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Nanotechnology Research And Innovation In Russia: A Bibliometric Analysis, Maria Karaulova, Oliver Shackleton, Abdullah Gök, Maxim Kotsemir, Philip Shapira Oct 2014

Nanotechnology Research And Innovation In Russia: A Bibliometric Analysis, Maria Karaulova, Oliver Shackleton, Abdullah Gök, Maxim Kotsemir, Philip Shapira

Philip Shapira

This working paper presents findings from analyses of Russian nanotechnology outputs in publications and patents focusing on developments over the period 1990 through to 2012. The investigation draws on bibliometric datasets of scientific journal publications and patents and on available secondary English-language and Russian sources. The document provides both an overview and detailed analyses of nanotechnology research and innovation in Russia. The examination of publications highlights sectoral trends, leading authors and organizations, and acknowledgements to funding sources. The analysis of patents adds further evidence about patterns of invention and ownership of intellectual property emanating from research and development in Russian …


Trends In Fdi, Home Country Measures And Competitive Neutrality, Karl P. Sauvant, Persephone Economou, Ksenia Gal, Shawn Lim, Witold P. Wilinski Oct 2014

Trends In Fdi, Home Country Measures And Competitive Neutrality, Karl P. Sauvant, Persephone Economou, Ksenia Gal, Shawn Lim, Witold P. Wilinski

Karl P. Sauvant

This chapter focusses on measures that home countries have in place to facilitate and encourage outward FDI, the conditions under which these are available and implications for competitive neutrality.


Teaching Translation Technology In The 21st Century, Uwe Muegge Sep 2014

Teaching Translation Technology In The 21st Century, Uwe Muegge

Uwe Muegge

The author's definition of 'technical translation' is pragmatic: Technical translation differs from literary translation in that in a technical translation project, all texts are linked with a product. The product-centric nature of technical translation projects requires that technical translation projects are processed in a translation memory system to ensure terminological and stylistic consistency, among other things.


Leadership Optimization, Cathy L. Chaney Sep 2014

Leadership Optimization, Cathy L. Chaney

cathy L. Chaney

Through team mentoring and striving to achieve a positive balance while communicating writing concepts,perspective individuals gain a wealth of knowledge over a period of time. Learning the concepts that leaders portray while in leadership positions shed a great deal of light into the pathways of learning.


Changing The Way Posts Operate, Jacob Johnsen Sep 2014

Changing The Way Posts Operate, Jacob Johnsen

Jacob Johnsen, MSc

The first part of the book describes how the market is changing and identifies some of the key factors influencing these changes; the second section then explores what kind of leadership is needed in this context, where collaboration is essential and no business stands by itself. Needless to say, posts do not just need to think differently but also to change the way that they operate, which is explored in the third section; the whole culture of the posts needs to change and that is not achieved easily or quickly, as can be seen in the fourth section. Section five …


Drivers’ Growth Of Islamic Banking Industry: Lesson From Malaysia, Yagoub Elryah Dr. Sep 2014

Drivers’ Growth Of Islamic Banking Industry: Lesson From Malaysia, Yagoub Elryah Dr.

Yagoub Elryah (PhD)

Numerous studies focus on the Islamic banking performance, banks’ growth. There are, however, very little is known about the drivers’ growth of Islamic banking. The paper attempted to fill this gap. To achieve the objectives of the study, we considered government financial strategies for Islamic banking in Malaysia (Master Plan financial services 2000-2010 and Blueprint financial sector plan 2011-2020), reviews various scholarly writings on the development of Islamic banking industry, and the strategic plans of selected banks. In this context, we explored the drivers’ growth Islamic banking industry in Malaysia for the period 2002-2012. The findings of the study revealed …


Annual Review Of Social Partnerships Issue 9, Maria May Seitanidi, Arno Kourula, Jennifer Leigh, Amelia Clarke, Jessica Mankowski, Verena Bitzer Sep 2014

Annual Review Of Social Partnerships Issue 9, Maria May Seitanidi, Arno Kourula, Jennifer Leigh, Amelia Clarke, Jessica Mankowski, Verena Bitzer

Maria May Seitanidi

This is the 9th Issue of the Annual Review of Social Partnerships (ARSP).


The Multi-Screen Experience, Niall Murphy, Kathleen Hughes Sep 2014

The Multi-Screen Experience, Niall Murphy, Kathleen Hughes

Kathleen Hughes

This study sets out to explore the role of the mobile phone as second screen in fostering engagement through experiences. In-depth interviews were conducted with millennial consumers to explore this second screen experience. High levels of Personal and Social-Interactive Engagement was identified, through a variety of experiences. The need for greater understanding of engagement through experience in relation to new media such as social networks and mobile media has been identified in previous studies, consequently research that increases our understanding of the fast-changing media lives of this cohort is timely, and of significant industry and managerial value.


