Economics and business topic list of research papers
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The Impact of Entrepreneurial Orientation on Business Performance: A Study of Technology-based SMEs in Malaysia
Abstract The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of entrepreneurial orientation (EO) which is represented by five dimensions and business performance. A simple random sampling technique was adopted in which only hundred technology-based ...
2014 / Azlin Shafinaz Arshad, Amran Rasli, Afiza Azura Arshad, Zahariah Mohd Zain -
Psychological Well-being (PWB) and Personal Problems (PP) in University Students: A Descriptive Study in Distance Learning Context, Preliminary Results
Abstract The present research work examines the distance learning university student from UNAD university (Colombia), regarding the psychological well-being area as a basic dimension of human beings and also under the perspective of the personal...
2014 / Alfredo Rojas Otálora, Astrid Sofía Suárez Barros -
Investigation and Simulation on Human Evacuation Behaviour in Large Hospital Building in Shenyang
Abstract As a typical crowded public place, fatal deaths are caused by ineffective evacuation action in large hospital on account of the special characteristics of occupants in hospital building, i.e., pathological, physiological and psychological...
2014 / Ze-min Jiang, Pei-hong Zhang, Rong-xue Shang, Xiang-liang Tian -
Developing Countries’ Outward Investment: Push Factors for Malaysia
Abstract Outward investment enables firms to enter new markets, import intermediate products at a lower cost and accessibility to foreign technology. The FDI outflows marked the strength of economies, the dynamism of transnational corporations, TNCs ...
2014 / Rosfadzimi Mat Saad, Abd Halim Mohd Noor, Abu Hassan Shaari Md Nor -
Resource Efficiency Learning Game – electric Scooter Game
Abstract Fostering ideas that de-couple the world's growth in population and wealth from the increase of resource consumption must be tackled through the education of engineers. Those have to understand environmental, economic and social effects....
2014 / Carsten Reise, Bastian Müller, Günther Seliger -
Kinetic Friction of Boardercross-snowboards
Abstract The purpose of this study was to analyze the kinetic friction of different combinations of snowboard base structures and waxes. On a linear tribometer in a cold lab 3 snowboards with 3 different base structures were first waxed with a...
2014 / Michael Hasler, Kurt Schindelwig, Christoph Knoflach, Wolfgang Reichl, Werner Nachbauer -
The Influence of Culture in Creative Strategy and Execution of International Advertising: A Content Analysis Approach
Abstract Since the advent of globalisation, advertisers are faced with a dilemma regarding whether to standardise or localise their advertising strategy. Both strategies present advantages and disadvantages, and the decision is strongly influenced...
2014 / Mior Harris Mior Harun, Carol Boon Chui Teo, Mohd Hazman Fitri Hussin, Shahrin Nasir -
Lean Leadership – Fundamental Principles and their Application
Abstract Lean production systems (LPS) have become state of the art in today's production facilities. But still, few enterprises succeed in maintaining a sustainable continuous improvement process (CIP). In many LPS, solely methods and tools are in...
2013 / U. Dombrowski, T. Mielke -
Effect of customer heterogeneity on the relationship satisfaction–loyalty
Abstract The need to study the differences among consumers due to their behavioural heterogeneity and the highly competitive consumer markets is recognized. In this paper, we analyse the potential heterogeneous shopping assessment in retail and how...
2014 / M. Fuentes-Blasco, B. Moliner-Velázquez, I. Gil-Saura -
Towards a Reliability Diagnosis for Servitization Decision-making Process
Abstract Servitization decision process is characterized by a high degree of complexity and uncertainty. We propose a diagnosis approach applied to servitization decision making process in industrial companies. We introduce a decision model to...
2014 / Sarra Dahmani, Xavier Boucher, Didier Gourc, François Marmier, Sophie Peillon -
The Impact of Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure on Voluntary Disclosure in Annual Reports among Listed Jordanian Companies
Abstract In the new economy, companies try to convey to their stakeholders that they are a good investment and Attempt highlight the good value of the company via disclosure of pertinent information in the annual reports. This paper investigates the ...
2014 / Amer Alhazaimeh, Ravindran Palaniappan, Mahmoud Almsafir -
Additional Costing Equations for Jointly-Operated Container Shipping Services to measure the Effects of Variations in Fuel and Vessel Hire Costs
Abstract This paper proposes new equations to calculate shipping costs and slot distribution when working in a shipping alliance environment. The fixed costs and capacity are shared by a predetermined ration of contributed containerships for the...
2012 / I-Chang Chow, Chia-Hui Chang -
The Investigation of Relation Between Cyberloafing Activities and Cyberloafing Behaviors in Higher Education
Abstract It has begun to emerge negative conditions in the process of learning and teaching with the use of internet technologies for educational environment. One of these conditions is that students have inclined to use internet for personal...
2013 / Sevil Yaşar, Halil Yurdugül -
Overview of the clinical development and results of a quadrivalent HPV (types 6, 11, 16, 18) vaccine
Summary Background Human papillomaviruses (HPVs) play an obligatory role in cervical cancer devel- opment. Thus, immunization of women using a prophylactic vaccine against the most common high-oncogenic risk types (e.g., HPV 16 and ...
2007 / Luisa Lina Villa -
Validation of an R&D-based computable general equilibrium model
Abstract A computable general equilibrium (CGE) model is useful for the calculation of macroeconomic effects caused by policy impacts, but it has been considered a sticking point to evaluate how well the CGE model describes the real economy. Among...
2014 / Chanyoung Hong, Heewon Yang, Wonsik Hwang, Jeong-Dong Lee -
Influence of management style on employee views of corporate reputation. Application to audit firms
Abstract In the current economic context where the behaviour of firms is carefully examined by the markets, the corporate reputation which is generated by organisations among their stakeholders may facilitate their success. Since employees are...
2014 / Isabel Olmedo-Cifuentes, Inocencia M. Martínez-León -
Rising total costs and mortality rates associated with admissions due to COPD exacerbations2016 / Nicolas Molinari, Pascal Chanez, Nicolas Roche, Engi Ahmed, Isabelle Vachier, et al.
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Future Teacherś Attitudes Towards Cultural Diversity, Minorities and Gender Violence
Abstract The present study tries to show the importance of improving future teacher’ education towards inclusion of minorities, gender prejudices and cultural diversity. The participants (N=270) were teachers in training. The main focus of this...
2014 / David Caballero Mariscal, Guadalupe Alba Corredora, María Fernández Cabezasa -
Application of Natural Science and Engineering Methods as a Trend in the Development of Economic and Management Research and Education
Abstract In the article, authors study the trend in the development of research in economics and management within the application of natural science and engineering methods. It is found that the most widely used natural science and engineering...
2015 / Evgeny Kolbachev, Tatiana Kolbacheva, Yuliya Salnikova -
The Study of Nominal Convergence in European Union
Abstract The main idea of fulfilling all convergence criteria when a country wants to adopt euro is to ensure that only the Member States that have the adequate economic conditions to maintain the price stability and the coherence of the euro area...
2013 / Valentin Toader, Valeria Gîdiu