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Research Articles

Seyed Alireza Mousavi, Fatemeh Taghados and Mahnoosh Ghaedi

     Relationship between board characteristics and firm performance: Evidence from

     Tehran stock market  

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp.  8994-9004

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2211  

Omar Farooq and Meryem Benali

     Earnings management behavior of the initial public offering (IPO) firms during

     pre-IPO, IPO and post-IPO years: Evidence from the Casablanca Stock Exchange

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp.  9005-9014

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2413  

Hossein Azimi, Mehdi Ajalli, Sayed Rahim Safavi Mirmahalleh and Abdolhossein Rezvani

     Relation between effective organizational and managerial obstacles and incentives

    on administrative-financial corruption in government organizations in Iran

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9015-9027

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2501  

Havenga Werner, Visagie Jan, Linde Herman and Gobind Jenni

     Intergroup conflict within a South African mining company

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9028-9039

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.322

Arnaud R. Agnantounkpatin and Lian Ying Zhang

     A framework for assessing the riskiness of construction of a structural experiment

     project under Sino-African laboratory environment

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9040-9055

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.652  

Rosangela Maria Vanalle and José Antonio Arantes Salles

    Buyer-supplier relationships in the Brazilian automotive industry 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9056-9064 

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.654  

Nélson Santos Antonio and Renato Lopes da Costa

    The “outsourcing”and management consulting in a dimensional systemic model 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9065-9071 

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM10.1393    

R. J. Steenkamp

    Programme design dimensions explored for a professional occupational safety and

    health management qualification for Africa

    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9072-9084 

    DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.335

Maja Meško, Mateja Videmšek, Jože Štihec, Tomaž Šinigoj, Lea Šuc, Damir Karpljuk and Jasna Lavrenčič

     Estimated state of health and stress among truck drivers with regard to participating in

     recreational sport activities 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9085-9091 

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2750

Helené de Jongh, Waseem Martin, Andre van der Merwe, Justin denlinghuis,Cindy Kleinbooi, Dylan Morris, Alliston Fortuin and Juan-Pierré Bruwer

     Utilisation of adequate internal controls in fast food small medium and micro

     enterprises (SMMEs) operating in Cape Metropole
     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9092-9095 

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.1301

Sérgio Dominique-Ferreira, Antonio Rial Boubeta and Jesús Varela Mallou

     Minimizing the risks of innovation in bottled water design: An application of conjoint

     analysis and focus group 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9096-9104 

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.299

Hamid Reza Feili, Mohammad Mirkazemi Mood, Hossein Rahmany Youshanlouei and Nima Sarabi
     A multi-stage approach to enterprise resource planning system selection 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9105-9117 

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.1556

M. Potgieter, J. W de Jager and C. H van Heerden

    South African tour operators’ access to current consumer information 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9118-9125 

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2857  

Vahid Reza Mirabi and Jalal Haghighat Monfared

    Organizational diagnosis on the basis of customer’s aspects: Case study of an Iranian

    company 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9126-9139

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM10.1305 

D. H. Tustin, M. Goetz and A. Heydenrych Basson

    Digital divide and inequality among digital natives: A South African perspective 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9140-9150  

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM11.2228

M A. O. Dos Santos

    Global warming mitigation promotes corporate entrepreneurship within Woolworths’

    supply chain 

     [Abstract] [Full Text] [Full Article - PDF] pp. 9151-9160 

     DOI: 10.5897/AJBM12.638