Empirical Studies on Economics of Innovation, Public Economics and Management : Proceedings of the 18th Eurasia Business and Economics Society Conference.

Intro -- Preface -- Eurasia Business and Economics Society -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Part I: Accounting and Finance -- Islamic Bonds and Real Estate Securitizations: The Italian Perspective for Issuing a Sukuk -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Islamic Finance: Global Trends and Development in Europe -- 3 Islamic Finance in Italy: Possible Benefits and Main Challenges Towards Companies Internationalization and Foreign Capital I... -- 4 Engineering of Sukuks for Public and Private Italian Entities -- 5 Islamic Real Estate Funds and Investments -- 6 Islamic Italian Stock-Index: A New Methodology to Build an Italian Listed Company Sharia-Compliant Portfolio -- 6.1 Islamic Financial Ratios and Stock Selection -- 6.2 Short-Lists Analysis -- 6.3 Weighting Companies Process -- 7 Financing Italian SMEs: May Be Sukuks Considered as a Viable Alternative? -- 8 Italian Tax System and Sukuks: Fiscal Challenges Towards a More Level Playing Filed -- References -- The Role and Impact of Performance Audit in Public Governance -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Concept of Performance Audit -- 3 The Model of Performance Audit in Public Governance -- 4 The Impact of Performance Audit: Theoretical Aspect -- 5 Performance Audit Impact in The Lithuania Public Sector -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- Business Performance Assessment in the Customs Administrations Activity and Trade Facilitation Measures -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Concepts of the Business Performance Assessment: Literature Review -- 3 Trade Facilitation´s Impact of Global Value Chain and WCO Initiative for Customs Administrations -- 4 Analysis of Business Performance Assessment´s Process in Customs Audit Field -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Determinants of Lending to Customers: Evidence from Italy Between 2008 and 2012 -- 1 Introduction.

2 Literature Review, Significance of the Research and Main Contribution -- 3 Data and Sample -- 4 Main Descriptive Evidence and Hypotheses of Research -- 4.1 Credit Trend -- 4.2 Credit Quality -- 4.3 Income Effects -- 4.4 Intermediation Model Features -- 4.5 Hypotheses of Research -- 5 Methodology -- 5.1 Credit Trend -- 5.2 Credit Quality -- 5.3 Income Effects -- 6 Results of the Estimations -- 6.1 Credit Trend -- 6.2 Credit Quality -- 6.3 Income Effects -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- Possibilities of Exotic Options Application in the Pro-ecological Investments Efficiency Assessment -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Implementation of the Assumptions of Pro-environmental Policy by Enterprises -- 3 Real Options in the Analysis of Pro-ecological Projects -- 4 The Exotic-Flexible Options in the Assessment of Pro-ecological Investments -- 4.1 Forward Start Option -- 4.2 Chooser Options -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Weather Derivatives: Another Need for India -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Working of Weather Derivatives -- 3 Objective of the Study -- 4 Literature Review -- 5 Global Turnover of Weather Derivative Market -- 6 Weather Derivatives for Various Sectors of Indian Economy -- 6.1 Weather Derivatives for Indian Primary Sector -- 6.2 Weather Derivatives for Secondary and Service Sector -- 7 Potential Market Makers of Weather Derivatives in India -- 8 Conclusion -- References -- Part II: Economics of Innovation -- Global Competitiveness of World Superpowers: Education, Talents and Innovations -- 1 Introduction. Presumptions and Criteria of Measurement -- 2 Comparative GTCI Determinants and Parameters -- 3 Some Conclusions and Generalizations -- References -- Energy Security: Is It a Strategic Cause of Conflicts or Peace Among States/Actors in the Global Nexus? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The International Political Economy and Energy Issues.

3 Energy Changes and Outlook: 1990-2040 -- 4 Energy Resources as a Means of Power for States/Actors -- 5 Contemporary Megatrends -- 5.1 Diverging Global Population Trends -- 5.2 Towards a More Urban World -- 5.3 Changing Disease and Risks of Epidemics -- 5.4 Accelerating Technological Change -- 5.5 Continued Economic Growth -- 5.6 An Increasingly Multipolar World -- 5.7 Intensified Global Competition for Resources -- 5.8 Growing Pressures on Ecosystems -- 5.9 Increasingly Severe Consequences of Climate Change -- 5.10 Increasing Environmental Pollution -- 5.11 Diversifying Approaches to Governance -- 6 Energy and Conflicts/Peace Among States -- 7 Conclusions -- References -- The Organizational Cyberspace: E-trainerism. The Model of Advanced ICT and Augmented Reality in Sports Enterprises -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Research Predicates -- 3 The Trainerism: A Modern Idea of Functioning Organization of Work of Sports Club -- 4 The Methodology -- 4.1 The Virtualization of Organizational Functions and Training in a Sports Club -- 4.2 Setting the Computer Designed System -- 5 The Case Study -- 5.1 The Model of the Functionality of the e-AZS and Augmented Reality in the Construction of a Prototype e-Simulator -- 5.2 Actors of System -- 5.3 Tasks of the KS AZS AWF Wrocław -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part III: Management and Marketing -- Unexpected Industries with Consumer Power -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Consumer Power and an Industry -- 2.1 The Markets of China and India -- 2.2 Delimitations -- 3 Power in China and India -- 3.1 Luxury Industry -- 3.2 Tourism Industry -- 3.3 Healthcare Industry -- 4 Conclusion -- References -- Brand Meanings in the Context of Luxury Fashion: A Projective Study in China -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Framework -- 2.1 The Concept of Luxury Brands -- 2.2 The Semiotic Structure and Interactive Transfer of Brand Meanings.

