Recently added articles from International Management Review:
The Extent of Social Responsibility Accounting Application in the Qualified Industrial Zones in Jordan
Apr 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] The study aims at defining the extent to which the companies investing in the qualified industrial zones (QIZ) in Jordan recognize and apply the concept of social responsibility accounting. The study showed that there was no full recognition of the concept of social ...
How Do Regulation Changes Impact the Bondholders' Perception of Auditor Choice and Managerial Ownership? Evidence from the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Adoption
Apr 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] This paper explores how US bondholders value the auditor choice and managerial ownership of firms and investigates whether regulation changes affect these perceptions. Using the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) as a major regulation shift, we find that during the pre-SOX period, ...
Stock Ownership Concentration and Firm Performance-An Empirical Study Based on IPO Companies in China
Apr 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] With the sample of Chinese initial public offering (IPO) companies in 2001 and 2002, this paper investigates the relationship between stock ownership concentration and firm performance. We find a significant cubic relation between firm performance and stock ownership ...
An Analysis of Home Computer Customer Service Hotlines
Apr 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] With the growth of the Internet in recent years, home computers have become an essential part of many Americans' lives. Because computers play such an important role in our lives, even the smallest problem with an individual's computer system can cause severe repercussions in ...
A Study on Impact of Different Capital Sources on the Economy in China
Apr 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] Among the literature on the impact of different capital sources on economy, most of them focus on one capital source or study this impact from a perspective of factors of production. Therefore, we plan to classify those capital factors according to their sources and study ...
Human Resource Competencies: A Study of the HR Professionals in Manufacturing Firms in Malaysia
Apr 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] This study examines the vital competencies of Human Resource (HR) professionals in the manufacturing companies of Malaysia. The Human Resource Competency Survey (HRCS) model is used in this study. The competencies that are examined in this study are business knowledge, ...
Managing Software Project Risks with the Chi-Square ([Chi]^sup 2^) Technique
Apr 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] Regardless how much effort we put into software projects to make them succeed, many software projects have very high failure rate. The aim of this paper is to present a new technique by which we can study the impact of different control factors and different risk factors to ...
Analyses of the Dynamic Factors of Cluster Innovation - A Case Study of Chengdu Furniture Industrial Cluster
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] The development of industrial clusters has become a world-wide economic phenomenon in the backgrounds of globalization and knowledge economy. In this paper, we reviewed the literature in this field. Based on the review, we first analyzed the dynamic factors of cluster ...
Estimation of the Functions of Production, Demand, and Labor for a Jordanian Concrete Company: 1982-2006
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] The main purpose of this study is to evaluate the concrete production in Jordan. To achieve this purpose researchers study the Jordan concrete company. By studying and estimating three important variables, researchers have built three hypotheses. The first one is to estimate ...
Burnout among Employees of a Multinational Corporation in Malaysia and Pakistan: An Empirical Examination
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] This study examined the relationship of job stress with burnout, job satisfaction and health problems among employees working in a large North American-based multinational corporation in Malaysia (N = 305) and Pakistan (N = 325). Data were collected from employees by means of ...
Cross-Border Mergers and Acquisitions: Do Strategy or Post-Merger Integration Matter?
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] A new wave of cross-border mergers and acquisitions has begun. This is in spite of the fact that most of these mergers are likely to fail (Tuch & O'Sullivan, 2007; Lubatkin, 1983). However, recent research suggests the mergers can succeed with the right strategy and ...
Institutional Change Driven by Corporate Political Entrepreneurship in Transitional China: A Process Model
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] Corporate political entrepreneurship is one of the important political strategies used by corporations to seize the business opportunities that have emerged from the political arena. This strategy is more popularly used in transitional countries, since in such countries, the ...
The Impact of Firms' Capital Expenditure on Working Capital Management: An Empirical Study across Industries in Thailand
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] The purpose of this research is to investigate the impact of firms' capital expenditure on their working capital management. The author used the data colleted from listed companies in the Thailand Stock Exchange. The study used Shulman and Cox's (1985) Net Liquidity Balance ...
An Analysis of the Influence of the Real Exchange Rate of RMB on the Chinese Foreign Trade Dependence Ratio
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] The author analyzes previous studies on the Chinese foreign trade dependence ratio first, and then makes the point that the real exchange rate of RMB is the important factor that influences its changes. This paper studies the relations between the real exchange rate and ...
Some Issues in US Healthcare
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] The paper highlights several problems with the current US healthcare system. The monies invested in the various healthcare areas are examined and compared with other western nations. Suggestions for controlling expenditures and bridging the care gap are made along with some ...
Does Ownership and Culture Matter to Joint Venture Success?
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] Previous study shows that equity structure and cultural difference are important factors that influence the performance of joint ventures (JVs). Based on the JVs contract database and Import/Export ranking database we collected, our analysis shows that the performance of ...
The Effect of Intranet Use on Students' Achievement and Self-Confidence
Jan 01, 2008; ... [Abstract] For Arab institutions of higher education, there are difficulties and difficult choices ahead. One underlying problem is the lack of rigorous studies of technologies, their diverse consequences, the likes and dislikes of the technology, and the difference in gender ...
Forward from the Editors
Jul 01, 2007; ... Marketing is a relatively new and thriving phenomenon in China. This is no surprise because it has been the product answering to the need of market economy China began to adopt three decades ago. So far, for this discipline, textbooks in the classroom and research papers in the hands of scholars ...
Capturing the Relevant Institutional Profile for Exporting SMEs: Empirical Evidence from France and Romania
Jul 01, 2007; ... [Abstract] Based on in-depth interviews with French and Romanian SMEs from the textile and steel industry, this research aims at developing a measure of country-specific institutional profiles for exporting SMEs. For managers from both countries under study, the role of the institutional ...
Measuring Tendency toward International Product Arbitrage: Are There Differences between High and Low Value Products?
Jul 01, 2007; ... [Abstract] Due to increasingly interdependent markets, international price differentiation strategies stimulate cross-national product arbitrage on gray markets against the will of suppliers. Therefore, suppliers must be able to determine the tendency of buyers toward international ...