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Financial protection is a core dimension of health system evaluation; therefore, several works on catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) have been developed. There are, however, some gaps in the literature; hence, this work aims to look at CHE from a different angle, analysing the money spent…

The main scientific purpose of the article is to present a pattern for creating mechanisms that allow members of virtual structures to adjust to the organizational-culture-conditioned ways other partners operate. Conceptual development and positioning of the research aim at providing a generalizable contribution to management…

Since the beginning of business management, optimization of enterprise’s performance has been recognized as its main objective. However, a suitable motivation model had to be implemented to achieve that goal. This paper aims to present discussion on Object Management Group (OMG) Business Motivation Model (BMM)…

The purpose of this paper is to assess the main drivers of the Romanian transportation services export flows. The methodology included 12 years and 137 countries, it was based on the gravity model and the panel approach was considered. For the panel regression, EViews 10…

Shopping activities in the 21st century are taking a social dimension rather than mere commercial activities. This is evident in the importance of consumer attachment to shopping and choice of shopping place, which necessitated the increase in the number of megamalls in many cities globally,…

The implementation of programs with the virtual methodology requires a definition of evaluation and quality criteria that guarantee its development. In this sense, the present article evidences the implementation of a maturity model that allows the establishment of quality criteria and improvement plans for the…

The article summarizes the last 30 years of the M&A market in the software industry.  The authors verify a hypothesis if the takeover strategy is still effective and promising. A dataset of over 18,000 transactions was analyzed.  It has been noticed that while company valuations…

This research examines the image of a Lebanese tourist destination, the city of Tyre. In order to detect and analyze the existing differences between the complex image as perceived by the destination’s visitors and the desired image by the city municipality, two complementary studies were…

The National Open University of Nigeria in 2014 introduced instructional video technique to enhance distance learning and expected students to embrace it to improve their learning capacity. However, students’ awareness and adoption of the technique has not been assessed. This study investigated NOUN students’ awareness,…

This study examined the role of human resource practice and job characteristics on employee engagement and organizational commitment, and also examined the role of employee engagement as the mediator on the relationship between human resource practice, job characteristics and organizational commitment. Previous studies found that…