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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Sustainable Consumer Behaviour in the UK  -In general and in relation to outdoor equipment and vehicle accessories-]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Sustainability is becoming an important factor to consider while buying different products such  as outdoor equipment and vehicle accessories. Also there is a growing awareness that business  side should take an important role in promotion of sustainable consumer behaviour.  This paper investigates sustainable consumer behaviour in general and in relation to outdoor  equipment and vehicle accessories in the UK. It explores sustainable consumer behaviour through  50 phone interviews with retailers in outdoor equipment and vehicle accessories over the UK.  The findings reveal there is a large awareness on sustainability issues in the investigated  segments. Also there is willingness to pay more up to 20 % more for products with sustainability  features in the outdoor equipment and vehicle accessories. Moreover projections on development  of sustainable consumer behaviour are very positive. Business plans for more sustainable  consumption include an increase in number of products with sustainability features and following  manufacturers.  The paper concludes with some reflections on how sustainable consumption behaviour should be  promoted from the business side and gives recommendations for the businesses in the  investigated segments.  Keywords: sustainable consumer behaviour; the UK; outdoor equipment; vehicle accessories;  interviews.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1358]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Eu Integration And The Monetary Union: Why England Don’t Join The Euro]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[EU which was established in 1957 with Rome Treaties and in 1992 with Maastricht  Treaty made process from economic union towards political union, also has tried considering  the harmony many issues such as agriculture, commerce. One of these issues is monetary  union.  Within the Monetary Union that came into make its plans in 1969 and it was thought  that could prevent the cycle and consider the common monetary policy. In this framework, in  1979, The European Monetary System was established and then in 1986 within the Single  European Act, this process continued and in 1992 with Maastricht Treaty it became clearer.  Then in 1997, The European Monetary Institute was established and finally in 1999,  EURO was accepted as monetary unit for EU members. Now, 17 members put the EURO  account but England hasn’t yet. There are many causes about this issues such as political,  economics, social, national interests. for England. In addition, this issue or policy effected the  other relationships of England.  Keywords: EU, England, The Monetary Union, EURO, National Interests.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1333]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Effects Of Gender Diversity On The Growth Of The Firms In The Incubators73]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Factors affecting the growth of the firms are usually divided into three groups. These are  factors related firms, factors related entrepreneurial, and industry – related factors. Gender  diversity is a entrepreneurial – based factor. In this study we investigated the effect of gender  diversity on the growth of the firms. So far, in empirical studies being male or female  entrepreneurs are found to be an impact on firm performance. It appears from studies that  survival probabilities of firms founded by women are lower than those firms founded by male  entrepreneurs and firms which established by women entrepreneurs grow more slowly than  firms established by male entrepreneurs was concluded.  To measure the impact of gender diversity on growth performance of firms we used data of  business incubation firms in Turkey. Face to face interviews were conducted with companies  operating in the 12 Business Incubators around the Turkey. The sample of this study is firms  still active in business incubators, firms are closing left and was graduated from Business  Incubators.  In the application part of the study we investigated Tobit Regression Model to measure the  effect of the gender diversity on the growth of the firms. Based on findings, gender diversity  was concluded to be effective on the growth of the firms in a meaningful way.  Keywords: Firm Growth, gender diversity, entrepreneurs, firm survival, incubators.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1352]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Positive Attitudes of Undergraduate Students toward Online Shopping]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In recent years, computers and the Internet have become an important part of modern  societies. These technologies have influenced almost all aspects of daily life; from education  to communication, from entertainment to business. Along with the spread of the Internet use,  the acceptance of online shopping has been growing, especially in the developed parts of the  world. However, electronic commerce is still in its infancy in developing countries. In this  study, the author explored positive attitudes of undergraduate students toward online  shopping and examined the association between positive attitudes of undergraduate students  toward online shopping and their demographics variables: gender, age and income. And  attitudes of online shoppers and non-online shoppers toward online shopping were compared.  