Volume 11 Issue 1 (Oct 2016)
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How do entrepreneurs measure success in South Africa?
In this secondary research study the question was researched to establish how entrepreneurs’ measure success in South Africa. In South Africa entrepreneurs’ measure success by evaluating the profitability of the business; the reasons for sta…
The effects of characteristics of social commerce have on customers' purchase decisions
This research focuses on how the factors influencing the characteristics and the words-of-mouth effect influences the consumer’s purchase decision. Especially, it was researched how the word-of-mouth influences the characteristics of social commerce and purchase decision.…
Corporate governance and capital structure of Malaysian family-owned companies
The purpose of paper is to examine the corporate governance attributes that will influence the capital structure of the Malaysian family-owned company. More specifically, this study divides into two objectives which are to examine the relationship between corporate governance an…
The FDI-political risk nexus: some new insights
Most of the existing literature in the FDI-political risk nexus has focused on the creation of economic models to assess foreign investment decisions in the presence of political risk. This is entirely legitimate and valuable as foreign investors are interested in assessing the…
Knowledge management, organizational innovativeness, business competitiveness and potential operations of electrics and electronics businesses in Thailand
Knowledge is an important topic in modern management. Knowledge considers the new wealth of organizations by which superior business performance and a competitive advantage can be achieved. The primary objective of this research aims to investigate the influence of knowledge man…
Influencers of life insurance investment's an empirical evidence from Europe
The main purpose of the study is to identify the economic, cultural and demographic determinants of life insurance consumption for 28 European countries. The study used panel data analysis techniques over the post financial crisis period 2009-2014 and considers many of the emerg…
The influence of information security technostress on the job satisfaction of employees
Information security is an important activity which is vital for corporate or organizational activities. However, focusing only on the strengthening for the performance of information security may act as a factor increasing the techno-stress the members of the organization feel.…
How to increase FDI flows: a demonstration of the new determinant creation theory for Mexico and Chile
In today’s world, Mexico and Chile are nations with growing economic development. Both have different and interesting histories leading to that growth and have had to design in recent years, public policies which contribute to the accumulation of capital. One of the princi…
Dividend announcements effects on stock market returns: a comparative study between conventional and Shari'ah compliant stocks on Bursa Malaysia
Numerous studies have been conducted in Islamic compliant securities, and yet the debate surrounding whether these securities have a significant influence on the stock market rages on. This paper therefore examines the effects of changes in dividend announcements in respect to t…
Inventory management practices among Malaysian micro retailing enterprises
Inventory management represents a key success factor that shows how efficient a company is controlling its inventories. However, there is little information on inventory management practice in a small business setting. Therefore, this study examines the current state of inventor…
The investigation of ERP and E-business effects in Thailand: A resource based view
Formulated on resource based view of the firm, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of enterprise resource planning system (ERP) adoption within the firm and e-business between firm and business partners for competitive advantage. The relationship between comp…
Higher Education trade, liberalization and GATS commitments in the Arab Gulf Region: Challenges and regulatory reforms
Deregulation, privatization and the change in international rules on trade in services led to the increase in the number of private higher education institutions and international branch campuses in the Arab Gulf region. With the inspiration to shift to a knowledge-based economy…
An evaluation into the architectural factors attracting customers to Malaysian shopping malls
This study is aimed at evaluating the architectural factors attracting customers to shop in the Malaysian shopping malls. Studies in the past, focused attention primarily on the provisions of various shopping items that attract customers to a mall without given due consideration…
Employer branding: What constitutes An Employer of choice?
This study looked at the factors that would attract employees towards an ‘Employer of Choice’. The study explored an analysis into the previous addressed literature along with exploratory sets of interviews held with fresh graduates and five…