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Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Relationship between remittances and house prices : evidence from Kenya
Get PDFWorkers’ remittances are among the major sources of capital for households within developing countries. There has been increased migration over the past decades and attention has greatly been focused on remittances given their frequency, stability, and increased magnitude within developing economies. Such scale has put them at par or slightly greater in absolute value to the more pronounced sources of foreign capital such as foreign direct investment (FDI) and official development assistance (ODA). Remittances alongside FDI and ODA provide significant private financial resources for households, businesses, and governments. Remittances have for a long time been classified as micro-economic sources of capital but are now emerging as macro-economic capital sources given their multiplier effects. An increase in the absolute values of diaspora remittances into Kenya has been noted coinciding with an acceleration in economic growth rates. The real estate sector has emerged as one of the main proponents of the upswing of economic growth rates. This study seeks to understand whether any relationship exists between real remittances and real house prices in Kenya. In addition to remittances, the study seeks to understand what the macro-determinants of real house prices in Kenya are. Quarterly time series data from the period 2004 to 2020 is used for the analysis. Applying the autoregressive distributed lag (ARDL) model, the results indicate that real remittances have a significant and positive long run relationship with real house prices. Real interest rates and real construction costs were found to have a positive long run relationship with real house prices. However, real GDP per capita displayed a negative long run relationship with real house prices
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
An Investigation of Competitive Strategies Adopted By Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya
No full textA Research Project Report Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirement for the Degree of Masters of Business AdministrationThis study sought to investigate the competitive strategies adopted by small medium enterprises in Kenya. The specific objective of the study were; to determine the cost leadership strategies adopted by small medium enterprises in Kenya, to establish the differentiation strategies adopted by small medium enterprises in Kenya and to find out the cost focus strategies adopted by small medium enterprises in Kenya.
Descriptive research design was used to analyze the research problem. The target population of this study was top 100 Small and Medium Enterprise in Kenya. The researcher administered questionnaires to each member of the sample population and collected both primary and secondary data. The researcher analyzed quantitative data gathered by use of SPSS (Version 20) and displayed the information using bar charts, graphs, pie charts and in prose-form.
The study findings of objective one revealed that by adopting a cost leadership strategy SMEs were able to defend their market share from their competitors through innovation, importation of raw materials and improving internal business processes. It was evident that cost plays a critical part in SMEs competitive strategy since they try to maintain a low cost so that they can be able to price their products at a much lower price and at the same time be able to earn a profit.
The findings of objective two revealed that differentiation strategy enabled SMEs to have different products from those of their competitors making their products stand out from those of the competitors through different packaging, personalized service and value the consumer derived from the products. The study further revealed that the benefit of differentiation is that perceived quality and brand loyalty which protects the company from competitors and also limits the threats of substitutes.
The findings of objective three revealed that SMEs segment their customers to be able to manipulate cost as they deem fit which in turn helps the SMEs grow their market share to areas which have been ignored by the larger competitors. The study recommended that SMEs need to evaluate their operations critically, perform a SWOT analysis, engage the government regularly on matters of competition and be innovative so as to remain competitive.
The researcher concludes that for an SME to successfully adopt a cost leadership strategy it should be able to lower costs by adopting process innovations, learning curve benefits, economies of scale, product designs, reducing manufacturing costs and reengineering activities into their operations. A low-cost strategy is successfully implemented when the business designs, produces, and markets a comparable product more efficiently than its rivals.
From the study it can be concluded that innovation plays a key role in designing differentiation and cost focus strategies because this will ultimately lead to new products, services and process that will make the firm become more competitive since a change in consumer taste or a technological change could cause such a firm’s niche to disappear.
The study recommends that cost leadership strategy is very vital to the operations of SMEs hence the need of professional staff who will be able to advice and improve the operations of the SMEs. It has also been recommended that they should come up with their own association to be able to share on problems facing the implementation of cost leadership strategy.
From the study it has also been recommended that SMEs need to carry out SWOT analysis when it comes to implementation of differentiation strategy due to the frequent changes in the operating environment. It is also important for SMEs to be innovative in there processes and product ii order to remain competitive in the market.
On cost focus strategy it is important for the SMEs to engage the government on policy regarding unfair competitive practices. It has also been recommended that SMEs need to adopt the latest technology so as to expand their market through superior and affordable products
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
koamabayili/VECTRON-author-checklist: VECTRON author checklist
No full textWe have done our best to complete the author checklist relating to the use of animals in the hut study. Note that the objective for the hut study was to evaluate the IRS treatment applications for residual efficacy against Anopheles mosquitoes, including the local An. coluzzii mosquito population. Cows were only used to attract mosquitoes into the huts and no tests were carried out directly on the cows. The author checklist is intended for use with studies where experiments are carried out on animals, which is why we have had such difficulty in completing this for the hut study, as many of the questions do not relate to how the cows were used
Author-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.
No full textAuthor-wise bibliometric analysis based on entropy.</p
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