Participants of this study were undergraduate business students in a public university in  Turkey. A paper-based questionnaire was used containing five-point Likert type scale to  explore students’ attitudes toward online shopping. A total of 314 students voluntarily  participated to the study. It is found that in general participants have positive attitudes toward  online shopping. Online shoppers have more positive attitudes than non-online shoppers  toward online shopping. Generally male students have more positive attitudes toward online  shopping than female counterparts. There is a positive correlation between income level and  positive attitude toward online shopping; as monthly family income increases, participants  have more positive attitudes toward online shopping.  Keywords: Online shopping, undergraduate students, positive attitudes]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1147]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Factors Which Caused The Decline In The Amount Of The Newly One Family  Houses Sold In Us]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[The new privately owned one-family house sold (C25) is recognized as great indicator for  economy. The monthly data in February 2011 was 250,000 houses sold. Compared to five  years ago, 1,061,000 in 2006 were decreased by 76%. What are the causes to the dramatic  decline of number of C25? The purpose of this paper is to analyze factors that determine the  decline of number of C25 in US. Therefore, in this study, dependent variable is the new  privately owned one-family house sold. Independent variables include 30 years mortgage rate,  real personal income, unemployment rate, population, and house price index. The results  indicate when the interest rate increases 1%, the number of new privately owned one-family  houses sold decreases by 20 thousand. When the unemployment rate increases 1%, the number of new privately owned one-family houses sold decreases 81 thousand, holding all  other variables constant. We thought when price goes up the demand should go down. But it  doesn’t fit in this study. Income and house sold have positive relationship but it’s not  significant. It shows that real personal income and unemployment have a high correlation. For  the population variable, the coefficient is a negative number. Even though the p-value  indicates that this result is not significant, we still couldn’t figure out the cause of this  negative relation. The result of monthly dummy test indicates that none of the months has  significant effects. However, from March to July the slopes of the months have positive or  lower negative effects. Consequently, it’s impossible to determine all the causes to the  number of new house sold since many factors are interrelated. However, through our series of  statistical tests, we could be able to conclude that current mortgage rate is significant at 1%  level; mortgage rate at lag one time period is significant at 5% level; both real personal  incomes at lag one time period and unemployment rate at lag two time period are significant  at 10% level.  Keywords: house sold, mortgage rate, income level, unemployment rate, population increases,  house price index]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1303]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Investigation Of Seismic Performance Of Existing Building Strengthened With Cfrp]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study, the seismic performance of the Merkez Efendi hospital building was determined  with CFRP strengthening methods according to the Turkish Earthquake Code-2007. Firstly,  the building was considered with the masonry walls and without masonry walls and the effect  of the masonry walls to the performance of the building was investigated. Afterwards, the  building was strengthened with CFRP plates to get the required seismic performance level.  Consequently, the seismic performances of the hospital building were compared for these  three cases.  Keywords: Strengthening, Masonry Wall, CFRP, Seismic Performance]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1183]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[The Affecting Channels Of The Global Crisis On The South-Eastern Europe (See-7)  Countries’ Growth Performance]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[This paper analyzes the impact of the global crisis on the growth performance of SEE-7  countries. From the beginning of 2000’s to the eve of the global crisis, these economies had a  strong growth performance. Especially, increasing export, inflows of foreign direct  investments and private capital significantly contributed to their economic growth. However,  the global economic crisis adversely affected all the SEE-7. According to empirical findings  obtaining from the panel regression results, until the global crisis, the external variables  significantly contributed to growth performances of these economies. However, the impacts  of external variables on GDP growth rate reduced sharply during the crisis.  Keywords: The SEE-7 countries, growth performance, the global crisis, external variables,  panel data.