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06
Nov
2018

Modeling Elements in the Passenger Transport in Romania

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics
The transport sector, having a share of about 7% in gross domestic product, represents the second category of services, after trade, of importance in the tertiary sector in Romania being at the same time an activity having a contribution to the economic growth equivalent to…
05
Nov
2018

A Pervasive and Mobile Computing Approach to Promote Heritage of a City

Journal of Mobile Technologies, Knowledge and Society
Cultural heritage is an extremely valuable set of materiality, traditions and knowledge from the Past that should be used to better understand the Past itself. However, even nowadays, there are still some difficulties to manage, preserve and disseminate cultural heritage. In this sense, the first…
02
Nov
2018

The System of Sandwich Courses in Higher Education at the Heart of Structuring a Small Island Territory: Lessons Learned from the Pioneering Example of The CFA University in the Corsican Region

IBIMA Business Review
The specificity of the island economy of Corsica is characterized by the ascendancy of very small farmers and producers, of tradespeople which compose 95 % of its entrepreneurial fabric. The fact remains that in the era of the globalization, this territory mediterranean islander of reduced…
02
Nov
2018

Towards Computer System Validation: An overview and Evaluation of Existing Procedures

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
The medical device industry in Europe is one of the sectors actively regulated by directives. Medical device manufacturers face the challenge of implementing the statutory regulations. In the context of current trends regarding the digitalization of enterprises, among other things, a focus is on the…
01
Nov
2018

Green Business Operations for Building Eco-Cities: Identifying the Role of Business and Critical Success Factors for Sustainability

IBIMA Business Review
It is anticipated that by 2050, the number of people living in cities will have increased from 3.6 billion in 2011 to nearly 6.5 billion and that 70% of the world’s population will be residents of cities. This rapid increase in people will occur in…
31
Oct
2018

Global Companies’ Growth Potential Assessment via Application of Economic Cycles

Journal of Economics Studies and Research
The purpose of this article is to investigate different economic cycles and their application to the modern international business environment and more specifically the growth potential assessment of global companies. Within the framework of the analysis, the cycle theories were classified into short-term and long…
30
Oct
2018

Drying kinetics as Tool for the Assessment of Dynamic Porosity of Catalyst-Support Materials

International Journal of Renewable Energy & Biofuels
Critical drying fraction data (xc) were obtained for a series of porous materials, frequently used as supports for heterogeneous catalysts. This kinetic parameter correlates well with the second-order rate constants for water diffusion in the pores (p < 0,01). It is concluded that xc is…
29
Oct
2018

Technology Progress: A Threat or Opportunity to Tax Havens?

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics
The scientific paper studies phenomena as tax frauds and tax havens. Companies together with tax advisors produce schemes and mechanisms enabling tax saving or hiding taxes. Certain schemes make use of legislation leaks not to pay the taxes in a legitimate way, but there are…
27
Oct
2018

Understanding Motivational Factors in Choosing a Mobility Destination: The Case of Kauno Kolegija

Journal of e-Learning and Higher Education
With the central question being why mobility students choose Kauno Kolegija, it is the main goal to find out their opinion about the school starting with the question, what was their motivation to study in Kauno Kolegija. 53 students participated in the survey, being the…
25
Oct
2018

Consumer Resistance: An Exploration of the Moroccan Case

Journal of Marketing Research and Case Studies
Considering the diversity of approaches characterizing the research area of consumer resistance, this paper meets two goals. The first is to review the literature to explore this interesting theme and better understand its origins, current state and perspectives. The second is to conduct a preliminary…