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Volume 3, issue 12, 2013

An examination of the Business Strategy and Transformational Leadership symbiosis pp. 12-19

Joe Duke

Female Employment in Military Industrial Complex Enterprises of Post-Soviet Russia pp. 20-25

PhD Oxana A. Demchenkova

Demand Chain Management Model: A Tool for Stakeholders’ Value Creation pp. 37-47

Kwabena Sarpong Anning, Stephen Okyere and Jonathan Annan

Access and Communication Pricing and Club Effect pp. 48-64

Amira Saidi and Ati Abdessata

Volume 3, issue 11, 2013

Corporate Moral Duties: Consequentialism, Collective Moral Agency and the “Ought†Implies “Can†Maxim pp. 17-29

Leandro Martins Zanitelli

The Effects of Cosmopolitanism on Consumer Ethnocentrism, Brand Origin Identification and Foreign Product Purchases pp. 30-44

Oliver Parts

Microfinance and the Socio-economic Wellbeing of Women Entrepreneurs in Ghana pp. 45-62

Smile Dzisi and Francis Obeng

Communication Processes and Organizational Change in Post-Industrial Society pp. 63-73

Concetta Lodedo

The Use of the Financial Analysis in Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of the External Auditor in Detecting Financial Fraud – An Analytical Study pp. 74-86

Dr. Alfateh Al-Amin ARahim El-Faki

Integration of Tax Administration to Curb Import and Domestic Tax Evasions in Ghana pp. 87-100

John Adu Kwame, Eric Tutu Tchao and Kwasi Poku

Volume 3, issue 10, 2013

The Analysis of Fiscal Policy Shocks’ Transmission in Morocco pp. 1-12

Hicham Baddi and Kamal Lahlou

Socio-economic Dimensions, Causes and Curbing Measures of Corruption in Developing Economies with A Special Reference to Jordan pp. 29-40

Dr. Khalil Elian Abdelrahim

Regression Analysis of Road Traffic Accidents and Population Growth in Ghana pp. 41-47

Boakye Agyemang, Dr G. K. Abledu and Reuben Semevoh

Volume 3, issue 9, 2013

Results of Research about Consciousness of Foodstuff Consumers in Hungary pp. 1-7

Ibolya Bravacz

AN EXAMINATION OF THE AUDIT REPORT LAG OF COMPANIES QUOTED IN THE NIGERIA STOCK EXCHANGE pp. 8-16

Dr. N.O Dibia and Onwuchekwa J.c

Assessing the Benefits of Yield Management in the Hospitality Industry in Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana pp. 17-25

Owusu Boahen, Emmanuel Kweku Quansah and Owusu Kwame Sarpong

QR Code: An Interactive Mobile Advertising Tool pp. 26-32

Ela Sibel Bayrak Meydanoglu

The Challenges of Supply Chain in the Gold Mining Sector of Obuasi Municipality of Ghana pp. 33-44

Ernest Kwaku Agyei, Kwame Owusu Sarpong and Emmanuel Kwabena Anin

Drivers of Choice of Management Accounting System Designs in Nigerian Manufacturing Companies pp. 45-57

Solabomi Omobola Ajibolade, Ph.D, FCA, FIMLS, Acti

Strategic Positioning of Marketplaces and Learning Institutions As Digital Village Centers for Rural Empowerment and Development in Bondo District pp. 58-73

George Odunga Obare, Dr Patrick Odhiambo Hayombe and Prof. KefahRabah

Towards a Typology of Growth through the Axes of an Innovation Network pp. 74-87

Belgacem Bchini

Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting by Commercial Banks in Annual Reports: Evidence from Malawi pp. 88-101

Andrew Munthopa Lipunga

Volume 3, issue 8, 2013

Exchange Rate Pass-Through and Unemployment Dynamics pp. 1-17

Chak Hung J. Cheng

The Impact of Transformational Leadership on Leader-Follower Work Value Congruence pp. 18-31

David Bosch

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as Spiritual Leader pp. 32-43

Andrea Pierce

Do Business Demographics Matter to Nascent Venture Performance? A Longitudinal Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Survey pp. 44-56

Augustine Yao Dzathor

CSR and Stakeholder Dialogue: A Case Study of Sugar Cane Company in Thailand pp. 57-65

Suwichit Chaidaroon and Kawpong Polyorat

Evaluation of enterprise training on youth employment within Kumasi metropolis of Ghana pp. 66-74

Alex Anyesepari Asunsung, Joseph Owusu and Solomon Gbane Zaato

ASSESSMENT OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT IN GHANA HEALTH SERVICE pp. 75-87