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1328]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Seeking Debt Crisis And Solution In Europe]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[In this study, the European Union (EU) countries, the countiries of their lives go down to the  root causes of the debt crisis by making suggestions in search of solutions to the debt crisis  will be examined. Emerging in the U.S.A. mortgage market crisis in 2007, quickly spread to  the real sector from the financial sector in the years 2007-2009. And so the U.S.A. economy,  increased unemployment and stagnation in 2008 and 2009 a major problem encountered. The  economic crisis in the U.S. especially in EU countries, especially spread through strong  financial relationships. Cause of the crisi spreading, the U.S.A., its foreign trade with third  countries EU’s countries and possble recession and real income loses, narrowed. Foreign  demand for exports of goods and services of third countries. Another reason for the crisi, said  that the U.S.A. debt-based consumer spending growth can’t be prevented. E.U.’s main causes  of debt crisi, the misappropriation of resources, competition loss, and therefore can’t be seen  in this negative economic revival began participation in the Euro. Falling ineterest rates in  euro countries participating in the pre-crisis period, the total demand by facilitating increased  borrowing opportunities. GIIPS( Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain) countries in paralel  with an increase in demand has increased in both public and private debts. Increased demand  led to an increase in the prices of goods and services increase in investment. In the last part of  study, the debt crisis of the EU countries should take measures to release the elimanation of debt problems, increase the competiveness of member states and the EU, strengthning  economic governance issues within the EU will be examined.  Keywords: Global Crisis, Debt Crisis , European Union]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1314]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Analysis of Factors Affecting the Life Satisfaction of Household Heads Living in Urban  Areas: A Case of West Mediterranean Region]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Since the early ages of history, individuals have sought life satisfaction and considered it as a  life goal. Because of this fact, the term life satisfaction has kept its importance in time and  has been the focus of many studies. Life satisfaction is seen as a positive value gained by an  individual’s own evaluation of the quality of life as a whole, therefore may be described as  subjective. Nevertheless, studies made about life satisfaction use both subjective and  objective indicators. Life satisfaction is partially conceptualized as the result of satisfaction  related to various life fields such as work, family, health, etc. and it is assumed that the  effects of environmental conditions highly help satisfaction related with life fields. When  studies about life satisfaction are taken into consideration, it is notable that the term job  satisfaction is generally emphasized. However, studies show that job satisfaction can explain  only a few of the changes in life satisfaction. In this study, it is aimed to determine the socioeconomic  factors affecting the life satisfaction of household heads by using data from  questionnaires and Logit model. “Unclustered Single-Stage Simple Random Probability  Sampling Method” was used to apply the questionnaires to 490 household heads living in city  centers of Antalya, Isparta and Burdur. In order to determine the probability of whether the  household heads were satisfied with their lives or not, explanatory variables oriented to the  current perceptions of household heads were included to the model in the study in addition to  the demographic variables. Demographic variables were included to the model as the dummy variable. Logit model was estimated by Maximum Likelihood Estimation method. According  to the results of the analysis, life satisfaction of the household heads decreased with the  increase of the size of the city. Similarly, increase in education level also decreased the  probability of life satisfaction of the household heads. In addition, household heads with high  income levels were happier than the ones with lower income. Similarly, if the spouse of the  household head is either healthy, satisfied from job, or is a house wife, satisfied from  marriage, then life satisfaction is determined to be higher than the household heads without  the aforementioned spouse characteristics.  Keywords: Satisfaction, Life Satisfaction, Household Head, Logit Model, West  Mediterranean Region.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1168]]></dcterms:extent>
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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Utilising Information Systems for Measuring Impact on Social Sustainability: Survey of  Microcredit Organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:abstract><![CDATA[Microfinance has been used as a tool for social sustainability and development since the  1970s. In microfinance, assessment of social sustainability is often conducted through client  impact monitoring. This study explores the impact measurement practices of microcredit  organisations in Bosnia and Herzegovina and their use of information systems in this process.  We draw on the latest trends of using shared measurement systems for impact monitoring, to  point out the potential of using such systems to achieve sustainable impact on wider social  issues in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This paper outlines the roles and responsibilities that  different stakeholders should play in the system development process.  Keywords: microfinance, microcredit, Bosnia and Herzegovina, social impact, information  systems, ICT, shared measurement systems.]]></dcterms:abstract>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[2012-05-31]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1165]]></dcterms:extent>
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