This article defines the origin of an internet-centered language assessment (ICLA), how ICLAs are different from the other traditional computer-oriented tests, and what uses and functions ICLAs have in different taxonomies of language testing. After a very short review of computer- oriented testing, ICLAs are defined and categorized in low-tech or high tech categories. Since low-tech tests are ...

Based on two sub-samples of SMEs: i) 135 high-tech SMEs; and ii) 330 non high-tech SMEs, using panel data models and the two-step estimation method, this study investigates if the capital structure decisions of high-tech SME and non high-tech SMEs are closer to what is predicted by Pecking Order Theory, or if they are closer to what is predicted by Trade-Off Theory. The results suggest that the...

Randolph H. Wynne, Ralph Amateis, Christine Blinn, John McGee, Phil Radtke, Rupesh Shrestha, Valerie Thomas, Jessica Walker Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Tech; Buck Kline, Virginia Department of Forestry; Gene Yagow, Biological Systems Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Virginia Tech; Paige Baldassaro, C...