International Business Research
International Business Research, Vol. 4, No. 4, October 2011
Table of Contents
Articles
| Transforming an Industrial District into a High-Tech Cluster: Assessing the Cosmetics Valley’s Readiness and Benefits | |
| Daniel D. Bretonès, Carlos Scheel | p3 |
| Mediterranean Diet and Cereals’ Consumption in Greece (1957-2005) | |
| Ioannis Sotiropoulos | p15 |
| Lumber Yield in a Portuguese Wooden Kitchen Furniture Industry | |
| José Vicente Ferreira, Carlos Ferrolho, Idalina Domingos | p24 |
| Cognitions on Competition: The Newcomers Impact | |
| Raphaël Dornier, Noureddine Selmi | p30 |
| Why Small Business Owners Should Not Worry about“Money Left on the Table” in IPOs! | |
| Roger Su, Keith Hooper, Amitabh S. Dutta, Ronghua Yi | p42 |
| Measuring the Effects of Technology Suppliers’ Characteristics on Degree of Inter-Firm Technology Transfer based on Knowledge-Based View and Organizational Learning Perspective | |
| Sazali Abdul Wahab, Raduan Che Rose, Suzana Idayu Wati Osman | p53 |
| Investigate Competitive Intelligence Process: An Exploratory Study in Tunisian Companies | |
| Wadie Nasri | p62 |
| Quest for Optimal Bonus-Malus in Automobile Insurance in Developing Economies: An Actuarial Perspective | |
| Ade Ibiwoye, I. A. Adeleke, S. A. Aduloju | p74 |
| An Investigation of The Income Smoothing Behavior of Growth and Value Firms (Case Study: Tehran Stock Exchange Market) | |
| Mohammad Namazi, Ehsan Khansalar | p84 |
| An Examination of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Practices among the Government-Linked Companies (GLCs) in Malaysia | |
| Ahmad Shukri YAZID, Mohd Rasid HUSSIN, Wan Norhayate WAN DAUD | p94 |
| Changes in Marketing Strategies and Performance Outcomes of Turkish Firms in 2008 Global Economic Recession | |
| Fahri Apaydin | p104 |
| Analyzing RCM Indicators in Continuous Production Lines: A Case Study | |
| Ehsan Pourjavad, Hadi Shirouyehzad, Arash Shahin | p115 |
| Team Learning and Its Impact on Marketing Team Performance: An Empirical Study | |
| Masoodul HASSAN, Ibrahim AKSEL, Muhammad Zafar YAQUB, Zelal ALDEMIR | p124 |
| Criteria for Assessing Small and Medium Enterprises’ Borrowers in Ghana | |
| Daniel Agyapong, Gloria K.Q. Agyapong, Kwabena Nkansah Darfor | p132 |
| A Study on Developing of Asset Pricing Models | |
| Reza Raei, Hamed Ahmadinia, Amaneh Hasbaei | p139 |
| Understanding Stress in Multinational Companies in Thailand | |
| Krit Jarinto | p153 |
| A Study of the Relationship between the Big Five Personality Dimensions and Job Involvement in a Foreign Based Financial Institution in Penang | |
| Sivaram Eswaran, Md. Aminul Islam, Dayang Hasliza Muhd Yusuf | p164 |
| Measuring Life Insurance Service Quality: An Empirical Assessment of SERVQUAL Instrument | |
| Neetu Bala, H.S Sandhu, Naresh Nagpal | p176 |
| An Empirical Evidence of Performance Measurement of Audit Firms in Malaysia | |
| Mohd Noor Azli Ali Khan, Rohaizat Baharun, Kamaruzzaman Abdul Rahim, Norhayati Zakuan | p191 |
| The Impact of Managers’ Related Variables and Department Features on Budget Characteristics: The Case of Private Jordanian Universities | |
| Mahmoud Nasser, Osama Mah'd, Khalil Nimer, Saleh Al-okdeh | p199 |
| An Exploration of the Relationship between Transformational Leadership and Organizational Commitment: The Moderating Effect of Emotional Intelligence: Case Study in Iran | |
| Majid Farahani, Marzieh Taghadosi, Mehdi Behboudi | p211 |
| Impact of Workers’ Remittances on Financial Development in Nigeria | |
| Babatunde Olufemi Oke, Olayinka Marte Uadiale, Okwy Peter Okpala | p218 |
| Co-Integration Study of Relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth | |
| Haitao Sun | p226 |
| Psychological Contract and Knowledge Sharing among Academicians: Mediating Role of Relational Social Capital | |
| Nor Liza Abdullah, Noradiva Hamzah, Rasidah Arshad, Rosmah Mat Isa, Rohayu Abd. Ghani | p231 |
| TQM Implementation in Textile Manufacturing Industry to Success: Review and Case Study | |
| Salman Khalid, Muhammad Zohaib Irshad, Babak Mahmood | p242 |
| The Global Debate on Budgeting: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria | |
| Segun Abogun, Temitope Olamide Fagbemi | p248 |
| FDI Inflow Determinants in BRIC countries: A Panel Data Analysis | |
| Vinit Ranjan, Gaurav Agrawal | p255 |
| The Inclusion of Forecasts in the Narrative Sections of Annual Reports and Their Association with Firm Characteristics: The Case of Jordan | |
| Suzan Abed, Saleh Al-Okdeh, Khalil Nimer | p264 |
| Comparative Study on the Evaluation Methods of Product Quality Level | |
| Yueyi Zhang, Mingshun Song, Lijun Zhou, Xinghua Fang | p272 |
| The Effect of The Implementation of the IAS 39 on the Jordanian Investors | |
| Khalil Nimer, Mohammed Idris, Saleh Al-Okdeh, Mahmoud Nassar | p276 |
| The Effects of The Interest Rate Volatility on Turkish Money Demand | |
| Yildiz SAILAM ÇELIKÖZ, Ünal ARSLAN | p286 |
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