Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: HASAN AKYER Author-Name-First: HASAN Author-Name-Last: AKYER Author-Email: hakyer@pau.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY Author-Name: ZEHRA DURAK Author-Name-First: ZEHRA Author-Name-Last: DURAK Author-Email: ztasci@pau.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: PAMUKKALE UNIVERSITY Title: Optimal Production Planning for Organic Agriculture Products: A Case Study of Turkey Abstract: Agricultural sector that has gained importance in the world. Agriculture field is critically important for the economy of every country. Countries accompany different agricultural production strategies in different regions in accordance with their priorities. The population of the world is rapidly increasing so, the need for food is also increasing. Nowadays, organic planting become a popular topic in the world. Organic agricultural production provide healthier food and more environmentally production system. In this study, a production planning model was developed based on Mean-Variance Model for the production of vegetables in Turkey, which has a significant agricultural production potential for the Aegean region. This study gives as a guide way to the manufacturers for the cultivation plans in future seasons. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 1-1 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=001&rid=9704 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209704 Classification-JEL: A10 Keywords: Agriculture Economy, Organic Production, Agricultural Planning Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209704 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: LATIFAH AMIN Author-Name-First: LATIFAH Author-Name-Last: AMIN Author-Email: nilam@ukm.edu.my Author-Workplace-Name: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA Title: PREDICTORS OF PUBLIC ATTITUDE TOWARDS GENETICALLY MODIFIED MOTHER?S MILK Abstract: In the 21st century, many women played a dual role as working women and mothers. Breast feeding has been a problem for many working mother due to lack of privacy and adequate time in the working place. Genetically modified (GM) mother?s milk could provide an alternative to human breast milk and formula milk for babies, but GM food has often been criticised. The purpose of this study is to identify the relevant factors influencing public attitude to mother?s milk produced in genetically modified (GM) cows and to analyze the relationships among all the factors using structural equation model. A survey was carried out on 434 respondents from various stakeholder groups in the Klang Valley region of Malaysia. Results of the survey have confirmed that public attitudes towards complex issues such as GM mother?s milk should be seen as a multi-faceted process. The most important direct predictors for the encouragement of GM mother?s milk are the specific application-linked variables: perceived risks, perceived benefits and familiarity of GM mother?s milk as well as two general attitude variables: general promise of modern biotechnology and societal value. Encouragement of GM mother?s milk also involves the interplay between other factors such as threatening natural order of things, the need for labelling, the need for patenting and confidence on regulation. The research findings serve as a useful database for understanding the social construct of public acceptance of GM foods in developing country. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 2-2 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=002&rid=8831 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208831 Classification-JEL: D12, C39 Keywords: Public attitude, predictors, GM mother?s milk, structural equation modelling Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208831 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Nipun Bansal Author-Name-First: Nipun Author-Name-Last: Bansal Author-Email: nipunbansal@dtu.ac.in Author-Workplace-Name: Delhi Technological University Author-Name: Mukul Sachdeva Author-Name-First: Mukul Author-Name-Last: Sachdeva Author-Email: mklsachdeva@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: DTU Author-Name: Tanisha Mittal Author-Name-First: Tanisha Author-Name-Last: Mittal Author-Email: mittaltanisha27@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: DTU Title: Breaking Audio Captchas for IRCTC Booking Automization Abstract: CAPTCHAs are computer generated tests in the form of images, audios and object recognition that world can communicate easily and computer systems cannot. Internet sites present users with captchas to set apart human users from false computer programs, often referred to as bots. Their purpose is to obstruct attackers from performing automatic registration, online polling and other such actions. IRCTC, being the website to reserve tickets for Indian railways, one of the biggest railway network, has also employed both image and audio captchas for security purposes. However, the audio captchas used on the website are not effective in distinguishing between humans and bots. Most of the visual CAPTCHAs and some audio CAPTCHAs on different websites have been cracked using various methods of machine learning and we propound an identical idea to examine the security of audio CAPTCHAs on IRCTC website. In this paper, we show that our bot is able to break the IRCTC audio captchas with a success rate of 98%, 96.04% and 80.3% using three different models. Along with breaking the captcha, another python script written by us was able to automate the process of ticket booking. Thus, combining all of it into a single package could result in a system which would login and reserve tickets only by a single click. Travel brokers can easily use such a system for easy and fast booking of tatkal tickets which would lead to commercializing this activity for deriving huge profit from needy travelers. Length: 14 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 3-16 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=003&rid=9601 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209601 Classification-JEL: L86, C80, D85 Keywords: Audio Captchas, Automatic Speech Recognition, IRCTC, Security, MFCC, Deep Learning Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209601 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Mbembe Binda Author-Name-First: Mbembe Author-Name-Last: Binda Author-Email: bindael@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: University of Rwanda Title: The Attraction of Foreign Direct Investment in the East African Community: A Two-edged Sword for Equitable Economic Development Abstract: Created in 1999, the East African Community (EAC) is regional integration community constituted by six sub-Saharan countries, i.e. Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. One of the purpose of this integration is the promotion of equitable economic development of its member states through the attraction of foreign direct investment. However, although all EAC member states are developing countries, there exist deep discrepancies between their economies regarding key investment determinants such as their economic productivity, human capital, infrastructure, and normative framework. Despite these discrepancies, the member states have adopted a common market consecrating the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital. Yet, according to well tested New Economic Geography theory, a common market between highly asymmetric economies tend to cause agglomeration of FDI in the territories of the common market?s member states that present the best comparative advantage in terms of FDI determinants. Accordingly, only one or two EAC member states will end up reaping all the benefits of the common market in attracting the majority of FDI. This would definitely jeopardize the attainment of the EAC goal to reach an equitable distribution of FDI between its members states. As a consequence, the worse-off member states would be tempted to defect from the regional integration, which might lead to the collapse of the EAC just as it already happened in 1964 and in 1977 against the background of economic imbalances claims between member states.This paper takes this threat seriously and examines which legal and institutional framework is needed to mitigate the divisive nature of FDI in the EAC. It is postulated that partial transfer of competence on investment from the member states to a central body within the EAC in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity would effectively address the side effects of an intra-EAC competition for FDI attraction. But to be successful, this must be done within the framework of a robust common investment policy that the member states have to adopt. Otherwise, instead of being the wished catalyst of equitable economic development of the EAC member states, FDI is highly likely to rather become the trigger of a fatal intra-EAC competition. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 17-17 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=004&rid=9317 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209317 Classification-JEL: F15, K33, K29 Keywords: regional integration, common market, foreign direct investment, east african community Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209317 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Esref Bogar Author-Name-First: Esref Author-Name-Last: Bogar Author-Email: ebogar@pau.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Pamukkale University Author-Name: Selami Beyhan Author-Name-First: Selami Author-Name-Last: Beyhan Author-Email: sbeyhan@pau.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Pamukkale University Title: Parameter Optimization for Extremum Seeking Control of Antilock Braking System Abstract: This paper presents a parameter tuned Extremum Seeking Control (ESC) which is utilized for control of antilock breaking system (ABS). Extremum seeking control (ESC) is a purely based on output feedback without the need for a plant model. However, the design challenge of ESC lies in deciding the values of the amplitude of the perturbation signal, the frequency of the perturbation signal, the cut-off frequency of the high-pass filter, the cut-off frequency of the low-pass filter and the integrator gain. In the present paper, the filter parameters are optimized based on the well-known meta-heuristic optimization algorithms such as Jaya Algorithm (JA), Genetic Algorithm (GA), Sine-Cosine Optimization Algorithm (SCA) and Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (PSO). The designed ESC controllers are applied to control of antilock breaking system for possible performance comparisons. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 18-18 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=005&rid=9688 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209688 Classification-JEL: C61 Keywords: Extremum Seeking Control, Optimization, Antilock Braking System, Metaheuristics Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209688 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Kuan-Yang Chen Author-Name-First: Kuan-Yang Author-Name-Last: Chen Author-Email: kuanyang@ntunhs.edu.tw Author-Workplace-Name: National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences Author-Name: Chih-Hui Hsiao Author-Name-First: Chih-Hui Author-Name-Last: Hsiao Author-Email: chihhui@mail.ncyu.edu.tw Author-Workplace-Name: National Chiayi University Author-Name: Po-Yuan Chen Author-Name-First: Po-Yuan Author-Name-Last: Chen Author-Email: boyuan929@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: National Dong Hwa University Author-Name: Cheng-Fei Lee Author-Name-First: Cheng-Fei Author-Name-Last: Lee Author-Email: fei1999@hotmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Shih Chien University, Kaohsiung Campus Title: The relationships among different types of market knowledge, ambidextrous learning, and different types of innovations Abstract: In the knowledge economy era, both academia and industry alike have been focused on the impact of market knowledge on innovation performance. However, research addressing the inconsistencies in empirical findings about its impact (such as a negative or insignificant affect) is scarce. Moreover, ambidexterity (exploratory learning/exploitative learning) is one of the central topics in knowledge management. This article marks the first endeavor to adopt the knowledge-based theory and the ambidextrous learning perspective, attempt to create a theoretical framework of knowledge-learning-innovation, and thoroughly examine related causal relationships between different dimensions of the constructs. The empirical results demonstrated the following: market knowledge depth directly and positively impacts process innovation and product innovation; market knowledge breadth indirectly and positively impacts process innovation and product innovation; and there is no significant difference in the effects of the two types of knowledge on the two types of innovation performance. Ambidextrous learning directly and positively affects process innovation and product innovation; ambidextrous organizational learning mediates the effect of market knowledge breadth on process innovation and product innovation, and this mediating effect is more pronounced with exploitative learning; ambidextrous organizational learning does not mediate the effect of market knowledge depth on both types of innovation performance. Length: 18 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 19-36 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=006&rid=8758 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208758 Classification-JEL: M10 Keywords: market knowledge (depth and breadth), ambidextrous learning, process innovation, product innovation Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208758 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Li-Chiou Chen Author-Name-First: Li-Chiou Author-Name-Last: Chen Author-Email: