india is much more integrated with the world economy. both current and capital accounts are complementing to each other. the economic slowdown that appears to have begun in the usa in september, 2008 has some negative impact on indian economy. the most immediate and adverse effect of this global financial crisis on india is an out flow of foreign institutional investment (fii) from the capital ...

Trust has been found as the key determinant of consumer decisions in sharing economy platforms, and service-provider’s attributesare crucial fortrust building but rarelystudied. In this paper, we investigate the effect of host’s attributes on consumer’s purchasing behaviors in xiaozhu.com, a leading short rental platform in China. Specifically, we argue that host’s attributescan influencetrustw...

I identify here important changes in how retailing functions are performed due to the penetration of the digital economy. First, in the distribution of goods for final consumption the same functions as before are performed independently of stores and their location. Second, in the distribution of inputs for household production of services the core products that consumers pay for explicitly are...

Telecom operators are challenged by the increasing user demand for mobility, Quality of Service, and security on one hand, and the constraints imposed by economy and regulatory bodies on the other. Daidalos, an EC funded Integrated Project, addresses the vision of a seamlessly integrated heterogeneous network architecture based on an IPv6 infrastructure. The Daidalos architecture addresses conc...

As the global economy becomes a service oriented economy, food service accounts for over 20% of service revenue, with an annual growth rate of more than 3%. Compared to physical products, service features are invisible, and the production and sale occurs simultaneously. There is not easy to measure the performance of service. Therefore, the service quality of catering services is considered to ...

The service sector, also known in economy as the third sector, is the new engine of the world’s economy. It is estimated that over 50% of gross domestic product of countries is derived from this sector. The technological developments of the late '90s led to the concept of Internet services through the so-called Web Services. With the increasing use of the Internet in various branches of the eco...

assess the ecological effects of economic activity on the water, earth and man in the iranian economy approach using input - output tablewater is a vital resource for each biological and economic phenomenon. water is considered as a production input. production is not possible without water in all economic sectors. also, the environment including air, soil, fauna and plants utilize water in the...

In the modern business environment for optical mesh networking, there is considerable interest in being able to support a range of service classes, and to charge accordingly. In this work we consider the capacity design problem for different combinations of four protection priority classes in a span-restorable mesh network. Most significantly we have test-case findings that 15% to 30% of all de...

Objective: One of the long-term goals and strategies of the country for development in the 20-year vision plan is the development of the knowledge-based economy, so that with pursuing this strategy, Iran could become a knowledge-based economy by 1404. The purpose of this research is to explain the economic status of Iran among regional competitors based on the components of knowledge-based econ...

The bio-based economy can and should be to the 21 century what the fossil-based economy was to the 20 century. Agriculture will be core to the bio-based economy, providing source materials for commodity items, e.g. liquid fuels and value-added products such as chemicals and materials. For example, a hectare (2.47 acres) of biomass crop converted to 16,800 L (4,450 gallons) of ethanol at a cost ...