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Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Analysis on the Structure of Inbound Tourist Source Market in Anhui
Tong Yu
Based on the related data of inbound tourism in Anhui from 2006 to 2015, by aid of the Excel software, analyze the structure of inbound tourist source market in Anhui. The result shows that: the numerical value of geographic concentration index of inbound tourism in Anhui is high and the stability is...
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Measuring Efficiency of Fuel Oil Usage in PT PLN: A Short-Run Analysis
Tongam Sihol Nababan
This study aims to measure and to analyze the efficiency level of fuel oil usage in units of PT. PLN generation. The study result shows that until now the PLN is still operating in inefficiency condition, because of foil oil usage. The energy consumption level of fuel oil is less efficient compared with...
Proceedings Article
Studies on Culture and Creative economics in Belgium (Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia)
Elisabetta Lazzaro
In recent decades, new forces, such as China, Russia and Brazil, have emerged in the international contemporary art market as part of the creative economy. At the same time the art market is becoming more visible globally, with the same art galleries and the same artists can be exhibited in different...
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The Impact of Economic Turbulence on Local Bank Efficiency: Does Common Wisdom Hold?
Felisitas Defung, Rizky Yudaruddin, Syarifah Hudayah
Common theory suggests that banking performance is positively related to economic growth. This common wisdom is further tested by investigating whether economic turmoil has a meaningful impact on local bank technical efficiency. This study uses Regional Development Banks (RDB) data in Indonesia as a...
Journal: Journal of African Trade
Research Article
The Effects of Trade Facilitation on Trade Performance in Africa
Daniel Sakyi, Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor
Pages: 1 - 15
Institutional trade barriers constitute substantial constraints for a number of exporters and importers. These barriers are multidimensional and they impede trade flows and trade performance of many developing countries, including African countries. In particular, the International Trade Centre through...
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Correlation Between Components of Gender Development to Women of Childbearing Age Couples Morbidity in Remote Indigenous Community of Suku Anak Dalam at Sungai Terap Area and Nyogan of Jambi Province, Indonesia
Asparian, Evy Wisudariani
Results of MDGS in 2015 declares that maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Indonesia still at 305/100.000 live births level, which still far away from the target of 105/100.000 live births. Maternal morbidity and mortality rates are more risky at those with low social, cultural, political, and economic status,...
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Disclosure of Local Government Financial Statements in South Sulawesi
Syamsuri Rahim, Hamzah Ahmad, Muslim Muslim, Andi Nursadirah
This study aims to explain the disclosure of local government financial reports in South Sulawesi (district/city). Testing the level of disclosure of local government financial statements using variables of local wealth, level of dependency, total assets, population, number of work unit, and number of...
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Entrepreneurship Model in Zakat Institution of Muhammadiyah
Case Study in Lazismu Yogyakarta Province
Sutrisno, Razali Haron, Syarif As’ad
This study aimed to explore in-depth the role of zakat institutions in poverty alleviation by distributing zakat funds in various programs, particularly through economic empowerment. This research is focused on Entrepreneurship Economic Development in Lazismu, Yogyakarta Province. Furthermore, this paper...
Journal: Journal of African Trade
Research Article
Regional Integration and Trade: The Case of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Free Trade Area
Grace Gondwe
Pages: 1 - 12
This paper examines the factors influencing intra-Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) trade by empirically investigating whether the Free Trade Area (FTA) contributed to trade growth from 1997 to 2015. Gravity models for exports and imports were estimated to identify the factors influencing...
Proceedings Article
The Study on Deleveraging of State-Owned Enterprises
Based on the Perspective of Regional Financial Risk
Xi Chang, Yiteng Hu
The rise of China’s macro leverage has become one of the main factors inducing financial risks. How to reduce the leverage level of the soft budget constraint sector, especially the leverage level of the state-owned enterprise (SOE) sector, is the key link to prevent systemic risks. Based on the panel...
Journal: Journal of African Trade
Research Article
Mind the Measure: On the Effects of Antidumping Investigations in Egypt
Nada Hazem, Chahir Zaki
Pages: 1 - 14
This paper examines the impact of the antidumping measures initiated by the Government of Egypt on imports during the period 2001–2015. Our contribution is twofold. First, the paper distinguishes between the effect of antidumping measures on the value, the volume and the price of imports. Second, it...
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Research on the Influence of University Science and Technology Innovation on Enterprise Performance
Taking Universities and Enterprises in the Yangtze River Basin as an Example
Yanan Ren, Qingmei Tan
This paper establishes a two-stage DEA model for the output and transformation of scientific and technological(S&T) achievements, selects 19 provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Basin as the research objects and analyzes the impact of S&T innovation efficiency of Universities on enterprise...
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Based on theoretical research perspective of physical relationship with economic growth and economic development
Xiuying Han
Sports and social economic and cultural development in recent years, the increasingly close relationship, sports consumption and sports industry on economic growth and the role of economic development is increasingly important and diversification, the sports industry, attracting more and more inputs...
Proceedings Article
Analysis of the Impact of Chinese Foreign Direct Investment on Its Export Scale
Jun Zhang, Yueye Zeng
Foreign direct investment and foreign trade are two important ways to participate in the international division of labor. In the context of the challenges facing foreign trade and the rapid development of foreign direct investment, the discussion of the impact of foreign direct investment on Chinese...
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The Impact of Rural Financial Development on the Income Gap of Rural Residents in China: An Empirical Analysis Based on Semi-parametric Additive Model
Kunming Li, Hongcheng Zhao, Xia Liu
Based on panel data of 24 provinces of China from 2000 to 2015, this paper uses the semi-parametric additive model to explore the impact of rural financial development on rural residents' income gap in China. The empirical results show that rural finance development has a tendency of positive influence...
