Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Diversification of game-related indicators in novice NBA players

NBA league is known to rotate players each year by conducting Draft Lottery to introduce youths into top level competition. The task of managerial staff is to survey, evaluate and sign prospects in in order for co-opting the most valuable ones. The aim of the study was to assess diversification of rookies performance over 2001-2011 seasons in NBA league. Study group consisted 684 first-year players, 41% of whom were guards, 43% were forwards and 16% were centers. Individual game-related indicators were analyzed and minutes per game to (starting) games amount correlation was computed. Results reveal that rookies start games increasingly and appear in more games during season if play more minutes per game. Since 2007, there is noticeable growing tendency in points and rebounds per game. Previous year, 2006/2007, was noticed to be the weakest with regard to all game-related statistics starting with minutes played. Taking into consideration Rookie Of The Years’ performance, the players were not much above shooting percentages (field goals) of all novice group subjects. Furthermore, in the main, they were less efficient in 3-points attempts. To sum up, NBA rookies tend to acquire more points and rebounds last years, but number of blocks is seemingly insufficient. Throughout 2001-2011 period, of all indicators, fouls per game differ the least up to 14%.
Leadership Styles in Small and Medium Sized Business: Evidence from Macedonian Textile SMEs

Since leaders can have a strong influence on the employees’ behavior, various approaches have been designed to determine the most effective style of leadership. As a field of study, the review of past research reveals that investigating leadership styles has been mainly focused on large businesses. Despite the great importance of leadership to SMEs, not many studies attempted to explore the leadership style embraced by SMEs, especially within the Macedonian context. The purpose of this study is to explore the presence of different leadership styles (autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire) in Macedonian SME. Moreover, in view of the main research objective, several demographic variables were examined, such as gender, age and working experience as to their relevance for the dominant leadership style, with a special focus on managers of small and medium sized businesses from the textile industry. Using a Leadership Style Questionnaire, the research measured different leadership styles in addition to collecting in-depth demographic data on each of the respondents. The research results have indicated that the democratic leadership is the dominant style of Macedonian textile SMEs.
GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: THE CASE OF NIGERIA

The role of government in the growth and development process of an economy has remained a contentious issue among economists and policymakers in developed and developing nations. While Keynesian economists present an argument for growth-inducing role of government expenditure on the economy, critics also argue that government participation in economic activities is fraught with inefficiencies and therefore an impediment to growth. A third dimension to the argument derives from whether or not the interaction between government expenditure and growth is linear or non-linear thereby raising the issue of whether there exists an optimum size of government expenditure for an economy. Over the years, fiscal operations in Nigeria show a steady increase in government expenditure vis-à-vis sub-optimal economic performance (measured by growth in GDP). Studies on government expenditure-economic growth nexus show mixed results. To contribute to literature on the subject, this study examines the relationship between government expenditure and economic growth to determine the extent to which output growth in Nigeria is affected by government spending. The study is based on historical data between 1981 and 2017. Government expenditure is analyzed in the study in its aggregate form and constituent parts, while controlling for inflation. The study shows significant short-run negative effect of lagged current expenditure on economic growth. It also shows strong positive effect of lagged capital expenditure on growth. However, within the scope of this study, there is no evidence of long-run effect of government expenditure on economic growth. This indicates non-sustainable pattern of government expenditure in Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that more funds be allocated to capital expenditure to enhance capacity for sustainable growth.
Impact of Delay on Cost Overrun in Construction Projects in Algeria

Project success is the ultimate goal of the various project stackeholders (Salhi.R 2018). Asuccessful project means that the project is completed on time, within the agreed budget and according to the contract specifications. Delay is one of the most reccuring problems in construction project in Algeria, and it is considered as the main cause of cost overrun, time overrun, disput and claims.The objective of this paper is to mesure the impact of schedule delay on cost overrun, using the simple linear regression method and the coefficient of correlation. The proposed model can be used by practitioners as predictive mesure to address possible cost overrun.
Disruption, Specialization and Employee Exit: Vertical Acquisitions in the U.S. Video Game Industry

