September 2012
Review on regional and spatial-economic impact from high speed rails
High speed rail (HSR) has been constructed in many relatively advanced areas in China. Its social economic impact will be discussed and deserve to be studied. The impact of the regional social science includes many aspects: accessibility, cohesion, transportation market, intercity and intracity, etc. These contents have been discussed and conclusively reviewed. The conclusions reached are that as a macro economy policy,...
September 2012
A survey of challenges and problems of implementing performance budgeting and its accounting method in Iran
Iran's budgeting reform has followed a defined plan of budgeting implementation from its inception in the year 2002. The growing desire to improve services and the efficient utilization of resources has begun to penetrate all levels of the government. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the challenges and limitations of budgeting and its' accounting method in governmental organizations....
September 2012
A multi-stage approach to enterprise resource planning system selection
The increasing importance of integrated software systems for organizations has made the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system one of the main priorities of managers. One of the most important and albeit most challenging phases of enterprise resource planning system implementation is the one in which managers have to select a suitable software system that meets the needs and requirements of the...
September 2012
Optimal examination and prioritization of the factors affecting customers’ satisfaction using integrated Quality Function Deployment (QFD) and Kano’s model: Case study of Shiraz’s Refah bank
Product and service quality is an important factor influencing customers’ satisfaction. Customers’ satisfaction level depends on the level to which customers’ needs are met. Quality function deployment (QFD) is a valuable tool used for the conversion of customers’ voice into product/service. However, Kano’s model provides fundamental, motivating, and functional requirements for...
September 2012
Is the case for international diversification still intact? Some evidence from return gaps and correlations
The recent global financial crisis once again emphasized the importance of understanding the nature and degree of co-movement between stock markets and how it impacts on global diversification possibilities. This study investigates diversification possibilities from the perspective of South African investors, using weekly stock market returns both in local and US currency to calculate correlation coefficients and return...
September 2012
The feasibility of applying material flow cost accounting as an integrative approach to brewery waste-reduction decisions
This paper explore the feasibility of integrating material flow cost accounting (MFCA) technique with existing environmental management systems (EMS) in a brewery process for improved waste-reduction decisions and increased environmental performance. Decisions to reduce wastewater generation in the past have focused on end-of-pipe approach, with little attention paid to the costs of generating brewery...
September 2012
Research of innovation index in a Latin America cluster
This research proposes to investigate the Innovation Index in one of the largest clusters of metal fittings in Brazil. The work construction occurs through a case analysis. The collection and evaluation of data consists of a research tool, for evaluating the efforts and results in the innovation process, which includes the investments in human resources, research and development, financial investment, organizational...
September 2012
Psychology and behavior mechanism of micro-blog information spreading
Micro-blog has a major influence on network information transmission of social emergency events for its incomparable qualities. The dissemination of micro-blog information has all the typical characteristics of compound transmission by internet and mobile communication network, which has gradually become the mainstream. In addition, the transmission process is more closely related to the psychology and behavior of each...
September 2012
A novel method of online trading customer classification
Correctly and effectively customer classification according to their characteristics and behaviors will be the most important resource for electronic marketing and online trading of network enterprises. Aiming at the shortages of the existing K-means algorithm of data-mining for customer classification, this paper advances a new customer classification algorithm through improving the existing K-means algorithm. Firstly,...
September 2012
Leadership model for appraising employees’ readiness within solidarity trade union in South Africa
South Africa has become an integral part of the ‘global village’ which is characterised inter alia, by industrial and commercial interaction, as well as by substantial competitiveness. Business organisations in South Africa should concomitantly pursue means to become more efficient and productive in order to avoid being overwhelmed by products and services from other countries at competitive prices and...
September 2012
Demographic impacts on interpersonal conflict, mistreatment and discrimination: A survey of labor in public sector of Balochistan, Pakistan
The main purpose of this paper was to investigate the demographic effects on three interrelated variables that is, interpersonal conflict, mistreatment and discrimination. A self-structured questionnaire was used as an instrument for the survey of public sector employees in Balochistan. The main hypothesis was ‘Demographic characteristics of employees have significant impact on interpersonal conflict, mistreatment...
September 2012
Impact of mean LMX on team innovation: An empirical study of the mediating effect of team cooperation and the moderating effect of LMX differentiation in China
The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of mean Leader member exchange (LMX) on team innovation within team, and the mediating effect of team cooperation as well as the moderating effect of LMX differentiation between the mean LMX and team innovation. Based on a sample (n = 245) from china, questionnaire surveys were carried out to explore the relations among variables. All analyses were conducted at the...
September 2012
The updated criteria for global investment after the collapse of Lehman Brothers
When Lehman Brothers fell in September 2008, it was the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. The financial crisis spread from the United States, its source and hard hit area, to the Euro zone and the globe and triggered a global economic recession, which the world still had not yet recovered from and quickly became a global financial crisis. Nearly three years after Lehman Brothers filed...
September 2012
Appraisal of female leadership pattern in governmental organization
In organizations, leadership is a critical factor in increasing efficiency and effectiveness. In recent decades, organizations go into flatter and flexible hierarchical structures. Characteristics of women leader, seems to be compatible to ever-changing today organizational environment. The goal of this study is evaluating the women leadership model of the paper Maleki et al. For this purpose, we examine this...
September 2012
A test of relationship avoidance using logistic regression: Comparison of open and individual online markets
Are twelve factors of relationship hindrance proposed by Novel and Phillips (2004) still valid? We address this question by first testing the differential effect of these factors on online relationship avoidance. We used two different markets; open and individual markets, to test our hypotheses. The results from our logistic regression model indicate that; first, twelve factors of online relationship avoidance are...
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