Agen Sbobet Taruhan Judi Bola Online Terpopuler, Sbobet Online Agensbobetonline Sep 2014

Agen Sbobet Taruhan Judi Bola Online Terpopuler, Sbobet Online Agensbobetonline

Agen Sbobet Online Terpercaya Indonesia

Sbobet Online merupakan perusahaan Taruhan Judi Bola berlisensi yang beroperasi di Asia tepatnya di Filipina. Berlabel izin First Cagayan dan Resort Corporation, website judi online terbaik menurut majalah eGaming Review Magazine tahun 2009 dan 2010 ini di anugrahi "Asian Operator of the Year". Perusahaan Celton Manx mengelola semua kegiatan operasional Sbobet.Situs Sbobet Online ini juga beroperasi di Eropa dengan Lisensi Isle of Man yang bergerak sebagai operator judi online internasional. Sports Bookie Online (SBOBET) ini menawarkan beragam jenis taruhan judi bola dan juga agen casino yang diberi nama Sbobet Casino.Agen Sbobet menyediakan lebih dari 500(lima ratus) even taruhan judi online …


Evolving Chineseness, Ethnicity And Business: The Making Of Ethnic Chinese As A 'Market-Dominant Minority' In Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon Sep 2014

Evolving Chineseness, Ethnicity And Business: The Making Of Ethnic Chinese As A 'Market-Dominant Minority' In Indonesia, Chang Yau Hoon

Chang Yau HOON

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Coping With Change - Understanding Ethnic Chinese Business Behavior, Chang Yau Hoon Sep 2014

Introduction: Coping With Change - Understanding Ethnic Chinese Business Behavior, Chang Yau Hoon

Chang Yau HOON

No abstract provided.


Management Regimes And Its Impact On The Wetland Fisheries Management In Assam, Ganesh Chandra Aug 2014

Management Regimes And Its Impact On The Wetland Fisheries Management In Assam, Ganesh Chandra

Ganesh Chandra

Assam is endowed with copious aquatic wealth in the form of beels, swamps, ponds and rivers. The floodplain wetlands (beels) extending over one lakh hectare, constitute the most important fishery resource of the state. The beels are considered as one of the most productive ecosystems owing to their characteristic interactions between land and water system. These wetlands are the common property resource and under different management regimes. These wetlands are under various management regimes, i.e., private management (individuals and groups), fishermen cooperative management, Community-based fisheries management (decentralized management, Government works as facilitator) and open access. Most of the unregistered beels …


Axiomatic Social Choice Theory, David Randall Jenkins Aug 2014

Axiomatic Social Choice Theory, David Randall Jenkins

David Randall Jenkins

Ordered Relations Theory’s two axioms ultimately enable (individual: society) well-being transitivity inasmuch as they impound Social Choice Theory’s impossibility theorem, impossibility-resolving axioms, and all such further regressive impossibility theorems and impossibility-resolving axioms.


Exchange Rate, Market Size And Human Capital Nexus Foreign Direct Investment – A Bound Testing Approach For Pakistan, Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry, Mian Saqib Mehmood, Asif Mehmood, Bahaudin G. Mujtaba Aug 2014

Exchange Rate, Market Size And Human Capital Nexus Foreign Direct Investment – A Bound Testing Approach For Pakistan, Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry, Mian Saqib Mehmood, Asif Mehmood, Bahaudin G. Mujtaba

Mian Saqib Mehmood

This study investigates the role of exchange rate, market size and human capital for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI). In this regard, time series data on annual basis has been collected for the period 1985–2010 and an Augmented Dickey–Fuller (ADF) and Phillips–Perron (PP) unit root tests are utilized to determine the stationarity of the variables. An autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) bounds testing approach to co-integration was applied as all the variables in the model are first level stationary, e.g. I(1). The empirical findings of this study confirm the long run relationship among the variables. However, market size and human capital …


Pavtube's Back To School Promotion Goes Live Down Under, Rona Lily Aug 2014

Pavtube's Back To School Promotion Goes Live Down Under, Rona Lily

rona lily

Welcome to the Pavtube 2014 Back to School Promotion Center at AMAZING 35% OFF. Pavtube’s Back to School promotion has begun in Global ahead of the new school year.


