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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA New Hybrid AHP-TOPSIS Method for Ranking Human Capital Indicators by Normalized Decision MatrixAbdul Kadar Muhammad Masum, A.N.M. Rezaul Karim, Faisal Bin Al Abid et al.Human Capital or HC plays a significant role in the field of economic growth. Advancement on human capital and knowledge-based economy are of core importance for developing countries. Active representatives of capital accumulation are the people and utilizing natural resources for contributing to the socio-economic growth of the country. Evaluation of HC helps organizations to concern about their present position … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 12 · 10 Dec 2019 · 8,134 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractSocial Impact as an Intangible Driver in Assessing Economic Value: An Application to the Italian Third SectorCosentino Antonietta, Bongiovanni Laura, Cesari Alberto, Di Stefano CristinaMany studies have focused on Intellectual Capital (IC) applied to the Third Sector in the past few years. Despite the growing interest in intellectual capital in the field, the concept remains unclear. Few scholars and practitioners deal with the subject, however, as far as we know there are no studies that show the relationship between social impact generated by non-profit … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 12 · 2 Jan 2018 · 8,632 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHuman Capital Competitiveness in ASEAN Economic Community (AEC): The Role of Regulation, Indonesia ExperiencesSalmiaty Taty, Bayu Taufiq Possumah, Ridwan Ismail RazakThe AEC is an economic integration between ASEAN countries with the creation of a free market generally in the context of capital, goods and services and labor. The AEC opens the gate for all countries to invest and have better mutual cooperation. Indonesia experienced a big leap from 50 to 37 in the World Economic Forum (WEF) competitiveness ranking. As … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 2 · 8 Feb 2017 · 8,342 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Empirical Analysis of Supply Response of Rubber in MalaysiaGhulam Mustafa, Ismail Abd Latif, Henry EgwumaSupply response of rubber to changes in economic incentives is analysed using co-integration approach. Time series data is taken for the period 1990 to 2014 and the vector error correction model framework has been applied. The empirical results confirmed the existence of a unique long-run equilibrium relationship among planted acreage, the relative price of rubber and price of fertilizer. Further, … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 4 · 25 Nov 2016 · 7,493 accessesView PDF Cite

EditorialOpen accessIn the abstractAn Opportunity for the Agricultural Sector: The Renewable Energy SourcesRiccardo Testa, Salvatore TudiscaToday, among the most important issue for energy decisions by policymakers, there are security challenges and environmental impacts on climate change and economic aspects. Since the seventies, in fact, global warming and environmental issues have had an increasing importance in international debate, attracting the attention of several scientific studies (Landi and Benelli, 2016). Many of these studies denoted that over … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 6 Sep 2016 · 8,092 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNexus between CO2 Emission, Energy Consumption and Economic Growth in ASEAN Countries Plus ChinaGhulam Mustafa, Ismail Abd Latif, Said Zamin Shah, Muhammad Khalid BashirThis study mainly contributes to test the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis using panel data for the ASEAN (Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Philippines) countries plus China. Empirical focus of the study is to examine the nexus between CO2 emission, energy consumption and economic growth. While using panel data for 1971-2008 and applying panel co-integration techniques, the emergent findings of the … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 4 · 19 Aug 2016 · 7,856 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractContribution of Remote Sensing in the Estimation of the Populations Living in Areas with Risk of Gully Erosion in Kinshasa (D.R. Congo). Case of Selembao TownshipKayembe wa Kayembe Matthieu, Ngoy Ndombe Alain, Makanzu Imwangana Fils et al.This paper proposes a methodology combining very high spatial resolution satellite image, GIS and field surveys to estimate the number of people living in areas at (high) risk of landslides or gully erosion in Selembao (Kinshasa). It also gives their socio-economic characteristics. Results show that 185,000 out of the 314,699 inhabitants estimated in Selembao (58.3% of the population) live in … …Current Research in Geoscience, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 6 Jun 2016 · 8,612 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Scheme Design of Cloud + End Technology in Demand Side ManagementLeijiao Ge, Xiandong XuDemand Side Management (DSM) plays an important role in Smart Grid. It has large scale access points, massive users, heterogeneous infrastructure and dispersive participants. Moreover, cloud computing which is a service model is characterized by resource on-demand, high reliability and large scale integration and so on and the game theory is a useful tool to the dynamic economic phenomena. In … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 4 · 29 Nov 2015 · 7,493 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNature of Price Adjustment and Market Integration among Stages in Cassava Value Addition Chain in Southern NigeriaSunday B. Akpan, Glory E. Emmanuel, Inimfon V. PatrickAgricultural price behaviour in the long run depends on several factors ranging from the socio-economic, environmental and political environment among others. This study tested for the long run price adjustment mechanism between the producer price of raw cassava in the rural market and retailed price of its derivatives in urban market in the Southern region of Nigeria. The study was … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 14 Oct 2015 · 7,721 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIslamic Finance Development and Economic Growth Nexus: The Case of the United Arab Emirates (UAE)Abdelghani Echchabi, Dhekra AzouziIslamic Banking presently knows a great success and new Islamic banks are opening every day all over the world. This Shari’ah (It is the bod of Islamic law, it literally means “way” or “path”) compliant banking is expected to withstand the financial crises and to enhance economic growth. In this paper, the purpose is to analyse the relationship between Islamic … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 11 Aug 2015 · 7,304 accessesView PDF Cite