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Information technology (IT) is the study, design, development, application, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware
Posted on 15 April 2016. Tags: cultural variables, Institutional variables, internationalization, multinational firms
This paper is aimed to analyze some of the institutional and cultural implications on internationalization analysis of multinational firms. The analysis begins questioning what the main institutional and cultural variables are considered in the involvement of internationalization of multinational firms. To answer this question, firstly it is reviewed the literature on internationalization of multinational firms […]
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Posted in Economics, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, Volume VI / 2016, Volume VI, Issue no. 2
Posted on 15 April 2016. Tags: Aerospace industry, Institutions, Resources and capabilities
This paper aboard the analysis of the aviation industry, indicating that it has high prospects for growth, specifically analyses the global situation to mention key aspects of the case of Mexico, analyzing the case of Hydra Technologies where elements found in their success are resources and capabilities such as innovation, human resources; institutions that also […]
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Posted on 15 February 2016. Tags: advertising, Brand Preference, consumer, Eco bank, Hotel Presidential
Concerned for the stiff competition in the banking industry, this study set out to determine the role of advertising in motivating consumers’ preference for the Eco bank brand, using the Hotel Presidential branch of the bank in Port Harcourt as a test case. The survey research used the availability sampling technique to draw a sample […]
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Posted on 15 February 2016. Tags: Cost reduction, Financial returns, Value analysis
Quality management systems require companies to operate a formal design review process. This is to ensure that the quality of a product is best assured. The quality accreditation system is monitored and audited by external agencies. As such, companies that fail to comply with quality assurance procedures will not qualify for quality award and may […]
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Posted in Economics, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, Volume VI / 2016, Volume VI, Issue no. 1
Posted on 15 February 2016. Tags: active, contributions, doctrine, economic reality, fees, fiscal field, income, politic interest, politics, principles, Profit, tax payer, taxes
The configuration of the politic interest from the fiscal perspective, its impact upon the economic reality and the performance of the feedback by means of the tax payer, remains a field of perpetual controversies. This is the reason for which we considered as being very useful to present, according to our own vision, certain details […]
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Posted on 15 February 2016. Tags: Accounting, economic practice, fiscal legislation, micro-enterprise, trading discount
Within a competitive economy, the trading discounts constitute a frequent practice, whereby the asset and service providers instill loyalty to the current customers or propose themselves to draw new clients. While the economic and legal practice of entities use a diversity of trading discounts, both from the point of view of their name and the […]
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Posted on 15 February 2016. Tags: Development Stages, Economic Complexity, GDP Growth, Knowledge Spillover, Pooled Mean Group Estimator
This paper analyzes the effects of knowledge spillovers and complexity proxies on the economic growth using the pooled mean group estimator and annual dataset of 86 countries for the period of 1995-2011. Differently, we cluster countries into five groups by development stages, according to the key drivers of their economies. To this end, along with […]
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Posted on 15 February 2016. Tags: financial leverage, financial reports, integrated financial risk management, performance and insurance companies
Among many decisions taken by business organizations, the most critical decision they take which affects the value of the company is that of the financial leverage. The designing of the decisions in a standard level of the financial leverage can be useful and at the same time harmful for the company. This study introduces a […]
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Posted on 15 February 2016. Tags: employee satisfaction, organizational commitment, perception of work
Some research indicates the importance of comfort working in an organization, which is expected to provide job satisfaction and can improve work effectiveness. It is thus necessary role of organizational commitment in order to create a comfortable working environment so as to improve the behavior of employees in work efficiency. This study aims to determine […]
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Posted on 15 December 2015. Tags: debt structure, external debt, external loans
The present paper is studying the evolution of Romania’s foreign debt before and post accession in the European Union, namely the period 2000 – 2013, in the large context of the specific macroeconomic policy objectives of the times. According to our research results, the economic effect of external debt may be considered positive and for […]
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Posted in Economics, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, Volume V, Issue no. 6
Posted on 15 December 2015. Tags: activity’s continuity, bankruptcy, debts, economic crisis, insolvency procedure
The lack of a propitious economic environment made the number of companies in Romania that became insolvent to progressively grow from one year to another, even though average sales registered in the year of starting the procedure were larger than the ones in previous years. The performed study presents on one side the evolution of […]
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Posted on 15 December 2015. Tags: economic crisis, fiscal revenues, fiscal system, tax collection
