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11
Feb
2011

Financial Security and Business Ethics: The Fundamentals of a Deterministic Model for Tracking Financial Fraud

Journal of Financial Studies and Research
The financial crises that have shaken global economy have largely been the result of a discretionary influence abuse of managers and administrators, as well as a consequence of the lack of independence of the auditors, to the detriment of other subjects. This paper aims at…
10
Feb
2011

Towards Better Understanding of Two Economic Models: A Grid Perspective

Communications of the IBIMA
Economic models play a significant role in performance of grid implementation. In this paper, we studied Double auction and Contract-Net-Protocol, which are two of the widely used economic models in grid computing. Economic models facilitate harnessing grid resources across distributed ownerships. However, dynamic nature of…
10
Feb
2011

The Adoption of Strategic Human Resource Management Practices in Commercial Banks: The Process and Challenges in Kenya

Journal of Human Resources Management Research
Developing an effective human resource system that is compatible with organizational strategy is critical for the functioning and success of an organization in the competitive business arena. The main objectives of the study were to establish the extent of adoption of strategic human resource management…
09
Feb
2011

SMEs E-business Behaviour: A Demographics and Strategic Analysis

Journal of Enterprise Resource Planning Studies
The aim of this research was to understand the strategic uses of e-business systems and technologies by classifying companies and particularly small and medium businesses according to demographics as well as e-business behavior variables. The study was based on data from a large quantitative survey of…
08
Feb
2011

Marketing Opportunities with Social Networks

Journal of Internet Social Networking and Virtual Communities
Social networks are websites which allow users to communicate, share knowledge about similar interests, discuss favorite topics, review and rate products/services, etc. Even though social network marketing is still in its infancy, it holds a potential success for businesses if it is carefully integrated in…
07
Feb
2011

A Survey of Communication Content in Software Requirements Elicitation involving Customer and Developer

Journal of Software and Systems Development
At the heart of software requirements elicitation lies the communication between customer and developer. There are several valuable components of communication such as medium, sender, receiver, and messages, which relates to the input and output from both parties. Most of these messages are delivered through…
01
Feb
2011

A Continuous Improvement and Monitoring Performance System: Monitor – Analysis – Action — Review (MAAR) Charts

IBIMA Business Review
The research presented in this paper concerns the development of a methodology for monitoring and continuous performance improvement. The proposed approach is derived from the classical Deming cycle adapted to a real industrial environment. The approach consists of four phases: Monitor, Analysis, Action and Review…
31
Jan
2011

Building Relationship between Education Institutions and Students: Student Loyalty in Self-Financed Tertiary Education

IBIMA Business Review
This study attempts to test the applicability of relationship marketing concepts within the self-financed tertiary education (SFTE) industry. Building on the well-established relationship marketing concepts, a conceptual model is proposed in this study to investigate the casual relationship between relationship commitment and student loyalty, and…
28
Jan
2011

The Impact of Knowledge-based Economy on the Development of Innovation in Services: Case of Algerian Banks and Insurance Companies

IBIMA Business Review
According to the literature that exists on the contents of the Knowledge Based-Economy (KBE), concept approaches you through different themes distinguished as: knowledge and information, cooperation and coordination of public and private actors and KBE, human resources and KBE, Technology Information and Communication in the…
28
Jan
2011

Innovation in Teaching Economics: The Case of Greek Post — Secondary Level

Journal of Administrative Sciences and Technology
This paper is a part of a research in Teaching Economics with the use of Technologies in Post — Secondary level. The aim of this paper is to challenge the hypothesis: “the use of computers and the internet in the teaching of economic modules does not…