John frimpong Manso, Jonathan Annan, and Sowornu sovoe Anane

Volume 3, issue 7, 2013

Continuous Audit: From the concept towards the implementation pp. 1-7

Phd. Kayahan TÃœM

An Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Adoption of Activity Based Costing (ABC) in the Financial Sector in Jamaica pp. 8-18

Phillip C. James

Alternatives to Downsizing: An Organizational Innovation Approach pp. 19-27

William Marty Martin and Audrey C. Davis

The International Accounting Standards Board’s Progress in Promoting Judgement Through Objectives-Oriented Accounting Standards pp. 28-42

Tanja Lakovic and Jayne Fuglister

The National Housing Fund, Mortgage Finance and Capital Formation in Nigeria pp. 43-53

Kehinde Adekunle Adetiloye

Evaluation of Effect of Global Economic Meltdown on Capital Market Performance pp. 54-62

Onaolapo Adekunle Rahman, Ojebiyi Florence Bosede, Oyedare Olufemi Akinloye and Adedeji Elijah Adeyinka

Importance of Motivational Factors among Future Business Persons: Further Evidence from Ghana pp. 63-69

Peter Kwame Kuuto and Ebenezer Agyemang Badu

Gender Discrimination in the Curriculum of Urdu (Compulsory) at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa -An Analysis pp. 70-77

Muhammad Hamid and Shamaila Iqbal

The Economic Impact of Southern Sudan Secession pp. 78-83

Khalid Hassan Elbeely

Theoretical explanations of corporate hedging pp. 84-102

Marcello Spanò

The Nexus between environmental knowledge and ecotourism attitude among the local youths in Co-educational Secondary Schools in Bondo Sub-County, Siaya County, Kenya pp. 103-116

Joshua Otieno Wanga, Patrick Odhiambo Hayombe, Pius Ongoro Odunga and Fredrick Z.A. Odede

Analysis on The Situation of Families Having Children With Disabilities pp. 117-129

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Rita Raudeliūnaitė

Predicting Future Health Demands in Jordan pp. 130-136

Ph.D Ghassan Al-Utaibi

Study of Vehicular Traffic Congestion in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis pp. 137-149

Francois Mahama, Jonathan Annan, Professor Samuel Kwame Amponsah and Charles Sebil

An Assessment of the Operations of Rotational Savings and Credit Association in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana pp. 150-159

Joseph Owusu1, Emmanuel Kwabena Anin and Solomon Gbene Zaato

Twin deficits in Morocco: An empirical investigation pp. 160-172

Anas Mossadak

Volume 3, issue 6, 2013

Toward a Useful Model for Group Mentoring in Public Accounting Firms pp. 1-7

Steven J. Johnson

Currency Restructuring Exercise in Nigeria: overview and Potential Implications pp. 8-16

Ernest Simeon Odior Ph.D and Afolashade Abibat Shodeinde

International Financial Reporting Standards vs. homo sovieticus personality the case of Poland pp. 17-35

KatarzynaTobór-Osadnik, Ph.D, MałgorzataWyganowska, Ph.D and PrzemysławKabalski, Ph.D

Strategies and logics of internationalization pp. 36-47

Mahjouba Ben Salem

Corporate Social Responsibility and Employee Health in the Nigerian Banking Sector pp. 48-55

Dr. Chukwuemeka Anene Mbbs and Francisca Anene

Perceptions and Attitudes of the Local Community towards the Dagbon Conflict Management in Northern Ghana pp. 56-64

Takyi Harriet, Samuel Yeyu Tika and Emmanuel Kwabena Anin

Cultural Differences in Spatial Composition and Visual Directionality: A Comparative study of English and Chinese Newspaper Advertisements pp. 65-80

Yanli Meng

MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF INFLATION IN GHANA FROM 1990 – 2009 pp. 81-93

Francis Gyebi and Godfried K. Boafo

Factors affecting the Adoption of Online Banking in Ghana: Implications for Bank Managers pp. 94-108

Ed-Zilla Daniel Perkins and Jonathan Annan

Volume 3, issue 5, 2013

A SYSTEMS MODEL FOR TEACHING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT pp. 1-12

George R. Greene and Margaret Ann Mi

Elicitating preferences in Game Theory: A fuzzy approach pp. 13-17

Maísa Mendonça Silva and Ana Carla Bittencourt Reis

Risk Management Practices by Barbadian Banks pp. 22-33

Anthony Wood and Angela Kellman

Identifying and prioritizing export barriers to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) regarding food Industry based on national competition diamond Cole Porter model pp. 34-42

