When an econometric structural equation includes two endogenous variables and their coefficients are normalized so that their sum of squares is 1, it is natural to express them as the sine and cosine of an angle. The Limited Information Maximum Likelihood (LIML) estimator of this angle when the error covariance matrix is known has constant variance. Of all estimators with constant variance the ...

the purpose of this research is to consider the relationship between enterprise intelligence, attractiveness and banks’ internal capabilities with their competitiveness. research method is descriptive-correlative with structural equation model. statistical community includes all managers and employees in various branches of ilam provincial public (governmental) banks, totally 1800 subjects. by ...

1. Structural equations modeling: Fit Indices, sample size, and advanced topics (130) Dawn Iacobucci This article is the second of two parts intended to serve as a primer for structural equations models for the behavioral researcher. The first article introduced the basics: the measurement model, the structural model, and the combined, full structural equations model. In this second article, ad...

this study aims to design the management model and planning of career promotion path in the employees of tehran bank mellat branches. the research method is descriptive and survey that was conducted by correlational and structural equations modeling. the statistical population (n=200) of the study included all employees of twenty branches in tehran's bank mellat who were selected as the sa...

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...

original article   emotional intelligence (ei) has been subject of significant amounts of literature over the past two decades. however, little has been contributed to how emotional intelligence may be practically applied to enhance both accident prevention program and general health in workplaces. purpose of this paper is to survey relationship among these variables in working society of iran ...