For rural hospitals, market area determination is an essential step in crafting effectual policy and furthering research. Competing methodologies for determining a hospital’s market area produce different results. Using a sample research question dealing with the overlap of public lands and...

The paper aims for studying the relationship between consumers? attachment styles and consumers? behaviors, especially ethical consumption and conformity consumption. Based on combing the previous researches, studies conclude that: “secure attachment” people and their ethical behaviors are...

In this paper, we suggest a measure of the short run capacity utilization rates based on a reduced version of the indirect production function of Shephard. More precisely, we define the production capacity as the maximum quantity produced by the firm given the specific quantity of the...

In examining the propensity to default on mortgage loans amongst low income households of Protea Glen, in Johannesburg, South Africa, part of the objectives was to examine financial regulatory instruments and measures aimed at ensuring fairness in the mortgage finance environment. The rationale...

The present study investigates the reaction of Indian stock market index (Sensex and Nifty) on Indian gold price or the relationship between Indian gold price and Indian stock market index (Sensex and Nifty) for the period of study between 2nd January 1991 and 10th August 2012 using daily time...

This paper is based on some situations in China that agricultural products are transported directly to distribution centers and / or super markets. The retailer supplies an additional weather compensatory contract to the farmer before the planting time, in which the compensatory parameters are...

Mobile marketing is a kind of marketing activities through personal mobile devices. In recent years, mobile marketing is widely carried out in China. However, many enterprises which carried out mobile marketing did not achieve the desired effects. One of the reasons is that consumers? intention...

According to the existing research, knowledge sharing can enhance interest and promote participation. This article aims to explore the relationship between golfer group atmosphere and knowledge sharing from the perspective of psychological contract. It adopts transactional contract and...

Entrepreneurship is sometimes seen as a process of few peoples. Although some persons have innate abilities as entrepreneurs, many can also develop this capacity in their life through a learning process. At the heart of entrepreneurship is the creation and/or recognition of opportunities....

The objective of this article is to determine whether SMEs, characterized by a managerial mode, could show any entrepreneurial orientation. In our approach, we present first the conceptual framework of this study with reference to the various works that relate to the specificities of SMEs and...