This article studies the variables of entrepreneurship at regional (countries) level proposed by Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) in its periodic global reports. response to suggestions and concerns various authors is related need analyze theoretical foundation used GEM. The validity reliability GEM data for scientific study are also analyzed. Finally, potential manage country studied. Dat...

There is a gap in the literature of strategic investment decision making (SIDM) concerning links between context variables, infrastructure and SIDM practices (or styles) developing countries. This research aims to fill that gap. Survey data (N = 128) from manufacturing companies listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange was collected via an e-mailed questionnaire visits companies. Data are analyzed wit...

Inter-rater reliability (IRR), which is a prerequisite of high-quality ratings and assessments, may be affected by contextual variables, such as the rater’s or ratee’s gender, major, experience. Identification heterogeneity sources in IRR important for implementation policies with potential to decrease measurement error increase focusing on most relevant subgroups. In this study, we propose fle...

This study investigated senior dental students' plans to provide care to underserved racial/ethnic minority populations. Three sets of determinants were analyzed: contextual environment, community-based dental education (CBDE), and student characteristics. We analyzed data from the ADEA Survey of Dental School Seniors and administrative data sources to construct contextual variables. Multivaria...

The aim of this study was to describe malocclusion prevalence and its association with individual and contextual factors among Brazilian 12-year-old schoolchildren. This cross-sectional study included data from an oral health survey carried out in Goiânia, Brazil (n = 2,075), and data from the files of the local health authority. The data were collected through oral clinical examinations. The D...

In this paper, we present an explicit substitution calculus which distinguishes between ordinary bound variables and meta-variables. Its typing discipline is derived from contextual modal type theory. We first present a dependently typed lambda calculus with explicit substitutions for ordinary variables and explicit meta-substitutions for meta-variables. We then present a weak head normalizatio...