Hossein Rahmaniyoushanloui, Ebrahim Haghighi and Mevhibe Albayrak

Analysis of Capital Structure Determinant: A case from Pakistan’s chemical sector companies listed at Karachi stock exchange pp. 43-49

Pervez Akhtar and Sabeen Masood

A Longitudinal Examination of The Impact of Founding Owner Operator Characteristics on Nascent Venture Performance: Evidence from the Kauffman Firm Survey pp. 50-61

Augustine Y. Dzathor, Alisa L. Mosley and Mary M. White

COMBINING IN THEORY BUILDING pp. 62-68

Uolevi Lehtinen

The Implementation of CMMI-ACQ into Bank Industries: A Case Study pp. 69-81

Chan-Yen Chang, Huei-Huang Chen, Chung-Wen Hung, Shih-Chih Chen and Mei-Chun Chen

Child Labour Use in a Small Developing Country: Is it Luxury, Distributional or Substitution Axiom? pp. 82-91

Mahendra Reddy

Structuration theory amid negative and positive criticism pp. 92-104

Wafa Kort and Jamel Eddine Gharbi

Impact of private sector credit on the real sector of Nigeria pp. 105-116

Aliyu Mamman and Yusuf Hashim

The Wearable World in the Palm of our Hand: The Perceived Importance of Augmented Reality in Marketing Strategies pp. 117-124

Ph.D Fernando Bandeira, António Cardoso and Alvaro Cairrao

Imperatives of Bridging the Audit Expectation Gap and Enhancing the Credibility of Corporate Financial Information pp. 125-138

John Otalor and Ph.d Chinwuba Okafor

The impact of IFRS on ratios of listed and new listed companies of Athens Exchange pp. 149-157

Balios Dimitrios, Eriotis Nikolaos, Paraskevopoulos Konstantinos and Professor of Bank Management

Coping Strategies of The Kurdish Women Towards Deprivation Situations After the Conflict-Induced Internal Displacement in Turkey pp. 158-167

Ceyda KULOÄžLU-KARSLI Ph.D

Practice of E-banking in commercial bank: An empirical study in Bangladesh pp. 168-177

Shakila Zerin Bony and Faria Kabir

The need for professional skills in the context of regional development in Romania pp. 178-184

Assist. Prof. Cristina Ilie and Lecturer Andreea Mihaela NITÄ‚ Ph.D

Similarities and differences of credit access by Vietnamese and Chinese firms pp. 185-201

Phuong Nu Minh Le and Xiaoqin Wang

The Glaring Socioeconomic Meltdown in Post-Soviet Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus: A Distorted Mindset in Search of a Way Out pp. 202-211

Olesea Ghedrovici and Nikolai Ostapenko

Islamic vs Conventional Microfinance Institutions: Performance analysis in MENA countries pp. 218-233

Ines Ben Abdelkader and Asma Ben Salem

The Challenges of Agricultural Finance in Nigeria: Constraints to Sustainable Agricultural and Economic Revival pp. 234-244

Akinola Famogbiele

Application of TOPSIS to Analyze Stakeholder Relations pp. 245-255

Yucel Ozturkoglu

Do we really behave the same way? Assessing the three dimensions of organizational commitment as antecedents of human resource practices in a non-western context pp. 256-280

Michel Zaitouni Ph.D

Volume 3, issue 4, 2013

Amateurism in an Age of Professionalism: An Empirical Examination of an Irish Sporting Culture: The GAA pp. 1-13

Ian Keeler and Dr Angela Wright

Knowledge management: Postgraduate Alternative Evaluation Model (MAPA) in Brazil pp. 14-26

Deisy Cristina Corrêa Igarashi, Dr Edson Pacheco Paladini and Wagner Igarashi

Recognition of intellectual capital importance in the university sector pp. 27-41

Yolanda Ramírez, à ngel Tejada and Silvia Gordillo

Factors Affecting Implimentation of Talent Management in State Corporations: A Case Study of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation pp. 42-49

Stephen Muigai Kimani and Simon Maina Waithaka

A Comparative Study on Timber Productivity by Timber Firms in Ghana as Influenced by Ownership pp. 50-64

Dr. Martin Amoah and Alexander Fianko Otchere

A Comparison on Intercultural Business Negotiations of Asia’s Four Little Dragons pp. 65-79

Yu-Te Tu

ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKET PRODUCTS IN POST REVOLUTION COUNTRIES: CASE OF TUNISIA pp. 80-86

