Exploratory Study of Most Critical Business Communication Skills

the influence of social and cultural capital on efl students critical thinking skills

the major aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between social and cultural capital and efl students’ critical thinking skills. this study takes this relationship in to account to see if people with different sociocultural status are different regarding their critical thinking skills. to this end, 160 university students majoring in english language and literature, english trans...

Communication skills training and clinicians' defenses in oncology: an exploratory, controlled study.

OBJECTIVE The underlying mechanisms modifying clinician's communication skills by means of communication skills training (CST) remain unknown. Defense mechanisms, defined as psychological processes protecting the individual against emotional stress, may be a mediating factor of skills improvement. METHODS Using an adapted version of the Defense Mechanism Rating Scale-Clinician, this study eva...

Business-to-business collaboration through electronic marketplaces: An exploratory study

Many business-to-business electronic marketplaces (EMs) are now offering collaboration functionalities, but the collaboration concept in an EM context has not been studied systematically. This paper is a preliminary effort to explore and categorise the different types of collaboration functionalities that may be offered by EMs. By surveying websites, we identified five types of horizontal colla...

Business models for hotspot an exploratory study

We analyze the literature in order to clarify the concept of business model and to identify hotspots business models. Based in those models an in a set of interviews we produced a hotspot business infrastructure model. This model was used to analyze hot spot “industry”, what allowed the identification of several conclusions related to actors’ modus operandi.

Business Process Outsourcing: An Exploratory Study