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Hambrunas Socialistas, Guillermo Arosemena Dec 2012

Hambrunas Socialistas, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Edad Y Enseñanza, Guillermo Arosemena Dec 2012

Edad Y Enseñanza, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


El Estadista Civilizado, Guillermo Arosemena Dec 2012

El Estadista Civilizado, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


An Assessment Of The Effects Of Desertification In Yobe State, Nigeria, Jibril Musa Phd Dec 2012

An Assessment Of The Effects Of Desertification In Yobe State, Nigeria, Jibril Musa Phd

Confluence Journal Environmental Studies (CJES), Kogi State University, Nigeria

Desertification is one of the most serious environmental and socio-economic problems of our time. Desertification describes circumstances of land degradation in arid, semi-arid and dry sub-humid regions resulting from the climatic variation and human activities. The fundamental goal of this thesis was to assess the effects of desertification in Yobe State, Nigeria. The present threat of desertification in the sahel has reached an alarming stage where crops cultivation and animal rearing/grazing are no more productive, soil has lost its nutrient/fertility, various infrastructure had given way because of windstorm from the neighbouring Niger Republic and sand dunes had taken over. The …


Towards A Typology Of Green Is Strategies: Insights From Case Study Research, Fabian Loeser Dec 2012

Towards A Typology Of Green Is Strategies: Insights From Case Study Research, Fabian Loeser

Fabian Loeser

Presentation held @ ICIS 2012, Orlando Track 9: Green IS and Sustainability Session: Green IS/IT Initiatives December 19, 10:30 am – 12:00 pm, Salon 10


Using Remote Sensing Data To Improve Rice Production In Kutigi, Niger State, Nigeria, Jibril Musa Phd, M B. Yunusa Dec 2012

Using Remote Sensing Data To Improve Rice Production In Kutigi, Niger State, Nigeria, Jibril Musa Phd, M B. Yunusa

Confluence Journal Environmental Studies (CJES), Kogi State University, Nigeria

This research work looked in the used of Remote Sensing to improve Agricultural production in Kutigi, Niger State. The aim of the study is to use remote sensing to improve rice farming activities in Kutigi, Niger State. It is very important to identify such methods to improve Agricultural production because experts are always interested in new researches and findings to better the standard of living in any environment. In view of this, Remotely-sensed data could be used or employed to elevate most of these agricultural problems in Kutigi through the following objectives: Using Landsat imagery to assess the present landuse …


An Appraisal Of Al-Ijarah Al-Mawsufah Fi Al-Dhimmah (Forward Ijarah) From Fiqh Perspective, Abu Talib Mohammad Monawer, Akhtarzaite Abd Aziz Dec 2012

An Appraisal Of Al-Ijarah Al-Mawsufah Fi Al-Dhimmah (Forward Ijarah) From Fiqh Perspective, Abu Talib Mohammad Monawer, Akhtarzaite Abd Aziz

Abu Talib Mohammad Monawer

Al-Ijarah Al-Mawsufah Fi Al-Dhimmah (Forward Ijarah) is a new form of transactions introduced to the Islamic banking industry which has original ground in the classical books of Islamic Jurisprudence. Most of the classical scholars discussed it with particularized ijarah in parallel without any separation of chapters or headings unlike al-Bahuti and al-Minhaji. The scholars of four schools of Islamic Law are unanimously agreed on the legality of forward ijarah albeit some contemporary scholars mention the early dispute in this regard and attribute prohibition of forward ijarah to Hanafi School. This attribution is not accurate as it is proved by their …


Keynes,Hayak Y Marx, Guillermo Arosemena Dec 2012

Keynes,Hayak Y Marx, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Forward Momentum - Global Diversity And Inclusion Are Game Changers And Major Factors Impacting Successful Sustainable Development, Effenus Henderson Dec 2012

Forward Momentum - Global Diversity And Inclusion Are Game Changers And Major Factors Impacting Successful Sustainable Development, Effenus Henderson

Effenus Henderson

Global Diversity and Inclusion are Game Changers and Major Factors Impacting Successful Sustainable Development By Effenus Henderson


Keynote Remarks At 9th Forum Of Fez Morocco, Effenus Henderson Dec 2012

Keynote Remarks At 9th Forum Of Fez Morocco, Effenus Henderson

Effenus Henderson

Introductory comments to the 9th Forum at Fez on the Alliance of Civiliztions, Cultural Diversity and the Euro Mediterrranean Partnership under the high patronage of His Majesty The King Mohammed VI


Regional Trade Agreements And Compliance To Wto Rules, Kevin Dalglish P. Dec 2012

Regional Trade Agreements And Compliance To Wto Rules, Kevin Dalglish P.

Kevin Dalglish P.

