In this paper, two relevant bodies of literature are examined and compared, namely the ‘interaction and networks’ literature (associated primarily with the IMP Group) and ‘Chinese Management’ literature. Elements examined include relationships, networks, trust, culture and forms of exchange. The contention of the paper is that both bodies of literature have something to contribute in terms of a...

Financial distress prediction (FDP) has always been an important issue in the business and financial management. This research proposed a novel multiple classifier ensemble model based on firm life cycle and Choquet integral for FDP, named MCELCCh-FDP, as a new approach to tackle with financial distress. Empirical study based on Chinese listed companies’ real data is conducted, and the results ...

In this paper we discuss the results of the Create Acceptance project. In a comparative analysis of 27 case studies on new energy projects we identify five crucial challenges for project managers of new energy projects related to societal acceptance. We discuss a six-step methodology for facilitating societal acceptance in new and ongoing energy projects. The methodology is tested and refined i...

Chinese and German blogs do not only differ in the language of their text but also in many other aspects. This study explores how far these differences can be identified and related to known cultural differences between the two countries. A thorough intellectual analysis of 700 blog pages revealed culturally diverse patterns. Chinese blogs are more graphically oriented. They emphasize the commu...

A group recommender system is designed for contexts in which more than a person is involved in the recommendation process. There are types of content (like movies) for which it would be advisable to recommend an item only if it has not yet been consumed by most of the group. In fact, it would be trivial and not significant to recommended an item if a great part of the group has already expresse...

P1459 COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF USE OF LONG ACTING DOPAMINE AGONISTS IN CURRENT CLINICAL PRACTICE: ONGOING SURVEY ACROSS EUROPE A. Rizos1, G. Durner1, A. Martin1, B. Kessel2, T. Henriksen3, A. Antonini4, P. Odin5,6, C. Falup-Pecurariu7, P. Martinez-Martin8,9, P. Reddy1, Y. Naidu10, S. Gay11, K. Ray-Chaudhuri1,10, EUROPAR 1King’s College Hospital, London, 2Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpin...

The current body of literature offers contradictory results concerning the role of clusters and innovation networks in the commercialisation of high technology. Whereas several previous studies verify the overall beneficial effects of cluster membership for knowledge-intensive firms, others report that clusters have only little or no influence on technology firms’ economic success. The major pu...

This paper describes the collection of an English-Japanese/Japanese-English simultaneous interpretation corpus. There are two main features of the corpus. The first is that professional simultaneous interpreters with different amounts of experience cooperated with the collection. By comparing data from simultaneous interpretation of each interpreter, it is possible to compare better interpretat...

The objective of this chapter is to provide an insight preview into various agent oriented methodologies by using an enhanced comparison framework based on criteria like process related criteria, steps and techniques related criteria, steps and usability criteria, model related or “concepts” related criteria, comparison regarding model related criteria and comparison regarding supportive relate...