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Digital disruption introduces technology-enabled changes at a pace and scale that fundamentally shifts established ways of life and work. This paper addresses the ever changing world of digital...
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What do family businesses have to do to survive and thrive? This paper explores management and governance practices associated with family business multi-generational continuity - longer-term success...
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Individual differences in learners' learning styles can have a significant effect on their acceptance of collaboration technologies to facilitate the sharing of learning information in technology-based...
View ArticleVisualization oriented spatiotemporal urban data management and retrieval
Urban planners and policy makers often rely on data visualization and spatial data mapping tools to perceive the overall urban trends. The accumulation of historical and real-time urban data from many...
View ArticlePassive electric monopole array for terahertz surface wave launcher
Micron-scale passive grounded quarter-wave electric monopole antennas can be constructed by direct-drawing a polymer into micropillars, followed by metallization. This technique is proposed for the...
View ArticleCompetencies of operations managers in Indonesian third party logistics and...
Surviving the recent global financial crisis and following the world-wide economic downturn, Indonesia has remained a vibrant economy with an annual GDP growth of over 6% since 2003. Recently, the...
View ArticleIndustry expectation of australian property higher education programs
Abstract Purpose- Property education is predominantly taught at undergraduate level, supported by post - graduate programs at many Australian universities. This paper examines undergraduate property...
View ArticleModified elastomeric polymers for loss reduction in the terahertz range
A method of reducing the dielectric loss of poly-dimethylsiloxane (PDMS) in the terahertz range with dopants is presented. Samples of PDMS are doped with varied concentrations of...
View ArticleSimulation of an electrowetting solar concentration cell
Electrowetting control of liquid lenses has emerged as a novel approach for solar tracking and concentration. Recent studies have demonstrated the concept of steering sunlight using thin electrowetting...
View ArticleModeling the impact of white-plague coral disease in climate change scenarios
Coral reefs are in global decline, with coral diseases increasing both in prevalence and in space, a situation that is expected only to worsen as future thermal stressors increase. Through intense...
View ArticleMixed-methods research on support for fly-in fly-out academics
Although mixed-methods are becoming more popular, there are limited studies using mixed-method in short-term international assignments research. Mixed-method may prove superior in enhancing synergistic...
View Article(In Press) Internet use and ethnic heterogeneity in a cross-section of countries
This paper investigates the association between ethnic heterogeneity and information technology related outcomes such as internet access and internet use. We argue that the global digital divide, as...
View ArticleBumblebee flight performance in cluttered environments: effects of obstacle...
Locomotion through structurally complex environments is fundamental to the life history of most flying animals, and the costs associated with movement through clutter have important consequences for...
View ArticleProtic ionic liquids: evolving structure-property relationships and expanding...
The thermal and physicochemical properties of protic ionic liquids (PILs) are reported. It is highly evident that there has been an extensive range of alkylammonium, imidazolium, and heterocyclic...
View ArticleExcess prenatal corticosterone exposure results in albuminuria, sex-specific...
Exposure to excess glucocorticoids programs susceptibility to cardiovascular and renal dysfunction in later life although the mechanisms have not been clearly elucidated. We administered corticosterone...
View ArticleDifferential mRNA expression and glucocorticoid-mediated regulation of TRPM6...
The transient receptor potential (TRP) channels TRPM6 and TRPM7 are critically involved in maintaining whole body and cellular Mg2+ homeostasis and ensuring the normal function of organs such as the...
View ArticleBank diversification, performance and stockmarket response: Evidence form...
Our concern in the present paper is with the financial viability of banks in the recently liberalised economies of the South Asian region as they have diversified their revenue and assets bases. To...
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