The multilateral trading system existed first as the GATT from 1947 to 1994 and then as the WTO since 1995. Regional Trade Agreements (“RTAs”), defined as “a free-trade agreement, customs union or common market consisting of two or more countries” , however, began coming into their own only in the 1990s. Before that, there were virtually no such agreements until 1970 and less than 50 in 1990. This suggests that greater reduction in trade barriers (both tariff and non-tariff) was achieved in the earlier rounds of the GATT, which precluded the need for countries to resort to RTAs. Once, however, …


La Economía Mundial En El 2060, Guillermo Arosemena Dec 2012

La Economía Mundial En El 2060, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Constraints In Adoption Of Moongbean Production Technology In Sundarban, West Bengal, Ganesh Chandra Dec 2012

Constraints In Adoption Of Moongbean Production Technology In Sundarban, West Bengal, Ganesh Chandra

Ganesh Chandra

The new agricultural technologies are considered to be the prime mover to the process of agricultural development in India. Understanding farmers’ perceptions of a given technology is crucial in the generation and diffusion of new technologies and farm household information dissemination. Pulses in India have long been considered as the poor man’s only source of protein. Moongbean (green gram) is one of the important pulse crop in India, plays a major role in augmenting the income of small and marginal farmers of Sundarban. Constraints are the circumstances or causes, which prohibit farmer to adopt improved farm technology. This constraint study …


How You Estimate The Yield Curve Matters!, Luiz Paulo Fichtner, Pedro Santa-Clara Dec 2012

How You Estimate The Yield Curve Matters!, Luiz Paulo Fichtner, Pedro Santa-Clara

Luiz Paulo Fichtner

We evaluate a two-factor Cox et al. (1985a,b) model using Euribor zero-coupon yields. We estimate this model using a state-space framework, where we sum a log-likelihood function of the state vector dynamics to a log-likelihood function of cross-section pricing errors. We introduce a likelihood-scaling weight in the joint log-likelihood function and show that there is a tradeoff in how one estimates a yield curve. Giving more weight to the cross-section of pricing errors improves the fitting and forecasting of Euribor yields, while giving more weight to the log-likelihood function of the state vector dynamics improves interest rate derivative pricing at …


Out-Of-Sample Predictability Of Bond Returns, Luiz Paulo Fichtner, Pedro Santa-Clara Dec 2012

Out-Of-Sample Predictability Of Bond Returns, Luiz Paulo Fichtner, Pedro Santa-Clara

Luiz Paulo Fichtner

We test the out-of-sample predictive power for one-year bond excess returns for a vari- ety of models that have been proposed in the literature. We find that these models perform well in sample, but have worse out-of-sample performance than the historical sample mean. We write the one-year excess return on a n-maturity bond at time t + 1 as the difference between n times the n-maturity bond yield at time t, and the sum of n − 1 times the (n − 1)-maturity bond yield at time t + 1 and the one-year bond yield at time t. Instead of …


Inventory Control Practices And Performance Of Public Companies (A Survey Of Selected State-Owned Companies In Rivers State), Thankgod C. Agwor Dr Dec 2012

Inventory Control Practices And Performance Of Public Companies (A Survey Of Selected State-Owned Companies In Rivers State), Thankgod C. Agwor Dr

ThankGod C Agwor Dr

This study was necessitated by prevalent poor performance and distress syndrome associated with public companies. There was extensive relevant literature review which gave rise to tentative assertions or hypotheses. The survey methodology was carefully stated, followed diligently and accomplished as required, ensuring an acceptable level of validity and reliability of the data used. Indept analysis of data was carried out. From initial theoretical assumptions, major findings were made and discussed accordingly. The hypotheses were also tested. In furtherance of this presentation considerable recommendations were outlined and discussed. There was a section for conclusions as required, where if the suggestions are …


Innovation Dans La Livraison, Jacob Johnsen Nov 2012

Innovation Dans La Livraison, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

A summary of the status of postal volumes, the current decline in volumes and the compelling strategies to position posts for the future based on their delivering ability.


E-Government Application: The Challenges In Malaysia, Saliza Abdul Aziz Nov 2012

E-Government Application: The Challenges In Malaysia, Saliza Abdul Aziz

saliza abdul aziz

The changing trend to electronic device instead of manual filing system could enhance the collection of revenue and expedite the process. In fact it could help in reducing the burden and time of routine task i.e. checking and processing. However the acceptance level yet to be concern in certain area in government applications particularly in Malaysia. The idea of moving towards e-government in Malaysia as an alternative of the existing manual system started with the vision to be achieved in year 2020 in becoming a fully developed country. In rationalizing the vision, the Malaysian Government since then continuously spends a …


La Clase Media, Guillermo Arosemena Nov 2012

La Clase Media, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


The Technology Acceptance Model (Tam) As A Viable Model To Determine The Acceptance Of E-Learning Technologies In Higher Education Institutions (Hei’S), Luis F. Rodriguez Nov 2012

