August 2009
Strategic alliance governance in Zimbabwe policy and strategy
Worldwide interest in strategic alliances has increased dramatically partly because of their potential to expand firms operations in the short run. Among the many issues posed by the increasing interest in strategic alliances, this paper focuses specifically on the dynamics associated with the governance of strategic alliance relationships. Furthermore, due to the constant deterioration of the Zimbabwean economy and the...
August 2009
Modern office technology and the secretary’s productivity in private business organisations
The functions and effectiveness of the secretary in every business organization depends on the availability of office technologies as well as the skills and competencies of the secretary. Modern business organisations have come to appreciate the role and importance of the secretary as well as the need to providing the needed and necessary office machines and equipment for the efficacy of the secretarial...
August 2009
Do mergers and acquisitions leads to a higher technical and scale efficiency? A counter evidence from Malaysia
The present paper examines the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the technical efficiency of the Malaysian banking sector. The analysis consists of two stages. Firstly, by using the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach, we calculate the technical, pure technical, and scale efficiency of individual banks during the period 1997-2003. Secondly, we examine changes in the efficiency of the Malaysian...
August 2009
The preference gap: Ghanaian consumers’ attitudes toward local and imported products
This study was undertaken to examine empirically consumer attitudes towards local and imported products in a developing country market. A survey was conducted to elicit responses from a cross section of the Ghanaian community. The country of origin image in this study was measured following the Roth and Romeo approach. The results of this study suggest that country of origin is more important than price and...
August 2009
Comparative analysis of factors influencing the decision to study abroad
The international student market has become highly competitive globally. As competition continues to intensify, success in acquiring and retaining International students will depend on ability of a country and/or institution to understand and respond to the needs of the market. This article looks at the factors influencing the decision to study abroad. The purpose is to uncover the extent to which different...
August 2009
Business strategy- youth subculture relationship: An investigation of free gift combinations
Adolescents easily shift their attentions to popular goods on the market; therefore marketers are used to providing lovely free gifts as their marketing tools to attract the adolescents’ attentions. This study based on the means-end chain (MEC) methodology tends to reveal adolescent perceptions toward the “dollar-quantity” combinations of free-gifts provided by the convenience stores....
August 2009
An empirical study on banks profitability in the KSA: A co-integration approach
This study aims to give the analysis of the determinants of banks’ profitability in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) over the period 1999-2007. This paper investigates the co-integration and causal relationship between return of assets (ROA) and return of equity (ROE) of Saudi banks. The analysis employs Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test, Johansen’s cointegration test, Granger causality test....
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