International Journal of Business and Social Research

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Volume 4, issue 12, 2014

Islamic vs. Conventional Banking Role in Non-Oil Growth: A Causal Analysis in the Case of Bahrain pp. 1-15

Abdellah Belhadia and Nawal Belbouab

The Role of Government in the Development of MSMEs in Nigeria between 1991 and 2012 pp. 16-26

Ignatius Ahmed Atsu and Cornelius M. Ojong

Examining Rural-Urban Obesity Trends among Youth in the U.S.: Testing the Socioeconomic Gradient Hypothesis pp. 27-42

Philip B Mason, Frank M. Howell and Jeremy R. Porter

The Political Economy of Post War Economic Development in Sri Lanka pp. 43-62

Prasanna Perera

Measuring Emotional Responses to TV Commercials: The Warmth Monitor Modernized pp. 63-69

Marc Roy

Work and Gender among Co-owners of Family Micro-Enterprises in Mexico pp. 70-85

Alejandra Montes- de-Oca-O'Reilly and Verónica Ortiz

Volume 4, issue 11, 2014

Social Web Identity Established upon Trust and Reputations pp. 1-7

Rajni Goel

Viable Techniques, Leontief’s Closed Model, and Sraffa’s Subsistence Economies pp. 18-30

Alberto Benítez Sánchez and Alejandro Benítez Sánchez

Accounting Standards and Market Value of Firms with Pension Plans pp. 31-42

Sara Paralta

Voices on HRM Practices: Employee Interpretations at the Subsidiary of a Danish MNC in Bangalore pp. 43-59

Mette Zølner

Real-Time Analysis of Online Product Reviews by Means of Multi-Layer Feed-Forward Neural Networks pp. 60-70

Reinhold Decker

Volume 4, issue 10, 2014

Overtime Work and Remuneration in Different Areas of Economic Activities in Lithuania: Theoretical and Practical Issues pp. 1-14

Laura PilukienÄ— and Aida MaÄ erinskienÄ—

Impact of Employment Agglomeration on Patented Innovation in U.S. Manufacturing Industries from 1986 to 2008 pp. 25-42

Abdullah M. Khan

Education, Innovation, Stage of Activity and the Recent Economic Crisis as Key Factors of Internationalization: An Empirical Analysis of the Spanish Entrepreneurs Using the GEM Database pp. 54-67

Carmen Lafuente, Ignacio López and Carlos Poza

Comparison of Turkey and European Union Countries’ Health Indicators by Using Fuzzy Clustering Analysis pp. 68-74

Nesrin Alptekin

Competition in the Financial Services Sector: A Case of Kenyan Annuities Market pp. 75-91

Amos Gitau Njuguna

The Decision-Oriented Interview (DOI) as a Marketing Instrument for Obtaining Information about Brands pp. 92-108

Karl Westhoff and Axel Schmidt

Volume 4, issue 9, 2014

A Structural Equation Modeling Approach to Investigate Negative Word of Mouth Impact on Customer-Based Brand Equity: Does Attribution Matter? pp. 1-13

Ahmed Y. Ebeid and Hesham F. Gadelrab

The Effects of Opportunism and Trust on Buyer-Supplier Relationship: Do Commitment Types Matter? pp. 14-26

Oznur Ozkan-Tektas

Undergraduate Competences as Labour Market Mechanism for Curriculum Alignment in Ghana: Case of University of Cape Coast School of Business pp. 27-42

Anthony Akwesi Owusu, Edward Marfo-Yiadom and Georgina Asi Owusu (Mrs.)

Analyzing Risk of Student Hostel Investment: The case of Private Investors pp. 43-56

Elvis Attakora-Amaniampong, Andrews Salakpi and Freda Bonye

On The Improvement of the System of Board of Directors in China pp. 57-68

Zhao Jinlong and Li Xue

Volume 4, issue 8, 2014

Instill Lean A3 Thinking into Healthcare IT Services pp. 1-7

Jihong Zeng and John Zhang

Hedonic Price Method for Housing pp. 8-16

Jeyhun Abbasov

Drug Trade and Statistical Discrepancies in the U.S. Balance of Payments pp. 17-24

Ph.D Mehdi Hojjat

The Usefulness of Analytical Procedures: An Empirical Approach in the Auditing Sector in Portugal pp. 25-33

Carlos Pinho Ph.D.

