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The Role Of Human Capital Investments In Business Excellence Of Croatian Companies, Ivana Tadić, Željana Aljinović Barać Sep 2022

The Role Of Human Capital Investments In Business Excellence Of Croatian Companies, Ivana Tadić, Željana Aljinović Barać

Economic and Business Review

The paper analyses human capital investments and their relation to company performance in Croatia. Human capital represents an inevitable element in recognising and measuring an organisation’s values and supporting its business excellence. The results obtained show that training and extra bonuses or salaries are positively correlated with company excellence, as well as show a significant difference in the mean of salaries per employee between high and moderate intensive intellectual capital companies. The differences in company excellence, when human capital expenditures are capitalized in a company’s balance sheet rather than recognized as expenses in the company’s profit and loss account, is …


Intangibles And Participation In Global Value Chains In The Eu: Evidence From The Globalinto Input-Output Intangibles Database, Petros Dimas, Dimitrios Stamopoulos, Aggelos Tsakanikas Sep 2022

Intangibles And Participation In Global Value Chains In The Eu: Evidence From The Globalinto Input-Output Intangibles Database, Petros Dimas, Dimitrios Stamopoulos, Aggelos Tsakanikas

Economic and Business Review

The scope of this paper is to provide empirical evidence regarding intangible inputs, global value chains (GVCs) participation and their linkage with exports in the EU and the UK, utilizing data from WIOD and the newly constructed GLOBALINTO Input-Output Intangibles Database for the period 2000–2014. GVC participation metrics are calculated based on a production-based decomposition framework and include backward and forward participation indices. Intangible inputs follow a breakdown by origin into domestic and imported intangible inputs. Our empirical results suggest that GVC participation (both backward and forward) is a significant driver for exports and highlight the importance of intangibles’ origin …


Intangible Assets And Their Impact On Economic Performance, Mojca Bavdaž, Yannis Caloghirou, Mira Dimitrić, Aimilia Protogerou Sep 2022

Intangible Assets And Their Impact On Economic Performance, Mojca Bavdaž, Yannis Caloghirou, Mira Dimitrić, Aimilia Protogerou

Economic and Business Review

The paper introduces the topic of intangible assets. It describes the evolution of the concept of intangible assets and the role of these assets in today’s economy. The importance of intangible assets is highlighted through many quantitative estimates of the impact that intangible assets have on economic performance. After reviewing research carried out mainly in the Western economies, the paper concentrates on the research covering the size and impact of intangible investment in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) and Balkan countries. Moreover, the focus shifts to the firm level where the management of intangible assets faces several challenges that …


The Characteristics And Role Of Intangible Capital In Central-Eastern Europe, The Balkans And In The Mediterranean, Igor Lončarski, Mojca Marc Sep 2022

The Characteristics And Role Of Intangible Capital In Central-Eastern Europe, The Balkans And In The Mediterranean, Igor Lončarski, Mojca Marc

Economic and Business Review

No abstract provided.


The Harvesters, Kristen Staby Rembold Sep 2022

The Harvesters, Kristen Staby Rembold

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Morning On The River, John Smelcer Sep 2022

Morning On The River, John Smelcer

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Pacific Creek, Francis Lunney Sep 2022

Pacific Creek, Francis Lunney

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


The Traveler: North Of Katahdin, David K. Leff Sep 2022

The Traveler: North Of Katahdin, David K. Leff

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Cormorant With Swimmers, Stephanie Kraft Sep 2022

Cormorant With Swimmers, Stephanie Kraft

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Liturgy Of Going To Water, Michael Garrigan Sep 2022

Liturgy Of Going To Water, Michael Garrigan

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Heresy, Todd Davis Sep 2022

Heresy, Todd Davis

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


A Peak Ahead: Hidden Surprises, Christine Woodside Sep 2022

A Peak Ahead: Hidden Surprises, Christine Woodside

Appalachia

No abstract provided.


Books And Media Sep 2022

Books And Media

Appalachia

Reviews of: The American Alpine Journal 2021: The World's Most Significant Climbs and Accidents in North American Climbing, both by the American Alpine Club. Trail Running Illustrated, by Doug Mayer and Brian Metzler. To Be a Warrior, by Brandon Pullan. A Beautiful Work in Progress: A Memoir, by Mirna Valerio. Honouring High Places, by Junko Tabei and Helen Y. Rolfe. Overexposure, by Chad Sayers. The Third Pole, by Mark Synnott. NH Rocks that Rock: An Adventure Guide to Twenty-Five Famous Boulders of the Granite State, by Uma and Dan Szczesny. Edward Feuz …


Valley And Skyline Sketches, Steve Fagin, Liana Tsang Cohen Sep 2022

Valley And Skyline Sketches, Steve Fagin, Liana Tsang Cohen

Appalachia

The joys and pitfalls of dining outside, by Steve Fagin. Trail workers live fully in Tongass National Forest, by Liana Tsang Cohen.


News And Notes Sep 2022

News And Notes

Appalachia

Susan Arnold is named interim president of the Appalachian Mountain Club. The shelter at Imp Campsite near the Carter Range is renovated using historic techniques. Echo Lake Camp turns 100. AMC’s Maine Woods property is certified an International Dark Sky Park.


In Memoriam Sep 2022

In Memoriam

Appalachia

A remembrance of climber and writer David Roberts, by Michael Wejchert.


Research Sep 2022

Research

Appalachia

Climate change is causing complex impacts to ecosystems worldwide. Plants and animals face the necessity of migrating north. Kevin Berend reports on some of the species that seem destined to move and asks whether researchers and conservation agencies should take an active role in helping species move.


