The aim of this paper is twofold. First, to extend Hodges’ model of relationships between financial planning for retirement with psychosocial variables to predict both objective and subjective measures of financial planning. Second, to apply that model to a representative sample of immigrants in Europe provided by the first wave of SHARE study. Data from 1272 immigrants in Europe were obtained ...

application of modern irrigation and drainage canals for efficient use of water resources is necessary. thus , identifying the factors influencing farmers ’ attitudes toward participation in irrigation and drainage projects (idp) is essential. the purpose of this study is to identify factors affecting attitude toward participation in idp in syakh darenjan, fars province , iran. stratified rando...

This study investigates the relationship between market orientation, intellectual capital, and new product success, and integrates the internal and external views to examine the effects of market orientation and intellectual capital on new product success. Travel agencies within the Taiwan tourism industry were targeted. A questionnaire was mailed to 1000 agencies, yielding 182 valid survey ins...

A theoretical framework model that researches the interrelationship of organizational innovation, organizational performance and dynamic core competence of enterprise (DCCE) is proposed on the foundation of the analysis of measure dimensions which include four oriented organizational innovations and the four sub-core capabilities of DCCE and the three levels of variables of performance. By usin...

The concept of livable city was put forward naturally and began to gain more attention when people care more about human needs during the economic development. In this paper, we define a livable city as an urban area takes the residents’ demand as first priority. It has a pleasant ecological environment, a mature community with rich public resources such as culture, transportation and medical s...

literature proves the importance of the process role in the effectiveness of virtual research and development (R&D) teams for new product development (NPD). However, the factors that make process construct in a virtual R&D team are still unclear. The manager of virtual R&D teams for NPD does not know which items of process should be used. To address the gap and answer the question, the study pr...