Economics and business topic list of research papers
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Why Organisational Culture Drives Knowledge Sharing?
Abstract Knowledge management is an important factor that can influence the success of organizational operations. This makes it apparent as well that there is a need to establish knowledge sharing within an organization. This proposed study outlines ...
2014 / Sunita Rega Kathiravelu, Nur Naha Abu Mansor, T.Ramayah, Norhalimah Idris -
Developing a Library of Sustainable Manufacturing Practices
Abstract As the body of sustainable manufacturing knowledge grows, there is a call for more examples of good practice to help manufacturers achieve their sustainability goals. Previous work has collated significant examples of what companies have...
2014 / S.J.F. Roberts, P.D. Ball -
Using Power as a Metric to Quantify Vibration Transmitted to the Cyclist
Abstract For the purposes of new product development, the cycling industry requires an objective means of ranking bicycle comfort with regard to vibration response. Acceleration is currently the standard metric used in the industry. Absorbed power...
2014 / Jean-Philippe Pelland-Leblanc, Julien Lépine, Yvan Champoux, Jean-Marc Drouet -
Economic and Environmental Aware Maintenance Optimization
Abstract The increasing awareness of environmental impacts along with the possible ecological impact reductions due to good maintenance leads to a demand for research about integration of ecological aspects in maintenance management. This paper...
2014 / Adriaan Van Horenbeek, Karel Kellens, Liliane Pintelon, Joost R. Duflou -
Co-innovation in networks of resources — A case study in the Chinese exhibition industry
Abstract This work explores how network partners collaborate to innovate and innovate to collaborate and thereby achieve value. The innovation processes analyzed are within an IJV in the Chinese exhibition industry. The findings highlight that the...
2014 / Bonnie K. Dawson, Louise Young, Chenglin Tu, Feng Chongyi -
Risk Practices of HIV in Men who have Sex with Men are Gender Practices. A Training of Health Professionals in a Transcultural Perspective.
Abstract Relations between men who have sex with men (MSM) are power relations between different masculinities. A qualitative study with health professionals assisting MSM looked into HIV prevention in Spain. Barriers were observed in the HIV test...
2014 / Àngel Gasch, Concepción Tomás -
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2012 / Bong-min Jung -
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2012 / Taihcherng Lirn -
Does and How does FDI Promote the Economic Growth? Evidence from Dynamic Panel Data of Prefecture City in China
Abstract This paper employed GMM proposed in [1] to re-evaluate the effect of FDI on the economic growth in China and the relevant factor of FDI during the period 1994-2010,based on dynamic panel data from 254 prefecture-level cities in China. We...
2014 / Liming Hong -
Using Soft Systems Methodology as a Systemic Approach to Safety Performance Evaluation
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to present a case study in order to show how Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) may be used for the systemic evaluation of occupational safety and health (OSH) performance and support decision making for safety...
2012 / Eva Sgourou, Panagiota Katsakiori, Ioanna Papaioannou, Stavros Goutsos, Emmanouel Adamides -
Competence Development for Cohabitation in the Primary Education Degree: The Students’ Voice
Abstract Learning centers, in their role as socializing agents, among their priorities include the empowerment of interpersonal relationships and conflict resolution competences to boost cohabitation inside and outside the classroom. Therefore, the...
2014 / Mirian Martínez-Juárez, Pilar Martínez-Clares, Cristina González-Lorente -
Positioning Antifragility for Clouds on Public Infrastructures
Abstract Cloud computing scalably and sustainably utilizes computing and communication resources. One segment of the cloud ecosystem is the services built upon public infrastructures to address general benefits. This segment itself is an open...
2014 / Liang Guang, Ethiopia Nigussie, Juha Plosila, Hannu Tenhunen -
Improving Emergency Goods Transportation Performance in Metropolitan Areas under Multi-echelon Queuing Conditions
Abstract A transportation network plays a crucial role in delivering emergency goods to people affected by natural and manmade disasters. The purpose of emergency goods transportation is to rapidly provide the appropriate emergency supplies to the...
2013 / Xinhua He, Wenfa Hu, Jia Hao Wu, Chuanxu Wang -
The Effects of Testing on Maintenance of Learning in Anomia Rehabilitation2013 / K. Sullivan, S. Snider, R. Friedman
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The Relationship of e-learner's with Studies Strategies to Support Learning
Abstract Research in the learning/study strategies field has shown an association between these variables and academic results. Our goal was to identify students’ study strategies in a virtual learning environment. The results show, in general, an...
2014 / Maria de Fátima Goulão -
Challenges and Transformations in Teachers’ Training
Abstract Teacher training scenario today is a cause for serious concern. This research evaluates if the voices of children in Romanian preschools are heard and proposes new educational policy in order to train practitioners for preschools. The...
2014 / Alina Georgeta Mag -
Multi Perspective Integrations Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in Higher Education in Developing Countries: Case Study Thailand.
Abstract For several years, academics have debated the extent to which Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can help poor people in a developing country. Most Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in developing countries attempt to...
2013 / Aumnat Tongkaw -
Doctoral Studies and Research Competences
Abstract The present study states a set of premises which justifies the legitimacy and the opportunity for exploring this particular subject. There are analysed various interpretations of the concept of competence both at the level of author...
2013 / Dan Potolea -
The Relationship between Learning Styles and Creativity
Abstract Much has been written about the relationships between learning styles and creativity with the aim of finding the ways that students prefer to learn. This study examined the relationship between learning styles (Subjective experience,...
2014 / Khalil Allah Eishani, Ebrahim Ata Saa’d, Yaghoob Nami -
Ethical Use of Information Technology in High Education
Abstract Ethics as a branch of philosophy is dealing continuously with the fundamental values of inner-human relations, studies the quality and the basis of the act or behavior which by moral perspective are good, bad, appropriate or wrong. Moreover ...
2014 / Mentor Hamiti, Blerim Reka, Andrea Baloghová