This paper is focused on analyzing the characteristics of firms that have environmental performance beyond requirements regulation in protection. To identify such characteristics, we propose a value and context model building paradigms as conceptualized by Dryzek’s discourse theory. Using multiple discriminant analysis (MDA) to analyze data collected from multi-respondent survey Argentinean pol...

Most wholesalers are small family-owned firms that frequently lack marketing skills and an infrastructure capable of setting into practice state-of-the-art marketing distribution systems. They are much more consumed with daily activities and credit and collection functions than they are with developing marketing skills and logistics networks. The purpose of this exploratory study is to identify...

The main focus in this study is on data pre-processing, reduction in number of inputs or input space size reduction the purpose of which is the justified generalization of data set in smaller dimensions without losing the most significant data. In case the input space is large, the most important input variables can be identified from which insignificant variables are eliminated, or a variable ...

The performance of autocorrelation-based metre induction was tested with two large collections of folk melodies, consisting of approximately 13,000 melodies in MIDI file format, for which the correct metres were available. The analysis included a number of melodic accents assumed to contribute to metric structure. The performance was measured by the proportion of melodies whose metre was correc...

In 2008, financial tsunami started to impair the economic development of many countries, including Taiwan. The prediction of financial crisis turns to be much more important and doubtlessly holds public attention when the world economy goes to depression. This study examined the predictive ability of the four most commonly used financial distress prediction models and thus constructed reliable ...

Propelled by the continual improvements in mobile wireless communications, mobile health (mHealth) is emerging as a significant player in addition to conventional services. Health care Researchers have focused on quality which is an antecedent to service design. There is a significant gap in the literature with respect to both inter and intra health care service delivery systems. A quantitative...

global warming and predictions of climatic changes additionally put breeding for drought tolerance in the focus of breeding programmes for maize. extensive studies on the existing gene bank collection of the maize research institute “zemun polje“ have been performed with the aim to identify and form initial sources for the development of maize inbreds more tolerant to drought. all accessions (a...