Economics and business topic list of research papers
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A Categorization of Green Practices Used by Dutch Data Centers
Abstract Data centers represent today's major energy consumers. This is especially true in the Netherlands, informally called “the data center country” for Amsterdam includes 33% of the data centers of the whole European Union. To address this...
2013 / Qing Gu, Patricia Lago, Henry Muccini, Simone Potenza -
LA ELECCIÓN DEL MODO DE ENTRADA EN UN MERCADO INTERNACIONAL. EL CASO DE LAS CADENAS HOTELERAS DE BALEARES EN LA REGIÓN DEL CARIBE Y EL GOLFO DE MÉXICO
RESUMEN Esta investigación trata de determinar los factores clave que influyen en el proceso de decisión llevado a cabo por las cadenas hoteleras de baleares a la hora de elegir su estrategia de crecimiento para llevar a cabo su expansión en la...
2012 / O Martorell Cunill, C Mulet Forteza -
Comparing Perceptual and Computational Complexity for Short Rhythmic Patterns
Abstract According to Leibniz ‘Music is the hidden arithmetical exercise of a mind unconscious that it is calculating.’ The perception or experience of time is an essential aspect of listeners’ engagement with music. As such listeners’ experience of ...
2014 / Remi De Fleurian, Oded Ben-Tal, Daniel Müllensiefen, Tim Blackwell -
The Meta_Body Project
Abstract Meta_Body is a project first held in online virtual environment and in a “real life” art exhibition, and now carrying on in the metaverse creative flux. The project addresses two aspects — the constitution of virtual corporality and the...
2014 / Catarina Carneiro de Sousa -
A New Method of Using Physical Effects in Su-field Analysis based on Ontology Reasoning
Abstract Su-Field analysis, as one of the inventive problem solving tools, can be used to analyze and improve the efficacy of the technical system. Generally, the process of using Su-Field model to solve a specific inventive problem includes:...
2013 / Wei Yan, Cecilia Zanni-Merk, François Rousselot, Denis Cavallucci, Pierre Collet -
An Open Extensible Platform for Intermodal Mobility Assistance
Abstract Mobility can be considered as an important factor when it comes to assessing ones’ quality of life. Today, there are many different means of transportation available, each one with its particular advantages and drawbacks. Recently, a whole...
2013 / Nils Masuch, Marco Lützenberger, Jan Keiser -
Differences between the relationship of integrity and leadership styles according to the model of bernard bass
Abstract This article aims to prove empirically that there are significant differences in the correlation that shows no leadership, transactional leadership and transformational leadership (MLQ) with the perceived lack of integrity of the leader...
2013 / Florina Guadalupe Arredondo Trapero, Verónica Maldonado De Lozada -
An Alternative Dimension towards Integrity: A Perception of University Researchers
Abstract Enormous issues on research integrity have been widely discussed amongst the academicians and the research institutes all over the world. Likewise, understanding and discussions on different aspects of academic misconducts have increased...
2013 / Noorhidayah Abu Talib, Sarina Othman, Khamsi Che Abdul Hamid, Azizan Zainuddin, Zurina Md. Nen -
Self-actualization Levels of Participants in Lifelong Education Centers
Abstract Self-actualization need was theorized in Maslow's Theory of Human Motivation and defined as the potential of the individual to reach his highest level of personal fulfillment throughout his life(Schultz and Schultz, 2001). Lifelong...
2014 / Cengiz Akçay, Bertan Akyol -
Return to Investment in Human Capital and Policy of Labour Market: Empirical Analysis Of Developing Countries
Abstract Our objective in this paper is to examine the relation which exists between education and the policy of labour market. In order to calculate the profitability of the investment in the human capital we adopt the theory of the human capital...
2013 / Mokhtar Maazouz -
The Concept of Right View in Buddhism from the Islamic Perspective
Abstract Buddha's teaching is based on sufferings and teach people the way to end them. It is all about the range of sufferings, the causes of sufferings and eliminating the causes of sufferings. By the end of sufferings, they will achieve their...
2013 / Azhar bin Abdul Rahman, Mohd Nizam Sahad, Suhaila Abdullah -
Government Regulation, Enforcement, and Economic Consequences in a Transition Economy: Empirical Evidence from Chinese Listed Companies Implementing the Split Share Structure Reform
Abstract In a changing transition economy, Chinese government regulations that adopt the relatively simple bright line rule formula are enforceable in practice. Taking the early reform-oriented policies of the China Securities Regulatory...
2013 / Dequan Jiang, Shangkun Liang, Donghua Chen -
Abnormal Audit Fees and Audit Opinion – Further Evidence from China's Capital Market
Abstract The existing literature on audit opinion shopping provides inconsistent evidence on whether such shopping has any association with abnormal audit fees. In this paper, we hypothesize that firms engage in audit opinion shopping and pay an...
2013 / Zanchun Xie, Chun Cai, Jianming Ye -
Dynamic Portfolio Management Strategies based on the Use of Moving Averages
Abstract The financial literature contains numerous empirical studies that consider the dependency found in the movements of stock market prices to be insignificant, concluding that historical series of prices do not sufficiently explain their...
2014 / Vicente Ruiz, Miguel A. Pérez, Aitziber Olasolo -
A Decision Support System based on Smartphone Probes as a Tool to Promote Public Transport
Abstract In the last few years, the increase in mobility has coincided with an ever greater use of an individual mode of transport. The causes of this situation are imputable not only to a growth in economic wellbeing, but also to an inadequate...
2014 / Alessandro Vitale, Demetrio Carmine Festa, Giuseppe Guido, Daniele Rogano -
Passive Application through Solar Induce Ventilation on Sustainable Building in Equatorial Hemisphere
Abstract In the last couple of years and years to come Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and Malaysia are having the highest GDP growth in ASEAN (South East Asia Nations) member countries; at present Indonesia has the highest GDP, it was $845 billion...
2014 / N. Agya Utama, Andhy Muhammad Fathoni, Mandau A. Kristianto -
Institutional investors, corporate governance, and earnings management around merger: Evidence from French absorbing firms
Abstract This paper examines the association between institutional ownership and the earnings management behavior of some French absorbing firms. Using a sample of 76 French mergers and absorptions concluded over the period ranging from 2000 to...
2013 / Mouna Njah, Anis Jarboui -
Perception of Safety in Gated and Non-Gated Neighborhoods
Abstract The perception of safety from criminal threats has become a critical aspect on the quality of human life. One of the indicators in identifying fear of crime is the perception of safety (POS) level. The objective of this study is to compare...
2013 / Siti Rasidah Md Sakip, Noraini Johari, Mohd Najib Mohd Salleh -
The Study of Evacuation Passenger Service Level of Shanghai-Nanjing High-speed Railway Stations
Abstract The suburban railway passenger station connecting intercity and urban transport is the key point of an unimpeded transportation network. The study of evacuation on the passenger service level will improve comfort of junctions and lay a...
2013 / Xiangyu Chen, Yulin Chang -
Application and evaluation of an indicator set to measure and promote sustainable development in coastal areas
Abstract Increasing problems in and pressures on coastal zones and subsequent high-ranking political initiatives to deal with these problems have resulted in several efforts to measure state of and progress towards sustainability in coastal zones....
2014 / Gerald Schernewski, Silke Schönwald, Marija Kataržytė