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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAcceptance and Use of Strategic Processes in Developing CountriesAlev M. Efendioglu, A. Tugba KarabulutProblem statement: The concept of strategy has become a major process in for-profit and not-for-profit organizations. These organizations have used the process to understand issues which they cannot control but have a significant impact on their success and use their limited resources and competencies to improve their competitive positions. The process was used in developed economies and primarily by businesses … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 7,306 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDisposition of Human Resource Development Structure in Manufacturing Firms in MalaysiaAbdullah HaslindaProblem statement: Human Resource Development (HRD) is rapidly gaining importance in manufacturing firms in Malaysia, as there are strong driving forces such as legal, financial and infrastructural support from the Government. This is because the Government believes that investment in human capital is key to the success of the country’s economy. However, this strategy may not be effective without the … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,620 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Importance of Police Performance as a Determinant of Satisfaction with PoliceJames E. Larsen, John P. BlairProblem statement: Citizen satisfaction with police performance is an important concern of public managers because police performance is central to citizens and accounts for a large share of urban budgets. Also, there is substantial disagreement in the literature regarding determents of citizen satisfaction. Approach: Logistic regression was used to investigate the results of three public opinion surveys, conducted biannually, to … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 1, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2009 · 8,714 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPhysical and Biological Responses of Forests to Tropical Cyclones Affecting the United States Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico CoastsKrista Merry, Pete Bettinger, Jeffrey HepinstallProblem Statement: Natural resources within the southern United States have repeatedly been subjected to the impact of tropical cyclones. While the frequency of tropical cyclones hitting either coast varies from year to year, it is crucial for natural resource managers and land owners to be prepared for the damage resulting from such storms. The goal of this review paper is … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 28 Feb 2009 · 7,937 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractIntelligent OkiKoSenPBX1 Security Patrol Robot via Network and Map-Based Route PlanningMbaïtiga ZacharieProblem statement: With an increased demand for security and limited numbers of trained security personnel, some security mangers have a lot of ground to police and limited staff to cover it. To compensate for shortages of security staff and to reduce the stress of security managers, we have developed an intelligent patrol robot system called "OkiKoSenPBX1". The system integrates a … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2009 · 7,410 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFinancial Service of Wealth Management Banking: Balanced Scorecard ApproachCheng-Ru Wu, Chin-Tsai Lin, Pei-Hsuan TsaiProblem Statement: There are four main banking business sectors in Taiwan, involving the areas of consumer, corporate, wealth management, and investment banking. The wealth management banking sector is actively promoted for reaping a risk-free premium. In the proposed model, the dimensions of financial services for wealth management banks have been taken from four perspectives derived from balanced scorecard approach, viz. … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 8,454 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractMining Fuzzy Weighted Browsing Patterns from Time Duration and with Linguistic ThresholdsTzung-Pei Hong, Ming-Jer Chiang, Shyue-Liang WangWorld-wide-web applications have grown very rapidly and have made a significant impact on computer systems. Among them, web browsing for useful information may be most commonly seen. Due to its tremendous amounts of use, efficient and effective web retrieval has become a very important research topic in this field. Techniques of web mining have thus been requested and developed to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2008 · 6,397 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractExtension Mechanisms to Support Sustainable Agriculture in Iran ContextMohammad Sadegh AllahyariSustainable agriculture, as a managerial philosophy has risen to meet environmental, economic and social complications. Agricultural extension as a source of information plays an important role for the achievement of sustainable forms of agriculture. In fact, conventional extension system cannot accomplish sustainability in agriculture. The objective of the study was to identify the most appropriate mechanism to support dimensions and … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,738 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Random Walk Hypothesis for the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange: January 1998-November 2006Tafirenyika Sunde, James ZivanomoyoThe main intention of this study was to investigate, using monthly data, whether prices in the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) follow a random-walk process as required for there to be market efficiency. The study applied the unit root tests to establish if the ZSE followed a random walk or not. If the ZSE follows a random walk it is said … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 8,085 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFavorableness-Reality IndexMahmoud Ahmadinejad, Jalal Ayoubinejad, Mojtaba Maghrebi, Mahmoud Reza KeymaneshBy constructing a systematic structure of processes, decision models would give the most comprehensive and appropriate decision out of the variety of choices. As an instance, Analytic Hierarchy Process model (AHP) has helped to perfect interpretation and systematic decision. Application of this model in control process and evaluation of organization performance were investigated. The opinion of senior chief managers and … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2008 · 7,257 accessesView PDFCite