this study was aimed at developing a method for measuring the relationship between intellectual capital and project manager competencies. intellectual capital consist human capital, structural capital and relational capital. project manager competencies have been evaluated based on ipma competence baseline (icb) and project manager competency development framework (pmcdf) includes knowledge, sk...

In this paper we explore the possibility, heretofor unexplored in the marketing literature, that firms “invest funds” in their pricing processes. This builds on some of the recent economic work on the costs of price adjustment. To do this we undertook a two-year, cross-disciplinary, ethnographic study on the nature of investments made by senior managers to enhance the effectiveness of the prici...

This paper examines how investment in intellectual capital (IC) elements by textile and apparel companies improves firm performance measured terms of profitability, market value, productivity. The modified value-added coefficient (MVAIC) model is applied to measure IC. Using a panel 35 Chinese for six-year period (2013–2018), the results show that physical human capitals are strong factors cont...

We model the dynamics of the two-mode network among directors and boards of voluntary associations, using a stochastic actorbased model, SIENA [12], including the structural effects proposed in [6], and considering the political orientation of associations as a covariate. Using data from [14], we compare the evolution of interlocks among Turkish associations in two European capitals, and explai...

Chronic non-communicable diseases represent a major public health problem, requiring more effective investigation and control by government agencies. The aim of this study was to correlate the mortality rate for oral cancer in Brazilian State capitals from 1998 to 2002 with socioeconomic factors collected in the 2000 census, using an ecological study design. Data were obtained from the Mortalit...