Purpose This research investigates how and why firms adopt inclusive diversity activities, identifying the mechanisms behind involved in lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender (LGBT)–friendly pursuits. By integrating resource dependence theory, institutional theory stakeholder authors argue that a firm's LGBT friendliness is affected by marketing orientation external political environment. Design/m...

The rapid advancement in wireless communication technology has spurred significant interest in the design and development of enhanced TCP protocols. Among them, TCP Westwood (TCPW) is a sender side only modification to improve TCP performance particularly over heterogeneous networks. The key idea of TCPW is to use rate estimation methods to set the congestion window and slow start threshold aft...

INTRODUCTION Population aging is a worldwide phenomenon. As a response, the World Health Organization (WHO) introduced the concept of 'age-friendliness' in 2006. Age-friendliness is defined in terms of a range of domains, such as housing, opportunities for participation, and transportation. Communities that accommodate the needs of older adults in these domains will, it is thought, promote heal...

BACKGROUND To address the age-friendliness of living environment in cities, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the "Age-friendly cities" (AFC) initiative in 2005. To date, however, no universal standard tool for assessing age-friendliness of a community has been agreed. METHODOLOGY Two quantitative studies on AFC conducted in two Hong Kong districts-Sha Tin and Tuen Mun-were compare...