Long-term predictions are indispensable for planning and strategy. Yet little is known about their value, their limitations or the most appropriate way of making and using them. This paper examines these issues and proposes ...

This study investigates the uses and gratifications obtained from reading news online in News Media and Social Media. A comparison is done between these two (News Media and Social Media) related to what type of needs does ...

Does the hotel industry fully exploit the e-marketing capabilities? The purpose of this study is to investigate the Internet marketing strategies and practices that are used in the hotel industry. Namely, it examines the ...

The method of principal component is used in this paper to analyse the interrelationship among the world's major stock exchanges. The major finding is that the interrelationship is unstable over time. This finding proves ...

Forecasts are crucial for practically all economic and business decisions. However, there is a mounting body of empirical evidence showing that accurate forecasting in the economic and business world is usually not possible. ...

In this study the uses and gratifications obtained from Mainstream News sites and Social Media when the users read online news is explored. A comparative work is done between the two in order to examine the differences on ...

The formal practice of forecasting and planning (F&P) has risen to prominence within a few decades and now receives considerable attention from both academics and practitioners. This paper explicitly recognizes the nature ...

The Notes section of the international Journal of Forecasting contains commentary on the theory and practice of forecasting in the form of communications to the journal such as research notes, teaching tips, practitioners’ ...

Το άρθρο εξετάζει επίκαιρα ερωτήματα ως προς το δικαίωμα του αγοραστή να αξιώσει αντικατάσταση του ελαττωματικού πράγματος. Εξετάζει την απόφαση του ΔΕΕ στις συνεκδικασθείσες υποθέσεις Gebr. Weber και Putz και συμπεραίνει ...

This paper surveys time-series methods developed and used in the fields of statistics, engineering, operation research and economics. It will describe each of the major methods now in existence and synthesize them into an ...

This paper considers two problems of interpreting forecasting competition error statistics. The first problem is concerned with the importance of linking the error measure (loss function) used in evaluating a forecasting ...

Tο Δικαστήριο της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης (ΔΕυρΕ) έχει διαμορφώσει με την πάροδο των ετών μια εκτενή νομολογία σχετικά με την υποχρέωση του εθνικού δικαστή να εξετάζει αυτεπαγγέλτως τον καταχρηστικό χαρακτήρα όρων καταναλωτικών ...

How successful have economists and other business forecasters been in predicting recessions? This question is of considerable practical value since the level of economic activity greatly influences budgets and other plans ...

Το άρθρο εξετάζει ζητήματα της διεθνούς δικαιοδοσίας σε διαφορές από ατομικές συμβάσεις εργασίας κατά τον Κανονισμό Βρυξέλλες Ι (44/2001). Ιδιαίτερη αναφορά γίνεται στην παλαιότερη νομολογία του ΔΕΚ επί της Σύμβασης των ...

Το ζήτημα της άρσης της αυτοτέλειας του νομικού προσώπου προς το σκοπό της προστασίας των δανειστών του έχει απασχολήσει συστηματικά την ελληνική θεωρία και έχει γνωρίσει αξιόλογη νομολογιακή επεξεργασία. Τα τελευταία ...

This article comments on the urban planning theory-practice gap, focusing on the relationship between the planning theory and the use of urban indicators. The reason for the selection of this case study is twofold. On the ...

The aim of the article is to review the official Greek target indicators, i.e. those standards that are included in the current planning legislation ( Official Government Gazette 285/D/5.3, 2004), and are used for the ...

It is generally recognised that indicator-based research forms a substantial part both of the everyday practice and of the current theoretical pursuits in an extensive set of different scientific fields that relate to the ...

In the current study we examined the psychometric properties of the Greek adaptation of the Social Phobic Inventory (SoPhI) (Moore & Gee, 2003). The questionnaire is a 21-item self-report measure that assesses social anxiety ...

Tests of aggression, prejudice and a measure of how much uniqueness or similarity we perceive in others were administered to participants the day before the terrorist attacks of 9/ 11, the day of the attacks, six and seven ...