August 2012
The study on the launch of farmland reverse mortgage for the welfare of the rural elderly
This study aimed to initiate a farmland reverse mortgage (FRM) for the welfare of the elderly in rural areas by liquidating the farmland which produces little product or is left uncultivated due to the labor shortage even though the farmland value is relatively high. We built the actuarial model based on housing equity conversion mortgage (HECM) model suggested by Rodda et al. (2000, 2003). Basic factors such as...
August 2012
Public pension funds management type: Pay as you go (PAYG)
This article is based on the analysis of pay as you go (PAYG) pension funds type, which Barr and Diamond used to establish a set of principles for pension design in economic theory. Considering this analysis, this study tried to demonstrate the PAYG pension system type as a degree of bearing the expenditure of generations which can not be seen as a zero algebraic sum. This is so for the simple reason that some...
August 2012
Importance of management development in middle managers of hospitals affiliated to Tehran University Medical Sciences
The aim of this study is to determine the importance of management development components from the viewpoint of middle managers of hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Methodology was a cross-sectional-descriptive-analytical study which was conducted in hospitals affiliated to the University in 2009. Sample of 227 middle managers employed in 16 hospitals were randomly selected.Data were collected...
August 2012
Changing skills required by industries: Perceptions of what makes business graduates employable
This study relates to employers assessment of graduates’ skills as deemed required by industries. The need for accelerated performance levels in businesses have induced a corresponding need for rapid change in the skills required of university graduates. This changing environment with resultant organizational restructuring means graduates now find jobs more demanding as businesses become more competitive. In the...
August 2012
Business intelligence applications in Taiwan
Business intelligence (BI) market appears actively as well as becoming a competitive tool. In order to precisely understand why BI has been capturing the attention of many CIOs or IS managers and has also been accepted by them lately. This empirical study has explored the current status of BI applications in the top 500 Taiwanese firms. The participants were given some BI-related questions often mentioned in the IS...
August 2012
Responsibilities for managing on information
Ineffective techniques for managing information cost companies millions every day. The information we have is frequently not what we want. The information we want is not always what we need. The information we need may not be available. The need to structure and manage information has been growing steadily over the last 50 years. Well-structured information is one of the most powerful tools that an organization has....
August 2012
Contribution of wives to family’s income: A case study of home-based work in Tokat, Turkey
This study investigates the social-economic and demographic structure of wives. In particular, we were interested in, whether wives do home based work that makes a contribution to their family's income. According to the results obtained, wives who contribute to the family income are usually younger than 35 years old; their level of education and that of their husbands are at the primary school level and their...
August 2012
Business socialising: Women’s social networking perceptions
The primary research objective of the study was to investigate the perceptions of the social networking practices of businesswomen. A non-probability purposive voluntary sample, followed by snowball sampling, was used to select businesswomen (n = 31) living and working in the Gauteng province for in-depth interviews. Various perceptions of businesswomen of social networking practices were identified. A number...
August 2012
Optimal ordering policy for fast deteriorating items
Facing the demand of periodic pattern and expiration date, how to make an optimal ordering policy by the retailer of fast deteriorating items is the key problem nowadays. In this study, we propose a model for fast deteriorating items with periodic pattern demand and expiration date. An algorithm is presented to derive an optimal replenishment cycle, shortage period and order quantity such that the unit time profit is...
August 2012
The effect of the perception of organizational trust and organizational support on intention to quit and individual performance: An empirical study of the Turkish state universities
This study conducts a survey on 1043 faculty member working for the Turkish state universities on the effect of the perception of organizational trust and organizational support on job quits and academic performances. We find that the perceptions of support and trust are significant variables in explaining intention to quit and individual performances. These results provide important findings for the university...
August 2012
Career decision-making self-efficacy as a moderator in the relationships of entrepreneurial career intention with emotional intelligence and cultural intelligence
Although, previous studies have provided some evidence that emotional intelligence (EQ) and cultural intelligence (CQ) can affect people’s intention to engage inentrepreneurial activities, few have focused on the impact of EQ and CQ on entrepreneurial career intentions (ECI). Based on the data collected from university students in China and Korea,...
August 2012
Broad scope management accounting system and managerial performance: The impact of role ambiguity and functional difference
The purpose of this study was to examine whether role ambiguity mediates the relationship between broad scope management accounting system (MAS) and managerial performance. Further, this study also examined whether functional difference of activities moderates the association between broad scope MAS and role ambiguity, and between role ambiguity and managerial performance. The research...