The Technology Acceptance Model (Tam) As A Viable Model To Determine The Acceptance Of E-Learning Technologies In Higher Education Institutions (Hei’S), Luis F. Rodriguez

Luis F Rodriguez

This paper analyzes the applicability of the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM), introduced by Dr. Fred Davis, as a model to determine the acceptance of E-learning technologies in Higher Education institutions (HEI’s). There are many Colleges and Universities that are moving to the growing trend in the education industry considering e-Learning initiatives as a business opportunity. In order to implement e-Learning initiatives HEI’s are adopting new technologies that enable educators, administrators and students to concur in a virtual environment in which they can manage at convenience the institutional resources. By the analysis of previous researches that uses the Technology Acceptance Model …


International Finance Management, Ali -. Javani - Nov 2012

International Finance Management, Ali -. Javani -

ali - javani -

No abstract provided.


Transparent Fertilizer Distribution Network, Vijaya Krushna Varma Mr Nov 2012

Transparent Fertilizer Distribution Network, Vijaya Krushna Varma Mr

VIJAYA KRUSHNA VARMA Mr

Streamlining the fertilizer distribution network will help farmers in getting sufficient quantity of fertilizers at right time and at right price. The fully transparent system of fertilizer production and its distribution network will surely stop the black marketing, stencilling, diversion, smuggling and misappropriation of subsidy by fertilizer manufacturers or importers and the dealers.


¿Comienzo Del Fin?, Guillermo Arosemena Nov 2012

¿Comienzo Del Fin?, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Critical Diagnosis Of Research On Online Retailing In India: A Study Towards Futuristic Pathway, Dipanjay Jayant Bhalerao Nov 2012

Critical Diagnosis Of Research On Online Retailing In India: A Study Towards Futuristic Pathway, Dipanjay Jayant Bhalerao

Dipanjay Jayant Bhalerao

Changing world, changing technology & responding to this is our changing lifestyle in India. The researcher has attempted to review the scenario in the online retail area, where growing no. of Indians are using it. ASSOCHAM of government of India has recently given a testimony to this by reporting that the current Rs. 2000 Cr online retail will grow beyond Rs. 5000 Crs by 2015. The researcher takes us through a chain of research work done & reviews of the same with a need of the hour for a solution pathway with respect to the online retail industry of India. …


The Effect Of Inflation, Interest Rates And Exchange Rates On Stock Prices Comparative Study Among Two Gcc Countries, Mahfoudh Hussein Mgammal Nov 2012

The Effect Of Inflation, Interest Rates And Exchange Rates On Stock Prices Comparative Study Among Two Gcc Countries, Mahfoudh Hussein Mgammal

Mahfoudh Hussein Mgammal

The main purpose of this paper is to investigate whether stock prices and exchange rates are related to each other or not. Both the short term and the long term association between these variables are discovered. The study applies monthly and quarterly data on two gulf countries, including Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA) and United Arab Emirate (UAE) for the period January 2008 to December 2009. The results of this study in the short term found that the exchange rate influence positively on the stock market price index for United Arab Emirate and there is no association between them for Kingdom …


The Presidential Game Changer - Inclusive Leadership And Governance, Effenus Henderson Nov 2012

The Presidential Game Changer - Inclusive Leadership And Governance, Effenus Henderson

Effenus Henderson

Why the Republican Candidate Romney lost the election - It wasn't the economy, it was leadership behavior. To govern a multicultural society, the leader must be inclusive.


Institutional Research Intelligence (Iri): Go Beyond Reporting, Harry Djunaidi Nov 2012

Institutional Research Intelligence (Iri): Go Beyond Reporting, Harry Djunaidi

Harry Djunaidi

Recent dynamic changes in the economy and education industry have forced many institutions to operate with a tight if not a smaller budget. Some schools have to freeze faculty’s and staff’s salary increase in order to stay afloat. Others have to reduce students’ services and at some points also lower the quality of delivered services to the students by increasing the class size. In order to cope with the new realities, colleges have no other choice, but to increase their operational efficiency. The Institutional Research Intelligent (IRI) is a new tool which will help higher education administrators such as the …


Pemanfaatan Dana Migas (Migas Fund) Untuk Ketahanan Energi (Energy Security) Sebagai Alternatif Pengembangan Industri Hulu (Upstream) Migas Nasional, Zulkifli Rangkuti Dr. Nov 2012

Pemanfaatan Dana Migas (Migas Fund) Untuk Ketahanan Energi (Energy Security) Sebagai Alternatif Pengembangan Industri Hulu (Upstream) Migas Nasional, Zulkifli Rangkuti Dr.

Zulkifli Rangkuti

No abstract provided.


¿Tiro De Gracia?, Guillermo Arosemena Nov 2012

¿Tiro De Gracia?, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Desigualdad E Innovación, Guillermo Arosemena Nov 2012

Desigualdad E Innovación, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.