The vision shows the path to achieve the goals of the organization. Without vision, the direction, the tasks of organization’s units, and their contribution in each of the functions will not be clear. The reason of ineffectiveness in Construction Engineers Organization of Zanjan may be the lack of appropriate vision. In this case, the non-aligned and heterogonous efforts may cause the organizat...

In this paper we examine whether past returns of the market portfolio (MKT), the size portfolio (SMB), the book-to-market portfolio (HML) and the idiosyncratic volatility portfolio (HIMLI) can predict growth rates of ten major Australian economic indicators from 1993 to 2010. We find that all four factors can be used to predict growth rates in Australian economic indicators. We also find high r...

In this paper, researchers estimated the stock price of activated companies in Tehran (Iran) stock exchange. It is used Linear Regression and Artificial Neural Network methods and compared these two methods. In Artificial Neural Network, of General Regression Neural Network method (GRNN) for architecture is used. In this paper, first, researchers considered 10 macro economic variables and 30 fi...

This paper runs an extensive sensitivity analysis for the optimal timing and macro-economic costs of carbon emission reductions that mitigate the global average atmospheric temperature increase. We use a macro-economic model in which there are two competing energy sources, fossil-fuelled and non-fossil-fuelled that are good but imperfect substitutes. Technological change is represented endogeno...

Using the example of CarboMoG, the Carbon Flow Model of Germany, structures and processes for process-based, macro-economic material flow models were analyzed. The aim is to create a toolbox, which can be used to assemble models of this kind from building blocks, to parameterize and calculate a model, and then to use the model for analysis tasks. It was investigated whether and how toolkits exi...

GIS-based “Regional Agricultural Economic Information Query and Analysis System” built on spatial attribute characteristics of statistical information implements dynamic information query, dynamic generation of statistical charts and tables, and dynamic generation of spatial distribution map with geographic attributes and specialized charts, and provides a solid basis for researching geographic...

BACKGROUND There is a significant gap in our knowledge regarding community-based self-help groups and their benefits for persons living with mental conditions and their family caregivers in low and middle income countries. This study describes a such a program in El Salvador and explores participants' perceptions of program effectiveness and benefits. CASE DESCRIPTION The Family Education, Su...

This paper presents and estimates a regime switching macro-…nance model of the term structure with latent and macroeconomic factors. The joint dynamics of the yield and macro factors are examined simultaneously. Both the canonical yields-only model and the macro-…nance model capture two regimes in the state equation that relate to a turbulent period and a tranquil period. Statistically, the for...