lichiou2001@yahoo.com.tw Author-Workplace-Name: Yuan Ze University Title: So Ugly! User Experience of LINE?s Ugly e-Stickers Abstract: LINE is the most popular and frequently used communication software in Taiwan, and its e-sticker function is a user favorite. In early 2016, a trend of ?ugly e-stickers? suddenly developed on LINE and the Internet. These e-stickers are drawn in the style of children?s graffiti, consisting of simple lines, and present a ?childlike? appearance without any particular design. This particular form resulted in a new style of e-sticker. This kind of e-sticker is different from the commonly pleasing impression of e-stickers and even reaches the point of being considered ?ugly? in traditional visual perception. It has also overturned the idea of ?needing a skillset to submit e-stickers.? To understand this particular phenomenon, this study explored user experience and conducted a questionnaire survey based on the Technology Acceptance Model to understand the users? experience in using ugly e-stickers and explore their motivation and intention behind using ugly e-stickers. The study found that ugly e-stickers are more popular among young and outgoing users, as well as those who frequently use communication software. Factors that affect the attitude of users toward using ugly e-stickers include the general view of ugly e-stickers and whether these e-stickers are user-friendly and practical. Comments made by others about ugly e-stickers and the popularity of such e-stickers are factors that affect the motivations of users to use e-stickers. Length: 15 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 37-51 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=007&rid=8882 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208882 Classification-JEL: Z00 Keywords: LINE, ugly e-stickers, user experience, Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208882 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Andy Cheng Author-Name-First: Andy Author-Name-Last: Cheng Author-Email: andycheng@hsmc.edu.hk Author-Workplace-Name: Hang Seng Management College Title: Crypto-currency: Implication for Regulatory Governance Abstract: Crypto-currency trading and Fintech innovations unlocked by blockchain have caught global regulators? attention for the past few years. Crypto-currency or digital asset management and value exchange are growing fast in the virtual market spaces. Officials in charge of oversight for the marketplace are now at a crossroads where regulators need to decide whether to isolate, to regulate, or to integrate crypto-currency into the new financial ecosystem. This study looks at the implication of the development in crypto-currency for regulators.The term ?crypto-currency? refers to digital currencies which based on cryptographic technologies or encryption algorithms to monitor the generation of units and transmission verification. For some crypto-currencies, there are upper limit on the number of units can be issued. However, crypto-currencies can also be generated without such limit now. Therefore, it can mimic the money supply dynamic in fiat monetary systems. However, in order to be a new form of money, crypto-currencies have to demonstrate the three basic functions of money. In general, crypto-currencies can function as a store of value. However, in view of limited acceptance in daily transaction, their role serves as medium of exchange is also limited for the time being. Regarding unit of account, owing to their high degree of volatility, this prevents them to be a good unit of account at the moment too.According to a study in April 2018 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), total current global crypto-assets represent a small share of the global financial system. Meanwhile, crypto-currencies may not impose a great challenge to fiat currencies or influence the implementation of national monetary policy. However, in view of the exponential growth on crypto-asset/currency which in term may affect the overall financial stability, the growth in blockchain based currencies starts catching the eye sight of global regulators. IMF reminded that with the growth in the sector, crypto-asset may pose risks to financial stability in the future, so it requires the close monitoring by regulators. In addition, the advancement of digital currency, symbolized by the invention of Bitcoin, makes central banks now go beyond the question of how to regulate crypto-asset. All the above leads to the increasing importance in crypto-currency governance since in the context of crypto-currency, the governance is borderless and decentralized. Anyone can join, maintain and update distributed ledger, which regulators should be vigilant to this blockchain based governance. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 52-52 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=008&rid=9673 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209673 Classification-JEL: G18 Keywords: Crypto-currency; Distributed Ledger Technology; Blockchain Governance Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209673 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Ariadna Ci??ela Author-Name-First: Ariadna Author-Name-Last: Ci??ela Author-Email: ariadnaciazela@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: The Maria Grzegorzewska University Title: Will Human Ingenuity Prevent the Earth from Becoming Unlivable? Young Poles? Beliefs about the Natural Environment Abstract: The aim of the presentation is to share results of a study concerning the beliefs about the natural environment conducted with the use of New Ecological Paradigm Scale (R. Dunlap et al.), which, according to the authors, is a measure of endorsement of a ?pro-ecological? world view and environmental concern. Items in the questionnaire involve such topics as the reality of growth limits, anti-anthropocentrism, the fragility of nature?s balance, rejection of exemptionalism, and the possibility of an ecological catastrophe. The NEP Scale was previously used in different countries, including USA, Mexico, Germany, Czech Republic, Turkey and Brazil. The presented research is one of few extensive studies using the NEP scale that have been pursued in Poland.The study was conducted at various Warsaw universities and other academic centres across Poland in 2016. The results indicate that most participants believe that humans are seriously abusing the environment and the threat of a serious crisis is real. On the other hand, however, they are optimistic about the natural resources and hope that human ingenuity will prevent the disaster. Most participants show rather biocentric than anthropocentric beliefs, including such opinions as ?plants and animals have as much right as humans to exist,? or ?humans don?t have the right to modify the natural environment to suit their needs.? The study was carried out as a part of a larger project, which aim was to examine the respondents? knowledge about the natural environment, their pro-ecological behaviour, and the correlation of the latter with the beliefs measured by the NEP scale. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 53-53 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=009&rid=9654 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209654 Classification-JEL: Keywords: New Ecological Paradigm Scale, natural environment, environmental attitudes, Poland, young Poles Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209654 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Resul Da? Author-Name-First: Resul Author-Name-Last: Da? Author-Email: rdas@firat.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: F?rat University Author-Name: Gurkan Tuna Author-Name-First: Gurkan Author-Name-Last: Tuna Author-Email: gurkantuna@trakya.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Trakya University Title: A simple application for network stegonagraphy Abstract: The Internet has changed the paradigm of traditional circuit switch network largely. The services and applications have been created by the network users themselves. This paradigm shift is one of the main sources of the tremendous success of the Internet. On the other hand, although the Internet has created many new possibilities and opportunities, communication through the Internet is subject to many security risks. In this paper, we propose a simple application to transfer sensitive data securely and present its details. The application we propose secures the exchange of sensitive data by relying on network steganography. When the users input data at the application?s interface, the data is hidden in IP packets before transmission so that it cannot be obtained by malicious users. Since the required libraries are more stable and can be easily found on the Linux platform, the application was developed for the Linux platform. Length: 7 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 54-60 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=010&rid=8458 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208458 Classification-JEL: L86, C88 Keywords: Sensitive data, Data confidentiality, Steganography, Application. Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208458 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: FARUK DAYI Author-Name-First: FARUK Author-Name-Last: DAYI Author-Email: fdayi@kastamonu.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: KASTAMONU UNIVERSITY Author-Name: Ibrahim Yasar GOK Author-Name-First: Ibrahim Yasar Author-Name-Last: GOK Author-Email: ibrahimgok@sdu.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY Author-Name: Tolga ULUSOY Author-Name-First: Tolga Author-Name-Last: ULUSOY Author-Email: tulusoy@kastamonu.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Kastamonu University Title: The Relationship Between Footballer and Head Coach Transfer News and Stock Prices of Sport Clubs Abstract: Sportive performances of sports clubs are closely pursued by investors and the effect of match results on stock prices are widely investigated in the literature. On the other hand, whatever the results of the matches might be, the football players and head coaches affect the game by their physical performances, abilities, intelligence and strategic thinking characteristics. Football players and head coaches are the most important assets of the clubs that they work for. Nevertheless, the impact of transfer news of football players and head coaches on the clubs' stock prices have rarely been studied. We aimed to analyze the effects of transfer news of Trabzonspor (TSPOR: Istanbul), one of the four sports clubs traded in Borsa Istanbul, on stock prices within the scope of this study. The transfers exceeding a capital of 1 million Euros during the period of 2013-2017 were investigated by event study analysis. By analyzing 47 events related to football players and 15 events to head coaches, it was found that the contract news of head coaches had more prominent effects on returns than that of footballers'. Length: 16 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 61-76 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=011&rid=9526 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209526 Classification-JEL: L83, G12, G14 Keywords: Sport clubs, transfer news, stock prices, event study analysis Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209526 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Asl? E. Mert Author-Name-First: Asl? Author-Name-Last: E. Mert Author-Email: amert@ku.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Koç University Title: How are different means of happiness related? Life, job and income satisfaction in Turkey Abstract: This study investigates life (happiness), job and income satisfaction of women and men in paid work according to different demographic and value-based (in terms of the values associated with paid work and income) components, and to the extent they are correlated (findings are derived using the Life Satisfaction Survey (2016) provided by Turkish Statistical Institute). Preliminary descriptive statistics refer to relatively lower income satisfaction levels of women and men in Turkey (46.0 per cent of women and 48.6 per cent of men report that they are ?satisfied? or ?very satisfied? with their income), moderate levels of overall happiness levels (59.1 per cent of women and 59.6 per cent of men report that they are ?happy? or ?very happy? with their lives) and relatively higher levels of job satisfaction (81.0 per cent of women and 80.9 per cent of men report that they are ?satisfied? or ?very satisfied? with their jobs). Spearman's rank correlation coefficients demonstrate that happiness (life satisfaction) levels of women and men in paid work are positively correlated with their job and income satisfaction levels, and there is also a positive correlation between their job satisfaction and income satisfaction levels, all of which are on a weak to moderate level yet statistically significant. For men, the correlation between happiness and job satisfaction has the lowest (yet positive) value, whereas for women the lowest (though positive) value is observed for the relationship between happiness and income satisfaction. For both women and men, the correlation between job satisfaction and income satisfaction has the highest value, which is slightly stronger for women. The findings of this study support the spillover hypothesis, which claims that life and job satisfaction are positively correlated (income satisfaction also being involved in this context) as these components affect each other (Strauser, 2014).Strauser, D. R. (2014). Career development, employment, and disability in rehabilitation: From theory to practice. Springer Publishing Company.Turkish Statistical Institute. (2016). Life satisfaction survey. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 77-77 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=012&rid=8520 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208520 Classification-JEL: A14, J28, J01 Keywords: Sociology of Happiness, Sociology of Economics, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, gender and happiness, income satisfaction, happiness, well-being, spillover hypothesis Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208520 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Susara Johanna Ferreira Author-Name-First: Susara Johanna Author-Name-Last: Ferreira Author-Email: 23261048@nwu.ac.za Author-Workplace-Name: North West University Title: The influence of demographic factors on South African investors' life satisfaction Abstract: Satisfaction with life is not always a set concept and may vary according to the demography of investors. Demographical factors can classify investors into various categories of life satisfaction, which can ultimately impact investment decisions. The level of life satisfaction can influence investment by causing a deviation between expected and actual investment choices. Gender can be grouped between males and females with different investment decisions based on each group?s satisfaction with life. The aim of this study is to determine the satisfaction with life of investors considering their gender, age group, ethnicity, income group and marital status. The results of the study show that male investors are more likely to have a positive life satisfaction and make optimistic investment choices compared to female investors. Investors who are older than 50 years of age, married or earn more than R700 000 annually are more likely to have a positive life satisfaction and make more optimistic investment choices, while investors with a negative life satisfaction are more likely to make pessimistic investment choices. Length: 13 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 78-90 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=013&rid=8647 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 6408647 Classification-JEL: G00, M50, G29 Keywords: Satisfaction with life, investors, demographic factors, investment choices Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:6408647 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Fredj Fhima Author-Name-First: Fredj Author-Name-Last: Fhima Author-Email: ffhima@yahoo.fr Author-Workplace-Name: Institute of Higher Economic Studies ? University of Sousse Title: Corruption, Banking Stability and Economic Growth in the MENA Region Abstract: The positive relationship between well-functioning banking systems and economic growth is both empirically evidenced and theoretically underpinned with advances in endogenous growth theory. This issue again attracts attention since the financial crisis of 2008. Recent works highlight that banking and financial performance does not depend only on factors specific to the financial system; it is also affected by the quality of institutions. As policy makers battle to establish the good institutional environment for stable banking activity providing more effective intermediation of capital, corruption may prove a major hindrance. It may drive some borrowers such as small firms without bank connections to drop investment with positive impact and thus reducing their growth, while borrowers with such ties may have easier access to funding. The supply of funds to banks? connected parties may be associated with higher default rates and lower average recovery rates than non-connected ones, which could therefore destabilize the banking system. In as much as the stability of the banking system is a basis of economic stability and an important pre-condition for sustained growth it is a core objective for economic regulators and supervisors. This paper explores the impact of corruption on the stability of the banking sector and thereby on economic growth, using an unbalanced panel of aggregate data from 17 countries in the Middle Est and North Africa (MENA) region over the period 2008-2015. This region proves relevant upon several grounds. In fact, the key anti-corruption indexes show very high corruption levels in many countries across the region compared to global averages. Furthermore, in 2011 some MENA countries experienced upheavals, the Arab Spring that was partially driven by the demand to stop corruption. However, interim governments, continuing conflict, prevailing nepotistic networks and uncertain political futures still characterize many of these countries; effects of the 2011 events on the scope and nature of corruption in this region are unclear, making very appealing the studies addressing corruption challenges in MENA countries in pursuit of stability and growth in this region. Estimating the various models with the three-stage least squares (3SLS) estimator assess for direct and indirect impact of corruption upon banking stability and economic growth, respectively. According to estimates, corruption favors the occurrence of non-performing loans and deteriorates the stability of banks. Corruption has an indirect and negative effect on economic growth: it harms economic growth by taxing private investment and encouraging the flow of capital towards non-productive uses. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 91-91 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=014&rid=9472 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209472 Classification-JEL: D73, G21, O47 Keywords: Banking Stability; Corruption; Economic Growth; MENA Region; Non-Performing Loans Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209472 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Atulan Guha Author-Name-First: Atulan Author-Name-Last: Guha Author-Email: atulanguha@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: Indian Institute of Management Kashipur Title: Sectoral Structure of Indian Growth: Could Kaldor Explain It? Abstract: The GDP growth structure of India is dominated by the growth in service sector. Kaldor has argued that the sector that has the strongest capital accumulation and technical progress and input-output linkages with the rest of the economy should play the role of growth driver. Since, Indian sectoral growth structure is dominated by service sector it is expected that it should have the strongest backward and forward linkages with the rest of the economy and should have strongest capital accumulation and highest productivity growth. This paper argues through empirical evidences that service sector in India does not fulfil these criteria and hence, Kaldor?s theory is inadequate to explain sectoral structure of the Indian growth. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 92-92 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=015&rid=9711 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209711 Classification-JEL: O14, O53, O40 Keywords: Growth, Services, India, productivity Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209711 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: abe Harraf Author-Name-First: abe Author-Name-Last: Harraf Author-Email: abe.harraf@unco.edu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Northern Colorado - Monfort Collge of Business Title: Business Ecosystems and Innovation Abstract: The concept of Business Ecosystems has become a topic that has received increased attention within management literature and amongst practitioners. This concept refers to the idea that the nature of competition within our contemporary economy has fundamentally changed. No longer do organizations compete with one another in a zero-sum game. Today, organizations are simultaneously collaborating and competing with one another in order to co-create value, co-evolve capabilities with one another, and develop innovations in a more effective, timely and efficient manner. Although this concept has been praised for its ability to create value and share that value amongst ecosystem members, including customers, little research has been conducted to investigate the potential drawbacks of this new form of competition. This paper identifies that business ecosystems can have negative effects on innovation and competition as they develop oligopolistic market structures. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 93-93 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=016&rid=8527 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208527 Classification-JEL: O31 Keywords: Business Ecosystems, Keystone organizations, innovation, Oligopoly Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208527 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Grace Phan-Athiroj Henderson Author-Name-First: Grace Phan-Athiroj Author-Name-Last: Henderson Author-Email: g.phan-athiroj@city.westernsydney.edu.au Author-Workplace-Name: Western Sydney University Title: Exploitation of labour: Being forced or willingness to accept? Abstract: In 2015, it was revealed that 7-Eleven convenience stores, an American convenience store chain, in Australia did not pay their employees based on the national minimum wage rate. The Federal Circuit Court also fined a 7-Eleven convenience store?s owner for underpayments more than $340,290 after he was found that he had an outstanding payment to 12 staff for more than $82,000 (Cartwright 2016). Fair Work Ombudsman (2017) mentioned that the penalties for falsifying financial records to conceal the underpayments and short-changing workers topped $1 million in 2017. This wage scandal was the most significant Australian employment law scandal as those convenience stores owed their employees approximately between $25 million and $50 million (McCauley & AAP 2016). More interestingly, there was no record that those convenience stores? owners disregarded the employment law due to poor cash flow, they were instead motivated by the profits gained from the underpayments (Fair Work Ombudsman 2017). The qualitative content analysis was then used to investigate further as to why international students were the main targeted group. The research outcome shows that international students in Sydney, Australia were the victims of the wage scandal because they were willing to work with underpayments. Many students indicated that due to the high living costs in Australia, particularly in Sydney, accepting employment with underpayments could help them have more savings from paying less tax to pay their tuition fees, and not to be in the breach of their visa conditions. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 94-94 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=017&rid=9730 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209730 Classification-JEL: J30 Keywords: Exploitation of labour, underpayments, international students, employment law, Australia Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209730 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Hanan Ishaque Author-Name-First: Hanan Author-Name-Last: Ishaque Author-Email: hananishaque@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Alpen-Adria University Klagenfurt Title: Evaluating the implicit cost of CO2 abatement with renewable energy incentives in Pakistan Abstract: The use of renewable energy (RE) sources contributes to the sustainable development goals of climate change mitigation and access to clean and affordable energy. To diversify the electricity mix, reduce reliance on fossil-fuels and abate powers sector CO2 emissions, the Government of Pakistan developed a policy to incentivize RE deployment by offering upfront feed-in tariffs (FIT). This paper attempts to estimate the cost of CO2 emission abatement with RE incentives for solar and wind power plants for the period 2015-2020. The implicit cost of CO2 abatement defined as the ratio of net cost of RE to CO2 emissions avoided is estimated to be $116/tCO2 for wind and $78/tCO2 for solar power. The payment to generators guaranteed by FITs is a major determinant and explains the difference between the implicit abatement costs of solar and wind power. These estimates, however, are sensitive to the resources displaced by RE and the fuel prices. This study provides a framework to the policymakers for analysis of RE incentives recognizing the dynamic nature of the abatement cost metric and discusses policy implications in the light of the results. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 95-95 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=018&rid=9672 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209672 Classification-JEL: C54, E60, O13 Keywords: CO2 abatement cost, renewable energy, feed-in tariff, Pakistan Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209672 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Lado Jibuti Author-Name-First: Lado Author-Name-Last: Jibuti Author-Email: ladojibuti@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Author-Name: Amiran Bibilashvili Author-Name-First: Amiran Author-Name-Last: Bibilashvili Author-Email: amiran.bibilashvili@tsu.ge Author-Workplace-Name: Iv.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Title: Low-temperature Technology of Receiving Hf and Y Oxides Abstract: In this work is given low-temperature plasma anodizing and magnetron sputtering technologies of receiving Hf and Y metals oxides, metal-insulator-semiconductor structure based on received oxides and research of oxides electro-physical parameters. Traditional technology of receiving oxide layers is carried out at a high temperature (1300K). High-temperature technological processes result in diffusion of unwanted impurities, increased surface roughness, worsened adhesion and uncontrolled growth of oxide films take place. In addition to the selection of oxides, it is important to decrease their formation temperature. Low temperature (600K) technologies are plasma anodizing and magnetron sputtering technologies, stimulation of which is carried out with ultraviolet (UV) light irradiation directly during formation process of oxide layers. Using abovementioned technology formation temperature of oxide layers decreases and formation rate increases. As a result high quality oxides are received. As a base materials where used p-type Si with specific resistance of 10 Ohm×cm, (100) surface orientation and sapphire wafers with (0001) surface orientation, thickness 400µm. Using C-V method was measured inversion voltage, charge in oxide, dielectric constants and density of energy states in the oxide-semiconductor interface. Using current-voltage characteristic was measured leakage current and x-ray analysis was done.Measurement results showed that received oxides can be used as active layers in memristor. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 96-96 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=019&rid=8876 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208876 Classification-JEL: L63 Keywords: Oxides, plasma anodizing, magnetron sputtering Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208876 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Pierre Joubert Author-Name-First: Pierre Author-Name-Last: Joubert Author-Email: pierrej@vut.ac.za Author-Workplace-Name: Vaal University of Technology Title: PERCEIVED ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT, JOB SATISFACTION AND ORGANISATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR OF SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE OFFICIALS Abstract: The current research study is premised on theoretical frameworks that are embedded in different human behaviour studies, which have been conducted by researchers in the past. The different theories underlying the research will be discussed. This study aims to provide a more complete picture of the Organisational Citizenship Behaviour (OCB), Perceived Organisational Support (POS) and Job Satisfaction (JS), in the South African Police Service (SAPS) and contribute towards cultivating a more professional corps of SAPS officials. A quantitative and descriptive research method was used to investigate a sample size of 300 police officials working at police stations in the Tygerberg Cluster of SAPS. Data was collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire. The reliability and validity were increased by conducting a pre-test and a pilot study prior to the final study. A factor analytic procedure was followed for each of the three constructs. The results of the correlation analysis revealed a negative relationship between POS and OCB and between JS and OCB. The data, however, indicated positive correlations between JS and POS. Findings and recommendations in this study are important to government, SAPS, individual members and commanders as it provides information regarding types of activities and interventions to enhance perceived organisational support, job satisfaction and behaviours associated with organisational citizenship. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 97-97 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=020&rid=9326 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209326 Classification-JEL: M54 Keywords: Organisational support, job satisfaction, organisational citizenship behaviour Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209326 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Minji Kim Author-Name-First: Minji Author-Name-Last: Kim Author-Email: kj3100@hanmail.net Author-Workplace-Name: Inje University Author-Name: Euitay Jung Author-Name-First: Euitay Author-Name-Last: Jung Author-Email: dejet@inje.ac.kr Author-Workplace-Name: Inje University Title: Status and Analyses of Social Economy in Gimhae-si, South Korea Abstract: Social economy has received attention as an inclusive growth model which solves various social problems and at the same time, responds to structural low growth. Especially, it has appeared as an alternative to solve social problems including the high rate of unemployment, job insecurity, and the gap between the rich and the poor as it was selected as one of 100 national agendas for state affairs government projects since the inauguration of the new government. In Korea, people are growing more and more interested in social economy as the legal bases related to social economy including ?the Social Enterprise Promotion Act? in 2007 and ?the Framework Act on cooperatives? in 2012 were prepared. And it has become increasingly important in Gimhae. Gimhae first enacted an ordinance for revitalizing social economy in Gyeongsangsnam-do to do community projects by supporting social enterprises? foundation and development and will first establish a ?social economy support center? in the Yeongnam area. This study tries to analyze the characteristics and support policies of social economy in Gimhae by doing its theory and the general status of its organizations including social enterprises, cooperatives, community-based enterprises, and self-support companies in it. For current social economy of Gimhae, the number of businesses is lower than that of other local governments and it is still at a rudimentary stage despite great efforts to develop it. Therefore, the study tries to provide basic materials of social economy in Gimhae and seek for solutions to develop and revitalize it in the future. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 98-98 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=021&rid=9848 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209848 Classification-JEL: Keywords: Gimhae-si, social economy, policy Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209848 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Rudolf KLEIN Author-Name-First: Rudolf Author-Name-Last: KLEIN Author-Email: rklein@dbq.edu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Dubuque Author-Name: Alina KLEIN Author-Name-First: Alina Author-Name-Last: KLEIN Author-Email: aklein@dbq.edu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Dubuque Title: DECOMPOSING THE INVESTOR SENTIMENT Abstract: This paper analyzes the components of the influential Baker and Wurgler (BW) indices of investor sentiment and their contribution to the volatility of U.S. stock portfolios. Using the Klein ? Chow (2013) symmetric method of variance decomposition, we orthogonalize the five proxies of sentiment (dividend premium, first-day return on IPOs, number of IPOs, closed-end fund discount, and equity share in new issues) and determine the proportions of systematic risk contributed by these measures. We find that even portfolios that show no economically significant contemporaneous or lagged sensitivity to the BW indicators may still exhibit important sentiment risk, which raises serious questions about the validity of some of the proxies or the use of Principal Component Analysis to compute the sentiment indices. For instance, after controlling for the Fama ? French three factors and for momentum, for the time interval 07/1965 ? 12/2014, the first-day return on IPOs explains roughly 9.8 and 19.2 percent of the systematic variance of high 10 ? low 10 (long-short) Fama ? French portfolios formed on variance and on accruals, respectively. For the same interval and portfolios, the overall BW sentiment-levels indicator explains, respectively, 1.7 and 0.0 percent of the systematic risk. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 99-99 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=022&rid=8471 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208471 Classification-JEL: Keywords: Systematic Risk Decomposition, Investor Sentiment, Principal Component Analysis, Fama-French Portfolios Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208471 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Alina Klein Author-Name-First: Alina Author-Name-Last: Klein Author-Email: aklein@dbq.edu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Dubuque Author-Name: Rudolf Klein Author-Name-First: Rudolf Author-Name-Last: Klein Author-Email: rklein@dbq.edu Author-Workplace-Name: University of Dubuque Title: Mean Reversion and Momentum in Central and Eastern European Countries ? A Case Study on Poland and Romania Abstract: There is considerable evidence that both mean reversion and momentum exist in stock prices, especially in well developed countries. We analyze these phenomena for two Central and Eastern European countries that experienced very different transitions from centrally-planned to market economies: Poland and Romania. While being considered an emerging market, Poland?s stock market capitalization increased from 3 percent of GDP in 1995 to about 30 percent in 2017. Romania?s stock market capitalization in the 1990s and early 2000s was less than 6 percent of GDP and only recently increased to about 21 percent. We examine how mean reversion and momentum have affected stock prices in these two very different emerging economies and we find very similar results. For both, the speed at which stocks converge back to their fundamentals (i.e., mean reversion) is much faster than that of the developed markets, with half-lives only slightly greater than 9 months. These results are similar to the ones obtained for the Chinese market (see Wu, 2011), but much shorter than the 3-4 years found for the well-developed economies. We also find that, similarly to the Chinese market, the momentum effect is weak. As a result, in most cases, a strategy combining mean reversion and momentum generates abnormal excess returns only for holding periods of less than 12 months. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 100-100 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=023&rid=8378 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208378 Classification-JEL: G12, G14, P34 Keywords: Transition Economies, Mean Reversion, Momentum, International Asset Pricing Model, Investment Strategies Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208378 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Zandri Koekemoer Author-Name-First: Zandri Author-Name-Last: Koekemoer Author-Email: 20800274@nwu.ac.za Author-Workplace-Name: North West University Title: The influence of demograhic factors on risk tolerance for South African investors Abstract: Financial risk tolerance, which is a known term in the financial world, indicates the amount of risk an investor is willing to tolerate when making investment decisions. Researchers indicate in previous studies that financial risk tolerance could be influenced by demographic factors such as gender, race, age, income and marital status. Hence, it is important to analyse the effect of demographic factors on financial risk tolerance, as it will ultimately affect investment decisions of South African investors. As a result, the aim of this study is to analyse the influence of demographic factors on South African investors? investment decisions. This study can be used as a forecasting tool for South African investment companies to predict risk tolerance levels based on the demographics of their client base. Results from this study indicate that male, African, young investors earning R700 000 and more and who have never been married are more risk tolerant and are willing to invest in high risk portfolios. The results from this study, in a South African context, were similar to previous non-South African studies. Length: 14 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 101-114 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=024&rid=8640 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 6408640 Classification-JEL: J11, G23, G11 Keywords: Risk tolerance, investors, demographics, logistic binary regression, South Africa Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:6408640 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: ABDELMOUNAIM LAHRECH Author-Name-First: ABDELMOUNAIM Author-Name-Last: LAHRECH Author-Email: abdelmounaim.lahrech@buid.ac.ae Author-Workplace-Name: BRITISH UNIVERSITY IN DUBAI Title: The Relation between Trade and Economic Growth A study of the case of Morocco Abstract: The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between trade and economic growth in Morocco with emphasis on both the role of exports and imports using yearly multivariate time series data covering the period from 1975 to 2015. Causality is tested within a vector autoregressive (VAR) framework, first using the augmented VAR model proposed by Toda and Yamamoto (1995) for cointegrated series to perform causality testing as described by Granger (1969), then by using the Vector Error Correction Model (VECM) proposed by Engle and Granger (1987) and analyzing the cointegration, Impulse Response Functions (IRF) and the Factor Error Variance Decomposition (FEVD) of the system. We found a one-way causality between exports and imports, and between Economic growth and Exports. These results re-veal that Morocco Imports are driven by the Exports that create a demand for technology, raw materials and consumable goods. In addition, the results show that Economic growth drives the country?s export, and therefore support the growth-led-exports hypothesis in the case of Morocco. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 115-115 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=025&rid=9757 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209757 Classification-JEL: F43 Keywords: Trade, Economic Growth, Cointegration, Causality, VECM Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209757 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Michael Laubscher Author-Name-First: Michael Author-Name-Last: Laubscher Author-Email: michael.laubscher@nwu.ac.za Author-Workplace-Name: North-West University , South Africa Title: Confidentiality in mediation - what can we learn ? Abstract: Confidentiality is one of the cornerstones of mediation, but it is also one of the great areas of uncertainty of mediation. Although the necessity for confidentiality in mediation is obvious, the application of this vital element of mediation often leads to disparate and sometimes, unwanted, results. Despite advanced legislation and an ever-increasing body of case law, the application of mediation confidentiality still remains as issue. In a country like South Africa where mediation is still , in many ways , in its infancy, it might be prudent to consider the manner and way in which other countries (which have more experience in dealing with this issue) have dealt with mediation confidentiality. The insight that can be gained from doing this, will stand mediation in South Africa in good stead. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 116-116 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=026&rid=8971 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208971 Classification-JEL: Keywords: confidentiality, mediation, South Africa, uncertainty, application, legislation, common law Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208971 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Cindy Sin U Leong Author-Name-First: Cindy Sin U Author-Name-Last: Leong Author-Email: suleong@ipm.edu.mo Author-Workplace-Name: Macao Polytechnic Institute Title: Factors influencing the sleep behavior among the older adults in Macao: a qualitative approach Abstract: The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors contributing to the sleep behavior among the older adults in Macao. As people become older, they may have a difficult time falling asleep and have a more trouble maintaining asleep in comparison to their younger age. Macao has an image of ?healthy city?, since the average life expectancy of people in Macao is 84-year-old for females and 81-year-old for males. From these figures, it may say the sleep behavior is not too bad for the general public, but is it correct? This research study used a qualitative approach to explore and understand the sleep patterns. There were total 60 older adults. All of these older adults lived with family members in the community. Most of them were from two elderly activity centers and society association. The information from the interviewees was transcribed verbatim to convey the interviewees? intended message as accurately as possible. One principal theme that emerged from the study was ?concerns about the living environment?. With better living environment, they had relatively proper sleep behavior. However, if their living environment was not reached the standard, they had quite ?poor? sleep behavior. Unless addressed successfully, this issue can compromise optimal older adults? health and increase the cost of health care sources. Being as health professionals and educators, there is a need to encourage the government to face and solve the problem. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 117-117 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=027&rid=8775 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208775 Classification-JEL: Keywords: sleep pattern, older adults, Macao Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208775 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Thanyani Selby Madzivhandila Author-Name-First: Thanyani Selby Author-Name-Last: Madzivhandila Author-Email: t.madzivhandila@ump.ac.za Author-Workplace-Name: University of Mpumalanga Title: Disaster Management in South Africa: The Irony of Fire Fighting Approach towards Natural Hazards Abstract: The continuous distraction of rural livelihoods activities, loss of lives and displacements of large numbers of rural populations has brought about questioning the applicability of risk and disaster mitigation and management approach implementation in most of developing countries in Southern Africa. The fact that floods are still rendering a huge impact every year in Mozambique, Malawi and even South Africa for example, explains the inadequacy in terms of the ability of these countries to deal with natural hazards. The common explanation of disaster is that its impact causes human, material, economic and environmental losses in such a way that such exceed the ability of the affected communities to cope using their own resources. In other words if the communities which are affected by a natural event has the ability to cope in the aftermath of a hazard, such event would not be regarded as a disaster. That is the occurrence of a hazard does not necessarily lead to a disaster, thus risk and disaster mitigation and management should focus on how communities can be prepared to cope independently during and after a natural hazard has occurred. This paper argue that until appropriate measures are formulated to empower communities to deal with the risk and natural hazards independently, government will always been required to apply a fire fighting approach towards disaster. This paper explores the systems of disaster management in South Africa, looking at its appropriateness, suitability, application and effectiveness. The paper conclude that there is a dare need to formulate proper strategies which are proactive in nature towards dealing with natural events such as drought, heat waves and floods in developing countries such as those Southern Africa. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 118-118 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=028&rid=9081 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209081 Classification-JEL: R11, I30, O13 Keywords: Disaster Management; Natural Hazards, Fire-fighting Approach; South Africa Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209081 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Darya Maoz Author-Name-First: Darya Author-Name-Last: Maoz Author-Email: daryariva@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Hadassah Academic College, Israel Title: Crossing Romantic Borders ? Jewish Female Tourists and Local Arab Men in Sinai Abstract: In 1979, Israel and Egypt signed the Camp David Accords, mandating Israel?s withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula, which had been seized from Egypt in the Six Day War of 1967. Since then Egypt and Israel?s relations have known ups and downs, but have generally remained cold. Many Egyptians hold harsh feelings toward Israel, especially since the second Intifada (an uprising of the Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank) which broke out in September 2000. The same mistrust and negative attitude is also shared by many Israelis toward Egypt. The current study examines the fascinating subject of romantic relations between Israeli-Jewish women tourists and local Arab men in The Sinai Peninsula, a part of Egypt. The only place this special encounter could happen ? against the attitudes of societies and families ? is through tourism, which enables breaking even the strongest walls and let two rival sides live together in the most intimate way.Romantic relations between Jews and Arabs are rare and face obstacles and considerable opposition. In Israel, such relations elicit ?moral panic,? and there is a tendency to criminalize the Arab men and to portray the Jewish women as weak and foolish. Academic attention to mixed-faith relationships in Israel is quite rare and has focused on negative aspects. The current study forms part of a wider research conducted over a period of 14 years (2004?2018) designed to assess the relations and mutual attitudes and perceptions of Israelis and Egyptians using qualitative methods such as fieldwork, participant observation, semi-structured in-depth interviews, and informal conversations with Israeli tourists and Arab hosts. The purpose of the current study is to examine the romantic relations between Israeli-Jewish women and Arab men in a very complex sociopolitical context. Who are these people, how do they perceive their relations, and what are the political and emotional aspects (and implications) of their choices? Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 119-119 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=029&rid=8785 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208785 Classification-JEL: Keywords: Romance tourism; interfaith relations; Qualitative methods; The Arab-Israeli conflict Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208785 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Tsotne Marghia Author-Name-First: Tsotne Author-Name-Last: Marghia Author-Email: t.marghia@iset.ge Author-Workplace-Name: International School of Economics at TSU (ISET) Title: Interdependence between Macroeconomic and Financial Stability Indicators: Macro-Feedback Effect Abstract: Standard stress tests consider only first round effect from macroeconomic variables to financial stability indicators. However, the occurred shocks in banking sector reflect on macroeconomic indicators throughout different transmission mechanisms, such as expectations of economic agents, expected responses of banking sector to increased credit risk and etc. This creates the necessity of expansion and improvement of existing types of models, which will also include second round (macro-feedback) effects. The study explores the dynamic relationship between macroeconomic variables and indicators of financial stability, proving the relevance of considering second-round effects for better policy analysis. This paper develops a macro stress testing model incorporating feedback effects between financial system and the real economy. The study uses VAR approach to analyze various interactions between indicators through Impulse Response Functions (IRFs) and conducts different stress scenarios on exogenous variables. According to empirical results for the case of Georgia, there is significant relationship between real and financial variables, proving the countercyclical nature of NPLs with respect to different estimates of GDP gap. The signs of the impacts are robust with respect to different estimates of GDP gap. However, the magnitude of the effect of change in NPLs on GDP gap and vice versa varies with different estimate of GDP gap. In addition, using historical decomposition of GDP gap, the study shows that the effects of financial variables on variables of real economy differ from each other depending on the observed time interval (pre-crisis or post-crisis). The transmission of the impact goes though ?credit crunch?. The model proves the fact that change in NPL ratio strongly impacts credit growth represented as change in Credit to GDP ratio. At the same time, change in Credit to GDP ratio explain significant part of output gap forecast error and has significant contribution to business cycle fluctuations, strengthening the impact of NPLs and financial stability as a whole on the real economy. The estimated model can be used for generating different scenarios and shocks for improving systemic risk analysis (effect of banking sector?s solvency on real economy) and for providing better policy recommendations. Length: 33 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 120-152 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=030&rid=9716 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209716 Classification-JEL: E37, E44, G17 Keywords: Stress testing, Macro feedback effects, Solvency risk, Non-performing loans, Hodrick-Prescott filter, Kalman filter, Band Pass filter, GDP gap, Macro-financial linkages, Business fluctuations, VAR Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209716 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Orcun Morali Author-Name-First: Orcun Author-Name-Last: Morali Author-Email: orcun.morali@boun.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Bogazici University Author-Name: Neslihan Yilmaz Author-Name-First: Neslihan Author-Name-Last: Yilmaz Author-Email: neslihan.yilmaz@boun.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Bogazici University Title: Analysis of Spatial Dependence in Real Estate Prices: Evidence from an Emerging Market Abstract: Real estate properties are naturally location-fixed, therefore, a spatial dependence is expected. When location-specific factors persist over time, spatial autocorrelation is likely to exist in a hedonic pricing regression. Spatial autocorrelation causes problems in the interpretation of the regression results due to inefficient estimators or complex models. The focus of this study is to identify and test the determinants of spatial dependence in the real estate market. Using a novel data set, our study contributes to the literature as we identify the specific spatial dependence factors through the analysis of different types of housing markets and extend the literature to an emerging market. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 153-153 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=031&rid=9533 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209533 Classification-JEL: G19 Keywords: Real estate, Spatial Autocorrelation, Emerging Markets Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209533 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Jessica Murray Author-Name-First: Jessica Author-Name-Last: Murray Author-Email: murraj@unisa.ac.za Author-Workplace-Name: UNISA Title: The Role of Shame in the Construction of Victim Narratives: A Feminist Literary Analysis of Antjie Krog?s Oeuvre. Abstract: This paper will explore a relatively under researched aspect of victim narratives, namely the role that shame in general, and gendered shame in particular, plays in the construction of these narratives. Although Antjie Krog?s Country of my Skull has received wide local and international attention, the dynamics of shame demand further scholarly attention. I will offer a feminist literary analysis of Krog?s text, in addition to her A Change of Tongue, Begging to be Black and There was this Goat (co-written by Nosisi Mpolweni and Kopano Ratele), through a theoretical rubric of shame studies. In the South African context, victim narratives have become part of the public consciousness through the post-apartheid Truth and Reconciliation Commission Hearings. In the contemporary South African milieu, the gendered and racialized female body is more susceptible to violence than ever before and the emergent victim narratives of women thus deserve additional scholarly scrutiny. It has become a widely accepted reality that gender violence remains severely underreported and women?s victim narratives are thus particularly vulnerable to silencing and elision from public discourses. The very nature of shame, with its impulse to shrink, hide and remain silent, makes this a phenomenon that shapes victim narratives in particularly insidious ways. In order to expose the dynamics of shame and their effects on the construction of victim narratives, I turn to literary texts as these provide a safe space from which to explore issues that are often immensely painful and traumatizing to the women who have been victimized. The prevalence of sexual violence in South Africa, with some of the highest rates of rape in the world, results in fiction writers often attempting to utilize the imaginative space of literary texts to grapple with this uncomfortable social reality. As a feminist scholar, I argue that these texts offer valuable analytical opportunities and I will explore Krog?s oeuvre in order to ascertain the role that shame plays in the construction of South African victim narratives. My analysis will demonstrate that assumptions about ?proper? feminine traits and behaviour are so deeply embedded that shame about perceived deviation from these normative standards goes to the very heart of the construction of victim narratives by both the female characters themselves and the larger societies in which they are located. Length: 9 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 154-162 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=032&rid=8345 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208345 Classification-JEL: Keywords: shame, victim narratives, gender, Antjie Krog Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208345 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Ferdinand Niyimbanira Author-Name-First: Ferdinand Author-Name-Last: Niyimbanira Author-Email: f.niyimbanira@ump.ac.za Author-Workplace-Name: University of Mpumalanga Title: Comparative advantage and Provincial Competitiveness of the main industries in South Africa: An Economic Base Analysis Approach Abstract: Economic disparities across provinces and local municipalities are remarkable in developing countries such as South Africa. Economic development practitioners, policy makers, development planners, investors and business people alike have much to gain from a careful consideration of the economy. It is very important for local and foreign investors to know which industry is more concentrated in a particular area and which is non-existent. The identification of these industries allow investors to carefully take calculated opportunities and for development policy makers to prudently provide the right economic development direction. The main objective of this paper is to offer an empirical investigation of the geographic concentration of the main South African industries. This paper focuses on two economic base analysis techniques namely the location quotient and shift share technique that both seek to examine industrial dis/advantages, structure and competitiveness. The goal of economic base analysis is to uncover and reveal characteristics, strengths, weaknesses and trends that describe a regional economy. In this case, the industry Location Quotient (LQ) is a way of quantifying how concentrated industries are for each province compared to South Africa as a whole. Using data from Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) the paper report the findings over the period of 2012 to 2016. Preliminary key findings indicate that the comparative advantage of agriculture and mining declined between 2012 and 2016 in Mpumalanga, Limpopo and North West, whereas that of utilities, manufacturing improved in Northern Cape, KwaZulu Natal, Free State and Limpopo Provinces has increased. Furthermore, under the dynamic location quotient analysis, the agriculture and mining both have a location quotient in excess of 1.0, but require ?intensive care? in terms of planning and investment as their advantage have declined over time in three out of nine provinces. In addition, in terms of the dynamic location quotient, community services, finance, manufacturing and transport (ranked according to employment size) can be regarded as ?pre-emergent? industries in the Mpumalanga, Gauteng and Western Cape Provinces. In terms of shift share analysis, employment changes due to regional competitiveness were similar to changes due to industrial mix factors experienced in the mining, construction, transport and finance in the Eastern Cape, Mpumalanga and North West Provinces. Overall, the results suggest that policy makers should speed up the construction of large and medium sized industrial enterprises, promoting the development of secondary industry and actively enhance development of the tertiary industry. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 163-163 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=033&rid=9100 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209100 Classification-JEL: R12, J21, B49 Keywords: Employment, economic growth, competitiveness, Location quotient, shift-share analysis Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209100 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Zeynep Ozsut Bogar Author-Name-First: Zeynep Author-Name-Last: Ozsut Bogar Author-Email: zozsut@pau.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Pamukkale University Author-Name: Askiner Gungor Author-Name-First: Askiner Author-Name-Last: Gungor Author-Email: askiner@pau.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Pamukkale University Title: ESTIMATION OF WASTE COMPUTER QUANTITY IN TURKEY BASED ON LOGISTIC MODEL Abstract: Electronic waste or e-waste is one of the fastest growing waste types all over the world due to technological developments, especially affecting the IT based products. When an electrical or electronic product is replaced with a new one at any stage in its life cycle it becomes a potential e-waste. Estimation of e-waste potential is important and valuable to manage e-waste related issues such as e-waste collection, recycling and recovery facility location and capacity decisions, reverse and/or closed-loop supply chain networks design, recycling based operational decisions, and etc. In this study, the effort is specifically dedicated to estimate the waste computers based on the sales data by proposing a logistic model for the case of Turkey. Since consumer behaviors and adoption levels keep on changing with the technological developments, the model provides different scenario based solutions based on various levels of lifespans (base, upper and lower) and carrying capacities (upper, lower). Boundaries of potential quantity of waste computers are determined and a general view is given for this valuable e-waste stream. The study may provide benefit to develop e-waste management systems and more effective practice for estimation of other e-waste types in Turkey. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 164-164 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=034&rid=9689 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209689 Classification-JEL: Q53 Keywords: E-waste, WEEE, Logistic model, Estimation Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209689 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Weng Ian Pang Author-Name-First: Weng Ian Author-Name-Last: Pang Author-Email: wipang@ipm.edu.mo Author-Workplace-Name: Macao Polytechnic Institute Title: An educational intervention program: Improve Self-efficacy on preventive behaviors of internet addiction Abstract: Internet addiction refers to the act addicted to the Internet, over time will become a habit, overuse of the Internet that causes mental, social and physical problems, that is one of the network and social problems common in Macau. Adolescence is a critical period of time and gradually develop independently their personal health behavior stereotypes, their health behaviors and beliefs will form the future lifestyle. Internet users have the opportunity to lead to Internet addiction especially young people and students, more popular social concern. According to the theory of Bandura, self-efficacy of different people that feel, think and act differently. Bandura refers to high self-efficacy of young people appear less deviant behavior. Therefore, establish an educational intervention program to effect of adolescent?s self-efficacy of internet addiction. there enrolled 240 students, from grade 3 of middle schools to grade 3 of senior high school, of 5 schools located in Macau. This study assessed Self-Efficacy and internet addiction in these students using Ralf Schwarzer's General Self-Efficacy Scale, and Chen Internet Addiction Scale. Hopefully, the students are able to improve their self-awake of internet addiction. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 165-165 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=035&rid=8804 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208804 Classification-JEL: Keywords: self-efficacy, internet addiction and adolescent Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208804 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sungwoo Park Author-Name-First: Sungwoo Author-Name-Last: Park Author-Email: cocoruru@naver.com Author-Workplace-Name: Inje University Author-Name: Minji Kim Author-Name-First: Minji Author-Name-Last: Kim Author-Email: kj3100@hanmail.net Author-Workplace-Name: Inje University Author-Name: Euitay Jung Author-Name-First: Euitay Author-Name-Last: Jung Author-Email: dejet@inje.ac.kr Author-Workplace-Name: Inje University Title: An analysis on regulations on graphic warnings on cigarette packs in domestic and overseas non-smoking policies Abstract: As the issue of smoking has gradually been recognized as a social problem in Korea, the government has made efforts to prohibit smoking through direct and indirect contact with smokers by developing non-smoking policies including increases in the prices of cigarettes, bans on smoking in public, active promotions for of the evils of smoking, and operation of smoking cessation clinics. Among various non-smoking policies, a classic example which got the effectiveness in other countries as well as Korea is regulations on cigarette packets. Campaigns to try to stop smoking behaviors have widely been practiced in the world by posting graphic warnings with warnings or damages of smoking on packs of cigarettes and giving smokers warnings about the evils of smoking. Among OECD member countries, the countries which introduced graphic warnings on packs of cigarettes are 18 countries as of 2016. Among them, Canada first introduced them to them in 2001. However, Korea began to make smoking companies write warnings on packs of cigarettes and limit cigarette advertising in 1986 and the introduction of graphic warnings with damages of smoking to packs of cigarettes began from April 2013, which was later than that of other countries.Therefore, this study examines domestic and overseas non-smoking policies and investigates, compares, and analyzes the regulations on packs of cigarettes among them. The study tries to provide basic materials for development of Korean non-smoking policies and seek for the ways to proceed to develop packing design of cigarettes which is most suitable for Koreans. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 166-166 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=036&rid=9847 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209847 Classification-JEL: Keywords: non-smoking policy, cigarette pack, graphic warning Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209847 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Christina Platz Author-Name-First: Christina Author-Name-Last: Platz Author-Email: christina.platz@rmit.edu.au Author-Workplace-Name: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology/ RMIT University Title: The Copyright Crisis: The Social necessity of the Renegotiation of the TPP and the Rise of the CPTPP Abstract: Copyright law is continuously in a crisis, however, on 8 March 2018, a new initiative, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTTP) emerged at the international level in order to aid trade related challenges such as copyright law. The CPTPP agreement was the result of an extensive renegotiation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) that since the US departure in January 2017 had been considered dead in the water. This article considers the reasoning for the renegotiation of the TPP from the perspective of Australian society with focus on copyright law. It utilises the theoretical underpinning of cooperation theory as well as case studies of the Australia-United States Free Trade Agreement (AUSFTA) and the TPP to examine why it was necessary to renegotiate the TPP and significantly cut back on the IP chapter. This article concludes that it was necessary to renegotiate the TPP because it represented the US copyright agenda and failed to satisfy the Australian interests in copyright law and promote the copyright balance. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 167-167 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=037&rid=9052 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209052 Classification-JEL: O30 Keywords: Copyright law, trade agreement, technology, intellectual property Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209052 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Peter Puhek Author-Name-First: Peter Author-Name-Last: Puhek Author-Email: peter.puhek@student.um.si Author-Workplace-Name: University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business Author-Name: Milan Jur?e Author-Name-First: Milan Author-Name-Last: Jur?e Author-Email: milan.jurse@um.si Author-Workplace-Name: University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business Author-Name: Romana Korez-Vide Author-Name-First: Romana Author-Name-Last: Korez-Vide Author-Email: romana.korez@um.si Author-Workplace-Name: University of Maribor, Faculty of Economics and Business Title: SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MARKET COMMUNICATION TOOL IN HEALTHCARE Abstract: Healthcare performance is strongly dependent on the health system and its efficiency. This paper discusses social media as a tool for higher effectiveness of communication among the key healthcare stakeholders ? patients and physicians ? in the period of digital society. Based on the findings of previous research and case study analysis on Slovenian healthcare context, the paper provides a framework of key motives, advantages, risks, personal attributes and contextual factors that influence the use of health-related social media. Together with the proposed key supportive mechanisms the framework is developed into a holistic conceptual model of market communication in healthcare via social media. Length: 22 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 168-189 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=038&rid=9167 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209167 Classification-JEL: H51, I18, M15 Keywords: Market communication, social media, healthcare, health system, Slovenia Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209167 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Toshiyuki Sakabe Author-Name-First: Toshiyuki Author-Name-Last: Sakabe Author-Email: t-sakabe@hus.ac.jp Author-Workplace-Name: Hokkaido University of Science Author-Name: Kate Sato Author-Name-First: Kate Author-Name-Last: Sato Author-Email: sato-ka@hus.ac.jp Author-Workplace-Name: Hokkaido University of Science Title: Making the classroom global with asynchronous inter-cultural communication video exchanges Abstract: There is an increase of inter-cultural communication globally. Yet, Japan is an island country with an English language education system founded on grammar-translation. With limited opportunities to exposure of inter-cultural communication, this puts Japanese students at a disadvantage when learning inter-cultural communication skills. Despite recent government measures to increase communicative language instruction in the L2 classroom in Japan, teachers in the classroom in Japan still need to take action to offer opportunities for their students to communicate in an inter-cultural global community. This presentation explains and examines an asynchronous inter-cultural communication video exchange (ICVE). Two instructors team-teaching one class in one Japanese university (one a native Japanese English teacher, one a native English teacher) created an asynchronous ICVE with two teachers in two different classrooms: one in France, and one in Finland. The aim of the ICVE was to create a platform from which students could deepen inter-cultural understanding while practicing their English language skills. Each of the three participating classrooms were to send and receive four videos over 4 months. To assess the students? learning in the Japanese classroom coursework (evaluations, questionnaires, and presentations) were used. From an interpretivist paradigm a case study approach was taken and qualitative data collected to evaluate the efficacy of the ICVE. This presentation discusses challenges that arose and how they were overcome. It also shares a critical look at the students? opinions to the ICVE and the extent to which the students? perceived their intercultural communication was deepened. The advantages and disadvantages of this ICVE will also be highlighted. This presentation will be of interest to others who are considering establishing their own inter-cultural communication video exchange in their classrooms. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 190-190 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=039&rid=8443 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208443 Classification-JEL: Keywords: Inter-cultural communication, Japan, EFL, case study Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208443 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Sven Olaf Schmitz Author-Name-First: Sven Olaf Author-Name-Last: Schmitz Author-Email: sven83@gmx.net Author-Workplace-Name: Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia Title: Beyond Budgeting - a fair alternative for management control? Examining the relationships between Beyond Budgeting, organizational justice and unethical behaviors. Abstract: The influence of Management Control Systems (MCS) on the social framework of organizations has been discussed in research and practice since the seminal work of Chris Argyris (1953). In this context, the impact of MCS design on unethical behaviors has been of particular interest. To remedy MCS related unethical behaviors some researchers developed Beyond Budgeting (BB) as an alternative MCS approach that is rooted in McGregor?s Theory Y. BB builds on specific MCS characteristics and its proponents claim that these characteristics are capable to reduce MCS related unethical behaviors. However, there has been quite little research on the underlying effect mechanisms of the relationship between the design of MCS characteristics and unethical behaviors. Recent research suggests that the design of MCS characteristics has a significant impact on organizational justice perceptions. Furthermore, organizational justice has been found to be positively correlated with various positive organizational outcomes, particularly trust and behavior. This study tries to contribute to deepen the understanding of the interplay between MCS design, organizational justice and unethical behaviors by applying structural equation modelling to examine these relationships. The results suggest that some MCS characteristics that are part of a BB design have a significant impact on organizational justice perceptions. Moreover, the results also suggest that the enhancement of organizational justice perceptions might finally lead to a reduction of MCS related unethical behaviors. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 191-191 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=040&rid=9683 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209683 Classification-JEL: A13, A14, M14 Keywords: Management control systems; Ethics; Fairness; Justice; Trust; Behavior Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209683 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Amit Sharma Author-Name-First: Amit Author-Name-Last: Sharma Author-Email: amitsharma.ipu@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: University School of Management Studies, GGS Indraprastha University Title: DEMOGRAPHIC AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES IN DIGITAL CONSUMER BEHAVIOR: A STUDY OF INDIAN CONSUMER Abstract: Digital buying behavior is now the most used method by Indian consumer for shopping. Indian consumer who was reluctant and skeptical of online purchases until half a decade ago has taken a major leap towards digital buying. India, being second most populous country in the world is definitely a huge market even if ninety percent of us may not buy products online. This ten percent digital consumers are enough to give big business to companies selling their products online and the selling platforms. Since this explosive digital buying behavior is very recent for India as a digital market, there is urgent need to understand the digital consumer behavior of Indian customer. In this context the present study was conducted to see how consumer with different types of personality and demographic differences differ on their frequency of online purchase, types of products purchased, type of websites preferred to purchase online, preferred mode of payment, attraction of online offers, and reasons to prefer online purchase over traditional go market behavior. The study was conducted on a sample of 160 respondents from various regions of India. The results of this research reveals that digital consumer behavior in India is affected by demographic factors like Gender, Age, Marital Status and Personality factors like Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Open to Change. The paper discuss the implications of these differences with respect to Indian digital market. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 192-192 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=041&rid=9701 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209701 Classification-JEL: M10 Keywords: Frequency of online purchase, Reasons to prefer online purchase, Age, Gender, Marital Status, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Open to Change. Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209701 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Kapil Sharma Author-Name-First: Kapil Author-Name-Last: Sharma Author-Email: kapil@ieee.org Author-Workplace-Name: Delhi Technological University Title: Technological Aspect in Real Time Bidding: A Probabilistic Approach Abstract: This paper aim is to study the process of real time bidding or real time auctions for online digital advertising. Real time bidding drives the focus of bidding strategy from the user's profile by calculating a bid for each impression in real time. Real Time Bidding uses computers and multiple software?s which implements multiple algorithms to display ads per impression via real time auction. It has been seen that by taking different parameters (e.g. conversion rates for a targeted audience), those account for varied prices at different market segments or pricing schemes. The data mining model implemented is the Statistical Arbitrage Mining (SAM). The campaigns use the CPA (cost per action) method on the meta-bidder to accomplish CPM (cost per mille-impressions) ad inventories paradigm thereby reducing the advertiser?s risk. In SAM, trying to seek the optimal bidding price to maximize the expected arbitrage net profit is the net goal. A modern portfolio base is implemented to manage the risk. The Expectation - Maximization (EM) fashion is used to estimate the profit of each campaign and thereby maximize it. By using this, the meta-bidder successfully catches the statistical arbitrage opportunities in RTB. Also using the concepts of finance, the calculation of risk is done for each campaign. Length: 12 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 193-204 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=042&rid=9594 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209594 Classification-JEL: Keywords: Expectation - Maximization; Bidding; Statistical Arbitrage Mining Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209594 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Jose Soltero Author-Name-First: Jose Author-Name-Last: Soltero Author-Email: jsoltero@depaul.edu Author-Workplace-Name: DePaul University Author-Name: Sonia Soltero Author-Name-First: Sonia Author-Name-Last: Soltero Author-Email: ssoltero@depaul.edu Author-Workplace-Name: DePaul University Title: Determinants of Poverty among Mexican Migrants in Chicago Abstract: This paper examines the connection between immigration status, English language proficiency, educational achievement, time in the U.S., and economic sector of employment as determinants of poverty among Mexico-born migrants in Chicago, U.S. The theoretical framework of the study uses Human Capital Theory and the analysis is based on a multi-stage cluster probabilistic sample (2005-2006) of Mexican migrants obtained in Cook County which includes the City of Chicago. Analyses of logistic regression models show that the most relevant connections occur between poverty (dependent variable) and immigration status, time in the U.S., economic sector of employment, and English language proficiency. Thus, Mexican immigrants with citizenship status or residency permits (?green cards?) and Mexican immigrants with English language proficiency have a lower probability to be below the poverty threshold than their counterparts. Furthermore, female migrants, older migrants, and the unemployed or out of the labor force have a higher probability to be poor than their counterparts. The analysis of the sample?s educational achievement in Mexico shows that these migrants tend to have low levels of education. Similarly, the educational achievement obtained in the U.S. is significantly low among the individuals in the sample. These results point to the plight of the large levels of undocumented workers with low English proficiency and suggest the existence of structural problems that impede significant returns to human capital investments on Mexican education in the U.S. labor market. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 205-205 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=043&rid=9497 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209497 Classification-JEL: A14 Keywords: Poverty, Language, Education, Mexican Migrants Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209497 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Gurkan Tuna Author-Name-First: Gurkan Author-Name-Last: Tuna Author-Email: gurkantuna@trakya.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: Trakya University Author-Name: Resul Da? Author-Name-First: Resul Author-Name-Last: Da? Author-Email: rdas@firat.edu.tr Author-Workplace-Name: F?rat University Title: Mobile application for diabetes follow-up and analysis Abstract: It is very difficult for people with diabetes, one of the most common diseases of recent years, to follow factors that affect their disease. With the development of technology, patients have become able to measure their own blood sugar using tiny devices whenever they want, wherever they want, instead of going to hospitals to measure blood sugar. Considering that nowadays when smartphones are so widespread, diabetes can be easily followed using a mobile application. In this paper, design and development of a mobile application that allows a patient to save his/her diabetes related parameters at certain intervals and transmit the values to his/her doctor is explained. Since potential users of the designed application are Turkish people, the interfaces of the software application are in Turkish. The user interface in English is currently being developed. Length: 6 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 206-211 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=044&rid=8457 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208457 Classification-JEL: C88, L86 Keywords: Diabetes, Follow-up, Analysis, Software, Mobile Application, Android. Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208457 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Mehlika Özlem Ultan Author-Name-First: Mehlika Özlem Author-Name-Last: Ultan Author-Email: ozlemultan@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Kocaeli University Title: THE POLITICS OF TRIO OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ANALYSIS OF BULGARIA POLICIES Abstract: The trio is a rotating presidency system within the context of the presidency of the Council of the European Union. It has a political significance because the heads of states and governments represent their country in the international arena and can show their policies to other member states. The rotating presidency has been on the agenda of the Union since the beginning, but the process of Trio has eventually changed and gained its last version by the Lisbon Treaty. The rotating presidency takes place every 18 months in the European Union and member states which are holding the presidency work together closely in groups of three. The Trio determines long-term goals and explains a common agenda of the three countries?.In this study, the structure and historical development of the rotating presidency system will be explained and the policies of Bulgaria which holds the presidency from 1 January to 30 June 2018 will be defined. As a result, it will be attempted to analyze the scope of the Trio system and contributions of president country to the policy-making of the EU. Length: 8 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 212-219 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=045&rid=8552 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208552 Classification-JEL: F53, N44 Keywords: The Council of the EU, The Presidency System, Trio, Bulgaria Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208552 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Kinsella Valies Author-Name-First: Kinsella Author-Name-Last: Valies Author-Email: kicvalies1@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: JALT CUE SIG Title: Be Our Guest: Formative Assessment v.s. Paper Midterms Abstract: Educators generally agree that despite years of study and testing, some college graduates lack the confidence and the ability to communicate effectively in English. The Be Our Guest Midterm Assessment Project aims to improve motivation and communicative ability by replacing paper midterms with classroom-based, formative assessment. This action research paper introduces and evaluates a 3-session lesson plan that was implemented in a Japanese junior college EFL setting. A group of 30 multi-level students prepared to interact with a visiting Japanese professional in English. The guest functioned as a relatable example of students? future L2 self in the workforce. Scaffolded assignments required students to listen to a presentation, then process relevant information, next initiate communication and reflect. This study took a mixed method approach in convergent strands where quantitative pre- and post- surveys provided numerical data for test v.s. project results comparison and qualitative self-reflection essays were used to discover what aspects students found valuable. The data from the above sources were triangulated to produce an evaluation of the potential for structural implementation of PBLT and assessment within junior college communicative English courses.The project structure not only proved helpful in assessing students? ability, but surveys showed that students were generally satisfied with their performance. Pre-activity many insisted that they can?t because they need more English. Post-task many had formed individual learning goals, wanting to use English better. Though both low- and high-level students were anxious about communicating with a stranger, their anxiety was largely mitigated by the collaborative structure, the predictability of assignments and the freedom to look back at previously studied strategies.Future research could focus on cataloging approaches currently in use that allow for more student autonomy and mitigate performance anxiety within PBLT. The design, implementation, and evaluation of such an assessment project would be desirable as well. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 220-220 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=046&rid=8559 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208559 Classification-JEL: I29 Keywords: Assessment, implementationinstructional materials design, Japan. Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208559 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Jolita Vveinhardt Author-Name-First: Jolita Author-Name-Last: Vveinhardt Author-Email: jolita.vveinhardt@gmail.com Author-Workplace-Name: Lithuanian Sport university Author-Name: Vilija Bite Fominiene Author-Name-First: Vilija Bite Author-Name-Last: Fominiene Author-Email: vilija.fominiene@lsu.lt Author-Workplace-Name: Lithuanian sport university Author-Name: Laima Jeseviciute-Ufartiene Author-Name-First: Laima Author-Name-Last: Jeseviciute-Ufartiene Author-Email: laima1981@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: Lithuanian sport university Title: Bullying and harassment in sport: overview of management instruments Abstract: Relevance of research. An aspiration to manage bullying and harassment in sport is a part of wider international issues there are solved ethics and integration of such problems as usage of doping, manipulation of competition, safety of events and fair game organization (Mountjoy et al, 2015; Maffulli, 2007; Brackenridge et al, 2011; Kainz, 2015; etc.). The behavior of sport?s leaders and even athletes themselves, such as ignoring, not reacting, and resisting of bullying and harassment prevention, is a challenge while trying to implement bullying and harassment management instruments in sport. The refuse to recognize prevention of bullying and harassment supports the root causes of coercion (Mountjoy et al., 2016). This is an important reason primary concentrate on analyses of existing management instruments of bullying and harassment.Object of research is management instruments of bullying and harassment in sport.Purpose of the research is to make analyses of management instruments of bullying and harassment comparing application of prevention models in sport.Methods of research were scientific research analyses of bullying and harassment prevention programs and their application.Research results. Analyses and comparison of such prevention programs as Olweus Bullying Prevention, KiVa Anti-bullying, Positive behavior support (SW-PBS), Athletic coach-delivered (ARA/SV) prevention, harassment programs called ?Take care?, and ?Control program on study skills?, showed that just some of these programs are applied to sport. Research of prevention programs application showed that interactive prevention applying contemporary technologies such as internet, smart phone aps, etc., could be more effective prevention than personal prevention using personal meetings with participant of bullying and harassment prevention. Prevention programs of bullying and harassment should be adjusted separately to the bystanders, participants and victims including differences of gender perception. An important orientation is towards the perpetrator but not to the victim, since only the taken responsibility could help to stop the actions of antisocial behavior. The leaders of sport organizations must initiate and implement the management instruments of bullying and harassment. They supposed to provide training and constructive beliefs to take responsibility of the own behavior and harmoniously improve the changing culture of sport organization. Thus, the management instruments of bullying and harassment should include reviews of law enforcement strategies, culturally tailored training programs, and implement policy and procedures to sport community.Acknowledgement. This research is funded by the European Social Fund according to the activity ?Improvement of researchers? qualification by implementing world-class R&D projects of Measure No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712. Length: 2 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 221-222 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=047&rid=9613 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8209613 Classification-JEL: M14, Z10, I38 Keywords: bullying, harassment, management instruments, prevention of abuse, prevention of violence, prevention of antisocial behavior Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8209613 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: YAN WANG Author-Name-First: YAN Author-Name-Last: WANG Author-Email: ywang@ipm.edu.mo Author-Workplace-Name: Macao Polytechnic Institute Title: The experiences of nursing students for caring dying patients: a systematic review Abstract: Aim. The study was to synthesize qualitative researches on the experiences of nursing students when deliver care to the dying patients.Background. Nurses play important roles in caring the dying patients and their families. Difficulties students confronting when facing the dying patients challenge the quality of death education in nursing curriculum. Better understanding the experiences of students would enhance teachers' ability in helping students. More and more researches focus on the students' experiences to explore the feelings and views of the students when delivering terminal care. Design. Meta-synthesis. By using keywords nursing students, experience, care, end-of-life and dying, the search strategy was to find relative studies published between 2005-2017 in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Science Direct, OVID, and Chinese Academic Database. Two independent reviewers assessed the quality of retrieved papers, using the Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument (QARI). Results. 31 full papers were assessed, 19 studies were included in this meta-synthesis. Conclusion. The systematic review indicated when caring for the dying, nursing students undertook great pressures which came from unskilled nursing techniques, insufficient communicating abilities, and inadequate acceptance for death. Nursing educators should equip students with more knowledge about the dying symptom control, trust students in supplying them more chances to deliver care for the dying, and train students in communication skills. Students appreciated to be the witness of caring power, understood the meaning of nursing career and found out the importance of reflection on their own life and death. Length: 1 page Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 223-223 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=048&rid=8727 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208727 Classification-JEL: Keywords: experiences, nursing students, caring dying patients, systematic review Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208727 Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0 Author-Name: Ahmad Yaghoubi Farani Author-Name-First: Ahmad Author-Name-Last: Yaghoubi Farani Author-Email: yaghoubi@basu.ac.ir Author-Workplace-Name: Bu-Ali Sina University Author-Name: Atieh Soleymani Author-Name-First: Atieh Author-Name-Last: Soleymani Author-Email: atsoleymani@yahoo.com Author-Workplace-Name: Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran Title: Improving university students? entrepreneurial knowledge and skills Abstract: Entrepreneurship oriented education would help university graduates find a job or start a new career. That is why universities try to manage entrepreneurship education in order to improve entrepreneurial knowledge and skills of students. In Iran, universities focused on entrepreneurship education during last decades. The main purpose of this article was to investigate how universities can play an effective role in entrepreneurial education in order to improve entrepreneurial knowledge and skills of their students. In this survey, a group of 110 academics out of an access population (N=382) of Bu-Ali Sina academic staff (Hamedan province, IRAN) were randomly selected. A questionnaire was designed and then validated asking a panel of experts for their comments. Reliability of the instrument calculated to be 0.90 in alpha Cronbach?s scale. Results of the enquiry indicated that cooperation of universities with other local organizations (like outreach programs), elaborately directed apprenticeship courses, up-to- date educational content (in response to cutting edge technologies) and use of creativity- focused methods of teaching were mentioned to be the most effective ways for enhancing entrepreneurial knowledge and skills of students. Based on exploratory factor analysis, a number of activities such as informing and motivating toward entrepreneurship, career education and Curriculum revitalization proved to be the most influential factors for improving students? entrepreneurship knowledge and skills. At the End, some recommendation was introduced for universities in planning and implementing entrepreneurship education program. Length: 8 pages Creation-Date: 2018-07 Publication-Status: Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 39th International Academic Conference, Amsterdam, Jul 2018, pages 224-231 File-URL: https://iises.net/proceedings/39th-international-academic-conference-amsterdam/table-of-content/detail?cid=82&iid=049&rid=8768 File-Function: First version, 2018 Number: 8208768 Classification-JEL: Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Knowledge, Entrepreneurial Skills. Handle: RePEc:sek:iacpro:8208768