scholarly journals Arithmetics of Research Specialization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergey V. Popov
Keyword(s):  
Research Specialization

scholarly journals Non-Parametric Analysis of Efficiency: An Application to the Pharmaceutical Industry

Mathematics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 1522
Author(s):  
Ricardo F. Díaz ◽  
Blanca Sanchez-Robles
Keyword(s):  
Pharmaceutical Industry ◽  
Small Firms ◽  
Medium Size ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Parametric Data ◽  
Research Specialization ◽  
Main Activity ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Different Characteristics ◽  
Non Parametric

Increases in the cost of research, specialization and reductions in public expenditure in health are changing the economic environment for the pharmaceutical industry. Gains in productivity and efficiency are increasingly important in order for firms to succeed in this environment. We analyze empirically the performance of efficiency in the pharmaceutical industry over the period 2010–2018. We work with microdata from a large sample of European firms of different characteristics regarding size, main activity, country of origin and other idiosyncratic features. We compute efficiency scores for the firms in the sample on a yearly basis by means of non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) techniques. Basic results show a moderate average level of efficiency for the firms which encompass the sample. Efficiency is higher for companies which engage in manufacturing and distribution than for firms focusing on research and development (R&D) activities. Large firms display higher levels of efficiency than medium-size and small firms. Our estimates point to a decreasing pattern of average efficiency over the years 2010–2018. Furthermore, we explore the potential correlation of efficiency with particular aspects of the firms’ performance. Profit margins and financial solvency are positively correlated with efficiency, whereas employee costs display a negative correlation. Institutional aspects of the countries of origin also influence efficiency levels.

Changing Social Science to Change the World: A Discusssion Paper

1978 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 427-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Benson
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Discussion Paper ◽  
Science History ◽  
Social Science History ◽  
Primary Function ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Research Specialization

To begin on a low-key, disarming note, I emphasize that this paper’s title has two clauses. The second is more important than the first. The first clause reads, “Changing Social Science to Change the World.” The second reads, “A Discussion Paper.” The second clause is more important than the first because it indicates the paper’s primary function. It is primarily designed to serve as a springboard for general and more elevated discussion of a set of topics that I hope interests all or most members of the Social Science History Association, despite their professional membership in different academic disciplines and their engagement in widely diverse fields of research specialization.

Is deviance “Deadℍ? The decline of a sociological research specialization

2001 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 43-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Mitchell Miller ◽  
Richard A. Wright ◽  
David Dannels
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Research ◽  
Research Specialization

scholarly journals A Review of Static Behavior Research

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
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Luyao Chen ◽  
Zhifei Wang ◽  
Zhenlu Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiovascular Diseases ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Health Impact ◽  
Measurement Methods ◽  
Static Behavior ◽  
Comprehensive Investigation ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Measurement Tools ◽  
Research Specialization ◽  
The Development Trend

By using the methods of literature and logical analysis, this paper expounds the related research of static behavior and analyzes the development trend of static behavior research. The related research on static behavior includes the research on the epidemic situation, influencing factors, measurement methods, epidemiological relationship and intervention means of static behavior. The key is to study the influence of static behavior on human health, many studies show that static behavior is closely related to cardiovascular diseases, cancer, obesity, bone density, vision, neuroendocrine, depression and happiness. Most of them use questionnaires to measure static behaviors, while only a few use objective instruments to measure static behaviors. At the same time, it puts forward several development trends of static behavior research: comprehensive investigation and research, specialization of measurement tools, deepening of health impact research and diversification of intervention means. It provides a reference for further study of static behavior.

scholarly journals La recherche en Management du Sport en « francophonie » : L’avènement d’un écosystème

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Bouchet
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Production ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Electronic Format ◽  
Sports Organizations ◽  
French Speaking ◽  
Research Specialization ◽  
The 1960S

This paper aims to synthesize research on the Management of Sports Organizations (MOS) in France. Three parts structure this voluntarily simplifying contribution, very personal and collective at the same time through the direct and indirect contributions of many researchers. First of all, two historical parts between the 1960s and the 2000s provide a first disciplinary and then thematic perspective in order to make a French-speaking retrospective of the dynamics of scientific production. A last part in the form of a conclusion and an opening seeks to characterize the recent dynamics of MOS research (specialization, interaction, diversification) according to disciplines and/or objects of study. From this point of view, it constitutes a call for contributions that could be added progressively through the electronic format of the S2MS journal: Management & Organisations du Sport.

Complex Society Archaeology

1963 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-60
Author(s):  
William J. Mayer-Oakes
Keyword(s):  
Social Structure ◽  
Human Ecology ◽  
Field Work ◽  
Complex Societies ◽  
Basic Field ◽  
Modern Approach ◽  
Team Research ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Research Specialization

AbstractSeveral currents of anthropological research specialization are historically important for the development of a modern approach to the study of ancient, complex societies. These currents are: (a) Taylor's conjunctive approach; (b) developmentalism; (c) settlement-pattern studies; (d) human ecology; and (e) urbanization studies. A case study of the writer's “dirt archaeology” approach in the Valley of Mexico indicates the nature of sampling, as well as typological and basic theory problems encountered in studying complex societies. This sort of field work and interpretation implies need for a new kind of basic field-observational work oriented to a theory of ancient social structure and utilizing techniques of intradisciplinary team research.

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