Technology-based economic development has been a highly sought-after objective forregions in developed and developing countries alike. The wealth created by regional knowledgebasedeconomies like Silicon Valley is an attractive outcome. Without understanding clusterbasedeconomic strategy, the...

In order to dynamically investigate the historical evolution of CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> emissions induced by consumption and fixed capital investment, this paper defines the concepts of consumption-type emission (CPE) and construction-type emission (CTE). It also proposes the ratio of consumption-type emission to...</small></sub>

Despite the multitude of models created, their predictions are often contradicted by the empirical data, so that investigating macroeconomic structural changes continues to be a challenge to economists. Based on empirical data from countries around the world, our study tries to estimate a...

Coming from standard economic growth theory and empirical evidences, we concentrated on the convergence process as a result of structural changes in economy. We investigate the differences among countries in EU in terms of the share in total economy of main sectors. Then, based on the spatial...

Coming from lessons done by standard economic growth theories and empirical evidences, we are considering the convergence in the level of income per capita as a result of structural changes in economy. Based on some our old studies, we investigate the differences among countries in EU in terms...

A detailed investigation of higher education’s contribution to economicnperformance and innovativeness inLatvia is necessary because of contradictory facts in the socio-economic reality of Latvian higher education. Despite the fact that investment in theLatvian higher education system results...

We are amidst a period of radical change in Management Consulting worldwide. The latter half of the twentieth century has seen major extensions to the range of services promoted under the umbrella of Management Consulting. The traditional Management Consulting Firms, such as McKinsey & Co., tend...

In open office settings, auditory distractions coming from surrounding work environment are shown to be a considerable source of indirect costs to an organization, such as performance costs, behavioral costs, and healthcare costs, to name a few. These costs are substantial to affect the net...

Purpose ? The paper aims to explore the key competitiveness indicators (KCIs) that provide the guidelines for helping new real estate developers (REDs) achieve competitiveness during their inception stage in which the organisations start their business. Design/methodology/approach ? The...

Since its beginnings, the marketing discipline has been evolving through different stages and is further developing given the industry challenges such as globalization and technological impacts of the 21st century. Analyzing the attached evolution of consumer behavior and consumption patterns,...