This paper extends existing research on firm heterogeneity by exploring whether differences in firm performance characteristics may in part be related to the gender of the proprietor of the firm. Using a data set of Irish manufacturing firms covering the period 1993 to 2002, we estimate multivariate regression models comparing the performance of female-owned and male-female joint ownership firm...

Article History Received: 7 September 2017 Revised: 21 September 2017 Accepted: 28 September 2017 Published: 5 October 2017

This paper investigates some of the man~estations and major forces driving the emergence of the new economy. A model of the virtual enterprise is proposed and investigated in the context of a virtual industry value chain. The transition to the virtual economy is definitely technology driven but is also shaped by social, economic, institutional forces. As such, it raises a number of significant ...

Our current study investigated how workplace social capital (WSC) mediates and moderates the associations between adverse work characteristics and psychological distress among Japanese workers. We collected cross-sectional data (N=9,350) from a baseline survey of an occupational Japanese cohort study. We focused on individual WSC and considered job demands/control, effort/reward, and two types ...

With the method of theoretical analysis, this thesis, systematically analyzed the limitations of the present theory of accounting in recycle economy and the reasons for that, analyzed the characteristics of accounting in recycle economy, and, according to the internal demand of recycle economy, put forward brand new development orientation of theory of accounting that would be suitable for recy...

OBJECTIVES We aimed to review how personality characteristics contribute to the onset, maintenance or modulation of fibromyalgia. METHOD The databases Medline and PsychINFO were examined from 1967 to 2012 to identify studies that investigated associations between fibromyalgia and personality. Search terms included fibromyalgia and personality, trait psychology, characteristics and individual ...

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People are exposed to persuasive communication across many different contexts: Governments, companies, and political parties use persuasive appeals to encourage people to eat healthier, purchase a particular product, or vote for a specific candidate. Laboratory studies show that such persuasive appeals are more effective in influencing behavior when they are tailored to individuals' unique psyc...