In knowledge-intensive industries, targets often get acquired for their human capital. However, acquisitions are also known to trigger employee exit, which may diminish the very asset acquirers are trying to get under their control. We argue that acquisitions disrupt the complementarity between employee skills and employer activities and thereby impact the productivity in the value creation process, which ultimately drives exit decisions. Analyzing vertical acquisitions in the U.S. video game industry we find strong evidence that a higher degree of individual disruption translates into a higher likelihood of post-acquisition employee exit. Moreover, employees with specialized skills are more strongly affected by disruption, while generalized employees are less affected by disruption through acquisition. The findings have implications for the likely success of related and unrelated acquisitions.
Investor Motivations and Decision Criteria in Equity Crowdfunding

Online equity crowdfunding is a novel form of entrepreneurial finance, through which ventures can sell shares to large numbers of small investors. We analyze the motivations and decision criteria of equity crowdfunding investors using responses to a large-scale survey. We find, first, that investors form three distinct motivation-based clusters: donation-oriented supporters, return-oriented supporters, and pure investors. Second, investors use five main investment decision criterion factors: campaign specifications, target attractiveness, familiarity, campaign scale, and personal acquaintances. Third, investors’ decision criteria are related to their motivations. The results contribute to literature on entrepreneurship and new venture financing.
A storyteller's guide to problem‐based learning for information systems management education

More than a decade ago, evidence‐based recommendations emerged regarding what students of information systems (IS) management education should learn and how should they learn it. Although these recommendations for how IS management should be taught remain valid, they need to be updated to account for recent advances in technologies that enable multimedia learning. Promoters of such technologies promise enhanced cognitive and behavioural outcomes, but this promise remains unreached, reflecting the underdeveloped multimedia‐enabled learning literature. To help attain this promise and rejuvenate the literature of multimedia learning, we offer a roadmap for new areas of research that would inform the design and use of a novel form of multimedia materials: narrative animated videos (NAVs). NAVs represent a form of self‐determined learning that features immersive, story‐based content. We argue that their use will intrinsically motivate users to process the materials to completion, thereby enhancing cognitive and behavioural outcomes, and thus catalysing the effectiveness of the team‐based learning and self‐regulated learning modes for problem‐based learning (PBL) delivery of IS management education. This compelling roadmap corresponds to meaningful IS research because it centres on a topic that the IS literature has long examined—the role of user motivation—and because its theoretical contributions invite specific paths of research for informing the design of the PBL delivery of IS management education within an information systems artefact.
Gender, work and psychological distress in hospital consultants

Background Hospital consultants, of whom an increasing number are women, have a high prevalence of psychological distress and work is an important aetiological factor. There is a need for effective interventions to reduce occupational stress but theory and evidence examining the relationship between gender, work and psychological distress are sparse. Aims To describe the relationship between gender, work and psychological distress in hospital consultants and to explore consultants’ views on occupational stress interventions. Methods A mixed methods sequential design was employed, informed by a narrative review of theoretical and empirical evidence regarding gender, work and mental health. Three consecutive studies using primary and secondary data from UK male and female hospital consultants were conducted: 1. Quantitative secondary analysis of national survey data from 1308 (19% female) consultants to investigate relationships between gender, job stress, job satisfaction and psychological distress. 2. Structured interviews with consultants sampled from the national survey (n=75) to explore gender differences in experience of work. 3. Semi-structured interviews with consultant surgeons and radiologists from two integrated NHS Trusts (n=22) to test the face validity of an explanatory model of gender, work and psychological distress and ascertain views on interventions. Results An explanatory model of the relationship between gender, work and psychological distress was developed. Underpinned by transactional stress theory and prominent occupational stress models this new model includes individual, work content and context, and work-home interface factors. The face validity of constructs was confirmed and the model refined through interviews with consultants in both male-dominated and gender-balanced specialty groups. The interventions they proposed were mostly aimed at primary prevention at an organisational level. Conclusions The model provides a framework for evaluating the likely effectiveness of current policy and practice; if further validated it could also inform the design of interventions aimed at improving consultants’ wellbeing.
PENGARUH PROFITABILITAS, LEVERAGE, DAN KUALITAS AUDIT TERHADAP TAX AVOIDANCE

The objective of the empitical study is to examine and to analyze the effect of Profitability, Leverage, and Audit Quality on Tax Avoidance with Size of the Company as moderating variable. The sample of the empirical study is the mining company that listed in Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) in 2012-2016. This research uses multiple regression analysis as hypothesis testing. The result of the empirical study are (1) Profitability had negative significant influence to Tax Avoidance, (2) Leverage had not significant influence to Tax Avoidance, (3) Audit Quality had positive significant influence to Tax Avoidance, (4) Size of The Company had the strengthens positive significant influence between profitability to Tax Avoidance, (5) Size of The Company had the strengthens positive significant influence between leverage to Tax Avoidance, (6) Size of The Company had the weakens negative moderating significant influence between audit quality to Tax Avoidance.
The Determinants of Venture Capital Funding in G7 Countries

