Volume 05 Issue 1 (Mar 2017)
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Multinationals, International Arbitration, and the World Trade System: Confronting the Inconvenient Issues in the WTO
While most studies examining the weaknesses of the WTO (World Trade Organization) focus on shortcomings of its institutional arrangements and structural tensions between the two fundamental principles of the WTO - the single undertaking and the decision-making by consensus…
The Effect of Corporate Strategy and Organizational Design on the Spillover Effects of FDI
An important debate in the economics literature focuses on the role of foreign direct investment (FDI) in supporting the growth and development of the lesser developed countries (LDCs) globally. The ability of LDCs to capture the positive spillovers of FDI inflows depends in par…
The effect of corporate social responsibility disclosures on financial performance in the banking industry: empirical study on Egyptian banking sector
The aim of this paper to establish the relationship between corporate social responsibility disclosure and financial performance in the Egyptian banking sector. Only three banks were included in the study because Corporate Social Responsibility is a new concept that has not yet…
Rank reversal phenomenon in cross-efficiency evaluation of data envelopment analysis
This paper presents that the rank reversal occurs in other popular MCDM approach as well, cross-efficiency evaluation of data envelopment analysis (DEA), which has been alternative method for ranking decision making units (DMU) in the data envelopment analysis (DEA). This paper…
Exploring drivers and barriers to sustainability green business practices within small medium sized enterprises: primary findings
Presently the conducted studies on how SMEs should integrate sustainability align with their core business principle is limited. Most of the discussion on this field is emphasized to address issues for larger organizations and very limited effort on small firms. The drivers and…
The role of quality function deployment in meeting customers’ requirements: A case study on the Egyptian tire manufacturing company
The purpose of this study is to explore the use of QFD within the Egyptian public sector. Thus, there is a need to examine the role of QFD as an improvement approach within the Egyptian public sector organizations. Where QFD had consistently been claimed in the Western world and…
Towards a synergic innovation management model: the interplay of market, technology, and management innovations
This paper outlines a model of firm innovation management known as the synergic innovation management model. Building on the theory of dynamic capabilities and core competence, the paper suggest three capabilities of firms namely market, technology, management capabilities that…
The Impact of Knowledge Management Capability, Organizational Learning, and Supply Chain Management Practices on Organizational Performance
The focus of this research is developing and examining a conceptual framework relating resource-based organizational capabilities and inter-organizational practices with organizational performance. Specifically, it investigates the relationship between knowledge management capab…
Executive compensation, financial performance and say on pay votes
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 was passed as a response to the late-2000s recession. A shareholder opt-in executive pay vote was introduced as a solution to the managerial power problem. We examine the results of this recommende…