Volume 10 Issue 3 (Jul 2016)
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European Union and the utilization of GSP from importer's perspective with special reference to lesser developed economies
International trade had over recent years become more efficient and importers have looked for ways to keep costs down while maintaining quality. The European Union provides incentives to importers to trade internationally with lesser developed countries by reducing the entrance…
World edible oil prices prediction: Evidence from mix effect of ever difference on Box-Jenkins approach
The Box-Jenkins model assumed that the time series is stationary. Generally, researchers will conduct the first order difference as a necessary procedure of stationarity data. The first or second order difference seems to be a good solution towards nonstationarity counterparts,…
Local industrial development in Algeria
In Algeria, regional development was first realized, in the framework of a planned economy in the 1970s, by local development programs or plans for local equipment focused on creating jobs, industry promotion, and development of rural and Saharan regions but without any decision…
The impact of firm characteristics on earnings management: an empirical study on the listed firms in Egypt
Earnings management has been a great and consistent concern among practitioners and regulators and has received considerable attention in the accounting literature. Several techniques and reasons exist for the practice of earnings management each is based on the management’s o…
The applicability of technology acceptance models in the Arab business setting
Information Technology acceptance is one of the most advanced streams of Information Systems Research (Venkatesh et al., 2012; Venkatesh and Bala, 2008). Research work indicates that the most important strength of Technology Acceptance Models is their generalizability and applic…
Linking expectations and culture at links of London
This field-based case which focuses upon Krissy, a new Assistant Store Manager at Links of London. She applied to work for the firm because she had read on their website how supportive and developmental they were yet her work experiences there were to the contrary. This paradox…
A meta-analysis of consumer irrational purchase behavior based on Howard-Sheth mode
The character of consumer purchase behavior choice is the market basis and decision basis of enterprise marketing activities. The purpose of this research is to explore how those irrational behavior generate, what factors have great significance on consumer irrational behavior a…
The making of an entrepreneur: aligning institutional paradigm to the industry needs
Entrepreneurship is seen as a more viable solution that will both boost the economy and decrease unemployment indices in the Philippines. Researches show that education plays a very crucial role in the development of entrepreneurs. The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) ranke…
Effect of Transformational Leadership and High Performance Work System on Job Motivation and Task Performance: Empirical Evidence from Business Schools of Thailand Universities
This study investigates the effect of transformational leadership and high performance work system on job motivation and task performance at the business schools of Thai universities. Following the existing literature, transformational leadership, and high performance work syste…
A study of customer satisfaction on select service dimensions with reference to ATMs and CDMs services in Oman
In order to provide better services to customers, banks have been using different types of online banking, ATMs, and CDMs. A very large proportion of bank customers use ATMs and CDMs for their routine operations. This study endeavors to gauge the customer satisfaction of ATM and…
Investigating the effect of the big five personality dimensions on compulsive buying behavior of Egyptian consumers
Compulsive buying behavior is an emerging phenomenon nowadays, that has gained greater attention since the late 1980s (Magee, 1994), reflecting negative behaviours of consumers (Hafez et al., 2013). This research aims to discuss compulsive buying behaviour of Egyptian consumers,…
Engagement in integrated reporting: evidence from the international integrating reporting council adoption framework
The research objectives are to emphasize that companies in Thailand apply the International Integrated Reporting Council (IIRC) framework into their integrated report, examine the board of committee responsiveness for the companies’ used the integrated report, investigate of t…
Does goods and services tax stimulate economic growth? International evidence
This paper examines the impact of goods and services tax (GST) on economic growth in developing and developed countries using the Arellano-Bond dynamic panel GMM estimation. The empirical results reveal that GST is negatively correlated with economic growth in developing countri…
A study of factors influencing customer's purchasing behaviours of gold ornaments
Since late 2013, the demand for gold ornaments in Thailand has been increasing after the global economic crisis had less impact on gold prices. The purpose of this study was to investigate factors influencing customer’s purchasing intention of gold ornaments. Data collecte…