Volume 2, Issue 3 (2010) | American Journal of Economics and Business Administration

Should Individual Investors Use Technical Trading Rules to Attempt to Beat the Market?

Thomas S. Coe — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.201.209

Problem statement: Despite widespread academic acceptance of the Efficient Markets Hypothesis, some stock traders still use technical trading rules in an attempt to beat the market. Approach: This stu...

Investment, Taxes and the Cost of Capital: An Euler Equation Specification Test

Huntley Schaller — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.210.220

Problem statement: Previous studies (primarily employing goodness-of-fit tests) have found it difficult to provide clear and direct evidence that taxes and the interest rate have a strong influence on...

Social Inclusion and Local Development through European Voluntourism: A Case Study of the Project Realized in a Neighborhood of Morocco

Isabel Novo Corti — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.221.231

Problem statement: Tourism is an important activity in the global economy that drives thousands of people each year through all continents of the world and generates employment and income. Its economi...

When is Inflation Harmful? Estimating the Threshold Effect for Ghana

Joseph Magnus Frimpong — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.232.239

Problem statement: Is inflation harmful? At what level? For all countries, both developed and developing, one of the fundamental objectives of macroeconomic policy is macroeconomic stability. In Ghana...

Prospects of Waterway Development as a Catalyst to Improve Regional and Community Socio-Economy Level

Sulaiman M. Yassin — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.240.246

Problem statement: Malaysia has achieved a number of successes in its transportation development. The success of Kuala Lumpur International Airport and Northern and Southern Highway project for exampl...

Seller Concentration in the Grain Milling Industry

Martin Charumbira — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.247.252

Problem statement: The main purpose of the study was to explore the levels of concentration in Zimbabwe’s grain-milling industry during period 1985-2005. The study could not be extended to periods a...

Cross European Financial Networks Related to Turkish Immigrants and their Businesses: The Case of Turkish-Owned Commercial Bank Under Dutch Legislation

Shahamak Rezaei — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.253.265

Problem statement: Understanding the character and strategies of ethnic economy and ethnic enclave economy this study concluded, that it is necessary to look beyond and within the demarcation of natio...

Attitude Towards Contract Farming Among Malaysian Agriculture Learning Institution Students

Bahaman Abu Samah — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.266.271

Problem statement: The government’s effort in enhancing agriculture productivity cannot be argued. The introduction of contract farming is one of the ways. Contract farming includes a number of new ...

Business Continuity Planning: Are We Prepared for Future Disasters

Naill M. Momani — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.272.279

Problem statement: Natural and man-made disasters could cause a lot of monetary, mortality and morbidity losses for our business’ operations such as: Activities, products and services. In order to m...

Guerrilla Marketing Communication Tools and Ethical Problems in Guerilla Advertising

Canan Ay — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.280.286

Problem statement: Companies attempt to reach private worlds of consumers and give them memorable experience with their brands by using guerrilla marketing tools. Guerrilla advertising, which is one o...

Trading Volume and Stock Indices: A Test of Technical Analysis

Paul Abbondante — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.287.292

Problem statement: Technical analysis and its emphasis on trading volume has been used to analyze movements in individual stock prices and make investment recommendations to either buy or sell that st...

Private Giving Crowding Government Funding in Public Higher Education

G. Thomas Sav — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.293.299

Problem statement: Private giving and government funding are critical revenue sources for public colleges and universities. If increased private giving reduces government funding, then that type and e...

Forecasting Financial Market Annual Performance Measures: Further Evidence⁺

Edward J. Lusk — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.300.306

Problem statement: Forecasting is simple; producing accurate forecasts is the essential task. Experience suggests that financial managers often assume that because models used in forecasting are appro...

Leptospirosis in the Tropics: When Prevention Doesn't Easily Sell as a Ton of Cure

Roger Lee Mendoza — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.307.316

Problem statement: Human leptospirosis -- the most widespread zoonotic disease -- thrives in tropical and subtropical climates. It is seldom addressed ex ante or prior to an outbreak or expected outbr...

A Stock Dependent Economic Order Quantity Model for Perishable Items Under Inflationary Conditions

Singh Sarbjit — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.317.322

Problem statement: In most of the earlier inventory models, effect of inflation has been ignored, which is playing pilot role in present environment. In this article, we have proposed an economic or...

Trends in Preferences in the Market for Alternative Investments: A Summary of Recent Deutsche Bank Alternative Investment Surveys

Erik Benrud — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.323.329

Problem statement: This study introduced to the literature information on and from the Deutsche Bank Alternative Investment Survey: 2002-2009. Approach: All the survey data for our analysis is from ...

Firm's Environmental Performance: A Review of Their Determinants

Amir Hossein Montazer Hojat — 2010-09-30

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 30 September 2010; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2010.330.338

Problem statement: The role of environment in global economic development is vital since it is the life-support system providing sources of food and water, pleasant surroundings and sceneries and tr...