In order to study the interdependencies between the overall lining damage indices for mountain tunnels and ground motion parameters, a total of 89 ground motion records were selected for analysis. These records were divided into three groups: (1) near-field ground motion with velocity pulses,...

Cyprus decided to explore its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in 2007 implementing a strategy to maximise all derived positive spillovers for its foreign policy. However, the lack of indigenous expertise and state of art technology obliges Cypriot Government to search crucial foreign direct...

Purpose – This paper aims to develop a multi‐criteria approach for determining business models in bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BOP) markets. Design/methodology/approach – Analytic network process (ANP) was employed to construct a decision‐making model of quantitative and qualitative...

In analyzing the disparities in regional employment growth in Germany, in the recent empirical literature the so called shift-share-regression models are frequently applied. However, these models usually neglect spatial interdependencies, even though such interdependencies are likely to occur on...

This article attempts to examine the short-and long-run relationship between major world financial markets taking Indian stock exchanges as a particular case. It covers the monthly data of major index returns for the period 1999 to 2010. The research methodology tools include Dickey-Fuller test,...