Economics and business topic list of research papers
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On the reliability of self-reported health: Evidence from Albanian data
Abstract This paper investigates the reliability of self-assessed measures of health using panel data collected in Albania by the World Bank in 2002, 2003 and 2004 through the Living Standard Measurement Study project. As the survey includes...
2012 / Nicolas Vaillant, François-Charles Wolff -
WFUMB Guidelines and Recommendations for Clinical Use of Ultrasound Elastography: Part 1: Basic Principles and Terminology
Abstract Conventional diagnostic ultrasound images of the anatomy (as opposed to blood flow) reveal differences in the acoustic properties of soft tissues (mainly echogenicity but also, to some extent, attenuation), whereas ultrasound-based...
2015 / Tsuyoshi Shiina, Kathryn R. Nightingale, Mark L. Palmeri, Timothy J. Hall, Jeffrey C. Bamber, et al. -
The Role of Motric Activities in the Psycho-motric Development of Preschool Children – Future Pupils
Abstract Physical and mental health enhances pupils’ mood, their attention and labor power, increases knowledge assimilation ability. Motricity is a means of educating closely interlinked with the intellectual and emotional sides of the individual,...
2011 / Elena Lupu -
A study of developing an anxiety scale towards the internet
Abstract The aim of this study is to develop a scale stating teacher candidates’ anxiety towards the internet. In order to state the items in the scale, researchers formed an item-pool. In the process of stating the items for the item-pool, 106...
2011 / Nihat Ekizoglu, Zehra Ozcinar -
MeAdian robust spatial filtering on satellite images
Abstract The initial aim with the MeAdian was to obtain a local spatial filtering method which enables to process a robust centre based on a combination of the mean and the median. The MeAdian is an auto-adaptive filter that tends to the mean when...
2011 / Didier Josselin, Julio Rojas-Mora, Alexandre Ulmer -
An application on the impacts of human resource management in technology management of the companies
Abstract We study the impact of human resource management (HRM) in terms of technology management in the companies. Our sample, 17 of which are partially or totally foreign owned consists of 37 companies operating in Turkey. HRM applications in...
2011 / Harun Demirkaya, Gürol Özcüre, Nimet Eryiğit -
Identifying the factors driving market selection in Latin America. An insight from the Spanish franchise industry
Abstract Despite of the fact that the body on international marketing focuses on emerging markets is growing, the attention paid to the Latin American context continues to be very limited. In an attempt to enhance the knowledge that managers and...
2011 / Verónica Baena, Julio Cerviño -
Social Capital Influences On Business Groups’ Diversification Strategies
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain the relationship of the Turkish Business Groups’ unrelated diversification strategies and their social capital usage. The aim of this article is to reveal whether business groups that are different in ...
2011 / Ela Ozkan-Canbolat -
A Decision Support on Planning Retail Tenant Mix in Shopping Malls
Abstract Consumption and shopping patterns are subject to changes for a variety of product categories. Shopping malls are becoming new places that consumers visit where the shopping itself has changed meaning and focus. Retailers are now concerned...
2011 / Sebnem Burnaz, Y. Ilker Topcu -
E-Business Skill Demand of SMEs in Taiwan: A Comparative Study with LSEs in Japan, and U.S.A.
Abstract What are the skill demands of SMEs of e-business in Taiwan? Based on the need analysis of BNAM (Borich Needs Assessment Model), this survey investigates nearly 1,000 SME in Taiwan and LSE in Taiwan, Japan and U.S.A. using questionnaires...
2012 / Chuan-Chun Wu, Chang-Chun Li -
Research on the Element of the Public Learning Platform Construction
Abstract As the inevitable product of learning socialization in the urbanization process of the world, the public learning aims to improve the cultural and professional quality of the public, thereby promoting people's life–long integrated...
2012 / Hanmei Wu, Haidao Liu -
Research on the Knowledgeable Talents Performance Management Based On Organizational Commitment
Abstract The study concludes the factors influencing knowledgeable talents performance contain personal factors and organizational factors. In this thesis we have found that the interaction in different dimensions of organizational commitment has...
2012 / DeYi Kong, XiangQian Zhang -
The burden of renal cell cancer: A retrospective longitudinal study on occurrence, outcomes and cost using an administrative claims database
Abstract Objective To assess the burden of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in epidemiologic and economic terms. Methods Retrospective, naturalistic longitudinal study...
2008 / Lorenzo G Mantovani, Andrea Morsanutto, Francesca Tosolini, Giorgio Mustacchi, Renato Esti, et al. -
Romanian educational system sustainability
Abstract Romanian educational system faces structural failures because of increased labour market instability and the proliferation of austere economic policies under the GDP value adjustment. Also open competition in the labour market, both from EU ...
2011 / Cristina Balaceanu -
Transforming the Knowledge Incorporated in e-Learning Software into an Automatable Explicit Knowledge for the Teacher and the Learner
Abstract The aim of this paper is to introduce a solution for the disclosure and recovery of the educational knowledge incorporated, and hidden to the user, in the support software for e-Learning. The solution, called SIK (software inherited...
2011 / Vasile Avram, Diana Avram -
The impact of the world financial crisis on Romanian educational system Case study on teachers’ professional motivation
Abstract Romania is included in the category of countries where, because of the economic crisis, the education funding was reduced, the working conditions of teachers have worsened, wages were reduced, and professional training has similarly been...
2011 / Tomuletiu Elena-Adriana, Pop Anisoara, David Doina, Solovastru Alina, Buicu Gabriela -
Fiscal and social-economic coordinates in the analysis of the salary policy in Romania
Abstract Theoretically, Romania has familiarized with the International Accounting Standards, although where salary-earners are concerned, the fiscal system must be able to support financially the concepts imposed by these standards in order to...
2011 / Florentina Pantazi, Boni Mihaela Străoanu -
A study of the relationship between principals’ philosophical mindedness and their creativity
Abstract The purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between principals’ philosophical mindedness and their creativity. Our participants were principals (N= 8) of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, who were randomly selected among...
2011 / Tahereh Javidi K. J, Rosita Abootorabi -
Prospective mathematics teachers abilities’ to construct relations between the different representations of series with complex terms
Abstract This study tried to investigate the prospective mathematics teachers’ abilities to construct relations between the symbolic and visual representations of series with complex terms. The sample was composed of 80 prospective mathematics...
2011 / Tuğrul Kar, Ahmet Işık, M. Fatih Öçal, Alper Çiltaş, Gürsel Güler, et al. -
The Application of Principal Component Analysis on Financial Analysis in Real Estate Listed Company
Abstract This article is written in the base of the financial reports of the third quarter of 2010, selected 12 real estate listed companies, and compute its various financial indicators, using the principal component analysis in the spss software...
2011 / Yongchen Li, Qin Zhang