Economics and business topic list of research papers
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What doesn't kill you makes you poorer: Adult wages and early-life mortality in India
Abstract A growing literature indicates that effects of early-life health on adult economic outcomes could be substantial in developing countries, but the magnitude of this effect is debated. We document a robust gradient between the early-life...
2015 / Nicholas Lawson, Dean Spears -
Organizational Learning Capacity in Cargo Industry
Abstract Learning organizations are known as organizations which adopt learning as a team, systems thinking, creating a vision. The capacity of organizational learning is accepted as an important variable being a learning organization. When the...
2014 / Celalettin Serinkan, Mehmet Kiziloglu, Volkan Akcit, Pınar Enli -
Intellectual Capital and Firm Performance: A Dynamic Relationship in Crisis Time
Abstract The link between organisational performance and intellectual capital is becoming more and more an interesting issue, especially in times of severe economic turbulence, when companies are seeking for new solutions in order to survive and...
2013 / Silvia Sumedrea -
A Pedagogical Model for Evaluation of Students’ Competences
Abstract In this paper we proposed to identify students’ perceptions on the importance, from their perspective, of evaluation methods and on the teachers’ reasons for choosing specific evaluation methods. We intend to identify a model that teachers...
2013 / Emanuel Soare -
Context of Educational Music and Language in Republican Period Turkey
Abstract One of the main characteristics of humans is their artistic aspect. Language is the building stone of all arts based on word. From the time when humans came into existence until today language and music, which are in relationship with one...
2013 / Gülnihal Gül -
Family life – Component of Quality of Life
Abstract This article intends to emphasize the evolution of processes and phenomena in the national economy, with adverse effects on the lives of the vast majority of people and the way this evolution impacts the people's quality of life. The...
2013 / Plesa Roxana -
Ageing and moisture uptake in polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cements
Abstract Bone cements are extensively employed in orthopaedics for joint arthroplasty, however implant failure in the form of aseptic loosening is known to occur after long-term use. The exact mechanism causing this is not well understood, however...
2013 / Wayne Nishio Ayre, Stephen P. Denyer, Samuel L. Evans -
The Investigation of Health Education in the Activities of Social Studies in Compliance and Preparatory Studies
Abstract Health education is a well-established and continuously science as humanity. Foundations of health education as in other areas of an individual are taking, especially at primary level. Beginning of the new compulsory education system in...
2014 / Fatma Çildir Pelitoğlu, Burcu Sezginsoy Şeker -
Assessment of Transversal Competences through Social Networks
Abstract In the European higher education area, the student is placed at the centre of the teaching/learning process, developing an active role, initiative and a critical thinking. On the other hand, ICT can offer new possibilities to develop...
2013 / J. Enrique Agudo, Héctor Sánchez, Mercedes Rico, Remedios Hernández-Linares, Eva Domínguez -
Effectiveness of the Teaching Supported Electrotechnical Construction Sets
Abstract The effectiveness of the teaching is variable, which is very difficult to measure, influenced by a variety of input components- students, teachers, school curricula, the school's internal and external factors. Generally, it is necessary to...
2013 / Cestmir Serafín -
Performance in Water Polo: A Content Analysis of the Romanian National Senior Championship
Abstract This paper aims at presenting the development of the water polo game in Romania, by analyzing the Competition Calendar booklets published by the Romanian Water Polo Federation between the years 2003-2012.The article analyzes the main...
2014 / Dragomir Adrian -
The Relationships between Technological Investment, Firm Size, Firm Age and the Growth Rate of Innovational Performance
Abstract In many different sectors, firms -not only technical departments, but also organizational structures- have been under the constant influence of technological improvements. The recent research in business literature shows that innovation and ...
2013 / Orkun Yildiz, Özlem Çetinkaya Bozkurt, Adnan Kalkan, Ali Ayci -
Economic Development and Entrepreneurship
Abstract Several dynamic forces, such as technological disruption, fluctuating economies or demographical changes, have brought new opportunities and threats for organizations, and transformed societies from all over the world. In order to cope with ...
2014 / Sorin-George Toma, Ana-Maria Grigore, Paul Marinescu -
Differentiation and Individualization in the Organization of the Teaching-Learning Activities in Mathematics
Abstract It is obvious that in the last decades important efforts have been made to orientate the teaching-learning activities towards differentiation and individualization. Also, empiric researches have been carried out to prove the advantages of a ...
2013 / Daniela Căprioară, Virgil Frunză -
Evolution of Tourist Accommodation Structures in Romanian's Developing Regions in the Context of New Challenges at European Level
Abstract This paper analyzes the evolution of tourist structures with functions of tourist accommodation in the eights development regions of Romania Romania. Given the financial crisis, the differences between regions in terms of tourism...
2013 / Virgil Nicula, Roxana Elena Neagu -
MOTIVOS “EXTERNOS” E “INTERNOS” PARA LA VALORACIÓN FINANCIERA DE LOS INTANGIBLES: ANTECEDENTES Y CONSECUENTES
RESUMEN Este trabajo pretende analizar la relación entre la percepción de las empresas del País Vasco sobre la importancia de la valoración de los intangibles y los resultados que obtienen. Para el logro de este objetivo se ha realizado una encuesta ...
2012 / J.D. García Merino, G. Arregui Ayastuy, A. Rodríguez Castellano, B. Vallejo Alonso -
Results of the Global Youth Tobacco Survey and implementation of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) countries
Abstract We used Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) data collected over time to monitor articles of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) in WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). ...
2013 / Gulnoza Usmanova, Ali H. Mokdad -
An Analysis of Interstate Freight Mode Choice between Truck and Rail: A Case Study of Maryland, United States
Abstract Freight mode choice is a critical part in modeling freight demand. Due to limited freight data, considerably less research has been conducted on freight mode choice than that in passenger demand analysis. This paper investigates unobserved...
2013 / Yaowu Wang, Chuan Ding, Chao Liu, Binglei Xie -
Affective Determinants of Additional Mathematics Achievement in Malaysian Technical Secondary Schools
Abstract The purpose of this study was to identify the affective determinants of additional mathematics achievement in technical secondary schools. In addition, this study also aimed to identify the best predictor of affective variables toward...
2014 / Arsaythamby Veloo, Ruzlan Md Ali, Hariharan N. Krishnasamy -
The UK patient experience of relapse in Multiple Sclerosis treated with first disease modifying therapies
Abstract Background The fixed, progressive disability associated with late Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is known to have a major impact on patients and their families, but the impact of relapse earlier in the disease course is less well ...
2014 / Martin Duddy, Martin Lee, Owen Pearson, Esmaeil Nikfekr, Abhijit Chaudhuri, et al.