3 Conducting the Study -- 4 Findings and Discussion -- 4.1 The Brand Meanings for Luxury Fashion Among Young Chinese Women -- 4.1.1 Pursuing Hedonistic Pleasure -- 4.1.2 Daydreaming and Fantasy World -- 4.1.3 Appreciating Beauty, Art and Quality -- 4.1.4 Driving Force in Life -- 4.1.5 Connecting and Expressing the Self -- 4.1.6 Seeking Connectedness to Others -- 4.1.7 Matter of Investment -- 4.1.8 Valuing Sustainability -- 4.2 The Role of Socio-cultural Factors in the Construction of Brand Meanings for Luxury Fashion -- 5 Conclusions and Implications -- 6 Limitations and Avenues for the Future Research -- References -- Environmental Decision Support Systems: A Literature Review -- 1 Introduction -- 2 EDSS in a Nutshell -- 3 EDSS Components -- 4 EDSS Review from 2010 Until 2015 -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- Are You Really Influencing Your Customers?: A Black-Friday Analysis -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Black Friday Overview -- 3 Grey Incidence Analysis -- 3.1 The Absolute Degree of Grey Incidence -- 3.2 The Relative Degree of Grey Incidence -- 3.3 The Synthetic Degree of Grey Incidence -- 4 Case Study -- 5 Grey Incidence Analysis -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part IV: Growth and Development -- Institutional Clusters and FDI Flows to the MENA Region -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Institutional Correlation and Principal Component Identification in the MENA Region -- 3 Empirical Model and Data -- 4 Empirical Issues and Estimation Methodology -- 5 Empirical Results -- 6 Concluding Remarks -- References -- TFP and Possibility of Convergence in OECD Countries: The 2000-2012 Period -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Malmquist Index -- 3.2 Convergence -- 4 Empirical Evidence -- 4.1 Total Factor Productivity Analysis with the Malmquist Index -- 4.2 Convergence -- 5 Conclusion -- References.

Estimating the Value of the Honolulu Rail Transit Project: A Semiparametric Analysis of Property Values on Oahu, HI -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Literature Review -- 3 Study Areas -- 4 Data and Methodology -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- Part V: Public Economics -- Solving the Cost Crisis in Healthcare: Can Poland Learn from the Kaplan and Porter´s Model? -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Healthcare Management Using Cost Information: Kaplan and Porter´s Proposal -- 3 Polish Experiences in the Use of Cost Information -- 4 Limitations on the Use of the Kaplan and Porter´s Solution in Poland -- 4.1 Expenditure Optimization Within Subbudgets -- 4.2 Bottleneck in the Outpatient Care -- 4.3 Shifting Costs Among Providers -- 4.4 Lack of Treatment Standards -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Efficiency of the Low Water Retention in the Area of Poland: Chosen Aspects -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Methodology -- 3 The Examined Area -- 4 The Efficiency of the Low Water Retention in the Examined Area -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- The Management and Economics of a Life-Threatening Invasive Species in Hawaii -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Properties of F. moluccana -- 3 The Invasion of Hawaii by F. moluccana -- 4 Case Study Area -- 5 Threats to Human Health and Safety -- 6 Conclusions -- References -- The Change of Structures or Institutions? Views on the Methods for the Elimination of Territorial Division Dysfunctions -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Determinants -- 3 Ex-post Research -- 4 Polish Empirical Research -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- The Effect of Employment Status on Life Satisfaction in Europe -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Life Satisfaction and Employment -- 3 Data and Method -- 4 Results -- 4.1 Descriptive Results -- 4.2 Results of Multiple Regression Analysis -- 5 Life Satisfaction Levels Across Welfare States -- 6 Conclusion -- References.

Promoting Green Urbanism and Disaster Resilience in the Anthropocene: From Invasive to Community in Kakaako, Oahu.

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