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DEVELOPMENT OF MAINTENANCE CULTURE: A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
Suwaibatul Islamiah Abdullah Sani Author_Email:; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010535703
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Human behaviour in development economics
Ingham, Barbara - In: The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought 6 (1999) 4, pp. 606-623
The focus of the paper is human behaviour in long-run change as examplified in the writings of the 'pioneer …' development economists, Lewis, Hirschman and Myrdal. Lewis is credited with recognizing the importance of human behaviour, though … in approach, are argued to be more successful in integrating human behaviour into theories of long-run change. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009219723
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Racial discrimination towards Asian operatives in the Australian construction industry
Loosemore, M.; Chau, D. W. - In: Construction Management and Economics 20 (2002) 1, pp. 91-102
paper reveals an assimilationist culture which largely ignores the needs of ethnic minority groups and fails to harness the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005445629
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Cultural Factors Effecting Entrepreneurial Behaviour Among Entrepreneurs. Case Study of Multan, Pakistan
Ijaz, Mariah; Yasin, Ghulam; Zafar, Mah Jabeen - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 2 (2012) 6, pp. 908-917
question was to study the impact of culture on entrepreneurial behavior. Besides this, the researcher also examined the role of … critical analysis procedure. From the analysis it was concluded that culture has stronger impact on developing entrepreneurial … behaviour i.e. Family and friends, play a strong role as source for developing entrepreneurial behaviour. Their moral and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010766247
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The locus of control: a determinant of opportunistic behaviour in construction health and safety
Loosemore, M.; Lam, A. S. Y. - In: Construction Management and Economics 22 (2004) 4, pp. 385-394
behaviour. This paper explores these forces and investigates one in particular - the locus of control (self perceived influence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005269153
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Modelling long-run energy consumption under model uncertainty
Humer, Stefan; Csereklyei, Z. - EcoMod Network - 2012
The causality between energy consumption and real income in developed countries has been a very vital research topic in recent years. Raising concerns about climate change and global warming increase the pressure on policy makers to take action against energy depletion. Unfortunately these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886612
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Do capital controls affect the response of investment to saving? evidence from the Pacific Basin
Kim, Sun Bae - In: Economic Review (1993), pp. 23-39
This paper examines the effect of capital controls on the response of investment to savings in Pacific Basin countries. A robust finding is that the size of the savings coefficient tends to be smaller (larger) in countries with relatively higher (lower) capital controls. Additionally, relaxation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005352356
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San Francisco: 50 Years On - Part Two
Buckley, Roger; Ferretti, Valdo; Meaney, Neville; … - Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics … - 2001
Buckley describes how Britain took the independent step of recognizing the People's Republic of China, a step which led to problems about China being invited to the San Francisco conference. After China's entry into the war in Korea, Hong Kong's trade was squeezed through trade embargos imposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005797355
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Selection of stock markets: a factor analysis approach
Hui, Tak Kee; Tsui, Kai Chong; Chua, David - In: International Journal of Applied Management Science 2 (2010) 2, pp. 136-151
This study uses factor analysis to simplify the complex relationships among stock markets and to reduce the number of markets required for portfolio construction. Our sample consists of the US and 11 Asia-Pacific stock markets. We find that the reduced portfolio obtained from factor analysis has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008755259
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Central Bank Governance: Common Elements or Different Models?
Hall, Viv - Hong Kong Institute for Monetary Research (HKIMR), … - 2003
This paper evaluates the governance performance of four small, open economy central banks. Two of these, the Reserve Bank of Australia and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand, are inflation targeting; the other two, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the Monetary Authority of Singapore, place...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005558099