Alpina Sep 2022

Alpina

Appalachia

Climber Barry Blanchard suffers a head injury on some stairs in Saskatchewan. French climbers summit Sani Pakkush. British alpinists make it up the North Pillar of Tengkangpoche. In memoriam, Rick Allen (1954-2021). Mingma Gyalje Sherpa leads climbers to the true summit of Manaslu. A climber calls for a rescue on Denali, lying about his condition. Climbers are robbed at a base camp in the Caucasus. Ukrainian climbers summit Annapurna III.


Accidents Sep 2022

Accidents

Appalachia

Reports of rescues and accidents in New Hampshire’s White Mountains during the warm months of 2021. A group of men left two brothers behind on Garfield Ridge. A hiker dies when he sets up his hammock in an unstable tree. An experienced hiker takes the wrong trail near Mount Madison and spends an overnight wandering through the Great Gulf Wilderness while searchers look for her. A turned ankle and bad weather below Mount Washington cause trouble for two hikers. A man loses a signal while relying on a trail app and gets benighted on a headwall. Inexperienced hikers improvise and …


Letters Sep 2022

Letters

Appalachia

In response to “Light Snow in the Whites” (Appalachia Winter/Spring 2022), a reader asks why Mount Washington Observatory staffers would not assist hikers in bad weather. Memories of New Hampshire’s Mead Base in 1959. Origins of a knot called the diamond hitch.


Pondering Graceful Aging On Table Mountain, South Africa: A Septuagenarian Rock Climber Reflects On His Past And Future, Douglass P. Teschner Sep 2022

Pondering Graceful Aging On Table Mountain, South Africa: A Septuagenarian Rock Climber Reflects On His Past And Future, Douglass P. Teschner

Appalachia

Douglass P. Teschner, at age 65, decides to hire a guide to help him on a rock climb.


Debacle On The Salmon: A Rowdy River Humbles Two Foolhardy Canoeists, Michael Rouleau Sep 2022

Debacle On The Salmon: A Rowdy River Humbles Two Foolhardy Canoeists, Michael Rouleau

Appalachia

A fast-running spring river in Connecticut humbles paddler Michael Rouleau and his friend.


Leave A Message: A Beep And Expectant Silence. A Kind Ranger Returns The Call, Elissa Ely Sep 2022

Leave A Message: A Beep And Expectant Silence. A Kind Ranger Returns The Call, Elissa Ely

Appalachia

Staging for a climb up Mount Tom in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Elissa Ely encounters a kind ranger through voicemail.


A Change Of Plans On The Cohos Trail: After His Mother's Death, A Hiker Faces Why He Loves The Wild, Walt Mclaughlin Sep 2022

A Change Of Plans On The Cohos Trail: After His Mother's Death, A Hiker Faces Why He Loves The Wild, Walt Mclaughlin

Appalachia

After his mother’s death, Walt McLaughlin faces his grief as he struggles to hike a long section of New Hampshire’s Cohos Trail from the Kilkenny Ridge to the Nash Stream Forest.


Covid-19 Exposes A Wilderness Myth: A Long Trail Trek Is Not About Retreating From Towns And Community, Clare Dumont Sep 2022

Covid-19 Exposes A Wilderness Myth: A Long Trail Trek Is Not About Retreating From Towns And Community, Clare Dumont

Appalachia

Long Trail end-to-end hiker Claire Dumont learned during her pandemic-era hike that wilderness is not, nor should it be, separate from community.


A Life Lesson In Denali Park: A Grizzly Bear Follows A Camper, J. Robert Harris Sep 2022

A Life Lesson In Denali Park: A Grizzly Bear Follows A Camper, J. Robert Harris

Appalachia

A grizzly bear follows J. Robert Harris near the Toklat River in Alaska.


Why Does No One Climb The Palisades? Just North Of New York City, A Glacier-Exposed Cliff Tempts A Climber, Michael Levy Sep 2022

Why Does No One Climb The Palisades? Just North Of New York City, A Glacier-Exposed Cliff Tempts A Climber, Michael Levy

Appalachia

The 200-foot-high Palisades from Jersey City, New Jersey, to Nyack, New York, tempt a climber who’s moved back East to ask: “Is there climbing there?”


Backcountry Cell Phone Vignettes: Connected And Disconnected, Ian Ramsey, Douglas Balmain Sep 2022

Backcountry Cell Phone Vignettes: Connected And Disconnected, Ian Ramsey, Douglas Balmain

Appalachia

Ian Ramsey writes that while technology can make adventurers safer, it also corrupts people’s direct experience and attention; and how ten middle schoolers gradually disengage from technology in the New Hampshire mountains. Douglas Balmain has remained loyal to map and compass, so he finds it disorienting when a companion navigates using an app.


Never Lost: On The Pacific Crest Trail Before Smartphones, A Hiker Never Had To Choose, Dan White Sep 2022

Never Lost: On The Pacific Crest Trail Before Smartphones, A Hiker Never Had To Choose, Dan White

Appalachia

On the Pacific Crest Trail before smartphones, Dan White never had to choose between technology and quiet. Hikers left notes under dried cow droppings.


Do Cell Phones Belong In The Mountains? A 24-Mile Journey With A 1-Year-Old Suggests A Quieter Mountain Way, Stephen Kurczy Sep 2022

Do Cell Phones Belong In The Mountains? A 24-Mile Journey With A 1-Year-Old Suggests A Quieter Mountain Way, Stephen Kurczy

Appalachia

Stephen Kurczy examines the dangers and assumptions about cell phones in wilderness areas as he sets out on long remote hikes phoneless with his toddler.