Workplace Mentoring And Career Resilience: An Empirical Test, Ridhi Arora Research Scholar, Santosh Rangnekar Associate Professor Aug 2014

Workplace Mentoring And Career Resilience: An Empirical Test, Ridhi Arora Research Scholar, Santosh Rangnekar Associate Professor

Ridhi Arora

The present study sought to investigate the role of mentoring relationships in predicting career resilience. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey based research design using a sample of 205 managers from public and private sector organizations in North India. Mentoring relationships were measured under the 2 broad categories of career mentoring and psychosocial mentoring in alignment with previous studies. The findings showed that psychosocial mentoring acts as a significant predictor of career resilience;however, career mentoring was not found to have any significant influence on career resilience. Given research thus reiterated the significant contribution of mentoring in influencing career outcomes such …


Changing The Faces Of Leadership: Executive Advancement For Professionals Of Color, Hannah Roth Aug 2014

Changing The Faces Of Leadership: Executive Advancement For Professionals Of Color, Hannah Roth

Hannah Roth

There is a need for leadership development in companies to help prepare the next generation of leaders and to promote growth for employees. Additionally, the lack of diversity within the top ranks of leadership needs to be addressed. There is a need for more development programs that increase diversity in top leadership so that leadership at the highest levels of these organizations better reflect the demographics of the United States. There are numerous studies that demonstrate many professionals of color do not advance in their careers as quickly as their counterparts. This paper discusses how leadership development strategies tailored for …


Project Finance Y Las Alianzas Público Privadas, Francisco Carlos Ruiz Diaz Jul 2014

Project Finance Y Las Alianzas Público Privadas, Francisco Carlos Ruiz Diaz

Francisco Carlos Ruiz Diaz

Paraguay necesita reducir el déficit de infraestructura en los próximos años. Para ello es necesario una gran cantidad de recursos financieros, pero el Gobierno posee actualmente dos limitaciones importantes. Por un lado la Ley de Responsabilidad Fiscal (LRF) establece que el déficit no debe superar el 1,5% del PIB, restringiendo así la capacidad del Estado de financiar la inversión a través de préstamos. La segunda es que los recursos ordinarios del Tesoro son insuficientes para financiar la inversión, y el aumento significativo de estos solo será posible con una reforma tributaria. En este contexto aparece una tercera opción de financiamiento: …


Determinants Of Corporate Hedging Policies And Derivatives Usage In Risk Management Practices Of Non-Financial Firms, Dr. Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry, Mian Saqib Mehmood, Asif Mehmood Jul 2014

Determinants Of Corporate Hedging Policies And Derivatives Usage In Risk Management Practices Of Non-Financial Firms, Dr. Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry, Mian Saqib Mehmood, Asif Mehmood

Mian Saqib Mehmood

Derivatives are the major icon among risk management practices. Firms usually use derivatives to hedge their foreign exchange and interest rate risk. This study aims to examine the determinants’ of corporate hedging policies and derivative usage in risk management particularly with respect to Pakistan, as the political and economic conditions in Pakistan are highly volatile which intends the corporations to handle and mitigate their risk through channelizing the derivatives. Secondary data of 75 non financial firms listed in Karachi Stock Exchange was collected over the period 2007-2011 – to regress empirically – for achieving the aim of this study. Mann-Whitney …


Is Food Marketing Making Us Fat? Fat Cats Vs Dogmatists., Stephen S. Holden Jul 2014

Is Food Marketing Making Us Fat? Fat Cats Vs Dogmatists., Stephen S. Holden

Stephen S Holden

For many, it seems obvious that food marketing is making us fat. The anger and outrage that was once evoked by tobacco companies is now being repackaged and aimed at ‘Big Food’ (Hennessy, 2014). But is it justified, is food marketing the cause of obesity? And in any case, does outrage and dogmatism help solve the problem? This paper suggests that blaming the marketers, both Big Food and "lazy leisure", is a disputable claim, and dangerously shifts responsibility from individuals to external agents.


Professor Alan Delfavero Honored, Alan Delfavero Jul 2014

Professor Alan Delfavero Honored, Alan Delfavero

Alan DelFavero

The Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants recently presented Alan DelFavero, adjunct professor of accounting, with an “Educator of Excellence” award.


G7 Move For Fair And Stable Contracts Can Be A Boon To Developing Economies, Karl P. Sauvant Jul 2014

G7 Move For Fair And Stable Contracts Can Be A Boon To Developing Economies, Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant

Karl P. Sauvant, "G7 Move for Fair and Stable Contracts Can be a Boon to Developing Economies,” letter to the editor, Financial Times, 10 July 2014.


Comparison Of Petroleum Fiscal Regimes Within Malaysia, Abdulsalam Mas'ud, Nor Aziah Abd Manaf, Natrah Saad Jul 2014

Comparison Of Petroleum Fiscal Regimes Within Malaysia, Abdulsalam Mas'ud, Nor Aziah Abd Manaf, Natrah Saad

Abdulsalam Mas'ud Mr

No abstract provided.


