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Pure HAp powder was prepared by precipitation and HAp/PVP composites were prepared by casting technique. X-ray diffraction was performed to examine the crystallinity and the complexation between HAp and PVP when the amount of HAp increased. XRD and EDX analysis showed the concentration 15 wt%…

In the academic literature, the value of a professional network has been widely acknowledged. In a parallel way, emotional intelligence, as the ability to detect, use, understand and manage emotions, is increasingly becoming significant in social networking. In this article, the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire…

Once with the appearance and rapid development of the Web 2.0 technologies, the online social networks have gained their place in their users’ everyday life and decisions. The online environment has become the meeting point for people from all over the world, changing information at…

The Europe 2020 Strategy and the concepts through which green energy use is promoted represented starting points for evaluating the status of Member States economies in order to propose ways of achieving sustainable development. Thus, the European Union has established targets for diminishing the level…

When consumers are introduced to new products, they often undergo a complex decision making process. Adopting an approach-avoidance conflict framework, this study examines the influence of three consumer dispositions, specifically consumer innovativeness, brand loyalty, and deal proneness on the adoption of an innovative premium consumer…

Workplace gossip is a widespread phenomenon around the world. Nevertheless, organizational literature has paid little attention to gossip and management research surrounding gossip is scarce. Furthermore, almost always, in this field of study, the term “gossip” has negative connotations. However gossip can be an organizational…

A data-oriented culture enables new ways of building competitive advantage, but also requires new type of managerial skills. Despite of fast-growing attention to data assets, there are very few managerial tools for the purpose. In this paper, we propose a new data assessment model for…

The capital structure decision of a firm is very paramount to its successful operation. The objective of the study was to analyse the impact of capital structure on firm performance in Nigeria from 2003 to 2012. Using data from six petroleum companies in Nigeria namely:…

Nowadays, governments around the world started recognizing the importance of involving citizens in decision process making through what is called e-Participation. E-Participation is the use of Technology to enhance involving citizens in decision making in order to increase transparency and enhance communication between governments and…

The current study aims at assessing the functional relationships between knowledge management processes and both organizational business processes’ and employees’ benefits.  The assessment is taking place within an academic institution's portal environment. The study particularly investigates the effect of knowledge discovery, knowledge capture, knowledge sharing…