Fiscal policies must ensure the stability of taxes and duties and to propose an optimal level of taxation that does not stop economic activity and do not aggravate the financial situation of the population. Measures concerning taxation system should have the effect of training on tax payers and coordinate proper location and collection of taxes. […]
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Posted on 15 December 2015. Tags: Government spending, social protection and income inequality
The relationship between social protection, growth and income inequality is an important issue in modern societies. However, there exists no consensus about these relationships because government activity could be carried out inefficiently, due to excessive burdens or even because it can reduce the productivity of the system. In this paper, the correlation between social expenditure, […]
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Posted on 15 December 2015. Tags: economic development, economic growth, globalization, Solow’s model, Total Factors Productivity
This paper tries to design the proper framework for highlighting the importance of globalization and the meaning of it being the engine for economic growth. Globalization and economic growth go hand in hand and are empowered by the Solow’s model influence, which is translated as sustainable economic development, which also could be accelerated by using […]
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Posted on 15 December 2015. Tags: health, income, subjective wellbeing, sustainable development, wealth
Why it is so important to maintain a continuous economic growth within a planet showing clear signs of its exhaustion is an important issue that is questioned more and more often in the last decade or so. The main motivation is to create the resources needed for people to live better and to be happy. […]
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Posted on 15 October 2015. Tags: business, competitive advantage, Human Resources, social network, sustainability
The development of Information Technology is present in different areas of business. Very popular forms of it are social networks. Social Network Manager or Social Network entrepreneur represents a new type of employee that is needed in both; small and large companies all over the world. The demand for human resources that are capable of […]
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Posted in Economics, Information Technology, Knowledge Management, Volume V / 2015, Volume V, Issue no. 5
Posted on 15 October 2015. Tags: economic growth, FDI, human capital, new model of growth, remittances
The economic growth is the most important indicator in determining the welfare of a country, thus affecting the growth of income level. The economic growth is one of the indicators most used by economists, governments and international economic organizations and is also considered as synonymous with development. Economic growth is an indicator of the performance […]
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Posted on 15 October 2015. Tags: Electronic information resources, Lecturers, Perceived ease of Use and Perceived Enjoyment, Perceived usefulness
This study investigated Perceived Usefulness, Perceived Ease of Use and Perceived Enjoyment as correlates of EIRs use among lecturers in private universities in Nigeria. A correlation type of survey research design was adopted in this study. A single stage random sampling technique was used to select 2086 lecturers from the sampled (14) universities out of […]
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Posted on 15 October 2015. Tags: Carry Trades, Currency, Currency Trading, EUR, EUR/JPY, EUR/USD, Foreign Exchange, Fx, USD, USD/JPY
EUR/USD, USD/JPY and the position of EUR/JPY was investigated in this paper using regression analysis with the overarching question where EUR/JPY sits in relation to both pairs and its position in terms of a carry trade. What was determined was EUR/JPY switches allegiance period to period. The carry trade premise is to borrow a low […]
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Posted on 15 October 2015. Tags: academic, GIS, Methodology, spatial evaluation, spatial tool, WGA
The paper goal is to analyze GIS opportunities as constructive pillar for student performance. We introduce a web-gis platform which improves both student collaboration and individual strategy highlighting their skills and potentialities. The analyzed project claims to reduce the gap between theoretical assignments and real world issues. We try to introduce a new standard of […]
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Posted on 15 August 2015. Tags: Collaborative System, Methodology, Modeling, Security, Software Development Life Cycle (SDL)
In this paper is applied a threat modeling methodology on a collaborative system. Firstly it will present the current stage of collaborative system security, then it will be shown how to integrate web services into collaborative platforms. The Threat Modeling methodology is proposed by Microsoft and is a part of the Software Development Life Cycle […]
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Posted on 15 August 2015. Tags: economic growth, employment, jobs, young people, youth guarantee
With an employment rate among young people (under 25 years) of 23,3% Romania has to find a solution for solving this problem in short terms , otherwise we can face a constant migration wave of young people who can’t find a job in our country. This article presents the current status on labor market in […]
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Posted on 15 August 2015. Tags: education, hedonistic, spiritual, strategy, tourism
Rajasthan is a main tourism State in the nation. It’s glorious legacy, bright living customs, traditions, wonderful heritage, mesmerizing natural beauty,vibrant folk, energetic people and delicious cuisines are exceptional attractions for both, domestic and foreign tourists. The substantial and indescribable tourism products of the State offer enormous potential for development of the tourism industry. Improvement […]
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Posted on 15 August 2015. Tags: Anxiety toward Mathematics, evaluation toward mathematics., mathematics abilities, temporality toward mathematics
