In recent years, Jilin’s FDI(foreign direct investment) has grown faster, the amount of investment has been increasing, investing industries have presented variety, investing districts have been a steady expansion. Jilin province fostered a lot of powerful and large-scaled enterprise groups in three pillar industries--automobile industry, petrochemical industry and agricultural products process...

The degree of offshore outsourcing in the high-tech industries has increased rapidly in past decades. Because of this trend, economists have been debating whether offshore outsourcing is hollowing out U.S. high-tech firms’ core competencies in intangibles. To contribute to the debate, I first develop a forward-looking profit model and use Compustat dataset to measure the capital stock and depre...

The fresh leaves and stems of Ilex paraguariensis (Aquifoliaceae) (green maté) are industrialized to prepare the commercial product named “yerba mate” used in South America as a tea-like beverage. It is exported to the US, Europe and Asia as vegetal drug or extracts used in complementary and alternative medicine and in formulations for functional foods. The aims of this study were: a) to evalua...

Background: Neuromarketing ethical issues are debatable from two perspectives:  First, the effect that ethics has on consumer behavior through sensory, emotional, and emotional foundations of neuromarketing. Second, there are challenges in using neuromarketing and the need to codify ethical standards. The purpose of this study was to present a model of ethical dimensions of neuromarketing to at...

Supply chain management clusters are geographic concentrations of three or more companies directly involved in the upstream and downstream flows of products, services, finances and/or information from a source to a customer. Clusters extend downstream to channels and customers, as well as laterally to manufacturers of complementary products. They also extend to companies in industries related b...

context: vomiting is one of the most prevalent side effects of chemotherapy in cancer patients. aims: the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of ginger plant on chemotherapy-induced vomiting, since the previous studies were somehow imperfect and have provided controversial results. materials and methods: this randomized double-blind placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted on 80...

The exponential population growth will put great pressure on natural resources, agriculture, energy systems and waste production. New business models innovative technological approaches are necessary to tackle these challenges achieve the transition targets set by European Commission. Renewable technologies processes such as solar photovoltaic, thermal anaerobic co-digestion have become a subje...