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Journal: Business: Theory and Practice
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/btp.2010.12
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Abstract: The article focuses on the analysis of the problem of Lithuanian money and capital markets' interrelation and its factors. At the most part of investigated countries the share index and the overnight interest rates have been developing in expressly opposite directions, i.e., the two markets, the capital and the money markets operated as fierce comp...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.19
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Abstract: While conceptual and theoretical studies have claimed that outward foreign direct investment (FDI) is an effective way to improve the quality of domestic production, there has been less systematic investigation into that claim. The statistical analysis of a survey of Taiwan's outward FDI activity shows that FDI had a positive effect on the quality ...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.05
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Abstract: The Paper re - examined co-integration and causality relationship between energy consumption and economic growth for Nigeria using data covering the period 1970 to 2005. Unlike previous related study for Nigeria, different proxies of energy consumption (electricity demand, domestic crude oil consumption and gas utilization) were used for the estima...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.24
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Abstract: This paper investigates investment performance of microfinance investment funds. The examined funds have recorded lower total risk than global stocks and bonds (measured by four benchmark indices) with moderate but stable returns. The analysis revealed that investment in microfinance investment funds that focus especially on debt instruments repres...
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Journal: Logistics Journal
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.2195/LJ_Ref_Al_Khateeb_dt_201003
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Abstract: In manufacturing and assembly the buffers are used on the one hand for the decoupling of process steps, on the other hand to avoid the negative effects of failures. The aim is always to reach an efficient work of the equipment with high throughput by good economy. Factories with identical manufacturing lines producing equal products or workpieces o...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.29
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Abstract: The relationship between private capital flows and growth has been examined extensively in the literature, yet numerous controversies still remain. The study examines the relationships among private capital flows (foreign direct investment, portfolio investment and foreign debt), financial development and economic performance in a sample of 16 low-...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.41
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Abstract: Increased deformability can be considered as the basic disadvantage of suspension bridges. One of the ways to increase the rigidity of a suspension bridge is to transfer a part of stiffening girder rigidity to a suspension main cable. To give the suspension bridge more stable appearance, the authors propose to use the cables of varying bending stif...
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Journal: International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.69864/ijbsam.5-2.54
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Abstract: The concept of emotional intelligence has become so popular in the management literature that it has become imperative to understand and leverage it for the sake of enhancing the capacity of human capital in organizations. As the pace of change is increasing and world of work is making ever greater demands on a person's cognitive, emotional and phy...
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Journal: Journal of Industrial Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3926/jiem.2010.v3n1.p33-53
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Abstract: Using reverse logistics in production systems can help to reduce costs. However, it can also mean introducing a source of uncertainty in the system behavior. In this study we present a method for calculating the optimal manufacturing and remanufacturing capacities of a system with reverse logistics and steady demand taking into account the random b...
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Journal: Business: Theory and Practice
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/btp.2010.14
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Abstract: Faced with a shortage of skilled labour, more and more companies invest in training and education of their personnel. Organizational managers are confronted with the problem how to assess and compare employee's advantages and disadvantages with its competitors, which criteria could be used to evaluate and compare the work performance and how to use...
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Journal: Business Research
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342716
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Abstract: For many services, consumers can choose among a range of optional tariffs that differ in their access and usage prices. Recent studies indicate that tariff-specific preferences may lead consumers to choose a tariff that does not minimize their expected billing rate. This study analyzes how tariff-specific preferences influence the responsiveness of...
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Journal: Intangible Capital
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3926/ic.2010.v6n2.p202-235
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Abstract: The internationalisation process in a company embodies a series of projects that are performed in different geographical regions. In some cases, especially in SMEs, companies are not capable of predicting the risks that will be faced during the process and they do not have suitable tools to manage the knowledge acquired in previous internationalisa...
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Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/ijspm.2010.26
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Abstract: There has been an increase in the occurrence of natural disasters and their impact has aroused the interest of many stakeholders to incorporate different strategies on disaster management. Although disasters may end many opportunities and lives, the lives of survivors do not cease in the disaster affected areas. The impact of natural disasters and ...
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Journal: South African Journal of Business Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.4102/sajbm.v41i3.524
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Abstract: Proceeding from work that identifies price as an extrinsic cue that can mediate between a wine's perceived and intrinsic merit, the brand construct is presented as an additional potential mediator. Here we define (1) "functional" brands as representations of intrinsic (blind-tasted) quality, and (2) "symbolic" brands (as proxied by the difference b...
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Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/ijspm.2010.25
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Abstract: Building collapses in Lagos metropolis have become worrisome to residents, developers, and Government. This study examined the incidences of collapsed buildings in Lagos metropolis over a thirty-year period. Time series analysis was carried out to determine the past and predict direction of the future occurrences. In addition, a process of inferenc...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-60
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Abstract: Background: In the tropics, rainfall data are seldom accurately recorded, and are often discontinuous in time. In the scope of plague-research in northeast Tanzania, we adapted previous research to reconstruct rainfall patterns at a suitable resolution (1 km), based on time series of NDVI: more accurate satellite imagery was used, in the form of MO...
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Journal: Estudios Gerenciales
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1016/S0123-5923(10)70138-8
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Abstract: This work enters into the topic of one of the world’s most increasing economy, the economy of China. It will treat the question, how a country, hence a political system which was such closed and had a quite small economical standard and growth rate was able to improve in a tremendous way. This present fact discovers various questions, such like: ...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-37
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Abstract: Background: A common, important problem in spatial epidemiology is measuring and identifying variation in disease risk across a study region. In application of statistical methods, the problem has two parts. First, spatial variation in risk must be detected across the study region and, second, areas of increased or decreased risk must be correctly ...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.46
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Abstract: While the current global economy can be characterized by the intensification of business competitiveness, leaner organizations, the convergence of products and services, and by vast technological developments, the risks and uncertainties inherent in such a dynamic environment make the management of organizational knowledge even more crucial. Indeed...
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Journal: Gadjah Mada International Journal of Business
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.22146/gamaijb.5505
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Abstract: A Case of Traffic-Subsidy-Pollution Related Policy in Indonesia According to the UN, air pollution kills more than 3 million people each year (UN-Habitat 2007). Despite the magnitude of the impact, delays in making decisions about the environment are quite common among governments worldwide. The purposes of this study are twofold. First, the study ...