The Saudi stock market is analyzed, using rescaled range analysis to estimate the fractal dimension of price returns and to test the Efficient Market Hypothesis. In order to determine the predictability of a time series, Hurst Exponent for each time series is measured and we find that Saudi...

Despite macro-level advances in ASEAN regional cooperation, on the ground anti-Vietnamese xenophobia remains an unsavory reality in contemporary Cambodia. During the 2013 national elections the newly constituted Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP), a merger of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) and...

Both at firm and national level, particularly in the most developed economies, the increasing importance of knowledge have meant that the net stock of intangible asset has grown more rapidly than the tangible asset. This has unfortunately not yet happened in the developing economies (Mortensen...

As a response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States have introduced the policy of targeted killings – targeting individual suspect terrorists and killing them, most often using the unmanned drones operated by the CIA. Likewise, Israel has begun with the same practice, responding...

Because of rapid population ageing Lithuania possesses new economic and social challenges. One of these challenges is the shortage of labour force in the future, which will have a negative impact on the country’s economy. Thus, in this paper the study on impact of one of the significant...

Nowadays, we are moving towards a knowledge economy where the competitiveness of firms is mainly based on their capacity of innovation, and on the management of their intellectual capital. Moreover, it is widely accepted that firm’s innovation capabilities are more closely linked to their...

This paper describes the importance of government policy and how it is translated into practice to promote transparency in e-government projects. E-procurement is Government to Business (G2B) relationship. It is part of the E-Government projects also known as end to end web based application and...

The present research which aims that determining the factors that affect the provision of 112 emergency services in the province of Konya, is a descriptive research. The present research was conducted in 2014. The universe of the present research is 800 health personnel working in 112 stations...

Youth unemployment in the EU and in the Czech Republic has increased significantly in recent years. This is partly a consequence of the economic crisis that has hit Europe since 2008. This article also analysis other factors, which had an impact on the increase in youth unemployment in the Czech...

Media landscape in mainland China is generally considered as lack of freedom by many media critics, for the Chinese government and Communist Party control the mainstream media, manipulating the agenda setting and restraining citizens’ expression (Emmons, 2001; Lu and Weber, 2007). However,...