Volume 3, Issue 2 (2011) | American Journal of Economics and Business Administration

Turning Risks into Opportunities in Contract Management: A Case Study in the Health Care Industry

Elizabeth McVicker — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.224.233

Problem statement: This case study presented students with a situation based in the healthcare industry, highlighting the importance of contract review, clear communications and interestbased negoti...

Diversification and Performance of Group-Affiliated Firms during Institutional Transitions: The Case of the Chinese Textile Industry

Qiang Zhang — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.234.246

Problem statement: Business groups play significant roles and evolve with the changing institutional environments in many emerging Asian economies. A study of how the institutional transition and th...

Regionalism in East Asia: The Role of North East Asian Nations

Fithra Faisal Hastiadi — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.247.258

Problem statement: For the past few years, regionalism has been progressing in East Asia with the likes of China, Japan and Korea (CJK) as the most prominent actors. Unfortunately, with the absence of...

Conservatism and Value Relevance: Evidence from the European Financial Sector

Panayotis Manganaris — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.259.269

Problem statement: We examine the levels of conservatism and value relevance existent in the financial sectors of three code-law European countries (Germany, France and Greece) and one common-law Euro...

Understanding a Father-Daughter Succession Case: Applying the 5+5+5 Bernelli Model

Leann Mischel — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.270.276

Problem statement: Research on father-daughter succession in family businesses has only recently begun to get some traction. Still, examples of these situations often elude researchers. Futhermore, th...

Performance Evaluation a Teaching Hospital Affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences Based on Baldrige Excellence Model

Fereshteh Farzianpour — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.277.281

Problem statement: Today, organizations are willing to achieve quality as a source of competitive advantage. Therefore, their performance evaluation and quality improvement is essential. One of the ...

Indian Banking: Value Creation for Competitive Advantage in the Global Environment

Nishi S. Jain — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.282.286

Problem statement: How banking Sector will face the challenges posed by the global environment. The paper focuses on the competitive strategies of the banking sector and how the sector derives competi...

The Euro: Future Prospects and Consideration for Non-Euro Countries

Farhad Ghannadian — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.287.292

Problem statement: Many more Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) have decided to adopt the euro. Given the attraction and uncertainties associated with moving into a common currency, the pot...

The Empirical Study of Japanese Deposit Withdrawal Behaviors on Unstable Financial Environment

Toshihiko Takemura — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.293.300

Problem statement: We need to analyze to withdrawal behavior rather than deposit behavior on the situation which financial institutions might fail. However, there are few studies on withdrawal behav...

Measuring Predictors of Student Retention Rates

Allen L. Webster — 2011-04-07

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 7 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.301.311

Problem statement: Colleges and universities place more emphasis on student retention rates than ever before. Educational institutions are intensifying efforts to discourage student departure and pr...

Power Outage, Business Continuity and Businesses' Choices of Power Outage Mitigation Measures

Ali Asgary — 2011-04-08

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 8 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.312.320

Problem statement: Power outage has been mentioned as one of the most experienced and perceived risks by various types of businesses and organizations. Thus, reducing the impacts of power outage has...

A Statistical Comparative Study of the Working Poor in Japan and Canada

Masatoshi Murakami — 2011-04-09

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 9 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.321.337

Problem statement: Recently in Japan, there has been an increase in the group which is termed the ‘Working Poor’. However, the group’s size and configuration remains unknown. Approach: The purp...

Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in Serbia: An Analysis of Motivations, Financing and Obstacles

Nina Radojevich-Kelley — 2011-04-21

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 21 April 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.338.346

Problem statement: Entrepreneurship is considered to be a major driving force to economic development throughout the world. Free enterprise is challenging in any country, especially in a developing ...

Agent Technology Application Strategies in Personal and Team Software Process Environment

Rusli Abdullah — 2011-05-27

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 27 May 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.347.351

Problem statement: Modern system development emphasize on the use of standard and procedures to ensure the system develop meets user needs and of high quality. Standards such as Capability Maturity ...

Free WiFi as Strategic Competitive Advantage for Fast-Food Outlet in the Knowledge Era

Lee Kok Tiong — 2011-05-27

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 27 May 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.352.357

Problem statement: The growth of food outlets in Malaysia brings about the stiff competition among the players in food industry. To remain competitive, each outlet needs to adopt its own strategy in...

Capturing Tacit Knowledge for Assessing Employees' Competency and Productivity

Marzanah A. Jabar — 2011-05-27

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 27 May 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.358.362

Problem statement: Organization has to evaluate the competencies of their workers to improve organizational productivity. However, this is difficult because organizations have difficulties to captur...

Islamic Conceptualisation of Knowledge Management

Muhamadul Bakir Hj. Yaakub — 2011-05-27

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 27 May 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.363.369

Problem statement: This study is an attempt to address "The Fundamental Theory of Knowledge Management" from Islamic point of views, to draw the notion of "Islamic Worldview" of knowledge, especially...

Analyzing Accuracy and Accessibility in Information and Communication Technology Ethical Scenario Context

Maslin Masrom — 2011-05-27

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 27 May 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.370.376

Problem statement: Recently, the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is indispensable to life. The utilization of ICT has provided advantages for people, organizations and ...

The Effect of the Attacks of 9/11 on Organizational Policies, Employee Attitudes and Workers' Psychological States

Amy E. Hurley-Hanson — 2011-05-27

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 27 May 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.377.389

Problem statement: The attacks of September 11, 2001 (9/11) on the United States have had a profound effect on organizations and their employees. These effects occurred in the days and weeks immedia...

The Wholistic Ethical Litmus of Leadership: A Practical Non-Linear Dynamics and Chaos Based Leadership Model

Lynn L. Adams — 2011-05-27

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 27 May 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.390.400

Problem statement: Management is generally easy to define and measure. And, good managers tend to have many of the same characteristics and skill sets. Great leaders, on the other hand, have fewer s...

Small Business Entrepreneurs: A Focus on Fraud Risk and Prevention

Doug Laufer — 2011-06-14

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 14 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.401.404

Problem statement: Small businesses have unique problems in fighting fraud. Typically there are limited resources devoted to anti-fraud efforts by small businesses. Employee fraud typically results in...

Clay Vs. Grass: A Statistical Comparison of the French Open and Wimbledon

Michael R. Summers — 2011-06-14

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 14 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.405.409

Problem statement: While most professional tennis tournaments today are played on hard courts, there is a short clay court season culminating in the French Open and an even shorter grass court season ...

Tax Exportability in Tourism Market

Mohammad Mohebi — 2011-06-14

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 14 June 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.410.415

Problem statement: Tax incidence is a basic topic in public economics as the tourism industry is an increasingly major contributor to government revenue. Generally, government taxation objectives are ...

Information System Analysis and Building for Integrated Real Estate Business Management in Real Estate Market

Hassan Mohammed M. Elmetwaly — 2011-07-12

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 12 July 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.416.419

Problem statement: This study discusses the problem of registration and following-up the real estate rental procedures of all kinds, always what we need is integrated information systems to meet our d...

Program Evaluation of Health Care Management: Is it adjusted for Students Needs?

Fereshteh Farzianpour — 2011-07-12

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 12 July 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.420.424

Problem statement: Since improving the quality of high education is the final purpose of educational evaluation and an internal evaluation can make it possible to judge the quality of high education a...

Investigating the Relationship between Organizational Social Capital and Service Quality in Teaching Hospitals

Fereshteh Farzianpour — 2011-07-12

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 12 July 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.425.429

Problem statement: In modern age, the service quality and sensitivity towards better qualified service are among the priorities of the global community. Quality is defined as the customer’s desire a...