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Arts in NEOM project Civilized progress in the northern region in Saudi Arabia kingdom
Wadiah Boker · 2021-3 · Journal of Architecture, Art & Humanistic Science
Here in Saudi Arabia kingdom we are facing a scientific revolution that accompany the economic project NEOM that has been launched by the country in the northern lands of the kingdom where a certain set of goals have been assigned for it, to care for the economy and bring prosperity for each Saudi citizen. One of the most significant points that will be supported by the project is caring about visual arts which can c…
The Outlines of a Possible Pension System Funded with Human Capital
József Banyár · 2021-04 · Risks
The broadly used pay-as-you-go (PAYG) pension system is intrinsically wrong. The essence of the problem is that the PAYG system distributes the yield of raising children, i.e., of human capital investment (which is essentially the pension contribution), in such a way that it disregards the extent to which individuals have contributed to this, and even whether it has occurred at all. This error can be corrected if we …
PENGARUH ASPEK PAJAK DAN ASPEK LAINNYA TERHADAP TINGKAT HUTANG
Stephanie Soerodjo · 2020-September · Jurnal Ekonomi dan Bisnis Airlangga
As a developing country, Indonesia shows a quite interesting phenomenon, which is the high rate of debt of many companies in Indonesia. This fact shows that the policy of leverage plays an important role for the viability of the company. The main purpose of this research was to test empirically factors influencing leverage, for there are still inconsistencies in research results from the prior studies. Based on the d…
Анализ производственно-экономической устойчивости предприятия
Unknown author · 2020-1 · Путеводитель предпринимателя
The summary. The Purpose of this work carry out of the analysis of a financial condition of the enterprises, get an objective estimation ability to pay of the enterprises, financial stability, business and investment activity, economic efficiency. To define in what cases bankruptcy to the enterprise doesn’t threaten. How to minimize risks and company possibilities. There is a set of methods ofdiagnostics ofa financia…
The effect of government decisions on the efficiency of the investment funds market in Poland
Dorota Witkowska · Krzysztof Kompa · Grzegorz Mentel · 2019-May · Journal of Business Economics and Management
Polish government introduced crucial changes concerning conditions of the pension funds functioning in the years 2011–2014. This article focuses on explaining the impact of these political decisions on efficiency of investment fund market in Poland. Therefore, the article aims (1) to find out if changing in functioning of pension funds also affected the efficiency of mutual funds which provide stable growth investmen…
The regional peculiarities of SRI development
Shkura Iryna · 2019-9 · Journal of Economics and Management
Aim/purpose – The aim of the paper is to examine the regional peculiarities of development of socially responsible investment markets based on the main trends in the global socially responsible investment (SRI).
Lifecycle Environmental Impact Assessment of an Overtopping Wave Energy Converter Embedded in Breakwater Systems
Nicoletta Patrizi · Riccardo M. Pulselli · Elena Neri · Valentina Niccolucci · 2019-4 · Frontiers in Energy Research
Overtopping breakwater systems are among the most promising technologies for exploiting wave energy to generate electricity. They consist in water reservoirs, embedded in piers, placed on top of ramps, higher than sea-level. Pushed by wave energy, seawater fills up the reservoirs and produces electricity by flowing back down through low headhydro turbines. Different overtopping breakwater systems have been tested wor…
Does investing in intellectual capital improve productivity? Panel evidence from commercial banks in India
Godfred Kesse Oppong · J.K. Pattanayak · 2019-09 · Borsa Istanbul Review
In this current knowledge-based economy, firms' productivity and competitive advantage are no longer based on physical and financial assets but on intangible assets. This has compelled knowledge-intensive firms to look for a more reliable source for higher productivity and competitive advantage by focusing on their intellectual capital, which cannot be easily imitated. As banks are classified as knowledge intensive, …
Fragile States in African Economic Communities as Exemplified by the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) – Investment Issues
Joanna Garlińska-Bielawska · Małgorzata Janicka · 2018-July · Politeja
The region of Central Africa is abundant in both fragile states and economic communities. According to the theory of international economic integration, in the long term such integration processes should stimulate not only short-term trade effects but also long-term investment effects. The article aims to answer the question whether and how membership of an economic community by a fragile state influences the occurre…
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF ASSESSMENT METHODS OF A MUNICIPALITY INVESTMENT CLIMATE AS A FACTOR OF BOOSTING ENTREPRENEURSHIP
N. P. Veretennikov · K. G. Yankovskaya · N. D. Bochkareva · 2018-8 · Дискурс
The article analyzes the practice of using the evaluation techniques to assess the investment climate of the municipality, which will stimulate entrepreneurship. The methodology of the National Rating of the Investment Climate in the Subjects of the Russian Federation is taken as the basis for the adapted methodology. The indicators of the municipal authorities opportunities to provide conditions for attracting inves…
An Intersection–Union Test for the Sharpe Ratio
