Volume 01 Issue 2 (Jul 2013)
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Country risk and foreign direct investments. Empirical evidence from Romania
Attracting foreign direct investment for a developing country such as Romania is a key driver for economic growth and, thus, for development. But what factors determinates the FDI in Romania? To answer this question, our paper investigates in which extend the country risk influe…
Economic, Social and Political Globalization and Human Development
Increased global economic integration, global forms of governance, globally inter-linked social and environmental developments are often referred to as “globalizationâ€. The target of this article is to prove the dependency of globalization on huma…
Impact of Brain Drain Immigration on the Economic Development in Sudan 1973 to 2005
Over the past few decades, Sudan has witnessed more involuntary movement of its population, to Arab oil-rich countries since 1973. The movement of the most qualified and trained personnel from Sudan can be best described as (selective migration) made Sudan loose a great number o…
Re-Appraisal of Foreign Direct Investment Effects: A Developing Country Perspective
There has been a longstanding debate on whether foreign direct investment (FDI) benefits developing countries, particularly those that are small and poor with a limited market size. The paper explores this issue in Swaziland, a country that has attracted a great deal of FDI in t…
Gender responsive value chain analysis of the Lambanog Industry in the Philippines
The coconut vodka, popularly known as a lambanog and primarily produce in Quezon Province, the lambanog capital of the Philippines, is on the threshold as a dollar-earning industry. It is considered for product development being one of the primary produce of the country. Th…
Performance of Women Entrepreneurs of Grameen Bank with Special Reference to Grameen Generalized System
The creation and development of micro-credit programs are attributed to be an important aspect of a developing country like Bangladesh. Grameen Generalized System emerges as a new system for the creation and development of micro-credit program in Grameen Bank (GB). The paper aim…
Exploring Indian's Hinterland with Innovations
Indias hinterland is the new goldmine for marketers. More than 50 percent of Indias overall consumption comes from rural areas, which account for about 70 percent of Indian population. Indian rural market with its vast size and demand base offers a huge opportunity that companie…
The Factors for Dutch Disease in the Palestinian Economy
The Palestinian economy is primarily affected by internal and external exogenous political constraints, structural limitations and foreign aid, rather than by endogenous economic free market factors. Underemployment of labor and limited viable opportunities for capital are large…
Managing the business 'quality' way
It is said that, ‘Profit is the lifeblood of business.’ In this cut-throat competition, therefore it is more about managing the business profitable way. The very importance of ethics and values, i.e. quality gets lost in this endless race. This gives rise to earnings…
Exploring the dimensions of emotional intelligence in the Lebanese family Firms
A consideration of emotion has been traditionally neglected in the context of family business. In this study, the Lebanese family businesses were explored to examine all the dimensions and the specificity of the emotional intelligence (EI) of teams™ leaders. Multiple regre…
Simulating the Influence of Price Auditing on the Corporate Profit in Business-to-Government Relationships: Experiences from a Case Study in the German Automotive Industry
In business-to-government (B2G) relationships, companies managers need to consider the national price law when they price products. In Germany, legal regulations on pricing were set to limit the corporate profit. Their compliance is ensured by price audits. Due to the absen…