The literature recognizes several endogenous and exogenous factors influencing the behavior and performance of companies in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).The aim of the study is to analyze the effect of culture (Hofstede dimensions) on CSR in BRIC countries.The sample comprised 397 companies from Brazil, Russia, India and China, using Kolmo
Research background.This study fulfils a need for investigation of a quality profile of snail fillets.Edible snails are a famous food product consumed worldwide and treated as delicacy.Nutritional value, colour and textural properties, such as hardness, are critical factors that impact consumer acceptance of the product.Hardness of snail meat is af
Lobomycosis is a chronic disease caused by Lacazia loboi, which is endemic to the Amazon rainforest, where it affects forest dwellers in Brazil.There is no disease control program and no official therapeutic protocol.This situation contributes to an Nesting Tables unknown disease prevalence and unmet needs of people disabled by this disease who see
Wind speed is one of the primary renewable sources for clean power.However, it is intermittent, presents nonlinear patterns, and Grommet has nonstationary behavior.Thus, the development of accurate approaches for its forecasting is a challenge in wind power generation engineering.Hybrid systems that combine linear statistical and Artificial Intelli
The article presents a mathematical model of sugar beet processing and finding the optimal schedule for this processing.Such task, with fully known data, reduces to a well-known assignment problem.However, in many applied problems of discrete optimization, it is not possible to use classical methods to find a solution in practice.This happens as a