In this paper we examine anxiety toward mathematics in undergraduate students; therefore, we take a Muñoz and Mato anxiety scale (2007). This is a study carried out at several universities in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico. 302 questionnaires were applied face-to-face to undergraduate students of several profiles, among others: Business Management Engineering, Civil Engineering, Public Accounting, Electro-mechanic […]
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Posted on 15 June 2015. Tags: environment, environmental responsibility, organization, social concern, social responsibility, sustainable development
The attitude of companies on the environment fits into a broader sector such as that of social responsibility. Social responsibility includes topics such as child labor exploitation, safety and quality or environmental impact of companies. They now receive more attention from the media, because they lead to the development of new legislation, causing some of […]
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Posted on 15 June 2015. Tags: DBMS, eco-bio-economy, knowledge, networking, procedures, software systems, strategic alliances
The term „database” refers to a structured collection of data, used to model aspects of reality in a way that allows useful information to be extracted. In order for the data resource to be well defined and documented, easily administered and interrogated, derives the need to use a proper database management system. A Database Management […]
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Posted on 15 June 2015. Tags: collaboration, knowledge creation, Knowledge sharing, Organisational culture, people, Trust
This paper intended to determine the role corporate culture plays in facilitating or hindering knowledge management (KM) practices, especially knowledge sharing, in selected private higher education institutions in Botswana and whether there is a fit or misfit between organisational culture of these institutions and international KM best practices. Several key literary KM sources were consulted […]
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Posted on 15 June 2015. Tags: features of hospitalization, Greece, Health care services, public hospitals
The economic crisis has made its presence felt in southern Europe the last five years and among other things has affected the provision of health services in Greece. It also seeks for economic reasons uniting of health care institutions of primary or secondary social care. In this study, we use data from the Pathology, Surgical, […]
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Posted on 15 June 2015. Tags: ICT, Indonesia, tourism
Information communication and technology has been used not only in business sector but also in government, tourism is one of business activity need collaboration between government and business practitioner to implement tourism activities. Government as the authority must be provide information related to business tourism activities, this study provide a holistic information system between government […]
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Posted on 15 February 2015. Tags: Albania, basic model, informality, pensions, proportional model
By using a simple model, it will be analyzed the impact that informality has in the amount of consumption of the workers during their life cycle. This paper deals with the interconnections of underreported earnings, savings and old-age pension. The workers sampled for this analysis have been divided into three groups: 1. Low income employees, […]
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Posted on 15 February 2015. Tags: information, recruitment process, social media, website
The social media experience has opened up new trails of commitment and revolutionized the exchange of information. With more people employing with social media, it is worth scrutinizing its application to the recruitment process. The purpose of this paper is to assess how employers can construct best use of social media as part of the […]
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Posted on 15 February 2015. Tags: attitude, Information and Communications Technology, learning environment, motivation
In a knowledge-based society, Information and Communications Technology plays an important role in learning process, involve teachers and students into a relationship that allows students to acquire knowledge and skills needed in their future work. The learning environment created by the teachers affects the students’ achievements, their attitude regarding the compulsory school subjects. We wanted […]
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Posted on 15 December 2014. Tags: Dynamic OLS, Economic Liberalization, Nigeria, Telecommunication Sector Performance
In this paper, we examined the empirical relationship between economic liberalization and telecommunication sector performance in Nigeria between 1986 and 2010 using the Stock and Watson (1993) Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) technique. The study utilized secondary data and they were sourced from Nigeria Communication Commission (NCC), Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Statistical Bulletin and […]
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Posted in Economics, Information Technology, Volume IV, Issue no. 6
Posted on 15 December 2014. Tags: Benefits, change, e-government, investments, Revenue & Customs
E-Government could be perceived as a driving force for the use of Information and Communication Technology in the transformation of governmental operations. From the governmental perspective it is essential that the transformed operations would be more efficient and effective. In this study using a series of interviews and thus a qualitative research methodology we further […]
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Posted in Information Technology, Volume IV, Issue no. 6
Posted on 15 October 2014. Tags: Home Equity Reverse Mortgage, Local Government, Official Website
The purpose of this study discusses the comparison of local government official website disclosure the home equity reverse mortgage pilot program. The content adopts content analysis and method of interactive reply to test the speed of interaction and content between local government and people. The study found that people could acquire relevant information in small […]
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Posted in Economics, Information Technology, Volume IV, Issue no. 5