An Overall View Of Translation In Localization - An Interview With Uwe Muegge, Theodore Pan Jul 2014

An Overall View Of Translation In Localization - An Interview With Uwe Muegge, Theodore Pan

Uwe Muegge

In this interview, Uwe Muegge discusses a range of issues related to translation in the context of teaching a translation technology/localization course.


Financial Performance Of Axis Bank And Kotak Mahindra Bank In The Post Reform Era: Analysis On Camel Model, Kishore Meghani Jul 2014

Financial Performance Of Axis Bank And Kotak Mahindra Bank In The Post Reform Era: Analysis On Camel Model, Kishore Meghani

kishore meghani

The objective of this study is to Analyze the Financial Position and Performance of the Axis and Kotak Mahindra Bank in India based on their financial characteristics. We have chosen the CAMEL model and t-test which measures the performance of bank from each of the important parameter like capital adequacy, asset quality, management efficiency, earning quality, liquidity and Sensitivity. The present study is conducted analyze the consistency of the profitability of the Axis and Kotak Mahindra bank’s. It is analyses that the ratio of credit deposit is maximum of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd and it shows efficient management of the …


Employee Judgments Of And Behaviors Towards Corporate Social Responsibility: A Multi-Study Investigation Of Direct, Cascading, And Moderating Effects, Pavlos A. Vlachos, Nick Panagopoulos, Adam Rapp Jul 2014

Employee Judgments Of And Behaviors Towards Corporate Social Responsibility: A Multi-Study Investigation Of Direct, Cascading, And Moderating Effects, Pavlos A. Vlachos, Nick Panagopoulos, Adam Rapp

Pavlos A Vlachos

Do employee judgments of their organization’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programs relate to CSR-specific performance and in-role job performance? Can middle managers influence the formation of such judgments and what factors might moderate such cascading influences? To answer these yet unaddressed questions, we conduct three studies. Study 1 takes an organizational justice perspective and tests our baseline model. Results show that employees’ CSR judgments trigger their affective commitment and performance on extra-role CSR-specific behaviors; however, extra-role CSR-specific performance is unrelated to in-role job performance. Study 2 replicates Study 1’s findings while, in addition, applies a social information processing approach and …


Conventional Absorption Costing Information Model And Operational Decision Making: An Empirical Critique, Chukwumah Lawyer Obara Dr Jul 2014

Conventional Absorption Costing Information Model And Operational Decision Making: An Empirical Critique, Chukwumah Lawyer Obara Dr

Lawyer Obara

The need to lend a voice to the ongoing debate (which has remained inconclusive) as to the decision usefulness of the absorption costing information model in support of operational decision making informed this current study. The study obtained data from management accountants and operation managers of 82 firms listed on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) as to determine at first hand the decision usefulness of the absorption costing information model. From the review of the literature and the analysis of the field data, it was observed that the absorption costing information model has not lost its place …


Tripping And Falling Into The Future: An Eolithic Perspective, Keri Schwab Jul 2014

Tripping And Falling Into The Future: An Eolithic Perspective, Keri Schwab

Keri Schwab

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Thirty years ago, Dustin and McAvoy (1984) published an essay in Environmental Ethics titled “Toward Environmental Eolithism.” The article compared and contrasted two distinct orientations to environmental planning and management: the design mentality and the eolithic mentality. The authors concluded that the more popular design mentality lacked obscure eolithic mentality was a superior orientation to environmental planning and management. Environmental Ethics and then discuss how an eolithic perspective might complement the strategic planning process. We begin by describing the similarities between strategic planning and the design mentality as well as the shortcomings of strategic planning in a rapidly …


Dynamics Of Derivatives Usage And Firm’S Value, Dr. Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry, Mian Saqib Mehmood, Asif Mehmood Jun 2014

Dynamics Of Derivatives Usage And Firm’S Value, Dr. Naveed Iqbal Chaudhry, Mian Saqib Mehmood, Asif Mehmood

Mian Saqib Mehmood

The corporate derivative usage has grown rapidly over the recent decade and firm’s increasingly using derivatives to hedge their risk in order to handle the volatility of interest rate and foreign exchange. The empirical research on the valuation effect of derivative on firm still remains debated. This study seeks to investigate the valuation effect of derivative usage on Pakistani non-financial firms listed in Karachi Stock Exchange. The empirical analysis was performed by using the data of 75 non-financial firms listed in Karachi Stock Exchange over the period 2007-2011. This study uses secondary data derived from financial statement of the selected …


Making Connections: Helping New Employees Find Their Place, Lori B. Snyder, Angela M. Rice, Rory L. Patterson Jun 2014

Making Connections: Helping New Employees Find Their Place, Lori B. Snyder, Angela M. Rice, Rory L. Patterson

Lori B Snyder

No abstract provided.