Gabriel Frahm · 2018-4 · Risks
An intersection–union test for supporting the hypothesis that a given investment strategy is optimal among a set of alternatives is presented. It compares the Sharpe ratio of the benchmark with that of each other strategy. The intersection–union test takes serial dependence into account and does not presume that asset returns are multivariate normally distributed. An empirical study based on the G–7…
ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTIVITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREAS
E. V. Gruzdeva · 2017-1 · Модернизация, инновация, развитие
This article presents an analysis of the most important issues in priority development areas, including the commitment of the Kamchatka region in which such territory is focused primarily on the development of tourism. The relevance of the article due to the increase in the activity of creation of territories of operahouse development in Russia.Goal/objectives. The purpose of this article is to identify both advantag…
Innovative Entrepreneurship: a Source of Economic Growth in the Region
Elena Leonidovna Andreeva · Hermann Simon · Dmitry Andreyevich Karkh · Pavel Leonidovich Glukhikh · 2016-9 · Экономика региона
This article presents the findings of the study on the role of innovative entrepreneurship in the regional economy. The analysis is based on the methodology developed by Hermann Simon, a German scientist who has coined the term ”hidden champions” describing the phenomenon of little-known successful companies that act as innovative growth engines in the German economy. Today, the economies in different countries are d…
Economic Dynamics of the German Hog-Price Cycle
Ernst Berg · Ray Huffaker · 2015-6 · International Journal on Food System Dynamics
We investigated the economic dynamics of the German hog-price cycle with an innovative ‘diagnostic’ modeling approach. Hog-price cycles are conventionally modeled stochastically—most recently as randomly-shifting sinusoidal oscillations. Alternatively, we applied Nonlinear Time Series analysis to empirically reconstruct a deterministic, low-dimensional, and nonlinear attractor from observed hog pric…
EFFICIENCY OF THE INVESTMENT STRATEGY OF THE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN UKRAINE
R. Pikus · D. Nesterova · 2015-4 · Вісник Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка. Серія Економіка
The article explores the theoretical basis for the formation of an effective investment strategy of the insurance company. It was determined that, depending on the insurer’s conduct and risk factor and yield of funds, investment strategy can be aggressive, moderate and conservative. The main factors that characterize conservative, aggressive and moderately conservative investment strategy are defined. The characteris…
El retorno social de la inversión: ¿se puede medir el impacto de la difusión de un proyecto de responsabilidad social empresarial?
César Sáenz Acosta · José Ventura Egoávil · 2014-12 · Universidad y Empresa
En este documento, que es el resultado de un trabajo de investigación, se examina la influencia que tienen el cambio actitudinal y su difusión interna entre los usuarios de un proyecto de responsabilidad social (RS), sobre el logro de los propósitos de ese proyecto. Se empleó el método de estudio de caso. El público objetivo son emprendedores partícipes de un programa de desarrollo de capacidades en un proyecto de re…
Gathering Evidence of Benefits: A Structured Approach from the Jisc Managing Research Data Programme
Laura Molloy · Simon Hodson · Meik Poschen · Jonathan Tedds · 2013-November · International Journal of Digital Curation
The work of the Jisc Managing Research Data programme is – along with the rest of the UK higher education sector – taking place in an environment of increasing pressure on research funding. In order to justify the investment made by Jisc in this activity – and to help make the case more widely for the value of investing time and money in research data management – individual projects and the programme as a wh…
JENIS INDUSTRI, KEPEMILIKAN SAHAM ASING DAN REAKSI PASAR MODAL AKIBAT SERANGAN BOM TERORIS
Cynthia Afriani Utama · Lina Hapsari · 2012-12 · Jurnal Akuntansi dan Keuangan Indonesia
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the Indonesian stock market reacts to terrorist bomb attack, and whether the Indonesian stock market reaction to terrorist bomb attack is affected by industry type and foreign ownership. Using data of terrorist bomb attack from 2000 until 2006, event study test shows that generally Indonesia capital market reacts negatively to terrorist bomb attack. Further, the mul…
Improving Income from Coconut Cultivation through Farm Level Value Addition – An Analysis
P. Anithakumari · 2012-10 · CORD
Coconut cultivation in India is mostly in small and marginal land holdings. Farm level coconut processing for value addition is one of the options for risk reduction and improving the income from such holdings. This study was conducted during 2009-10 with the objectives of analyzing the profile of farm level processors as well as the constraints faced by those who have adopted minimal processing at the farm-household…
INVESTMENTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FUTURE
Corina PIRLOGEA · 2011-3 · Business Excellence and Management
Taking into account that today the consumption of energy has grown six times since half a century ago, investments are needed for diversifying the sources of energy consumption and raising the efficiency of energy use. In this article authors concentrate on declaring trends in the energy field in the last decade, with emphasis on production, consumption and installed capacity. We also focus on shaping a view for Roma…