Month: September 2015
The Impacts of the Family Allowance Program (Programa Bolsa Familia) on the Development of the UN Millennium Development Goal 1 – Eradication of Hunger and Poverty made by Brazil Between 2000-2015
This paper addresses the fulfilment of the UN Millennium Goals by the Brazilian state, with special emphasis on the Millennium …
Effects of the Re-Branding Campaign Strategies on the Image of Nigeria Abroad (2009-2014)
This paper is an assessment of the effects of the Re-branding Campaign launched in 2009 by the Federal Government of …
Success and Performance: A UK SMES Perspective
The SME sector is very diverse it covers a range of types of businesses and they cover a wide range …
Entrepreneurial Orientation and Survivability of Banks in Nigeria: The Mediating Role of Human Capital Management
This study empirically investigates the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and organizational survivability as well as the mediating role of human …
What Precedes Flexible Role Orientation?
Wild race of business nowadays enforces organization to form a troop of reliable employee. It is not the time to …
Enhancing Women’s Capacity in Peace Building Through the Open and Distance Learning System
The World Economic Forum reported in 2012 that women make up one half of the world's human capital. This study …
Cosmopolitanism as Biopower: Creating and Targeting Cultural Others
The paper analyses cosmopolitanism from the lens of biopower. The central argument is that the actual and prospective actions undertaken …
Misapplication of Power and the Death Penalty in Georgia: There is No Power Greater Than That Over Life and Death
The death penalty is a lottery, in which fairness loses and power wins. Under consideration are the supremacy of the …
Developing Social Media Policy for Public Agencies in Egypt
The use of social media tools in Egyptian government, while still relatively new, is gaining acceptance at all levels of …
Discretion in Public Policy in Indonesia
In the perspective of governance, any agency or government officials in carrying out its responsibilities shall implement the general principles …
Piloting the CLIMASP-Tempus Interdisciplinary Minor in Climate Change and Sustainability Policy: Outcomes Achieved
Higher education plays a unique and critical role, one often underestimated and/or neglected in making a more sustainable society. The …
Development of a Behavioural Change Tool for Energy Efficiency in Buildings: A Case of Nigeria Office Buildings
The increasing impacts of global climate change and the building sector’s contribution to reducing this impacts has led to more …
A Study of the Social Causes of Over-Medication in China
This paper seeks to examine the root causes of the pharmaceutical drugs over-use or over-medication in China. By this mean, …
Business Negotiation Power: How is it Used in the Arabian Gulf?
The attitudes of business negotiators in the Arabian Gulf towards the use of negotiation power were explored through a qualitative …
A Novel Business Model Based on Real Time Bidding and Online Video Interaction Technology
The aim of this paper is to introduce a novel business model based on real time bidding (RTB) and an …
Multidimensional Performance Measures as Inductors of the Adoption of Best Practices and the Achievement of Projects’ Goals
“Sebrae at your doorstep” is the program designed by Sebrae, the Brazilian Micro and Small Business Support Service, to actively …
The Effect of Poverty on Women’s Health in Khewra City, Pakistan
Poverty has been increasing in Pakistan since the 1990s, after declining during the previous two decades. However, Pakistan bears a …
Are We on the Same Jobsite? Expectations of Millennial Students vs. Construction Industry Employees
Many organizations face the challenge of integrating diverse generations in a workplace. With the retirement of a large number of …
Ecocinema in the Anthropocene Era
The concept of mind-body dualism rests in the various distinctions human thought has made between the conscious mind, represented as …
Performance Evaluation for a 10 kW Solar Organic Rankine Cycle Power System to Operate in the UK Climate Conditions
A considerable amount of medium/low grade thermal energy is available in the form of Renewable sources (solar, geothermal, biomass) and …
The Changing Perception of the Other in Europe in Post Cold War Period
In this study, nationalism and the perception of 'the other' which are nowadays the most effective factors to the international …
The Fight against Impunity for Grand Corruption: Prosecuting Kleptocracy as an International Crime
Corruption constitutes one of the most serious problems the world is facing today. The large-scale looting of public treasuries and …
Whaling in the Antarctic and the Power of Public International Law
The Convention for the Regulation of Whaling and the associated recent litigation before the International Court of Justice reveal a …
The Effect of Work Family Conflict on Employees Job Attitudes and Mediating Role of Organization Citizenship Behavior: A Study of the Banking Sector of Pakistan
Researchers have repetitively verified the nonconstructive effects of work and family conflict on employee’s behaviors and attitudes. For this reason …
A Comparative Study on Political Responses to Issues of Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies between the United States and Nigeria
The issue of insurgency is a global stigma that has and is still stalling the socio-economic development of many nations …
Payment for Environmental Services and the Increase of Life and Environmental Quality: A Study of Brazilian Case
The water crisis around the world, the increased deforestation and the need of finding new industrial solutions make clear the …
Reinvigorating Urban Nodes and Spatial Growth in Akure, Nigeria
