Background: In this paper we investigate the causal relationship between suicide and a variety of socioeconomic variables. We use a panel data set of Canadian provinces, 2000 - 2008, and a set of recent panel econometric techniques in order to account for a variety of statistical specification...

The economic nature of agricultural cooperatives is explained by means of a logical continuation of the organizational economics rationale for family farms. The traditional explanations of the importance of family farms is discussed, and embedded in a broader framework which considers their...

Industry 4.0 is related in each place and with the use and implementation of new technologies for the continuous improvement of administrative processes. As part of the growth of an organization, it is important that day by day it adapts to technological changes that affect worker operations or...

La exportación de minerales contribuye en gran proporción a la economía peruana, permitiéndole el desarrollo de varios sectores. El objetivo de esta investigación es identificar el comportamiento de los cinco principales productos mineros de exportación peruana y comparar los resultados...

The paper studies a method for evaluating current literature that receives little consideration in research and development. Various types of undervalued studies are recognized, and how they are related to a systematic review is shown. A diagram is presented that illustrates scoping studies...

In der vorliegenden Studie wird der Einfluss von Betriebsräten auf das Angebot und die Finanzierung betrieblicher Weiterbildung untersucht. Anhand ökonometrischer Schätzungen mit den Daten des IAB-Betriebspanels, Wellen 2003 bis 2009, wird zudem die Betriebsratswirkung auf die...

We use a previously unexploited consensus survey data set to compare accuracy, unbiasedness and efficiency of Current Account growth forecasts between two panels of 25 developed and 18 developing countries following the methodologies in the existing literature. Forecast errors are bigger for the...

Frauen sind in hohen Führungspositionen privatwirtschaftlicher Unternehmen in Deutschland nach wie vor unterrepräsentiert. In den vergangenen Jahren hat die Politik mehrfach Maßnahmen ergriffen, um den Frauenanteil in Führungspositionen zu erhöhen. Hat ein Betrieb mehr Frauen im Management,...

The emerging Europe has been hardest hit by the surge in the non-performing loans (NPLs) in the aftermath of the global financial turbulence and the crisis-induced recession. The surge in the NPLs generated a severe banking distress, and left a legacy of a debt overhang that dramatically...

This paper examines whether macroeconomic instability can influence stock market volatility in a sample of 5 emerging European countries. To account for the effects of fundamentals, modified ARCH/GARCH models are employed. The results are discordant from one country to another, but when a...