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Making sense of inclusion for leadership and schooling: a case study from Cyprus
(Routledge, 2010)The idea of inclusive education has featured very highly in the educational priorities of many countries. Our involvement with the literature that relates to inclusion leads to the conclusion that, if we are interested ...
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Management in the 21st Century
(Elsevier, 1989)This paper predicts the type of business firms and managers most likely to emerge in the 21st century. The forecasts are based on rational principles which avoid the common mistakes made in the past by long-term ...
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Management of time , a New Responsibility for Executives
(Bureau of Business Research, 1971)In the complex business environment that exists today, executive responsibility can no longer be allocated only to the limited traditional administrative resources: manpower, money, materials, and market behavior.
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Managing the establishment of Business Continuity Planning by Greek SMEs: can it safeguard strategic viability of courier services during turbulent times?
(CJEAS Ltd.; Production Faculty of Management Press, University of Warsaw, 2019-12)The aim of Business Continuity Management (BCM) is to manage risks that impact on the normal operation of an organization maintaining enterprise and operational continuity. Contemporary business environment is so erratic ...
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Market Reaction to IAS/IFRS: Evidence from the Athens Stock Exchange
(2011)The capital market effects of IAS/IFRS have been examined in the international literature and have indicated that the effects are significant. In the contrary, evidence drawn from the Athens Stock Exchange indicates that ...
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A Market Risk Model for Asymmetric Distributed Series of Return
(2012)In this paper we propose to model short-term interest rates by taking into consideration both the asymmetric properties of returns, using Pearson’s type IV distribution, and the time-varying volatility, using GARCH models. ...
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Measuring Economic Development and the Impact of Economic Globalisation
(Sciendo, 2020-01)The aim of this article is to measure economic development and the impact of economic globalisation under the prism of global political economy. Global political economy is a field of study that has its roots in ...
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Metaforecasting: Ways of improving forecasting accuracy and usefulness
(Elsevier, 1988)Forecasting has a long history. An understanding of such history coupled with the study of the empirical evidence can provide invaluable information for improving the accuracy and usefulness of predictions. Statistical ...
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Metastrategy: Learning and avoiding past mistakes
(Elsevier, 1997)Lately there has been a renewed interest in strategic planning after more than a decade of focusing on operational concerns such as total quality, downsizing, benchmarking and reengineering. Will strategic planning provide ...
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The modernization of State as a Condition for Development and Investments' Attraction
(Κέντρο Επιμόρφωσης Μελετών Έρευνας και Ανάπτυξης, 2007)It is generally accepted that private productive in vestments constitute a valuable reinforcement for every economy and especially for the economies of small countries, countries which suffer from public burdens (loans ...
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The Modified Contingent Valuation Method for Evaluating the Willingness of the Citizenry to Participate in Excavation and the Restoration of the Ancient Theatre of Lefkada
(David Publishing, 2016)This proposed project is not viable in profitable terms to private enterprise, so it applied a modified version of the CVM (Contingent Valuation Method) to realize this project. A survey was conducted in Lefkada Island ...
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Morphogenesis and Management: Some Implications
(The World Organisation of General Systems and Cybernetics, 1978)The main purpose of the paper will be to look at the influence of a change in perspective (namely, getting away from the input/output model) on social systems. in general, and management ones, more specifically. The ...
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Narrative disclosure guidelines for CARs:an operational-based tool
(Springer Verlag, 2020-08-31)Management Commentary Index (Ma.Co.I) is a composite measuring index developed for the detailed evaluation of narrative disclosure quality, as this has been delineated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board—FASB and ...
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National Culture Underpins Individual Behaviour and Work-Related-Values: The importance of nationality
(2014)This analysis is devoted to the national culture and its linkage with individual behaviour and work-related values. The authors will investigate into what extent the national culture underpins individual behaviour.
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A New Approach to Statistical Forecasting
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1987-06)Available approaches to statistical forecasting suffer from several deficiencies (problems) that render their predictions for real-world economic/business series inappropriate. In this paper I illustrate such deficiencies, ...
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The New Economy and the Strategy of Greek Firms
(Hellenica, 2001)Greece and Greek firms are behind their counterparts in advanced countries. This paper discusses the situation of Greek firms and proposes various strategies to be able to more successfully compete in the emerging new economy.
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The New SIBYL/RUNNER Interactive Forecasting Package (1978)
(Taylor & Francis, Ltd., 1978)The SIBYL/RUNNER interactive forecasting system is a comprehensive package of time-shared computer programs that seek to handle four essential forecasting functions. The first is screening alternative forecasting techniques ...
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The Next “G” On ESG: The Strategic Thinking of Businesses Towards Supply Chain Fraud
(2021)Supply Chain Management is in the core of businesses’ operational activities worldwide. Its main purpose is the proper management of resources and the assurance of the sustainable operation of the economic entities. However, ...
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Non parametric VaR Techniques. Myths and Realities
(Wiley Online Library, 2003-12-03)VaR (value-at-risk) estimates are currently based on two main techniques: the variance-covariance approach or simulation. Statistical and computational problems affect the reliability of these techniques. We illustrate a ...
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Nonparametric, conditional pricing of higher order multivariate contingent claims
(2008-09)This paper describes and applies a nonparametric model for pricing multivariate contingent claims. Multivariate contingent claims are contracts whose payoffs depend on the future prices of more than one underlying variable. ...