Rapid urbanization in developing nations of the world is quite obvious. In Nigeria, the uncontrolled intensification of land use at …
Depositions of Acid Aerosols and Black Carbon from Biomass Burning Over the Sakaerat Biosphere Reserve Forest, Thailand
Burning of biomass is an important source of acid aerosols and black carbon emissions into the atmosphere. In the tropics, …
Education and Business Management: A Strategic Management Review in Context
Our management experiences earned from both business sectors and management academic sectors bring us endeavours to do research on the …
Minority Representation and the Media Studies
This research examines the question of minority representation and discourse expanding Stuart Hall's identity theory. Representation of identity changes the …
Effect of Seed Size on Seed Germination Rate of Adansonia Digitata from Five Natural Populations in Malawi
Recently there has been concern over sustainability of natural indigenous fruit trees due to depletion of natural resources. This has …
Cognitive Psychology as the Background of Behavioural Strategies
The paper content is embedded in both management science, especially strategic management, and cognitive psychology – mainly in terms of …
The Impact of Health on Labour Productivity in Nigeria From 1970 to 2012, Applying the Standard Neo-Classical Growth Framework
This study estimates the impact of health on labour productivity in Nigeria from 1970 to 2012, applying the standard neo-classical …
Community Empowerment to Enhance Demographic Awareness: An Educational Approach from Indonesia
This study aimed to enhance the demographic awareness through educational approach which focused on community empowerment. In an effort to …
The Properties and Suitability of Corn Stover for Co-Gasification with Coal in a Computer Simulated Downdraft Gasifier System
Characterization of corn stover and coal were undertaken in order to compare their properties and to determine the combustion characteristics …
Numerical Analysis for Energy Performance of Ground Source Heat Exchanger Under Environmental Conditions of Istanbul, Turkey
By reason of limited amount of natural resources exploited for heating and cooling, and considering that reduction of environmental impact, …
A Framework for the Governance of Socio-Technical Transitions in Urban Energy Infrastructures
In this paper, a conceptual framework is proposed to analyze the dynamics of techno-institutional lock-in preventing urban energy infrastructures to …
The Role of Regional Strategies in Realising Energy Neutrality in Regions: Experiences from the EU-LEE Project SUSREG
The EU has high ambitions with respect to climate change mitigation and energy independence, but realisation of these ambitions is …
Additional Electricity Generator Model From Vehicle Movement Within an Industry Area
The purpose of this research was to create the method and to design the generator model from vehicle movement in …
Residual Biomass: A Silver Bullet to Ensure a Sustainable Bioeconomy?
The transition to a bioeconomy is generally considered as a step towards increased sustainability. However, land use changes caused by …
Power Dynamics in Development-Induced Resettlement
The undertaking of resettlement in development projects is often a controversial process that has attracted a lot of debate and …
Fog: An Important Water Source in Arid Zones
In semiarid and arid zones, fog is considered an important alternative water source. The southeast Pacific anticyclone, the cold Humboldt …
Climate Variability and Food Security in Tanzania. The Case of Western Bagamoyo
Among other factors, climate variability is the most influencing factor that affects food security for sustainable development. The second idea …
Inventory Management and Firm’s Performance During the Period of Financial Constraints: An Empirical Analysis of SME Sector in Greece
Inventory is one of the most essential component of firm's current assets. Their efficient management notably determines the achievement of …
Financial Slack and Firm Performance During an Economic Downturn
This conference contribution examines whether financial slack has an impact on performance in the particularly hostile environment of an economic …
Narratives About the Need to Develop the Sense of Cooperation of Managers
Nurture a sense of cooperation is one of the “soft skills” of managers. Our work aims to describe how is …
The Issue of Women Poverty in Turkey in the Context of Capability Approach
The main purpose of this study is to present a detailed picture of women’s poverty in Turkey in the context …
Failed States
Failed states were regarded as a contrast to what is considered an ideal state according to the Westphalian system, which …
European Enlargement and Women: An Analysis on Turkey
The EU’s recent economic and political stalemate has found its most obvious reflection in the European Commission’s new president Mr. …
Change of Circumstances and Judicial Power: A European Perspective of Contract Law
An obligation should always be performed, even when its performance has become more onerous. However, if the performance of a …
Legal Nature of Resolutions issued by the Bodies of the Self – Government of Legal Advisors – EU Perspective
The topic concerns the self-governing regulatory bodies of the legal profession within different EU Member States and the resolutions passed …
Online Reviews in an E-Commerce Environment: Impact on Brand Trust and Consumer Equity
This study adopts a quantitative approach using a factorial between-subjects experimental design to determine the effects of online reviews on …
Co-Evolution of Internal and External Selection
The paper content is embedded in an evolutionary approach in strategic management, in which the processes of selection, variation, and …