Numerous studies have analyzed the factors that influence survival of companies, which is why objective this article to review internal and external determinants from literature most permanence over time companies in market. Therefore, a descriptive was carried out on main findings positive effects innovation, level training R&D employees, collaboration between proposing moderating effect t...

BACKGROUND Scant research has examined the determinants of primary exercise dependence symptoms in youth. Study purposes were to examine sex differences across leisure-time exercise behavior, motivation, and primary exercise dependence symptoms in youth and the extent to which exercise behavior and motivation predicted exercise dependence within the Self-Determination Theory framework. METHOD...

This paper develops a tractable two-country model with life-cycle structure to investigate the interaction and the relative importance of productivity growth, demographic factors and fiscal policy in accounting for the evolution of the US external imbalances during the last three decades. The results suggest that (i) productivity growth differentials drive the directionality of capital flows in...

World is increasingly being divided into regions. The regional trading blocks are becoming more and more deepened and widened around the globe. The European Union (EU) has already reached a stage approximating to the trading relations usually found within a country rather than between the countries. The existence of regional economic groups, particularly in European and American continents, pos...

This paper seeks to investigate the determinants of banking network profitability in Iran from 2007 to 2012. The results of our study indicate that both bank-specific factors and macroeconomic factors influence banks’ profitability in Iran. Results confirm that bank profitability is significantly influenced by investment to total assets ratio, non-performing loans to total assets ratio, a...

While infrastructure conditions constitute 'primary routes', contamination of water within households and other behavioural determinants are considered as 'secondary routes'. However, recontaminated water has been considered not to constitute a serious risk though it occurs commonly in poorer societies. A study was conducted in Delhi where individual risk factors were located within a larger so...

BACKGROUND Research capacity building and its impact on policy and international research partnership is increasingly seen as important. High income and low- and middle-income countries frequently engage in research collaborations. These can have a positive impact on research capacity building, provided such partnerships are long-term collaborations with a unified aim, but they can also have ch...