THE INFLUENCE OF IRANIAN SCHOLARSHIPS ON ISLAMIC EDUCATION IN KANO, 1979-2015 by Abdulaziz Mamuda, Salihu Zubairu Mustapha

“…Through the Fudiyyah schools, the Islamic Movement in Nigeria stands a better chance of attracting more patronage and legitimacy among Muslims in Kano, restricting their members from attending other schools and especially given the development of the group’s competitions with its Sunni rivals, the Fudiyyah schools served as check-mate to the similar Islamiyya school system operated by the Sunnis. …”
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OUTSOURCING OF R&D AND INNOVATION ACTIVITIES IN SMEs: EVIDENCE FROM SLOVENIA by Barbara Bradač Hojnik, Miroslav Rebernik

“…As the results of these activities enable companies to achieve and sustain competitive advantage, it is crucial to manage them properly. …”
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Pre-Planning in Piedmont Areas: the Strategic Plan “Pinerolese Yard: Towards a Plain-Mountain Network” of the Pinerolese Homogeneous Zone (Piedmont, Italy) by Maria Anna Bertolino

“…Moreover, both the administrative reconstruction of the Metropolitan City of Turin and the macro-regional strategy Eusalp are nowadays external forces that require a joint public action between urban and mountain territories in order to reach a greater territorial competitiveness, especially in medium-sized territories, such as the Pinerolese Homogeneous Zone. …”
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A Reassessment of Well-Being in Vocational Preparation: A New Model Focusing on Psychological Resilience and Occupational Identification in Tourism Education by Mehmet Düzgün

“…In addition, the findings emphasized that despite the technostress caused by the intensive use of technology, businesses with high psychological resilience and employees who are identified with their profession will provide competitive advantage in the tourism sector. Policy makers regarding human resources in tourism and educational institutions should focus on analyzing factors related to resilience and stress of employees or candidates/students.…”
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Cultural Tourism Management: Advanced Tools and Technologies by Bojana Milenović

“…Considering that innovation is recognized as a key factor of competitive advantage in the global market, organizations are increasingly adopting new tools, techniques, and strategies that shape specific marketing activity programs. …”
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Research and development investment and board characteristics by Ahlem Selma Messai, Fathi Jouini

“…Our results emphasize the critical role of corporate governance structures in driving R&D investment behavior, contributing to firms’ long-term performance and competitiveness through enhanced innovation and knowledge development.…”
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FAULT DIAGNOSIS OF THE PLANETARY GEARBOX BASED ON SFLA-BP MODEL AND KPCA FEATURE EXTRACTION by HE Yan, WANG ZongYan

“…The shuffled frog leaping algorithm（ SFLA） is a swarm intelligent optimization algorithm that combines competitive evolutionary strategy and limited random search. …”
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Promoting Variable Effect Consistency in Mixture Cure Model for Credit Scoring by Chenlu Zheng, Jianping Zhu, Xinyan Fan, Song Chen, Zhiyuan Zhang

“…Simulation shows that the proposed method has competitive performance compared with alternative methods in terms of estimation and prediction. …”
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Models and applications of stochastic programming with decision‐dependent uncertainty in power systems: A review by Wenqian Yin, Yunhe Hou

“…Abstract Stochastic programming is a competitive tool in power system uncertainty management. …”
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Improving the University Digital Infrastructure Management System: Practice of Social Network Analysis by A. A. Azarov, E. V. Brodovskaya, V. A. Lukushin

“…In the context of the large-scale digitalization and networking processes of modern society, higher education institutions are faced with new challenges that threaten their further sustainability and reduce their competitiveness. As a possible solution to this problem, the authors propose a comprehensive study of university network structures in social media and further implementation of actual practices of online profile management and digital communities. …”
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The Effect of Service Quality, Brand Image, E-WOM, Customer Satisfaction on Customer Loyalty by Sahlani Sahlani, Endang Ruswanti

“…The managerial implications of this study are that although in general customer satisfaction contributes to loyalty, this relationship is not always simple and certain. In a competitive market like Jabodetabek with international fashion brands, other factors such as price, trends, and brand awareness also play an important role in determining customer loyalty. …”
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Influences on financial statement integrity: the role of intellectual capital, independent commissioners, and gender diversity by Leny Suzan, Fadiyah Beliacintiana

“…Property and real estate companies should enhance financial statement integrity to increase investor confidence, strengthen market reputation, and gain sustained competitive advantage.…”
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Credit Risk Management and Financial Performance: A Case of Union Bank Nigeria Limited by Chidinma Nwachukwu C.

“…Strong credit appraisal lays the groundwork for efficient credit risk management and gives businesses a competitive advantage in the marketplace. As a result, credit appraisal determines a bank's survival and profitability. …”
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Cyber security and need to change the model of monitoring fraud and financial crime by Radić Nikola

“…Second, technological innovation accelerates changes in the competitive and consumer environment in which banks operate. …”
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Common Economic Space between EU and Russia? by L. Voronkov

“…It outlines the economic essence of the different measures being undertaken within the EU and the benefits for countries and companies with high level of competitiveness on the EU markets, being gained from participation in the EU integration processes. …”
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EFFECTIVE CONTRACT AT THE UNIVERSITY AS A DRIVER OF WORK QUALITY IMPROVEMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND PEDAGOGICAL WORKERS by I. E. Nikulina

“…The practical significance of the research consists in the presented recommendations on improving the process of introduction of the effective contract system for academic staff, contributing to the development of a competitive environment, and the formation of new mechanisms for motivating the idea of achieving a positive strategic effect in a university.…”
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APPLICATION OF OLI-PARADIGM OF GERMAN FDI INFLOWS IN TURKEY by Erkan Ilgün, Kasim Tatić

“…From the characterization of German direct investments, it is possible to conclude that the transfer of factors that influence competitiveness of German companies is major priority of companies positioned in Turkey. …”
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Mixed Carbon Policies Based on Cooperation of Carbon Emission Reduction in Supply Chain by Yongwei Cheng, Dong Mu, Yi Zhang

“…The results showed that (1) high-strength carbon policies do not necessarily encourage enterprises to effectively reduce emissions, and increasing market acceptance of low carbon products or raising the price of carbon quota can promote the benign reduction; (2) perfect competitive carbon market has a higher carbon reduction efficiency than oligarch carbon market, but their optimal level of cooperation is the same and the realized reduction rate is in line with the intensity of carbon policy; (3) the policy sensitivity of the carbon trading mechanism is stronger than the carbon tax; “paid quota mechanism” can subsidize the cost of abatement and improve reduction initiative. …”
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Educational Component of Doctoral Training at Engineering University by Evgeny A. Korchagin, Rais S. Safin

“…This semantic environment is represented by the personal development of PhD students, along with the development of her/his professional mobility, competence, increasing competitiveness and improving the quality of training. …”
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Fuzzy Fractional-Order PID Control for PMSG Based Wind Energy Conversion System with Sparse Matrix Converter Topology by Waleed Khaled Abdulrazaq Abdulrazaq, Ahmet Mete Vural

“…On the other hand, permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) is competitive in wind turbine applications due to their prominent features. …”
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