The economic crisis in the EU had severe impacts not only on the performance of the domestic economy but also on the living standard for the citizens. The extended spread of this crisis resulted in limitation in the ...

Purpose: The leaders’ communication skills, as they emerge in negotiations, contribute decisively to sustainability of business. This study identifies a set of characteristics, abilities, and skills that leaders possess ...

The economic crisis forced the Greek Government to implement a series of controversial fiscal consolidation policies, also known as Memoranda of Economic and Financial Policy (a.k.a. Memoranda), resulting in internal ...

The economic crisis in the EU had severe impacts not only on the performance of the domestic economy but also on the living standard for the citizens. The extended spread of this crisis resulted in limitation in the ...

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, ...

Purpose – Fraud omnipresent in the media, the corporate world and the academic literature has attracted a great deal of research interest. Fraud and its various types and forms have been characterized as significant contributing ...

The economy of Cyprus was barely affected by the U.S. subprime mortgage debacle. The economic crisis in Cyprus was initially driven by fiscal mismanagement and subsequently by the failure of the government and its regulatory ...

The present study examined job satisfaction within the hotel industries from the perspective of ambiguity, role conflict and job autonomy, as well as their interactions. Structurally, the analysis begins with the presentation ...

Στην παρούσα μελέτη τίθενται υπό εξέταση βασικά στοιχεία για τις Αναπτυξιακές Τράπεζες σε διεθνές επίπεδο. Αναπτύσσεται η δομή των (Εθνικών) Αναπτυξιακών Τραπεζών, παρουσιάζονται βασικά τους χαρακτηριστικά και στοιχεία ...

Τι είναι οι περιφερειακές τράπεζες και ποια η θέση τους στα εθνικά τραπεζικά συστήματα; Πώς μπορούν να συμβάλουν στην οικονομική μεγέθυνση και ποια εργαλεία μπορούν να αξιοποιήσουν ώστε να μεγιστοποιήσουν τη συμβολή τους ...

The main aim of this article is to provide a general behavioral analysis that proposes a series of different value functions for prospect theory (PT) investors incorporated into behavioral reward-risk models that are ...

This paper presents all the Stochastic Dominance (SD) rules (in cluding Markowitz and Prospect SD Rule), situations relating to these rules such as arbitrage, and several classes of preferences consistent to the SD ap ...

The main aim of this article is to explicitly present what the parallel banking system is and its activities. The first part of the paper focuses on how this banking system could support real economy and contribute to the ...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report new original evidence on optimal holding periods and optimal asset allocations (Benartzi and Thaler, 1995). Design/methodology/approach – The authors employ a number of ...

The main aim of this paper is to empirically evaluate the role of three significant factors of the Prospect Theory: the S-shaped value function, the loss aversion, and the distortion of probability, in decision making. In ...

The objective of this research is to identify the barriers that the school community faces in trying to include pupils identified as having special educational needs (SEN). We recommend the application of the “Intermediate ...

Παρά τις έντονες προσπάθειες που καταβάλλονται διεθνώς η περιθωριοποίηση των μαθητών που χαρακτηρίζονται ως Άτομα με Ειδικές Εκπαιδευτικές Ανάγκες (ΑμΕΕΑ) εξακολουθεί δυστυχώς ακόμη να υφίσταται στον κυπριακό εκπαιδευτικό ...

Παρά την αλματώδη πρόοδο που έχει επιτύχει ο τομέας της εκπαίδευσης κατά τη διάρκεια των τελευταίων ετών, εντούτοις η περιθωριοποίηση των μαθητών που χαρακτηρίζονται ως άτομα με ειδικές εκπαιδευτικές ανάγκες (ΑμΕΕΑ) ...

In recent years there is an intense effort around the world for integrating children considered as having special needs in their neighborhood schools. The function of special education in Cyprus has been criticized as ...

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 ...