Cooperatives and Property Rights: Hansmann’s Contribution pp. 34-43

Gaetano Cuomo

The Influence of Business Environmental Dynamism, Complexity and Munificence on Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya pp. 59-73

Dr. Washington O. Okeyo

Relationship Leadership, Employee Engagement and Organizational Citizenship Behavior pp. 74-90

D. Wahyu Ariani

Research on the Synergy Degree of China Yangtze River Delta Region Technology Innovation System Evolution from the Perspective of Technology Innovation Chain pp. 91-98

Xu Binfeng and Ph.D Song Wei

Volume 4, issue 7, 2014

Another Attempt to look inside the “Black Box†of Performance Creation: A Case Study Approach pp. 1-16

PhD Rifat Kamasak

Effect of Acquisition Activity on the Financial Indicators of Companies: An Application in BIST pp. 17-22

Eda ORUÇ ERDOĞAN and Murat ERDOĞAN

The Impact of Business Development Services on Entrepreneurial Orientation and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Kenya pp. 38-49

Dr. Washington O. Okeyo, Dr. James Gathungu and Prof. Peter K’Obonyo, PhD

The Economical Reforms of The Republic of Macedonia after The Independence pp. 71-76

Radovanovik-Angjelkovska Tamara

An Assessment of Theories Underlying the Operations of the Nigerian Stock Market pp. 77-86

Chris O. Udoka and Bassey I. Ibor

A Modified Microfinance Model Proposed for the United States pp. 87-99

Yu Da and Eldon H. Bernstein

Sustainability of Government Debt in Sri Lanka pp. 100-108

Dayaratna-Banda Ph.D Og and A. A. S. Priyadarshanee

Do Direct Foreign Investments Increase Efficiency Convergence at Firm Level? The Case of Vietnam, 2000-2011 pp. 109-119

Nguyen Khac Minh, Nguyen Viet Hung, Pham Van Khanh and Ha Quynh Hoa

Ukraine and The IMF: An Uneasy Cooperation pp. 120-130

Fyodor I. Kushnirsky

Volume 4, issue 6, 2014

Diagnosis for Effectiveness: Performance Assessment from a Diagnostic Measurement Perspective with Big Data pp. 1-11

Ph.D Jiyuan Zhang and Cody Ding

The Effect of Business Development Services on Performance of Small and Medium Manufacturing Enterprises in Kenya pp. 12-26

Dr. Washington O. Okeyo Ph.D, Dr. James Gathungu, Ph.D, and Prof. Peter K’Obonyo Ph.D

Socio-Economic Factors and Job Satisfaction among Public Health Care Registered Nurses in Trinidad and Tobago pp. 27-37

Jenine A. Mitchell and Talia R. Esnard

Determinants of Success of Small Business: A Survey-Based Study in Kuliyapitiya Divisional Secretariat of Sri Lanka pp. 38-50

Dr. J. G. Sri Ranjith and Dr. O. G Dayaratna Banda

An Investigation of the Impact of Corporate Governance Mechanisms on Level of Corporate Risk Disclosure: Evidence from Kuwait pp. 51-70

Bader Al-Shammari

Transit and Warehousing Activities: A Silent Wrecker of Tax Revenue in Ghana pp. 71-84

John Kwame Adu, Kwasi Poku and Boahemaa Opoku Anarfi

The Effect of Aid: A Case Study in Democratic Ownership and Accountability in Natural Resources and Environmental Governance in Ghana pp. 85-97

Samuel Kwofie

The Development of Consumer Protection Policies in Malaysia pp. 98-108

Mohamad Fazli Sabri

The 2013 Elections in Honduras: End of Bipartisanship? pp. 109-122

Carlos Barrachina

SFA Adoption: Empirical Evidences from a Case Study pp. 123-136

Silvio Cardinali, Gian Luca Gregori and Paola Palanga

Do Consumers Read Terms of Service Agreements When Installing Software? - A Two-Study Empirical Analysis pp. 137-145

Thomas J. Maronick

Effective Utilization of the Incident Command System in a High-Reliability Environment pp. 146-154

Carmine Nogara

Information System Model as a Mobbing Prevention: A Case Study pp. 155-164

Ersin Karaman, Dr. Kursat Timuroglu and Dr. Mustafa Keskinkılıc

The Problems of Interpretation of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the European Court of Human Rights pp. 165-172

Ivanets Ivan Petrovich

Volume 4, issue 5, 2014

Wages Paid in Kind in Self-Replacing Economies pp. 1-11

Alberto Benítez Sánchez and Alejandro Benítez Sánchez

Integrating Financial Literacy Concepts into the Introductory Financial Accounting Course pp. 12-24

