Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Study of Criteria for Evaluating the Performance of World Expo Taiwan PavilionHan-Chen Huang, I-Ying Chang, Su-Ling Wu, Wen-Pang LiaoUnder the circumstance of severe fund shortage of local governments in Taiwan, an exhibition pavilion's commitment to inheriting and passing down diverse cultures and the exhibition pavilion's business performance grows more important. This study utilizes the balanced scorecard concept, as proposed by Kaplan and Norton, reviews relevant literature, uses the Delphi method to gather and systemize opinions of experts in … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 7 · 29 Aug 2015 · 6,756 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractModeling and Forecasting of International Tourism Demand in ASEAN CountriesAsrin Karimi, Pouya Faroughi, Khalid Abdul RahimThis study attempts to find the best model to forecast international tourism demand using a series of key macroeconomic variables in ASEAN countries. Generally, we find that generalized Poisson regression model is the best one for estimating long-run international tourism demand. In addition, we find that inflation and real exchange rate have negative relationship with international tourism demand. On the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 7 · 8 Aug 2015 · 7,938 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractRoles of Macroeconomic Variables on Agricultural Diversification in NigeriaSunday B. Akpan, Samuel J. Udoka, Inimfon V. PatrickThe study examined the trend in agricultural diversification index from 1960 to 2014 in Nigeria. It also determined the influence of some macroeconomic variables on the estimated index. Augmented Dickey-Fuller-GLS unit root test showed that all series were integrated of order one. The long-run and short-run elasticity of the agricultural diversification index with respect to the specified macro-economic variables were … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 9 Jul 2015 · 7,491 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAnalysis of Financial Markets Integration of Iran Within the Middle East and with the Rest of the WorldParinaz EzzatiIt is universally argued that Iran’s financial markets are effectively isolated from the rest of the world. However, in the last three years, privatization increased in Iranian financial markets as well as capitalization, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and equity prices, albeit with suspicion of reaching the bubble level. Questions are raised whether Iran is still isolated from the rest of … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 12 · 10 Oct 2013 · 6,849 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAssessment of Correspondent Banks Case StudyAbeer F.A. Al Abbadi, Abdel Nasser T. Zyoud, Sinan S. AbbadiProblem statement: This study aims at evaluating corresponding banks in Jordan. Characterizing the goals, instruments and profitability under unfavorable conditions of financial setbacks and unfair competition among banks. Focuses on the feasibility and profitability of Philadelphia Investment Bank in its international trade via its Correspondent banks. Approach: Problems and setbacks shall be screened out; reasoned and appropriate optimal recommendations are … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 4 · 30 Jan 2012 · 7,187 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAn Appraisal of Foreign Exchange Resources Generation and ManagementOlorunfemi Sola, Adebayo A. FatukasiProblem statement: The study reviewed and appraised foreign exchange resources generation during and after SAP, it also identified the problem area of foreign exchange resources generation and management. Approach: Secondary data from CBN statistical bulletin were analyzed using descriptive and comparative analysis. Results: Result shows that the contribution of non-oil export to total export was as low as 1.5, 4.87, … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 4 · 16 Sep 2011 · 8,019 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractForecasting Gold Prices Using Multiple Linear Regression MethodZ. Ismail, A. Yahya, A. ShabriProblem statement: Forecasting is a function in management to assist decision making. It is also described as the process of estimation in unknown future situations. In a more general term it is commonly known as prediction which refers to estimation of time series or longitudinal type data. Gold is a precious yellow commodity once used as money. It was made … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 8 · 31 Aug 2009 · 11,091 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractImpact of Foreign Aid on Economic Development in Jordan (1990-2005)Mwafaq Dandan Al-KhaldiThe analysis of the impact of foreign aid on economic development, suggest that poor countries have to relay on the foreign aid as a resource to fill the deficit. There are many form of foreign resources like Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), External Loans and Credit, Technical Assistance, Project and non Project Aid and many other forms. But most of under … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Mar 2008 · 8,500 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEURO-USD PREDICTION APPLICATION USING WEIGHTED MOVING AVERAGE ON MOBILE DEVICEAfan Galih Salman, Ro’fah Nur Rachmawati, HendryInvestments in foreign exchange (forex) promise lucrative profits, thus inviting a lot of attention for researcher sand traders to create a system or indicator in trading. All indicators or system is reliable and has proven hat can bring profit for traders. Basically all indicator are reliable and tested which able to bring some profit to traders. Ironically there are many … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 9 · 17 Apr 2014 · 7,457 accessesView PDFCite