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26
Jul
2012

Monetary Policy and Stock Markets: Evidence from EU Countries

Communications of the IBIMA
The analysis of monetary policy impact - via interest rate as instrument of intervention - on the evolution of stock market prices has gained more popularity during the current crisis due to the accumulation of financial imbalances. This article investigates the impact of monetary policy…
26
Jul
2012

Sustainable and Responsible Investment: Stakeholders’ Value Network

Journal of Financial Studies and Research
Sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) could be defined as the type of investment which aims to achieve financial returns while performing in terms of extra-financial aspects, such as social, environmental, governance and ethical objectives. In recent years, interest in SRI funds has been growing. It…
26
Jul
2012

Exploring the IT Usage in SMEs from New Zealand, Colombia and Chile Using Action-Research Methodology

Journal of Innovation Management in Small and Medium Enterprises
The theory on the adoption and use of information technology (IT) in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) is abundant. However, methodologically speaking, action-research (AR) has been little explored as a method of construction of this theory, despite the use of this methodology could improve understanding…
24
Jul
2012

Towards an Information Intelligence and knowledge Management Process in the Context of Information Technologies

Journal of Organizational Knowledge Management
In this paper, a model for information intelligence and knowledge management, in the context of audit and advisory companies in the field of information technologies, is proposed. This model is founded on the exploitation, structuring, analysis and optimisation of strategic information in organisation. The implementation…
23
Jul
2012

The Library’s Quality Management System and Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Lesson from Southeast Emerging Educational Hub

Communications of the IBIMA
As one of the national vision 2020’s implementation programs, the establishment of a national Quality Assurance system focusing on the quality of the programs offered in terms of the general criteria of the structure and process of higher education is timely. In relating to the…
21
Jul
2012

The Role of Internal R&D in Operational Performance as Moderated by Intellectual Property Rights: The Malaysian Manufacturing Perspective

Journal of Innovation and Business Best Practice
This paper reviews the role played by a company’s internal R&D in stimulating operational performance of a manufacturing company, which is moderated by intellectual property rights (IPR), particularly patents, in Malaysia. The constructs of this paper are based on a comprehensive review of recent literature…
19
Jul
2012

Impact of Reverse Logistics Product Disposition towards Business Performance in Malaysian E&E Companies

Journal of Supply Chain and Customer Relationship Management
Generation of electronic waste is concurrent with higher demand for equipments consumed by households and business institutions. Exponential growth of waste that enters landfill is a valuable secondary resource that presents cost-saving opportunities for OEMs through take back programs, because recoverable assets would otherwise be…
19
Jul
2012

Case Report of Long Term Complete Remission of Metastatic Renal Squamous Cell Carcinoma after Palliative Radiotherapy and Adjuvant Dichloroacetate

Advances in Cancer Research & Treatment
Renal squamous cell carcinoma is a rare form of renal cancer which is considered incurable once metastases develop. Prognosis is poor and average survival of advanced stage disease is typically in the range of several months, despite all available conventional therapies.We describe the case of…
19
Jul
2012

The Consumer’s Behavior in the Arms of Semiotics: New Revelations

Journal of Marketing Research and Case Studies
We all know that buying a car is an act of consumption under constraint. It is subjected to a process of identical co-construction joining a socioeconomic context in perpetual transformation. This looks a little bit hard to understand! But the semiotic analysis of 28 interviews…
18
Jul
2012

Investigating Email Users Behavior against Spam: A Proposed Theoretical Framework

Journal of Internet and e-business Studies
Spam is the most common problem faced by email users today when they communicate via the Internet or mobile technology. Despite numerous efforts taken, the battle to contain this problem still goes on. This paper describes a proposed model which focuses on the behavior of…