Volume 03 Issue 1 (Mar 2015)
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An analytical hierarchy process and fuzzy inference system tsukamoto for production planning: a review and conceptual research
Production planning is an area that is very important on the corporate strategy-level decision-making, especially in the manufacturing companies. The problems that often arise in the production planning are the factors that affect the decline of production and uncertainty that o…
Innovative activity in chosen branches of the tertiary sector in the Czech Republic
The aim of this paper is to provide a brief overview on innovation in services and their approach to the protection of intellectual property. The submitted article summarizes preparing part of a starting project mostly focused on investment environment. The area of interest is c…
Impact of Deficient Electricity Supply on the Operations of Small Scale Businesses in North East Nigeria
Electricity supply in Nigeria is often erratic. Consumers of electricity (residential, commercial and industrial consumers) suffer untold hardships as the State Owned Enterprise; the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) has been unable to supply reliable power. This is despit…
Supply chain responsibilities and the need for an integrative ethic Management in Emerging Economies
The economic importance of the Indian Textile and Clothing (T&C) industry is unquestioned. It is one of the second largest employment generating industry, after agriculture, with direct employment of over 35 million people. Tamil Nadu accounts for over 65% of the total numbe…
The role of diversification strategies in the economic development for oil-depended countries: - The case of UAE
Diversification strategies adopted by oil-depended economies' played an important role in the economic development in these countries, which rely heavily on oil exports. UAE as an oil-dependency economy has the type of strategy to diversify the sources of its national income…
Correlates of state government finances and the Nigerian economy
This study investigated the correlate of state government finances and the Nigerian economy. To achieve this purpose research question was raised, a review of literature was made and a hypothesis was developed. In generating the necessary data for the study, state government fin…
Operating revenue changes in a demutualized stock exchange
Stock exchanges were traditionally run as cooperative venues. The globalization, the development of technology, and the increase of competition among stock exchanges forced these venues to change their structure and adopt a new one-demutualization- that can be a lifeline in faci…
Value added tax and the financial performance of quoted Agribusinesses in Nigeria
This study aimed at investigating the impact of value-added tax on corporate financial performance of quoted companies. To achieve this purpose, we developed some hypotheses and critically reviewed existing theoretical and empirical literatures. Agribusinesses quoted in the Nige…
The relationship between the understanding of philosophy of sufficiency economy and the living standard: the case study of sufficiency economy community in lower northern region of Thailand
The purpose of this research paper is to find the relationship between the knowledge of “Sufficiency Economy Principles†and the quality of life of the households. It is postulated that, the higher the level of the knowledge of the principles that…
The new determinant creation theory: a way to attract new foreign direct investment flows
According to the literature related to the movement of foreign direct investment (FDI) worldwide, there are two main causes for these flows. The first one is related to the decision taken by companies to invest in certain markets according to their own international strategy and…
The role of information communication technology (ICT) in enhancing productivity in local government administration in Benue State, Nigeria
The rationale for this research survey is to establish the need for the third tier of government to embrace ICT to enhance its performance. The objective of this study is to ascertain the effectiveness of the role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) in enhancing produc…