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Journal: International Journal of Strategic Property Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/ijspm.2010.13
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Abstract: Part Two of this article deals with problems related to land valuation. For that purpose, a site of 6.89 ares located in Švitrigailos Street XX, Vilnius, was selected as the research object and appraised using three approaches: the sales comparison approach, the MAMVA method and the mass valuation approach. Peculiarities of these methods in land v...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-58
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Abstract: Background: Malaria, caused by the parasite Plasmodium falciparum, is a significant source of morbidity and mortality in southern Zambia. In the Mapanza Chiefdom, where transmission is seasonal, Anopheles arabiensis is the dominant malaria vector. The ability to predict larval habitats can help focus control measures.Methods: A survey was conducted...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-52
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Abstract: Background: Geographical access to health care facilities is known to influence health services usage. As societies age, accessibility to health care becomes an increasingly acute public health concern. It is known that seniors tend to have lower mobility levels, and it is possible that this may negatively affect their ability to reach facilities a...
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Journal: Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3311/pp.so.2010-1.03
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Abstract: Biotechnology, just like other dynamically growing branches of industry, has been very rapidly changing. Disruptive innovations arise from time to time. Since this is a very high risk - high benefit industry, and R&D phases often require several hundred millions of dollars, the participants seek to minimize and share risk. In case of biotechnology ...
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Journal: Periodica Polytechnica Social and Management Sciences
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3311/pp.so.2010-1.04
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Abstract: Technology roadmapping (TRM) is a technique for exploring the evolution of markets, products, technologies, and their linkages. During our Hungarian TRM-applications we found important a clear business need; senior level ownership; effective communication; information and knowledge sharing; spending considerable time at the beginning; preferring le...
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Journal: Journal of Business Economics and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jbem.2010.13
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Abstract: This study investigates the determinants of firm size. Data was collected in face-to-face structured-questionnaire interviews of 1314 firm founders from 14 counties in Argentina. Quantile regression was used as a more suitable methodology to measure the determinants of firm size. Our results show that the main sets of explanatory variables related ...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.36
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Abstract: The paper presents experimental and numerical results for selected built-up steel columns filled with concrete. The laboratory tests were accompanied by numerical analysis carried out using general purpose, finite element program ABAQUS. Based on heretofore research presented in this paper, one may assumes that the application of concrete filled co...
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Journal: Asian Journal of Shipping and Logistics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1016/S2092-5212(10)80010-0
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Abstract: The development of new ports in China and the enhancement of port facilities in Korea will force major Japanese ports, which were the region's hub ports until the 1980s, to become local feeder ports for entry into East Asia. To consider the integration of cargo flow and liner networks, such Japanese ports need to collaborate with each other rather ...
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Journal: South African Journal of Business Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.4102/sajbm.v41i3.522
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Abstract: This paper discusses the importance of corporate governance and the need to implement it effectively in any organization. Furthermore, information technology is discussed along with its impact on enabling an organization to achieve its business goals and attain a competitive edge in industry. This makes IT a critical organizational resource with gr...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.05
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Abstract: A competent construction contractor is one of the indispensable conditions of a proper process and completion of a construction project. The article presents analysis results of the main criteria considered by Polish public clients in contractor competence evaluation. Research was carried out on the basis of demands stated by clients in restricted ...
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Journal: Economy of Regions
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.17059/2010-1-6
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Abstract: The paper deals with the issue of financial sustainability of a regional economic system. Interpretation of the category of financial sustainability is given in its interrelation with economic stability. The paper also suggests a tool for quantitative assessment of financial sustainability of a region, which takes specific features regarding genera...
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Journal: South African Journal of Business Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.4102/sajbm.v41i2.515
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Abstract: There has been very little research on customer service in the African continent. This paper determines and analyses customer service expectations of 4035 clients in retail banking across 10 African countries. In addition country differences in customer service expectations are identified. A quantitative research design was followed. Bank customers...
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Journal: Economy of Regions
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.17059/2010-1-11
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Abstract: Interaction of the lithosphere and the biosphere with a view of socioeconomic activity by a human being has the most complete effect in the process of mineral resource utilization. It is typical of mining and metal production complexes (MMC) of the Ural, which are basic for the regional economy. A research methodology related to anthropogenic trans...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-48
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Abstract: Background: Campylobacteriosis is the most frequently reported zoonosis in the EU and the epidemiology of sporadic campylobacteriosis, especially the routes of transmission, is to a great extent unclear. Poultry easily become colonised with Campylobacter spp., being symptom-less intestinal carriers. Earlier it was estimated that internationally bet...
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Journal: Financial Services Review
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.61190/fsr.v19i3.4976
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Abstract: Banks offer various economic incentives to customers to pay with their credit card rather than cash. Still, many individuals either elect to pay with cash or are unable to acquire credit cards. What benefits do these people lose by paying in cash rather than credit card? This paper demonstrates two opportunity costs associated with cash payments-fr...
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Journal: Business: Theory and Practice
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/btp.2010.07
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Abstract: In this article, the author provides a cursory introduction of the idea to base the interpretation of the functional mechanisms of territorial communities on Kuhn's treatment of the paradigms of scientific communities. According to the author's interpretation and treatment, territorial communities are human associations that are related to self-org...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.63
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Abstract: A study on thermal retrofit of Portuguese elementary school buildings is presented. The type of school under analysis is one adopted by a large construction campaign that began in the 1940's. This building stock has a very poor thermal performance and their retrofit was evaluated starting with a case study of a school in the central region of Portu...
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Journal: International Journal of Health Geographics
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-5
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Abstract: Background: Studies have suggested an association between climate variables and circulatory diseases. The short-term effect of climate conditions on the incidence of ischemic heart disease (IHD) over the 1989-2006 period was examined for Quebec's 18 health regions.Methods: Analyses were carried out for two age groups. A GAM statistical model, that ...
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Journal: Journal of Civil Engineering and Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.3846/jcem.2010.64
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Abstract: The building industry is characterised by high variety and variability of working processes and work environment conditions, which is conductive to accidents at work. It is pointed out that the process of analyzing hazards in construction work should correspond to the successive changes in the state of the civil structure being erected and to the a...
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Journal: South African Journal of Business Management
Year: 2010
DOI: 10.4102/sajbm.v41i4.530
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Abstract: Market orientation and innovation orientation, including their relationship with firm performance, are well-debated in prevailing marketing literature. Interestingly, relationship orientation, as an extension of market orientation, is yet to be subjected to similar investigation. While relationship orientation suggests that firms should invest in b...