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When consumers are introduced to new products, they often undergo a complex decision making process. Adopting an approach-avoidance conflict framework, this study examines the influence of three consumer dispositions, specifically consumer innovativeness, brand loyalty, and deal proneness on the adoption of an innovative premium consumer…

Workplace gossip is a widespread phenomenon around the world. Nevertheless, organizational literature has paid little attention to gossip and management research surrounding gossip is scarce. Furthermore, almost always, in this field of study, the term “gossip” has negative connotations. However gossip can be an organizational…

A data-oriented culture enables new ways of building competitive advantage, but also requires new type of managerial skills. Despite of fast-growing attention to data assets, there are very few managerial tools for the purpose. In this paper, we propose a new data assessment model for…

The capital structure decision of a firm is very paramount to its successful operation. The objective of the study was to analyse the impact of capital structure on firm performance in Nigeria from 2003 to 2012. Using data from six petroleum companies in Nigeria namely:…

Nowadays, governments around the world started recognizing the importance of involving citizens in decision process making through what is called e-Participation. E-Participation is the use of Technology to enhance involving citizens in decision making in order to increase transparency and enhance communication between governments and…

The current study aims at assessing the functional relationships between knowledge management processes and both organizational business processes’ and employees’ benefits.  The assessment is taking place within an academic institution's portal environment. The study particularly investigates the effect of knowledge discovery, knowledge capture, knowledge sharing…

In the North African region, efforts to boost trade through regional trade agreements are wide spread. The aim of this study is to provide empirical evidence from Algeria and the European Union Regional Trade Agreement (Algeria-EU RTA) on the impact of such agreements on developing…

Cilia are hair-like organelles that extend from the surface of almost all human cells. Nine doublet microtubule pairs make up the core of each cilium, known as the axoneme. Cilia are classified as motile or immotile; non motile or primary cilia are involved in sensing…

Ultrafine structured Al-4wt. %Cu- (2.5-10) vol. % SiC nanocomposites were produced by high energy mechanical milling of a mixture of Al and Cu powders and SiC nano-powder to produce nanocomposites powders, followed by consolidation of the powders using powder compact extrusion (PCE). Scanning and transmission…

Brachytherapy was employed as curative treatment modality for localized prostate cancer early in the 20th century.  Transperineal implantation of prostatic radioactive seeds is generally safe, however serious complications may occur. Although the half —life of the I125 is about 60 days, literature review showed that…