C. Andrew Lafond and Bruce Leauby

New Public Governance: The Tracks of Changes pp. 25-32

Aleksandras Patapas, Alvydas Raipa and Vainius Smalskys

Acquisition (Purchasing) of ERP Systems from Organizational Buying Behavior Perspective pp. 33-46

Dr. Tariq Bhatti

Time Management and Its Relation to Students’ Stress, Gender and Academic Achievement among Sample of Students at Al Ain University of Science and Technology, UAE pp. 47-58

Ahmad Saleh Al Khatib

A Labor Law perspective on the Protection of Persons in a Vulnerable Employment Relationship in South Africa pp. 59-71

Damian Viviers and Denine Smit

Challenges and Obstacles of e-Government Streamlining: A Case Study pp. 72-82

Anupam K. Nath and Debjani Kanjilal

On the quality of failure pp. 83-92

Bengt-Arne Vedin

The Socio-economic Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on Sudan pp. 93-99

Khalid Hassan Elbeely

Audit Firm Size and Market Price Per Share of Quoted Companies in Nigeria pp. 100-117

Fca Augustine O. Okolie Ph.D

Determinants of Halal Purchase Intention: Case in Perlis pp. 118-123

Noor Afzainiza Afendi, Farah Lina Azizan and Aflah Isa Darami

Sector Rotation and Interest Rate Policy pp. 124-130

Phillip C. James, Il-woon Kim and John J. Cheh

Conceptual Approaches Towards Personnel Behaviour Management of Ukrainian Industrial Enterprise pp. 131-136

Yuri Mykhailovych Kosmyna and Galyna Myronivna Zakharchyn

Newsvendor Problem Experiments: Riskiness of the Decisions and Learning by Experience pp. 137-150

Arshavskiy V., Okulov V. and Smirnova A.

Effects of R&D Cooperation to Innovation Performance in Open Innovation Environment pp. 151-160

Song Wei, Gao Liang and Pan Gang

The exemplar in management: Learning the culture of good behavior pp. 161-172

Nadia Bouzgarrou Bchir

Occupational Stress and Organizational Commitment: Does Sex and Managerial Status Matter? pp. 173-182

Anthony Sumnaya Kumasey, Eric Delle and Samuel Batchison Ofei

Volume 4, issue 4, 2014

An Evaluation of the Cybersecurity Policies for the United States Health & Human Services Department pp. 1-7

Derek Mohammed PhD and Ronda Mariani

Managing Media: Segmenting Media through Consumer Expectancies pp. 8-19

Matt Eastin, Vincent Cicchirillo, Nicole Cunningham and Ming-Ching Liang

The Effect of Alliance Image on the Relationship between Consumer Innovativeness and New Product Adoption pp. 20-33

Jerome Christia PhD

Let’s Deconstruct the Meaning of “Dependent Work†to Enlarge the Scope of Labor Law pp. 34-49

Barbara Grandi

Multiple Regression and Structural Analysis of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ghana (1994-2010) pp. 65-82

Samuel Lartey, Buckman Akuffo, Enock Mintah Ampaw and Seth Opoku Larbi

Leadership Behaviour: Does Sex and Level of Education matter? pp. 83-88

Anthony Sumnaya Kumasey, Eric Delle and Albert Puni Puni

Economic Impact of Energy Subsidy and Subsidy Reform Measures: New Evidence from Jordan pp. 89-101

Khalil Elian Abdelrahim

Re-reading the Term “Strategy†pp. 102-110

Onur Dirlik and Duygu Aydin-Unal

The Effect of Proclivity to Open Innovation, Job Complexity and Technology Turbulence on Creativity: Evidence from Technologically Less Advanced Countries pp. 111-122

Mmdr Deegahawature

Cognitive Style Diversity in Decision Making Teams: A Conceptual Framework pp. 123-135

Abby Mello and Joan Rentsch

Emerging Multinationals: Multilatinas pp. 136-145

Mtro. José Satsumi López-Morales, Dr. Jorge Alberto Wise-Lozano and Josè G. Vargas-Hernà ndez, M.B.A, Ph.D.

