the purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of globalization on the cost of capital accepted companies in tehran stock exchange (tse(. in this regard, the degree of trade openness as an index the globalization of trade and other control variables such as firm size, the ratio of fixed assets to total assets, instantaneous ratio and the ratio of debts to total of equity has been used for ...

This paper presents the mixed-integer nonlinear programming (MINLP) optimization model for the nonlinear discrete time–cost trade-off problem (NDTCTP). The nonlinear total project cost objective function of the proposed MINLP optimization model is subjected to a rigorous system of generalized precedence relationship constraints between project activities, project duration constraints, logical c...

during the fifth and sixth centuries a.h, the persian gulf faced a recession in its commerce; instead, the centrality of the international maritime trade was transferred to the red sea and mediterranean region at the time. emergence of the kish island, as a significant trade area in the persian gulf region goes back to the mid-sixth century a.h. efforts made by a local tribe known as bani qaysa...

Using confidential firm level data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) on activities of U.S. multinational corporations (MNCs) and their Canadian affiliates, we study the dramatic growth of intra-firm and arms-length U.S.-Canada trade over the 1984-1995 period. We find that the increase in trade occurred almost entirely on the intensive rather than the extensive margin. That is, MNC pare...

Quantitative estimation of security attributes makes it possible to do cost-effective development of security critical systems. By predicting the impact and cost of potential misuses, as well as the cost and effect of security treatment strategies, one can treat security risks at the right time for the correct cost. The Aspect-Oriented Risk-Driven Development (AORDD) framework supports cost-eff...

In this work-in-progress paper we present how Component Based Software Engineering (CBSE) may be used to facilitate stochastic schedulability analysis of embedded real-time systems, by providing realistic models of execution time distributions. We present our ongoing work regarding the usage of Execution Time Profiles (ETPs) to represent the timing behaviour of real-time components. These ETPs ...