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    • Megaprojects, Complexity, and Investment Decisions 

      Omoregie, Uyiosa (Scientific Research, 2016-04)
      The need for basic infrastructure for economic development in developing countries has made megaprojects popular, in such parts of the world. Megaprojects can be very important to a host country: the Nigeria Liquefied ...

    • Functional Boundaries as a Tacit Knowledge Sharing Factor and Its Effect on Public Sector Performance in Kenya 

      Wamitu, Susan Njeri (Scientific Research, 2016-04)
      Knowledge is a crucial component in the growth of any organization and it forms a significant fraction of all the resources required for organizational growth. Out of the renowned factors of production namely land, labor, ...

    • Social Responsibility Practices in the Marketing of Loans by Microfinance Companies in Ghana, the Views of the Customer 

      Brew, Yaw; Chai, Junwu; Addae-Boateng, Samuel; Sarpong, Solomon (Scientific Research, 2015-10)
      Microfinance companies provide loans and other facilities like savings, insurance, and transfer services to poor low-income household and microenterprises. It is expected that by the nature of their customers and services, ...

    • The Emotion of Awe and Perception of Destination to Influence Tourists’ Satisfaction 

      Lu, Dong; Tian, Ye (Scientific Research, 2015-10)
      This study aimed to explain tourist satisfaction by using an integrated model that incorporated cognitive and affective perspectives. Questionnaires data were collected from 385 participants in Tibet and the conceptual ...

    • Efficacy of Facebook Fans: Can They Influence Perception of the Brand? 

      Behan, Mike (Scientific Research, 2014-10)
      Using a qualitative single case study methodology, this research studied the effect that a Facebook page has on friends of the brand. The problem under investigation is the lack of understanding effects social media sites ...

    • Management in Action: Managing the HIV/AIDS Curriculum in Kenya 

      Nyarondia, Samson; Ongong’a, Jared Opiyo; Omolo, Kepha (Scientific Research, 2014-07)
      Curriculum management can only be effective when the curriculum content and expected learning outcomes are clearly stated for the actual implementers. The implementers on their side especially the teachers and the school ...

    • Producers’ Preference for Price Instability? 

      Schmitz, Andrew (Scientific Research, 2018-06)
      The debate over whether producers prefer price instability to price stability continues, especially where policies are often endorsed that aim at generating stability. Such policies include the holding of agriculture ...

    • Regression Analyses of Income Inequality Indices 

      Fellman, Johan (Scientific Research, 2018-06)
      Scientists have analysed different methods for numerical estimation of Gini coefficients. Using Lorenz curves, various numerical integration attempts have been made to identify accurate estimates. Central alternative ...

    • Explaining Systemic Risk in Money Market Funds 

      Avkiran, Necmi K. (Scientific Research, 2018-06)
      For the first time, this study evaluates the contributions to systemic risk in the context of U.S. institutional prime money market funds (MMFs) from different sources using partial least squares structural equation ...

    • Determinants of Vertical Integration: Investment Efficiency, Product Differentiation and Firm Size 

      Yamawake, Toshiyuki; Yamoto, Shigetsune; Goi, Hoe Chin; Lee, Dong-Joon (Scientific Research, 2018-04)
      This study examines the determinants of Merger and Acquisition (M & A) when manufacturing firms integrate with retailing firms. We examine a manufacturing duopoly in which each upstream firm sells the output to its ...

    • Oil a Blessing or Curse: A Comparative Assessment of Nigeria, Norway and the United Arab Emirates 

      Elwerfelli, Ali; Benhin, James (2018-04)
      Oil booms have brought unprecedented wealth and development to some countries while in others this has not been the case. The latter is attributed to the resource curse phenomenon which has been explained by the Dutch ...

    • Accounting Benefits of ERP Systems across the Different Manufacturing Industries of SMEs 

      Goumas, Spyridon; Charamis, Dimitris; Tabouratzi, Efthalia (Scientific Research, 2018-04)
      As a result of the ongoing economic crisis and the international market competition, Greek SMEs, particularly the ones focusing in manufacture and production, need to stay profitable by increasing efficiency, while ...

    • The Serendipity Theorem for an Endogenous Open Economy Growth Model 

      Ziesemer, Thomas (Scientific Research, 2018-04)
      A Samuelsonian serendipity theorem for an endogenous growth model is derived. The formula for optimal population growth rate deviates from those of the model with exogenous population growth rates in a third best ...

    • Short-Run and Long-Run Co-Movements in the Income-Consumption Relationship 

      Ming Au, Alan Kai; Yeung, Matthew C. H. (Scientific Research, 2018-04)
      The study uses the cointegration and common cycle analysis to test whether there are short-run and long-run co-movement relationships between incomes and varies consumption expenditure variables. The analysis aims ...

    • The Implications of Mandatory Corporate Social Responsibility—A Literature Review Perspective 

      Ramdhony, Dinesh (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      The purpose of this paper is to discuss the implications of mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) contributions: the CSR levy. Using public interest theory as the theoretical lens, this paper adopts a pro-regulation ...

    • On the Economic Premium Principle 

      Takino, Kazuhiro (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      In this study, we propose an equilibrium pricing rule to capture a characteristic observed in the practical option market. The market has observed that the implied volatility derived from the Black-Scholes formula is ...

    • Income Inequality Measures 

      Fellman, Johan (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      Income distributions are commonly unimodal and skew with a heavy right tail. Different skew models, such as the lognormal and the Pareto, have been proposed as suitable descriptions of income distribution and applied in ...

    • Transparency and Financing Choices of Family Firms 

      Ahmad, Muhammad Ishfaq; Naeem, Muhammad Abubakr; Hasan, Mudassar; Naseem, Muhammad Akram; Rehman, Ramiz Ur (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      Past literature indicates that family firms were different from nonfamily firms in term of performance, governess and disclosure. But there was very little evidence which specified the financial structure of family firm. ...

    • Testing Leverage and Spillover Effects in Precious Metal ETFs 

      Chen, Jo-Hui; Trang Do, Thi Van (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      This research employed the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity-in-Mean-Autoregressive Moving Average (GARCH-M-ARMA) and the Exponentially Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity- ...

    • A Study on Spatial Distribution and Characteristics of Moving Companies 

      Seo, Dae Hyun; Kim, Kabsung (Scientific Research, 2018-02)
      The purpose of this study is to propose a method of establishing demand zone in the estimation of industrial complex needs. Demand estimates of existing industrial complexes are mainly based on survey method, which leads ...