The project management (PM) paradigm has changed during the past decade due to the globalization of business and advancement of information technology (IT). Increasingly, projects involve members from different geographical locations more than at any other time in history. Traditional PM methods...

Corporations often use affiliated firms as guarantors when issuing guaranteed bonds, thus combining external financing with internal credit enhancements. In this study, we empirically examine the potential determinants of corporate guaranteed debt issuance. We find evidence that issuers with...

Estuaries and coastal seas play an important role in mitigating global warming due to their substantial storage of organic matters (OM) in sediments; and it is crucial to clarify the impact of relative sea level (RSL) changes on the efficiency and capacity of OM burial in coastal sediments in...

[Objective]To find out the situation of Nansha Coast Park point and non-point source pollution. [Method] By investigating the park water environment analysis of point and non-point source pollutants contribution rate, setting up water quality monitoring sites for basic data related indicators...

The asset growth anomaly, an inverse relationship between security performance and asset growth rates, prevails not only in the equity market but also in the corporate bond market. This can be either interpreted as a risk and return tradeoff where bonds of higher asset growth firms are better...

Wind power parallel operation is an effective way to realize the large scale use of wind power, but the fluctuations of power output from wind power units may have great influence on power quality, hence a new method of power smoothing and capacity optimized allocation based on hybrid energy...

After joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), China witnessed a major inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Many famous automobile firms of developed countries were attracted to invest in China to cooperate with domestic firms. This paper uses firm-level data of the Chinese automobile...

After joining the World Trade Organization (WTO), China witnessed a major inflow of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Many famous automobile firms of developed countries were attracted to invest in China to cooperate with domestic firms. This paper uses firm-level data of the Chinese automobile...