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Chinese College Students' Typical English Pronunciation Errors
Yifan Wang, Shiqian Zhou, Chuang Chen, Yue Ban, Lu Zhao, Xiaoqing Zhang
This paper studies the transfer impact of Chinese dialects on English pronunciation. Through the contrastive analysis of the recordings of all freshmen majoring in English from different dialect regions, and through related literature review, this paper analyzes the common and individual English pronunciation...
Series: Advances in Engineering Research
Proceedings Article
Empirical research on food industrial security of China
Wei-da He, Chuan Zhang
The paper studies the industrial chain and the food security of China. It constructs an index system for estimating the food security of China during the period of 2006-2015. The empirical result indicates that during that time the condition of China's food industry develops from basic security to insecurity....
Proceedings Article
Sharia Based Marketing Analysis Communication and Education Affiliates to Customer Satisfaction and Loyalty on Inpatient Services Unit Jakarta Islamic Hospital 2016
Andriyani Asmuni, Nurmaini Hasibuan
In this era of globalization business competition becomes very sharp, both in the domestic market (national) and international market (global). The era of globalization characterized by the revolution in communication technology and information technology has resulted in tremendous changes. To win the...
Proceedings Article
Predicting Factors of Maternal Depression During the First Three Months After Delivery Among Low- Income Family in Indonesia
Irma Nurbaeti, Wannee Deoisres, Pornpat Hengudomsub
Maternal depression is recognized as a significant mental health problem in postpartum circumstances, particularly, prevalence may be considerably higher among low-income. The purpose of study was to identify average maternal postpartum depression and its predicting factors among low-income family during...
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The Analysis of Indicators of Long-Term Prosperity Companies from Automotive Based on Predictive Finance Indicators
Hana Scholleová
Automotive industry in the Czech Republic is important and highly monitored. The reason for this is mainly the fact that the automotive industry contributes significantly to the formation of GDP, according to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT, 2015) 15% long-term profit is made in the automotive sector....
Proceedings Article
Accounting Fraud and Accounting Standards: The Case of Toshiba's Fraudulent Accounting
Daisuke Suzuki, Junpei Yamada
This study addresses the case of Toshiba's fraudulent accounting in 2015 and examines its implications for setting accounting standards while considering the linkage between theory and practice. If this case is not an isolated case, then what is the problem with the existing accounting standards? The...
Proceedings Article
Analysis on the Preference Scale of Inbound Tourism Market in Fujian
Tong Yu
Based on the data of inbound tourism in Fujian from 2006 to 2015, we analyze the preference scale of the inbound tourist market in Fujian. The research results show that the most important inbound tourist market in Fujian is the United States, Singapore and Malaysia, the difference of the preference...
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Ownership Structure and Performance in China's listed Logistics Companies
Wei Liu
The ownership structure is the basis of the development of companies, and performance measurement is critical for company to improve incomes. This study has empirically examined the relationship between the ownership structure and firm performance using a balanced panel of listed logistics companies...
Proceedings Article
Finding the shortest path under polygonal obstacle constraints
Xu Yan, Dawei Liu
This paper discusses the problem of road network navigation under polygonal obstacle constraints from an implementation perspective. It implements the problem provided by the 4th ACM SIGSPATIAL GIS Cup 2015 challenge. In the context, it briefly examines some fundamental graph search algorithms and then...
Proceedings Article
Security Analysis of Two Inter-Organization Cryptographic Schemes
Fanyu Kong, Jia Yu, Dashui Zhou, Yali Jiang, Jianwei Shang
Data sharing among organizations is a practical application problem. In 2015, T. Miyamoto, Y. Murakami and M. Kasahara proposed two inter-organization cryptographic schemes for secure communication among organizations. Firstly, we give a security analysis of their RSA-based inter-organization cryptographic...
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Measurement of the Economic Benefit of Urban Rail Transit Station Under the Mode of Comprehensive Development
Chenlin Han
As the end of 2015, there are 25 cities having finished urban rail transit construction in China, and the total length is 3293 kilometers. There are 40 cities building the urban rail transit, and the length will be more than 4000 kilometers. It is estimated that the total investment of urban rail transit...
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The Performance Evaluation of Chinese Commercial Banks under the “Equator Principle”
Peng Zheng, Jianhua Zhu, Hongji Wang
The implementation of “the equatorial principle” in commercial banks is of great significance for reducing the risk of project financing, fulfilling corporate social responsibility and realizing the sustainable development of society, economy and environment. This study examined the performance of commercial...
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Analysis of the Influence of Three Industrial Sectors’ Investments on Yunnan's GDP
Liujie Tang, Hongming Zhang, Hongxiang Luo
To change the economic backwardness as soon as possible, Yunnan Province in China has promoted its industrial structure. The paper selected economic indicators of Yunnan's GDP and the three industrial sectors’ investments from 1978 to 2015 as the variables, and conducted the ADF test, Granger causality...
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Study on Dividend Distribution policy of Listed Companies in China--Takes the Coal Enterprises as an Example
Jinhui Sun, Tingting Li
The dividend policy has been one of the hot issues in academic research. As one of the three core financial management decisions, dividend policy is of great significance to the growth and development of enterprises. Based on China's 37 coal listed companies as samples, the relevant data with 2010-2015...
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Research on Real Estate Industry Cost Stickiness and Its Influencing Factors
Yuemei Wang
The research on cost stickiness behavior is mainly about sales & administrative cost and manufacturing industry, lacking studies on particular niche business. Therefore, the real estate industry paid highly attention was chosen as the research object and an empirical analysis of cost stickiness behavior...