Mohamed Bechir Belaid

The role of strategic management on small business growth in Kosova pp. 87-92

Ph.D Enver Kutllovci and Ph.D Venet Shala

Testing the Financial Stability of Banks in GCC Countries: Pre and Post Financial Crisis pp. 93-105

Hatem Altaee, Ibaa M. Anis Talo and Ph.D Mustafa Hassan Mohammad Adam

Strategic Resources and Performance of Rural SMEs pp. 106-119

Dr. Aborampah Amoah-Mensah

Effective Ways to Realize the Character Education Value of Work-study Program pp. 120-123

Lv Xuemei PhD Student

Will Carbon Tax Yield Employment Double Dividend for China? pp. 124-131

Jinghua Zhang and Wenzhen Zhang

An Approach to Regulation on Financial Derivatives in the Spanish Law pp. 132-138

Pablo Sanz Bayón

Corporate Social Responsibility and Profitability: A Case Study on Dutch Bangla Bank Ltd pp. 139-145

Suraiya Mahbuba and Nusrat Farzana

The interaction between property returns and the macroeconomy: Evidence from South Africa pp. 146-152

Mabutho Sibanda and Dr. Richard Mhlanga

INVESTIGATION OF THE EFFECTS OF TRANSACTIONAL AND TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON ENTREPRENEURIAL ORIENTATION pp. 153-166

Dr. Ayla Zehra Öncer

Volume 3, issue 3, 2013

Judging Managerial Actions as Ethical or Unethical: Decision Bias and Domain Relevant Experience pp. 1-17

Ph.D. Jeffrey J. Bailey

Teleworking: An Examination of the Irish Dichotomy pp. 18-31

Deirdre Donovan and Dr Angela Wright

Profitability determinants in the Tunisian Banks pp. 32-42

Sarra Troudi and Naoufel Liouane

Determinants of Profitability of Insurance Firms in Ghana pp. 43-50

Eric Kofi Boadi, Samuel Antwi and Victor Curtis Lartey

Storytelling: An Integral Facet in Organizations pp. 51-54

Susan J. Kowalewski

Determination of Causality between Remittance and Import: Evidence from Bangladesh pp. 55-62

Dewan Muktadir-Al-Mukit, A. Z. M. Shafiullah and Anamul Haque Sajib

Probability Distributional Analysis of Hourly Solar Irradiation in Kumasi-Ghana pp. 63-75

Yarhands Dissou Arthur., Kwasi Baah Gyamfi and Appiah S.k

ROMANIAN TOURISM PERFORMING, REPRESENTATION DONE? pp. 76-91

Silvia Popescu Ph.D. and CalotăTraian-Ovidiu Ph.D

The prohibition of reformatio in peius in the light of the principle of fair procedure pp. 92-98

Csongor Herke and Csenge D. Tã“th

CAPITAL STRUCTURE AND PROFITABILITY OF QUOTED COMPANIES IN NIGERIA pp. 99-106

AMOS O. AROWOSHEGBE. Ph.D; Aca. and JEREMIAH O. IDIALU. Ph.D; Fca.

Evaluating the Role of Mass Transit and its Effect on Fuel Efficiency in the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana pp. 107-116

Emmanuel Kwabena Anin, Jonathan Annan and Alexander Fianko Otchere

Comparing of the Financial Ratios: A case study on United States, Great Britain, Greece Due Financial Crisis pp. 117-125

Dr. Stamatis Kontsas, Dr. Panos Notopoulos, Angelos Markou and Maria Karamitrou

The Impulsive Stock Market of Bangladesh and the Great Recession pp. 126-139

Saif Hossain

MAIN FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE IN THE PRICE MISPERCEPTION pp. 140-148

Encarnación Andrés Martínez Mâª, Miguel Angel Gomez Borja and Juan Antonio Mondéjar Jiménez

AUDIT REASONABLENESS EXPECTATION GAP: USERS’ PERCEPTION IN NIGERIA pp. 154-163

Dr. Austine O. Enofe, Dr. Chijioke Oscar Mgbame, Edosa Aronmwan and Ivie Eloghosa Ogbeide

The Impact of Stress and the Working Environment on Job Satisfaction and Decision-Making among Women Entrepreneurs in Mexico pp. 164-173

Jose-Melchor Medina, Isabel De la Garza and Nazlhe Cheín

Using Porter’s Five Forces Model for Analysing the Competitive Environment of Thailand’s Sweet Corn Industry pp. 174-184