This paper investigates the main determinants of venture capital funding across G7 countries over 2007- 2017. We extend the equilibrium model from Jeng and Wells (2000) and evaluate four types of factors affecting supply and demand of venture capital including macroeconomic condition, financial market, entrepreneurship environment and technological opportunities. We collect and Compile data from OECD, World Bank, IMF as well as national database, to estimate panel data model. We find that market capital, market capital return, interest rate, unemployment and ease of starting a business have the main impact on venture capital.
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY INTERVIEWING FOR TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY JOBS. ARE WE PREPARING OUR STUDENTS FOR TODAY'S JOB MARKET?

One of the challenges that many undergraduate students face when they start their lives after college is that there is no clear career path. The nature of each job in today’s fast-changing economic and technological environment is fluid, and students should be prepared to reinvent themselves and adjust their career paths more than once during their working years. Based on these observations, we present a framework to help students market themselves during their interviews, and we explain how these interviewing skills can be included and practiced not only in a traditional classroom but also in an online teaching environment. Particular attention is devoted to the introduction of virtual avatar technology under development at Saint Leo University.
Developing Tourism Curriculum Content to Support International Tourism Growth and Competitiveness: An Example from the Central Baltic Area

ABSTRACT This article presents an example of developing tourism curriculum content in regional cooperation to support the growth and competitiveness of international tourism in the Central Baltic Area. The whole area should be developed as a common tourism destination, but lack of suitable skills and availability of skilled workforce hinders the development. The necessary skills and knowledge were identified by considering the context and potential applications of skills and knowledge. The data were collected in Latvia and Finland by interviewing the tourism stakeholders (n = 76). The analysis resulted in five categories of skills and knowledge: product and experience development, multi-channel sales and marketing communication, multi-sectorality and cooperation, managing business operations, cultural awareness and internationalization. It can be concluded that the stakeholders identified mostly operational level skills and knowledge required by the SMEs. They did not deem important the skills and knowledge at the strategic level to facilitate management and development of destinations.
Price Effects of Common Ownership in the Seed Sector

We investigate the effects of common ownership on firms’ incentives to compete. Using a theoretical model, we illustrate how common ownership changes the nature of competition among firms in the same sector. Our empirical analysis examines these dynamics in the U.S. seed industry and shows that the rise of common ownership concentration is a significant contributor to increase in soy, corn, and cotton seed prices over the 1997–2017 period. These findings contribute to the current literature regarding the anticompetitive effects of common ownership and confirm the result of studies performed in other sectors, such as airlines.
An Evaluation of a theory-based support group intervention for children affected by maternal HIV / Aids

The aim of this study was to evaluate a 24-week support group intervention programme which was designed to enhance adaptive behaviour of latent-phase children affected by maternal HIV/Aids. The meta-theoretical paradigms underlying the study were pragmatism and realism. The study was embedded in a concurrent nested (QUALquan) mixed-method design. The quantitative approach in the main study followed a quasi-experimental research design whereas the qualitative approach in this study, contributing to the largest part of the analysis in the study, followed a nested multiple case study design. The theory-driven outcome programme evaluation model applied in this study was the integrative process/outcome evaluation approach. The participants (n=139) were purposefully selected from among previously identified HIV-positive women (n=220) with children between the ages of 6 and 10 years at clinics in the Tshwane region, South Africa. Data were collected over a period of five years in multiple waves of intervention implementation. Prolonged, indepth engagement by the researcher with participants was prioritized. The data collection strategies comprised of mother-and-child psychological questionnaires, group process notes, careworker focus groups, quality assurance questionnaires and field notes. The data were quantitatively analysed by means of a paired-sample t-test for within-group comparisons and descriptive statistics were furthermore applied. The qualitative text and narration obtained through the interviews, documents and focus groups were coded and analysed for themes. The themes of the emergent concepts were re-coded to establish improved defined categories. The different data sampling strategies assisted the researcher in triangulating the data for increased evaluation reliability. The PhD-study was conducted within a broader longitudinal study on resilience in South African mothers and children affected by HIV/Aids – the Promoting Resilience in Young Children Study. The findings of the Child Support Group Evaluation Study (e.g. PhD) showed that the content, methods and processes employed in the group-based sessions were effective and culturally sensitive. The intervention sessions enhanced the children’s coping skills, internalised and externalised behaviour and daily living, communication and socialisation skills. The group provided a buffer for the children and supported them in coping with their mothers’ illness.
Gamification on Sales Force Performance in Nigeria Bottling Company

