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Journal: Foundations of Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.2478/v10238-012-0024-9
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Abstract: Presented article describes the research on organizational IT knowledge management system model. Research was started with the analysis of current scientific knowledge status on knowledge management as well as supporting the process with Information Technology. Methods of knowledge management systems were analyzed and a system suitable for a case s...
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Journal: Financial Services Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v19i1.4963
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Abstract: A line of recent studies cast doubt on the efficacy of the lifecycle investment strategy, which calls for switching into a more conservative investment portfolio as retirement approaches, as a suitable way to provide for the retirement needs of workers with defined-contribution pensions. After com-paring simulation outcomes for lifecycle and fixed ...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-20
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Abstract: Background: Past studies of associations between measures of the built environment, particularly street connectivity, and active transportation (AT) or leisure walking/bicycling have largely failed to account for spatial autocorrelation of connectivity variables and have seldom examined both the propensity for AT and its duration in a coherent fash...
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Journal: International Journal of Business Science and Applied Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.69864/ijbsam.5-2.52
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Abstract: Tourism and hospitality have become key global economic activities as expectations with regard to our use of leisure time have evolved, attributing greater meaning to our free time. While the growth in tourism has been impressive, India's share in total global tourism arrivals and earnings is quite insignificant. It is an accepted fact that India h...
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Journal: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.20955/r.92.177-184
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Abstract: This article is a modified version of remarks given at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia's policy forum "Policy Lessons from the Economic and Financial Crisis," December 4, 2009. The presentation was made during a panel discussion that also included James Bullard and John Taylor. © 2010, The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis....
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-41
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Abstract: Background: Published literature detailing the effects of heatwaves on human health is readily available. However literature describing the effects of heat on morbidity is less plentiful, as is research describing events in the southern hemisphere and Australia in particular. To identify susceptible populations and direct public health responses re...
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Journal: Foundations of Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.2478/v10238-012-0030-y
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Abstract: The multi-criteria assessment methodology of implementation effectiveness of information systems illustrated by an example of decision support system (DSS) realized in w information technologies is presented in the article. The assessment of DSS under consideration takes place using the knowledge recorded in the form of fuzzy neural network, collec...
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Journal: European Journal of Tourism Research
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.54055/ejtr.v3i2.52
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.56
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Abstract: Many construction work tasks are physically very strenuous and the incidence of work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) among construction workers is considerably higher than those in most other occupations. The aim of the study presented in this paper was to contribute to understanding a healthy construction site brought about by the best p...
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Journal: Financial Services Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v19i2.4971
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Abstract: We investigate if constructed portfolios of ADRs from six countries provide a useful vehicle for international diversification in the Markowitz sense for U.S. investors and if those diversification gains differ from the results obtained from matched portfolios of the underlying assets (UAs). We analyze 280 ADRs and their matched UAs, and consider E...
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Journal: Business: Theory and Practice
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/btp.2010.18
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Abstract: The national competitiveness today is not just an object of large amounts of scientific works but also a popular concept among business leaders, economists and politics. However, wide usage of the concept is not always based on the clearly defined contents of the word. Different meanings of the national competitiveness concept cause a lot of misund...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-7
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Abstract: The spatial variability of three indicators of learning and developmental disability (LDD) was assessed for Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Maternal reports of receiving special education services, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and educational attainment were available for a birth cohort from 1969-1983. Using generalized additive models and re...
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Journal: South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.4102/sajems.v13i2.47
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Abstract: The traditional corporate annual report consists of two types of disclosures, that is, mandatory and contextual disclosures. The research problem focuses on the issue whether full disclosure in corporate annual reports could entail mandatory and contextual disclosures as well as a more subtle set of information for disadvantaged stakeholders. To so...
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Journal: Financial Services Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v19i2.4968
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Abstract: To estimate the monetary value of ideal financial plannitig advice, we address three types of benefit.s that planners provide: increasing wealth, preventing loss, and smoothing consumption. We discuss, then reject the possibility of using survey data to obtain valid estimates of the benefit of financial planning advice. We instead use theoretical e...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-53
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Abstract: Background: Arsenic exposure in pregnancy is associated with adverse pregnancy outcome and infant mortality. Knowledge of the spatial characteristics of the outcomes and their possible link to arsenic exposure are important for planning effective mitigation activities. The aim of this study was to identify spatial and spatiotemporal clustering of f...
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Journal: European Journal of Tourism Research
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.54055/ejtr.v3i2.50
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Abstract: This study sets out to explore how tourist nationalities with dissimilar cultural orientation differ in their evaluation of nature-based tourism experiences. For this purpose 679 tourists in Norway responded to a questionnaire on nature-based tourism experiences. Furthermore, 20 nationalities are segmented along a collectivism-individualism continu...
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Journal: Intangible Capital
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3926/ic.2010.v6n2.p272-299
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Abstract: This study considers the relationship between the size of the firm and innovation policy. The study includes a joint analysis of distribution and the effect of R&D subsidies on inputs and outputs of the innovation process of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and large firms. Although size has a significant, positive influence on firms' propensity...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.08
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Abstract: The leading role that is attributable to economic indicators like consumer confidence has been well documented in the literature for many developed nations. Moreover, the relationship between high frequency financial market data has been a common research topic for world economies. However, there is hardly any study that attempts to search for the ...
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Journal: Financial Services Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v19i1.4964
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Abstract: This paper demonstrates how to correctly model withdrawals from a taxable account. The presented framework is largely generalized as it accommodates for varying rates of return, changing tax rates, different time periods, flexible withdrawal amounts, inflation, cost basis, and level of capital gains annual distribution. Closed-form solutions for sp...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-10
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Abstract: Background: Automated geocoding of patient addresses for the purpose of conducting spatial epidemiologic studies results in positional errors. It is well documented that errors tend to be larger in rural areas than in cities, but possible effects of local characteristics of the street network, such as street intersection density and street length, ...