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There are a number of social security schemes and institutions in Malaysia but not all has the ability to address the long term financial commitments and provides security during the old age. High inflation rates, global economic growth and changes in employment and social structure…

Understanding the contextual factors that influence e-Government growth is cardinal for informing policy and strategies for e-Government development. Many e-Government researchers have attempted to counter the huge failure rates of e-Government but with minimal success. This paper discusses, with the methodological contours that need to…

It is largely recognized that any nation or community over the history is not vacant from the turbulences of a crisis. The latter takes the different and distinguished forms: political, social, economic and financial, ethnic and cultural crises. In this context, the target of the…

The key role of enterprises in the intensification of economic growth of each country causes that the subject of the development of the corporate sector becomes one of the most important issues in the economic literature. The special importance is therefore assigned to identifying and…

Immigration is a key factor which affects the economies of countries on all continents. In times of globalisation, the specialised knowledge and international connections of immigrants may open new opportunities, more than ever before. This study focuses on the Austrian province Burgenland because this region…

Among various firm-specific factors influencing profitability, firm’s age is confirmed as an important one. However, most of the empirical research in this field has been done in developed countries, while the influence of firm’s age on its performance in developing countries is examined in much…

Sunburn in fruit is caused by excess heat and radiation and has a major economic impact on apple production.  Evaporative cooling can be used to keep the apple temperatures below a critical value, but the process needs to be optimised for maximum cooling effect and…

There are many studies dealing with the task of calculating enterprise performance using various methods, especially mathematic-statistical ones. Those studies are based on the assumption that there is a strong correlation between the performance of the enterprise and quantitative variables and on the basis of…

Trust is a crucial component in business relations, and also a precondition for people’s adoption of electronic services. This study addresses challenges regarding trust in online financial trade. Results indicate that brokerage companies acting in a dishonest way, along with dominant patterns of fear, greed…

Today’s sport is changing due to various factors external to the sport which impact on the shape of a sport. The focus of this study was to examine changes due to the uses of information technologies. A series of interviews (n=36) was conducted across three…