Table of Contents: 6 June, 2012; 6(22)  Download Complete Issue (8920kb)

Review

Tian Guang and Dan Trotter

     Key issues in cross-cultural business communication: Anthropological approaches to

     international business

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6456-6464

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2673

Ionel Bostan

     The balanced scorecard (BSC) implications on the increase of public companies  

     performance

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6465-6470

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2905

Research Articles

Visvanathan Naicker and Pradeep Brijlal

     Understanding retail strategy and shopping behaviour: Perspectives from a developing

     country

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6471-6479

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.514

Seyed Ahmad Sheibatolhamdy, Mostafa Samady and Ardeshir Shaabani

     Solving scheduling problem by multi-index genetic algorithm

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6480-6485

      DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.1149

Asghar Afshar Jahanshahi, Mahdi Rezaei, Khaled Nawaser, Vahid Ranjbar and Bairagi Kachardas  

     Pitamber

     Analyzing the effects of electronic commerce on organizational performance:

    Evidence  from small and medium enterprises

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6486-6496

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.1768

Sulaiman D. Muhammad, Ghazala Shaheen, Syed Iqbal Hussain Naqvi and Saba Zehra

     Women empowerment and microfinance: A case study of Pakistan

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6497-6503

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.1973

Abu Bakar Sedek Abdul Jamak, Rohani Salleh, Subarna Sivapalan and Azrai Abdullah

     Micro business enterprise of Bumiputera Malays, Malaysia

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6504-6510

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2467

Hayri DEMİR

     Sport managers’ organizational commitment levels

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6511-6515

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2812

Sulieman Ibraheem Shelash Al-Hawary

     Health care services quality at private hospitals, from patients’ perspective:

     A comparative study between Jordan and Saudi Arabia

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6516-6529

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2878

Lee Kim Lian and Low Guan Tui

     Supervisory power and satisfaction with supervision in Malaysian manufacturing

     companies: The moderating effect of work autonomy

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6530-6545

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.3001

Ji Jiang-Ming and Jiang Qing-Yun

     Research on the impact of government financial expenditure for people’s livelihood

     on consumption gap between urban and rural residents in China: An cointegration 

     analysis using panel data (1995-2009) of 31 provinces

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6546-6559

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.3016

Mohammad Elahi and Nadereh Sadat Najafizadeh   

     Project selection and prioritisation in Iranian Aluminium Company (IRALCO)

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6560-6574

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.025

Shu-Cheng Lin, Jennifer Shu-Jen Lin and Yi-Fong Lin

     Human resource management practices affecting organizational commitment: A study

     on CEO’s transformational leadership

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6575-6586

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.041

Ana Lúcia Moura Novais, Belmiro N. João and Francisco Antonio Serralvo

     Sustainability as a topic in business and management research: A bibliometric analysis

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6587-6596

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.260

Pedro Luiz Costa Carvalho and Joel Yutaka Sugano

     Analysis of the importance of ethanol technology for the development of the business

     platform from sugarcane in Brazil

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6597-6607

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.261

Seyed Mohammad Mirnoori and Abdollah Shariati

     Fuzzy portfolio optimization using Chen and Huang model: Evidence from Iranian

     mutual funds

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6608-6616

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.303

Hoe Kock, TAN, Jee Yoong, FOLK and Kwai Fatt, CHOONG

     Influence of age cohort on retirement planning

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6617-6630

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.292

Hausitoe Nare, Daniel Maposa and ‘Maseka Lesaoana

     A method for detection and correction of outliers in time series data

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6631-6639

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.359

Amir Ekhlassi and Vahid Maghsoodi

     Devising a marketing model for high technology products: An empirical investigation

     in Iran

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6640-6651

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.372

Kambiz Heidarzadeh Hanzaee and Abdollah Norouzi

     Customer value scale development: Merchandise and differentiation value

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6652-6657

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.388

Hasan SERİN and Tuğba ANDAÇ

     An investigation of the preferences of furniture consumers depending on education

    and age factors in Turkey

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6658-6666

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.402

Haretsebe Manwa

     Communities’ understanding of tourists and the tourism industry: The Lesotho

     Highlands water project

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6667-6674

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.408

Abdullah ADIGÜZEL

     The effect of the lifelong learning skills of workers in the textile and clothing sector on

     productivity at work

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6675-6681

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.512

Chris Adalikwu

     Customer relationship management and customer satisfaction

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6682-6686

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.634

Shiva Ghaffari, Ahmad Makui and Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam

     Designing a distribution network with uncertainty demands and costs

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6687-6695

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM10.751

Anupam Sharma and Ravi Kiran

     Corporate social responsibility: A passion of large organizations or a commitment to

     the society

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6696-6708

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2422

John Bosco Dramani, Francis Tandoh and D. D.Tewari

     Structural breaks, electricity consumption and economic growth: Evidence from Ghana

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6709-6720

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2800

Primož Pevcin

     Transfer revenues, expenditures and tax effort of Slovenian municipalities

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6721-6728

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.3097

Kheyrollah Sarboland

     Impact of organizational structure on entrepreneurship: A case study of Moghan

    Corporation, Iran

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6729-6733

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.128

Orlando Petiz Pereira

     Innovation and intangible patrimonial values in the social and economic sustainability

     in discontinued spaces

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6734-6744

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.170

Hong-Youl Ha and Kang-Hee Park

     Effects of perceived quality and satisfaction on brand loyalty in China: The moderating

     effect of customer orientation

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 6745-6753

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.236