Economics and business topic list of research papers
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TQM and Malaysian SMEs Performance: The Mediating Roles of Organization Learning
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explore the pertinent issues in the relationship between Total Quality Management (TQM) and SME performance. This paper also discusses the need for mediation in the relationship between TQM and SMEs...
2014 / Nurazree Mahmud, Mohd Faiz Hilmi -
Robust monetary policy, structural breaks, and nonlinearities in the reaction function of the Central Bank of Brazil
Abstract In this work, we seek to investigate the existence of nonlinearities in the reaction function of the Central Bank of Brazil arising from this policymaker's uncertainties about the effects of the output gap on inflation. Theoretically, we...
2016 / Gabriela Bezerra de Medeiros, Marcelo Savino Portugal, Edilean Kleber da Silva Bejarano Aragón -
Personal Peculiarities of Gifted Children Development
Abstract Educating gifted children, investigate their abilities and define their skills are developing in all civilized countries on today's day. There are increasing philosophical, psychological, pedagogical information about such children and...
2014 / M.A. Absatova, Erbai Talgat, Turalbayeva Almash, Kulzhabayeva Gauhar, Tashayeva Assel -
Validating an object placement planner for robotic pick-and-place tasks
Abstract This paper proposes an object placement planner for a grasped object during pick-and-place tasks. The proposed planner automatically determines the pose of an object that is stably placed near a user-assigned point on the environment...
2014 / Kensuke Harada, Tokuo Tsuji, Kazuyuki Nagata, Natsuki Yamanobe, Hiromu Onda -
Experimental and Computational Approach Investigating Burst Fracture Augmentation Using PMMA and Calcium Phosphate Cements2014 / Sami M. Tarsuslugil, Rochelle M. O’Hara, Nicholas J. Dunne, Fraser J. Buchanan, John F. Orr, et al.
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A Novel Method to Find the Neutral Position of the Breast
Abstract Breast pain affects up to 70% of the female population. It is believed that stretching of the breast tissue causes discomfort and that by placing the breast into a position in which the tissue is neither in compression or tension (termed...
2014 / Miranda Knight, Jon Wheat, Heather Driscoll, Steve Haake -
Rotational Traction Behaviour of Artificial Turf
Abstract Within artificial turf testing for player-surface interaction, traction is a key system property that needs to be measured for comfort, performance and injury risk. The purpose of this study was to modify a FIFA rotational traction test...
2014 / Carolyn Webb, Steph Forrester, Paul Fleming -
LTE and WiFi: Experiences with Quality and Consumption
Abstract Numerous reports over the past few years have noted that wireless data consumption continues to increase at incredible rates. Such growth rates tend to be felt most acutely in the cellular space where smartphones and tablets continue to...
2014 / Aaron Striegel, Shu Liu, Xueheng Hu, Lei Meng -
Innovation in higher education; will there be a role for “the academe/university” in 2025?2014 / Eddie Blass, Peter Hayward
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The Dynamic Knowledge Loop: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Cooperation and Adaptation of Climate Change Knowledge2014 / Maria Hagemeier-Klose, Simone Annerose Beichler, Bart Jan Davidse, Sonja Deppisch
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A nonparametric analysis of the growth process of Indian cities
Abstract We examine the growth process of the largest cities in India for the post economic reform period 1991–2011 to analyze Gibrat’s and Zipf’s laws by applying nonparametric estimation. The results from stochastic kernel, contour plots, and...
2014 / Jeff Luckstead, Stephen Devadoss -
Transdisciplinarity – The Advantage of a Holistic Approach to Life
Abstract The transdisciplinary approach of holistic type, that overreaches the disciplinary fragmentation limits with its disadvantages, offers a vision of the world and life, as competent as possible, and has as starting point the human nature with ...
2014 / Daniela Jeder -
Developing Responsibility Character for University Student in ECE through Project Method
Abstract Being teacher of early childhood education (ECE) is not easy, because it needs good skills as a teacher of ECE. One of the skills is teacher of ECE have to know about characteristic of children. Children have the unique characteristic, and...
2014 / Nelva Rolina -
Key Competences of Public Sector Project Managers
Abstract Project managers play a crucial role in all kinds of projects and influence projects’ success (Wateridge, 1997; Crawford, 2005). Their role is unique in public sector projects, due to the fact that public projects always deal with multiple, ...
2014 / Beata Jałocha, Hans Petter Krane, Anandasivakumar Ekambaram, Grażyna Prawelska-Skrzypek -
A Case Study of the Impact of Data-Adaptive Versus Model-Based Estimation of the Propensity Scores on Causal Inferences from Three Inverse Probability Weighting Estimators2016 / Romain Neugebauer, Julie A. Schmittdiel, Mark J. van der Laan
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Religious Education an Important Dimension of Human's Education
Abstract Discussion and direct observation in schools developed over a significant period of time, a general study of the curriculum for religious education, ideas coming from teachers in different contexts, all related to a press event, were...
2013 / Rodica Mariana Niculescu, Mariana Norel -
Symbolism, the Beginning of Modern Poetry
Abstract This article aims at emphasizing the reasons why symbolistic poetry can be regarded as the beginning of modern poetry. First, the stress is laid on a few definitions given to symbolism. Second, there is a presentation of this movement in...
2015 / Elena Gagiu Pedersen -
Understanding Last Kilometre Freight Delivery in Melbourne's Central Business District
Abstract It is important to increase understanding of the nature of current last-kilometre freight practices so that City Logistics solutions can be developed for increasing transport efficiency, reducing road congestion and amenity impacts such as...
2014 / Nick Casey, Damon Rao, Jose Mantilla, Stephen Pelosi, Russell G. Thompson -
Cost effectiveness of adding budesonide/formoterol to tiotropium in COPD in four Nordic countries
Summary Objective Assess the cost effectiveness of budesonide/formoterol (BUD/FORM) Turbuhaler®+tiotropium (TIO) HandiHaler® vs. placebo (PBO)+TIO in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) eligible for inhaled...
2013 / Rune Nielsen, Hannu Kankaanranta, Leif Bjermer, Peter Lange, Sofie Arnetorp, et al. -
Policy's Beneficiaries of Corporate Governance and Diversification Strategy
Abstract The present study is highly important because, when used properly, it can lead to an immediate positive impact on organizational management. Therefore it offers the chance to cumulate the interests of all stakeholders of a company, leading...
2014 / Cosmin Sandu Badele, Daniela Fundeanu