August 2012
An investigation of cost, revenue and profit efficiency: The case of Iranian companies
Using data envelopment analysis technique, this research firstly investigated cost, revenue and profit efficiency of automobile and parts industry of companies listed in Tehran stock exchange during the years 2006 to 2009. Secondly, it explored potential relationships between a few variables including size, operating costs, profitability, asset turnover ratio and different efficiency measures calculated in the first...
August 2012
Influence of passion on innovative behavior: An empirical examination in Peoples Republic of China
Passion plays an important role in innovation, but theoretical understanding of what it does is lacking. The study proposes a model of two types of job passion, harmonious and obsessive passion, to employees’ innovative behavior, via the mediating mechanism of cognitive absorption and organization-based self-esteem (OBSE). Results from a survey conducted with 228 employees from 19 firms of China indicate that...
August 2012
A model analysis of optimal pricing and pollution under consumption pollution tax
This paper considers solving environmental problems through levying a consumption pollution tax. Under a given government tax rate, the manufacturer decides not only the optimal price, but also the optimal pollution content for a unit of product. This paper performs a conversion of consumer demand using a general probability density function. In addition to obtaining mathematical functions for optimal product pricing...
August 2012
A review on Iran’s carpet industry situation in international markets
The concept of compatibility has attracted abundant attentions of both scholars and governors in recent years. This study investigates the role of market-based view dimensions on Iran’s carpet industry compatibility. The results which are obtained through the Pierson correlation and regression represent the positive effects and meaningful aspects of market-based view including market intensity, customer capital...
August 2012
Optimal investment strategies for SMEs in critical and turbulent period
The purpose of this research is to analyze the performances of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the aftermath of the recent global crisis and the new problems associated to a weak banking system. SMEs from emerging economies have experienced critical situations both in the global crisis (2008-2010), but also in the context of the European sovereign - debt crisis (2010-2012), both characterized by multiple shocks...
August 2012
The relationship among the postgraduate research climate, service experience, quality and satisfaction
Since quality assurance in postgraduate (PG) research is becoming increasingly important, this paper explores the relationship among the PG research climate and the PG students’ perception of their service experience, the service quality and their satisfaction with the PG service, by developing and empirically evaluating a conceptual model, using specifically developed and validated research instruments. By...
August 2012
Smart phone services provisioning, assessing, development, management and tendency for mobile commerce
The main objective of this research is to survey most of the currently available smart phones in the market. A modern technology has been changing with each passing day. For income and convenience, technology corporations expect that technologies can be created and innovated unceasingly to advance cell phones. Present smart phones make users take care of their friends anytime and anywhere, notice stocks’...
August 2012
The influences of psychological empowerment on work attitude and behavior in Chinese organizations
This paper aims to investigate the relationships between psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCB) in Chinese organizations. 500 employees from four small firms took part in the investigation. 350 valid questionnaires were collected with a response rate of 70%. The hypotheses were tested by a series of linear regression analyses. We found that psychological empowerment...
August 2012
A study of earning quality and return of shares: An Iranian perspective
Earning quality refers to the nearness of operational profit to cash flows, that is, the more the distance of profit to cash flow, the lesser the quality of earning and the ability of earning to define the changes of the return of shares. Therefore, in the current study, the relationship between earning quality and the return of shares was reviewed. In total, 157 listed companies on Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) were...
August 2012
Financial reforms and efficiency in the insurance companies of Pakistan
This study examined the determinants of efficiency in the insurance companies of Pakistan over the period 2003 to 2007. Data envelopment analysis (DEA) was applied to estimate the efficiency scores of the insurance companies and then the study used regression analysis to analyze the relationship of line of business, size, profitability, investment, claim and financial reforms with the DEA efficiency scores. Moreover,...
August 2012
Case of administrative inspection in primary education institutions
The purpose of this research is to identify and provide solutions from perspective of teachers and administrators for problems faced by school principals in management and inspection, guiding related people to improve quality of education. The research seeks to answer the question, “what should be administrators’ role in overcoming the problems in educational institutions arising...
August 2012
Designing managers rewarding paradigm based on balanced score card model
In today’s competitive market, the organizations’ need to maintain their professional human resources is clearly understood. Declaration of rewarding strategies is one way to reach this goal. Reward is defined as the positive outcome of individuals’ jobs. It is the presentation of a pleasant outcome for the performance of the desired behavior by the individual in order to increase the repetition...
August 2012
Patenting patterns of global information technology (IT) firms and their business performance
This paper defines patenting patterns of 169 global IT firms and compares the types in terms of their patent activities. Based on a framework of multiple patenting indicators representing a firm’s patent quantity, patent quality, and patent technology concentration, four different types of patenting patterns are defined and analyzed the difference among the patterns in financial performances. The results show that...
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