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

Implementation and Methods of Project Learning in Quantity Surveying Firms: Barriers, Enablers and Success Factors

Hamzah Abdul-Rahman — 2011-09-15

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 15 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.430.438

Problem statement: Learning from project is vital for organizations to achieve competition and to survive in a dynamic environment. However, learning is not an easy task because there is no specific w...

Knowledge Management Capabilities Rubrics

Azizah bt Abdul Rahman — 2011-09-15

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 15 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.439.443

Problem statement: Recently researchers discerned the vitality and importance of Knowledge Management Capabilities (KMC) evaluation in organizations. In fact evaluation of KMC helps to prevent failure...

Investigating Individuals' Intention to be Involved in Knowledge Management Process

M. J.M. Razi — 2011-09-15

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 15 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.444.449

Problem statement: Implementation of Knowledge Management (KM) process in organizations is considered as essential to be competitive in the present competitive world. Though the modern KM practices hi...

Persistence of Traditional Retailing in an Island Town

S. Selvadurai — 2011-09-15

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 15 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.450.455

Problem statement: The convergence of modern retail formats in the developing world is resisted by the persistence of traditional retail formats. The issue of lower-circuit and middle-circuit in tradi...

Business-to-Business: The Salesperson's Dilemma

Gopala Ganesh — 2011-09-16

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 16 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.456.459

Problem statement: There is a lack of research on B2B e-commerce, especially involving input from B2B executives. To bridge that gap, we investigate whether (1) buyers and sellers differ significantly...

Trade Promotions and Suppliers' Market Power

Sandra Mottner — 2011-09-19

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 19 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.460.472

Problem statement: Trade promotions provided to retailers from suppliers are not well understood and have not been consistently reported by manufacturers. Research about the phenomenon has consequentl...

Real Option Method and Escalation of Commitment in the Evaluation of Investment Projects

Mehrdad Karami — 2011-09-19

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 19 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.473.478

Problem statement: This study applies an experimental method to find out whether using the real option method along with the discounted cash flow techniques can reduce the decision-makers’ Escalatio...

The New Reality of Competing: Strategic Marketing Intelligence and the Assessment of the Business Transformational Model Proposition

Nurhan Papatya — 2011-09-20

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 20 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.479.489

Problem statement: The study contains "Strategic Marketing Intelligence (SMI)" contents and formation which are directed to the business’s permanent and continuous priority and the investigation of ...

Work Culture and Developing Agri-Entrepreneurial Skills among Farmers

M. Zainalabidin — 2011-09-20

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 20 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.490.497

Problem statement: The government of Malaysia has established several agencies within the Ministry of Agriculture and agri-based Industry such as the Farmers’ Organization Authority to provide techn...

Accreditation of Emergency Department at a Teaching Hospital in Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2010

Fereshteh Farzianpour — 2011-09-20

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 20 September 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.498.505

Problem statement: Considering the importance of emergency departments in healthcare system and the high mortality rate of patients referred to these departments, it is crucial to provide quality serv...

Inter Local Government Capital Budget Execution Comparism

F. Olurankinse — 2011-10-21

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 21 October 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.506.510

Problem statement: Unrealistic capital budgeting has long been the bane of social economic development in Nigeria and of course, at the local government level. Local governments are established with s...

Strategy Execution: An Empirical Analysis of Obstacles Faced by Master of Business Administration Executive Students

Ayande Alpha — 2011-10-06

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 6 October 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.511.524

Problem statement: This study examines obstacles faced by MBA executive students, regarding five dimensions of obstacle management. The purpose of the research is to assess the relative importance of ...

Teaching the Indigenous Students with Courseware Based on Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Mudiana Mokhsin Misron — 2011-10-21

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 21 October 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.525.533

Problem statement: This study reports result of a research carried out to determine the possibility of computer technology use among the indigenous children in teaching and learning. Approach: In this...

Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB) amongthe Managers of Teaching Hospitals

Fereshteh Farzianpour — 2011-10-29

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 29 October 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.534.542

Problem statement: Organizational behavior is desirable for any organization, as it is associated with important organizational variables such as job satisfaction, organizational productivity and syst...

Extending the Technology Acceptance Model to Account for Social Influence, Trust and Integration for Pervasive Computing Environment: A Case Study in University Industry

Farahwahida Mohd — 2011-11-03

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 3 November 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.552.559

Problem statement: The aims of this study are to develop ubiquitous computing environment using Bluetooth (UCEB) and measure the validity and reliability on in order to support student admission servi...

Why the Dogs of the Dow Bark Loudly in China

Carol Wang — 2011-11-04

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 4 November 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.560.568

Problem statement: The Dogs of the Dow (Dow Dogs) strategy, which has gained widespread popularity in the U.S., is found to be considerably successful in China’s stock markets. This trading strategy...

Engaging People who Drive Execution and Organizational Performance

Ologbo C. Andrew — 2011-11-03

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 3 November 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.569.575

Problem statement: The construct of employee engagement had gained much reputation in recent years among reputable management and human resources consulting firms. Though there is an increasing contri...

Credit Market Development and Economic Growth an Empirical Analysis for United Kingdom

Athanasios Vazakidis — 2011-11-29

American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Published online: 29 November 2011; doi:10.3844/ajebasp.2011.576.585

Problem statement: This study investigated the causal relationship between credit market development and economic growth for UK for the period 1975-2007 using a Vector Error Correction Model (VECM). Q...