This study empirically examined gamification as a new approach of getting performance from sales employees. It examined a sales man from the perspective of game player, thereby applying those factors that motivate a player to win a game such as points, the rewards, and achievement levels to get performance from salesmen. The sales performance we examined includes; customer, conversion ratio, referral rate, cancellation recovery rate and organizational profitability. The study was conducted on sales personnel of Nigeria Bottling Company Ltd South-West Region. The population of the study was 210 professional sales personnel of the company with the sample size of 138 using the Taro Yamane formula to determine the sample size. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the respondents. A structured questionnaire was used to elicit information from the respondents. The data collected were analyzed through test-re-test method. A pilot study was adopted to test the reliability of the instrument. Analysis of data was done through the use of SPSS. The study employed descriptive and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) type of inferential statistics to test the hypotheses. The study showed that earn point by salesman has positive impact on sales force performance. Also, sales achievement levels have significant impact on organizational performance. Based on these findings, the study therefore recommends that Nigeria Bottling Company should continue to use earn point and sales achievement levels as proxy to gamification which enhances sales performance, thereby improving the performance of the organization.
The distributional impact of taxing sugar-sweetened beverages: findings from an extended cost-effectiveness analysis in South Africa

Background Facing increasing obesity prevalence and obesity-related disease burden, South Africa has devised an obesity prevention strategy that includes a recently implemented tax on the sugar content of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB). We assess the potential distributional impact (across socioeconomic groups) of this tax on type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) incidence and associated mortality and its financial burden on households. Methods We conducted an extended cost-effectiveness analysis of the new 10% tax on SSBs in South Africa, and estimated: the averted premature deaths related to T2DM, the financial benefits to households (out-of-pocket (OOP) medical costs and indirect costs due to productivity losses averted), the increased government tax revenues and healthcare savings for the government, all across income quintiles. Findings A 10% SSB tax increase would avert an estimated 8000 T2DM-related premature deaths over 20 years, with most deaths averted among the third and fourth income quintiles. The government would save about South African rand (ZAR) 2 billion (US$140 million) in subsidised healthcare over 20 years; and would raise ZAR6 billion (US$450 million) in tax revenues per annum. The bottom two quintiles would bear the smallest tax burden increase (36% of the additional taxes). The bottom two income quintiles would also have the lowest savings in OOP payments due to significant subsidisation provided by government healthcare. Lastly, an estimated 32 000 T2DM-related cases of catastrophic expenditures and 12 000 cases of poverty would be averted. Conclusions SSB taxation would have a substantial distributional impact on obesity-related premature deaths, cost savings to the government and the financial outcomes of South Africa’s population.
EXAMINING ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING BEHAVIOURS IN SOCIAL ENTERPRISES

Purpose of Study: In this paper, the significance and justification for studying entrepreneurship, marketing, innovation and customer orientation (EMICO) in the context of social enterprises in Malaysia is discussed and elaborated. Methodology: EMICO is an emerging framework developed by Jones and Rowley (2009) to explore the interface between each dimension in the context of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Past studies are reviewed to describe and explain the dimensions of the EMICO framework. In addition, literature relating to the characteristics of SMEs and entrepreneurs are reviewed to build the basis for studying their direct effects on the ventures’ EMICO. Results: The paper puts forward propositions to test and validate the relationship between the variables for future empirical research.
Adaptive selection of the business model for a network enterprise

The article refers to the problem of developing software to facilitate strategic decision-making in the field of engineering for network enterprises. The authors analyze popular approaches to presenting the structure of business models. They further suggest a method for classifying business models based on patterns of structures formed from elementary features with a binary value type. Based on expert estimates on qualitative indicators and fuzzy logic, the authors developed a systematic decision-making methodology for selecting a network business model. The study introduces the concepts of business model signature and business model naming. The proposed decision support tools are designed to implement effective strategic planning, maintain flexible organizational and economic mechanisms, and optimal management of business processes.