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31
May
2017

Safety Behavior Checklist for Scrubber Installation Activities at Construction Site

Journal of Southeast Asian Research
Rapid development and technological progress within the nation have significantly affected the performance of construction industry in Malaysia. Likewise, the risk of accidents at construction sites is increasing correspondingly as much of construction work involves the wide-use of machinery, equipment and technologies. Moreover, construction workers…
30
May
2017

Privacy and Security Issues in the Use of Clouds in e-Health in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Communications of the IBIMA
Cloud computing is one of the most popular current trends in the field of information and communications technology (ICT).  This technology allows more efficient computing by centralizing data storage and processing. Due to its tremendous advantages, this technology is maturing rapidly and is being adopted…
29
May
2017

Innovation as a Driver of the Sustainable Healthcare Systems: The Case of Romania

Journal of Innovation and Business Best Practice
This paper deals with the problem of sustainability of the healthcare systems and how innovation can contribute to achieving better results with lower costs. We have drawn a conceptual framework by reviewing the relevant literature on innovation and sustainability. We chose to discuss the problem…
25
May
2017

A Comparative Study on the Financial Performance before and After the Implementation of Corporate Social Responsibility at the Company “Al madar Telecommunication Company as a Case Study”

Journal of Accounting and Auditing: Research & Practice
This study aimed to identify the impact of the implementation of the corporate social responsibility "CSR" with its four dimensions as economical, legal, ethical, and discretional on the company's financial performance, by two common financial indicators : return on assets "ROA" and return on sales…
15
May
2017

What Explains Our Slow Economic Growth? Causality Analysis between Economic Growth and Defense Spending in Pakistan

Journal of Economics Studies and Research
Pakistan is faced with budget deficits, high unemployment and slow growth. This study provides a link between defense spending, debt servicing, development expenditures and economic growth for Pakistan. We examine whether there is a causality between defense expenditures and debt servicing on the one hand…
12
May
2017

The Influence of Development on Managerial Capabilities and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Pakistan

Journal of Southeast Asian Research
“What people respect about the companies is not how they are structured or their specific approaches to management, but their capabilities. You can’t see or touch them, yet they can make all the differences in the world when it comes to market value and give…
12
May
2017

Agricultural Output and Economic Growth in Nigeria

Journal of African Research in Business & Technology
This paper examines the long run relationship between agricultural output and economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1981 to 2014 using time series data. Results from Johansen maximum likelihood co-integration approach and Vector error correction model support evidence of long run relationship between agricultural…
09
May
2017

Characteristics of Integrated Territorial Investments in Romania

Journal of Eastern Europe Research in Business and Economics
The paper is presenting one of the most important instruments which was integrated in the 2014-2020 programing period, also the second programing period which will be implemented by Romania.  Integrated teritorial investment (ITI) is considered one of the most inovative instruments integrated in the 2014-2020…
17
Mar
2017

Developing a Business Model to Help SMEs Implement an Effective Supply Chain using Unified Modeling Language

Journal of Supply Chain and Customer Relationship Management
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a business model using analytical tools to generate quantitative evidence of the benefits of implementing an effective supply chain to assure the success of the organization in a highly competitive environment, limiting the scope to Egyptian…
15
Mar
2017

System Dynamics Modeling and Simulation for E-Banking: The Egyptian Context

IBIMA Business Review
The Internet has a remarkable impact upon service companies; especially in the financial sector. This research adopts the system dynamics approach as the construction model for continuous improvement of service quality. It highlights the quality problems in banks from the perspectives of the main stakeholders;…