Tanakorn Rachapila and Dr. Sittha Jansirisak

Official Development Assistance and its Impact on Governance in short term: The Threshold theory pp. 185-193

Said Jaouadi and Dr. Hela Hermassi

Volume 3, issue 2, 2013

Privacy Issues of Electronic Monitoring Of Employees: A Cross-Cultural Examination Of Gender Differences pp. 1-6

Raymond E. Taylor

Patent pool analysis based on technical standards: A case study of indigenous alliances in China pp. 7-24

Yuzhen Duan, Wei Song, Xiaobao Peng, Haibin Zhou and Lei Lei

The Relationship Between Working Capital Management and Profitablity of Listed Manufacturing Companies in Ghana pp. 25-34

Agyemang Badu Ebenezer and Michael Kwame Asiedu

Governance, Managers’ Entrenchment and Performance: Evidence in French Firms Listed in SBF 120 pp. 35-48

Dr. Sonia Moussa, Dr. Houssem Rachdi and Aymen Ammeri

Corporate Governance: Has the Nigerian Banking Sector Learnt Any Lesson? pp. 49-59

Babalola Adeyemi and Ajewole Olaniyi Olowu

Online Discount Luxury: In Search of Guilty Customers pp. 60-68

Dr. Nikolai Ostapenko

Effects of Peers and Social Environment on Adolescent Psychological Well-Being pp. 69-83

Andrew Hussey, Debjani Kanjilal and Albert Okunade

The acculturation of immigrants Case study: types of acculturation of the Romanian immigrants in Madrid pp. 84-88

Ph.D. candidate Assist. Prof. Cristina ILIE

The Brazilian Program for Family Farming Assistance and the Diffusion of Technical Patterns: An Institutional Approach pp. 89-103

Maísa Gomide Teixeira

A Possible Method for Warning of House Price Bubble pp. 104-113

Anthony Yanxiang Gu

Forecasting the investors behavior on the capital market in Romania: Trading strategies based on technical analysis versus Artificial Intelligence techniques pp. 114-121

Gabriela Victoria Anghelache and Alina Lucia Trifan

Unemployment and labour force market in Republic of Kosova pp. 122-130

Msc. Mic UKAJ and Blerim DRAGUSHA, Msc., Ph.D. Can.

Achieving Competitive Advantage through Supply Chain Integration in the Cocoa Industry: A Case Study of Olam Ghana Limited and Produce Buying Company Limited pp. 131-145

Alexander Fianko Otchere, Jonathan Annan and Emanuel Kwabena Anin

Volume 3, issue 1, 2013

Consumer-Centric Strategic Social Media Plan for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises pp. 1-11

Ron G. Cheek, Tamela Ferguson and John Tanner

The difficulties in the recognition of small differences: The role of language politics with regard to minority policy making in the Serbia of the early 2000’s pp. 12-24

Csaba Máté Sarnyai and Tibor Pap

The Influence of Innovativeness on the Growth of SMEs In Kenya pp. 25-31

John Karanja Ngugi, Maurice Otieno McOrege and Joseph Mwangi Muiru

Factors that Influence Quality Service of Teachers pp. 32-37

M. Nur Mustafa

Doris Lessing’s Cultural Trauma and Traumatic Writing pp. 38-41

Zhang Chunming

The construction of female identity in nineteenth-century publications in Mexico pp. 42-53

Martha Patricia Domínguez Chenge, José Luis Bretón Arredondo and Lázaro Gracia Fernández

Socio-economic Inequalities and Healthcare Utilization in Ghana pp. 54-63

Bashiru I.I. Saeed, MunyakaziLouis, Eric Aidoo, Nicholas.N.N. Nsowah-Nuamah, Alfred E. Yawson and XicangZhao

Impact of Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in Ghana: A Cointegration Analysis pp. 64-74

Samuel Antwi and Xicang Zhao

Using Geographic Information Systems in Knowledge Management Processes pp. 75-87

Dr. Filiz Gürder and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yücel Yılmaz

Study of Core Rigidity Governing Mechanism of Technological Innovation of Scientific–Technological SMEs Based on Dynamic Gradient Growth pp. 88-97

Song Wei, Yin Yuting, Duan Yuzhen, Cai Wenjing and Zhao Shuliang

Impact Assessment of the Health and Family Life Education in Jamaica pp. 98-107

Jimmy Kazaara Tindigarukayo Ph.D

Are Hungarian conference organizers environment-conscious? - The findings of a survey pp. 108-116

Csilla Raffai and Noémi Fehér