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Influence of Sector, Budget Size and Financing on Time and Cost Management of Czech International Development Projects

Dufková Gabriela, Šaroch Stanislav • SHS Web of Conferences (2021)

Research background: This article focuses on the official Czech international development (ID) aid and the factors affecting the project success in terms of cost and time variance from the plan. As per research by Ahsan and Gunawan (2010), ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1051/shsconf/20219206006

La economía política del comercio justo y la teoría del desarrollo: implicaciones en el mercado del café costarricense (1990-2017)

Oscar Ugalde Hernandez • Revista Relaciones Internacionales (2019)

Con respecto de sus fundamentos, las iniciativas del comercio justo experimentaron una metamorfosis entre la década de 1940 y finales de la década de 1980.  A través de las escuelas de pensamiento icónicas de la dependencia y del "desarroll...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.15359/ri.92-2.1

Low-Level Progress, High-Level Fragility: The Sustainability Gap in Anti-Corruption Reform in Kyrgyzstan

Aşkım Beste Özdoğan • Journal of Central Asian Studies (2026)

Anti-corruption reform in Kyrgyzstan has generated measurable institutional and administrative outputs, yet its accountability function is less durable than formal institutionalization suggests. This article develops the concept of the sust...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.52536/3006-807X.2026-3.003

Covid-19 Measures. Institutional “Errors”, Transaction Costs and Adaptation in the Agriculture

Minko Georgiev, Dafinka Grozdanova • Икономика и управление на селското стопанство (2021)

This article combines law, behavioral and institutional economics in order to explain the existence of an“error” in the way the Covid-19 crisis has been managed. Bulgaria’s agriculture is in focus. The problem is presented as arising from t...

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Behavioral Differences in the Preference for Hepatitis B Virus Vaccination: A Discrete Choice Experiment

Na Guo, Jian Wang, Stephen Nicholas, Elizabeth Maitland et al. • Vaccines (2020)

Understanding behavioral factors differences in the preferences for vaccinations can improve predictions of vaccine uptake rates and identify effective policy interventions to increase the demand for vaccinations. In this study, 353 adults ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/vaccines8030527

Drivers of respiratory health care demand in Acre state, Brazilian Amazon: a cross-sectional study

Thiago Morello, Aldo Santos Lima, Rubicleis Gomes da Silva • BMC Public Health (2022)

Abstract Background The scarce knowledge about the drivers of demand for respiratory health care in the Brazilian Amazon, where the gap of human and physical health care resources is wide, is expanded with two surveys conducted in the west ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1186/s12889-022-14171-z

Sharing competences in strategic alliances: a case study of the Cosan and Shell biofuel venture

Luciana Florêncio de Almeida, Cláudio Antonio Pinheiro Machado Filho • RAUSP: Revista de Administração da Universidade de São Paulo (2013)

In a competitive world, the way a firm establishes its organizational arrangements may determine the enhancement of its core competences and the possibility of reaching new markets. Firms that find their skills to be applicable in just one ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.5700/rausp1093

THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL COST LEADERSHIP STRATEGY FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Khatab, G. S, Mahmoud, M. S, Othman, M. R • Journal of Environmental Science (2016)

The significance of environmental cost leadership strategies emerges as being an approach and a method for resolving the environment's problem within the Arabian aviation companies and how they affect the economics of air transportation in ...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.21608/jes.2016.25676

Blue Growth and Economics

Phoebe eKoundouri, Phoebe eKoundouri, Phoebe eKoundouri, Amerissa eGiannouli et al. • Frontiers in Marine Science (2015)

Oceans and seas represent over 70% of the earth's surface. Furthermore, living aquatic resources can provide a significant contribution to food, energy and bio-based products. However, marine ecosystems are subject to increasing pressures a...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00094

Social Security and Fighting Poverty in Tunisia

Hasna Khemili, Mounir Belloumi • Economies (2018)

The objective of this study was to examine the role of social security in fighting poverty in Metlaoui, Tunisia, using survey data collected between July 2012 and January 2014, covering 200 poor households. We used questionnaire data, which...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3390/economies6010012

Cost Optimisation of Supply Chains in the Food Industry: Cost Function Modelling

Ion Popa, Sorina-Geanina Stănescu, Anișoara Duică, Elisabeta Ilona Molnar et al. • Amfiteatru Economic (2025)

The food industry faces complex challenges in managing supply chains, significantly affecting operational performance and costs. This paper explores the critical factors influencing the efficiency of food supply chains, such as product pe...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.24818/EA/2025/69/293

An integrated vehicle routing model to optimize agricultural products distribution in retail chains

W. Madushan Fernando, Amila Thibbotuwawa, H. Niles Perera, Peter Nielsen et al. • Cleaner Logistics and Supply Chain (2024)

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) represents a thoroughly investigated domain within operations research, yielding substantial cost savings in global transportation. The fundamental objective of the VRP is to determine the optimal route pla...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.clscn.2023.100137

New Product Launch Proficiency and Performance in MSMEs: Mediation Effects of Product Innovation

Hendri Herman, Tri Yuwono, Yuli Astini, Sigit Ary Wijayanto et al. • Jurnal Aplikasi Bisnis dan Manajemen (2026)

Background: The creative industries (culinary, fashion, and crafts) are growing rapidly and have become a magnet for investment and a pillar of Central Java's economy. Many Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the culinary, fashi...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.17358/jabm.12.2.461

Long-term relationship of crude palm oil commodity pricing under structural break

Monsurat Ayojimi Salami, Razali Haron • Journal of Capital Markets Studies (2018)

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the pricing efficiency of the Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) market before and after the structural break. This study uses the daily closing price of CPO and CPO futures (CPO-F) for the peri...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1108/JCMS-09-2018-0032

Podcasting: An innovative tool for enhanced osteoarthritis education and research dissemination

Ali Mobasheri, Kerry E. Costello • Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open (2021)

Podcasts are portable digital audio files that have become a powerful medium in higher education and an indispensable tool in continuing medical education. This article reviews the best sources for educational podcasts on osteoarthritis (OA...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2020.100130

A novel chaotic flower pollination algorithm for function optimization and constrained optimal power flow considering renewable energy sources

Fatima Daqaq, Fatima Daqaq, Mohammed Ouassaid, Salah Kamel et al. • Frontiers in Energy Research (2022)

This study presents an improved chaotic flower pollination algorithm (CFPA) with a view to handle the optimal power flow (OPF) problem integrating a hybrid wind and solar power and generate the optimal settings of generator power, bus volta...

DOAJ Open Access (DOAJ) DOI: 10.3389/fenrg.2022.941705