environments have a huge potential on changing the manner in which people can interact, navigate on Internet, and make business. Due to the fact that the virtual world environments become more pervasive, it is...
2014 / Radu Lucian Olteanu, Mihai Bîzoi, Gabriel Gorghiu, Ana-Maria Suduc -
Modelling a Laboratory for Ideas as a New Tool for Fostering Engineering Creativity
Abstract This paper outlines the principles of modelling and designing a laboratory for ideas, an innovative solution dedicated to the development of creativity and creative problem solving skills in an engineering context. Reflecting the...
2015 / Zeljko Tekic, Anja Tekic, Vladimir Todorovic -
Applying Innovative Trends in the Process of Higher Education Security Personnel in Order to Increase Efficiency
Abstract Article deals with the security education in the conditions of universities, the implementation of innovative trends into this process due to increasing its effectivity. When solving the problems in the area of security, the important...
2015 / Lucia Kováčová, Martina Vacková -
The Impact of Goal-setting on Worker Performance - Empirical Evidence from a Real-effort Production Experiment
Abstract This paper examines the influence of goal-setting on worker performance in an industrial production process. For empirical examination, we conducted a real-effort experiment at the Training Factory for Energy Productivity at the Technische...
2015 / Sven Asmus, Florian Karl, Alwine Mohnen, Gunther Reinhart -
The virtual institution: cross-sectional length of stay in general adult and forensic psychiatry beds2015 / Anand Sharma, Warren Dunn, Clare O’Toole, Harry G Kennedy
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Formulation of a Success Model in Pharmaceutical R&D: Efficient Innovation Model2014 / H. R. Kim
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Constitutive Modeling of Time-Dependent Response of Human Plantar Aponeurosis2014 / P. G. Pavan, P. Pachera, C. Stecco, A. N. Natali
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Vaccination and Malaria Prevention among International Travelers Departing from Athens International Airport to African Destinations2014 / Androula Pavli, Athina Spilioti, Paraskevi Smeti, Stavros Patrinos, Helena C. Maltezou
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Influence of Thread Pitch, Helix Angle, and Compactness on Micromotion of Immediately Loaded Implants in Three Types of Bone Quality: A Three-Dimensional Finite Element Analysis2014 / Pan Ma, Wei Xiong, Baosheng Tan, Wei Geng, Jiaqiang Liu, et al.