Miracle-dz/UniFAR-FTUs huggingface dataset:
Capital Structure, Environmental Dynamism, Innovation Strategy, and Strategic Risk Management

Previous research found that capital structure affects performance when it is adapted to the level of environmental dynamism and pursuit of an innovation strategy. The current study reproduces some of these relationships in a more recent dataset but also identifies significant nuances across industrial environments. Analyses of a large cross sectional sample and various industry sub-samples suggest that other factors have influenced capital structure effects in recent years including flexibilities in multinational organization and effective strategic risk management capabilities.
Compact Lotus Shape Planar Microstrip Patch Antenna for UWB Application

A compact lotus shape microstrip patch antenna is presented for ultra-wide band (UWB) applications. The proposed antenna is a combination of semicircle and triangular patch, which is fed by coplanar waveguide (CPW) feed. The total size of the proposed antenna is 44 × 38 × 1.58 mm. Simulated results indicate that the antenna achieved an ultra-wideband impedance bandwidth (S11< -10dB) of 132.14 % (2.86 to 14.0 GHz). The peak realized gain values of proposed antenna from 2.3 to 5.3 dBi against UWB frequency band. Keywords— lotus shape; microstrip patch antenna; coplanar waveguide; impedance bandwidth; ultra-wideband.
On the recurrence of earthquakes: Role of wear in brittle faulting

The time of occurrence of an earthquake is related to the state of the fault, tectonic loading, and possible triggering mechanisms, and it plays a prominent role in hazard assessment. In this paper we incorporate the effects of wear generation into a seismogenic model. We show that without wear the recurrence time of repeated earthquakes is constant through time and it is controlled by the initial conditions, tectonic loading and constitutive properties, including the presence of pore fluids. Our results indicate that considering the wear development into the fault model dramatically affects the temperature evolution of the fault, the stress release, the developed cosesimic slip and ultimately the duration of the seismic cycle. Moreover, we find that as long as the slipping zone thickness increases, the recurrence time continuously decreases through time. This further complicates the predictability of a subsequent earthquake, even in the simple case of an isolated fault.
N-Achievement Motivation of Male Navaho Indian Students as Measured by an Acculturated N-Achievement Scale

N-ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION OF MALE NAVAHO INDIAN STUDENTS AS MEASURED BY AN ACCULTURATED N-ACHIEVEMENT SCALE by Rex C. Ivory, Master of Science Utah State University, 1971 Major Professor: Dr. Michael Bertoch Department: Counseling Psychology The problem which formed the basis of this research was to answer the question: "Can an acculturated version of McClelland's original n-Achievement scale be significantly more effective in measuring vii n-Achievement motivation of male Navaho Indian subjects than McClelland's original n-Achievement scale? " An answer to this question would hopefully be reason enough for using an acculturated n-Achievement scale to provide new information relative to the Navaho Indian's need to achieve. The major underlying objective of this study was to develop a more effective projective scale than McClelland in measuring a Navaho Indian's n-Achievement motivation. This objective was not reached; however, the acculturated scale did elicit a measure of n-Achievement motivation comparable to the original McClelland scale. No significant differences were obtained on the three specific hypothesis; all were accepted, indicating that both the acculturated scale and the original scale seem to discriminate about equally well on n-Achievement motivation of male Navaho Indian subjects. (65 pages) Background CHAPTER
Public investment in R&D and extension and productivity in Australian broadacre agriculture

This paper uses time-series data to examine the relationship between public research and development (R&D) and extension investment and productivity growth in Australian broadacre agriculture. The results show that public R&D investment has significantly promoted productivity growth in Australia’s broadacre sector over the past five decades (1953 to 2007). Moreover, the relative contributions of domestic and foreign R&D have been roughly equal, accounting for an estimated 0.6 per cent and 0.63 per cent of annual total factor productivity (TFP) growth in the broadacre sector, respectively. The elasticity of TFP to knowledge stocks of research (both domestic and foreign) and extension were estimated to be around 0.20–0.24 and 0.07–0.15, respectively. The ranges reflect the alternative distributions of benefits flowing from knowledge stocks that were assumed in the analysis. The elasticities translated into internal rates of return (IRRs) of around 15.4–38.2 per cent and 32.6–57.1 per cent a year for research and extension, respectively. While such rates are less than the average IRR of around 100 per cent reported in the international literature, they are consistent with previous estimates for Australian agriculture in the order of 15–40 per cent.
The Conceptual Perspective of the Determinants of Government’s Information Technology Innovativeness

Government Information Technology Innovativeness defined as notion of openness to new information technology ideas in the government as an aspect of an organizational culture. In adopting the information technology innovativeness, management support, IT readiness and government strategy plays a crucial effect. Misunderstood organizational characteristics within information technology innovativeness may generate unrealistic or inaccurate outcomes. Unfortunately, the effect of organizational context is nearly ignored in information technology innovativeness literature. In response, using the Resources based view (RBV) and Diffusion-Innovation-Theory (DIT), this paper argues on the interaction between the influence of organizational characteristics (management support, information technology readiness, government strategy), so as to explain information technology innovativeness. This proposition could improve understanding the information technology innovativeness and help to resolve inconsistency of findings in the literature. Keywords: organizational characteristics; information technology innovativeness; Palestine, public sector
The effects of equities on organizational performance in Chinese professional baseball league

The paper introduces indices to measure the concepts of internal, employee, and external equities in social psychology. The unbalanced panel data of Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the year 1990 to 2007 are employed to examine the relationships between salary dispersions and corresponding performance. The empirical evidence shows that payroll has a significant and positive effect on team performance. It indicates that the expenditure on human capital induces more wins in the CPBL. In addition, the measure of internal equity has an insignificant effect on performance. The results of internal equity do not support equity theory. The effect of employee equity for pitchers is significantly negative for team performance. The external equity is significant for team performance, but the evidence is very limited. The empirical evidence shows that the degree of employee equity for pitchers negatively contributes to teams’ performance, but not for hitters. This discrepancy reflects the difference in cooperation requirements of different positions. The implication for team managers is that tournament-like compensation is suitable for pitchers but not for hitters. Key words: Employee equity, external equity, internal equity, professional baseball, team performance, tournament theory.