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Based on the emergent searches concerning the definition, the dimensions and the measurement of international marketing performance of the SME, the present article has for objective to propose a measurement scale of international marketing performance. The literature shows that authors use objective indicators or/and subjective…

The paper introduces the basic concept of Corporate Governance with emphasis on the education of members of corporate governance bodies. The introduction defines three levels of knowledge, management board and supervisory board members in the corporate governance. The main objective of the research was to…

This research aimed to assess the impacts of mobile devices on children’s social communication behaviours in Oman. It endeavored to examine parents’ awareness of the risks of mobile devices on children, and their happiness about their children uses of the mobile devices. To achieve this,…

The "value relevance" of the accounting data  has been the subject of an abundant literature, Bartov et al. , 2005 ; Barth et al. , 2008 ; Hung and Subramanyam, 2007, Van Tendeloo and Vanstraelen, 2005, have sought to demonstrate the superiority in terms of…

Currently a quarter of British women are obese. It is well known that maternal obesity increases the risk of suboptimal pregnancy outcomes. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in the UK recommends that pregnant women should be given advice and support on…

  The problem of searching the continuous k Nearest Neighbor (CkNN) objects in road networks is a major challenge due to the highly dynamic nature of the road network environment. Also, the fast increasing number of moving objects poses a big challenge to the CkNN…

The relevance of Search and Rescue (SAR) maritime operations has been recently emphasized by the increasing migrations by sea. In the Mediterranean area, for example, a number of boats, often crowded, bad equipped and driven by non-professional sailors, travel from the coasts of Africa and…

Governmental authorities worldwide are continuously searching for the best technology to secure their country s borders. Although several technologies were introduced to Kuwait border ports, the literature showed a lack of published work regarding the evaluation of the effectiveness of biometric mechanism (BTMs) in Kuwait…

This paper details the role of online and distance learning in higher education today. This paper contends that higher education, in pursuit of academic capitalist ventures, is eroding the authority of the institution and pursuing a more consumer based educational outcome. We ask two questions,…

The aim of the study was to find out the possibility of reducing N (Nitrogen) and P(Phosphorus) doses of cereal and legume crops in cropping system through efficient use of nutrients. The treatments comprising two levels of organic manures (FYM @ 0 and 5 t/ha)…