Volume 4, issue 3, 2014

Modelling and Forecasting Cruise Tourism Demand to Izmir by Different Artificial Neural Network Architectures pp. 12-28

Dr. Murat çuhadar, Iclal Cogurcu and Ceyda Kukrer

Assessing the Impact of (Overly) Socially Desirable Brand Attributes in Choice Conjoint Tasks pp. 29-43

Dr. André Carlos Martins Menck and Dr. João Bento Oliveira

Assessing the Influence of Advertising on Student Enrolment in Private Tertiary Institutions in Ghana pp. 55-65

Bede Akorige Atarah and Augustine Awuah Peprah

A Study on Importance and Satisfaction of Forwarders as to Airline Services: Based on the Main Export Route of Korean Market pp. 66-77

Sung-Hyun Yoon and Dr. Jin-Woo Park

Wages Paid in Value in Self-Replacing Economies pp. 78-86

Alberto Benitez Sánchez and Alejandro Benitez Sánchez

Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in alleviating poverty in Jordan: An Exploratory Study pp. 87-105

Dr. Khalil Elian Abdelrahim

Towards Identifying and Disclosing Intellectual Capital pp. 106-113

Gholamreza Karami, Jalal Seyyedi and Mohammad Sadegh Ghaznavi

Analysis of Current Conditions Facing Social Enterprises in Korea: Policy Issues Regarding Their Sustainable Development pp. 119-125

Young-Chool Choi and Ji-Hyun Jang

Entrepreneurial Attitudes: Comparing Independent Business’ Owners With Franchisees pp. 126-136

Dr. João Bento Oliveira, Patricia Peghini, Juliana Moro Bueno Mendonça and Dr. Andre Carlos Martins Menck

Symmetry in Social Construction during ERP Implementation: A Systems Security Perspective pp. 137-153

PhD Dr. Kennedy Njenga

Volume 4, issue 2, 2014

The Impact of Political Advertising through Social Networking Sites on Egyptians’ Political Orientations and Choices pp. 1-14

Khaled A. Gad

Intangibles of CSR in the Tourism Sector pp. 15-23

Mrs. Zahaira Fabiola González

Growth in Nigeria’s Non-Oil Export Finance and Non-Oil Export Performance: A Correlational Analysis pp. 31-39

Barine Michael Nwidobie

The Challenges of Effective Community Participation in District Education Strategic Planning and Implementation Process in the Salaga Town Council of Ghana pp. 40-49

Harriet Takyi, Emmanuel Kwabena Anin and Yussif Kofi Asuo

The Role of Formal Routines in Organizational Innovation pp. 56-70

Feim M. Blakçori

Coaching: What Business and Social Researchers Need To Know About It pp. 71-80

Ph.D. Dr. Raymond L. Forbes

Electoral Mobilization for European Parliament Elections – a Portuguese Quasi-Experimental Plan for the 2004/2009 Elections pp. 81-99

Jorge De Sá

The Effect of Organızatıonal Stress on Indıvıdual Performance: A Study on Hospıtal Staff pp. 100-111

Mehmet Onur Balkan and Ahmet Emin Serin

Entrepreneurial Intention, Culture, Gender And New Venture Creation: Critical Review pp. 112-132

James .M. Gathungu and Pauline W. Mwangi

Volume 4, issue 1, 2014

Establishing an Interest-Free Lending Platform Applying Optimum Premium, Mesbah Point, in Amortization and Time Value of Money pp. 1-18

Amir BehnamIzadyar and Feroza Ragnath

The Equity Performance of U.S. Firms Emerging from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy pp. 19-30

Abu Towhid Muhammad Shaker

Succession Model for Family Businesses in the Highway-Building Field pp. 31-47

Roman Alberto Quijano and Deneb Eli Magaña

Historical Data in the Context of Risk Prediction pp. 48-60

Grzegorz Mentel and Jacek Brożyna

Regional Dynamics of Triple Helix Spaces of Innovation, Knowledge and Consensus and the Creation of Firms in Coimbra (Portugal) pp. 61-69

João Paulo C. Marques

Gender disparities in the Ghana national health insurance claims: An econometric analysis pp. 70-81

Samuel Antwi, Xicang Zhao, Eugene OwareKoranteng and Boadi Kofi Eric

Determinants of Customer Loyalty among Mobile Telecom Subscribers in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana pp. 82-95

KwabenaAdjei and Richard Denanyoh

The Influence of Socio-Economic Factors in the Transformation of Rural Economies in Arid and Semi-Arid Areas: Lessons from Turkana County in Northern Kenya pp. 109-120

Jasai Silale and Stephen Morangi Nyambegera

Information and Communication Technologies in Azerbaijan and Importance of Their Use pp. 121-123

Zeynalova K.Z.

Business Financing Options for SMEs in Zimbabwe Post February 2009 pp. 124-129

Tonderai Nyamwanza and Severino Mavhiki